Tales of Symphonia
In a dying world, legend has it that a Chosen One will one day rise from amongst the people and the land will be reborn. The line between good and evil blurs in this epic adventure where the fate of two…
Tales of Symphonia is a puzzle developed by Namco Tales Studio, released 29 August 2003 on Nintendo GameCube. The main story takes about 50 hrs to finish.
What Tales of Symphonia is
Tales of Symphonia is a puzzle game developed by Namco Tales Studio and released in 2003. It was published by Bandai Namco Holdings. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco for the GameCube. The fifth main installment of the Tales series, it was released in Japan on August 29, 2003, in North America on July 13, 2004, and in Europe on November 19, 2004. In Japan, the game was ported for the PlayStation 2 with additional content and was released on September 22, 2004.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Tales of series
Tales of Symphonia is the 12th of 96 entries we hold in the Tales of series. The next entry was Tales of Mobile: Tales of Breaker in 2004. Its critic score of 89 is 14 points above the series average of 75. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Tales of Symphonia holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 129 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 50 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 70 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Tales of Symphonia launched on 29 August 2003, within three weeks of Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Colin McRae Rally 04. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, Colin McRae Rally 04.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tales of Symphonia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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