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In Love

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm In Love with this Game my mom brought it for me when I turn tweleve and it got stolen I was sad. But years later I brought it again age 21 and I finally got a chance to beat it and the most crazyiess thing happen!!!!! It stop working it had no scratches on the back but it was almost like it wanted me to beat it. I can't play it anymore but I had fun playing it cool places and nice music. great game don't look at the way the graphics should be better remember old is better.

A Fun Game in a Great Series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Tales of Destiny, originally released in 1997, is one of the more popular titles in the series (at least in Japan, here in America it's hardly been played). The game is really nothing original in terms of its storyline, and even in '97 it looked a little outdated, but it was still a fairly fun game to play. If, however, you started with later Tales games (say Symphonia on the Gamecube or Abyss for the PS2) then it may take a while to settle into this one, seeing as how the series has evolved quite a bit since this game was first released.

There's really nothing amazing about the story in Tales of Destiny. Stahn is a stowaway on a ship, and when he's found the guards think he's after "it." "It" just happens to be the Swordian Dymlos, a talking sword. Suddenly the ship is attacked by monsters. Stahn has to somehow defend himself, and the only way to do it is by using Dymlos. Eventually he escapes the ship and finds himself in need of help. Eventually this stuff will lead him on an epic journey to save the world.

Tales of Destiny certainly isn't the strongest outing in the series. For one, like many Tales games, the storyline is full of cliches. Most Tales fans don't really mind this, as to make up for all the cliches, you've got tons of unforseen plot twists that'll keep you on the edge of your seat. This isn't true of Tales of Destiny. There aren't a whole lot of memorable moments, and the story moves a little slower than you'd like it to. At least the game has some pretty well developed characters. The localization of the game, itself, however could've used a lot more attention. Like a lot of RPGs to be released in the late 90's, some of the translation is just downright terrible, and the script really suffers for it. In Tales of Destiny the writing is absolutely atrocious. Again, however, it's mostly do to how the game was localized (somewhat how Final Fantasy VII suffered).

Putting another bad thing out of the way, Tales of Destiny looks like a late generation Super Nintendo game. A lot of the enemies you see roaming around (when you're in one of those situations, the game switches between random battles and contact based a bit) look pixilated, and the sprites aren't really all that detailed. However, to the game's credit, while it may not look like a Playstation game, it actually still looks very beautiful on an artistic scale. The environments are given some pretty neat looking detail, and everything runs perfectly smooth. So while the graphics aren't up to the standards of the Playstation, it's still a really good looking game. It just looks as though it were in development for the Super Nintendo first.

The Tales series is widely known for its fast-paced combat system. The games are also pretty well known for being difficult to those unfamiliar with it. Tales of Destiny fulfills both of those. The combat is fast paced. You can only move forward and backward, and you can execute melee attacks as well as cast spells and use techniques you'll learn throughout the game. What makes combat so much fun is that it isn't menu based at all. This isn't an RPG where all your characters line up on side while the enemies line up on the other and you select commands. Tales of Destiny you must actually walk (or run) up to an enemy and hit the X button to initiate an attack. In battle it feels a little like an action/adventure game sometimes, but it keeps you on your toes and keeps you paying attention.

Characters also join you in your travels. When in combat they are controlled by AI, and it's really not that bad. The game also lets you set up a strategy for those helping you. While a lot of games tend to have AI that's not so great, Tales of Destiny manages to be pretty good. The game hardly ever puts you into a festival of reviving characters left and right, but that doesn't mean it isn't difficult. For those unfamiliar with the battle system (or who did begin with later installments) it can take some getting used to. Especially if you find yourself overwhelmed. Enemies aren't so dumb either They like to go after the character posing a threat, and often will screw up your attempts at casting spells. At least combat is easy to pick up on, and even those new to the series will find themselves picking up on it fast.

When you're not battling you'll of course be roaming through dungeons and going to towns to develop your characters. Tales of Destiny is a pretty slow moving game, though. The story doesn't pick up for quite some time. But Tales of Destiny also isn't all that long, either. It will probably take you less than 30 hours to conquer the main story alone. Most of the game consists of random encounters, but there are moments when the game throws in some contact based battles. It's a good thing battling is fun, because the random encounter rate can get on your nerves at times.

Tales of Destiny may look like a late generation Super Nintendo game, but it certainly sounds like a Playstation game. The music here is really good, particularly the battle themes. For the most part you'll enjoy it. Not every track is a classic, but it's nice to know there are some memorable tunes to be found within the game.

