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I have a beef with you. A small one, but a beef none the less. And my beef may not be a big deal in the long run, because I'm only half way through the game and things could change.

Now Legendia. I like you. I do. You're a good game and you have a nice set of characters and an interesting plot. You really do. Gameplay wise, you're very solid. A step down from Symphonia, to be sure, but solid nonetheless. You are very enjoyable gameplay wise.

So what's my beef? Character development. I mentioned that you have a nice set of characters, and you do. But the villians. Oh my. Did you screw up with the villians. Vaclav and The Terrors. They suck. They are not interesting in the slightest bit and are given minium character development. They were just evil for the sake of being evil. The only potentially interesting Terror is Stingle, and only because he's still alive and is connected to one of the main characters.

So what's up? I usually like the villians in my RPGs Legendia. But so far, as of chapter 4, you've screwed up. I did not care about Melanie, Kashel, or Vaclav. There were no scenes that attempted to elicit any kind of sympathy for their characters. They were just evil. They were Saturday morning cartoon villians, with no motivations beyond being evil. Vaclav wanted power. He had a motivation at least. But that's it. Power. Woooo. Big deal.

The game was a bit confusing to me. I sorta couldn't understand everything at once and I agree the badguys could've been a bit better, but the game was enjoyable to me.

The villans were only one problem I had with the game (though I thouroughly enjoyed throwing knocked down foes, usually a pain in Tales games).

I usually find at least one Villan I like in any game. For Abyss, Sync; Symphonia, Yuan; Eternia, Race (though a good guy really). I didn't find one villan I liked in Legendia. There was not anything to like.

Yes the bad guys were lame, I must agree. But not all of them... Am I the only one who got great satisfaction after beating the hell out of Walter, Maurits, and Schwartz? They weren't so badly developed.

In other news, I too think Senel should be with Chloe. <3

Just wait til the end @__@ //finished it// I love the game.. but your right, very narrow minded and very... eh.

I hate the fact that Senel ignores Chloe altogether.


TehFrekahPenguin~~ If you think that Senel and Chloe are ment to be, then you will be very dissapointed. >>

He goes with Shirley and they get 'married'. But, Chloe doesn't kinda confess her love to sene

I find that what the dude before me said is true. A lot of the tale series were about friednship.
Tales of Symphonia and Abyss were big ones.
Legendia is more of detailed pasts of individual people weaving together into one future.

Actually, I believe that each Tales game sponsors its own individual theme. While some games actually reference the other's themes (That one scene in Abyss where they talk about the death of the Dragon in Zaleho? Yeah, it had no major impact on the story, but was a major reference to Dhaos and a recurring theme in the Tales, like in Phantasia, and how he was just trying to protect himself and his domain).

Symphonia was, as someone said, about discrimination.

Phantasia, while its original story was very prehistoric compared to today's games, did do a good job of saying on how evil only exists in the individual's perspective, Dhaos was not killing because he wanted to, but so that he could achieve a great goal.

Abyss had a lot, but the theme at the end was about distinguishing one's self value (The entire point of Luke's development).

Rebirth was about... I don't know, more s**t about racism.

Destiny 2, I BELIEVE (From different references), was about accomplishing deeds for your own person and under your own control, and no one else (Which is where I'm guessing Fortuna comes in, as a God who sees and controls all).

Destiny... World reconstruction? Really rushed at the last minute.

That's why I have a major, MAJOR beef with Legendia, and why I'm steadfast (Perhaps even more than Kenta) that Legendia is not a true Tales game (Hell, it isn't even developed by the same creator). The official websites and sources tell it as being a story about friendship and comradeship, yet it does a pathetic job at this due to crappy villians, subpar dialogue and development, and unoriginal characters (CARDBOARD CUTOUTS, ALL OF THEM. Except maybe Norma...). Sad/detailed pasts? I think for every RPG, that's a given/requirement.

Bleh, Legendia... Can't even begin to describe it on my part.