The Imperial Capital of Regnum kept itself in peace during the long-lasting world war. Slowly, people with a "special power" began to appear. Feared by normal people, Regnum set out a law to capture all people with special powers. One day, Ruca, the son of a merchant in Regnum, realizes the special power within him...
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Combat here is probably some of my favorite from the series. You have a launcher built into your moveset from the get go and it doesnt have unnecessary mechanics. Its simple and straight forward. The exploration is horrible and itll make you do guild quests to grind which are awful. Theres 2 maps but the most useful one is never avaliable and you cant zoom or open the map to look at other areas. You can only look at the area around where you are which makes it worthless. So most areas are huge empty areas that are nauseating to navigate, filled with random encounters. The story is also pretty bad. Imagine if hope from FF13 was the main character but he is 3x as annoying and whiny, simps over ladies and gets upset because he is the nice guy. The rest of the cast exist to propel the main characters development further but don't have much going on besides that. The whole plot point pushing the game from the start is that your guy is the reincarnation of a strong guy and your friends are too but you all dont have all your memories. So you just walk around to random ass areas, stumbling into things that advance the plot. This all being said, damn does this combat feel pretty nice.
This is probably around my 3rd or 4th favorite tales, which probably sounds crazy considering I've played almost all of them, even the untranslated ones.
I wouldn't be able to say Innocence is my favorite in terms of gameplay- not as a finished package at least. However, the one thing Innocence wins over literally any other game in the franchise? It feels fucking good to control. It's fast, it's snappy, no dumb turn speed and no need to rely on semi-manual toggle or doing a goddamn C analog maneouver to pivot.
In terms of the overall plot ts alright. Hits that tales standard, but not much higher than that. What it does win in however, is world building. In totality, this is probably the most fleshed out tales game so far. Every area has a culture, an economy, relationship between countries, faiths, etc. It just feels very lived in for such a small game.
In terms of the overall cast, this is where I'd probably put it above the tales average. The dynamic among the party is unreasonably good, and there are no combination of two characters that can't play off of or interact with each other. For that reason, Innocence includes skits for every combination of 2 and 3 characters, which is absolutely bonkers.
I wouldn't be able to say Innocence is my favorite in terms of gameplay- not as a finished package at least. However, the one thing Innocence wins over literally any other game in the franchise? It feels fucking good to control. It's fast, it's snappy, no dumb turn speed and no need to rely on semi-manual toggle or doing a goddamn C analog maneouver to pivot.
In terms of the overall plot ts alright. Hits that tales standard, but not much higher than that. What it does win in however, is world building. In totality, this is probably the most fleshed out tales game so far. Every area has a culture, an economy, relationship between countries, faiths, etc. It just feels very lived in for such a small game.
In terms of the overall cast, this is where I'd probably put it above the tales average. The dynamic among the party is unreasonably good, and there are no combination of two characters that can't play off of or interact with each other. For that reason, Innocence includes skits for every combination of 2 and 3 characters, which is absolutely bonkers.
a beautiful game with one of the most synergy shared between all the characters, one and another. most likely one of the best character balancing in the entire series. they never, or barely acted cold/awkward to eachother which ties in amazingly with the past life theme of the game. to sum it up they're a big, comfy family.
Ruca and Iria are both endearing to watch the development of, from the beginning to the end. the contrast of Ruca's cowardlyness and Iria's mean girl act improves through the game, as she is supposed to make him man up. Iria is the heroine to give Ruca the courage he needs to face his fears and the events of their past lifes, which then Ruca gives that courage back to her as well. they're both kids, learning life's lessons and their own origins, and it's very emotional.
gameplay-wise, it's a 3D-LMBS game with literally none of the baggage 3D-LMBS games normally have, it's fun, snappy and doesn't get old so you know it's good.
Innocence, while short, has stellar storytelling, symbolism, characters, gameplay and skits, and I'd recommend it as a first entry to the tales series.
Ruca and Iria are both endearing to watch the development of, from the beginning to the end. the contrast of Ruca's cowardlyness and Iria's mean girl act improves through the game, as she is supposed to make him man up. Iria is the heroine to give Ruca the courage he needs to face his fears and the events of their past lifes, which then Ruca gives that courage back to her as well. they're both kids, learning life's lessons and their own origins, and it's very emotional.
gameplay-wise, it's a 3D-LMBS game with literally none of the baggage 3D-LMBS games normally have, it's fun, snappy and doesn't get old so you know it's good.
Innocence, while short, has stellar storytelling, symbolism, characters, gameplay and skits, and I'd recommend it as a first entry to the tales series.
Tales of Meh
Better than Tempest but tbf the bar was in hell for that game
it's an okey-ish game but the controls suck