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Tales of the Abyss (PS2)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Third-Person 3D Action RPG

RELEASE DATE

10/OCT/06

ESRB RATING

TEEN, Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Language, Simulated Gambling, Suggestive Themes

DEVELOPER

Namco Bandai Games, Inc.

PUBLISHER

Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.

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DESCRIPTION

Settle in for the story of Luke fon Fabre and his adventures in Tales of the Abyss, a magical story about the value of friendship and sacrifice. As Luke, you begin inside your family's manor, a quiet character shut away from the world due to a terrible case of amnesia caused by the shock of being kidnapped years ago. Shattering your solitude, a girl named Tear breaks into the castle and the two of you are transported far from the safety of your family home. Luke can roam freely through his environment, uncovering treasure chests, magical items, and enemies to increase his skills as a fighter, and sorcerer.

The land is full of subatomic particles created from such elements as light, dark, air, earth, fire, and water called Fonons, and the protagonist can master the make-up of a particular area by using attacks that are based in one of six particles. Luke can charge-up normal actions to become super assaults by using moves that require the primary Fonon found within that environment. As in other RPG titles, Luke will meet people along the way including Mieu and Jade who will join your party and provide back-up during squabbles. The game gives you the option of controlling Luke directly or allowing the computer to fight for you.

Elemental attacks can be made stronger by using fon slot chambers to add special effects such as power, damage, and health increases, and as your characters level up, you can distribute over 80 unlockable attributes to 20 different capacity cores that affect Luke and members of his posse in such ways as physical, fonic attack, and defense points. As you journey through your main quest of uncovering Luke's affiliation with the Order of Lorelei, there will be side activities to break up gameplay that include cooking tasty meals to increase attributes and unlocking costumes such as swimsuits and formal wear. You can journey alone or invite up to three friends to play along as characters in Luke's party. ~ Gracie Leach, All Game Guide

Tales of the Abyss (PS2)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Third-Person 3D Action RPG
RELEASE DATE:

10/OCT/06
TOP TRAITS:

RPG, story-driven, Real time combat
DESCRIPTION:

Settle in for the story of Luke fon Fabre and his adventures in Tales of the Abyss, a magical story about the value o... more

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My Favorite RPGs by: WILDMAMMOTH

“Here are some of my favorite RPGs. What RPGs do you guys like?”

created 20/SEP/2009

TheTot was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Xenogears was decent, I don't have any real gripes about it. Final Fantasy was, of course, good. But I'm an FF fanboy. I don't know if the DS version is any different, but I love the original Chrono Trigger (Still have Chrono Cross, too.) The Golden Suns were decent, never got too into them but I liked what I saw. Superstar Saga was brilliant, love the idea of Mario in an RPG. Paper Mario series is amazing, even though you didn't list it lol.

I haven't played the rest.”

Torinir was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Nice collection there. :o”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@Torinir Too bad I don't own all of those games anymore...”

lotusthefallen was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH Sound like me. I used to play all of these. Still have a few but lost the CD codes along the years. Alas at nastalgic days without paying 3x's their original prices now.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@lotusthefallen If I went back to my folks' house and did some digging, I'm sure I could find most of the ones that are MIA. Sadly, Lufia is not among the ones that I would have a chance of finding.”

Spookty was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Final Fantasy IV is definitely a favorite, yet not my favorite FF. Chrono Trigger DS was great, considering I didn't have the opportunity to the original of that one, either.

Over the years I've played a fair bit of Final Fantasy, but I gotta say the only one I really, really liked was IX. Actually like most of the characters and grew attached to them. That and I actually ended up playing it after VIII, and Zidane was a refreshing change of pace from Squall and Cloud.

