Tales of the Abyss remastered will be fun but I hope it’s completely remade for because the story is so good, it deserves the same level of attention as some of the more popular titles
It definitely needs full Remake. Sure, it's got a decent story, but even the 3ds remaster, which was SIGNIFICANTLY improved, Had some Scaling and pacing issues.
@@matthewrowlett1564 Out of all the Tales of games, I think it has the highest learning curve. I'm lucky I played with someone else who could help trigger AOE strategies and spells more efficiently. I mained Jade and Anise so this was basically a necessity.
Tales is not that important to Namco anymore. Sales wise, they have much more popular franchises and the cost to do a full remake is high. Remasters is probably the best we can hope for.
@@TheQuickyouknow Tales is and has been considered one of the "Big Three" JRPGs of Japan and I think you underestimate the brand power of Tales in its home country. Especially with the amount of mobile games they've had over the years, which proves they don't technically cater to Western audiences. Tales is much more expansive than the Star Ocean series, by comparison, and that is getting remakes in the line so I wouldn't see why Tales wouldn't at least try HD2D remakes for Tales of Destiny or Tales of Phantasia when the concept is seeing success with Star Ocean and Dragon Quest.
@@hypellopotion You're preaching to the choir. I love Tales, been playing since Tales of Eternia on PS1, but the facts are AAA Tales games aren't worth it for Namco. A lot of investment for a niche market. They care more about Dark Souls.
@@mikeehrmantraut1899 yeah, they pulled them all out of nowhere not to punish westerners, but because they didn’t want to ruin this big surprise. I’d say all is nearly forgiven.
I mean, Ps4 isnt retrocompatible and anyone who has a Ps3 obviously should mod it anyway. This would only be useful if Ps4 was retrocompatible since the beginning. Honestly, i am starting to despise sony. I really hope they dont give any of these games to Sony anymore.
@@staysharp2453 I agree with your points on Sony. And let’s not forget that emulation for ps3 is still.. fine at best? I’m looking forward to Xillia running natively on a switch.
Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 remastered might come out in the spring and summer time of 2025 respectively, plus Tales of Phantasia remastered might be for a fall release but we'll have to wait and see
Tales of Legendia was one of a kind. You finish the game and then begin the character quests that connects everyone with a story better than the main quest. Its sad it does not get the love it deserves.
Tales of Destiny directors cut on PS2 was peak tales of combat. The other 2d tales games including the original hearts were just as good. 3D tales was always mid. Trying to be too much like Star Ocean
@@ZerosGameInn Same here. I remember when I got a used PS3 from a local Hastings. When those were still around, and they gave me a choice for one used PS3 game with it. One of them was Tales of Graces f and I got it immediately
@@ChrisMS0815 that’s not uncommon, my cousin did the exact same thing but ended up seeing the rest of the game through me in co-op. Luke is EXTREMELY unlikable for the first few hours. Thing is, it does get paid off but it takes a bloody long time and without spoiling it, there are some pretty decent reasons (his upbringing and other factors) why he acts the way he does (minus him being an asshole to Mieu, that’s just him being a jerk). Needless to say it’s not as simple as him being a spoiled little rich noble kid. Though that’s part of it. Even as someone who adores Abyss, I absolutely understand how offputting Luke can be. Especially given he’s wedged in between Lloyd and Yuri, who are both popular.
Tales of Eternia was actually also released on PSP, just not in America. I didn't know this at all til I came across a physical PAL copy at a game store like a month ago.
Not exacly I played the UK version of Eternia its still a port of the PS1 game and that 1 dungeon that's a basically a 6 floor version of Symphonia's Cursed book dungeon was already IN the PS1 Eternia you just had to be on a 2nd run and the first 5 floors are solo floors. But the Destiny 1 PS2 remake that NEVER left Japan its post game dungeon is basically a 10 FLOORS version of Eternia's dungeon only with way over leveled enemies and some floors are ALSO SOLO only.
Graces F is a huge deal for me. I never had a PS3, and as someone who’s been getting into the franchise over the last few years, that along with the Xillia games are kinda locked out for me. Seems like that’ll be turning around in the future. I’m super excited.
My take: The most important ones for them to remaster are ones we never got the best version of. So let's run down the list of possible contenders. Also, I don't think we can expect an insane amount of rereleases, so I'm gonna try to be realistic. Phantasia: I want a remaster (or at least a port of the best version) and I think we'll see one. Destiny: Same as Phantasia. Eternia: There is a PSP version. Europe got it but NA did not. it still works on NA PSPs. Personally, I'd like to see an up-to-date version of this but I don't think we'll get it yet. Destiny 2: I've never played the untranslated games so I would like to experience them all. I think Destiny 2 is the most likely out of those 4 games for us to get. I wouldn't count on a collection, though. They could charge us twice, after all. Symphonia: We just did that, no. Rebirth: I want it but I'm guessing they won't do completely new translations much. Legendia: It needs an accessible version but I doubt it'll get one soon. Abyss: Extremely popular, likely to get a remaster. Tempest: I'd like to see it but they won't do it. Innocence: Same as Rebirth. Symphonia 2: Unlikely, it's too unpopular. Vesperia: Already done. Hearts: I'd like one, but as you can see, I'd like most of these games to get some love. I'd give it maybe a 60% chance? Graces: Confirmed. Xillia: Likely due to leaks. Xillia 2: If Xillia gets a remaster I think this probably will too, but perhaps not before 2027. Zestiria: Too unpopular and already on PS4/Steam. Better to focus efforts elsewhere. Berseria: On PS4/Steam and very good. There's no need. Arise: It's the newest, of course not. (SMT5 begs to differ xD )
@@goncaloferreira6429 That would be pretty cool, but I've only played the GBA version so I'd really like one that's true to the original for the most part.
@@kidrobot. Yeah, I just carelessly said remake instead of remaster. It doesn't really change my opinions, though. I edited my comment now, so thanks for pointing that out!
Best News! That means most of Tales games will be more available in current consoles and I'm excited to try out Graces when it released in it's remaster form
@@BloodrealmX Haha, fair enough. I love the grind for the enemy book, loved the Skits, loved the magna Carta, and thought the F arc was *chefs kiss*. I also think that the increases loot on chaos mode mixed with the titles, and the elephant mixer really made me want to fight even more. But you're right, it is technically worse than most of the tales games, but it feels like it was made for me. I hope you stay well Blood Realm!
@@malpercio123 The combat system was borderline unplayable for me. Couldn't tell when one arte ended and another began, it was just button mashing. There was also no story and half the characters were pretty uninteresting (Malik and Richard were great, though, and Sophie was decent; Asbel when he was a kid was fun, but he lost all semblance of a personality after the time skip).
Who needs to save up for a home when there are tales games on the horizon? In all seriousness I'd love to be able to have all tales of games on my steam deck officially, and I'd LOVE a Legendia remake with the love and polish it deserved.
