Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4565 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2004-11-19
• Platform: GameCube
• Number of items: 1

From the Manufacturer
Battle wild creatures in the dark and mystical depths of two entwined fantasy worlds to save them from evil! Tales of Symphonia is a stunning 3D role-playing game full of twisting plots offering gamers over 80 hours of immersive real-time role-play.

Customer Reviews

Potentially the greatest RPG ever!
I asked for this game for christmas just after it came out, having seen an advert for it. It looked decent enough, and though I was more excited about Namco's other RPG, Baten Kaitos, at the time, I decided to give it a try.
In terms of gaming, I have never made a better choice.
There're so many aspects of this game to speak about, it's hard to know where to begin.
Graphics - beautiful. A sort of chibi-esque anime style that gives both a sense of beauty yet cuteness to the game.
Music - If you're not so absorbed by what's going on, beautifully matched to the tone at the time. And in this section I shall also include voice acting. Because in this game it's flawless.
The control system of ToS is easy to use, allowing you ease of control of each of the 9 playable characters, creating magnificent combo attacks.
The elements of ToS that strike me the most though, are the characters and storyline.
This is not a simple 'good-vs-evil' game. It's not the simple anime convention of 'I shall save the world and be a hero', it's got a variety of plot twists in it that give it an understatedly dark tone to it at times, coupled with a morality to the tale to give it some REAL meaning. The characters are engaging. There is always one who'll be a favourite and they come in a variety that's sure to please anyone and everyone, whether you like the dark, brooding warrior, or the chipper teenage girl. And unlike most games, you'll actually come to care about the characters, including at least one of the bad guys.
There is...nothing...I can think of in this game that would stop me from recommending it to anyone. It has a series of mini-games and side-quests, the straight storyline including its emotional highs and lows and even humour.
The one thing I can say about this game, is that I have never met ANYONE who has played it and doesn't like it. So it's really not surprising that Namco have decided to do a sequel to it, as well as create an accompanying anime series and a huge stack of manga.
This game is why I play video games. This game is one of the greatest ever created. This is why I am on my 5th play through currently and am sure to play through again afterwards.
Fantastic, must-play, game!

The legend will never die..............
Thats a great saying from Soul Calibur. It instantly springs to mind as you listen to the intro for the game as its the same guy doing the talking! I was already loving the game. Actually its a good place to start. Each character has the perfect voice suited to there character on the game. Getting the voices right in games is essential and Namco are the masters. [You may also recognise Kratos voice [one of your characters you control] from Ryudo off Grandia 2].
Graphically the game is still fine to look at even a few years after release. This is because the looks perfectly suit the game, with the cel shaded visuals delivering the perfect image. The facial animations are also very good at times and bring a smile to your face.
The battle system is also very strong. Similar to other 'Tales of' games and also related to Star Oceans combat, you mainly control 1 character [although the game is 4 player if you have mates who love RPGs too, who dont mind watching you contol the main character and only join in on fights, lol] and you have a variety of normal attacks [one for every direction on the pad], aswell as many special attacks of which you learn more as the game progesses. It has your regualr shops to upgrade gear and weapons etc, although there is the customization stores which can upgrade weapons to more powerful ones if you find the required items. Similarly there is 'Cooking' on the game where you can cook foods to restore health, TP, cure posion, etc. As you make the recipes more often they improve and you learn more as you go through the game.
Musically the game is very strong too, with decent battle music and world map music.
The game is so good its hard to talk about everything really lol. The story gets you drawn in so you want to know what happens next also. I wont divulge details incase you hacent played the game yet!
All i can say is this, along with Baten Kaitos are the best RPGs available to Gamecube/Wii owners.

Amazing RPG. The best on Gamecube
The best RPG on the gamecube to date. Amazing characters, in depth storyline with drammatic scenes. Superb.