Tales of Rebirth
| Tales of Rebirth | |
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Japanese PS2 cover
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| Developer(s) | Namco Tales Studio |
| Publisher(s) |
Namco Bandai Namco Games (PSP) |
| Director(s) |
Eiji Kikuchi Kiyoshi Nagai Akiyoshi Sarukawa |
| Producer(s) | Makoto Yoshizumi |
| Designer(s) | Kazuya Ishizuka |
| Artist(s) | Mutsumi Inomata |
| Writer(s) | Hiramatsu Masaki |
| Composer(s) |
Motoi Sakuraba Shinji Tamura |
| Series | Tales |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
| Release |
PlayStation 2
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer, single-player |
| Review scores | |
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| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 32/40 |
| RPGFan | 92% |
| Awards | |
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| Publication | Award |
| CESA Game Awards 2005 | Future Game Award |
| PlayStation Awards 2005 | Gold Award |
Tales of Rebirth (Japanese: テイルズ オブ リバース Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Ribāsu?) is a Japanese role-playing video game published for the PlayStation 2. It is the sixth main entry of Namco's Tales series of video games. The game was developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Games. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 on December 16, 2004, and then later re-released on the PlayStation Portable on March 19, 2008. Rebirth, set in a world populated by humans (Huma) and beast people (Gajuma), follows the adventures of Veigue Lungberg, a human whose friend Claire Bennett is kidnapped by agents of Agarte, heir to the throne of the kingdom of Karegia. Setting out to rescue Claire, Veigue and those who join him becomes entangled in escalating racial conflicts consuming the land.
As with previous Tales games, it features an action-based battle system, called the Three-Line Linear Motion Battle System. The game was developed by the 2D Tales development unit Team Destiny. The characters were designed by Mutsumi Inomata, who had previously worked on Tales of Destiny. The scenario, written by Hiramatsu Masaki, dealt extensively with issues of coexistence between races and ethnic conflicts. The game has received positive reviews and strong sales in Japan, with the PlayStation 2 version eventually selling over 600,000 units and the PSP re-release selling over 83,000. Western sites have been positive about the game, though neither version of the game have received English localizations.
Tales of Rebirth is an action role-playing game with player characters rendered as two-dimensional sprites on three-dimensional backgrounds. Unlike previous Tales games, the camera follows the characters from a side-long view, zooming in or out depending on their relative position, and instead of a navigable overworld, players fast-travel to different locations using a standard map of the game world. Side conversations between characters called Skits (called "Screen Chat" (スクリーンチャット Sukurīn Chatto?) in Japanese) feature both story-relevant information and added details not essential to the story.
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