I don't know if Paper Mario counts, but Super Paper Mario was one of the first games I got after getting my Wii and I love it. Happiest freaking ending I've ever seen.”

madman19 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Golden Sun! Probably 2 of my favorite games of all time. I also see you have Tales games listed up there, you should check out tales of vesperia for gamecube if you haven't”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@madman19 You mean Tales of Symphonia?”

madman19 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Haha yup ”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@madman19 I actually have Symphonia, but I don't like it as much as the other Tales games. The reason for that is that my friend was playing it too and he asked me if I wanted to see something cool. Then he proceeded to spoil the ending for me...”

madman19 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH Ah that sucks. I have been meaning to play Vesperia (have it sitting next to my xbox) but have been too busy with school and work recently. Real life sucks”

secondsabre was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“I still havn't played Baten Kaitos Origins, but the first one seriously rocked my world, plot-wise. I didn't see half of those plot twists coming. Kinda like FFTactics in that way. Also, great to see the Mario RPG Series (Marioi RPG, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi) up there. Mario & Luigi are the most well-written games on Nintendo systems, in my opinion.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@secondsabre If you played the first Baten Kaitos, then the story in the second one will blow your mind.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@madman19 Yeah, nothing ruins the fun of an RPG for me like a spoiler.

Hopefully you'll get a chance to play Vesperia soon.”

DarkLeviathan13 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Golden Sun and The Lost Age are definitely some of the best RPGs i have ever played. Both of them as a whole probably finish in my top 5 favorite games of all-time list. So glad they are making another GS game! Moving on to action RPGs, I really like Fable (both of them) and The Elder Scrolls among others.”

madman19 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@DarkLeviathan13 I agree with your game choices. Thanks for letting me know about the new Golden Sun”

DarkLeviathan13 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@madman19 no problem. I only wish i had more info on the game other than its coming in the next year or so...like who the new chars in the poster, how many years since TLA, and so on.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Here's a link to the Golden Sun DS poster for anyone who's interested.

http://ds.ign.com/dor/objects/949592/golden-sun-ds/images/golden-sun-ds-20090602113934286.html?page=mediaFull”

andremed was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“how about diablo I and II?”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@andremed Those games are just not my thing. They're perfectly fine games, just not done in a way that fit my personal tastes very well.”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Nice list.

Xenogears is definitely in my top list as well.

Some of my favorites are SMT: Persona 1-4, Xenosaga 1-3, Ultima: Exudes, Star Ocean 1-4, Grandia 1-2, Final Fantasy 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 10, Earthbound, AR Tonelico 1, 2, Shadowgate, Disgaea 1-3...I'll stop there.

So which ones have you played, like, or dislike Mammoth?
”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@DarthOdium Off of your list, I have played Star Ocean 1 & 3, both Grandias, and all of those Final Fantasies except for 8.

Though I never quite completed either of the Star Oceans or FF10.

I tend to forget most RPGs that I don't like. Nothing on your list is something I dislike. The only RPG that I can think of that I actually disliked was Septerra Core. There are quite a few that I feel neutral about or disappointed about though...”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH Not a fan of the SMT games, that's too bad.

I usually can tolerate a lot coming for a video game. I really REALLY pushed to finish Shining Tears I wanted to kill myself halfway through that game.

Out of your list which one have you replayed the most?”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@DarthOdium Chrono Trigger. I got it when it first came out on the SNES, and have played it so many times I have lost count.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Oh, and I have never tried the SMT games, so I don't know if I like them or not.”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH Chrono Trigger oozes greatness.

Well if you ever get the chance I recommend Persona 3, 4, or Digital Devil Saga I enjoy these games.”

mnightwind was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Hmm.. favorites would have to be FFX, FFVI as far as FF games go. I also have a soft spot in my heart for Crystalis on the ol' NES :3 Oh, and 7th Saga.. that game was brutal but fun XD And those're just in traditional RPG styles (ok, JRPG) .. I also loved the old 'build a random party and go dungeon crawling' type games like the original gold box TSR games, the old Bard's Tale, etc. Some new ones are also good like Etrian Odyssey or Class of Heroes :D Now if it's SRPG you're talking about I am NIS's plaything XD From Rhapsody to Disgaea 3 I've loved em all :D”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@mnightwind Nice someone else played Class of Heroes. How about Knights in the Nightmare?

