Unfortunately, it suffers badly from poor translation. Overall, the story in itself is very well-plotted. In fact, any time the plot sends you to a different age, that’s your last chance to find everything in the previous one. Which is not to say that it’s a full-fledged time traveling game. There are tons of side quests and hidden items to discover in each of the ages of the game’s story, and these tend to actually expand on the world of Aselia. The rest of Tales of Phantasia would be worth discovering by itself in a world without battles. Fighting manually is better for the tough battles, and it’s possible to get the hang of this strange system, but I didn’t really look forward to those moments. This stop-and-go process was enough to make me switch Cress’ actions over to automatic through the bulk of the game–or I probably wouldn’t have finished it.
Any time one of the three gets cast, the action will pause, pan back to the caster, then scroll back over to the target and let the animation play out before resuming again. Instead, she’ll spam debuffs to match Arche’s attack spells and Claus’ summons.
Mint, your one and only healer, will rarely actually use her healing spells unless you’re practically dying. Your other party members, who for much of the game are all spellcasters, aren’t much better. This means you can’t really time your attacks at all, and the blocking function is usually next to useless. The D-pad is only good for changing this reset position, which he does at a slow walk. Pressing the buttons for either a regular or skill attack will cause him to run over to the enemy, attack, then dash automatically back to where he was standing before. Instead, Cress will target the closest enemy by default.
No, you do not get to move easily on the battlefield. Battles are a huge exercise in training yourself to deal with the game’s… unusual combat method. Which, sadly, is where the fun seems to end. Each one has its own little system without feeling even remotely gimmicky. The latter are some of the most well-designed dungeon areas I’ve ever encountered. That means walking the expansive world map or the variety of towns and dungeons that the game has to offer. For every bit of story you encounter there’s a decent chunk of exploration to do. You’ll be all over the world of Aselia, exploring dungeons, sailing the seas, fighting evil, and meeting new people. Thus begins your journey to find magic and defeat Dhaos, in the past, present, and future. Back then, many people, at least those with elven blood, could use magic, which apparently is Dhaos’ only weakness. A mage who fought against him once before steps in suddenly and uses his magic to send Cress and Mint back in time 100 years. Together the two watch helplessly as Mars takes their two pendants and unleashes the ancient evil: Dhaos. Cress flees, only to be captured by a knight named Mars, who takes his pendant.Īn apparently dead lady shows Cress the way out of prison, and he meets the woman’s daughter, Mint, before escaping. Which is why, while he’s out on a little hunt with his friend Chester, his entire village is burned to the ground, leaving no survivors. One of the two pendants that’s used to seal him is passed on to Cress, the main character, many years later. The game starts not by telling you that there was once a great evil who was eventually sealed, but by showing you the final confrontation in that past battle. It wasn’t until 2006 that English speakers finally got a port of our own, for the Gameboy Advance. Tales of Phantasia, the game that started it all, was a Japanese-only title for the first ten years of its life, starting in its original 1995 release for the Super Famicom, as well as the remake for the Playstation. We couldn’t always access these roots, though. And like any good series, those that truly fall in love with it want the chance to trace it back to its roots. Its conventions, the controls and attacks that are used, and the way characters grow has evolved a little bit with every iteration of this action RPG series.
TALES OF PHANTASIA FULL VOICE EDITION TRANSLATION SERIES
The Tales of series of games has gone through many incarnations across every type of platform.
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