Ok so I turned on my 3DS after YEARS. I booted Fates and it was fine, but I wanted to play Abyss anyway so I took the cartridge out, replaced it with Abyss and it didn't want to open any game after that... God I got a mini heart attack (it is now working)

***I HAD

Anyway I am now replaying Abyss... I'm not good at replaying games but I've completed Abyss just once (my 1st playthrough) and it was YEARS ago so I hope I can play it again until the end lol

The grade from my previous savefile was shit tho... I wanted that 10x exp

This was my old savefile. I wish it'd show you the last time you played and not just the total time... But oh well. Also, you can SEE which characters I used the most lmao Sorry Natalia, Tear is a better healer :/ (iirc Tear is area focused. Natalia individual)

Iconic

Haha

Ok kid

Why hide Asch face when it's right there in the opening lmao
Everytime they mention Akzeriuth I just /shivers
Also when will Luke cut his hair son I love you but......

They just gave me Anise level 5 when everyone else is at least level 14, I..... How am I gonna use her.... I'm switching between very hard and unknown too

I defeated the Sword Dancer and everyone went from level 20 to level 24 lmao

Also......... We're getting close to Akzeriuth which, nice, but also, ouch

Isn't that just Pi

Vs Dist on hard: quite easy, took me like 3mins
Vs Dist on very hard: absolutely impossible. Struggled for like 15mins. Ended up perishing anyway

Famous last words

Anise oh my GOD

This game is the only thing keeping me sane I swear

Anyway, I'm rlly rlly close to Akzeriuth. Haha

My god Legretta was FUCKING HARD

Top ten pictures taken moments before disaster

I guess I should just, do this. I'm not looking forward to getting my current main usable character changed but oh well

I'm just having so much fun playing as Guy His FOF artes are chefs kiss and HE CAN HEAL HIMSELF. Guy is perfect

I also got separated from Tear bc of story reasons and like, Natalia is not a bad healer but she's around 4 levels weaker than the rest and her Heal arte uses so much TP she keeps running out of it...... Tear come back

I finally got to here!!!! Now Luke will be more likable, haha

There's no contamination effect there's no war Ba Sing Se everything will be FINE

*In Ba Sing Se, I can't type

Anyway thanks to... What happened in you know where now everyone in my party has different levels I HATE

My field character is Tear because I Have Good Taste

I was not having fun during that part of the game bc my party is Guy (me), Tear, Luke and Jade and I was forced to used -mr. Spoiler- (me), Natalia, Jade and Anise. God Natalia sucks (I'm sorry Natalia)

Natalia is now like level 34 and everyone else is AT LEAST level 37.... Also she used her Mystic Arte??? How do you use those in this game I forgot lmao I'll have to do a quick search

Anise and Jade have used theirs too meanwhile I've bee using my overlimits to get some monsters away from me lmao

In story related news: I didn't remember us going to Keterburg so early? I also don't remember Jade confirming Anise has a crush on Ion. Ouch man

This joke is timeless

I defeated the second Sword Dancer and???? Holy frick??? This game with the 10x exp must be crazy. Too bad my grande wasn't that good so I only got the 2x exp

((Also ignore my shtty combo. I've never been good at keeping combos anyway lol))

Luke, Tear, you both hurt me....

I'm in Grand Chokmah (excuse the bad spelling. Probably) already so seeing Peony was nice but the monsters around the city are so annoying and weak?? Might f*ck around and go back to Keterburg to farm a bit.

Anyway, the thing about Guy is out faster than I expected??? Okay

Where did I leave the Tartarus..........

Spent like 15mins trying to solve one of the warehouse puzzles....... Okay

ROASTED

My party got split AGAIN so now the levels are even more uneven...... The struggle

MY kind of energy

Luke hugged Tear foR A SPLIT SECOND I ALMOST MISSED IT

Guy holy shit

Ah yes, the passage rings are as annoying as I remember them... Too big, TOO BIG MAN

I also got the Albiore so that trip to Keterburg for grinding is close. I still haven't found a place that gives better exp than Keterburg so...

