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Never have I ever played a game that wastes your tine as this one. The world is too big and empty, and bombed with enemies - in combination with that the combat is boring. Resulting in you- the player doing nothing but dodging enemies along huge maps or corridors. And be prepared for lots of backtracking since fast travel does falsely exist -it never work when you need it. Dialogues are voiced and good but just too much. The main cast is interesting. Well written and entertaining but the dialogue is as mentioned too much which makes the pacing terrible. This game was really behind for its time: -crazy to realise it came out 2016 when it feels like it had released 10-15 years prior: an early 2000s game.

A la espera del Remaster estoy jugando la versión de Steam normal. Cosas Positivas Los gráficos no se ven para nada mal siendo un juego del 2013 comparado con otros juegos 2018 de Nintendo Switch que se ven peor. Los combates están chulos y parecen innovadores. La Exploración te recompensa y te motiva a explorar. El argumento esta por encima de la media, historia de venganza redención y amistad. La música no está mal pero tampoco es una OST del año, tiene temas mientras recorres cuevas que me recuerdan a Lineage II no sé por qué. Los personajes son carismáticos y te apetece saber de ellos y se les coges aprecio. Me gusta que la protagonista se vea oscura y a veces de mala leche y no se la típica que quiere ayudar a todo el mundo por que es buena y tiene que hacerlo. Los personajes que los acompaña también son camismaticos y muestran su lado oscuro y buenos. Cosas Negativa Los items se respawnean al entrar y salir de las zonas cosa que me parece mal deberían ser mas escasos para centrarse en la exploración. Andar con el personaje por el mapa se hace tedioso no corre mas de lo que da y es pesado volver al pueblo de atrás corriendo al ritmo que va. Demasiados micro-pagos por 4 chuminadas que podían haber incluido de manera normal con tal de sacar mas dinero. Los diálogos pasan muy rápido no se pueden parar abría estado bien darle a la ( A ) para continuar. Cambiar de objetivo en mitad de un combate es una tortura. Tiene una parte al principio del juego esta censurada pero con un mod se puede arreglar, no me gusta la censura creo que es un departamento de personas que no saben que hacer con su vida no tienen oficio ni beneficio a la vida es un departamento solo sirve para dar trabajo algún enchufado a costa de molestar al consumidor.

Decent revenge story ruined by mindless button-smashing combat along with a lineal world design and some overly-pretentious quotes meant to make the game apper deep and phylosophical I would take FF 15 and Ys 8 over this, any day of the week.

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While I don’t think the story was the best in the series like a lot of people seem to, I did think it was really good. I liked the darker tone it took for the story and for the characters as well. Story and characters were both 9/10s for me, but unfortunately the gameplay was horrid. I mean literally the worst I’ve ever played. Game was way too easy had to turn it up to hard to even get a challenge and still only died on two boss fights. Battle system was button mash central where you would literally just spam one button the entire fight and then press another one every now and then. Overall a very good game though.

Did not like the combat in this one. Forgetable characters. Did not remember anything about the story as well.

Story 9/10: Really amazing story, made me feel for each of the characters, and had moments which genuinely left me in awe, my only problem with it is that it's a prequel, not JUST a prequel, but a prequel to one of the worst games in the series iirc, it has moments where I feel like it's going 'see! you recognise that? Right?' and it just leaves me with half the impact. especially the end where it really digs it in.Like, yeah, I want to experience the sequel, but I've heard it's an absolute slog. Other than that, this is amazing. Music 8/10: Genuine bops in there, most of the pieces are just general RPG music. Visuals 6/10: It looks pretty outdated for a game from 2016, especially with the low quality rough textures. The colours are quite desaturated too, so it's not the most pleasing to look at, but I guess it was fine for its time. Gameplay: I need to split this up. Overworld 5/10: Glorified walking sim, you don't unlock the infinite fast travel item until the last dungeon, and the bike-esque movement option isn't unlocked until 2/3rds into the story, which requires you do go to a specific point in the current area first to unlock the ability to use it in that area. Battles 7/10: They're fine, but you can just mash through most of it/ Misc gripes: The tutorials are no help, you don't unlock things that should be there at the start, and core game mechanics are sometimes locked behind secret superbosses (which are really easy despite being like 10 levels under them), enemy levels are a joke, I spent most of the game 3-4 levels under normal enemies and were still beating them in around 12s (I was playing on normal.) Games really need to stop putting their recommended, balanced difficulty in the 'HARD' option, especially when a higher level actually decreases XP gains - I played on merciless on P3R for most of my time playing it, it just makes it less rewarding having to turn on hard mode in the options menu. Final score 8/10: I definitely recommend this game just for its story, though if there were a quality anime adaptation OR Manga, I'd recommend it over the game, but there isn't.Definitely gonna try out more from the Tales series

