Tales of Studio in debt.

[Kurokikaze]

Didn't you guys get the memo? Americans only like gore-filled FPS games with bulky dudes that have 6 inch wide necks built like a fucking linebackers.

[Hyan]

I only played tales of symphonia on the gc and it bored the hell out of me- and the latest titles don't really impress me either.

Don't see this as a surprise.

[Kaisha]

I only played tales of symphonia on the gc and it bored the hell out of me- and the latest titles don't really impress me either.

My problem with Symphonia was that the plot was so fucking cliche and predictable.

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The second I got that summoner chick and had to get the first summon thingy I said to myself "Oh god this better not be like fucking FFX where the majority of the plot is wasted around collecting the spirits/summons/whatever for the one character", and guess what happened for the next 15 hours. -.-

Hoping this bankruptcy will give us a definite answer on an NA port of ToV PS3.

[Kurokikaze]

I would totally buy ToV PS3 even after doing a 100% clear on ToV 360.

Tales Studio is just dropping the ball. Sticking to cliches/playing it safe and then not marketing themselves to a broader audience altogether.

[Charismatic]

My problem with Symphonia was that the plot was so fucking cliche and predictable.
The second I got that summoner chick and had to get the first summon thingy I said to myself "Oh god this better not be like fucking FFX where the majority of the plot is wasted around collecting the spirits/summons/whatever for the one character", and guess what happened for the next 15 hours. -.-

Hoping this bankruptcy will give us a definite answer on an NA port of ToV PS3.

I'm going to go ahead and unspoiler your response since
1) It's not a spoiler, partially because
2) it's not correct

It seems to me as if you forgot about exspheres and finding out about their creation process and the story of Lloyd's parents, mizuho/sheena, regal/presea/alicia,

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zelos's betrayal (depending on how you play the game

Yggdrasil, Cruxis, The Renegades and all the other shit that came up during those 15 hours.

If anything, you could say most of the plot was spent dealing with Colette... not Sheena.

It was certainly cliche but not in that way.

[Kaisha]

It's all I can remember of the game (I have beaten it once), so it must have really stood out like a sore thumb to me.

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And yeah, bastard did betray me >.>

Granted, it was a decent length RPG.

[Hyan]

My problem with Symphonia was that the plot was so fucking cliche and predictable.

Spoiler: show

The second I got that summoner chick and had to get the first summon thingy I said to myself "Oh god this better not be like fucking FFX where the majority of the plot is wasted around collecting the spirits/summons/whatever for the one character", and guess what happened for the next 15 hours. -.-

Hoping this bankruptcy will give us a definite answer on an NA port of ToV PS3.

Aye, it was actually quite pain in the ass to keep playing because of that, but I did anyway. had decent combat system though, I even duoed half of the game with my friend which was cool for an rpg.

[Charismatic]

Had the best time with that game simply because I played the entire game with 3 buds.
I was stuck playing healer (cept a few bosses) but I still had a great time.

[Antithesis]

Don't really get why people say the combat system is "decent." It is honestly a lot more fun than a regular turn-based battle system and implements the real-time battles nicely. You really cant just button mash your way through the game.

[Tobi]

Tales of series have always been my fav RPG series hands down, I've always enjoyed it more than other RPGs I've played and I love the replayability/side-quests/etc

[Pirian]

Don't really get why people say the combat system is "decent." It is honestly a lot more fun than a regular turn-based battle system and implements the real-time battles nicely. You really cant just button mash your way through the game.

Have to agree with this <.< Have only played Abyss and it was honestly one of the best games I've played in a long time

[Tobi]

Never really did get to play Abyss much, but I enjoyed Symphonia/Vesperia alot. I put a shiton of hours into Symphonia though.

[Hyan]

Idk. I didn't like it that much. Might just be the artistic direction they have going on that puts me off.

Some boss battles were lots of fun of course.

[Charismatic]

artistic direction

Okay, I don't really care one way or the other about how much you like it but uh... what?
What's that got to do with the battle system?

[Hyan]

Well, I didn't enjoy the game as much as I could have because of it.

[Kyo]

This is always great for laughs.

[Atreides]

I think that you can chalk a lot of this up to bad business decisions, but considering the state of the Japanese economy I think this is only the tip of the iceberg. Marvelous, Mistwalker, Tales Studio, probably a few more I can't remember that are either in trouble or will be soon. Currently Japan's economy is worse off than Greece, if they can't get their debt under control you're probably going to see large amounts of closures and consolidations until we're left with just a handful of very big Japanese game developers.

[Dead Phoenix]

Whew, for a second I thought you were talking about the guys who Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden : The Hoops Barkley Saga, Tales of Games studio, fortunately that is not the case and I can safely say nothing of importance was lost.

[Charismatic]

What's that got to do with the battle system?

Well, I didn't enjoy the game as much as I could have because of it.

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[Pirian]

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"I don't like anime-style art"

>"Why are you playing this game then?"

"I like the battle system"