Quick review of this games that I have been playing recently - if you have played this game let me know what you think
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (テイルズオブザワールド レディアントマイソロジー, Teiruzu Obu Za Waarudo Redianto Maisorojii) is a Japanese action role-playing game developed by Alfa System and published by Bandai Namco Games. It is part of the Tales series of video games, more specifically a part of the Tales of the World spin-off series, which heavily emphasizes the crossover appearances of characters from past games in the series. The game was released in 2006 in Asia; July 2007 in North America; and September 2007 in Australia and Europe. The game saw two sequels, Radiant Mythology 2 and Radiant Mythology 3, though neither were released outside Japan, leaving it as the only Tales of the World entry to be translated into English.
Gameplay
The gameplay resembles that of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game dungeon crawler, but without the online component.[1] Unlike games in the mainline series of Tales games, the player creates their own, customizable player, both in statistics and physical appearance.[2] The players must accept quests at the local guild office from a selection of five different choices at a time. Quests include defeating certain monster types, mining or harvesting certain raw ingredients, or crafting certain goods. Upon completion of quests, the player is rewarded with money and "Fame" points. Money is used to upgrade weapons and equipment, making players more powerful, while "Fame" is used to progress the game's story. Additionally, the more "Fame" the player has, the more characters are available to be recruited, some of which are cross-over characters originating from prior games in the Tales series, namely Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Rebirth, and Tales of the Abyss.[2]
Beyond just creating the new, main character, the player is able to continually customize both statistics and physical appearances with the equipment collected throughout the game. Additionally, the game's crafting system allows the player to further customize their equipment by combining multiple items into one new item.
Upon completing the game at least once, two additional difficulty levels are unlocked, "Hard and "Very Hard" on top of the original default "Normal" level. Players can then restart the game with all their levels, in-game currency and items (except quest items) intact, and can switch difficulty levels at any point during the new game, as long as they are outside the explorable dungeons.
Characters will also learn Artes through leveling up which can be chained (basic to master to arcane) and by mastering these Artes will unlock the specific class's Mystic Artes/Hi-Ougi which can unleash a great deal of damage.
The player will also obtain Magic Map drops from random monsters during the course of the game. Magic Maps will open an "Ex" version of a specific dungeon and contain rare items and stronger enemies. Also, some quests trigger an event for the Radiant Quest which if completed will grant the player very powerful equipment for their specific class.
Job classes
Warrior - Starter Class. Excels in melee attacks, and can equip powerful axes as well as swords.
Thief - Starter Class. A professional in quick attacks and stealing, like Rutee Katrea or Ange Serena.
Priest - Starter Class. A healer that uses light and healing magic.
Mage - Starter Class. A magician that uses offensive magic to smite foes, like Genis Sage or Arche Klein.
Swordsman - Elite Class. Uses sword-based artes used by many other Tales characters, like Cress Albane, or Luke fon Fabre.
Fighter - Elite Class. Their most powerful weapon is their body. Like Senel Coolidge or Farah, they attack with their arms and legs rather than with weapons.
Ninja - Elite Class. Assassin who specializes in stealthy strikes. Similar to Sheena Fujibayashi.
Magic Knight - Elite Class. A warrior who masters physical and magical Artes. Similar to the likes of Zelos Wilder, Kratos Aurion, Norma Beatty or Will Raynard.
Bishop - Elite Class. An elite magician who masters offensive and healing magic. Similar to Mint Adenade, or Raine Sage.
Hunter - Elite Class. Marksmen who snipe enemies with the bow. Similar to Chester Barklight.
Non-playable
Lancer - Elite Class. Only Eugene is this class.