Bandai Namco has introduced that it’ll be rolling out Patch 1.2 for Tales of Symphonia Remastered on Might 18, simply over 3 months after its unencumber. However fanatics are nonetheless offended over the problems which were provide within the sport.
Consistent with the patch notes the corporate launched on its web site Tuesday, the replace will repair plenty of quality-of-life problems that avid gamers have reported for the reason that sport got here out in February. Those come with:
- Fastened a subject that was once inflicting important processing slowdowns whilst transferring throughout the sandstorm house of “Triet”.
- Fastened a subject the place the sport would freeze on the finish of sure boss battles.
- Fastened an tournament the place the display would black out and turn into inoperable whilst navigating sure global maps and cities.
- Fastened an tournament the place the background song can be interrupted when transferring to the arena map after a struggle.
- Different minor insects had been mounted.
Alternatively, the ones updates may not be sufficient to meet avid gamers, particularly those that personal the Nintendo Transfer model of Stories of Symphonia Remastered. In a single Stories subreddit, when u/guccyjuicy requested if the sport is a foul revel in for brand new avid gamers, nearly all of fanatics complained that the Transfer model is a botched port of the unique GameCube model because of serious efficiency problems, widespread crashes, lengthy load instances, and framerate drops.
U/tetsunokokorox1 even famous, “The struggle gadget runs on the identical pace as the unique Gamecube model and the nature responsiveness could also be the similar. Any type of distinction in controls or responsiveness is only at the thoughts of the participant. The Transfer model does now not have the similar framerate balance [as] the opposite variations and it’s beautiful noticeable on account of the drops.”
To make issues even worse, the patch does not do anything else to mend any of the most important court cases, maximum particularly problems with the frame-rate, lacking textual content, transparency problems, and extra.
Stories of Symphonia was once first launched on GameCube in 2004, and whilst it stays liked in lots of quarters, it remains to be bedeviled through asymmetric ports around the PS2, PS3, and now the Transfer. The patch is anticipated to move continue to exist Thursday.
Cristina Alexander is a contract author for IGN. She has contributed her paintings to more than a few publications, together with Virtual Traits, TheGamer, Twinfinite, Mega Visions, and The Escapist. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a large deal. Observe her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.