Comments on: Meta-Review: Tales of Phantasia – GBA

By: Mozgus

Mozgus — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:54:00 +0000

Sorry bud. In terms of raw sales numbers, Tales is indeed the third most popular console RPG series in Japan.

By: racketboy

racketboy — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:54:00 +0000

I don’t have any specific statistics, but can you name a series that would be better? The Tales series has quite a few installments released in Japan. Obviously Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are more popular, but over the last 10 years, I fail to think of a series as a whole that would be better.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:10:00 +0000

“Tales series which has since become the third most successful in Japan, after Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy”

I fail to believe this. Cite your source, please?

By: Mozgus

Mozgus — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:08:00 +0000

Oh and here’s some pics of the PS1 version’s fan translation so far:

http://www.tales-cless.org/?page=topss3

By: Mozgus

Mozgus — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:07:00 +0000

The biggest gripe I have? The battles are all insanely slow, even when only fighting 1 tiny enemy. It’s unplayable for me. There’s just no reason for everything to move less then half the original speed.

As for all the other reasons, there are lists out there, made by much bigger fanboys then myself. Most of them always mention the removal of the sound test, the translation errors like name changes, the removal of the custom name system, the many items and other menu structures that have words cut off screen. Oh and the nasty voice acting, and the problem with some voices getting cut off midway.

By: racketboy

racketboy — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:35:00 +0000

In what way in particular?