Fit check
Is Tales of Symphonia worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG fans who want a long story-driven adventure
- Players who prefer active real-time battles over turn-based encounters
- Fans of cel-shaded fantasy characters and interconnected world narratives
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short RPG may find the stated 80-plus-hour campaign too long
- Players who prefer turn-based or menu-driven combat may not suit the real-time battle system
- Players looking for a non-fantasy setting may not fit the two-world survival story
Our take on Tales of Symphonia
Rather than separating exploration from combat, the game centers battles on real-time action and a large set of attacks and spells. Its story also links two worlds, replacing a single-world fantasy structure with a broader conflict over both realms.
What is Tales of Symphonia?
Tales of Symphonia is a role-playing game set across two connected worlds facing destruction.
Its story follows a Chosen One whose rise is linked to the restoration of the land, while the conflict blurs the boundary between good and evil. The campaign offers over 80 hours of gameplay and focuses on an emotionally charged adventure. Battles take place in real-time and combine hundreds of special attacks with magic spells. The game uses three-dimensional environments and cel-shaded characters created by artist Kosuke Fujishima. This PC release is based on the PlayStation 3 version of the original GameCube game.
How Tales of Symphonia plays
- 01Real-time combat
- Battles combine hundreds of special attacks with magic spells during active encounters.
- 02Two-world storyline
- The plot follows the fate of two linked worlds as a Chosen One seeks to restore a dying land.
- 03Cel-shaded characters
- The cast uses a cel-shaded visual style associated with artist Kosuke Fujishima.
- 0480-hour campaign
- The main adventure is described as offering over 80 hours of gameplay.
Tales of Symphonia compared to similar games
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story, characters, and exploration, while Tales of Symphonia combines its long fantasy narrative with real-time battles and hundreds of attacks and spells. Back to the Dawn focuses on prison escape, investigation, survival, and crime, whereas Tales of Symphonia follows a Chosen One across two connected worlds.
Tales of Symphonia: platforms & release
Is Tales of Symphonia worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG fans who want a long story-driven adventure. Skip it if: players seeking a short RPG may find the stated 80-plus-hour campaign too long.
Where can I download Tales of Symphonia?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tales of Symphonia's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tales of Symphonia on?
Windows only.
