Tales of Symphonia Remastered

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Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
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  1. Cubed3
    Jun 9, 2023
    80
    Although not all areas felt the benefits of the remaster, like tutorials for the battle system, Tales of Symphonia Remastered allows a new generation of gamers to experience this classic. Overall, it is an excellent game, the cute graphics look gorgeous in HD, and the gripping story and lovable characters are mesmerising for returning and new fans alike.
  2. Nintenderos
    Feb 15, 2023
    80
    Tales of Symphonia Remastered remains the legendary Japanese role-playing game it was from the beginning. Thus, it is an outstanding work with an edition that hardly brings anything new to the table except its availability on modern consoles. If you have not been able to play this game so far, this is a good opportunity to do so, but if you have already done it and remember it well, there are not too many reasons to return once again to the adventure.
  3. Hardcore Gamer
    Feb 15, 2023
    80
    Tales of Symphonia is still one of the biggest highlights in the series with a fantastic assortment of characters, some simple but enjoyable combat and great story to keep players invested throughout. What hurts is that this remastered version has glaring issues that need to be fixed. It’s far from making it impossible to recommend, in fact we still absolutely would for those who haven’t ever played it before, but without autosave and with multiple recorded crashes experienced, it’s hard to tell people to run out and pick it up immediately without proper patches to work out the bigger issues here. With fixes to address the problems, Tales of Symphonia Remastered could easily be considered another fantastic port on modern systems that we hope to continue to see more of from Bandai Namco.
  5. Nintenduo
    Feb 15, 2023
    78
    A mediocre remastering job, but one that serves to rescue an exceptional game, with the addition of a multiplayer mode and portability that allows it to be played more comfortably than ever.

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3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 13 out of 21
  1. jamesmrl
    Feb 18, 2023
    3
    My favorite game ever, with the worst port ever. We don't even know why this is called Remaster when the original game from Game Cube from 20My favorite game ever, with the worst port ever. We don't even know why this is called Remaster when the original game from Game Cube from 20 years ago run better than this. Longer loading times (loadings after battles?? This is terrible for a game like this). No shattering screen when entering a battle, its just a flashy white screen that hurts our eyes. The battle screen is alot darker than in other consoles. When you open the menu, the backgroud is just a black static screen and different from the other versions. And the list could go on. We really hope these bugs get fixed so we can enjoy our favorite game as before. How can a system like Switch, 20 years later, run a game worse like this? Please Namco, help us here.… Full Review »
  2. Gouken128
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    A terrible remaster. No effort, no love behind this. Namco is destroying this lovely jrpg series. They ran the original PS2 (wtf?) versionA terrible remaster. No effort, no love behind this. Namco is destroying this lovely jrpg series. They ran the original PS2 (wtf?) version through an AI and released the game without even testing it. Talentless people.… Full Review »
  3. foreversic
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    Horrible horrible port, holy s***. Please never do that to your fans again, Namco.
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