Damn Tear spitting FACTS

The thing w Natalia got revealed sooner than I remember... I guess this is going to be a trend in this playthrough lmao

Now that I'm in Chesedonia I cannot wait to complete the Tear's pendant sidequest... If you don't do this side quest you're missing out this is A FACT

Also my party got split AGAIN and I chose Tear to go w Jade mostly bc Natalia was already on the other team (and I just like to have one healer per team) but she said "I want to go with you. I get worried when I'm not watching you" and i JUST

I made the mistake of fighting a boss in very hard (been playing like this for a while without problems) and idk if I'm supposed to win this or what but every one of my hits is BARELY doing around 30 points of damage....... And this thing has 96,000

Like I used Guy's Mystic Arte and every hit was only like 14 damage LMAO Jade used his and the total damage was like 2,000..... Disgusting. I ain't here to fight for like an hour against one boss I'll just go back to hard

Field monsters on very hard are, well not easy, but just, they feel normal? Like yes bosses are supposed to be extra hard but this game is going overboard. Anyway, not like it matters in which difficulty I best bosses (well, at least not this one ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ )

*beat lmao

I'm currently thinking on whether or not I should spend the 100,000 on Tear's pendant... I think I'll leave it for later. I need weapons

Anyway the miasma inside body thing is starting rn I FEEL the angst coming. Hoho

I admit I stopped playing yesterday bc I have no idea where to go???????????? Tear said to go check some stuff w Teodoro in Yulia city but nothing is happening so I went to Grand Chokmah and nothing is happening.......

Ok so turns out I just had to go to Daath..... Ok, in the meantime tho I was completing some sidequests and let me tell you I spent a solid 40mins flying evegwher for the Frings and Cecille sidequest.... But I like this kind of stuff so

*everywhere wtf was that typo

And wit "that kind of stuff" I mean the contents of the sidequest (since they mentioned Duke Fabre and I was ???? This is dark) not flying around lmao

I'm sorry but Malkuth is superior :/

I'm halfway through Inista Marsh and LET ME OUT I can't deal with how slow my character moves

Damn hello there Van, birxh, haven't seen you since Akzeriuth... TALK TO MY FISTS

Tear: I sleep
Van: Luke sucks
Tear: REAL SHIT

I don't go a day without playing this game yet I always forget where am I supposed to go????? I swear I AM paying attention, also, this is the 2nd time I play this how do I not know

I love this

Anise parents are so dumb can't Jade like, adopt her or something. Save this child

As always I made the mistake of leaving the game in very hard and got into a boss battle.... I swear doesn't matter how hard I grind or how much are try those are impossible ( ；∀；)

God these two are so awkward...... Guys

I complain about Natalia for the 11th time but she literally has the least amount of TP of the entire party so why did she get the strongest single target healing artes? Like, they just did her dirty.

Why should I use a single target focused healer that runs out of TP SO FAST when I can use a multiple target healer that has way more TP and heals more. It's like they want me to use Tear and never touch Natalia lol

I finally got Tear's Proud Maid tittle.... The outfit is so cute ( ；∀；)

Jade please lmao

I spent 100,000 glad for Tear's pendant and another 40,000 for the arcane artes book AND there's another sidequest that's 200,000 gald. What does this game think I am, rich????????? Wtd

Van was what?????? I somehow completely forgot about this very relevant plot point

I'm playing using side quest guide (because I'm not CRAZY) and I'm not even halfway through it and I'm around probably 35 hours in? My first playthrough was 56 hours so considering where I am story wise.... This might take a while

You know what's truly a disservice??? THE FACT THAT THEY COVERED THEIR HANDS

THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS AND I CAN'T SEE IT!!!

