[PS2] Tales of The Abyss

Reading through this topic makes me glad to see I'm not the only one who was angry about the overworld map. It was so slow it was practically unbearable. Still, I love Tales of the Abyss and I think it is a superb RPG. I finally beat it recently and I'm sad to see it end. The ending left something to be desired in me and I wish some of it could have been different, but the journey there was nice either way. One thing that truly pissed me off about the game overall was:

Spoiler:

Tales of the Abyss absolutely hates love connections. If one character had feelings for another, one of them died. That, and I really didn't want Asch to die, even if I was expecting it all along. All the cool characters kick the bucket. -.-

Originally Posted by Forsety

So was anybody else surprised to find out Guy actually had a pretty legitimate reason to be afraid of women touching him?

I liked that and I thought it made Guy even more unique. Poooor Guy...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Xellos

The world map had some issues alright, but I enjoyed the game so much, that I just beared with it, and got used to it eventually. It's only really bad when you are on foot. Did anyone else have that bug, where at some point in the game, the world map music wouldn't play at all? it would continue the song that was playing in the area you just exit.

I definitely agree with enjoying the game so much that the overworld map wasn't that big an issue. Once I started using the Tartarus and the Albiore I forgot about it for the most part. I don't recall running into that bug, but I have a pretty awful memory. I never had any problems with bugs while I played.

Originally Posted by Forsety

Interesting, but crappy. Asch can't ever change his gear so it doesn't take long for him to be the absolute worst party member in your team if you do it. All of the cutscenes still use Luke anyway, so it isn't really that cool of a glitch.

I loved Asch and I really wanted to use him in my party, but not being able to upgrade his equipment is the exact reason I didn't use the glitch. I don't really care about the cut scenes or not using Luke (I do like him, don't get me wrong >.>) since I controlled Guy almost always.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm glad to see all the Guy love! There's nothing wrong with poor ol' Luke, but I really do enjoy Guy's skill set more and he's so damn fast. I also like a lot of his outfits. ^^

Originally Posted by Slash

I used Guy more often too, reminded me of Lloyd from ToS.

I thought the story between Asch and Luke was great. Something I like about the Tales series was the fact that it had good story to it

I liked using Lloyd, but I ended up using Zelos most of the time, especially when I played Symphonia with my friend.

I also thought the story and development between Asch and Luke was great. I wish they had included more scenes with Asch, but what can ya do~ Not all of the Tales games have the greatest plots, but I do love the series and most installments are usually pretty good. I think Abyss has the best plot out of the ones I've gotten to play so far.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.