The one thing I just love about Tales of Vesperia is its understated story.
There are no Demons, Devils, Angels and Gods, no gigantic monsters and you don't travel to alternate dimensions or through time.
There are only a few plot twists and the ones that exist are subdued and don't change anything fundamental about the course of the tale (get it?!?).
You still save the world in the end of course, but the path to that is actually pretty held-back.
I see how it may be weird for this to be a positive, but I found it really rather refreshing in the landscape of JRPGs and simply very charming and infatuating.
There are no Demons, Devils, Angels and Gods, no gigantic monsters and you don't travel to alternate dimensions or through time.
There are only a few plot twists and the ones that exist are subdued and don't change anything fundamental about the course of the tale (get it?!?).
You still save the world in the end of course, but the path to that is actually pretty held-back.
I see how it may be weird for this to be a positive, but I found it really rather refreshing in the landscape of JRPGs and simply very charming and infatuating.