un'avvincente storia di vendetta con un cast bizzarro ma parecchio amabile e con un gameplay come la sua storia intriganti. 8.6/10

What a slog. Endless amounts of garbage dialog. An obnoxiously overcomplicated spammy mess of a combat system. It seems like every other fight they throw more rules at you. You have to craft combos of attacks to target the enemy's weakness every battle, and there are all sorts of different kinds of arts, switch triggers, break points, and other tedious hidden **** story and dialog is pretty bad imo, and follows the usual anime cliches, with the usual tropes of the cringy outspoken girl, and annoying autistic child, and it seemed like ever 100 ft they would stop and yap aimlessly. There's just so much poorly written dreck, I started skipping through it after a while because it added no value. I love the dialog in BG3, and listen with hushed reverence to the dialog in FromSoft games. The writing here is **** itemization in the game is also terrible. You're given a ton of generic loot like a looter-shooter, and you have to disenchant copies of the same item to upgrade to +X versions of it similar to Nioh. It is tedious and makes the whole process of receiving loot to a be a chore. I actually dread going to the merchant to play account manager with my inventory.Technically, the game is competently made(music, graphics, QA, etc..), and there are moments of joy to be found, but it's all for naught when the fundamental building blocks of gameplay are so badly designed. Overall I just wanted the experience to end, and rushed to the final fight.

There are some games out there that truly feel special, like something in the beginning just clicks and you know you're going to have a great time; Tales of Berseria does exactly that with it's opening act. I've always considered Tales of games to be a sort of 3rd pillar of JRPGs, right along Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, and due to this I have always considered their character writing to be the better of the three, and it really shows in here. Tales of Berseria is a tragic tale of revenge and coping with loss anyway that you can, and our cast of characters are a wonderful device to show how strong will and emotions can be. Their pain and personality shows throughout cutscenes, skits, and character interactions, and honestly is a great case study of showing rather than telling. While there is a bit of edginess to this story, for the most part Berseria does a great job of being darker without being so melodramatic. The game also mechanically works the best out of all the Tales of games I have played so far, and a feel getting rid of the TP system in favor of souls not only opens up more options for fights and characters, but keeps from a lot of battles becoming daunting hopes to recharge the item gauge so I can fill my TP again. Along with this, the camera changing to an overview perspective and more focus on extending combos through the use of breaking souls really helps both simplify and encourage experimentation throughout your playthrough. While I won't say Berseria is a perfect game, it definitely offered me more than I hoped or hyped myself to and something I already consider a classic in my book. If you had to play any Tales of game, this would be the one I suggest.

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This is my first approach to the JRPG "Tales" franchise and I was attracted to it due to its unusual premise: taking control of the 'bad guys', a furious vengative lead female character and a bunch of demons, pirates, traitors and witches on a suicidal vendetta against light paladins. I have to say that the combat was really confusing and I did not like it, too many systems working or better to say colliding together, also tons of things to regard in the middle of the fight that strangely you do not need to use or even understand if you play on the default difficulty as you will mow every enemy unless you are heavily under level. Graphically you can notice that was originally developed for PS3 and then ported to PS4 so the textures and scenarios look outdated, on the positive side if you play it on PS5 you will have solid 60fps due the unlocked framerate. Thankfully the design and art of the main characters and the locations is outstanding and the anime sequences made by Ufotable, the ones behind Kimetsu No Yaiba, are superb. The level design, especially on the dungeons is too limited and frustrating due strange limitations like the no possibility to jump or the switch mechanisms to open paths, having to backtrack labyrinthic corridors to access the next section. This gets later mitigated by a "transport" that speeds up movement. It's also a pity that the in-game costumes are so few and ugly, gigantic cat disguises; the DLC'S ones are quite pricey, although they can be a good investment in such a long game. Finally the part that makes this game shine, Velvet, the protagonist, is one of the best written and designed female video game characters I have ever seen, also the chemistry between the unusual party members is really good, I never skipped a skit about them. The story is so interesting that it explains how such a long game (it took me more than 50 hours) has a completion rate much higher than the average. The ending is just perfect and really emotive, I doubt I will ever forget it and it's directly on my top 5 of all time video game endings. Why Do Birds Fly?