For real about to drop 75k on a down payment... but Mana, The new DS castlevania collection, new mario & Luigi, new Zelda, full Astrobot game on the ps5, Dragon quest 3 remake... going to have to pick up some OT to justify these games coming out in the next 3-4 months... now tales games too. Dayum
I think we're getting HD remasters of the full 3D games in the series as it's easier to just increase the internal resolution and create an HD UI and call it a day, and maybe a full remake of the fan favorite Abyss. Of all the pre-Zestiria games, we effectively only have Symphonia, Vesperia and now Graces F available natively on modern platforms. A lot of their earlier English localizations suffer from the kind of cuts you mentioned. If they do decide to touch on those again, they should definitely restore the cut content.
Xillia 1 and 2 are a given, in fact I think those will be the next games after graces as they require minimal effort to remaster; I don't think we'll get Zestiria or Berseria as those are already on ps4 and pc (maybe switch, but I dont think a switch port of a ps4 game would be called a remaster). anything not localized needs to be so those will be last.
I'd love to see tales of Eternia remastered. It was my first tales game. But tales of graces f potentially being remastered is awesome too. All of them, really.
If I could get a Abyss remaster on a console or steam would be very happy. Been wanting that for so long (yes I know of the 3ds one, want a console one since I play older tales with my friend, yes I played 2d tales but Abyss is still my favorite tales).
As a fan of Tales since Symphonia, I’m really hoping that us in the West end up getting all the Japanese-exclusive titles officially localized like Rebirth, Innocence, Destiny 2, etc.
I'd be plenty thrilled to play Eternia once again. EDIT: I'm also one of the people who really liked Legendia. I wouldn't mind seeing that one again, but I don't think it was nearly as popular as a lot of other ones.
I know everyone hates Legendia, but I loved the characters and world of that game so I'm hoping we get that one, but I really want all the ones that haven't been localized
"Tales of Xillia (Never played)" Xillia 1 is a good game, but obviously unfinished. Xillia 2 ruins most of the returning characters from the first and the characters introduced in 2 are bland, unlikeable, or both.
Tales of Phantasia was also on the PSP, so that's the latest version (not PS1). If you were referring to official english, we only got that on the GBA. Tales of Eternia was also on the PSP and considered the best version, even in english but not an western esrb. We shouldn't skip Symphonia because Namco didn't release a remake of 2 which is stuck on PS3. No guarantee that they would add additional voice adding in Legendia, as they didn't with Symphonia (agree that it was a shame they didn't voice the last arc).
Nice for new fans, and I am playing Tales of Graces F, the last title I have yet to complete that was officially released in the West. All left are the fan translations of Destiny DC, Innocence and Tempest.
….i knew this would happen. Every time I start up a file on an old game, this happens. Last week I started a Tales of Graces file thinking “oh well It can’t happen, Xillia was just leaked, I’ll be safe”….🤬🤬😭🙄🙄 Then my partner sends me a link with the phrase “your curse struck again” and I knew what the video was without even clicking it. Happened to me a while back with Metroid Prime and TTYD. Oh well, not gonna bother finishing that Graces file now. I should go to Abyss as that’s my fav game in the series lol. 😅
I'm sooooo excited!!! Because I love JRPG games and Tales of games! Even though I have Berseria, Symphonia and Vesperia to finish. And I also haven't finished Tales of Arise... I have previously almost completed Xillia and Symphonia . I would REALLY like to play Tales of Abyss ! As I've heard amazing things about it, and I'm keen to play any of the games that I haven't played. It would be wonderful to see the older games remade. I agree with you that I'll be happy with what we get. However it would be realllllly sensible of the game developer to release more of the games in English speaking countries so that they can get the attention they deserve. Now that Tales of Arise has been so well received, hopefully more people will be interested in playing them!! Very keen for Tales of Graces! woo!
I still can’t believe I’m living in a timeline where tales of xillia and tales of graces F are getting remasters I really really hope they do xillia 2 as well Symphonia needs to remake at this point though that game is 21 years old
Tales of graces already got a remaster... It's called tales of graces F. Nothing about this port is "remastered"... Literally just marketing. They took the PS3 version which already had hd textures, and porting it. They'll charge you full price for it too!
I really hope we finally get Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Destiny DIrector's Cut, and Tales of Destiny 2 in the west. I've wanted to play those games for so long
Graces f is the one I wanted to happen the most, as it's my favorite game in the series, so anything else we get is gravy for me. But if you want to know which other ones would make me the most happy: Abyss, Destiny DC + Destiny 2 collection, Rebirth, and Hearts R dubbed and relocalized.
I hope there will be a lot of Remastered Tales of games because the only Tales of games that are accessible are Symphonia, Vesperia, Zestiria, Berseria, Arise and now Graces F
This announcement is huge! We are truly living in a gaming era of ABUNDANCE! There are many entries in the Tales series that I've wanted to try so much and I can vividly remember listening to their opening themes on RUclips during bus rides to Uni back in the day and watching the cinematic intros. To name a few: Tales of Hearts because that was on the Vita and I personally never got a Playstation Vita, Tales of Destiny 1 and 2 due to them being on old hardware and me not being at an age to appreciate them when they were released, Tales of Phantasia since of course that is the first installment in this meaningful series and I've watched the intro cinematic and theme for that on RUclips countless of times as well. I'm honestly just ready for anything they have in store at this point. This surprising news as well as the Nintendo Partner Showcase Direct has reinvigorated my interest into this series, even beyond what it has already been with wanting to replay some of the older entries with my partner (e.g. Xillia 1 and 2).
I don't really have anything about it i hate, but i always felt kinda meh when playing it. The story always feels kind of weird, the gear upgrading system was way to involved and grindy but also very boring, the characters all felt kind of bland, combat felt uninspired and samey on all characters... Berseria did way better on pretty much everything.
Top priority: Phantasia: in the west we only got the weak GBA port, we deserve a full remaster based on the PSP version. Rebirth: We didn't even smell that one, it's freggin time. Destiny 2: Same as above.
There axtually was a remaster of Phantasia for the android, but you had to pay actual real money to save the game. And Eternia did get a PSP port, we just didn't get it.
This is a good time to play the classics. Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Capcom, Square Enix, Nippon Ichi Software, Atlus. They keep releasing the classics with QOL improvements, improved graphics. Fill up my backlog some more!
Tales of Destiny 2 PLEAAASSSEEEEEE!!! Also Tales of Xillia! Those games are so hard to play these days. I wouldn't mind a Remaster of Tales of Innocence as it's an underappreciate Tales games due to being only the Nintendo DS and the PS Vita respectively.
But Japan made a REAL Destiny 2 PS2 game the sequel to Destiny 1 and IT NEVER Left Japan but due to Eternia being the world of HE man which Mattel of the USA still OWNS the rights Eternia would STILL HAVE to be called Destiny II for a port/remaster of the game in the USA. Europe got a PSP port of Destiny II PS1 UNDER the Tales of Eternia name.
@@lightning13clair29 I don't mean "hard" in terms of gameplay. I mean hard as in who even has a ps1 anymore? It's just hard to get a hold of these games. Tales is definitely more of an easy series which is partly why I like it.