7th Saga is a game I haven't seen in a while. (I wonder if I still have that game?) Wild Arms 1 and 2 where fun. Of Course the Suikoden Series was great...well minus 4. ”

mnightwind was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Oh ya, I got Knights in the Nightmare the same day I picked up Class of Heroes but I forgot about it XD I need to load that back up again, I puttered around with it when I first got it but got too wrapped up in Class of Heroes :P”

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“The game that got me into RPGs (and none of this series are on your list, I see) is Dragon Warrior. Played that to death on my NES over 20 years ago (Damn, I'm getting old). I still need to pick up Dragon Quest 8, and then there's the two DS games they released recently.

Another series that needs a Phoenix Down (and from what I've heard, it's getting one sometime next year) is Phantasy Star. Not the newer online variants (of which I've only played the demos), but the old-school, SMS Phantasy Star.

From the series described earlier, here are a few of my favorites:
Final Fantasy IX, X, and X-2 (and I've been playing Final Fantasy since, well, Final Fantasy on the NES)
Chrono Trigger (GREATEST 16-bit JRPG EVER)
Paper Mario (all of them, you can't really go wrong with this series)
Mario & Luigi:Superstar Saga
Jade Empire (needs me a sequel over here)
FFT, FFTA 1& 2
Diablo 2
Fallout 3 (need to see if I can find the first two for OSX)
Oblivion (especially the Shivering Isles, Sheogorath is great)”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@mykalgaidin Hehe, me too, the first RPGs I played were FF1, and DW, though I still haven't beaten them to this day, back when game were hard!”

WillyFourEyes was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@DarthOdium Class of Heroes is pretty decent. Reminds me of Wizardry a lot. Incidentally, I could never get any lower than the first floor in that game, because I never realized that I could exploit the character creation engine to pool all of my gold from "dummy characters" and deleting them.

Right now in Class, I have three adventuring parties: one with a pair of Clerics to identify items, another with an Alchemist to create items, and a third just for exploring maps and killing enemies for filling out my Yearbook. Dunno why it took me about eight hours to fully explore the first dungeon, though.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@mykalgaidin Ah the DW/DQ games were (and still are) my brother's obsession. I dunno, I've always felt the need to differentiate my gaming tastes from my bro's. I've missed out on a lot of games because of that.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH I'm actually one of the few Americans that likes the DQ series more then the FF series as a whole.

The Japanese love the DQ series much more then the FF series.

”

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH To hell with what your brother plays. Play what _you_ want to play.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@mykalgaidin That's the thing, because he played them, I had no desire to do so. I just never wanted to play them. My interests were diverted elsewhere.”

DarthOdium was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@mykalgaidin Dragon Quest 8 was enjoyable I might have to restart it. I have to agree that it would be cool to see a Jade Empire sequal.
@WillyFourEyes I remember Wizardry the only one I play was Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge that takes me back, good old dungeon crawlers. I need to jump back into CoH because I stopped playing when Devil Survivor came out and never beat it.
”

justidroy was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“My favs: Zelda Series, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Lufia, Golden Sun, Chrono Trigger, FFVII, Earthbound, Diablo II and many more ^^”

Reiaze was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Final Fantasy III (VI) will always hold a special place in my heart as the one that started it all. Best Christmas present ever.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@justidroy Hey! A fellow Evermore fan! We don't see much of us.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“I'm actually doing a screen shot LPs of that game atm, I should really get back to that....”

topgunner87 was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Good collection. I played Persona 3 recently and loved its classic style. So many hours...”

justidroy was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@EarthboundX No i know, looks like we're almost extinct”

xoaks was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Kingdom Hearts
Golden Sun
Kingdom Hearts
Persona
Kingdom Hearts
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Threads of Fate
Kingdom Hearts
Dragon Quest
Kingdom Hearts
Fable 2
Kingdom Hearts
Wild Arms
Kingdom Hearts
Dept Heaven series
Kingdom Hearts
Breath of fucking Fire
Kingdom Hearts
Vanillaware games
Kingdom Hearts
Star Ocean 1 & 2
Kingdom Hearts
Radiata Stories
Kingdom Hearts
.....