aneh pokoknya aneh banget , di awal game kita di suruh bales dendam bales dendam terus tapi akhir akhirnya melempem juga seperti di manga manga jepang tentang revenge tapi di akhir melempem.

Tbh I couldnt stand a lot of the characters but was willing to persevere through, however the combat and mediocre dungeon design ended up making me quit before I could see the game to its end.

This game tells you a story that I don't think I'll ever forget, the characters and the plot are the best of the genre

There are some things the game does right, so let's start with these. First of all- the plot. It is represented by all sorts of in-game cutscenes, dialogues, and even animated movies. It feels like you're inside of an anime movie, which is great. And it just keeps on giving. Characters are one of the game's strong points, especially your main character. There isn't a single "default" grey person- all of them have strong personalities and desires. And the ones you play for are on the dark side! So, there's no default "save the world" anime plot. You destroy it and bring ruin, not really save it. They did add a ton of quests and a huge variety of subquests, so even after I've finished the game, I was still playing for about 20 hours, which was rather unexpected. There's not a single "kill 10 mobs" quest, all of them are unique, with their own plots, twists and unexpected turnarounds. Visuals look rather dated. While character models are ok, with tons of customizations and outfits, some locations look like they came all the way back from 2004, like something you would expect to see in Half Life 2. It doesn't affect the experience too much, but it's worth mentioning. The game sounds awesome- almost every line is voiced over, there's a huge variety of battle and background music. Difficulty settings are also plentiful- the game will be as hard or as easy as you'd like. All sorts of items and chests and loot just keep flowing, which feels great. The main downside is the battle system. I can see how it evolved in Tales of Arise, but here it's just worse in every way. There are way too many skills you've got no control over- they just unlock by themselves, and it's impossible to update the ones you like. Yes, you can assign them and make comboes, but there are like 20 pages of the manual the game keeps showing you for the first 5 hours after every ballte, to explain all types of skills and their effectiveness and status effects, etc. The system is way too overcomplicated! They did offer a solution- you can assign a "choose the skill automatically' to any button, and the character will decide which one is the most suitable in the current situation. While enemies look different, they feel similar and pose little to no threat on a normal difficulty. All in all, I really enjoyed tne game. Playing the villain was fun, and the story kept me engaged till the very end.

Waren die frühen Tales Spiele zu SNES Zeiten noch wahre Kleinode des JRPG Genres, ist die Serie mit dem Sprung ins Polygon Zeitalter in meinen Augen immer mehr zu einem Fließband Franchise für mittelmäßige Standard JRPG Kost geworden, die sich nur für Hardcore Nerds lohnt, die wirklich jeden Scheiß spielen müssen. Immer mal wieder hab ich in die Serie reingeschaut - Tales of Zisteria, Tales of Xillia u.s.w. - immer haben mich die langweiligen Dungeons, die öden Gebiete und stereotypen Charaktere schon nach kurzer Zeit gelangweilt. Umso überraschter war ich, dass mich Tales of Berseria gleich von Beginn an ziemlich gecatched hat. Denn statt das Kommando über die immer gleicher Weltenretter Heldentruppe zu bekommen, kriegt man in Tales of Berseria einen Bunch von Dämonen, von Bad Guys, von Aussenseitern hingeworfen, die sich in der Regel auch nicht gegenseitig mit Nettigkeiten supporten, sondern vielmehr Spaß am gegenseitigen Bissigkeiten und Sticheleien haben und vor allem ihren eigenen Rache- oder Macht Motiven folgen. Also so gar nicht mit Welt retten uns so. Man ist eben Dämon. Dass die Dialoge dieser Truppe zudem überaus charmant und spaßig geschrieben und inszeniert werden, hebt das Spiel deutlich aus dem Einerlei der Tales Spiele heraus. Gut, man rushed am Ende durch die gleichen öden Gebiete und Dungeons wie in jedem Tales Spiel, sammelt random Items und Kristalle auf, und kauft die xte leicht verbesserte Rüstung im Shop. Doch die eigenwilligen Charaktere, wie auch das gute Pacing des Storyplotts motivieren auch das Ende der Story erleben zu wollen. Alles in Allem ist Berseria tatsächlich ein Tales Spiel, das sich lohnt. Zumindest wenn man an gut geschriebenen Dialogen und charmanten Charakteren und deren Entwicklung Interesse findet. Natürlich rettet man am Ende dann doch irgendwie die Welt, doch irgendwie deutlich anders und inspirierter, als man dies vom Fließband Franchise Tales gewohnt ist.

