An original entry in the Tales of the World series, and the first new Tales game for the PSP. The story of Radiant Mythology takes place in the world of Terejia. Demons from another world have invaded the land, chasing people from their homes and doing damage to the planet. A great tree that brought life to Terejia protects the world and its people for some time, but slowly loses power. Using the last bit of its power, it creates the main character -- you!

User Reviews about Tales Of The World: Radiant Mythology

If you have played a Tales game then you know what to expect, if you haven't then I would recommend starting elsewhere for your first. -- Tales games dont disappoint

When I first learned about this game I was excited to learn that you could choose your main characters gender and that you got to 'create' how they looked, sadly I was disappointed on both those fronts. It doesn't matter if you choose a male character or a female character as all the other character in the game will refer to the character as male and treat the character like a male no matter which you pick and if your excited about being able to 'create' your character than be ready for the disappointment as there are few choices on how you can make your character look.

As for the gameplay, it has a typical dungeon crawler feel to it, in the being of the game you join a guild (a similar feel to an multi=-player online game) and you go on several missions (such has collect as certain amount of one item or deliver something to someone). After a short while this becomes repetitive and sometimes boring. You use a map for to travel everywhere instantly, so there is no real exploration to be had.

I would recommend this game to someone who is looking for something that doesn't require to much thought or is looking for something to hold their interest for a short while until the next game they want comes out. It maybe good for short trips or a stress reliever as well. -- Just an average game...

I really did like this game a lot. It was cool seeing all of the characters from the previous "Tales" games all in this one! :D
It wasn't too long and it wasn't too short, it was just the right length. :D
I would have to say that this game was one of my favorites for the psp and i would recomend it to other people who love RPG style games like this one!! :D -- Slap Happy

Tales of The World Radiant Mythology is the fifth installment in the Tales of The World Series. Like other Tales of The World games characters from past Tales games join you on your adventure. This is a very good "pick up and play" game as you could play for five minutes or five hours depending on what mood you're in and stop playing when you get bored or tired..


Gameplay 8/10

The gameplay in Tales of The World Radiant Mythology is quest based or mission based as I like to call it. You accept missions from the Guild which can consist of fetch quests to rescue missions. The story quests are marked in blue and appear after you've earned enough points to do them. This point system is called fame points. Fame points are used to make story quests become available as well as to get the Tales characters to join you and if you are too low on fame points you may have some trouble recruiting them. However, if you are having trouble recruiting Tales characters there are also regular "Mercenaries" you can recruit. These "Mercenaries" unlike the Tales characters will level up alongside you even when you don't use them and are pretty powerful despite what some people might think.
The battle system is possibly the greatest aspect this game has to offer. This game uses the 3D battle field that Tales of The Abyss had and this reviewer just loves it. You can have anywhere from one to four characters in your party at a time and they stay with you either until you go back to the inn and switch them out or complete a mission and collect your reward.


Story 4/10

I don't think very many people will disagree with me on the fact that the story is the game's biggest flaw. You're this guy or girl, depending on what gender you choose at the beginning of the game, created by a tree to save the world. You join up with a band of worriors to help free an opressed town and defeat a bad guy who looks kinda like Sephiroth off of Final Fantasy 7 when he comes into the story.
One thing that makes the story so bad is the game's original characters. One character in particular that bugs the crap out of me is a flaying cat looking thing named Mormo. Let me start off by saying that the creators of the game obviously got the idea for Mormo from a creature named Momo off of the hit anime series "Avatar The Last Airbender". Just go to photobucket.com and type in Momo look at him and them type in Mormo and look at him and you'll see what I mean. What's even worse is that he talks for you throughout the entire game which annoys me I mean they have different battle voices you can choose for your character surely they could have used those voice actors in the story instead of some flying cat thing that never shuts up. So to summerize it yeah the story pretty much sucks.


Graphics 10/10

This game has some of the best graphics for the PSP. The character models and landscape designs will make you feel like you're playing a PS2 game.


Sound 9/10

The BGMs in this game are pretty good and battle music from previous Tales games can be heard here too. The voice acting in the game is also well done and despite from what other reviewers have stated I have heard voice actors from privious Tales games resume their roles here though not all voices are the same but some are.


Summary

Tales of The World Radiant Mythology is a good game for any die hard Tales fan or dongeon crawler lover. Non-Tales fans who want to give the Tales series a shot shouldn't start with this game but hey it was Kingdom Hearts that got me into Final Fantasy. So overall it's a pretty good game they just could have made it better. -- Great game for the most part but it could be better.