Ahh… finally another Tales game has arrived. I was hoping for another on the PS3 or 360 for all that crazy HD glory, but this will do. Namco seems to have really squeezed every ounce of power out of the Wii for this one, showing a decent jump in detail and color from Symphonia 2. Suddenly I miss Arc Rise Fantasia now.

The battle system is pretty interesting so far and is fairly different than the recent installments, promoting timing, combos, and efficiency much more with the introduction of the CC system. I’m only a couple of hours in and it is quickly building up into a fun and challenging system to master.

More to come later, probably when I’m done with the game.

Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! It’s obligatory monthly post time.

The beginning of my November was dominated by Dragon Age: Origins. I picked up the PS3 version. I worried about the interface differences between the PC and console ports, but the controller scheme grew on me quickly and I blew through back-to-back playthroughs of Hard and Nightmare with a Human Rogue and Mage. Thank god for the skip button.

Mmm… not much else on my mind at the moment.  Tales of Graces is coming pretty soon, so that’ll likely be the next topic.

Now with 100% more confirmation. The question is…where is Cocona?