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Hit 7 - Tales of Symphonia
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $71.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Namco
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 144
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Namco
EAN: 0722674300025
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Feature: Fierce, action-packed battle system with hundreds of special attacks, spells, and combos
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Namco
Manufacturer: Namco
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Namco
Release Date: 2006-08-08
Studio: Namco
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Features
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Fierce, action-packed battle system with hundreds of special attacks, spells, and combos
Fully customizable character growth system -- change your fighting style and alter the storyline according to the characters' relationships
Multiplayer fighting action - Up to 4 players can control one party member each during combat
Unprecedented number of great minigames and side quests
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Editorial Reviews:
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Tales of Symphonia challenges you to answer an immense question: Would you sacrifice your life to save a world? With its beautiful 3D cel-shaded graphics and immersive, emotionally charged epic story, you'll walk the line between good & evil -- as the fate of two interlocked worlds hang in the balance.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good game
Comment: I like this series. Ironically I brought this game after I played the Wii one (Dawn of the New World). Really really late catching on. I am not sure it was a great decision since in comparison the design of this one is way behind. But still I wanted to play the original story to make the the story feel complete.
Since I played the Wii one first....the fact that the skits have no voices really really bugs me. They did the same in Tales of Abyss. So disappointed! But at least they changed in the Wii! I love the skits!!! I think it is one of the best parts!! And the art is beautiful!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Sweet Symphonia
Comment: Well, Tales of Symphonia is my favorite in the entire Tales series of video games. This game, was the first RPG in the Tales series that was released for the Nintendo Game Cube.
The story/plot is a good one- you need to save the world, and save your best friend at the same time. In order to save the world, Colette, will sacrafice her life to save you and everyone in it....
The gameplay was great- the monsters roam the fields, so no more random enemy encounters to deal with. The Wonder Chef returns will countless new recipes. You have a lot of side quests that are in this game as well. From earning new titles for your characters, to earning brand new clothes for them as well.
The graphics are not that great, but considering that the game was made for the Nintendo Gamecube, the graphics really stand out when shed in this light.
There are a couple of cutscenes- not as many in this game as there are in some of the other tales games. The game play is rich and vibrant. The story takes some interesting twists.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very engaging and Fast Paced!
Comment: When I first purchased this game a few years back, it was my very first "Tales of..." game and I immediately fell in love with it. Its fast-paced game play with battles and the rest of the game play are quite enjoyable and the plot is very unique and interesting due to the game's numerous 'twists'.
The music itself is captivating, the artwork and cell-shading/anime cutscenes are to die for and the epileptic moves such as spell casting Indignant Judgment and Lloyd's Falcon's Crest are just remarkable evolutions from the former tales games such as Phantasia and Destiny.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Really amazing
Comment: When I first played this game I was skeptical as I'd just finished and liked Baten Kaitos so much; I suppose I had a bias against it even. I enjoyed it tremendously, and even was surprised at how long the game was (good thing!)
I'm repurchasing after I got a new Wii earlier this year and the sequel is coming out soon. Another play-through is definitely warranted.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The first successful game in the Tales series
Comment: Gameplay: 4/5
ToS has a real time battle system. You're limited to four moves that you can set yourself and you can assign moves to the C stick so that you can use anytime during battle. The controls in battle take a little time to get used to, but once you're okay with it they become second nature to you.
Replay: 5/5
Once you beat Mithos you can play the game all over again! Things get easier after the first time through. You can use all the grade you obtained in your adventure to buy features for your second game. The best thing on there is the 10x EXP. It costs 3000 grade so I don't think you'll have it for the second game. You can also choose to keep titles, relationships, money, and even have up to 30 items in your inventory. I highly reccomend kepping your money and having 30 items.
Multiplayer: 3/5
I really hate to give it a rating like this. Personally I like single player better. The game was designed for single player but you can have four people playing at once. The bad thing is that it's only in battle. Since I've only played with one other person I have no idea what 4 player is like.
Graphics: 5/5
Graphics ROCK! These are some pretty good graphics. There is some cel-shading in there, but it's not like Wind Waker. I think it's a combination of cel-shading and LoZ graphics. The characters and world are cel-shaded and the background is like LoZ graphics.
Sound: 5/5
Sound is just....just....it's so awesome I can't think of the word! The music both inside and outside of battle is really great. One of my favourite songs on there is titled Full Force. Character voices are good. There is some language on there. Don't worry it's all mild. They don't say f*** every 5 seconds. lol The only bad part is when Zelos says SOB in Sybak. Other than that it's all good.
Overall: 4/5
Overall this is an awesome game. There are some parts where it gets pretty emotional. The most emotional part is in Exire. Story has a good ending. With all the sidequests you won't be able to do them all in one game.
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