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litobritelite's Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
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| [January 18, 2007 05:05:28 PM]
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Well, so far, I'm still stuck in the sidequest even though it has been days since I last posted. I'm mainly focusing on leveling up in the sidequest because the monsters are whooping my butt and if I'm having trouble fighting the monsters, how am I going to defeat Dhaos?! So, not much will be happening in the near future (this month ... and maybe next month). I'm too occupied in my schoolwork right now to really pick up my DS and play this game, even though I want to. Well, hope I won't take forever with this game or not play this game at all. Until next time!~
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| [January 12, 2007 03:10:10 AM]
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... continued from last post.
I currently have over 3 million gald in the game right now and is still acquiring more. I just love seeing the gald numbers increase; makes me feel rich even though it's just a fantasy. I told you it's really easy to make gald in this game.
I also have all the characters I need in the game, which includes: Cress, Mint, Claus, Arche, Chester, and Suzu. I mostly use Cress, Mint, Arche even though Mint does nothing in the battle field, but it's nice to know that there's a healer in the party. Mint is kind of a bother though because she hits like a grandma and gets easily damaged, but she insists walking up to the enemies. I don't know if there's a button to just keep her still, but I wish I did. Cress fights up close, which is the main character to use. He has some pretty good skills to use. Arche is the best character in the game because she's quick at casting magic and does a lot of damage. She barely gets hurt because she's in the air, flying on her cute little broom. I love her pink hair too. Chester is an archer, Claus is the summoner, and Suzu is a ninja. I think the most random character in the game is the ninja. It's just random to have ninjas in the game to me even though this game is created by Japan.
Well that's all I have to say. I will definetly post a final entry when I finish the game. Sayonora!
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| [January 12, 2007 03:09:43 AM]
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Well, I didn’t get to finish playing the game even though I’ve been playing for about 45 hours already. I’m just stuck in a really long sidequest right now, but I have to post an entry because I don’t want my homework to be late. (This is my homework).
So far, Cress and his crew are not back in the present because they are now in the future! They are in the future because Dhaos apparently has the ability to time travel. Dhaos time traveled 50 years into the future and prevented me from kicking his butt. So in the future, I have to find a way to prevent Dhaos from time traveling again so I can defeat him. I am supposed to merge two legendary swords into the Sword of Time, which I already did. I’m not fighting Dhaos and finishing the game yet because I want to finish the whole game by completing all the sidequests too. The sidequests are tough but they are very rewarding which makes it all worth it.
Oh yeah! In the future, I get to use Techbirds to travel around the Tales of Phantasia world. Techbirds are mechanical planes with colorful bird wings. Glad to have it even though the locations on the map aren’t really far apart. It’s just that I really hate having to go to the harbor and pay to sail over seas and waste time fighting weak enemies on land. Besides, Techbirds are so much quicker and easier to travel (wish we have this in real life). There are also no enemies in air, so it’s a safe flight.
... continued onto next post.
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| [January 11, 2007 09:23:05 PM]
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... continued from last entry.
During the battle sequences, instead of choosing the action of each characters in a menu box and take turns trading blows with the enemies, I am in full control of Cress by pressing the buttons and the D-pad. Basically, the battle sequences are more action-oriented. My companions will support me with their own abilities automatically. I can also control the other characters' actions if I wish to. I'm not really great with the buttons because I just suck at fighting games. There aren't that many moves to memorize (just four) but I'd rather trade blows with the enemies.
The most frustrating part of this game is the extremely large maze-like areas, in which some areas look exactly the same! I easily got lost and got a bit annoyed of frequently encountering enemies because all I wanted to do was find my way out and reach my desired destination without wasting so much time fighting monsters.
There are also times when I don't know what I'm supposed to do next because there wasn't much direction in the game. I had to talk to lots of characters and remember the important things they tell me. I don't have a great memory so it's easy for me to forget where I'm supposed to go or what I'm supposed to do. It just sucks that the game does not come with a little 'diary' to remind me of these things. So lots of time is wasted wandering aimlessly around to find out what my next objective is. Another time consuming feature of the game is the amount of time spent for the characters to strike a pose after winning each battle. This game tested my patience, but I'm just in love with the story.
Now I'll try to finish playing the game and talk about my last thoughts on this adorable game. So ... till next the post!
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| [January 11, 2007 09:21:13 PM]
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The test worked, but I think the problem is that my entry is too long, so I'm just going to post my entry in parts. So here's what I have to say about this game:
After started playing Tales of Phantasia for the past couple of days, I couldn't wait to come back home and continue on with the story. I play as Cress, the teenage fighting prodigy. He goes hunting with his childhood friend, Chester, and comes home to find his town destroyed and everyone dead. Cress will then embark on a journey to the past to change the present. He'll be joined with a couple of companions on the way. Influenced by politics and war, they must learn new skills, magic, and summons to defeat their antagonist, Dhaos. In my opinion, Dhaos looks too cute to be a villain, especially with his long blonde hair. He makes a lot of sense when he says that humans cannot solve problems without a fight. I don’t really think he’s all that bad.
I'm in love with the game's adorable graphics and designs even though this game is made for the Game Boy Advance. The miniature models of the characters during gameplay are just too cute. The facial expressions on the characters during the cutscenes may be small, but it's easy to tell along with added animation to exaggerate expressions. I really like the quote at the beginning of the game before the start screen: “If there is evil in this world, it lurks in the hearts of man” –Edward D. Morrison.
From the beginning, not much gald (monetary reward) or exp (experience) will be gained. However, not much gald is needed anyway since most weapons, armor, items, and etc. can be gained for free, so items bought from stores are rare. In time, I didn't really care about how much gald or exp I get from every battle because lots of exp and gald is earned for every battle.
... continued on next entry.
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| [January 11, 2007 09:16:39 PM]
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- Testing -
This entry is a test to see if I can actually post because I haven't been able to post anything other than the blank entry below ever since I registered on GameLog.
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| [January 10, 2007 01:04:07 AM]
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litobritelite's Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
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Current Status: Played occasionally
GameLog started on: Friday 5 January, 2007
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