Tales of Symphonia
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Developers | |
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Namco Tales Studio | |
Windows | Other Ocean Interactive |
Publishers | |
Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 2, 2016 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 89 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG, JRPG |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Tales |
Tales | |
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Tales of Eternia Online | 2006 |
Tales of Zestiria | 2015 |
Tales of Symphonia | 2016 |
Tales of Berseria | 2017 |
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition | 2019 |
Tales of Arise | 2021 |
Key points
- Contains bonus content from PS2 and PS3 versions.
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, due to being direct port of the PlayStation 3 version, not the GameCube version.
- The enhancements in the PS4/Xbox One/Switch versions are not included.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- All versions require Steam and SecuROM 08.14.0028 DRM.[1]
- VMProtect DRM[2] was removed via a patch on February 29, 2016.[3]
Essential improvements
Tales of Symphonia "Fix"
The project does the following:
- Fixes Namco's bad frame rate limiter
- 30 FPS still, but no stutter
- Correctly matches rendering to the selected resolution
- Integrates Durante's character outline enhancement
- Improves Durante's work by outlining weapons
- Supports an optional 4K texture pack
- As well as user-created mods
- Fixed blurring that was added on 2/22/16
- Fixed hitching on menu screens and long load times
- Fixes cursor management system
- Fixed Zelos' Harem Master achievement not unlocking
- Added Multisample Anti-Aliasing
- Allows fullscreen borderless window mode
- Adds a PSN Trophy sound on achievement unlock
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.conf[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/372360/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\372360\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/372360/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix". | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA.[4] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix". | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS. Use Tales of Symphonia "Fix" for 60 FPS menus and world map. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only as alternatives to XInput buttons. Not possible to remap actions separately. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput only. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Battle Controls allow for remapping of 6 actions to 6 specific buttons: the face buttons, RB and right stick press. Techniques are locked to RT and LT and Party Orders is locked to LB. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Xbox 360 type. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Switches rapidly between controller and KB/M prompts. Prioritizes KB/M prompts. |
DualShock 3/GameCube button prompts
Use optional add-ons in Tales of Symphonia "Fix"[5] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «Temple of Tales Translations» | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op In fighting sequences. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
- See Bug Reports / Feature Requests for known issues.
Crash on launch
Start game windowed[citation needed] |
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Disable overlays[citation needed] |
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Install redistributables[citation needed] |
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Whitelist game executable from antivirus[citation needed] |
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Game freezing on battles
- Game seems to always freeze when there is controller rumble being used.
Disable rumble[6] |
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Use controller with wire or another controller[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9Ex |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800GT ATI Radeon HD 4830 DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
Other | Gamepad support |
- 64-bit system is recommended.
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/372360/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (372360) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-12-06
- ProtectionID scan of the .exe
- ↑ Wait, this game has DRM? :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ THANK YOU NAMCO BANDAI! :: Tales of Symphonia General Discussion - last accessed on March 1, 2016
- ↑ Tales of Symphonia HD update and various fixes - Sept. 27th, 2016 :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2017-02-19