Tales of Symphonia : Knight of Ratatosk

[Cheetah]

I do generally really like the character designs, and the new guy does look cool. But he is definitely a Jade/Asche love child. I shall name him "Jasche". Allow me a few hours to get that copy righted.

[Kevassa]

What is that thing at the inferior left part of the gauge thing, FoF?

[Cless Aileron]

Just from those screens, at least I can say the game looks good.  I'm also hoping that the actual screens manage to also look good.

Also nice to see more playable characters that are not only non-monsters, but the old cast.

*sees third character*

.....jeez, did Asche and Jade have a gay love-child or is the character designer just getting lazy?

If you ask me, it seems typical that they recycle character designs for another character.  aether_orange had showed me so many of Fujishima's recycled character designs that I pretty much lost track.

[aether_orange]

aether_orange had showed me so many of Fujishima's recycled character designs that I pretty much lost track.

Don't forget that if recycling doesn't work, a gender swap usually does the trick.

[Kevassa]

You forgot Asch/Luke and Zelos there , but is it confirmed if the old cast will be playable???

[Dimentionalist]

Controls (taken from Nore's site:)

Control Stick: Movement
A Button: Normal Attack
B Button: Technique
Z: Free Run
C: Unison Attack
+: Menu
-: Target
1 and 2: Shortcuts

Apparently there is also some limited aerial functionality

[Cless]

Controls (taken from Nore's site:)

Control Stick: Movement
A Button: Normal Attack
B Button: Technique
Z: Free Run
C: Unison Attack
+: Menu
-: Target
1 and 2: Shortcuts

Apparently there is also some limited aerial functionality

Ugh, WTF. 1 and 2 are a bitch and a half to press in the midst of heated action. What are they using the d-pad for? anything? That would make for much easier shortcuts, and you could assign 4 like in Abyss.

I hope you can still remap the battle controls. Better yet, I hope this game is classic controller and/or GameCube controller compatible.

[Kajitani-Eizan]

in that case, where's the defend button? also, what is the motion/pointing being used for? i would think they wouldn't need a free run button, but would have you swing the wiimote in a direction when pressing A or B or something.

[Dimentionalist]

According to IGN, motion control can be used to perform special attacks with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. Thankfully it's optional.

[Cless]

in that case, where's the defend button? also, what is the motion/pointing being used for?

hrm.. oh yeah. I suppose the down directional could work.

i would think they wouldn't need a free run button, but would have you swing the wiimote in a direction when pressing A or B or something.

That would get tiring really damn quick.

[Kevassa]

That would make infinite combos non healthy safe!
*swings with all the might* C´mon! Keep the enemy staggered, damn it!

[Kajitani-Eizan]

That would make infinite combos non healthy safe!
*swings with all the might* C´mon! Keep the enemy staggered, damn it!

added realism! your character gets tired when you get tired

[Kefir]

added realism! your character gets tired when you get tired

Awesome, real life lv-ups.

[Cless]

The character models are AWESOME.

[FSLink]

Wow they really do look great! Still laughing at Dist/Jade/Asch/Zelos clone though.
Is the bottom picture the animation for capturing? o_o

[Dimentionalist]

Graphics are looking nice. I'd still prefer cell-shading, but overall I'd have to say this game's look and premise are growing on me. It'd be nice of Namco made a Wii version of Abyss with this graphical quality, like what was speculated before.