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Zestiria isnt my first tales game, but it was the first one I finished

I love all the games I played just wish they had ported the rest here in the west

i'm new to the tales games....i have started with "tales of grace f" and i'm really enjoying it.....i hate turn based games so glad "tales of grace f" uses action based combat.

I love the older games more. Really wish they make an hd remaster of tales of the abyss

My absolute favorite is Tales of Graces f and Vesperia is my second favorite. Yuri is the best protagonist but Graces has the best story

For me vesperia is just the worst. I played Abyss, berseria and arise. Abyss is great while berseria and arise are good in term of story. Combat of course the newer one is the better one. Vesperia is annoying for me. The character that isnt consistent, they also cares wayy too much about estelle. 30 hours in and all of it is just follow estelle's order, after that? the story is getting "good" but they ruined it by using so much deus ex machina. The gameplay is old tales but annoying, fatal arts that pop randomly and you need to stay still to activate it, weapon that gives skill, bad overlimit mechanic, enemies using mystic arts like its base artes, and many more.

I hope they port all of that tales game in Nintendo switch. 🙏

I just finished Tales of Arise on Game Pass and became a fan of it. I normally don't even try this type of game. I'm not gonna try the older games but if they release a new one I'll buy it for sure.

The only Tales of Games I've played are Tales of Berseria and Tales of Arise, and those two were my favorite.

te recomiendo que juegues tales of phantasya y tales of destiny. son joyas ocultas

16:00 I'm confused? You simply switch characters by switching who's in slot 1 on the party menu. You can do it as soon as you get Estelle. This works the same for basically every game in the series I believe The item you mentioned is specifically for switching characters mid-combat, you can switch any time outside of combat

I'm surprised you didn't mention the series' trademark anime openings to emphasize how heavily it leaned into that style

If you like these games I'd highly recommend Eternal Sonata for the 360. Such an amazing rpg.

Glad you touched on what is going on in the industry, mate. Great list, there was certainly plenty to choose from. Roboquest was completely off my radar, going to have to check that one out, thanks. 👍

I've played Arise on the PS5, and Hearts R on the Vita, and loved them both. Currently playing through Graces f on the PS3 and am really enjoying it so far as well. I've got a number of others still to play: Symphonia Chronicles, Xillia, and Xillia 2 on the PS3; Vesperia, Berseria, and Zestiria on the PS5 (using PS4 backwards compatibility); and just today got in Abyss for the 3DS. Easily my favorite JRPG series, and am looking forward to trying out all the other titles!

I just played Zestiria because it was free on PS Plus. Weakest entry ive played haha

Only one ive played as of now is berseria, and i loved it.

Finally. Someone else gets Velvet's outfit. I always see people just comenting on how fanservise or sexual it is. To me it always conveid a wild and savage nature instead of sexual. How Velvet is more if a beast than human.

Something I think almost everyone is missing about the combat: It IS turn-based inspired. Compared to games like DMC, Bayonetta, Astral Chain; the enemies in FF16 telegraph and even literally announce their attacks. After an attack, they give you a clear window to react. The enemies don't really speed up the combat loop until late game, so to me the turn-based element was there in spirit.

If you want to play them for the story then symphonia, eternia, abyss, vesperia and berseria and imo even phantasia is a decent story keeping in mind it's the first one and for gameplay I would say xillia 1-2, arise and graces f, vesperia (slow start though before fun combat) and tales of the abyss, I personally like symphonia's battle system but I am super biased towards symphonia so objectively I would call it outdated, it's kind of like tales of the abyss but a bit "older/step behind". Personally I think they all have their charm but I did not like berseria, zestiria their gameplay at all it was too "automatic/easy" compared to the others, graces F somewhat the same but it felt better somehow, if I put up the difficulty in graces/got further into the game I had to actually think about when to block etc so it felt more rewarding while berseria and zestiria felt like I didn't have to think at all in battle after the first few minutes and rarely ever died.

