TOV or TOS; Which do you think will be better reviewed?

[Words Of Wisdom]

Kasz216 said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Offer an entire country of starving people canned spam and see if that doesn't become the most popular food around.

Tales of Symphonia is highly overrated because it didn't have much competition on the Gamecube. You had what... a dreamcast port of SoA, Baten Kaitos which didn't even use a regular RPG battle system, FF:CC (I shouldn't need to comment on this if you've played it), a Megaman RPG, and a couple others. Gamecube owners were STARVING for RPGs. Tales of Symphonia filled that void on the Gamecube, but put it in the PS2 lineup of dozens of RPGs and watch it get slaughtered.

Isn't that the same case here? 360 has tons of RPGs... this will be the Wii's first big one.

At least read the whole thread:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Actually you're confused as those were separate points.

One is that Tales of Symphonia was mediocre yet able to shine based in the lack of competition on the Gamecube which is actually looking to be the same situation with the Wii. That may or may not be a factor because the Wii has a pitiful lineup of RPGs (even worse than the Gamecube...).

The other point is sequels are generally treated more harshly than the original. Either they deviate too much making people who enjoyed the original game unhappy or they don't deviate enough leaving people feeling like they're essentially playing the same. It's a hard place to be in.