If story is your thing, Tales of Destiny will drive you nuts. It doesn't have anything worth remembering, but it does have some good characters, at least. If however, you really love gameplay, Tales of Destiny is the perfect RPG for you. It's combat alone warrants the game a try for any RPG fanatic. Just don't expect a real memorable storyline in the process.

On the Positive Side

+Good character development
+Good music
+It may look like a late generation SNES title, but it really is a beautiful looking game
+Combat is a lot of fun

On the Negative Side

-The storyline just isn't good
-Doesn't have the best graphics. Beautiful game, but by 1997 there were already tons of other PSX games that could blow this out of the water
-Horrible localization

A huge disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a Tales fan. I love most of the games in the series, though the series does have flaws. Tales of Legendia, Tales of the Tempest, just to name a few, though another one is this game: Tales of Destiny.

To start, the graphics look like they came from a SNES game, a poor-graphic SNES game at that. Apart from the opening and ending anime-movies, everything looks bad, there only being the occasional spell animation that isn't generic. Towns are unimaginitive and the sprites are rather blocky. Then there is the world map, which looks positivly hideous, along with the aweful angle it's at.

Next, the music and sound. The saving grace of the game is brought down by a lack of songs that don't sound like each other or aren't overplayed. The voices are still in Japanese, which is good and bad. Sometimes I want to understand what's said at the end of battle, though it's not that big of a problem taken the only voice acting is in the battles and can be turned off.

The characters also are rather poor. They all seem the same for the begining of the game, though there are some changes through the rest. It doesn't matter much, since all of their personalities have been done before.

Now the combat. What always is a big thing in the series is bogged down by the fact that you can only do one attack at a time. No standard attack combos, you use the attack once. This really slows down the battles.

The plot is also dry. Not much of a story, and it doesn't keep you hooked due to how overly predictable it is.

So what is good about the game? Well, not much. Some of it is good, but for the most part, it's a poor game and a disgrace to the series.

Tales game series are always awesome... this included!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Funny to think that before I even got to play this, I've already played FFVII, Wild Arms, Breath of Fire 3, and other RPGS circa 1997-98 and yet this game, I have to say, is my favorite among them all. A friend of mine had a copy and said it sucks but when I tried it, I was completely mesmerized over how awesome this game is, especially THE battles. I've tried all sorts of RPGS in the past but even up to now, I still consider the battles in Namco's "Tales" series to be the most action-packed and fun... the BEST for me to sum it up fully. ToD may have a slightly high encounter rate (which can be lessened by using a certain item) but what about it if the battles are exciting?

Graphics? If you like SNES-esque 2D graphics at its best, ToD is simply a keeper. If not, you might be initially turned off by this game. Then again, if graphics matter most to you then you might be more interested in a prettier, but shallow and uninspired games that only take a few or so hours to finish. It's no question that the developers who worked on this game emphasized more on what is skin deep. Bad strategy to lure the 3Dphiles at the time (who were astonished by abything 3D) but for RPG old-schoolers of the SNES era, most of them would see how good this game can be. And the anime intro of this game is really cool.

The BGM music is a-ok... not as memorable as that offered by, lets say, final fantasy or wild arms, but it's still pretty nice since it matches the game well enough. There are a few fast tunes that would stay in your head (well, for me anyway). As for the voices, they retained the japanese voices instead of handing it to amateurish dubbers of that era... GOOD MOVE! The japanese voices are awesome (although it may annoy some who doesn't have trained ears for words that don't sound english), with some famous seiyuu voicing out the character's battle voices. A definite treat for anime fans!

The story may turn on some, turn off others, but overall, the characters are the driving plot of this game and once you get a liking of any of the characters here, you would enjoy the story immensely. I have to say the dialogue is pretty well-scripted, as well as translated impeccably (that's a positive word, folks), with a few funny and witty dialogue and in-jokes. This converts a seemingly tried-and-true RPG elements into something very light and enjoyable feel on a slightly cliched but well-written story.

This is the game that started me on the tales series, and what a series it is! And I find it ironic that certain game sites rated this game low whereas the people who actually played this game thouroughly see the game in high regards.

By the way, I've played all sorts of great games before in my friend's place before, and when I finally bought my own playstation, ths is the first game I bought (after trying it out in a friend's place). Even though I have the money to do so, I haven't bought another game for months. I just plain love this game!

One of my favorite games all time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. I love the tales series. The battle scenes are great. Its not like Final Fantasy and certain rpg games which is 3 person combat. Tales of Destiny is very hard to find and is a rare game.
i recommand this game whoever loves rpg games.