Jesus Christ Van fuck you

You know when you lose against a boss and before the battle there's this REALLY long cutscene that you can't skip........... It happened with Sync bc SOMEONE decided to appear out of nowhere to pick a fight and I forgot I had the difficulty in very hard for the 283728th time

Ok I think I got to the moment where my favorite character gets thrown into the other realm..... Like..... The moment I set foot in this place I KNEW it was /the place/

I honestly thought this happened later in the game I'm not mentally ready ( ；∀；)

I HATE BEING BROKE weapons are so expensiveeee

Idk how many hours in and I've been holding off on saying this but god do I hate this game's voice acting AJSHAJSJS there's less offensive voices like Guy's (I actually like Guy's) or Jade's but then I hear Legretta and I just want to unlisten

Oh my god Van I hate you

That's it, that's the entire plot of the game

NOOOO THIS SONG IS CURRENTLY PLAYING IM GOING TO CRY

Finally at the Absorption Gate... If I didn't know any better I'd thought this is the end of the game but then we have the whole f*ckery with H** so I still have a long way to go.... And I'm nearing my original playthrough time (56 hours) I'm just :||||

T-tear

This place is HUGE I hate it

Van is such a piece of trash

Who's gonna fight Van again bc Luke perished at the end of the battle and didn't get the exp

ME, because I am a fool

Are you telling me I spent 40 minutes carrying mail for these people, and one of them DIES????????????? NO

Finally got the Berserker tittle this costume looks really cool

Again that's like, the entire plot of the game

I am once again lost in this game... Where am I supposed to go in this volcano??? God I keep burning myself

This outfit is chefs kiss

My fave character perished in the scene above. Ouch man

Also I got the swimsuit tittles for everyone! I do wonder what kind of swimsuit Peony picked for Tear.... Poor Tear

I've been flying everywhere completing quests that are available after "Natalia rejoins your party" trying to forget that I just lost my fave character (with the anime this would be the third time I see this happening...)

I forgot where I had to go for the main story thank god I accidentally got an scene when I went to Belkend lmao

I love you Jade

I complained about flying everywhere for 40 minutes well I spent almost the same amount of time moving torches and finding new entrances for Mt. Roneal all to get the best flight stone... Oh well

Also forget the fights against Van THIS is the hardest part of the game wtf

Lighting up those torches will give me nightmares for the rest of my life

This sidequest asks Luke who's more important to him and gives ME the option to choose???? You KNOW I had to choose Tear, I pressed that so fast

I very clearly recognize Lloyd but who is the other??? Mithos? That's not Colette

I was wondering why the Colosseum battles on Beginner level were so damn hard to beat even tho I was using Guy... Then I put the difficulty level on Normal and it was a walk through the park, I thought the Colosseum didn't take your difficulty level into consideration...

I'll try to get the weapons for mi main characters (Luke, Tear and Jade. Guy is done) in the meantime. Also, I get an outfit for Jade so

How the heck am I supposed to win with Jade this MF is so slow I can't cats sh*t

I'll get stronger. Stronger to the point where those monster can't hurt me

I just spent like 1 hour trying to clear the stupid dragon buster game to get the Princess ending and...... The princess was Tear???????? Tell me that sooner!!

Ok this was worth it. No regrets

Finally I'm out of sidequests until I advance further through the story... Now..... I think I was supposed to go find Mr. Spoiler in Mt. Roneal

I'm fuckign crying I changed Asch's costume for the Mushroom sidequest as a joke and forgot to change him back so I guess he's stuck like this for the rest of the game??????? ,Oh god

"Oh I assure you. I'm crying on the inside. Racket with guilt" Jade.....

I'm just gonna update this real quick to say that I already surpassed the time of my first playthrough (56 hours) and I'm almost exactly the same level I was when I finished the game lmao

Yet I still have some more stuff ahead (I just went through Feres)

Also just a very random thought (might contain slight spoilers so read at your own risk)

Isn't Arietta technically older than Tear? The fuck. Because she's from Feres and Feres suffered its destiny due to Hod's falling, didn't it?

