Kombo Writes: "Tales of Symphonia 2: Dawn of the New World has a great battle system, voice-acting, and nice new elements like the monster gathering. Unfortunately, the linear story, dull characters, lack of exploration and mediocre graphics hold back the experience. There's no reason to make a sequel to a hit RPG with such a half ass effort. I'm not sure you can even classify this title as a true sequel and not just a spin off from the main storyline. If you are waiting for a true Tales experience, do yourself a favor and get Tales of Vesperia. If you don't have a 360 and this is your only option, then you'll find an average RPG with some strengths that get overshadowed by stronger flaws. "
41 trophies to unlock with a good amount of variety. Be warned, light spoilers.
New screenshots of Tales of Symphonia Unisonant Pack (aka Tales of Symphonia Chronicles in the West) from Famitsu.
Kotaku - This past weekend in Yokohama, 25,000 Japanese fans gathered for Tales of Festival 2013 over the course of two days. And since the conversation at an event like this turns to all things Tales, we at Kotaku East decided to give voice to a few fans about their favorite Tales games and more. As you’ll see from their responses, these fans have favorites across the entire series, and they are definitely loyal to the core when it comes to Tales.
Such a fantastic JRPG series
can't wait for Tales of Xillia in August, for North America
surprised I dont see Tale of Symphonia on here. Most of them seem to like the recent Tales games tho so i guess there only playing what they can get their hands on.
I'm kind of amazed at the popularity of Vesperia. Yes, the characters were fantastic... but the setting was pretty shallow for a Tales Of game, and the overall narrative was pretty dull IMHO.