Simplesmente emocionante,se tornou jogo preferidobdo ps4 com personagens cativantes

A challenging and rewarding experience with a killer storyline, amazing characters, & spectacular gameplay. The crafting and its convolutedness kinda hold this game back from a 10, but it's still elite. Do play before Arise so you don't spoil yourself. The characters' personalities, the storyline, and the English dub are tops as well. PS: Also, Velvet Crowe is what a female main protag should be - strong but sexy, powerful but feminine, interesting yet nuanced; strongwilled but not insufferable. Contrast to what Western devs give us w/ Aloy...

Pretty janky, combat and graphics are not very good, the story is OK but not good

The best Tales game in the series, even though it has low budget but still it's dark and enjoyable, it has the best cast.

This game is just empty. Huge areas and landscapes filled with nothing except some grass and some trees maybe. Repetitive combat, you just smash buttons. The story is fine but doesn't make up for the overall low quality of the game. Graphics literally look like they are early PS3. And that would be okay if they at least put some effort into the world crafting which is just hollow and empty. No idea why this game is so popular. I got it for 10€ which is fine. Won't be playing it again

Muy buen JRPG de los mejores que he jugado,tanto el sistema de combate como la historia me parece espectacular, también el mundo y la banda sonora y que comparta mundo con tales of zestiria además de los mejores inicios de juego que he jugado en un juego, además merece más de la nota que tiene

Excellent story, great gameplay and fixed several errors that had in tales of zestiria, the graphics are still dated

This game is one of the best JRPGs in the last gen. This game's story and gameplay is hands down the best one in Tales of series and it was great to see the strong woman protagonist with unique backstory.

I always been a tales of fan but this game takes the cake. I love the dark theme and twists. Really fun playing through!

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I have eight hours in and I desperately want to find reasons to keep playing this game. I cannot believe that there are people out there who could rate this higher than a seven, let alone a full ten, poor saps. This game does nothing well, everything about it is mediocre at best. The characters are not only silly, but nonsensical as well and it's not because it is a JRPG either. When your characters act like nothing phases them, constantly being cocky and laughing at danger then nothing really matters. You certainly cannot get invested in a plot where there is no danger or threat. Velvet who can only grumble about revenge just barely escapes being another generic character. The rest of the crew you have seen a million times on animes and other games, only much better. The game's characters had a few moments where they made me chuckle, but for the most part I was rolling my eyes. The combat is where this game really hurts the most. I have been mashing buttons randomly for hours. I never bothered reading what the attacks do and I have managed to keep going. No enemy or boss cant stand up to my mashing of the buttons. The attacks themselves all look the same, it's mostly chaos in the battlefield. I have not needed to change characters at all during fights. I haven't bothered upgrading anything, I am just hoarding every item I have. This game is definitely better than that horrendous Zestiria. So I guess I can say that this is a step forward. Everything about this game is mediocre, good thing I got it on a sale.

