<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
as	O
the	O
seventh	O
main	O
title	O
in	O
their	O
Tales	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
development	O
team	O
known	O
collectively	O
as	O
"	O
Project	O
MelFes	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
composed	O
of	O
members	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
Tales	O
Studio	O
along	O
with	O
developers	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Tekken	B-Application
and	O
Soulcalibur	O
fighting	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
covered	O
in	O
water	O
,	O
taking	O
place	O
entirely	O
on	O
a	O
gigantic	O
ship	O
that	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
remnant	O
of	O
an	O
ancient	O
civilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
console	O
role-playing	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
featuring	O
three-dimensional	O
characters	O
and	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
where	O
monsters	O
were	O
visible	O
before	O
being	O
encountered	O
,	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
features	O
randomized	O
battles	O
that	O
occur	O
every	O
few	O
steps	O
while	O
inside	O
dungeons	O
or	O
other	O
hostile	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
interactions	O
between	O
the	O
main	O
cast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
covered	O
mostly	O
in	O
water	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
taking	O
place	O
aboard	O
a	O
massive	O
,	O
country-sized	O
ship	O
called	O
the	O
Legacy	O
,	O
a	O
remnant	O
of	O
a	O
highly	O
advanced	O
ancient	O
civilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
cryptic	O
16-year-old	O
ninja	B-Application
and	O
practitioner	O
of	O
iron	O
eres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
American	O
author	O
Jay	B-Application
McInerney	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
forced	O
to	O
escape	O
when	O
they	O
are	O
confronted	O
by	O
Vaclav	O
's	O
underlings	O
,	O
the	O
Terrors	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
regroups	O
and	O
meets	O
an	O
amnesiac	O
women	O
named	O
Grune	O
and	O
boy	O
named	O
Jay	B-Application
who	O
joins	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
accompanies	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
Legacy	O
's	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preliminary	O
development	O
on	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Eternia	I-Application
,	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
staff	O
drawn	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
Eternia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
happened	O
in	O
parallel	O
to	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Symphonia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
in	O
a	O
teaser	O
trailer	O
featured	O
on	O
a	O
pre-order	O
bonus	O
disc	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
previous	O
title	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rebirth	I-Application
,	O
which	O
only	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
its	O
development	O
codename	O
"	O
Project	O
MelFes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
that	O
consisted	O
of	O
staff	O
members	O
from	O
previous	O
Tales	O
entries	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
developers	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Tekken	B-Application
and	O
Soulcalibur	O
fighting	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
animation	O
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Yosuke	O
Kadowaki	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
motion-capture	O
technology	O
on	O
Soulcalibur	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
Tales	O
games	O
where	O
character	O
art	O
and	O
design	O
was	O
mostly	O
done	O
by	O
Mutsumi	O
Inomata	O
,	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
features	O
characters	O
designed	O
by	O
anime	O
illustrator	O
and	O
animator	O
Kazuto	O
Nakazawa	O
,	O
known	O
for	O
his	O
prior	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
animated	O
sequences	O
from	O
the	O
2003	O
film	O
Kill	O
Bill	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
animated	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
El-Hazard	O
and	O
Nadia	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Secret	I-Application
of	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Water	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
includes	O
animated	O
cutscenes	O
produced	O
by	O
Japanese	O
studio	O
Production	O
I.G.	O
,	O
and	O
contains	O
more	O
animation	O
than	O
any	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
main	O
series	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Tales	O
franchise	O
to	O
not	O
feature	O
music	O
by	O
Motoi	O
Sakuraba	O
,	O
with	O
composition	O
duties	O
instead	O
going	O
to	O
Go	O
Shiina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
was	O
mostly	O
well	O
received	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
earning	O
a	O
32	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
total	O
score	O
from	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
based	O
on	O
individual	O
reviews	O
of	O
8	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
8	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
85	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
average	O
from	O
Dengeki	O
PlayStation	O
magazine	O
based	O
on	O
scores	O
of	O
80	O
,	O
80	O
,	O
90	O
,	O
and	O
90	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elsewhere	O
,	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
IGN	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
characterization	O
and	O
"	O
addictive	O
"	O
battle	O
system	O
were	O
its	O
high	O
points	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
ultimately	O
marred	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
run	O
of	O
the	O
mill	O
"	O
story	O
and	O
"	O
lackluster	O
"	O
battle	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
1UP	O
would	O
include	O
Tales	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legendia	I-Application
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Underwhelming	O
RPGs	O
with	O
Overwhelming	O
Soundtracks	O
,	O
"	O
calling	O
the	O
game	O
one	O
of	O
Go	O
Shiina	O
's	O
strongest	O
works	O
and	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
and	O
most	O
moving	O
RPG	O
soundtracks	O
to	O
date.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
would	O
also	O
list	O
Jay	B-Application
and	O
Moses	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
for	O
"	O
having	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
banter	O
in	O
any	O
Tales	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
