Tales of the Abyss

[FF Fanatic 80]

Hey, if everyone else can go game suggestion happy, so can I. =[

So to get right to the point:

GET THIS GAME >=[

For those who don't know what the hell I"m talking about:

Bwah!

It's for PS2, and from the same Tales series as Symphonia, Destiny, and Phantasia.

[Choark]

Yeah, yeah, I want it, a lot.

However my normal importer has it not so I am doomed.

So I curse everyones games until I get it.

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[PriamNevhausten]

http://www.torrentspy.com

I never linked this here. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Choark]

Thanks for the thought...

... But my limit I torrent games are obscure Japanese PS/PC games or PS to Atari going backwards in time. I still don't agree with torrenting PS2 ro recent game console games.

.... But come 5 years I'll probably be okay with it. Joy for strange moral standings! <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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[Idran1701]

Nah, that's not strange, Cho. I'm the same way. <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[PriamNevhausten]

Well, if it's been released for your country's hardware, that's a different story. I just heard 'importers' and got excited. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Choark]

Nah - its not released in my country and probably won't be...

... But I've "pre-ordered" it from my importer, though it does say from the 10th October which has been and done, but I'll just wait. <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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[FF Fanatic 80]

;-; Must fiiiiiiind iiiiiiitttt

[Choark]

I've ordered this and Valkyrie Profile 2!

I'm importing MAD!! <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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[PriamNevhausten]

You should import "Happy" too. Wait, unless you're importing MAD! I didn't know Dr. Claw went multinational! <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Choark]

There is nothing Dr. Claw can't do!!

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">.. Though someone may have to explain to me what the hell Priams going on about.</span> <p><div style="text-align:center"> </div>
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[E Mouse]

I-I-I-INSPECTOR GADGET!

*glove comes out of hat and punches Cho in the face* <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[FF Fanatic 80]

Nonononono, my dear E-Mouse

If that was true Inspector Gadget gadgetry, you would have punched yourself in the face. =[

[Ajil6]

:( Since Phantasia I couldn't get into the Tales of... games. They always seemed to me as the... I dunno, Madden of the RPG World since they've had more than one or two each year since the first one came out. <p>[--------------------------------------------]
FETUS. I am a FETUS.</p>

[Zemyla]

You find the constant releases Maddening? <p>-----
Do not taunt Happy Fun Zemyla.

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I think boobs are the lesser of two evils. - Inverse (Pervy)
Dammit, Dan, I'm not dating a damn NPC! - OOC Will (Will Baseton)
Of course! Anything worth doing is worth doing completely wrong! - Travis English
Ultimately, wizards and clerics don't say, "Gee, I want to become a lich because weapons hurt less and I don't have to worry about being backstabbed; that whole 'eternal life' thing is just a fringe benefit."-Darklion
But this one time I killed a walrus with my bare hands, and I suddenly understood spherical coordinates. - KnightsofSquare
Also, when you've worked a 36-hour shift as an intern you too just might pour yourself a catful of coffee and sit down to cuddle with your travel mug. -eirehound
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Adventurers! | RPG World World | d20 Optimization Boards</p>

[Endesu]

Oh dear lord that was terrible.

Anyway, while I'm not terribly interested in any of the Tales games, I'm actually picking up FFXII. I'm not quite sure why, considering I haven't even touched any of the FF games since number 8, but... hey, it just looks like it might be good. At least half of /v/ seems to think so, as well.

[FF Fanatic 80]

- Voice Acting is on par with Tales of Symphonia, least to me. So far, all the voices seem to fit the characters very well.
- Luke (main guy) is a naive, whiney bitch. =[ Definitely interested in seeing how he changes over the game, if at all.
- Tear (girl in all brown) is not a meek bimbo, yay! Kinda reminds me of Celes from FF6, cold exterior but not quite so all the time.
- I don't know how the hell I'm going to keep all the countries/dukes/etc straight. I'm sure it'll sink in eventually. And there's always Luke's journal summary of events to fall back on, another interesting little thing to read.
- I still haven't figured out how dates and times work in this game's world. The opening movie gives a bunch of dates that still make no sense to me. Whee.
- Battle System feels a LOT like Tales of Symphonia. Still getting used to "Free Run" in this, being able to run in 3D for once. So far, I haven't really seen much use for it, other than running in circles with an enemy chasing me, but maybe I'll figure something out as time goes on.
- Grade System actually tells you what earned you grade points in each battle (if you want to look it up by hitting triangle), which may/may not be handy depending on what grade is used for in this game.

That's all so far. Still looking forward to what's next. =O
- Whoever coded transitions from battles back to the overworld map needs to be shot =[ Takes about 3-4 seconds in a dungeon, but about 10 on the overworld.