Tear's mom was pregnant with her when Hod fell 16 years ago. Arietta said the Liger queen rescued her when the tide from Hod's falling flooded Feres, so technically Arietta should be older than Tear? She looks as old as Anise wtf

Yeah the wiki lists her as 16, just like Tear LOL she looks the same age as Anise!

What the heck is happening
"Angie isn't this the 2nd time you play this?"
Yeah but I don't remember this?????

No shit

Game if you give me a choice for anything w Luke I will choose Tear

So anyway, Anise and Tear were the choices, I chose Tear (because I'm biased), Anise says "it's the breast size difference, right!?" and Jade just

"This is Anise's duel, let's bring Anise" god damn it you're throwing off my party like that

I cannot believe how I just went cleared the Coliseum in advanced with TEAR before I did it with Jade....... What's funny is that it took me like one try meanwhile I've tried like 4 times w Jade and I always lose... Old man is too slow

Really all I had to do for the last battle was Enhance Cast and spam Holy Lance until the Gollem perished... The dinosaur thingie was annoying but with Severed Fate I kept it away. The stupid birds were surprisingly easy for Tear. Somehow. I hate fighting birds in this game

Also Tear has a lot of useful AD skills that kept activating and protecting her from damage, making her casting times decrease and even casting a spell immediately after being interrupted... Tear is great

Abyss updates bc I didn't have power for 3 hours and then wifi perished for the next 4 hours so I've been playing: a lot

I got to this sidequest yesterday but 1 million gald to buy a bridge????? The hell

Also I have to master all the 20 recipes to get more tittles for everyone??? Which btw I missed the ant man quest bc I missed him the first time in Chesedonia so I guess I can't complete it anyway But damn that's annoying. I'll carry the recipes for another playthrough I guess

Main story wise, I'm just like, damn this game's depressing. I've been attacked by a lot of feelings while reading everything Luke has been through (and keeps experiencing) bc this time around I'm even MORE attached to him and it hurts my soul.....

((Tales of the Abyss spoilers ahead))

I'm just, it's sad how he was finally starting to FEEL like he had the right to live when he realized that he didn't have much time left anyway.... His scene with Tear "if I tell everyone, I'm scared they'll treat me different" I was just

I think Tear's expression in this pic is a perfect representation of myself lmao I really just wanted him to stop (I also wanted to punch him. Thanks Guy) and he did /that/ and then that other thing happened and now he's gonna get yeeted off the face of the Earth so

I am. Sad

(Here ends the spoilers)

I'm also at the point where you find Florian and I'm, my child ( ；∀；)

ALSO I thought I'd be stuck with Asch looking like THIS throughout the rest of the game but THANK GOD you get him for like 2 mins and I changed his tittle to Loving Son lmao

What else? I got the Viscount tittle for Luke so I changed his outfit to that for a while. I completed Fring and Cecille's sidequest too and it gave me a good outfit for Guy! He looked good as a bartender but it felt out of place lmao. Also got Jade's doctor tittle. It looks ugly

LASTLY this line made me chuckle because iirc this ACTUALLY happens in another Tales of game lol (that shall remain nameless bc it is a pretty heavy spoiler) And I don't mean two worlds like certain other tales (that shall also remain unnamed) I mean like, a whole other planet

FINALLY cleared the Colosseum with Jade. The 4th battle is the hardest imo the last dude is so slow you can spam artes constantly and defeat him easily

Anyway off to the Radiation Gate. Or was it the Absorption Gate. Well, one of those. Also 400,000 gald left for the bridge...

"Let's go to the final battle!" Says Luke while I go around completing the remaining sidequests. Still salty I skipped the first part of the ant man sidequest. God damn

"Whether you accept me or not doesn't matter. I'm not part of you or a substitute" Finally Luke you said it.... Cries in my hands

Also Mirrors was the BGM during this scene ( ；∀；)

THE SCENE ON THE ALBIORE SNIPED ME I NO LONGER EXIST I'M JUST DUST

HELL YEAH!!!!

