You do a block puzzle, and then you get the sorcerer’s ring. Lloyd is stuck with this conflict that he’s always second to the older, cooler, Kratos. Kratos is reluctant, but is forced to submit.Ī theme that seems to run through the early points of the game is that Lloyd is very frustrated that Kratos thinks he’s a better fighter. Lloyd wants to help his friend too, so he offers to go in the temple with them. Kratos, a mercenary, gets hired to protect the chosen, since the priests are all dead or injured. After the fight we learn that this man is Kratos. The rest of the Desians leave, including a man with spikey hair and a big curved sword. He can heal, cast magic, and swordfight too! Wow. Not to worry though! A man comes to the rescue. So you come in and help, but then the Desians send out their big strong mini-boss guy and you have a bit of trouble. The journey of regeneration that the Chosen One undergoes does two things, it brings mana (basically analogous to economic wealth and prosperity) back to the world, as well as driving the Desians away. They run human ranches, where they put humans to work, mostly pushing blocks around and whipping them. ![]() The Desians are an evil organization run by half-elves. “Desians?” They say, “Well then, fall at the hands of the Desians you so hate!” Desians There’s trouble at the temple! You hear fighting as you approach, and at the top you see, gasp, the Desians attacking the priests! Lloyd yells at them. You can go to Frank for free healing, so this is actually a decent place to grind. Of course you convince him and then you Genis and Colette head to the temple. Genis is Raine’s brother, and he is very loyal. ![]() It’s because he doesn’t want to disobey his sister. Genis, of course, protests, but not because he’s a goody too shoes on top of his intelligence. So, you leave the classroom, ignoring Raine’s instructions to stay inside. I’ll talk about how they mess with them in the future. We’ll get to that later though! For now, just know that people all over the internet agree that Team Symphonia do their tropes very very well. The archetypes are used very effectively and satisfyingly, but I have a proposition for why they’re used that’s even better.īut after the thirty hour mark, all these archetypes turn around and punch you in the face with a hand full of a ton of bricks. It takes no shame in this, in fact it’s tagline is “Resonating with your RPG.” Many fans claim that this is one of the game’s strengths. The simple truth is this, for the first thirty or so hours, the game is very normal for an golden age JRPG. It’s surprising how much it’s like every other RPG of the time. Well, Symphonia starts out in a fairly standard way. Woah! You may be wondering, how can such a great game have such stock, archetypal characters? I’ve seen these characters in loads of games and shows and gameshows. Genus is the resident child genius mage, and Colette is the oblivious blonde. It’s obvious who’s important by how they dress. He’s a very driven, but kind of dumb and he has a very agreeable personality.Īs Lloyd you can walk around and talk to people. In the same vein as Orphen, Inuyasha, or Gourry (from Slayers). Lloyd seems to be a fairly generic old school shounen protagonist. ![]() You’re left in the classroom playing the character of Lloyd.
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