I can see the appeal here, but large parts of the game were just a huge chore for me.
The plot is chugging along with some weird pacing, I felt barely any escalation over the course of the game and the way everything about the story is structured is bizarre and off-putting.
The lore barely matters and remains incomprehensible and foggy.
The cast is fine, but every character except Tear is unlikable or cringeworthy in one way or another. And yes, I know Luke is supposed to be unlikeable in the beginning. But some spoilerish parts about his behavior just irked me all the way through.
I just... I don't like Tales of the Abyss. I mean, I do not hate it either, but I really do not feel like I needed to experience this game. At all.
The plot is chugging along with some weird pacing, I felt barely any escalation over the course of the game and the way everything about the story is structured is bizarre and off-putting.
The lore barely matters and remains incomprehensible and foggy.
The cast is fine, but every character except Tear is unlikable or cringeworthy in one way or another. And yes, I know Luke is supposed to be unlikeable in the beginning. But some spoilerish parts about his behavior just irked me all the way through.
I just... I don't like Tales of the Abyss. I mean, I do not hate it either, but I really do not feel like I needed to experience this game. At all.
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i expect nothing less from the deadly premonition fan
I am sorry that you do not like my review. But I wanted to like this game. I really did. I am a massive fan of the series.
Dang, looks like you got some haters. You aren't alone on not being the biggest fan of this game though. I actually didn't like the cast either. They all just felt like jerks who were mean to each other the entire time and for no good reason.
"The lore barely matters."
The lore is literally the crux of the whole plot lmao.
The lore is literally the crux of the whole plot lmao.
Maybe this sentence was... unideal.
Yes, I know that the lore of Tales of the Abyss is integral to the main plot...
But like... how does it affect the everyday lives of the people in the setting? How many people are there who are receptible exactly? What does the seven fonon even do, exactly? And what about all the others? And what about the replicas? Like... how are they made? What exactly differents them from regular people?
I... guess I have the feeling that the lore only and exclusively matters to the main plot, and even then, only when it is convinient. When it is not needed for a story moment, it is just forgotten and has absolutely no influence on the game world, safe for the main plot, and that makes it feel inconsistent and the world feel unreal.
Yes, I know that the lore of Tales of the Abyss is integral to the main plot...
But like... how does it affect the everyday lives of the people in the setting? How many people are there who are receptible exactly? What does the seven fonon even do, exactly? And what about all the others? And what about the replicas? Like... how are they made? What exactly differents them from regular people?
I... guess I have the feeling that the lore only and exclusively matters to the main plot, and even then, only when it is convinient. When it is not needed for a story moment, it is just forgotten and has absolutely no influence on the game world, safe for the main plot, and that makes it feel inconsistent and the world feel unreal.
Whatever. I am not gonna stealth edit it out now.
Killbutt
2 years ago