@@snazzydrew ohh you will be surprised lots of people still have there PS1 systems just because we got newer consoles doesn't mean people sell off there old systems especially if they are a collector some people keep there old stuff
The reason for that is the Playstation 2 not being as powerful as the Gamecube so they cut the framerate of the entire game in half so it not only looks worse but also plays worse since it's a real-time game that was designed for inputs corresponding to 60fps. Unfortunately, because they also added new artes and costumes to the PS2 version that's what all the re-releases are based on.
Dawg, I hope Tales of Rebirth is next *tinfoil hat* SOMEONE from Rebirth shows up as an interdimensional boss, and how amazing would it be for it to be shared worldwide after Mutsumi Inomata sensei's passing 😢🎉😢🎉
Please GOD make a good version of Tales of Phantasia available in english. The fact that the first game in the series has only made it overseas as the worse possible version is honestly insulting. The PSP version is RIGHT THERE. GIVE US THAT. GOD.
About that the one built into NDX is prett much a port of the 1st PSP version with a extra party member whom is completely worthless in fact that party member leaves PERMANENTLY before fighting the final boss and her tech skills set is pure CRAP anyways.
They should've already ported Zestiria and Berseria to the Switch and Xbox a long time ago. But I feel like it's too late now. Hopefully this is for the Tales of games that really need remasters. Or if we're lucky, a full remake
I would love to see all those! I want them ALL!! But I would love to play tales of phantasia again exactly as it was on the snes. But slightly tweaked, like the new Star ocean 2. I played TOP when I was like 12 when the dejap translation came out. I don’t remember anything about it except this mountain area with lots of fights and tornados lol, and just that it had beautiful graphics and music
It would be sick if they remastered Tales of Eternia. Farah & Meredy are two of my favorite characters in the Tales of series. Plus the surprise appearance the made in TOS with Garr was great.
I LOVE the Tales series. Definitely one of my favorites. I think the priority should be remakes of the titles that didnt make it to the west at all followed by titles that are stuck on one or two older systems, like ones stuck on the original ps or stuck on the vita for example. Ive never played those, and I would preorder them SO fast if they got remakes. I love every Tales game even the ones that didnt get the best reception, so im ecstatic that there are more remakes coming in the future.
I'm really glad that Graces F will be getting a remaster (currently waiting to see if a limited or collection will be revealed). I'm personally hoping for Legendia, Hearts, and Rebirth given the fact they never really got proper releases or translations here in the west. So crossing my fingers for them!
I'm praying for Innocence R to be localized, the fact we only got Hearts R back then doesn't sit right with me those two, to me, are in a set, and I always feel iffy when one half of a two part set is missing (like how we never got both parts of the Persona 2 duology localized at the same time)
They better not just get lazy and release the stuff they already translated. I supported this series for 2 decades, preordering EVERY Tales game in the desperate hope we'd finally see a new 2D Tales in English. Instead I felt backstabbed and betrayed by Tales of Arise. The Western audience has been screwed out of the incredible Team Destiny games and we've hardly gotten a chance to experience the majesty of 2D Tales. Like, we can't even have a discussion about 2D vs 3D Tales because all the good 2D ones are Japan exclusive! I *firmly* believe Tales is EXPONENTIALLY better in 2D. We NEED to experience this.
All gaming companies need to remaster their classic games in HD. It's a good way for them to make money and to keep the series alive. I really want to play Tales of Eternia again. That was one of my first RPG's ever and I remember it being called Tales of Destiny II on PS1. The Tomb Raider 1-3 remasters that came out in February was like a love letter to fans and I think should be the prime example of how gaming companies should do things. Just give us the gamessss!!! Haha. I often play older games than new ones.
3:54 Tales of eternia got a "re"-release on PSP (which was its first release in EU & AUS). I used quotation marks because it didn't get release in NA I believe
Thank you for letting us know! Really hoping for the following Remasters/Remakes 1) Tales of Destiny (PS2 Remake) + Tales of Destiny 2 2) Tales of Rebirth 3) Tales of Legendia 🤞🙌🤞🙌
I think a tales of legendia remake or tales of destiny remake on the switch thats one of my favs growing up and playing, that was one of my first tales games i played on the ps1 great story and love the characters
I'm all here for an Abyss remaster or remake, to polish out the issues, but man that game was so great. Great characters, some tough battles, and overall a story that I really enjoyed. But I'm also really looking forward to anything we never got in the West before...and some of the older games I never played from before I discovered the franchise.
*CONTINUED:* I always wanted Destiny r Director's Cut and the true Destiny 2. Especially because we never got the true Destiny 2 because of Destiny II (Eternia); the reason being Mattel had a trademark on the Eternia name because of He-Man & the Masters of the Universe. I'd *LOVE* if they did even remasters of Destiny r & Destiny 2 (not the Destiny II one).
Banging news! Iv nearly played every single main title Tales game in the series! I just completed Tales of Destiny Directors Cut on my Steam Deck last year & I much prefer the older titles! Would be so keen to get Destiny 2 & Rebirth on steam! Would absolutely love the rest on there too like Abyss, Eternia, Phantasia, Legendia, Hearts R + Innocence R all on Steam!......That's my birthday wish for this year!
great to hear.... but it really depends on the kind of port/remasters we're going to get. Honestly, if they don't get seriously overhauled, a lot of this could be quite lazily done. I mean, I guess any access to older titles is better than no access, but most will be remembered as out of date or clunky if they don't modernize certain aspects of the games. Here's to hoping!
HYPE! I really want tales of DS/Vita series to be remastered for the PC, but Rebirth is a must. Hopefully after we get the PS3 series, we can get The Abyss, Rebirth and Phantasia X. Played through Narikiri Dungeon X in Japanese only, and the gameplay is really good, so I'd like to understand the story, while also getting Phantasia X bundled in as well as I think that's the definitive way to play Phantasia atm.
If we just get a remaster of the games that are still stuck as JP only, that would already make me happy. Some titles I don't think a remaster alone will cut though, it would need to be a full remake. Namely: Phantasia and Legendia. I'm glad you mentioned them, David! P.S: Another one that needs a remake: Tales of Versus, the fighting Tales game thingie for the PSP, pls Bandai Namco!!
Tales of the Abyss and Vesperia are my favorite. Combat, story, characters, and world all hit just right for me. I played these as a kid though. I wonder how much I'd even like JRPG's as an adult. The pacing kills me most the time.
I'd most like to see Abyss on Steam, so we can theoretically play it multiplayer with Remote Play Together. It's much more convenient to do online get-togethers than in-person ones, and I'd still say Abyss had the most fun multiplayer coordination with the FoF system, trying to get the most players to make use of each FoF. (Unsurprisingly, I was less fond of the Xillia games' Link systems which encouraged at least one character to be a CPU, and Zestiria's Armatization which made the game basically only two players.) Admittedly, I enjoyed Arise enough despite it only being 1-player, but I still felt like it was a disappointing step backwards... Now, if we could get a new game with some of Arise's combat system and good multiplayer, that could be wonderful. Oh, as for changes I'd like to see made if Tales of the Abyss were to be remade somewhat.. Voiced skits of course, then maybe how enemy Defense scales in higher difficulty levels, where it's very easy to be stuck dealing only 1 damage (especially with Physical) unless you severely overlevel. The C.Core system was also problematic if trying to min-max, and Din's Shop crafting was very unintuitive..
