It just wasn't very good either.
It wasn't that bad
Tyler Mitchell
Caleb Moore
Something about the tone of Tales games just puts me off. Certain entries get shat on but they all seem like "the bad one" to me.
Liam King
I replayed Zestiria recently and it's actually not as bad as I remembered it being. I still detest Berseria though.
Henry Clark
What a shit samey artstyle, the only one who looks any unique is the guy on the right, all the others are interchangeable hairstyles and clothes
Jordan Watson
I tried so hard to Like Berseria since everyone claimed it was good. But what an awful cast .
Gabriel Reyes
I think you have to really like anime to like the games. They're extremely tropey.
Lincoln Morgan
The homos were cute and that's all that mattered
Isaac Cox
This entire series just went downhill after vesperia, you have jrpgs like Final Fantasy and xenoblade that atleast put the effort into making good level deisgn and dungeons that look amazing but you have tales that for some reason keeps regressing in every department. Lame graphics with boring levels and gameplay that keeps getting worse after graces.
Connor Rogers
There is nothing redeeming, personally, about Berseria. I don't think I'll ever change my mind about that. The fact that I get more enjoyment playing Tempest over Berseria speaks volumes.
There's a couple of titles after Vesperia that are pretty solid. You are right though, there is a huge decline in quality after that title.
Christopher Hall
Xillia 2 was alright but even that game was a shameless cashgrab that was 80% reused content. At least it had good content though.
Berseria I remember liking the characters but I don’t even remember anything about the game. Guess it just didnt leave a good impression to me
Xavier Davis
I honestly still haven't finished Vesperia because it was really boring
Robert Campbell
Every game post Vesperia dropped the overworld too. I kind of expected it when it came to Graces, but the fact that Xillia didn't have it was a instant red flag.
Caleb Bailey
I enjoyed the the first Xillia a lot more; Xillia 2 was decent. The first part was a slog and all the reused assets were a little much. I preferred Jude over Ludger by a mile.
Chase Price
I liked it while recognizing it as flawed. The lore was cool and I was Tales starved since I hadn't played one since abyss.
And the worst tales game is Zestiria.
Adam Lewis
Something about the game really bothered me, the first 10%-20 of the game and the remaining 80-90% felt like different games, like the story was rewritten partway into development.
Caleb Rogers
There were things i liked about it, but it was clearly a game that needed another 2 years in development.
Jonathan Sanchez
Based legendia user
Evan Hall
I try my best.
Robert Cruz
Christopher Brown
I tried a bit of phantasia, zestiria, and innocence. None seemed very enjoyable.
But I do really like anime.
Blake Barnes
I would try Abyss or Symphonia at the very least and if you don't find them enjoyable you can write off the series.
Liam Hill
The ones you've tried are old, bad, and kinda weird, in that order.
As the other guy said, the team symphonia trilogy (Symphonia, Abyss, and Vesperia) are the certified babbys first Tales games, if not those, I guess you could possibly try one of the CC based games, namely graces f, but if you don't care for any of those this series probably won't have anything for you.
Justin Lee
>you have jrpgs like Final Fantasy that atleast put the effort into making good level deisgn and dungeons
FF7R is a corridor simulator, tf you mean good level design and dungeons?
Asher Cook
The beginning of the game is really good and it goes downhill really fast
Jackson Stewart
is this the reason?
Asher Watson
thats why the japs freaked out, most people in the west just parroted 'its shit' without playing it, its honestly not a bad game, but i also think the tales of fanbase in general has really shit taste when they regard tales of the abyss as anything other than abysmal
Ryan Hill
Abyss has like the best battle system and boss fights though.
Jordan White
>Complains about shit taste when exposing his own
Dylan Powell
you literally spam 2 moves all game, the boss fights sucked and the only redeeming quality the game has is the ost
Christopher Cox
>tropey
Cliche. The word you're looking for is cliche.
John Reyes
Yeah, I just can't agree with this. Abyss might not be perfect by any means, but its foundation as a whole is solid and it's worthy enough to be considered one of the classics in the series.
Andrew Long
it has no foundation though, it was a downgrade from symphony in every possible aspect
Isaac Parker
Agree to disagree then. No point in squabbling.
Asher Powell
Berseria actually might have the worst main cast of any JRPG I've ever played, which is an impressive failure.
Gavin Adams
if i can fix your shit taste and save your soul then there is always a point
Austin Kelly
Weird, I thought the exact opposite. There wasn't a single party member I actually disliked for once.
Ethan White
>when they regard tales of the abyss as anything other than abysmal
Opinion discarded.
I played Zestiria, then I grinded out all the necessary bullshit to get double and triple stacks and did a NG+ run on chaos mode while getting every single good skill on every party member.
Zestiria is one of the worst Tales games, period.
Zachary Ortiz
Tell me your favourite Tales games.
here are mine:
Abyss
Xillia 2
Berseria
Vesperia
Bentley Kelly
If I consider Legendia the best and I'm aware the amount of flack this title takes then you have no chance on my secondary favourites. I'll let my soul fade for my personal enjoyment.
Agree. I have no idea what people are thinking when they have to grasp at Berseria having the "best" cast. Boggles my brain.
Austin Evans
I think it's safe to say how you feel about this game can be represented as to who you prefer more: Alisha or Rose
Alisha representing the first couple hours of the game and Rose representing the next 20 +
Colton James
Legendia
Symphonia
Abyss
Eternia
Anthony Stewart
Will they ever bring the old battle system with TP back?
All the tales games that use the combo-based system are garbage (Berseria, Zestiria, Graces)