Tales of Symphonia Change Remaster Is A Bummer, Devs Apologize

Tales of Symphonia is without doubt one of the greatest entries within the long-running Tales JRPG collection, and one of many extra distinctive video games within the Nintendo GameCube’s in any other case short-lived and uneven library. Naturally, previous followers and newcomers alike had been pumped to see the cult basic get a remaster for the Change. What a disgrace, then, that the current remaster is a subpar port at greatest, main writer Bandai Namco to apologize and promise an upcoming patch.

“We’ve got confirmed that there’s a downside with gameplay on this product model that’s presently on sale,” reads a tough translation of a tweet thread labeled “Apology and Info.” “We’re presently investigating a repair.” Bandai Namco doesn’t go into element about which issues it’s speaking about or when the primary replace may arrive. Kotaku has reached out for remark.

The acknowledgement comes per week after Tales of Symphonia Remastered got here out on each Change and PS4. The lovable and colourful role-playing sport duties you with fulfilling an historical prophecy and combating again the evil overtaking a dying world—normal JRPG fare elevated by likable characters and a enjoyable hybrid fight system.

Followers had been already in an uproar over the truth that the brand new model can be capped at 30FPS somewhat than run at 60FPS like the unique GameCube model, however hands-on time confirmed different shortcomings as nicely, from lengthy load occasions to some textures breaking beneath the brand new HD upscaling. Plenty of gamers have been sharing their frustrations on-line, even going as far as to check footage instantly towards older HD variations out there on PS3 and Steam:

I’ve spent just a few hours with the Change model over the previous week and whereas I’m having fun with taking part in it general, the technical shortcomings and lack of recent quality-of-life options go away a foul style, particularly for a $40 port of a virtually 20-year-old sport. The colours are shiny and the decision is sharp, however the longer load occasions between random encounters actually do begin to drag and the shortage of any auto-save function is an actual head scratcher. As RPG Web site factors out in its assessment, even small issues are lacking like fades between scenes that now jarringly reduce to black, or the blurred background when navigating the pause menu.

We’ve seen this earlier than with 2022’s remaster of Chrono Cross. Whereas the sport included new quality-of-life options like unlocking fast-forward proper from the beginning and letting you scale down the problem, the HD impact was hit-or-miss and the framerate really carried out worse than within the unique PS1 model. It wasn’t till just this week that the sport lastly received an replace making an attempt to enhance its efficiency, concentrating on a ceiling of 60 FPS.

Hopefully, it doesn’t take as lengthy for Tales of Symphonia Remastered to get patched, although I’m not optimistic it received’t nonetheless find yourself feeling like a significant missed alternative. If you happen to’ve been ready a long time to get again to Lloyd and firm’s battle towards the Desians to carry peace and stability again to the land of Sylverant, I can say it hasn’t misplaced its allure. I simply want it had been transported by way of time with extra care and fanfare.