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Creators: Namco
Platform: Nintendo Gamecube, Playstation 2.
Year of Release: 2003 (GC, JP), 2004 (GC, US & EU), 2004 (PS2, JP).
Tales of Symphonia is an RPG in the Tales series. It stars a boy named Lloyd Irving and a chosen called Collete Brunelle. They (and others) set off on a journey to restore the world. This is out on Gamecube and it then came out on PS2 in Japan. There aren't any announcements for a PS2 version outside Japan and it's highly unlikely.
Tales of Symphonia review
Graphics 9/10 Excellent Graphics! Anime style!!
Sound 10/10 Pretty darn good and beautiful music!
Gameplay 10/10 This game is similar to Final Fantasy although in the battles, you run around and attack freely. More like a FF, Soulcalibur cross.
Character Design 10/10 Some hilarious characters like Lloyd, Zelos, Genis, Raine etc.
Storyline 10/10 An excellent story. The start sounds like FF10 but later on it gets better!
Overall 10/10 This is an excellent game!! Best Gamecube game and equals Star Ocean: Till the End of Time!
Story
The game takes place in the world of Sylvarant, a land that is dying due to a steady loss of mana, the energy source that is needed both for magic and to support life itself. As the crops begin to wither and hardship sets in, the people turn their hopes to the Chosen One, a servant and messiah of the Goddess Martel, who can reverse the ills of the world by completing the journey of World Regeneration.
Such a quest is undertaken when the world is in an extreme state of decline. In order to regenerate the world, the chosen must travel the world awakening the summoning spirits that sleep at the magical seals. With each seal released, the Chosen comes closer and closer to becoming an angel. Once the Chosen fully transforms into an angel, the world will be regenerated.
As the game progresses, many revelations are made about the subject of World Regeneration. Earliest among these is that becoming an angel forces the Chosen to give up the aspects of him or herself that make him or her human. With the first seal, the Chosen loses the need to eat; with the second to sleep. The release of the third seal causes the Chosen to lose the ability to feel physical sensations such as heat, cold and pain. After releasing the forth seal, the Chosen can no longer speak. The fifth and final seal requires the Chosen to give up his or her heart and memory and with them his or her life. When this process has been completed, the Chosen's body will become a vessel for the goddess Martel.
It is also revealed that replenishing the world's supply of mana means draining the mana away from the other world. This arises from the system by which the worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla must compete for a limited amount of mana to survive. When one of these two worlds is regenerated, the other goes into a state of decline.
