Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

With characters from two previous “Tales of” series in an all new story, Tales of the World is almost like a tribute to the series that is so popular in and outside Japan. Beside these characters, players can create their own characters through the game’s customization mode and assign a job class to them as well.
In the town’s hotel, players can look for the characters that they have met before and invite them to be in their party. The party then set out to complete various missions that include looking for items and killing monsters.
The story is about the “World Tree” that has protected its people for a long time, however an invasion break the peace and World Tree uses its last remaining power to protect the earth.

Genre

Role-Playing

Developer(s)

Alfa System

Publisher(s)

Namco Bandai

Ubisoft (EU)

Release Date(s)

Jul 17, 2007

Dec 21, 2006 (Japan)

Nov 8, 2007 (Japan, PSP The Best)

Aug 30, 2007 (EU)

Official Fact Sheet

The world “Telegea” protected by the World Tree was a world where people led their day-to-day lives. One day, monsters known as Devourers from another world entered the realm and ate up almost the whole land. People were forced to look for places to reside all over and lived in fear. The World Tree that nurtured Telegea protected the people and the land from the invasion but its strength was sapping away by the day. Due to this, the World Tree used its remaining power to create the last hope, the main character played by the player.

Features

• Create one’s very own character, game develops differently as characters grow: The player can freely choose from the four basic classes, “warrior”, “wizard”, “monk” and “thief”, decide on the character’s name, sex, appearance, voice and other personal elements, to create a My Character truly loved in one’s heart. In addition, the “Quests” that can be accepted in the game will also vary according to class. And class will also evolve with changes in the development of the character, even to the extent of changing classes.
• Full points in flexibility, battle system with more depth: Uses a deeper “FR-LMBS” battle system, allowing one to act skilfully in 360 degrees on the combat field, increasing freedom of movement and facilitating more strategic actions. The player can invite characters from past works of the series into the party and adventure together, and manage the various members of the party with more freedom.
• Form deluxe rosters with past characters and journey together: The player can go to the tavern to find characters who can make up for the shortcomings of the main character’s class, or seek characters from past works of the “Tales of” series to form deluxe party combinations. The party can then travel to dungeons to explore and defeat monsters, allowing the characters to grow gradually. Choose from a huge variety of weapons and items, which appear real-time when equipped and alter the appearance of the character.
• Includes “Face Chat” system with lively expressions and interesting dialogue: The “Face Chat” system that fans of the “Tales of” series are so familiar with is present this time too. You can now thoroughly enjoy the rich animations and all new recorded dialogue content, dubbed by the famous voicecasting crew. Important hints to the plot may be hidden in the lighthearted chit chat between the party members.
• Exchange game data with Ad Hoc mode: You can use the characters developed yourself to interact with other players using Ad Hoc mode, and accept My Characters created by friends into your party. Please place your focus on developing a super strong character filled with individuality then. the main character passes through the door to another world, becoming a lone adventurer, striking out. In the Vision World, a fun and bizarre adventure.

PSPHyper Review

TOTW is a great game (especially for fans) due to the number of all-time favourite characters you get to interact and use from the Tale of Universe. Customization is unbelievably comprehensive and complex, allowing you to do almost anything you want with your equipments and items. Battles are relatively fun because of the interesting skills you get, as well as the party characters you can choose to recruit. Most importantly, TOTW is pleasing to the eyes and ears in every way.
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Review Scores

1UP	6/10
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.67/10
Famitsu (Japan)	7.5/10
GameSpot	6/10
Gamespy	4/5
IGN	7.5/10
Play Magazine	7/10
PSM Magazine	8/10

Number of Player(s)

1

Number of Ad Hoc Players

Not Available

Number of Infrastructure Players

Not Available

Special Feature(s)

Items trading via Ad Hoc mode

Official Website(s)

Tales of the World Radiant Mythology – NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.

テイルズ オブ ザ ワールド レディアントマイソロジー (Japan)

Where To Buy

Play-Asia.com	$39.90
Play-Asia.com	$29.90*
YesAsia	$39.99
YesAsia	$31.99*

*Budget re-release