I take this with a little skepticism only because we only have confirmation on Graces. I look at it hopefully because we have already gotten Syphonia and Vesperia both on Switch recently. Abyss I feel would need a whole remake though as some of the game's glitches were retained in the 3DS port. Regardless, this video brought a smile to my face so thank you for sharing.
Phantasia - Give it the FF7 treatment. Destiny - Director's cut. Package deal with ToD2. Keep the PS2 version with upscaling and some QoL. Agree. Eternia - Maybe FF7 treatment, too, remake. There's a lot of play with this one. Rebirth - Give us the PS2 version, keep it simple. Abyss - HD, with maybe additional artes, FoFs, quests, and more costumes. Not much needs to be touched, and zero-out load times Symphonia - Pass Vesperia - Pass Hearts and Innocence - Remaster, console, add 4 player Xillia 1/2 - Package deal, more artes for the first one, more link artes for X1. Other than just remastering, it would be nice and simple. Zesty - Fix the battle camera. Tempest - FF7 treatment Legendia - Give it the Arise treatment.
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I just want Tales of Destiny/R and II. The rest would be great too but I want those two as soon as possible. Maybe Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology IV? We only got the first one all the way back on the PSP so a new one to add in cameos from all the games that have come out since the third would be cool. Rutee and Velvet together
Tales is a series, that belongs completely from A to Z onto the PS5.. so that theres at least 1 plattform aside of PC, as a console, that is strong and popular enough to ensure, that you can play the whole series finally on 1 single platform if you want to do so
Late to the party, but these are what I'm hoping get brought forward to modern consoles with this project for the West, the ones I prioritize that I want for myself anyways: Tales of Phantasia (PS1 version, or even an older edition, something other than the GBA one) Tales of Destiny (both the original from PS1 and the PS2 DC) Tales of Eternia Tales of Destiny 2 Tales of Rebirth Tales of Innocence R Tales of Hearts R (just to get it out of Vita jail - would love to play on a big screen)
(I love Graces f). My faves are Phantasia (pre-Tri-Ace), Destiny (PS1), & Legendia. (Symphonia is over-released). But I actually really like Legendia's battles. The battle system has a different "feel" 'cause it was done by another Namco team (Project Melfes), the devs that usually did the Tekken & Soul Calibur fighting games. That's why the battle system feels different, which I actually really like. & I love the character quests (the feels). Would love to see them improved.
Yeah, Legendia's combat was quite good. Their intention with it was to go back and build on the basic concept that was the inspiration for Phantasia's combat, a fighting game.
Remasters are great and very much welcomed, but what most of these games needs and deserve are Remakes. Especially the older titles. Phantasia being at the front of the list, with the connections to its Prequals being further flushed out or improved. Finally getting the games on modern hardware has been long overdue, the best course of action would be doing remasters/remakes and new entries.
I've been slowly re-buying all my favorite series on Steam so adding Tales to that list would be stellar. Though I would hope at least ONE entry gets a full-on remake. Arise had its faults but you can't deny it was a pretty game, I'd like to see some of the older titles look that good.
I kinda want one of their crossover games to get ported or remade. Tales of VS and Tales of Twin Braves with current gen graphics and gameplay with rosters up to Arise and even from the mobile games would be phenomenal.
The PS2 Tales of Destiny games would be the bees knees
I have the Japanese version for PS2 both tales of destiny 1-2
@@ScottPiwinskiis the game can be played in english also?
NO neither Destiny 2 PS2 Or the Destiny 1 PS2 remake left Japan.
@insaneasock3156 that and a whole new remake would blow my mind! Tales of Destiny Remake I'm all the more for it!
I've been playing it in English for months now with HD textures. Why you waiting?
Tales of Rebirth localized with language options would be the crown jewel.
Yes!
I'd prefer it translated instead.
@@BloodrealmX That's why he said "language options" so we get both
That's a very big pair of shoes to KUREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA into.
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Tales of the Abyss remastered will be fun but I hope it’s completely remade for because the story is so good, it deserves the same level of attention as some of the more popular titles
It definitely needs full Remake. Sure, it's got a decent story, but even the 3ds remaster, which was SIGNIFICANTLY improved, Had some Scaling and pacing issues.
@@matthewrowlett1564 Out of all the Tales of games, I think it has the highest learning curve. I'm lucky I played with someone else who could help trigger AOE strategies and spells more efficiently. I mained Jade and Anise so this was basically a necessity.
Tales is not that important to Namco anymore. Sales wise, they have much more popular franchises and the cost to do a full remake is high. Remasters is probably the best we can hope for.
@@TheQuickyouknow Tales is and has been considered one of the "Big Three" JRPGs of Japan and I think you underestimate the brand power of Tales in its home country. Especially with the amount of mobile games they've had over the years, which proves they don't technically cater to Western audiences. Tales is much more expansive than the Star Ocean series, by comparison, and that is getting remakes in the line so I wouldn't see why Tales wouldn't at least try HD2D remakes for Tales of Destiny or Tales of Phantasia when the concept is seeing success with Star Ocean and Dragon Quest.
@@hypellopotion You're preaching to the choir. I love Tales, been playing since Tales of Eternia on PS1, but the facts are AAA Tales games aren't worth it for Namco. A lot of investment for a niche market. They care more about Dark Souls.
By logic, it’s safe to say all titles delisted from PS3 are up for a remaster just like how rockstar did with the GTA trilogy.
Also it make sense now if you think about it and it wasn’t a nightmare after all
@@mikeehrmantraut1899 yeah, they pulled them all out of nowhere not to punish westerners, but because they didn’t want to ruin this big surprise. I’d say all is nearly forgiven.
...lol @@thesporkguy
I mean, Ps4 isnt retrocompatible and anyone who has a Ps3 obviously should mod it anyway. This would only be useful if Ps4 was retrocompatible since the beginning. Honestly, i am starting to despise sony. I really hope they dont give any of these games to Sony anymore.
@@staysharp2453 I agree with your points on Sony. And let’s not forget that emulation for ps3 is still.. fine at best? I’m looking forward to Xillia running natively on a switch.
We need Abyss remastered. Been waiting for years.
I hope they do Tales of the Abyss! One of my top Tales game!!
More like a remake
@@shazel8616 True, I agree
we need tales of rebirth english version and tales of phantasia remake
If Abyss is one of your top tales of games... That tells me you haven't played the superior 2d ones
Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 remastered might come out in the spring and summer time of 2025 respectively, plus Tales of Phantasia remastered might be for a fall release but we'll have to wait and see
PS3 games running in HD do not need a remaster. Nothing about them would be remastered. Just get the PS3 emulator and stop waiting
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271not everybody uses emulators....especially when buying these games encourage more games from the franchise
don't spoil the surprise yet
Tales of Legendia was one of a kind. You finish the game and then begin the character quests that connects everyone with a story better than the main quest. Its sad it does not get the love it deserves.
Battle system isn't as nice as other tales games
@@stephentrader9142 It's a hell of a lot better than Graces' combat system, and it doesn't have the wonky camera problem of Vesperia's.
