Don't doubt him, he's the Magnificent Guy.
Don't doubt him, he's the Magnificent Guy.
I think this is a series that is better if you don't take it too seriously. I was pretty amused at seeing all the video game elements in the story even having never played the game, and when Luke was fighting Van, I could hear in my mind "Press X to attack, Press O to block", and the diary looks exactly like a convenient way to Save Progress.
Although, I'm with you masa on your hatred of Meiu. Maybe when the party size increases, there will be an opportunity to leave it behind.
This is actually spoiling. Removed
i think the biggest fans of this show would be people who are fans of the video game. i personally went berserk when i discovered they were making this into an anime, because abyss is my favourite tales game. however, the major reason for that is because the gameplay and fighting system of the game is amazing. when you take that out and leave only the storyline, it really does become a generic RPG. one that i will watch anyway, for the heck of it, but i would get it if people who haven't played the video game aren't too impressed.
Last edited by Munsu; Fri, 10-17-2008 at 11:56 PM.
I wish I was Mieu. I'd have Tear all over me.
Just watched the first 3 episodes...
I think this is pretty good. I like the action scenes, and I have a feeling this can get pretty dark and soon.
No problems with Luke, he's lived a ridiculously sheltered life until now... this will probably last a couple of more episodes until he gets the gist of things.
I like that there are various factions around with their own motives, so it's not as simple as good and bad. Things can get a bit messy.
gg - Tales of the Abyss - Episode 04 -mkv
It has been a long time since I've made a thread...
I'm really pretty 'meh' about this entire series, but will see how it goes...
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Luke is still an uber loser. In fact I think sucking is his prime skill.
I wish somebody would kick his ass so hard that he would make a turn for better. But since he's such a precious prince, nobody will.
the episode felt very rushed. I can see how it would have been better to have a few dungeons (river, monster attack on the port, to Choral Castle, Choral Castle itself) between all of it...
lol'd at Tear just healing herself. Man, don't these guys know that the Healer/Bard should always be in the back row?
It's so obvious that Van left them alone after saying "Don't go to Choral Castle" so that they'd be able to slip off and do just that. He's so in with the bad guys it's not even funny.
I'm going to go out on a not so wild limb and guess that the masked kid who had to run when Jade and Ion entered is Ion's not so trappish, evil brother.
They really shouldn't be putting scenes from the episode in the OP. Seriously, this show is not low budget, and there's no reason they should need to use the animation from the episode as part of the OP. It gives away way too much.
Jade is still the man. I was hoping he'd put a fork in Angstietta, but trap priest had to interfere... I think Anise is pretty funny.
anyone else think that it's a little weird that of the six so called "God Generals", three of them have already been defeated, rather easily too? Angstietta lost twice (once to Jade and once to a combo of Guy and Anise), Largo got taken out by a severely nerfed Jade (but also due to being caught by Tear's Stop spell) and "whatever her name 'the Quick' was taken down super quickly by a still weakened Jade. The guy's a colonel, but he's pwning God Generals left and right. Did they just arbitrarily hand out military ranks when they made this show?
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Jade and the God Generals are from different factions. Jade is part of the Malkuth empire. And the God Generals are part of the Oracle Knights, which is basically the religious army.
Good episode.. I like Luke's fighting style, his swings are filled with strength and are very rough, unlike Guy's, who is very quick and accurate with the blade.
never played warhammer eh :P?lol'd at Tear just healing herself. Man, don't these guys know that the Healer/Bard should always be in the back row?
I don't think tear would be happy standing behind, screaming: "pleaz protect me from the bad monsters, kyaaaaa"
I prefer it if she fights AND supports her group... and it's not like she is not able to fight, so why should she stand in the back
I have no problems with this God Generals being defeated, mainly because they've been defeated by people that seem to be their equals. Also, they've been defeated in numbers.
It also means that more badass villians will be introduced later.
At the moment I'm interested in this Asch character. I wonder what his relation to Luke is and if they're related at all. They look similar.
I also wonder about the "perfect creation" aspect. Was look created? Were his memories simply manipulated? Would it be possible for the real Luke to be somewhere else, and this current Luke is simply an impostor?
Bud's post really brings up a good theory. Since I saw the OP and got the 'Luke was kidnapped by Malkuth and found without memories afterwards" it was painfully clear that he and Asch were related some how.
But I always thought that Asch would be some kind of evil clone/twin. But it makes a lot more sense for Malkuth to kidnap the kid in the Prophecy, make a clone out of him, then dump the clone for the other guys to find so they give up searching, leaving Malkuth alone to raise Asch as they see fit. Hell, from the conversation in this episode, it looks like they might have even designed Luke to gather intel or something... And it sure explains why he has no memories from befor the abduction... he simply wasn't alive before that!
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Which begs the question... why is Luke a fragment of XXXX (forgot the name, the voice that is heard when he manifests his magic... actually don't know if the name has been revealed)? Is it a consequence of being created from a fragment of some other person? If not, does it mean that he's legit since I doubt this would happen to some random created individual? Or is it simply something that can be implanted?
One curious thing is that when him and Tear reacted and arrived near the ocean, the setting looked very similar to the place where "he" confessed to the princess... it would've been very typical for this setting to make him remember. That he didn't react at all to the setting might be telling us something.
You also have to wonder why he has been so sheltered... was this merely a protective measure? Or is there more to this, and his family didn't want him wandering around and learning. Was there an ulterior motive here to keep him from leaving his mansion?
Last edited by Munsu; Tue, 10-21-2008 at 08:07 AM.
Damn, you guys are really good at coming up with theories base on a few simple observations.
I can't confirm or deny anything yet but i promise that the story will get interesting at the very least so stick with it.
After watching this episode I really wanted to start playing an RPG. Which brings me to question, should I play ToA now, or wait until after the anime is finished.
It's dangerous to go alone. Take Nep.
Wait till after the anime is finished.
you can start playing now if you like. getting to choral castle alone takes 10 or so hours to do depending on whether you like to explore and get extra things. it's a long game. actually, maybe i'll start playing it again too.
the anime does a much better job of explaining the fonstones as opposed to the game. though there is still a fair bit i don't get about fonons and fon slots. i hope they'll touch on that more later.
Not about ToA, but Tales of Eternia. Was this anime adaption any good?
I can't say myself, but I just downloaded all of it. It's a fairly small torrent, about 2 GB's worth, so don't fret too much over it. It'll probably be somewhat decent.Originally Posted by Idealistic
As for Tales of the Abyss, I don't know why but I have a feeling that it could get quite dark soon. I'm waiting for the shit to hit the fan.
I downloaded both Tales of the Abyss and Ga Rei Zero, intending to drop one of them.
After watching both, I think I'll drop something else
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
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