It was my first game of the Tales series and a great experience. It won me me over with its characters, their development and story atop on a good battle system. It is an action RPG and set in the Holy Midgand Empire which rules over the world. It is the story of Velvet Crowe who wants to take revenge against her brother in law more than anything after the events that happen in the so called Scarlet Night. The event changed the world and a new menace called Demonblight appeared. Her whole life was turned upside down and she changed too as she become basically the monster that monsters fear. I leave it here to not spoil plot points. On her journey she meets other people that join her party. I wont use names to avoid spoilers here too. There is an innocent boy, a member of the church, a ronin (or what the worlds equivalent is), a sorceress and a pirate. Each of them has their own arcs, background (or baggage?) character development and growth. It is well integrated in the story. The story itself fully delivers. What seems as simple revenge plot against a one dimensional bad guys turns out to be far more complex. There are a lot of twist and some will change the believes and expectations of the player and characters. There is also a system called skits which are clips that pop up. Here the characters have conversations. These can be serious, just commentaries or pure comedy gold ;-). I want to praise the developer for this rich cast of characters. It was a refreshing and enjoyable experience. Gameplay: The real time battle system is called Liberation LMBS. You have full control of your character during battle and attack with normal attacks or special attacks (artes), guard or evade. Your are in control of a character and can switch to all active party members (4 active members if I remember correctly). Special abilities need Souls from the Soul Gauge. You have 5 points to use which are restored by time. Emptying it completely has disadvantages but only after unleashing powerful attacks. Of cause there are side quest, mini games and additional content. After finishing the story new additional content is unlocked. The battle system works smoothly and is impactful. I enjoyed the battles and barely ever struggled. It was also great to explore the world and traveling around. Graphical I truly enjoyed the art style and character models. It is anime inspired and won me over. The soundtrack was pretty good but also not in the league that I searched for the songs. I want to praise the voice actors for the good performance. Special praise for the antagonists before I forget this. I have not much negatives to complain. I do not like all mini games and should point out that the ending while satisfying for me can be a disappointment. Overall this was an enjoyable game and I value this experience. It is a strong 9/10 for me with a bad feeling not to have given 10/10. I recommend it for the main character, other characters, story and interactions.

Good game not a masterpiece but funny and deep and long story. For me is the 2 best of the series

Amsome game with one of the coolest stories and great combat.. The Story is dark, with twists and surprises. The characters are all compelling, especially Velvet, she is a pure Badarse, sexy and letal.. If you passed on the because of the trash Zesteria or crap games media reviews, you might want to at least guve it a try.

A really Fun and Innovative JRPG´S if you like jrpg´s, buy this game. If you´re looking for compelling storylines, fun combat and a lot of replayability this game is for you.

Best game in the series imo. Was falling out of live with the series but this one is fresh take on the series with the character with darker motives instead of the whole cliche the rest operate on.

A really nice JRPG which have a lot of story contents. The dialogues are pretty good written, far better than usual. The visuals are mediocre, looks more like a PS3 game, but the in-game cutscenes have their moments, the costumes are the best visual detail in this game. The gameplay is really fun but it needs some time to get an full overview of all the settings and combos you need to press. The gameplay and battle system remembers me on Nino Kuni 2. All in all it is a pretty solid RPG not only for hardcore fans of this genre. The size of the package you got from this game is just amazing. +1 added for the extra size of story content +1 added for the beautiful voice acting (english)

This is an average game as most of Tales of games are. The best of this game (as in the rest of the Tales series) is the acting voices. The worst is it's graphics (could be a ps3 game) and espacially the ground texture which is awfull. Plus, the facial expressions should have been better. This game doesn't deserve more than an 8. I also didn't like that they begun talking about daemons, malakhim, etc too straight as if you already knew what they were talking about. Also, some dungeons/labyrinths should have been shorter an less messy. When you are half of the game, they make you go to places that you already visited and I think this was a mistake because it breaks the rhythm of the game. It's not until you're finishing the game that gets interesting again. Also this game is full of dialogues (and many optional dialogues) that I think sometimes should be shorter (it seems like if the dialogues had to have a minimum of speaking time) and also most of the optinonal dialogues are not really relevant. My advices to fully enjoy this game: feel free to watch the optional dialogues with triangle button when you want to. About other dialogues with voices I recommend to go to speak to the people with this symbol on them (!) if you want to unlock other places (although to be honest you can perfectly skip that too). About the shiny things on the road, take some when you feel to (specially at the beginin to earn money) because most of them have a very low value. About gameplay, in my opinion the best way to play it is in semiautomatic mode and put the x button as a free technic so you don't have to think what to do. To sum up, great voices, good soundtrack, poor graphics, ok plot; overall: a good rpg but not great. I think the best you can do is to go straight for the main story. This game took me almost 59 hours to beat doing most of the things I found in my way so it can take you 10 hours less if you don't spend time in extra things or thinking what weapons to improve. I started in difficult mode but soon I played it in normal mode and I only lowed the difficulty 3 times at the end to beat 3 extra bosses.

