![]() Far too often narrative will assume that being dark equates to depth, and while Tales of Symphonia has a lot of dark moments in it, the key element is actually how much hope there is in the face of everything else going on. What really makes it head and shoulders above the rest, though, is how it handles itself through the myriad of twists and turns. Small things, like how Raine is such a poor cook because she refuses to stop experimenting, causing her younger brother to have to learn how to cook on his own, bring the characters to life in a great way. One very easy example comes in the form of Colette and her love of dogs, and how one of the side-quests involves her trying to find and name every dog she comes across. On a more personal level, all the characters are likeable and very well nuanced. Lloyd's journey throughout this world is no minor one and is well fleshed out. On the grand level, the story is still as astounding as ever, with so many details and layers of depth that much of it can easily be delved into on a deeper level. This does not affect its quality, however - not that it needed to. After all these years, it still stands out as brightly as it ever did back when it originally launched, maybe even more so than before, in fact, as so much of the medium has become cluttered with high-action/low-story efforts. Sadly, most of it cannot be discussed without spoilers, but it's sufficient to say that the yarn, focused on redemption and hatred, is most certainly among one of the best. Tales of Symphonia has been known for many things in its time, the foremost being its story. Despite being one of legend, the primary focus of this tale is actually on her close friend, Lloyd Irving, who serves as the 'Peter' figure to Colette's 'Jesus.' However, the world is far more complicated than Lloyd, Colette, and many others ever thought it could be, and a massive adventure awaits them. This Chosen One comes in the form of a young girl named Colette Brunel. There is still hope, though, as there is a prophecy about a Chosen One, born of the angels, coming to this world to free humanity from the Desians, as well as bring mana back to the land. For years the world has slowly been starving and deprived of mana, while a group of people known only as Desians freely go about enslaving human beings. Now, with Bandai Namco's recent attempts to get into the PC scene, it has resorted to the most iconic of releases to try and forge a way forwards. This sudden explosion into the limelight placed the series well into the eye of the gaming public. Despite its somewhat rocky start over in the West, with a stop-start release pattern that saw only select titles making the journey over of Japan, the series managed to hold on until, seemingly out of nowhere, Tales of Symphonia was released on the GameCube and, overnight, the series exploded as eager Nintendo gobbled up the JRPG feast. The Tales series has, throughout its history, been seen as the 'Number 3' JRPG after both of Square Enix's juggernauts, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest (some may argue that Persona or Fire Emblem are more popular, but let's not nitpick here). ![]()
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