It’s more of a action adventure game with 60hrs of cinematic cutscenes

I bought brand new PS 5 just for this game, no regret, best decision in my lyfe 👌🏻

I see "Tales" I just click. I haven't touched Arise yet due to waiting for a super cheap price. Also, I have a slight annoyance with the changes. Beseria technically very dark tone in the story line I did like it. Symphonia is far more memorable for me, but that is more nostalgia from the GC era. Vesperia was my first real experience and my enjoyment of the Tales of series. I will stand by Vesperia as the best. Zestiria has its "haters", but one can argue the opening theme is the best of the tales of series. Tales of the Abyss was another enjoyable experience for me and I can also say that it's intro theme is a strong 2nd and I expect a "debate" I don't feel like to go in.

Excellent choice on the ost front

ff16 is my new favorite. it took that throne from 9. heres to hopin the pc port does it justice.

Look forward to coming back to this once I can play it on PC. Awesome job getting this review out, mate. 👍

Another upload, huge W lad

I just tried to get into it i don't how my friends enjoy this series it's just not fun for me i bought played every tales game and it drags me down so quickly maybe it was a blast on the past but other jrpg series are way better than tales games in my opinion feels too generic to my liking

Xillia 2 was my favorite

I haven’t played all of them but my thoughts: Abyss, Xillia 2 and Berseria nailed the balance of the darkness with the light. Also very compelling entries. For someone looking for beginner friendly instalments maybe Arise, Xillia 1 or Symphonia. All offer a thoroughly complete story. Finally Graces F, Vespiria or Zestiria if you want something softer for the palette and more party focused and character driven. Haven’t played any of the others unfortunately. 😢

Bruh tales of zestiria is one of the worst tbh

I've played Arise and Berseria and they're fantastic RPGs. Combat in the games are very enjoyable and there's at least one character I feel like everyone would enjoy playing. I like Berseria's vast array of equipment and builds, but this also kinda hurts the game considering how you can easily get like 15 of the same equipment piece, which you're forced to sell, dismantle, or let clog up your inventory.

Best sound track was "Desperate Struggle"

Should play tales of xilia

Berseria and Xillia are my favorite. Arise was really good

Zestria sucks, I still say legendia is a better game then that one.

Idk why everyone love symphonia so much imo it just aged horribly, it just feels like the more clunky version of Vesperia, kind of how Zestiria is the Clunky version of Berseria allthough I didnt mind it that much. I think Zesteria on its own is a fine game but its story gets more intresting when you know of Berseria, and sure the connection isnt huge but just by it being there Zesterias world feels more realized.

I've been a bit hesitant to getting into old series like these, hell it took me years till I properly played a Mario game due to the legacy being so overwhelming, its also the same reason why I still flake out of trying Final fantasy, though after finally playing the demo to Arise after my curiousity got the better of me, I actually enjoyed it from what I can remember, the only thing I found inherently bad about the game/demo was the characters over talking and just rambling through the combat, I plan on actually getting Arise after my experience with it, though while I want to play other tales games outside of it, the rambling and squaking throughout Arise left me concerned the other games have similar if not worse issues