First game in the tales saga that I played, in general the game is very complete, the story is good, the characters well developed and the combat in general works when necessary, I found the combat mechanics a little sick, especially at the end of the game . in which I feel that script holes definitely bothered me, it's a good gateway to the tales saga. really worth it. with a promotion . Primeiro jogo da saga tales que eu joguei, no geral o jogo é bem completo, a historia e boa, os personagens bem desenvolvidos e o combate no geral funciona quando necessário, eu achei as mecânicas de combate um pouco enjoativas, principalmente no final do jogo. em que sinto que furos de roteiro definitivamente me incomodaram, é uma boa porta de entrada para a saga tales. realmente vale a pena. com uma promoção.

In my opinion, this is the best of the Tales games. Best cast of characters, best locations, best pacing and the player is not forced to do massive amounts of grinding. And the game just gets better towards the end, with some breathtaking locations at the very end of your memorable journey. Must buy for JRPG fans.

Trama eccezionale ! Squadra stupenda! **** elaborati in maniera più che perfetta!! Gioco che eccelle in quasi ogni punto

This review doesn't contain spoilers, I reveal something but without any details, and it's something from the early hours of the game. If this was Mario, I'd be revealing that you fight turles and dragons. At the start, it doesn't look like much: a rusting and well meaning girl in a forest town doing some work for her neighbours, but a few hours later, the game turns dark, very dark. You are put to jail after witnessing something bad, and when you escape, you swear for revenge. Your enemy? The Pope, no less! This is one of those bleak stories where the church is the bad guys (just like in real life), and your character, and your companions, truly embrace that idea. But make no mistake, you (or your companions) are not a holy crusader commited to stop evil ones, no: you're a bunch of flawed people, driven by their passions, who all have their own personal vendettas with the church Velvet, our main character, is delightful! She's focused, she has a mission, she has a clear mind and doesn't give a s**t about other's opinion (she doesn't even change her ragged and very revealing clothes... after three years in jail, wearing the same suit, it's obviously tore apart, covering just some strategic places). The rest of her companions are just as interesting, with the witch Magilou as my personal favorite (after Velvet). I am not a fan of action RPGs, I am old-school (I am old, I played Final Fantasy 3/6 when it was released in Mexico in the early 90s). I also played Tales of Phantasia, which was good but never finished. I tried to play other Tales games but they are too childish, too familiar, too colorful, too happy, and I like my coffee, my metal and my games very dark, black if possible. And Berseria is black as hell! Not everything is good, though. The game is easy. Like, very easy. If you change the difficulty to a higher level, after a while you unblock new difficulty levels, which is a good thing. You can use any of the characters at any time, but I found only Velvet is fun to play, with Laphicet and Eleanor next, but the rest... no, didn't like them. When the game get harder is when you fight special bosses and special monsters. The special bosses are fine, very hard in the sense they hit hard, harder than normal bosses, and you can't damage them a lot. The special monsters are accompanied by two invulnerable companions that follow you, preventing from attacking their commander, who will kill your party very quickly. It's not a challenge, it's an annoyance, but you will kill them on your second try, or you an ignore them (or even lower the difficulty if you really want the prize they grant). Also, this is a very japanese game. This means everytime a character makes a move, they have to say the name of the move in loud voice. Every move! This means, during combat, there's screaming non stop, and it can cause you a head ache, no joke. You can turn down the volumen of voice and effects and it improves, but it always feels chaotic. Also, in English, although the voices are ugly (except Velvet's, her voice is perfect in both English and Japanese), they are less noisy, but in japanese, outside the fights, the voices add more character. These problems are not a big deal, and for many people they might not even be problems at all.

