[PS2] Tales of The Abyss

PSU also has a free 40 hour offline RPG so it isn't like you have to pay to play.

Is it just me or is Namco Hometek getting a lot better at localization. Sure, the voices were cut from the skits again (it isn't the localization teams fault) but the writing and voice acting seems very well done. And I really REALLY love the cast of characters in this game. The battle system also feels like the one in ToS, except with new additions and improvements.

If you liked Tales of Symphonia you will definitely love this game. Hell, if you've never played a Tales game before this is also a good one to start with.

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I wonder how the sales are doing for the US version of the game. I have a feeling they probably aren't too great. Wal-Mart still has like 10 copies of the game sitting on the shelf as if they aren't selling or something. I haven't seen much advertisement on Namco's side either.

I know this is a game people would enjoy if they just played it. My friend went and purchased the game after playing it with me for a day. Lots of good stuff to be played here. Just not too many people know about it I guess.

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I'm considering getting the guide too. After looking over an FAQ up to the current point I'm at in the game I missed out on a TON of timed events and titles.

Does anyone know if anything was censored in the US version of the game, or is it pretty much the same as the JP version? I'm glad they didn't change alcohol to "Palma Potion" this time around.

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Originally Posted by Rock

I'm about to beat Final Fantasy XII (finally) and consider playing this next. However, I heard that the voice acting in the US version is rather poor so people made an "undub" version of this with the original Japanese voices in the US version of the game.

Can anyone comment on that? Is the voice acting really bad? Should I start playing the Japanese dub version or stick to the regular copy?

Good god. Whoever told you this deserves a slap to the face. Seriously, I hate people who whine about Namco not including a English and Japanese track on each Tales game. When a game is released in the US most players prefer to hear the characters speak in their own native language. Not everyone is a super wap anime fag.

Anyway, I thought the voice acting in Tales of the Abyss was terrific. Tear's voice sounds a tad bit too old for her character and luke may come off as annoying at first but later on their voices grow on you and they get better at it as you get further in the game. Everyone else sounds pretty good. I'd say Jade had the best voice acting in the game. The way his character is played suits him perfectly. Sure, there are a few bad voice actors in the game, but these are usually NPCs with a few lines of text.

Namco Hometek is really getting the hang of doing these localizations since Abyss' writing and voice acting is a huge step up from the last few Tales games.

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