Bes game EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is by far my favorite game!! The battle system pwns!! Rather than just standing there waiting for your meter to fill up like it FF games you run back and forth hitting the buttons to attack, cast spells, gaurd, or open the menu!! PLUS it's 2 player! 4 player if you own a PS1 multi-tap!! The graphics aren't great... But I don't mind graphics as long as the game has good gameplay value. For all I care the people could be stick-men!! I also liked the BGM. And the story had me playing for hours just to know what happens next!! When I beat the game I said "WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE OVER?!?!?!?!?" So if you have the same taste in games as me you'll love it!

Love This Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was great. Not only is it multi player but the battles are actually fun while keeping them quick. The story is one of the best for an rpg that i have played through and the characters are quite entertaining with very funny dialogue. One of the first rpg's i ever bought for 15 bucks actually too bad it didnt come with a manuel.
Great game though but if anyone is welling to sell me a game manuel i will pay u however much u want for it ^_^. thank u and buy this game now!!!

This may be a very old game but it is FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The graphics might look bad compared to current day game graphics but this rpg is just plain fun. There are slightly different versions but they are all basically the same thing. As for the story line, some people love it and others don't but it's not one of those 'nothing goes wrong' story lines, you will want to get through the tough parts of the game to see what will happen next.

It's quite an average length for a game but it can take some people a while to figure out what to do, luckkily it is not hard to find free online guides that will help you through the game if you can't figure it out. There is only one aspect of the game that just isn't so wonderful, the world map, it has a terrible worl map but atleast it gets the job done.

This makes a unique rpg because you can put things in you 'food sack' that could raise or lower some of your characters abilities or status effects, but they will not starve if you leave it empty. Also there are plenty of side quests and tasts you can complete for people as you make your way through the story, including a secret ending which hardly anyone knows about (try doing a search for it)

The battle system is simply incredible, many things can go on at once and there's even a special way to get more than one player to join you in battle. It's a real time battle system that gives you a fun experience with plenty of beautiful spells and special abilitys to stare at. You can command certain characters to only focus on weak or strong enemys, defence, or to just heal. While the other three characters either do the spells or abilities on their own or do what you told them to, you use your codtomized controller buttons to use certain abilitites. A god example is that eventually you cna throw your sword at and enemy cause damage but then all you can do is kick and punch until you retrieve it. And if you ever get tired of the same voices saying the same spells then you can switch their 'swordians' and hear whole different voices for different spells during the battle.

You can always change any character's name anywhere during the game, that way you dont have to be stuck with the original names like in final fantasy.

This game is very enjoyable even if the characters are semi-small almost anyone can enjoy playing it and I highly reccomend that you buy it! it is an excelent game that may be rated T for teen but i played around when I was nine years old so i dont thinkyou really need to worry about that too much. If you're considering it for your children then it would be a good idea because there's alot of reading so they won't be completely lazy. (im a 'child' myself ^_^)

Just buy the game, its fun, its cheap (i saw a copy in stores for $120 because tis kinda hard to find) and its just worth buying

Very nice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This was the first non-Square RPG I really got into, and I've loved every minute of it. This game has several things that I personally enjoyed the most:
1) It's a cartoon- I've always preferred cartoony, anime-style characters to realistic characters. The appearance of the people lightens some of the darker parts of the story.
2) Very innovative- The battle system is a mixture of good old fashioned spell menus and item lists and fast-paced roughhousing with button combinations; it's like mixing "Final Fantasy" with "Street Fighter."
3) Awesome story- The story isn't anywhere near as developed as something like "Final Fantasy Tactics," but it's solid and ensnaring. I was on the edge of my proverbial seat the entire time.
4) Voices- This game hasn't been butchered by lousy English voice actors, and everyone's sound bites are still in their original Japanese. For some reason, game voices sound cooler when you don't know what they're saying.

So, if you're looking for a great game, this is definitely for you. I extremely recommend this one.

An aswome RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game ROCKS! Even the graphics and story rocks! And the game
is 2 player compatible(4 players possible with multiplayer adapter).

The best part of the game is the battle system, even though its like Tales of Phantasia's(Another Japanese Rpg made by namco) battle system its still fun to play. Expecially the
4 player battle system rocks.There are tons of attacks and spells
to choose from and the battle is real time sidescrolled, like you
can slice, jab, uppercut with you controlling the character and moving around. There are a lot of weapons and armor to choose from.

And if you are talking about the graphics, the might be 2D, but there still enjoyable enough...

Now I wont spoil the story/plot but I'll give you a 10/10 rating for the game...

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