Tales of Symphonia Switch - PAIN

How is it that such a fantastic game keeps getting progressively worse ports?

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[bloodless]

You really got me with "I'm not disappointed, I'm just mad." 🤣🤣

[MelaKaden]

They obviously slapped this together for a quick buck, and that's heartbreaking. This was my first JRPG and made me fall in love with the genre, and it deserved so much better.

[BorbMcGorb]

Ah yes Symphonia, a game that ran at smooth 60 FPS on its initial release on the GameCube and then never again over the next two decades.

[neroultimate]

This is a true “Tales of” fan. He said everything that was on our minds & more. I hope someone from Bandai actually hears the fans cause this is fucked up we gotta put up with this.

[Froge]

Sounds pretty similar to what happened with Sonic Adventure, the problems just keep snowballing with rereleases but that version is always chosen because it has the most content on paper

[DigitalStarry]

Also I forgot to add: The reason the voice lines are missing is because the English version added more textboxes to accumulate the English script (since English usually needs more words than JP to say the same thing). With this though they just pasted the English script into the JP game with no adjustments to the amount of textboxes which is why voice lines are missing.

[IronBlaze]

Dang, that’s unfortunate.

EDIT: seeing the pure black background in menus, track cuts in the music during loading screens, and abrupt battle transitions makes me believe that there was absolutely _no_ love and care put into this port.

[DarkAura]

It's just so baffling that it turned out the way it did. You have the Vesperia remaster that had even MORE Japan exclusive content SEEMLESSLY brought over, and that ran significantly better despite being an entire generation above Symphonia.

Just... man.

[Rex]

This is heartbreaking, this is my favorite video game franchise so totally empathize and agree with everything you said here, especially since Symphonia was my first Tales game. Idk why they had to do Symphonia dirty, why not remaster other games like Abyss, Graces f or Xillia 1 and 2? Why not localize games we still don't have like Innocence R? Why not remake old games I still haven't played like Phantasia or Destiny 1 and 2 (the actual one with Stahn). Now new people to the series have a broken version of this amazing game as an introduction and it sucks.

[RoyalHustler]

This “Remastered” was just Namco being lazy and doing this for an easy cash grab. Which is a shame; because they did a fantastic job with Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. Tales of Symphonia holds the hearts for many people me included due to that fact that this got me into the series (though it’s not my favorite from the series). You would think Namco would put more care into this one seeing the game sold to a million on just the Gamecube alone before porting to other systems. This feels like they did this for PlayStation and then made the Switch version as an obligation; because the original was on a Nintendo platform and they would get blasted for not releasing it on the Switch after literally giving everyone the better version of TOV on all platforms. Now we’re going to hear folks say the see this is why the Switch sucks. No this is why you shouldn’t half ass your products.

[NekoFye]

I'm a long time Tales of Symphonia fan and I loved it so much back on the GameCube. The amount of hours I've put into this game feels unreal and I'm still brought back to all the places or situations when I hear the soundtrack.

I was so happy and excited when they announced it for the Switch but so far everything I've heard is really disappointing...

This game deserves so much better. I want others to make the same experiences as I had all those years back. To have them fall in love with Tales of Symphonia as well.

[BenjiBearPup]

Daniel you hit the nail on the head with the title. PAIN is right.

I am not picking this up except on sale. I have played Symphonia 16 times across Gamecube and PS3 versions. Some of my fondest memories of this game are from playing through the entire game Co-op with college friends. I was more than happy to do the entire 60hour journey again because I wanted people to see the amazing combat and incredible story. Then here comes the remastered version and I feel betrayed. Symphonia was my introduction to the Tales series and i've picked up all future entries on day 1. Even Legendia and Abyss which didn't release in UK (until Abyss 3DS). I've imported many of the Japanese only titles. I sincerely hope this doesn't affect Bamco's decision to remaster more Tales games. I want Graces f and Xillia 1 and 2 off the PS3!! I want the Japanese only titles localised! Give me a Tales of the Wrold collection! Rebirth, Destiny DC, Destiny 2! Innocence! TALES DESERVES BETTER. This isn't it. Such a shame too as Arise was such a strong entry and really gave the series a massive push. Get it together Bamco.

[rotolotto]

This game is so incredible and so important to most of our formative years. This port truly depressing. We deserve better. SYMPHONIA deserves better.

[pite]

I think fans tend to complain too much when it comes to remasters, but oh boy was this a darker shade of bad. Thanks for informing us!
I played the PS3 version, and I didn't have any issues with it, but now I understand why I thought that conversation with Remiel was really awkward. Missing dialogue in what was essentially the most important scene of the first 10 hours of the game is totally unacceptable. They really should have patched it back in for the PS3 releases. Not fixing it for this release is child abuse of an IP.

[AlphaPHK]

“Colette, the chosen of regeneration.”
*“YES I’LL DO IT.”*
So funny how she just accepts without any hesitations lol

[HouseHawk]

This hurts my heart because I LOVE this game and it sucks that this remaster is not good.

[pokeman]

As someone who played the gamecube version back in the day this feels like a slap in the face

[myron]

All we can do is pray for the Baten Kaitos ports to turn out smoothly but unfortunately it’s a gamble these days when a company decides to port a game.

[friendlyninja]

They did it. They actually made the PC version of Tales of Symphonia (without mods) look good 😳🤯

[TealOpal]

I've been interested in playing Tales of Symphonia since I was a literal child, but the rug keeps getting pulled out from under me. I own a Gamecube copy, but my Wii doesn't read discs anymore. I own a PC copy, but the Steam version is borked. It was getting a port on Switch, but that version was somehow even worse. I realize that ports and remasters aren't just "slap it on a new console", and do require work to make games function on new hardware that they were never designed for, but it blows my mind that Tales of Symphonia keeps getting these half-hearted ports rather than the attention it deserves.