On top of that his dialogue and voice acting are exceptionally poor. He is constantly moaning, complaining, apologising for no reason and has absolutely zero redeeming qualities. Emil is one of the worst heroes ever to emerge in a role-playing game. This, however, will quickly develop into loathing after less than an hour. Initially you will sympathise with Emil because of how badly he is treated. Years later, he now lives in the small town of Luin with his abusive aunt and uncle.
He lived in Palmacosta when the Vanguard attacked and both his parents were killed by Lloyd. The ending turns out to be just as disappointing at the rest of the story with a simple cliché twist to explain things.Ĭaught up in this tumult is the ‘hero’ of this game (and I use that word loosely), Emil Castagnier. Wanting to find out why Lloyd was doing this was the only thing that kept me going. This sets up the only interesting part of the entire game. The game begins as we witness Lloyd leading an attack on the city of Palmacosta and slaughtering hundreds of innocent people. Allegedly leading this army is the former hero of the first game, Lloyd Irving. During this chaos an army of Sylvaranti, known as the Vanguard, rise up to fight against the Thethe’allans and the Church of Martel. Previously dry deserts are covered in snow and huge lakes have completely dried up. On top of all this, the climate around the world has drastically begun to change. Differences in technology, culture and beliefs have led the people to become fearful of one another. A couple of years have passed since the first Tales of Symphonia game and the previously separate worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe’alla have physically merged to become one. The story begins on a rather interesting note. Is it really that horrendous? Read on to find out.
I played nearly all of it, but finally decided I couldn’t stomach it any more by the end. Believe it or not, I couldn’t finish it either. None could bring themselves to play more than a few hours. In fact, three other RPGFan staff members already tried to play through this game in the hope of reviewing it. A direct sequel to my favourite Tales game? Yes please! Sadly, the reality is far from impressive. So it shouldn’t shock anyone that I couldn’t wait to play Dawn of the New World after it was announced. Out of all of them, Tales of Symphonia is my favourite. I’ve played almost all of the series and have even imported some that were not released outside of Japan.
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