I admit, all Tales games share some of that "generic" cliche or trope or whatever- which gamers with a lot of experience might point out. But I think that all games have to have some generic element as they follow trends established by previously successful games OR the preference of the game communities associated with each game. Each game has a GENRE- and genre restricts the structures and features- so that's what I mean by the "generic element" being inherent in ALL games. FF has its formula, Trails of Cold Steel have them (they also have the standard sauna scenes, ha ha) and Genshin? If you're familiar with donghua... and all those CG releases that Chinese animation is setting up as a trend in the current years, the aesthetics of Genshin comes as no surprise. Those who claim it plagiarized Zelda... that's a VERY odd way of putting it- because coming from the animation side, I've seen enough anime and read enough manga, manhua, donghua to know- all these games borrow elements from each other. UNlike OTHER Tales games, though, that borrow some elements from Square Enix's FF in terms of themes or story lines- Symphonia and Arise did A LOT of that (the two worlds divided and conspiring to destroy the other)- Zestiria is the ONLY story I know that's original on the game and anime side. Demonic antiheroes... rebellious knights and outcasts... traumatized protagonists with revenge issues... all that's been manufactured gazillions of times each season in BOTH anime and games. But Zestiria's theme stands alone in both anime and gaming literature- I mean who'd dare represent the other side that's quite taboo to speak of now? The popular trend is turning demons into heroes, rebels into saviors... but here you have a classic ruin geek trying to reconcile his personal dreams with the larger crisis and realizing in his own way... asking help from "above" isn't such a bad thing. When it comes to its use of female characters, I have some issues with using "naive females" as "comic relief" which is quite true with Vesperia's Estelle. I think Zestiria sacked that image without going overboard the way Berseria did in masculinizing a female protag, then underdressing her to say she's still feminine. The use of "trauma" to justify being "possessed" with demons just paints a character as spiritually and mentally weak... enough to push her into "berserk" mode- which is kinda... cliche as that is the standard formula for ALL revenge stories and soaps- as taught in scriptwriting textbooks. As for Zestiria, yeah, maybe not everyone is hyped over the lore of angels and seraphim, given that this narcissistic generation ironically hates the narcissism of Christianity and doesn't bother to read on it. But even that is quite scary if one realizes that most of the elements in Zestiria have been taken from the Book of Enoch, and all the Pre-Christian literature that's actually more fascinating than the overused/over-recycled Scandinavian and Nordic myths you see in almost EVERY fantasy game/anime out there.

They really don't make them like they used to. I miss the uniqueness from them. But arise was a nice step 😊

Can confirm Symphonia is great. Vesperia is good but it kind of drops the ball on its story. It sets up a great moral conflict between Yuri/Flynn and Yuri/Phaeroh but never capitalizes on it. Yuri is the main character so everything he does is right. Zestiria definitely has a weaker story individually. But looking at it together with Berseria I think it does a lot right. Trope subversions work because other stories play tropes straight, and a lot of moments in Berseria hit much better because of setup in Zestiria.

Tales Of Berseria for my favorite story and Arise for my favorite combat system within the series. ❤

i still defend tales of phantasia (psx or psp) are the best story in the franchise. for gameplay its tales of eternia for traditional tp, destiny remake DC for non-tp.

Dang. Zesteria is a rough place to start. But at least it wasn’t Symphonia 2.

Berseria, Vesperia and Xillia would be the order of my favorites. And they can all be played multiplayer.

One thing to note tho, is in the Arise section you said a change they made to normal attacking. But the way you describe it in the other games makes it sound like you were playing with Semi-Auto controls. As I haven't played Arise yet I'm wondering do you mean semi-Auto isn't in the game/starts you manual mode or does Semi-Auto work differently in it?

Symphonia, is a must play for sure. it was my first tales of game as a teen back in the day and the story is near dear to my heart. if someone had to start with any of the games in the series you couldn't really go wrong with the games PS2 games and GC. but Symphonia is my pick. but again I'm biased. TwT; I like the others too like Abyss was great.

I played, in order: Abyss (on the 3DS), Berseria, Vesperia and Arise (all on PC) Overall, Vesperia was my least favorite, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's more like a 8.5/10 for me. Abyss is a solid 9, Berseria is a 10 and Arise is also a 10. Vesperia had something the others didn't, though: Yuri was voiced, in Japanese, by the same guy who voiced Mista from JoJo Golden Wind, which I was watching at the time, so I instantly felt "connected" to the main character thanks to that alone lol.

Something I’d love to see is a remaster of Xillia 1 & 2. They were amazing on PS3 back in the day, and they have redone Symphonia a few times, so why no love for Xillia :(

Looking to get into the tales of series? Here are my top 3 recommendations. Tales of the Abyss. Tales of Arise. Tales of Vesperia. You cant go wrong with any of those games.