Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Japanese role-playing video game
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology is a Japanese action role-playing game developed by Alfa System and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is part of the Tales series of video games, more specifically the fourth game in the Tales of the World spin-off series, which heavily emphasizes the crossover appearances of characters from past games in the series. The game was released in 2006 in Asia; July 2007 in North America; and September 2007 in Australia and Europe. The game saw two sequels, Radiant Mythology 2 and Radiant Mythology 3, though neither were released outside Japan. It is the only Tales of the World entry to be translated into English.
Gameplay
The gameplay resembles that of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game dungeon crawler, but without the online component. Unlike games in the mainline series of Tales games, the player creates their own, customizable player, both in statistics and physical appearance. The players must accept quests at the local guild office from a selection of five different choices at a time. Quests include defeating certain monster types, mining or harvesting certain raw ingredients, or crafting certain goods. Upon completion of quests, the player is rewarded with money and "Fame" points.
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