Tales of Berseria is a part of tales series, an action rpg with specific battle system. I am not a long time fan of the series but have played few entries to know that this works mostly like others. The plot is very captivating, good enough to keep you wanting to play more and more. The battle system is something I am not a big fan of, it is slightly complicated, based on combos and stuns, but for me it always ends up in rather uninteresting button mashing, Tales have also a lot of collecting and crafting, for my taste a bit too much and the effect of crafting is so limited that I get bored of doing anything besides some +1 for all equipment to get the basic bonuses. The story and good characters really save a lot but it wasn't enough for me to complete game or do end game hunting, it's a decent buy in the discount sales.

This was a magnificent surprise. I bought the game based on a couple of trailers and my oh **** expectations where surpassed. Combat system is simple, but nice and looks amazing when you use the specials. The graphics are the already known for the Tales series, but they are enhanced to take advantage of the PS4. The game has several Anime cutscenes, which are stunning; and the voice acting is great through all the game. The story starts as something really simple, but slowly it's starts unwinding into something way more complex, but not to the point that you can't keep up. The characters development is not the best, except for the main ones (Velvet and Phi). As you progress, the game brilliantly adds to the mix some serious topics, like the reason to live, free will and human nature. The ending is unexpected, but true to the Plot in such a way you get a very nice and deserved closure. After spending 81 hours to complete the main story, I can truthfully say this has become my favorite JRPG so far.

The most disappointing Tales of game... -to DATE... that Isn't Zesteria...

Finished it in about 3 days, damn. Velvet such OP. Enough said. Even without grinding too much, such a strong player.

One of the best "Tales"... All characters are well written like the story. Gameplay is fun, recommend harder difficulties since combat can be really easy when mastered.

The game it looks like was created to ps3. Battle system is the worst I ever saw in Tales of series.Velvet character is irritating always with the Artorius Artorius Artorius monologue. Actually the entire character cast was weight-less except Magilou. It good to see there r always a other side of every story even if it a darker. It totally fits to the zestiria story both of them makes a complex **** got a good amount of endgame content and some funny skit but the zestiria was better. 7 points. Thanks again for reading it and hope you have a good game.

One of the best Tales games ever made The story was excellent, and the character are memorable, wish there is much more games with a story and character like this...

У серии Tales долгая история в которую я не играл и не знаю че там. Но меня привлекла тут гг поэтому и начал знакомство с этой частью. Что-то тут показалось мне не оч, так это переходы в поединки, но это вкусовщина. Странное чувство было, играешь уже долго пытаешься всезде полазить и чето задолбало, но стоило пройти ее и бл*ть опять хочется вернуться в нее. Значит хорошо вышло.

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The story is 10/10. The level design is outdated ****. The fighting system is really complicated, but fun once you get used to it. If it was not the inntriguing story, I would not have played this game, but the plot saves this one for me. If the studio invests more money into the tech part and game design, the next part must be really great.

Overall this is my second favorite Tales game, edging out Tales of Symphonia by a smidge. Velvet is a solid protagonist, at first appearing very flat and just the "I"m just varying levels of angry" but as the story evolves we see her go completely nuts and then you get to see a softer side of her at points too. She winds up being pretty varied main character, at least more so than some of the other Tales protags. Overall the story is solid, By no means a masterpiece but it's still good. Throughout the main story and skits you get a good bead on every one of the party members, a bit of their past a bit of their hopes for the future. The interactions between the party often leads to comedy which helps break up the bleakness of the main story and a world where people can turn into demons by having too many negative emotions. Combat is great and by far better than most Tales games, it starts off pretty slow but as you gain levels and progress through the story it really picks up. you can expand you combos further by completing side quests and grinding out gear. Take raw gear, break it down and enhance other gear. Pretty straight forward but by combining the right special effects with the right character titles that also grant bonus's and you can extend your combo (called break souls) gauge really far. The higher your gauge the more moves you can combo together which can further extended by using break soul moves. In short if you put the time in you will be rewarded it isn't just about getting further in the game so you can get the new shiny gear. The soundtrack is solid, but compared to some other games like final fantasy it's a bit flat. It's good fits the mood well but really doesn't stand out. Graphics are a bit dated but Tales has never been "Bleeding edge" in graphics and has always been more of a budget build. Hopefully Tales of Arise takes things up a notch in this department. Overall it's very solid and I find myself coming back to the game time and again whenever I get disappointing by newer games.