Tales of the Abyss
This entry in Namco's popular Tales series takes place in a world where prophecies clue people in to future happenings. Tales of the Abyss boasts a revolutionary new free roaming battle system allowing players…
Tales of the Abyss is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Namco Tales Studio, released 15 December 2005 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 59 hrs to finish.
What Tales of the Abyss is
Tales of the Abyss is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Namco Tales Studio and released in 2005. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tales of the Abyss will follow the story of the young aristocrat, Luke fon Fabre. Kidnapped seven years ago, Luke returns to his family with no memories of his life before. Suddenly, Luke is thrust into the outside world and caught in the workings of the Order of Lorelei and the Oracle Knights who serve as keepers of the prophecy known as the Score. He must learn of the power of friendship and feel the pain of sacrifice. Luke's actions could save the world or destroy it.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Tales of series
Tales of the Abyss is the 25th of 96 entries we hold in the Tales of series. The next entry was Tales of Mobile: Reversi in 2005. Its critic score of 69 is 6 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Tales of Symphonia at 89.
How it was received
Tales of the Abyss holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Players rate it 75, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 59 hrs.
What it launched against
Tales of the Abyss launched on 15 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tales of the Abyss yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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