While several features are the same the Flex Range Element Enhanced Linear Motion Battle System. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World however features a fight system that, at first, seems exactly like the one in the original game. With each new Tales game, they make improvements upon the the fighting system in new and interesting ways. The Unison Gauge is also particularly nice as it allows two or more characters to attack a single target simultaneously once full and activated. Later in the game you’ll also gain the ability to use various EX Skills that allow characters to perform new types of attacks. These abilities can be anything from healing spells to devastating weapon or magic attacks and use Technical Points (TP) to pull off. As you fight and level up your party you will gain access to new attacks called Mystic Artes. Tales of Symphonia features real-time combat thanks to the Multi-Line Linear Motion Battle System, which allows the player to attack your opponents freely while moving towards or away from the enemies in a sidescrolling manner. Both Emil and Marta set out to restore Ratatosk to his former glory after he saves her life again by collecting Centurion cores all the while trying to get them before Lloyd and their enemies do. The story focuses on Emil Castagnier whose parents are killed in Palmacosta by Lloyd as well as a girl named Marta Lualdi who has the core of Ratatosk, The Lord of Monsters and Summon Spirit of the World Tree from the last game, imbedded in her forehead. For me, Dawn of the New World is harder to like, especially as a sequel due to the fact that I spent so much time getting to know the main characters from the first game that it’s hard to see a character like Lloyd being the bad guy. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, on the other hand, takes place two years after the events of it predecessor and features an all-new cast of main characters with several main characters from the original showing up along the way. Of the two games found in the collection this is still my favorite due to its characters and subject matter including the ever-present theme of descrimitation against the different races found within. In traditional fashion they meet plenty of opposition and encounter some tough decisions along the way which actually have consequences to the game’s plot. He is accompanied by her guardians, Raine Sage and Kratos Aurion to ensure that no harm befalls Colette as she releases the five seals that could save both Sylvarant and its neighboring world Tethe’alla from destruction. Tales of Symphonia follows the adventure of Lloyd Irving as he sets off with one of his best friends, Genis Sage, to aid the Chosen of Regeneration, Colette on a journey to replenish Sylvarant with the very mana it needs to survive. But first a little story background is in order for each title before I cover the overhauled material. It’s almost ironic that the lesser-known sequel actually benefits more from this HD remastering than it’s much better received predecessor, which I’ll explain a little later. For me the original game is worth the price of admission alone, but as this is the complete Tales of Symphonia Saga there are two games to talk about. This HD remastered package features some all new content as well as enhanced visuals and audio. For the first time both Tales of Symphonia and its lesser-known sequel, Dawn of the New World come together in the release of the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles for PlayStation 3. Tales of Symphonia is also one of the few games in the Tales franchise that gained a sequel with the Wii release of Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World in 2008. Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking or the fact that the 2004 original Nintendo GameCube release of Tales of Symphonia was one of my favorite games on the system and in the series. The Tales franchise has always been heavily synonymous with the PlayStation brand over the years though a few gems have made their way to other systems, notably Nintendo. The system of choice to make these comebacks has been the PS3 even if the games never originated there in the first place. Those moments of remembering the good times are coming at an even faster pace these days, as several amazing RPG titles are making a comeback at the impending end of the last-generation consoles. As a long-time gamer I often find myself looking back at the games I loved growing up with certain levels of nostalgia.
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