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Tales of Legendia is a role playing game developed by Namco and Team MelFes and published by Namco. The game was released exclusively for the Sony Playstation 2.

Once again the Tales series returns with a brand new game, making it the seventh mothership title. Tales of Legendia is here and as always, will take you on an epic adventure that not many other games can provide.

The game follows the story of Senel Coolidge, an expert of eres, and his little sister Shirley. It all begins on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. Every passing day is harder as food runs out. Suddenly, a moving island completely destroys the boat and leaves our two heroes unconscious on its shores. When they finally wake up they realize that it's not an island but a boat, the Legacy. The two characters will embark on a journey that they could never have expected.

Tales of Legendia is one episode among the others. As to say, it doesn't bring anything new and some fans might even thinks that it takes a step backwards as it returns to a 2D Linear Motion Battle System. Similar to Tales of Phantasia, you'll control one of your characters in real time with a menu to assign spells and items. Spells and skills are divided into two categories: Iron (physical) and Crystal (magical). They are eres that you'll find in the world.

Tales of Legendia would have been a great episode a couple of years ago but not today. As aforementioned, fans and critics pointed out its major lack of innovations and its old battle system. Nevertheless, it has all the spirit and universe of the Tales series and any fan should enjoy it anyways.


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