recently played 5

Tales of the Abyss

It's been more than a year after I played the last one.That time I played in my old Nintendo DS with the game downloaded from the internet. This time I played another one titled Tales of the Abyss for the Nintendo 3DS

Originally a Sony PS2 game, this game has been ported to 3DS with slighty added content. Just like any Tales games, the gameplay and combat system is no differ with each other.

With known capabilities of the 3DS, there is no surprise on how good the graphic the game looked in it. Plus with added 3D effect, the games looked even better

The storyline is no doubt crafted wisely with original content. The interaction between characters  and their emotion regarding certain issue can be felt with the use of game scene and skit. What I like the most was the changes in the main characters mentality. From spoiled rich brat to sarcastic adult, these people changes in the course of events which some of the attitude can be related to us. 

Just like the anime Code Geass ,this game featured an 'open ending' that allows gamers to interpret it according to their understanding.

 

 For me,this game is 5/5

Here are the Japanese and English trailers of the game

UPDATES : Here the link to LP (Live Play)if want to achieve 100% in the game

recently played 3

Tales Of Innocence

This game is the 'bomb'!!! . The BEST TRANSLATED game I've ever played (the VERY FIRST also). Since I've never played other Tales series,I can't compared it with them. But for me,the game is enjoyable. The Japanese really kept the best for themselves.

The graphic is astounding. Believe it or not, the game was released in 2007 yet it is as good as today's games. The saying 'the gap between us and the Japanese is as wide of  10 years margin' was true. The 3D elements in walking and battle scene was fluent.The battle consists of 3 type to play; Auto,Semi-Auto and Manual (I usually used Auto and Semi-Auto).

The opening scene was superb. Both opening and ending song are in Japanese language with English subtitles.(Rarely with this combo.Usually for official translation,they changed both of them in English version.BUT this is NOT the official translations,so its differ hehehe).Not just the songs,the dialogues,the main menu,the skits and even all the additional quest were translated with almost perfect accuracy with today's slang (year 2010). This game is translated to English language 100%.

The battle control is based on real-time control. The control is easy to understand with each button customized for attack,magic/skill up to 4 types,defend and menu.It's not completely button-mashing battle but more to organized timing when attacking to create combo and filling your battle gauge. 

Contain SPOILER!!! IGNORE IF WISH NOT TO BE SPOILED

Every game has its flaw. Even this one. One of the biggest flaw I've faced are the need to exchange guild points for certain items.These items are not important during the game but rather after the game. Among the items are Grad Jewel, Artes Jewel, Friendship Jewel, Style Jewel, Item Jewel, Level Jewel etc... . For example,the Level Jewel is needed to bring the current level of characters (Mine was 68) to the post game in order to go through the final dungeon which each monster is as strong as mid bosses.The points to exchange with it is 161100 points = 15,20 guild missions.It may not seems that hard but imagine for each styles,Artes, friendship. You have to repeat doing guild quest over and over and over again. For those who played for 1 time only may not care less about it, but those who which to go further the pre game, this is torture!!!

Every game has its flaw. Even this one. One of the biggest flaw I've faced are the need to exchange guild points for certain items.These items are not important during the game but rather after the game. Among the items are Grad Jewel, Artes Jewel, Friendship Jewel, Style Jewel, Item Jewel, Level Jewel etc... . For example,the Level Jewel is needed to bring the current level of characters (Mine was 68) to the post game in order to go through the final dungeon which each monster is as strong as mid bosses.The points to exchange with it is 161100 points = 15,20 guild missions.It may not seems that hard but imagine for each styles,Artes, friendship. You have to repeat doing guild quest over and over and over again. For those who played for 1 time only may not care less about it, but those who which to go further the pre game, this is torture!!!

Other than that, everything else is good. Overall the games is excellent in storyline, graphics, audio and contro. I gave it a 4.5/5.

This is the link for the rom of translated game

 http://downloadfreeroms.kamranweb.com/2010/07/tales-of-innocence-english-version.html

THANK YOU ABSOLUTE ZERO FOR TRANSLATING THIS GREAT GAME FOR US!!!

I also added a trailer for the game.Enjoy!