So I recently started a playthrough of Tales of Symphonia, its my first time playing through it and I know there are plenty of fans of it around here. I'm around ten hours in currently and I really liked what I played so far. Lloyd has some nice motivation to go on an adventure both with seeking revenge and also helping his best friend Collete. Collete's really interesting, they could of gone generic and made her a cleric, but she's a fun chakram throwing glass cannon with a intriguing becoming an angel arc. So far my favorite character is Raine, the teacher of Lloyd and Collete as well as sister to Genis, Lloyd's mage friend. She not only gives out a fair bit of lore of the world being a scholar, but also has plenty of slapstick moments of hitting Lloyd and Genis when they say or do something dumb. She's also the healer of the group making her great to have in the party, plus she has one really nice offensive spell as well so far. I'm trying to leave out spoilers, overall. Of the 6 party members I have so far the only one I don't really like as much as the others is Genis, as Mage gameplay in the game is a little boring, (most of the time is waiting for spells to charge and trying not to get hit while charging.) along with his personality being a little boring, with the only bit of flair coming from him being a prodigy. As I'm going through this game completely blind, with only slight references from guides when certain dungeon puzzles become a little obtuse, or if I need a nudge in the right direction when an event ends with no idea where to go next.
