Bandai Namco works to improve Tales of Symphonia Remastered on Nintendo Switch

Tales of Symphony He returned a few days ago with a new remastering, this time on current consoles. It is one of the most beloved RPGs in the saga and was already remastered in 2014 for PS3 with Tales of Symphonia Chronicles -which included its sequel- to later adapt to PC. Tales of Symphonia Remastered promise this same experience and even bring some changes, but the remaster suffers from some technical problems, especially on Nintendo Switch. Bandai Namco has apologized and promises to fix it.

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Nintendo Switch版「テイルズ オブ シンフォニア リマスター」をプレイいただき、ありがとうございます。
現在発売中の本製品版にて、ゲームプレイの問題になる事象を確認しております。
現在、修正に向けて調査を開始しております。 テイルズチャンネル＋ (@tales_ch) February 24, 2023

The Japanese account admits that there is “a problem with the gameplay of this version of the product that is for sale. We are currently investigating a solution,” reads the message on Twitter.

The JRPG had already received several criticisms for the choice of the PS2 version as a base, which ran at 30 fps instead of the 60 fps of the GameCube, and for discarding the weak sequel that was included in the previous remaster. Not only that, the players of Tales of Symphonia Remastered have seen certain distorted textures by artificial intelligence that has been used to try to improve quality or missing graphic effects. To these problems that also appear on PS4 and Xbox One are added others on Nintendo Switch, including a frame rate little fluid and inferior to the originals and longer loading times than on PS2which has received numerous complaints on social networks.

Switch、PS2、PS3。下左からSwitch、XboxOne、PS。#TOSR pic.twitter.com/FjgE1JEXRz さなえす (@kyusenkyou) February 16, 2023

A good game, a very improvable remaster

“The weak point of Tales of Symphonia Remastered is precisely that as a remaster it does not complete its work and for the fan there is no more incentive than its availability on modern platforms. A classic like this deserved more, especially if Bandai Namco’s intention is to continue remastering more installments of the saga,” we said. in his review, although we recommend it as an RPG for those who have not yet enjoyed it on another system.

I’m sorry but this is fcking embarrassing!!
As someone who was REALLY excited to finally see Tales of Symphonia on the switch, this is breaking my heart…

CALLING THIS SH!TA REMASTER IS INEXCUSABLE! #Cough #TalesofSymphonia #TalesOfSymphoniaRemastered pic.twitter.com/6L1zdmelbW Kortrex❌ PLAY 13 SENTINELS! (@KortrexA) February 17, 2023

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“The story can be a bit predictable, but it’s made up for by the charisma of its characters and a group in which all its members fit perfectly. Not everything has aged well and we’re not just talking about the graphicsalso the battles ask for the freedom and control that we have seen in later installments, but it falls within what is expected of a relaunch that only focuses on the graphic improvement.

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Editiona Square Enix remaster, also suffered from a much-discussed remaster that just received a bug-fixing update, one year after debut.