Tales of Legendia.

Hey I didn't expect to meet so many other Tales fans here.

First of all... STOP BASHING NAMCO. They didn't cut Character Quest voices on purpose; they did not cut to save money. There's a Q&A thread about the cuts in the official TOL forums.

You'd have to have high expectations to not agree that the localization is good. The first half is amazingly well done (good voices!), while the second half is a bit disappointing with no voices. Namco was pressed for time, and the decision to cut out CQ voices was made when TOL was still unreleased in Japan. If you hear "Character Quests", you would think it's just a sidequest, but... oops. I do say that they should have done a bit more research before cutting, but mistakes are for learning.

I don't mind if people don't like the game, but bashing Namco because of the cuts ticks me off. They really spent a lot of effort on Legendia, I can tell, and if we encourage them (give suggestions rather than complain and whine) we may get Tales of the Abyss. Calling their current efforts cheap may make the company think we're too demanding of a series, and they obviously won't pour tons of money into a series that hasn't sold well here in the past.

The Tales of Phantasia localization is something to be ashamed of, though. There's another thread about it so I won't go into it.

Ahem. Anyway, Tales of Rebirth. ^_^ Cool game, but the difficulty is quite high, mainly because healing is so limited. The Duel the Sun extension is cool, but the requirements to pull it off are a bit too high. Two controllers?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well I like the music for the music. I love how many of the tracks are orchestral; it sets a very pleasant mood... not sure how to describe it. It's definitely different than your normal game soundtrack, and it shines because the composer does it well. The tracklist is a tad short (they keep reusing songs over and over) but I still haven't gotten sick of any of the tracks. Unlike most RPGs, I enjoy listening to nearly all the tracks when not playing the game.

Perhaps it's because I play classical piano that I can appreciate this type of music a bit more... I loved Symphonia's orchestral opening, but the majority of people complained that they wanted Starry Heavens.

I really dislike the orchestral opening for Legendia though. It's BOOORRIIINGG.

There's nowhere I can't reach.