All you could want from an RPG and more.

User Rating: 10 | Tales of Symphonia GC
From the charming anime art style to the epic story and fantastic battle system, Tales of Symphonia is a definitive RPG experience that will capture you and keep you coming back for more.

Set in the dying world of Sylverant, you play as Lloyd Irving as he strives to escort the Chosen of Mana on a journey that will regenerate the land and bring about peace.

The story may seem familiar and a little cliched, but there are some excellent twists along the way that keep you guessing and help form an attachment between you and the interesting characters that feature.

As far as the action goes, the Linear Motion Battle system offers exciting and free-flowing combat that accommodate up to three friends battling alongside you. Ex-skills, Techs and the Unison Attack systems also allow you to customise the abilities that your party members learn to an enormous degree, offering literally hundreds of different combinations and keeping confrontations fresh and exciting as you level up.

The voice acting is also stellar, and helps bring the characters to life as you play through the 40+ hour story that stretches across two disks. And when you've finished the main bulk of the game, dozens of side quests keep you playing and can flesh the playtime out to over 80 hours.

Tales of Symphonia is the best game in the Tales series and will certainly provide you with everything you would want and expect from an RPG experience. To this day it remains a unique and memorable experience that will stay with you for a long time.