Is this a good starting game to get into the Tales Of series?
Is this a good starting game to get into the Tales Of series?
Jason James
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Michael Green
It's an enjoyable video game.
David Butler
ye it's pretty good
Easton Lewis
i'd say so, yeh
abyss, symphonia, xillia, graces and vesperia are the best ones.. shame they aren't all on steam
Parker Ramirez
Not exactly.
It's a very solid game but it was also the last Tales to have a classic jrpg game structure.
I think it's pretty much the last classic JRPG released.
every Tales after tries something different, either with the battle system, skills, world maps, etc.
So you will enjoy the game, but it doesn't necessarily prelare you for later games, only previous ones, who have similar battle systems but less refined.
Parker Howard
i'd start with symphonia or abyss first but vesperia is definitely the best in my opinion
Aaron Kelly
Nah, the definitive "baby's first" Tales Of game is Symphonia. It encapsulates everything the series in general is about
>story themes about either environmentalism or racism (sometimes both)
>simplistic enough version of the combat 90% of the series is known for
>the first game in the series to have a not-shit dub
>artstyle is chibi but not TOO chibi
>doesn't drag unnecessarily
>shows up perfectly how much this franchise loves to throw at you "THAT level"
>was one of the big reasons to own a gamecube
Josiah Perry
>>the first game in the series to have a not-shit dub
Any shitty dub moments in this game?
Benjamin Wilson
It's a fairly standard dub for 2003. The thing is, this is what we were working with beforehand.
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Don't get me wrong, I love Tales of Eternia. From a gameplay standpoint it's fucking fantastic. But it's a PS1-era dub and it really shows. Funnily the voice of Reid went on to play Sly Cooper so he clearly got a lot better at acting.
Alexander Wilson
With Teen Titans Robin as the MC and Liquid Snake as the cool older character in the party? Not really.
Ian Gutierrez
>yeah!
Thomas Murphy
Shit dub or not, people should play eternia.
I feel like it's pretty much forgotten and it's still a great game.
The fast paced 2d battle system held up well.
Destiny and Phantasia are a lot rougher in comparison
Robert Russell
>I feel like it's pretty much forgotten and it's still a great game.
It got a 13 episode anime series, a rerelease on the PSP, Japan still considers it one of the best Tales games, Reid is still a constant guest in the gummi videos.
Wyatt Gomez
Berseria is the best I've played combat wise. Favorite is Abyss. Playing Vesperia as I type. My impressions so far
>all party members are boring [princess, a wolf with a knife and a kid swining some giant axe]
>story is about this poor fucker chasing his cop homolust
>combat is basically spam attack button with the stick pointed somewhere + special finisher
>overworld is boring
>enemies are boring
>hardest difficulty isnt worth the hassle
>main character is voiced by inuzuka kiba from naruto so there is an implied subtle disrespect towards him i cant shake
But since people are saying its good I'll keep pushing for a while longer. So far not really impressed, but I know for a fact tales games tend to pick up the pace at some point. For me it was Laphi's death in berseria and the general gods introduction in Abyss. Lets see if vesperia manages to do it.
Caleb Young
They said in that recent interview that they were considering having voice actor events like Tales Fes in the west.
Would anyone here go? I wouldn't, but I'm curious if there really is an audience for that stuff in the west.
Christopher Powell
WHY ISNT ABYSS ON PC EMULATION SUCKS ASS AAAAAA
John Hughes
I think he meant in Yas Forums terms. But that would make the majority of the series forgotten as well.
Also that anime series is pretty much Eternia in name only, so I've heard.
Luke Roberts
Don't worry, Abyss PC will be a thing in a few years after Arise was released.
Kevin Gomez
Yeah the combat takes a while to open up in Vesperia but once the game lets you do shit like Fatal Strikes and overlimits then suddenly there's a million more things you can do in battle.
What? Abyss is one of the easiest PS2 games to emulate, it's had perfect emulation since like 2010.
>Also that anime series is pretty much Eternia in name only, so I've heard.
It's not like that Persona anime. It has all the same characters, it's just a filler arc that that takes place right before they leave Inferia. But they got the characterization of all the party members right. The whole series is on yt
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Isaac Morris
So, anyone making a Eternia remake?
Jayden Mitchell
user everyone knows that Phantasia is the game to keep remaking forever
Jackson Turner
There's some cringey deliveries here and there, but it's actually one of the only games where I prefer the dub to the Japanese voices
Andrew Cox
I'm talking about fan-remakes, not official ones.
Jacob Lewis
>tfw PSP version literally never ever
Ayden Perry
Nana Mizuki was cute as a button playing Colette in the OVAs though. She's so adorable it makes me want to vomit.
Eli Campbell
Technically Destiny has had just as many remakes, so surely we're due for a third one this decade.
Jeremiah Parker
did graces (the wii version) come out after vesperia? i think graces still had some of that classic jrpg game structure, namely dungeons that had puzzles in them
Camden Young
I'd love to play eternia, if Namco actually released the game on psn or some form of download.
I'm not an emulator user and I'm not buying a psp for one game
Sebastian Anderson
A year later, and the wii version is buggy as fuck
iirc it's on the PS3 version of PSN.
Camden Hill
Nope. It only got a ps1 and PSP release
Gavin Thompson
Huh wierd. Better fire up that emulator then.
Isaac Miller
start with xillia, the combat aged better than the older games.
Ethan Martinez
why would you ever not start with phantasia?
Benjamin Ramirez
arche fucks like a tiger
Jackson Cox
for whatever reason this is the single most memorable thing in my playthrough
Liam Carter
>playing the snes version
Aaron James
Playing the PS1 version first would make Destiny feel even more archaic in comparison. But you know, if you're willing to play pre-Symphonia Tales games that probably won't bother you much anyway.
Justin Turner
Evan Nguyen
Tales of the rays is adding online coop
Cameron Parker
Brandon Perry
Adrian Green
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Nolan Phillips
Liam Miller
Blake Russell
I don't like it. Really, even Zestiria was better.
Josiah Russell
David Barnes
Liam Perry
Elijah Phillips
>"THAT level"
Volt is a cocksucker faggot and his temple sucks the second time around, too. Only good because you get to watch Emil hold a guy over a chasm by his face.
Ayden Young
Yes, OP.
Daniel Perry
Brayden Bailey
Aiden Rivera
Cooper Collins
Robert Ramirez
Hunter Cook
Lincoln King
I love Tales girls
Lucas Harris
Legendia Remake when?
Ayden Peterson
The only good Tales game is your first one, since they're all basically the same game with different characters
Gavin Rivera
I love my wife.
Thomas Thomas
Mobile gaming was a mistake.
Cooper Evans
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