Tales of Symphonia Remastered Reviews
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Tales of Xillia Remastered has you follow one of the best Tales protagonists as Milla pairs up with passionate student Jude to save the world.
While series veterans might not find enough in this rerelease to buy it, this remaster reminds us why TOS was a classic in the first place.
Tales of Xillia Remastered is a solid port of the original PS3 version with plenty of quality of life updates to go along with it.
Tales of Xillia Remastered doesn't really do much to upgrade this beloved RPG, but it ensures you don't have to plug in a PS3 to play it.
Back with another remaster of a PlayStation 3-era Tales of game, it’s nice to see continued support for titles in the series that aren’t Vesperia or Symphonia. Though this can be considered a fan favorite, was a complete remaster really necessary?
Tales of Xillia Remastered successfully brings the original title to modern consoles while maintaining its charm and warts. It won't change anyone's opinion who played it over a decade ago, but it is the best option for those who want to experience this title in the beloved Tales series for the first time.
Tales of Symphonia is a wonderful experience if you’re a fan of classic Japanese-made RPGs and has aged surprisingly well for a game that's now two decades old. Its real-time 3D combat is still just as enjoyable and the way the story and characters evolve throughout the journey remains just as compelling. Returning players are likely to feel the most let down here, as this really doesn’t feel like the proper remastered experience it could have been. In saying this, the fun battles & RPG elements shine through, which might be enough for some players to overlook the shortcomings of this remaster.
Tales of Symphonia Remastered does what it set out to do—allow a classic JRPG to be playable on modern hardware. However, even then, this remaster falls short.
The real issue with Tales of Symphonia Remastered is that outside of bringing a classic Tales Of JRPG to modern consoles, it doesn’t really do much else. As remasters have gotten more common, the expectations over quality-of-life improvements and updates have gone up. If a remaster can be accused of being too faithful to its original sources, then Tales of Symphonia Remastered is just that. There’s nothing really new here; there’s no sequel included like in Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, and no new extras to unlock. Even changes like skippable cutscenes (which are severely limited) come across as half-baked.
Tales of Symphonia Remastered is a decent remaster of a classic game, but it lacks innovation and new content.
Tales of Symphonia Remastered is an RPG classic that’s a welcome sight on modern consoles. Originally released for the GameCube in 2003, Symphonia is the fifth game in the Tales series, most recently culminating in the excellent Tales of Arise. I was able to play – and have a great time with – more recent titles due to their easy availability on PlayStation consoles, but until now Symphonia was most readily available on Steam. I put several hours into the Steam version back in the day, ...
This remaster brings a classic to modern platforms, but loses a bit of Tales of Symphonia's charm in the process due to bugs and odd design choices.
Tales of Symphonia is released upon consoles once more. While the game itself is one of the GameCube's finest RPGs, the lack of care and high price point of this remaster make it a difficult version to recommend.
We’re admittedly a little mixed on Tales of Symphonia Remastered. Though the story is compelling, the character building is satisfying, and there’s lots of content to experience, Bandai Namco’s near-nonexistent efforts to scrub out the rough edges of this 20-ish year old game definitely hold it back from greatness. Things like the stiff combat, dated visuals, and awkward writing limit the appeal here, which makes this remaster feel like a missed opportunity. It’s easier to recommend this to those who have nostalgia for the original and want to relive those memories, but it's tough to say whether newcomers should pick it up. This is far from the best action RPG on the Switch, and it’s arguably not even the best Tales game on the Switch. We’d give this one a light recommendation as its positives do outweigh its negatives, but with the caveat that you should probably wait for a deep sale or buy it used. There are much better RPGs to play on the Switch today, and this one doesn’t quite deserve a spot near the top of your list.
Tales of Symphonia is a beloved classic of Bandai Namco's Tales series, but this latest version is a disappointing mess of issues, play a different port instead.
Tales of Symphonia Remastered isn’t going to win any awards. It’s a soulless cash grab that has come with as little effort by Bandai Namco as possible. If you’re a die-hard fan, there may be something here for you, but really you’re just paying for the nostalgia hit. Those who didn’t play the original and are looking to pick up and enjoy a slice of video game history should let this one go past — there will hopefully be another iteration of this in a few years’ time and maybe they’ll put more effort into that one.
Tales of Symphonia seems to be a game that is doomed to get a bit worse with every subsequent re-release. It’s difficult to justify calling this new version a remaster at all since it includes all of the problems with the previous version while introducing entirely new problems on top of that. The bare minimum for a port of a retro game should be that you won’t notice any technical problems if you haven’t played the original, and Tales of Symphonia Remastered does not even clear that bar. It is playable; it’s still Tales of Symphonia, but that is the absolute least we can ask of it, an…