.....

My profile has a pretty good list....

Kingdom Hearts”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@xoaks You forgot Kingdom Hearts.”

xoaks was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“DAMN!
and Kingdom Hearts. Good catch.”

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@xoaks Don't know about you, but playing KH2 rendered KH nigh unplayable.”

xoaks was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Not realy, since I get my KH fixes through final mixes”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“No love for PC rpgs in this thread I see.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Fallout2Forever Only one I ever played was Septerra Core. I didn't care for it. I would try others if I had a decent PC.”

Mishy was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH Get the hell out. . . no really get out

Septerra Core was a great RPG (this coming from an addict to RPGs) i was playing it and lovign it since I started gaming, it reminds me of The Longest Journey with a bit of fighting which feels natural and the character interaction is amazing!

Also thanks for nudging me about this in the first place >_>”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Mishy Septerra Core wasn't bad, it just never hooked me. And I thought I nudged you about this like a month ago...”

secondsabre was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Fallout2Forever I have a theory about that, actually. Since RPG's are the new novels (text-heavy, story-heavy, based on character interaction and working with your mind, instead of just showing you explosions),, people want to get into a comfortable spot to do it. Think about the expression, "Curl up with a good book." It just sounds comfortable and cozy, which is exactly the mindset that you wanna be in to game, especially a story-heavy game like your average RPG. To most people, it means curling up on your couch, your bed, your favourite chair, and just chilling for an extended period of time. And I dunno about the rest of you, but my computer desk isn't the most comfortable place in my house. I definitely love a few PC RPGs (Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Ultima, Nox), but I don't like being trapped on my mildly uncomfortable computer chair, and I'm sure the idea of grinding away 80 hours of solitude in said chair isn't enticing to most people, either.

Also, I hate controlling games with keyboards.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@WILDMAMMOTH You don't need a decent pc to play my two favorite rpgs. Planescape Torment and Fallout 2 can be played quite easily on a very bad pc.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Mishy and yeah, Septerra Core is awesome. Thanks for reminding me. I'lm gonna put the game on follow for this site :D”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@secondsabre Well, you could always buy a more comforable chair.”

CFGamesOnline was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“ok time for my 2 cents.....

PS2
FF VII
FF X
FF X-2
Xenosaga 1, 2 & 3
.Hack Series

XBox
Fable
The Elder Scrolls III
Balder's Gate: DA 1 & 2

HMMMMMMMMMM... thats's all I can think of now

”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@CFGamesOnline ESIII and ESIV on the consoles are vastly inferior to the pc versions when modded right. Especially ESIV.”

CFGamesOnline was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Fallout2Forever I take it your biased towards PC games...LOL”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@CFGamesOnline I'm biased towards what version of the game has the most replay value. And since user created content is pretty huge, and nearly limitless on TESIII and IV, I'm biased towards it.

Seriously, do some research on some of the best mods for both of those games, and you'll see what I mean.”

CFGamesOnline was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Fallout2Forever Will do... Need a computer upgrade before I even think of getting PC games.....a bad pc is one thing, a POS laptop is a WHOLE other story”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@CFGamesOnline Shame. You're missing out.”

TheTot was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“It really does have nothing to do with console bias. It's not even a real decision, PC versions are superior in every way. People buy the Xbox version, then pay even more for the Shivering Isles and that's just about it. There's like one or two downloadable contents, ooh wow.

www.planetelderscrolls.com

Almost unlimited mods for the PC versions of both. Me, personally? I can't imagine starting up vanilla Morrowind anymore, I can think of at least 20 mods I simply couldn't play that game without.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@TheTot I couldn't possibly agree more.

