Tales of Symphonia Remastered
40 Achievements
PS4
Unison Attacker
Performed a unison attack for the first time. Everyone was in unison.
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How to unlock the Unison Attacker achievement in Tales of Symphonia Remastered - Definitive Guide
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After the boss battle with the Clumsy Assassin at Ossa Trail, Kratos instructs Lloyd on how to use the Unison Attack.
This introduces a meter above your characters' health gauges, which fills up with blue as you land attacks. Once it is full, it turns red, and there should be an audible sting sound accompanying it (it also sounds when you begin a battle with a full meter).
In the menu, go the Unison Attack sub-menu (if in battle, it's the second icon from the left). Make sure that at least your playable character has attack-type moves set. If you're like most other people and are playing as Lloyd on semi-auto, then this was already done when you mapped his Techs to your B-button. Generally speaking for your playthrough, you should also set the other characters' Techs in the Unison Attack menu, but for the purpose of this achievement alone, that is not necessary.
In battle, with your Unison Attack gauge full, get yourself close to an enemy and press the right stick in
. This will cause your character to attack in front of them. If the attack lands, the scene will transition, and new prompts will appear on-screen for each of your party members, each one receiving one of the four face buttons, Player 1: 
, P2: 
, P3: 
, and P4: 
. If you're familiar with the original GameCube release, then you might be confused in this version (as I was) as that used the Z shoulder button to trigger the Unison Attack.
Before the meter runs down, input each respective face button with or without a directional input to have that character use that Tech for the Unison Attack. I found that not every character must perform a Tech (I had Raine in slot 4 before she learned Photon). I suspect that this achievement only detects that you initiated the Unison Attack and that at least one character used a Tech during the Unison Attack. The achievement will pop once the battle is over and the results are displayed.
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Additionally, you might achieve a Compound Special Attack, during which two of the party members perform an augmented joint attack at the tail-end of your Unison Attack. You can try this with Lloyd's Tiger Rage and Colette's Pow Hammer or with Lloyd's Sonic Thrust and Kratos's Sonic Thrust. This is also not required for this achievement, but you will want to coordinate these Compound Special Attacks throughout your playthrough.
This introduces a meter above your characters' health gauges, which fills up with blue as you land attacks. Once it is full, it turns red, and there should be an audible sting sound accompanying it (it also sounds when you begin a battle with a full meter).
In the menu, go the Unison Attack sub-menu (if in battle, it's the second icon from the left). Make sure that at least your playable character has attack-type moves set. If you're like most other people and are playing as Lloyd on semi-auto, then this was already done when you mapped his Techs to your B-button. Generally speaking for your playthrough, you should also set the other characters' Techs in the Unison Attack menu, but for the purpose of this achievement alone, that is not necessary.
In battle, with your Unison Attack gauge full, get yourself close to an enemy and press the right stick in
. This will cause your character to attack in front of them. If the attack lands, the scene will transition, and new prompts will appear on-screen for each of your party members, each one receiving one of the four face buttons, Player 1: , P2: , P3: , and P4: . If you're familiar with the original GameCube release, then you might be confused in this version (as I was) as that used the Z shoulder button to trigger the Unison Attack.Before the meter runs down, input each respective face button with or without a directional input to have that character use that Tech for the Unison Attack. I found that not every character must perform a Tech (I had Raine in slot 4 before she learned Photon). I suspect that this achievement only detects that you initiated the Unison Attack and that at least one character used a Tech during the Unison Attack. The achievement will pop once the battle is over and the results are displayed.
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Additionally, you might achieve a Compound Special Attack, during which two of the party members perform an augmented joint attack at the tail-end of your Unison Attack. You can try this with Lloyd's Tiger Rage and Colette's Pow Hammer or with Lloyd's Sonic Thrust and Kratos's Sonic Thrust. This is also not required for this achievement, but you will want to coordinate these Compound Special Attacks throughout your playthrough.