@@BloodrealmXI love the game but Graces has one of the best battle systems in the franchise. Legendia soundtrack is legendary though.
Legendia was trash. They were trying to capitalize on the old 2d fans, when the combat was good... While keeping it 3d... Shit was soulless
Tales of Destiny directors cut on PS2 was peak tales of combat. The other 2d tales games including the original hearts were just as good. 3D tales was always mid. Trying to be too much like Star Ocean
I'm commenting as I'm reading the title, this needs to happen, Tales of games are one of my fav franchises
Also excited to see Grace's f remaster as that one is my fav
@@ZerosGameInn Same here. I remember when I got a used PS3 from a local Hastings. When those were still around, and they gave me a choice for one used PS3 game with it. One of them was Tales of Graces f and I got it immediately
Same🎉
As long as I can finally play abyss again I’m happy plus being able to get achievements and trophies is going to be amazing
Facts but with a arte sphere
Same. Abyss is my fav game ever, my PS2 file has been sitting on 999 hours since 2015. I can’t wait to play it again.
Hell yeh, brother! The best Tales of game in my book! ❤
I tried playing Tales of Abyss back on 3DS, I hated the main character so much I stopped playing.
@@ChrisMS0815 that’s not uncommon, my cousin did the exact same thing but ended up seeing the rest of the game through me in co-op. Luke is EXTREMELY unlikable for the first few hours. Thing is, it does get paid off but it takes a bloody long time and without spoiling it, there are some pretty decent reasons (his upbringing and other factors) why he acts the way he does (minus him being an asshole to Mieu, that’s just him being a jerk). Needless to say it’s not as simple as him being a spoiled little rich noble kid. Though that’s part of it.
Even as someone who adores Abyss, I absolutely understand how offputting Luke can be. Especially given he’s wedged in between Lloyd and Yuri, who are both popular.
Tales of the abbys with fully voiced skits would be the best
Eternal Sonata needs some love too.. I hope bamco remastered that game.
I hoping they release eternal sonata too since its the best game from ps3 and really love for the game to come to recent consoles😊
Tales of Eternia was actually also released on PSP, just not in America. I didn't know this at all til I came across a physical PAL copy at a game store like a month ago.
Yeah but the downside is that the English version has no Skits. They were removed.
There's an undub I helped create floating all over the Internet... Shit is like 15+ years old
I remember that. They even added a new dungeon.
Not exacly I played the UK version of Eternia its still a port of the PS1 game and that 1 dungeon that's a basically a 6 floor version of Symphonia's Cursed book dungeon was already IN the PS1 Eternia you just had to be on a 2nd run and the first 5 floors are solo floors.
But the Destiny 1 PS2 remake that NEVER left Japan its post game dungeon is basically a 10 FLOORS version of Eternia's dungeon only with way over leveled enemies and some floors are ALSO SOLO only.
Yep I imported this on psp. Dope game. Still have the physical version for it.
Tales of Eternia!!!! The hidden gem of this series
Graces F is a huge deal for me. I never had a PS3, and as someone who’s been getting into the franchise over the last few years, that along with the Xillia games are kinda locked out for me. Seems like that’ll be turning around in the future. I’m super excited.
You can emulate them all. No one is stopping you, besides you. Even the steam deck can emulate them
My take: The most important ones for them to remaster are ones we never got the best version of. So let's run down the list of possible contenders. Also, I don't think we can expect an insane amount of rereleases, so I'm gonna try to be realistic.
Phantasia: I want a remaster (or at least a port of the best version) and I think we'll see one.
Destiny: Same as Phantasia.
Eternia: There is a PSP version. Europe got it but NA did not. it still works on NA PSPs. Personally, I'd like to see an up-to-date version of this but I don't think we'll get it yet.
Destiny 2: I've never played the untranslated games so I would like to experience them all. I think Destiny 2 is the most likely out of those 4 games for us to get. I wouldn't count on a collection, though. They could charge us twice, after all.
Symphonia: We just did that, no.
Rebirth: I want it but I'm guessing they won't do completely new translations much.
Legendia: It needs an accessible version but I doubt it'll get one soon.
Abyss: Extremely popular, likely to get a remaster.
Tempest: I'd like to see it but they won't do it.
Innocence: Same as Rebirth.
Symphonia 2: Unlikely, it's too unpopular.
Vesperia: Already done.
Hearts: I'd like one, but as you can see, I'd like most of these games to get some love. I'd give it maybe a 60% chance?
Graces: Confirmed.
Xillia: Likely due to leaks.
Xillia 2: If Xillia gets a remaster I think this probably will too, but perhaps not before 2027.
Zestiria: Too unpopular and already on PS4/Steam. Better to focus efforts elsewhere.
Berseria: On PS4/Steam and very good. There's no need.
Arise: It's the newest, of course not. (SMT5 begs to differ xD )
Great breakdown. What do you think of a phantasia remake like the one announced yesterday for Trails?
@@goncaloferreira6429 That would be pretty cool, but I've only played the GBA version so I'd really like one that's true to the original for the most part.
they're remastering them though. not remaking them
@@kidrobot. Yeah, I just carelessly said remake instead of remaster. It doesn't really change my opinions, though. I edited my comment now, so thanks for pointing that out!
Id be okay for Symphonia 2 if they went the extra mile and put in a proper overworld map instead of just the point/click map
Best News! That means most of Tales games will be more available in current consoles and I'm excited to try out Graces when it released in it's remaster form
It's one of the best imo. Funny, fast paced, and beautiful!
@@malpercio123 Graces is one of the worst, I'm not sure what game you played.
@@BloodrealmX Haha, fair enough. I love the grind for the enemy book, loved the Skits, loved the magna Carta, and thought the F arc was *chefs kiss*. I also think that the increases loot on chaos mode mixed with the titles, and the elephant mixer really made me want to fight even more.
But you're right, it is technically worse than most of the tales games, but it feels like it was made for me. I hope you stay well Blood Realm!
@@malpercio123 The combat system was borderline unplayable for me. Couldn't tell when one arte ended and another began, it was just button mashing.
There was also no story and half the characters were pretty uninteresting (Malik and Richard were great, though, and Sophie was decent; Asbel when he was a kid was fun, but he lost all semblance of a personality after the time skip).
Who needs to save up for a home when there are tales games on the horizon?
In all seriousness I'd love to be able to have all tales of games on my steam deck officially, and I'd LOVE a Legendia remake with the love and polish it deserved.
For real about to drop 75k on a down payment... but Mana, The new DS castlevania collection, new mario & Luigi, new Zelda, full Astrobot game on the ps5, Dragon quest 3 remake... going to have to pick up some OT to justify these games coming out in the next 3-4 months... now tales games too. Dayum
I think we're getting HD remasters of the full 3D games in the series as it's easier to just increase the internal resolution and create an HD UI and call it a day, and maybe a full remake of the fan favorite Abyss. Of all the pre-Zestiria games, we effectively only have Symphonia, Vesperia and now Graces F available natively on modern platforms. A lot of their earlier English localizations suffer from the kind of cuts you mentioned. If they do decide to touch on those again, they should definitely restore the cut content.