I ran out of sidequests so inside Eldrant I go until I reach the point of no return. I insist, the scene on the Albiore was....... A..... AHHHHHH

"The night sea was really beautiful, and so was Tear" LUKE

"I was about to tell her my true feelings... But I decided not to. After all, -spoilers-. But if she reads this diary after everything is over, I wonder if she'll realize anyway? I've tried not to let them show though, but..."

GOD YOU'RE SO DUMB

Tear, probably: you're stupid. I like that in a man

Luke: /says something that makes sense
Asch: FUCK YOU

Meaning of Birth ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽

1 hour running around Eldrant bc I'm stupid. Also, Asch •́ ‿ ,•̀

Oh god

THANK YOU FOR JADE'S OUTFIT PEONY all the other ones sucked

Nebilim was so fuxking hard what the f*ck. Luke perished right at the end but I don't care I'm putting myself through that a second time

I'm leaving this here the next sidequest sounds tedious as fuxk. ALSO I STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE BRIDGE

Finally I completed all the sidequests... Well, the ones that didn't have anything to do with the fuxking Ant Man anyway bc I missed that stupid man the 1st time I went to Chesedonia... So now I'm missing 2 to 3 tittles for everyone, but I got all the costumes

I want to be able to cry alone and at peace so I'll properly finish the game tomorrow. I know I still have to fight the finally boss (twice iirc) but the hardest part of the game is easily shooting Mieu fire to the exact point at the reflective walls. That IS hell

I did say I was going to finish the game but I still haven't fought the team battles in the Colosseum. Watch me get my ass kicked

Ok here I go

Honestly kinda regret making Tear wear that outfit www I didn't know it had the blushu cheeks ok

Ok it didn't take me 7 hours to beat this game skdjsisj I actually fought the final boss twice bc the first time the difficulty was set to normal (it was too easy) and also bc the moment I stepped into this battle the universe decided to bother me

SO BASICSLL I COULDN'T CRY PROPERLY like my dad called me during the very last scene sjsjjss I couldn't even hear Luke say "This place has a nice view of Hod. And also, I promised" I was upsetti so I beat it again in higher difficulty and cried properly. yes

Anyway this is my savefile. 75 hours actually bc I carried the time from my previous playthrough. I didn't finish the collector's book, didn't master all the recipes and failed to get like 2 tittles but it's fine, I wasn't aiming for 100% anyway

The reason why I decided to do all the sidequests I could was to get more plot related info (altho truth be told Abyss doesn't have a problem w putting too much actual plot in sidequests /looks at Xillia) specifically the famous contamination sidequest

And that was just Jade vague tweeting everyone but irl bc what the fuck is the Big Bang Effect I hate this. Also that Dragon Buster sidequest? Hell. The abyss replica? HELL, SCREW YOU CHIBA your stamina is shit

The Nebilim sidequest was awful but the Catalyst weapons were worth it. Tear's pendant is a must, bc yeah I'm ルクティア trash

Also I'm sure if Jade uses Meteor Storm and Tear uses Judgement my 3DS would d*e

It's funny how my field character was always either Tear or Luke (Berserker) but the character I remained using until the end was Guy lmao GUY IS GREAT PLEASE USE GUY

Why I keep forgetting to give my actual opinion of the game lmao I played it around 6 years ago. Abyss was not my first Tales (it's Innocence, oddly enough) but if this 2nd playthrough did something was solidify the feelings I had for this game. It's still my favorite

Mind you I've played 8 tales, completed 6 and Abyss is still my favorite. It's just, Luke's journey alone makes this game worth it, I'm a sucker for that kind of character development. I went from absolutely hating him to having him as my favorite

Anyway I'm not good at putting feelings into words but I love this game!!! I love Luke! And Tear! And Guy! And evryone else this party is top tier

Also Ion!! HOW CAN I FORGET ABOUT ION he's in my Twitter username lmao

O can't seem to be able to let this thread end but I found more pictures I took during and

That's it that's the entire game

THIS TWEET DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OH GOD

Lastly, proof that Guy is, indeed, best guy