BTW, feel free to list all those mods that you couldn't play without.”

TheTot was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“My essential list:

Better Bodies
Better Heads
Tamriel Rebuilt (Map 1 & 2)

Wakim's Game Balancers, which include:
-Improved NPC spellcasting
-Overall improved game settings
-Improved faction mechanics
-Improved dialogue mechanics
-Improved spell effects and spellcasting and mechanics
-Improved, and better balanced, starting bonuses
-Improved, and better balanced, stats (such as weights and damages) to almost every single item in the game.

Various mods by LDones and WDog including:
-Improved dodge mechanics
-Improved armour effects
-Improved sneak mechanics
-Houses and most businesses, except Inns, lock their doors at night.

Balmora Expanded
Clean Better Caldera
No Glow (to make enchanted weapons/armour no longer look like they're wrapped in plastic wrap)

Sandman101's H.E.L.L.U.V.A. series, which adds 1594 completely original weapons and I am not sure how many armours it adds but I am confident it is well over 1000 as well.

Last but not least, and possibly one of the best mods of all time, Necessities of Morrowind. An absolutely fabulous mod that adds drunken scripts, fatigue scripts, sleeping eating and drinking scripts. I love it!

Honorable mention is The Puma Man's The Wilderness Mod, adding TONS of new (and original) monsters, ingredients and misc items. The only problem is it conflicts with too many other of my mods, especially Balmora Expanded.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I'd say that I like most of those mods, except for Balmora Expanded, since IIRC, it conflicts with A Good Place to Stay.”

TheTot was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Omg I absolutely can not stand regular Balmora after having played with Balmora Expanded. Soooooo beautiful. I search for other town enhancing mods all the time.

I also forgot to mention that I have like, 1234234 billion texture replacers for my Morrowind as well.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@TheTot Yeah, but A Good Place to Stay is the best House mod ever made.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@TheTot What about the mod that greatly improves combat? It lets you do so much more, like chop off limbs, and decapitations. Makes combat a lot more fun.”

Mishy was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I never got a nudge = (”

TheTot was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@EarthboundX Can't say I've ever seen that one. Sounds like it'd be pretty script intensive, though.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@Mishy There you go.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@TheTot Here it is. Deadly Reflex.

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8273

Pretty sure that's it.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“You need the Oblivion script expander to use it. ”

TheTot was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Ah, that'd be why, we were talking about Morrowind mods. My computer unfortunately can't run Oblivion, that fact aside I really do feel Morrowind was a better game.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“@TheTot Ah, OK, I could have sworn I saw Oblivion in there.

Morrowind has some better combat mods as well, but I can't remember them.”

Tales of the Abyss (PS2) by: WILDMAMMOTH

“This is my favorite PS2 game.”

created 20/SEP/2009

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jelloegg was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“OMG! Squee!”

Tales of the Abyss (PS2) by: Vegeta

“This game has the best gameplay, out of all the tales games, so far.”

created 17/JUN/2009

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Tales of the Abyss (PS2) by: Shadsy

“This is my brother's game. I haven't played it.”

created 13/JUN/2009

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Date: 17/MAY/2009
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jelloegg was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“lol! He was funny with all of his tantrums.”

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Naume played Tales of the Abyss on 15/MAY/09

“Tried Hard mode after deleting my corrupted data only to have my ass handed to me by Arietta, so I switched back to normal mode. After that my entire party except Tear died against the Sword Dancer....”

created 17/MAY/2009

Second Best RPG Ever by: FDSuprema

“First being SNES Chrono Trigger, But I digress, I've beaten this game twice and am on my 3rd playthrough, and have STILL not gotten everything. So there's TONS of replay value. On each of my...”

created 25/APR/2009