From: Jeff Zero | #016
Heh, I'm sure the board's tired of reading this by now but my ex and I tried desperately to like ToS back in '04 or '05 but the cheesiness of the dialogue forced us to stop. Really just couldn't do it.
So it's always refreshing to read when someone says that was improved with sequels...
Abyss is probably Symphonia's polar opposite. There are times when it seems overly dark and seriousness even. Vesperia hits the nail on the head for tone, combining a serious tone with plenty of humor without going too far either way. Graces is designed around not having too serious a plot, and is focused on the characters and humor, so even though it's also cheesy it's designed to be, unlike Symphonia which just didn't know what it wanted to be.
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