Tales of Symphonia Chronicles: Collector's Edition - PlayStation 3

When I heard a Tales classic is coming out, I decided to place my order at once and I am really glad I did~ *^^*Playing classic games is nostalgic~This collector's box is very nice and sturdy. Figures are so adorable. Artwork, art book, novel and steel case are nice.And they also throw a 4 disks soundtrack and DLC theme for the PS3. I am really pleased with what I got and I really love it.Okay, the CD includes two games:Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New WorldI haven't played both games but playing Tales of the Radiant Mythology years back, i am already familiar with some of the TOS characters. I was given free costumes (titles) for playing / having TOX save file. ^^; i just wished they also have additional stats with them like some of the titles i acquired from the game though.The beginning of the story is like other classic JRPGs. Everything is just normal until some incident turns your life up side down. Well, i guess its the same cliche story(but this is already a classic so i am expecting as much). You were thrown out of town and set on a journey to save the world with your friend and discovers underlying secrets and etc etc etcs. BTW some tracks reminds me of Tales of Phantasia. The game is simple and easy to play. Battle is engaging and easy to master. Characters are simply lovable on their chibi and non-chibi forms. They have original Japanese voices so it has real JRPG feel on it.Okay, there are tons of things i really about love this game being a classic and everything but I have to admit there are some few things I hate as well.i can't adjust camera angle. as i journey the field, the angle keeps on changing by itself making me dizzy. i do hope i could fix it on one direction and move forward without making every turn change its angle.for some reason, this game lags so much as i walk or move. i was expecting a smoother game.But anyways, all in all, this is still a good game and i am really really glad i got the collector's edition. *^^*

So I realize not many people will be able to actually own this. So this review will be short and sweet. Many of you already know what comes in this set. So i won't go into detail about that. Although i have to say that the steel book case is a beautiful case that comes with this set. The one negative thing i will say is that in the 4 disc soundtrack, neither full opening themes from tales of symphonia one or two are on it. I find that very odd. You would think to add in the full opening theme songs, especially since they used remix versions for the intro of each game. i'm just really sad we didn't get the themes in the soundtrack album.Which brings me about the game, yes the opening theme songs are in japanese and they are in fact remixes of the originals. But they aren't so different from the originals, just something more. a lil more umph was added which was nice. other than that, the anime cut scenes look pretty good. i wouldn't say they are full 720p. I mean, i'm only going by the opening intros i saw and they looked pretty much like dvd quality in terms of video. not sure how the other cut scenes look like but i'm thinking somewhere between dvd and hd quality. both games are on one ps3 disc. for some reason people thought they would be on 2 separate discs. not sure why when the tales of symphonia 2 was on the wii that was under 5GB's used up, especially the ps2 version of the game which was probably lower, since i think ps2 still used cd's? or did they use dvds? either way, both games were clearly under 5 GB's each and being a blu-ray disc, which can hold up to 25 gigs of data, nothing is being compressed or lost.Another drawback i just remembered is that there is no selection from game one to game two, and vice versa, meaning if you accidentally hit game two to load, and wanted game one, you'd have to exit the entire game and than load it to select game one. a menu button should of been added to both titles so that we didn't have to exit all the way. but this doesn't affect gameplay or what comes in this set. i'm still giving it a 5 star rating.if you were a symphonia fan i'd say this is the set to get. a lot of us don't have working ps2 or gamecube consoles anymore, even if we did, this HD upgrade(dvd upgrade) is very much worth it. also we are getting the ps2 version of symphonia which adds a few more things apparently items and side missions i believe. i forget. and for those who weren't into the wii game you get that here as well. i've never played symphonia 1, i'm kind of worried honestly, since you can't do free roam when your in battle its just back and forth movement, unlike symphonia 2. but i will enjoy it no matter what.

This is one of my favorite games from growing up. I played this in high school all the time. The fun thing about this series is that while it's an RPG series, is that the combat is actually multiplayer, so you can enjoy playing through the stories or powering through the bosses with your friends. I'll never forget those days with me and my friends sitting around trying to beat the hardest optional boss in this game on the hardest difficulty, timing combos together and screaming each time something went wrong, there aren't many other RPGs that can do that..if there are any outside of this series at all. This includes Tales of Symphonia and the sequel to Tales of Symphonia, where all of the characters return a few years later, though you are playing the game from a more outside perspective, it's fun and interesting to meet your old heroes through someone elses eyes later in the story.All of these Tales game have similar motifs, where its the story of a group mostly comprised of children being flung into this crazy unwinding story where they are forced to grow as individuals and as a team, and unlock mysteries about the world. Both of these games have plenty of plot twists, it is kind of what these Tales games do after all. Several interesting characters with interestingly different play styles.. the second game even has a sort of pokemon-esque mechanic where you can collect monsters and have them fight for you.Overall I just have to say that these games are great, and this whole pack is great. The figurines are a nice addition to my collection - I've always wanted a Lloyd figurine. They are great quality little chibi figurines. And the soundtrack is nice too. If you are a fan of this game, or even of the Tales series in general, or just want to get into it, I would recommend getting this set. It is definitely worth the investment if you are a collector!