I would like a Tales of Radiant Mythology remaster. All Three games upscaled in one pack!
This! I've been hoping for it for years now. And they should do a final one so the four seasons of Kanonno will be complete.
And would be great of they added newer characters from the mobile game. Still somewhat bitter on Crestoria.
If they did that I guarantee you that is gonna be the icing on the cake especially mythology 2 and 3
We NEED all the old school ones. Phantasia, destiny, destiny 2
Xillia 1 and 2 are a given, in fact I think those will be the next games after graces as they require minimal effort to remaster; I don't think we'll get Zestiria or Berseria as those are already on ps4 and pc (maybe switch, but I dont think a switch port of a ps4 game would be called a remaster). anything not localized needs to be so those will be last.
They're calling graces fa remaster, when it's just a port of the HD PS3 version
I'd love to see tales of Eternia remastered. It was my first tales game. But tales of graces f potentially being remastered is awesome too. All of them, really.
If I could get a Abyss remaster on a console or steam would be very happy. Been wanting that for so long (yes I know of the 3ds one, want a console one since I play older tales with my friend, yes I played 2d tales but Abyss is still my favorite tales).
As a fan of Tales since Symphonia, I’m really hoping that us in the West end up getting all the Japanese-exclusive titles officially localized like Rebirth, Innocence, Destiny 2, etc.
Im still freaking out over this, trails,and atelier❤❤❤❤
It's tales not trails
@@lightning13clair29 I think they are takin about the trails games. Like trails in the sky is getting a remastered.
@@tamarak3943 ohh the trails games ok I haven't played one of those games in a long time I think they had a few released on PSP back in the day
@@lightning13clair29there’s like 10 trails games now.
@@Janfey dame up to 10 games now that's Awsome
I'd be plenty thrilled to play Eternia once again.
EDIT: I'm also one of the people who really liked Legendia. I wouldn't mind seeing that one again, but I don't think it was nearly as popular as a lot of other ones.
Tales of Eternia was re-released in Japan and Europe on the PSP.
We will probably only get Xillia Collection and Graces F but I can see them dumping a bunch of info on the next Tales game!
I know everyone hates Legendia, but I loved the characters and world of that game so I'm hoping we get that one, but I really want all the ones that haven't been localized
Eternia did get released on psp in the EU. I have a pal copy
What i want is:
Tales of Phantasia (Remake), Tales of Hearts (NDS), Tales of Destiny DC and maybe Tales of Xillia (Never played)
"Tales of Xillia (Never played)" Xillia 1 is a good game, but obviously unfinished. Xillia 2 ruins most of the returning characters from the first and the characters introduced in 2 are bland, unlikeable, or both.
Tales of Phantasia was also on the PSP, so that's the latest version (not PS1). If you were referring to official english, we only got that on the GBA. Tales of Eternia was also on the PSP and considered the best version, even in english but not an western esrb. We shouldn't skip Symphonia because Namco didn't release a remake of 2 which is stuck on PS3. No guarantee that they would add additional voice adding in Legendia, as they didn't with Symphonia (agree that it was a shame they didn't voice the last arc).
PS3 _was_ the rerelease of 2. It was originally for Wii.
Nice for new fans, and I am playing Tales of Graces F, the last title I have yet to complete that was officially released in the West.
All left are the fan translations of Destiny DC, Innocence and Tempest.
Tales of Destiny was my first entry into the "tales of" series, without knowing there were other "tales of" games out there.
well it was only the 2nd game iirc, so you weren't missing anything
Destiny was my entry drug
….i knew this would happen. Every time I start up a file on an old game, this happens. Last week I started a Tales of Graces file thinking “oh well
It can’t happen, Xillia was just leaked, I’ll be safe”….🤬🤬😭🙄🙄
Then my partner sends me a link with the phrase “your curse struck again” and I knew what the video was without even clicking it. Happened to me a while back with Metroid Prime and TTYD. Oh well, not gonna bother finishing that Graces file now.
I should go to Abyss as that’s my fav game in the series lol. 😅
ABYSS?? Graces??? Please Square!
Square??? LOL, you mean Bamco. It's funny how we default to Squenix for JRPGs.
I'm sooooo excited!!! Because I love JRPG games and Tales of games!
Even though I have Berseria, Symphonia and Vesperia to finish. And I also haven't finished Tales of Arise... I have previously almost completed Xillia and Symphonia .
I would REALLY like to play Tales of Abyss ! As I've heard amazing things about it, and I'm keen to play any of the games that I haven't played. It would be wonderful to see the older games remade. I agree with you that I'll be happy with what we get. However it would be realllllly sensible of the game developer to release more of the games in English speaking countries so that they can get the attention they deserve. Now that Tales of Arise has been so well received, hopefully more people will be interested in playing them!!
Very keen for Tales of Graces! woo!
I still can’t believe I’m living in a timeline where tales of xillia and tales of graces F are getting remasters I really really hope they do xillia 2 as well Symphonia needs to remake at this point though that game is 21 years old
Tales of graces already got a remaster... It's called tales of graces F. Nothing about this port is "remastered"... Literally just marketing. They took the PS3 version which already had hd textures, and porting it. They'll charge you full price for it too!
I really hope we finally get Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Destiny DIrector's Cut, and Tales of Destiny 2 in the west. I've wanted to play those games for so long
I would love a full localisation of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2/3.
I was so excited to hear that Graces f was getting remastered. I hope we get the ones that weren't officially released in North America.
Graces f is the one I wanted to happen the most, as it's my favorite game in the series, so anything else we get is gravy for me. But if you want to know which other ones would make me the most happy: Abyss, Destiny DC + Destiny 2 collection, Rebirth, and Hearts R dubbed and relocalized.
I'm that one guy that would love to see a Legendia remake. My favorite soundtrack and cast of characters in the whole series.
Easily the best Tales soundtrack.
I hope there will be a lot of Remastered Tales of games because the only Tales of games that are accessible are Symphonia, Vesperia, Zestiria, Berseria, Arise and now Graces F
the ps2 and psp games are easily accessible
This announcement is huge! We are truly living in a gaming era of ABUNDANCE! There are many entries in the Tales series that I've wanted to try so much and I can vividly remember listening to their opening themes on RUclips during bus rides to Uni back in the day and watching the cinematic intros. To name a few: Tales of Hearts because that was on the Vita and I personally never got a Playstation Vita, Tales of Destiny 1 and 2 due to them being on old hardware and me not being at an age to appreciate them when they were released, Tales of Phantasia since of course that is the first installment in this meaningful series and I've watched the intro cinematic and theme for that on RUclips countless of times as well. I'm honestly just ready for anything they have in store at this point. This surprising news as well as the Nintendo Partner Showcase Direct has reinvigorated my interest into this series, even beyond what it has already been with wanting to replay some of the older entries with my partner (e.g. Xillia 1 and 2).
I would love an HD2D remake of Tales of Phantasia
Oh, thank god. I was disappointed that out of all tales games, they chose graces f...
My favorite combat engine, and easily my least liked story (in fact, I hated it). Asbel might be the worst main character in gaming history.
