Look into the Tempest

by Alisha Karabinus on Oct 20th 2006 3:31PM

Jeux France has some new screens from the upcoming RPG Tales of the Tempest, but there's some interesting criticism hidden in all that French. The included Babelfish link reveals that Famitsu rated the game only average (28/40) and basically indicated that it's only a bare step above "steaming pile of crap" on the funometer, citing clunky, polygon-rich graphics, poor AI, and uninspired gameplay. Well. Anyone need to borrow a pen to scratch this one off their list?

We've included a few of the screens after the jump so that you could judge for yourself, at least so far as the graphics go. The look is similar to Final Fantasy III but does appear to be a little more jagged and not quite as polished.

Fun fact: Babelfish translated the title to Bruise of the Tempest. That's good for at least one quick el-oh-el moment.

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Tags: DS, Namco, Nintendo, RPG, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Tempest, TalesOfSymphonia, TalesOfTheTempest

Reader Comments (5)

And I thought I might enjoy this game... might still could, but I'm certainly not going to waste $35 on a sub-par game... damn, BlockBuster doesn't rent DS games anymore does it?

I've always thought the graphics could use some polish, but I totally still plan on getting this game. I love the Tales series, from Destiny to Eternia to Phantasia and Abyss, and even enjoyed Symphonia. As long as this game has that "Tales" feel, I have no doubt I'll love it.

I really hope "Bruise of the Tempest" (quick LOL) isn't all that bad, I'm lovin' Tales of the Abyss right now.

Well I've loved all Tales games so far (except Legendia, which had way too much talky and very poor dungeon/world design. I still enjoyed it though, just didn't love it), so I'm definitely getting this one. Hell, I even bought a damn PSP for the four(?) Tales games it's getting. By far my favourite RPG franchise, so I'm most definitely getting Tempest even if it gets poor reviews.