Discussion: Video Games

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:38 pm

Beagle wrote:Are there any games of the "Tales of" series for the PS2?

I've now heard about eight or more people talking about this series. o.O

Yeah, there's a few.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:40 pm

Symphonia was released for the PS2 only in Japan.

According to Wikipedia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Legendia and Tales of the Abyss were all on the PS2. I haven't heard anything about them, however.

You should just buy a cheap used Gamecube. :3

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:41 pm

Sleet wrote:Symphonia was released for the PS2 only in Japan.

According to Wikipedia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Legendia and Tales of the Abyss were all on the PS2. I haven't heard anything about them, however.

You should just buy a cheap used Gamecube. :3

Or she could buy one of the PS2 ones.

...fanboy

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:43 pm

This might come as a surprise, but I really enjoy Tales of Symphonia.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:44 pm

I need to look at a summary of the gameplay and plot and all that before I would make the choice of renting/borrowing it from a friend though.... I'm very picky about video games.

Don't worry about looking up something for me, guys. I'll get to it eventually.

@Sleet- Hehe, while buying a GameCube sounds nice, I don't have a job, and my parents have a rule of: "You have an allowance to buy your own stuff for school and pay for your certain bills and buy whatever else you may need. Be independent with your money."

And plus I'm not a hardcore gamer. It wouldn't be worth the money to me.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:47 pm

Gamecubes are cheap if you get a used one. If you don't trust eBay and stuff like that, even the stores sometimes sell them for like 30 bucks. And Tales of Symphonia is also a pretty old game that's sold over a million so it has a decreased price. You can probably get a copy and a used Gamecube for less than the 50-60 dollars it takes to buy a new game. Of course, an old PS2 Tales game would be even cheaper. But Symphonia is really good.

If you happen to have a Wii, they can play Gamecube games too.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:57 pm

Sleet wrote:Gamecubes are cheap if you get a used one. If you don't trust eBay and stuff like that, even the stores sometimes sell them for like 30 bucks. And Tales of Symphonia is also a pretty old game that's sold over a million so it has a decreased price. You can probably get a copy and a used Gamecube for less than the 50-60 dollars it takes to buy a new game. Of course, an old PS2 Tales game would be even cheaper. But Symphonia is really good.

If you happen to have a Wii, they can play Gamecube games too.

ONLY 30 dollars?

Hmm, maybe if I saved up for four-six+ months or so. XD

Like my parents would ever let me order off eBay. They barely trust Amazon.

I'd just want to get a Wii. Two system in one. It' logical, although more expensive. Although it'll never happen. Unles I found one that was totally busted. I could fix it if I had enough willpower to try.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:02 pm

Give it up Sleet, she's not gonna be able to get Symphonia.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:03 pm

She just said that, Dub.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:04 pm

Just re-iterating.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:05 pm

My two little sillies! =) Be nice boys. Don't fight in front of the lady.

*bricked*

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:06 pm

Or else?

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:08 pm

Dubiousity wrote:Or else?

I'll hug you? lol, I don't know! I'm not a fighter, unless someone hits me/makes the attempt first.

I haven't played Final Fantasy 12 in almost a month. I think I have 6% completed?

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:09 pm

But ladies fight all the time in Tales games.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:12 pm

Sleet wrote:But ladies fight all the time in Tales games.

Don't let whatever appearance of sweetness I give y'all fool you: IRL I'm a tomboy and 70% of the things that come out of my mouth are sarcastic. I'm not 'mean' though....

I need to play Animal Crossing. My town is overfilled with weeds. T_T

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:13 pm

I never played Final Fantasy 12.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:14 pm

I never finished. Despite how much I wanted to love it, I just couldn't. I liked XIII better.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:14 pm

Final Fantasy 13 will NEVER be a Final Fantasy game to me.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:16 pm

Why not? You kill a bunch of stuff, you level up, you angst, then you save the world. And also there are crystals and chocobos.

How is that not Final Fantasy?

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:18 pm

Just the gameplay, and honestly, the BGM was not FF caliber.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:20 pm

The gameplay changes like every game.

And I really liked the background music. Nobuo Uematsu could have done better, but that doesn't mean anything. For almost every game ever, Nobuo Uematsu could have done better.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:20 pm

Still, it doesn't feel like a Final Fantasy game, also, I felt there was an extreme lack of strategy.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:22 pm

There's a lot more strategy later on when things get harder.

At least the battles don't fight themselves like in XII.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:22 pm

Sleet wrote:There's a lot more strategy later on when things get harder.

At least the battles don't fight themselves like in XII.

2/3rds of the battle does.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:24 pm

When the game gets harder, manipulating paradigms is the challenging part, and that involves all three party members. Just stringing together "attack" is not the involved part.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:29 pm

I miss the classic turn based gameplay.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:30 pm

That hasn't happened since Final Fantasy X.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:36 pm

Which saddens me, I ESPECIALLY liked how FFX changed the battle system, I thought it was amazing.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:38 pm

I was pretty cool with every Final Fantasy battle system I played except for XII. Yuckers.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:39 pm

As I've said, I haven't played XII, and I didn't enjoy XIII all that much.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:43 pm

Then you'd hate FFXII's battle system. The boring characters would just make it worse.

Despite its neat story, gorgeous graphics, wonderful music and open-ended world. *sigh*

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:46 pm

My favorite will always be either VIII or X.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:48 pm

I never played VIII, and for some reason I stopped playing X after a while. I don't know why, because it was good.

VI is my favorite. Tactics Advance too, if you count spinoffs. Crystal Chronicles was also a lot of fun in multiplayer, but it was a pain to get all the required stuff together.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:51 pm

Do you have a Ps2, Ps3 or PSP Sleet?

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:52 pm

Only a PS2.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:53 pm

Ah, if you can actually FIND a copy of FFVIII it should be cheap :\

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:36 pm

Beagle wrote:I need to look at a summary of the gameplay and plot and all that before I would make the choice of renting/borrowing it from a friend though.... I'm very picky about video games.

Don't worry about looking up something for me, guys. I'll get to it eventually.

@Sleet- Hehe, while buying a GameCube sounds nice, I don't have a job, and my parents have a rule of: "You have an allowance to buy your own stuff for school and pay for your certain bills and buy whatever else you may need. Be independent with your money."

And plus I'm not a hardcore gamer. It wouldn't be worth the money to me.

I would recommend Tales of the Abyss. The fighting system, plot, characters, and music are all extremely awesome.

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:50 am

Dubiousity wrote: Yeah, keep going.

Why? Explain to me what is scary later in the game that is not readily apparent within the first few hours.

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:57 am

Mr.face

That is all I will say, Sunburst x3

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:31 am

Senator_Sunburst wrote:
Dubiousity wrote: Yeah, keep going.
Why? Explain to me what is scary later in the game that is not readily apparent within the first few hours.

You see, if I told you that you'd be expecting it and it wouldn't be scary.

Besides, if you bought the game you might as well finish it.