@acerimmer8338 yeah the story had horrible pacing and wasn't very good. The characters were forgettable. Fun combat system though
My main reason of hating Zesteria is the camera. If they fix that, I'm all good.
I don't really have anything about it i hate, but i always felt kinda meh when playing it. The story always feels kind of weird, the gear upgrading system was way to involved and grindy but also very boring, the characters all felt kind of bland, combat felt uninspired and samey on all characters... Berseria did way better on pretty much everything.
@@Llortnerof Nah, the characters saved Zestiria, they were the good part. Well, mostly; Alicia and Dezel were kind of lame and Heldalf was trash.
@@Llortneroftotally agree with you i love all tales games but zersteria was the least fun to play
Top priority:
Phantasia: in the west we only got the weak GBA port, we deserve a full remaster based on the PSP version.
Rebirth: We didn't even smell that one, it's freggin time.
Destiny 2: Same as above.
There axtually was a remaster of Phantasia for the android, but you had to pay actual real money to save the game. And Eternia did get a PSP port, we just didn't get it.
This is a good time to play the classics. Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Capcom, Square Enix, Nippon Ichi Software, Atlus. They keep releasing the classics with QOL improvements, improved graphics. Fill up my backlog some more!
and yet they STILL can't release Symphonia at 60fps 😮💨
I think a Tales of binge will be in order once all these remasters flood in 😁
Tales of Destiny 2 PLEAAASSSEEEEEE!!! Also Tales of Xillia! Those games are so hard to play these days.
I wouldn't mind a Remaster of Tales of Innocence as it's an underappreciate Tales games due to being only the Nintendo DS and the PS Vita respectively.
Nah tales of games are not hard to play at all xillia 1 and 2 were both easy there only hard if you play them on the hardest difficulty
long as get eternia it's fine cos eternia is actually Tales of Destiny II
But Japan made a REAL Destiny 2 PS2 game the sequel to Destiny 1 and IT NEVER Left Japan but due to Eternia being the world of HE man which Mattel of the USA still OWNS the rights Eternia would STILL HAVE to be called Destiny II for a port/remaster of the game in the USA.
Europe got a PSP port of Destiny II PS1 UNDER the Tales of Eternia name.
@@lightning13clair29 I don't mean "hard" in terms of gameplay. I mean hard as in who even has a ps1 anymore? It's just hard to get a hold of these games. Tales is definitely more of an easy series which is partly why I like it.
@@snazzydrew ohh you will be surprised lots of people still have there PS1 systems just because we got newer consoles doesn't mean people sell off there old systems especially if they are a collector some people keep there old stuff
I hope for Abyss , Destiny and Phantasia for Remastered treatment 🙏
Tales of Symphonia on Gamecube is still the best version of that game. All the re-releases are super sub-par.
The reason for that is the Playstation 2 not being as powerful as the Gamecube so they cut the framerate of the entire game in half so it not only looks worse but also plays worse since it's a real-time game that was designed for inputs corresponding to 60fps. Unfortunately, because they also added new artes and costumes to the PS2 version that's what all the re-releases are based on.
Hopefully we get decent translations and not butchered 'localizations'.
Alas, it will probably be bad localizations.
Dawg, I hope Tales of Rebirth is next *tinfoil hat* SOMEONE from Rebirth shows up as an interdimensional boss, and how amazing would it be for it to be shared worldwide after Mutsumi Inomata sensei's passing 😢🎉😢🎉
Abyss was the game that introduced me to the series and I STILL have my original copy. I need that remaster
Please GOD make a good version of Tales of Phantasia available in english. The fact that the first game in the series has only made it overseas as the worse possible version is honestly insulting. The PSP version is RIGHT THERE. GIVE US THAT. GOD.
"The PSP version is RIGHT THERE. GIVE US THAT." There are actually TWO PSP versions of Phantasia.
About that the one built into NDX is prett much a port of the 1st PSP version with a extra party member whom is completely worthless in fact that party member leaves PERMANENTLY before fighting the final boss and her tech skills set is pure CRAP anyways.
They should've already ported Zestiria and Berseria to the Switch and Xbox a long time ago. But I feel like it's too late now. Hopefully this is for the Tales of games that really need remasters. Or if we're lucky, a full remake
I love how passionate you are, David!!
I waited almost 15 years for this 😢
tales of eternia stuck on ps1
me looking at my psp copy from europe
I really want abyss remaster
Being a Tales fan has been nothing, but pain. However, it's all turning around, Tales needs and deserves more recognition.
I would love to see all those! I want them ALL!! But I would love to play tales of phantasia again exactly as it was on the snes. But slightly tweaked, like the new Star ocean 2. I played TOP when I was like 12 when the dejap translation came out. I don’t remember anything about it except this mountain area with lots of fights and tornados lol, and just that it had beautiful graphics and music
It would be sick if they remastered Tales of Eternia. Farah & Meredy are two of my favorite characters in the Tales of series. Plus the surprise appearance the made in TOS with Garr was great.
I LOVE the Tales series. Definitely one of my favorites. I think the priority should be remakes of the titles that didnt make it to the west at all followed by titles that are stuck on one or two older systems, like ones stuck on the original ps or stuck on the vita for example. Ive never played those, and I would preorder them SO fast if they got remakes. I love every Tales game even the ones that didnt get the best reception, so im ecstatic that there are more remakes coming in the future.
I'm really glad that Graces F will be getting a remaster (currently waiting to see if a limited or collection will be revealed). I'm personally hoping for Legendia, Hearts, and Rebirth given the fact they never really got proper releases or translations here in the west. So crossing my fingers for them!
I'm praying for Innocence R to be localized, the fact we only got Hearts R back then doesn't sit right with me
those two, to me, are in a set, and I always feel iffy when one half of a two part set is missing (like how we never got both parts of the Persona 2 duology localized at the same time)
They better not just get lazy and release the stuff they already translated. I supported this series for 2 decades, preordering EVERY Tales game in the desperate hope we'd finally see a new 2D Tales in English. Instead I felt backstabbed and betrayed by Tales of Arise. The Western audience has been screwed out of the incredible Team Destiny games and we've hardly gotten a chance to experience the majesty of 2D Tales. Like, we can't even have a discussion about 2D vs 3D Tales because all the good 2D ones are Japan exclusive! I *firmly* believe Tales is EXPONENTIALLY better in 2D. We NEED to experience this.
All gaming companies need to remaster their classic games in HD. It's a good way for them to make money and to keep the series alive. I really want to play Tales of Eternia again. That was one of my first RPG's ever and I remember it being called Tales of Destiny II on PS1. The Tomb Raider 1-3 remasters that came out in February was like a love letter to fans and I think should be the prime example of how gaming companies should do things. Just give us the gamessss!!! Haha. I often play older games than new ones.
My bet is they stop with the ps3 and vita titles lol
This is better than Christmas
3:54 Tales of eternia got a "re"-release on PSP (which was its first release in EU & AUS). I used quotation marks because it didn't get release in NA I believe
Thank you for letting us know! Really hoping for the following Remasters/Remakes
1) Tales of Destiny (PS2 Remake) + Tales of Destiny 2
2) Tales of Rebirth
3) Tales of Legendia
🤞🙌🤞🙌
I think a tales of legendia remake or tales of destiny remake on the switch thats one of my favs growing up and playing, that was one of my first tales games i played on the ps1 great story and love the characters
I'm all here for an Abyss remaster or remake, to polish out the issues, but man that game was so great. Great characters, some tough battles, and overall a story that I really enjoyed.
