Good basic concept, but makes a lot of mistakes.


Difficulty  ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ (except some special challenges)

Big flaws:

* game starts quite boring
* story has a lot of logic flaws in it (especially when you look into details)
* most character designs are not quite interesting
* game uses a lot of filler events in the first half of the game
* some characters are quite annoying (eg Colette, Zelos, Genies)
* weird and slow camera bevaviour on maps (angle)
* you can't reload in mid-battle
* you can't skip cut scenes (only dialogues)
* NSC can make you stuck in corners (you can't push them)
* battle system has too much elements in it (lack of a clean concept)
* some special fights are way too difficulty compared to the rest
* Niflheim dungeon has no savepoint before boss battles
* you get forced to play the game 3 times to get all Steam achievements and in-game collectibles
* limits in usage of summons of Sheena renders summons quite useless
* mystique arte of Lloyd only usable with a certain (not the best) sword

Good things:

* story gets better on second half
* up to 4 players (local coop)
* a lot of sidequests / events
* like the anime style video cutscenes
* new game+

Tales of Phantasia was way better on SNES. Tales of Symphonia can't live up with this.

Good basic concept, but makes a lot of mistakes. [table][tr][th] Overall      ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ - 5/10 Music        ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - 7/10 Graphics   ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ - 6/10 Gameplay ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ - 3/10 Story         ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ - 5/10 [/th][/tr][/table] Difficulty  ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ (except some special challenges) Big flaws: * game starts quite boring * story has a lot of logic flaws in it (especially when you look into details) * most character designs are not quite interesting * game uses a lot of filler events in the first half of the game * some characters are quite annoying (eg Colette, Zelos, Genies) * weird and slow camera bevaviour on maps (angle) * you can't reload in mid-battle * you can't skip cut scenes (only dialogues) * NSC can make you stuck in corners (you can't push them) * battle system has too much elements in it (lack of a clean concept) * some special fights are way too difficulty compared to the rest * Niflheim dungeon has no savepoint before boss battles * you get forced to play the game 3 times to get all Steam achievements and in-game collectibles * limits in usage of summons of Sheena renders summons quite useless * mystique arte of Lloyd only usable with a certain (not the best) sword Good things: * story gets better on second half * up to 4 players (local coop) * a lot of sidequests / events * like the anime style video cutscenes * new game+ Tales of Phantasia was way better on SNES. Tales of Symphonia can't live up with this.