Tales of Destiny II is the direct sequel to Tales of Destiny, known in Japan as Tales of Eternia. Kyle Dunamis, Stan's son, in a new adventure with improved real-time combat system. Touching narrative and memorable characters. A quality PS1 JRPG in the Tales series tradition.
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American Wolf Team and Namco edition of Tales of Eternia, released under the Tales of Destiny II title in the United States. Created by Wolf Team and Namco, released in 2001 in the United States under the Tales of Destiny II title. Two-disc RPG with expanded LMBS real-time combat, Reid, Farah and Meredy trio crossing the parallel Inferia and Celestia worlds, Mutsumi Inomata character design and Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura rock orchestral soundtrack. American edition under the Tales of Destiny II title.
Tales of Destiny II review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Behind a misleading American title lies careful craft: battle sprites animated across dozens of frames, spells that flood the screen with coloured bursts, and villages drawn with a density of detail rare for the series. The dialogue portraits and field scenes keep the clean line of the original edition, untouched.
The American release keeps the music of Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura entirely intact, which is just as well: the battles rest on duels between Hammond organ and guitar, the inns on slow piano themes, and some dungeon pieces slide into a jazz rock unexpected in a role playing game of this size.
Despite its name, this game has no connection to Tales of Destiny: it tells of the announced fall of two worlds drawing closer, and the journey of four young people determined to prevent the collision. The story takes the time to let them doubt, argue and make peace, which is where the series has always been strongest.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
NTSC-U three-disc edition of Tales of Destiny II, known in Japan as Tales of Eternia, a spiritual sequel with refined real-time combat. The complete multi-disc set is hard to gather intact, pushing CIB and sealed value well above loose. Demand rests on the Tales series' strength and the scarcity of this late release on the American market.
Is Tales of Destiny II still worth playing in 2026?
Known as Tales of Eternia in Japan and Europe, this Namco RPG refines the Tales engine with smoother, more spectacular real time side view combat, carried by a trio of heroes crossing two worlds threatened with collision. The wealth of artes, the polished sprite animation and the snappy pace of the battles make it one of the series' peaks on the machine. The grinding and dated background 3D weigh little. An excellent JRPG for fans of dynamic combat and the Tales saga.