But I'm also really looking forward to anything we never got in the West before...and some of the older games I never played from before I discovered the franchise.
*CONTINUED:* I always wanted Destiny r Director's Cut and the true Destiny 2. Especially because we never got the true Destiny 2 because of Destiny II (Eternia); the reason being Mattel had a trademark on the Eternia name because of He-Man & the Masters of the Universe. I'd *LOVE* if they did even remasters of Destiny r & Destiny 2 (not the Destiny II one).
Banging news! Iv nearly played every single main title Tales game in the series!
I just completed Tales of Destiny Directors Cut on my Steam Deck last year & I much prefer the older titles!
Would be so keen to get Destiny 2 & Rebirth on steam! Would absolutely love the rest on there too like Abyss, Eternia, Phantasia, Legendia, Hearts R + Innocence R all on Steam!......That's my birthday wish for this year!
great to hear.... but it really depends on the kind of port/remasters we're going to get. Honestly, if they don't get seriously overhauled, a lot of this could be quite lazily done. I mean, I guess any access to older titles is better than no access, but most will be remembered as out of date or clunky if they don't modernize certain aspects of the games.
Here's to hoping!
HYPE! I really want tales of DS/Vita series to be remastered for the PC, but Rebirth is a must. Hopefully after we get the PS3 series, we can get The Abyss, Rebirth and Phantasia X. Played through Narikiri Dungeon X in Japanese only, and the gameplay is really good, so I'd like to understand the story, while also getting Phantasia X bundled in as well as I think that's the definitive way to play Phantasia atm.
If we just get a remaster of the games that are still stuck as JP only, that would already make me happy. Some titles I don't think a remaster alone will cut though, it would need to be a full remake. Namely: Phantasia and Legendia. I'm glad you mentioned them, David!
P.S: Another one that needs a remake: Tales of Versus, the fighting Tales game thingie for the PSP, pls Bandai Namco!!
Tales of the Abyss and Vesperia are my favorite. Combat, story, characters, and world all hit just right for me. I played these as a kid though. I wonder how much I'd even like JRPG's as an adult. The pacing kills me most the time.
I'd most like to see Abyss on Steam, so we can theoretically play it multiplayer with Remote Play Together. It's much more convenient to do online get-togethers than in-person ones, and I'd still say Abyss had the most fun multiplayer coordination with the FoF system, trying to get the most players to make use of each FoF. (Unsurprisingly, I was less fond of the Xillia games' Link systems which encouraged at least one character to be a CPU, and Zestiria's Armatization which made the game basically only two players.)
Admittedly, I enjoyed Arise enough despite it only being 1-player, but I still felt like it was a disappointing step backwards... Now, if we could get a new game with some of Arise's combat system and good multiplayer, that could be wonderful.
Oh, as for changes I'd like to see made if Tales of the Abyss were to be remade somewhat.. Voiced skits of course, then maybe how enemy Defense scales in higher difficulty levels, where it's very easy to be stuck dealing only 1 damage (especially with Physical) unless you severely overlevel. The C.Core system was also problematic if trying to min-max, and Din's Shop crafting was very unintuitive..
I take this with a little skepticism only because we only have confirmation on Graces. I look at it hopefully because we have already gotten Syphonia and Vesperia both on Switch recently. Abyss I feel would need a whole remake though as some of the game's glitches were retained in the 3DS port. Regardless, this video brought a smile to my face so thank you for sharing.
Phantasia - Give it the FF7 treatment.
Destiny - Director's cut. Package deal with ToD2. Keep the PS2 version with upscaling and some QoL. Agree.
Eternia - Maybe FF7 treatment, too, remake. There's a lot of play with this one.
Rebirth - Give us the PS2 version, keep it simple.
Abyss - HD, with maybe additional artes, FoFs, quests, and more costumes. Not much needs to be touched, and zero-out load times
Symphonia - Pass
Vesperia - Pass
Hearts and Innocence - Remaster, console, add 4 player
Xillia 1/2 - Package deal, more artes for the first one, more link artes for X1. Other than just remastering, it would be nice and simple.
Zesty - Fix the battle camera.
Tempest - FF7 treatment
Legendia - Give it the Arise treatment.
Oh and Tales of Eternia was actually ported to the PSP.
Bro, I just realized I’ve been listening to your channel since the mid-2000s lol. No other sub gets remotely close to that.
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I just want Tales of Destiny/R and II. The rest would be great too but I want those two as soon as possible. Maybe Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology IV? We only got the first one all the way back on the PSP so a new one to add in cameos from all the games that have come out since the third would be cool. Rutee and Velvet together
Tales is a series, that belongs completely from A to Z onto the PS5.. so that theres at least 1 plattform aside of PC, as a console, that is strong and popular enough to ensure, that you can play the whole series finally on 1 single platform if you want to do so
Late to the party, but these are what I'm hoping get brought forward to modern consoles with this project for the West, the ones I prioritize that I want for myself anyways:
Tales of Phantasia (PS1 version, or even an older edition, something other than the GBA one)
Tales of Destiny (both the original from PS1 and the PS2 DC)
Tales of Eternia
Tales of Destiny 2
Tales of Rebirth
Tales of Innocence R
Tales of Hearts R (just to get it out of Vita jail - would love to play on a big screen)
(I love Graces f). My faves are Phantasia (pre-Tri-Ace), Destiny (PS1), & Legendia. (Symphonia is over-released). But I actually really like Legendia's battles. The battle system has a different "feel" 'cause it was done by another Namco team (Project Melfes), the devs that usually did the Tekken & Soul Calibur fighting games. That's why the battle system feels different, which I actually really like. & I love the character quests (the feels). Would love to see them improved.
Yeah, Legendia's combat was quite good. Their intention with it was to go back and build on the basic concept that was the inspiration for Phantasia's combat, a fighting game.
Remasters are great and very much welcomed, but what most of these games needs and deserve are Remakes. Especially the older titles. Phantasia being at the front of the list, with the connections to its Prequals being further flushed out or improved.
Finally getting the games on modern hardware has been long overdue, the best course of action would be doing remasters/remakes and new entries.
TALES OF DESTINY AND TALES OF THE ABYSS PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I've been slowly re-buying all my favorite series on Steam so adding Tales to that list would be stellar. Though I would hope at least ONE entry gets a full-on remake. Arise had its faults but you can't deny it was a pretty game, I'd like to see some of the older titles look that good.
I know it'll never happen, but all 3 of the Tales of the World games would be dope.
I suddenly have zero desire to buy a used ps3. This series was one of the few things really motivating me to get one lol I’m excited for the remasters
I kinda want one of their crossover games to get ported or remade. Tales of VS and Tales of Twin Braves with current gen graphics and gameplay with rosters up to Arise and even from the mobile games would be phenomenal.