TruebladeSirius
+Distinctive premise of its MMORPG-based world
+Additional Gameplay features that get added every volume give an adrenaline rush that get you addicted to it, if only for a while.
+Haseo Based
-Very repetitive, story-wise and gameplay-wise
-Extremely dull dungeons
+Additional Gameplay features that get added every volume give an adrenaline rush that get you addicted to it, if only for a while.
+Haseo Based
-Very repetitive, story-wise and gameplay-wise
-Extremely dull dungeons
A good game, has its flaws but they don't ruin it completely, and imo not as bad as many would think
+Grey-and-Gray Morality is the story's strongest aspect, along with its side chapters that focus on different sides of the conflict that enrich its worldbuilding
+Soundtrack features a lot of charming tracks with their reliance on air instruments and sitars
+Krious Based
+Sherris my queen uwu
-Story pacing was off in some places, and its plot points were poorly handled
-Battle System feels underdeveloped, its randomness can make it unnecessarily grindy.
+Grey-and-Gray Morality is the story's strongest aspect, along with its side chapters that focus on different sides of the conflict that enrich its worldbuilding
+Soundtrack features a lot of charming tracks with their reliance on air instruments and sitars
+Krious Based
+Sherris my queen uwu
-Story pacing was off in some places, and its plot points were poorly handled
-Battle System feels underdeveloped, its randomness can make it unnecessarily grindy.
Great game, loved almost everything, the story had some issues, but i really liked Act 3
Never expected to love the gameplay, felt so satisfying, every character felt distinct playstyle-wise, and the fatal strikes and OLs made it more fun, really liked breaking the game with Rita lol
The cast oh man, so good, still love Berseria more but Vespy's is great, cuz there was a lot of interactions between them and it showed off how fleshed out the characters were, the skits were quite hilarious too. Even the antagonists were cool, Yeager especially.
The music is my favorite in the series, Sakuraba went full power with this one, has a lot of tracks that differed from his usual stuff which was a change of pace, and didn't expect them on a Tales game.
Despite the world's visuals having more of a natural aesthetic contrast to Graces' crystalline , it still managed to look beautiful, some of the dungeons and towns have really good designs which made them memorable, Zaude and Dahngrest to name a few
it's a good game, a jack-of-all-trades Tales game so to speak. prolly my 5th or 4th favorite game in the series, just overhyped a bit too much
Never expected to love the gameplay, felt so satisfying, every character felt distinct playstyle-wise, and the fatal strikes and OLs made it more fun, really liked breaking the game with Rita lol
The cast oh man, so good, still love Berseria more but Vespy's is great, cuz there was a lot of interactions between them and it showed off how fleshed out the characters were, the skits were quite hilarious too. Even the antagonists were cool, Yeager especially.
The music is my favorite in the series, Sakuraba went full power with this one, has a lot of tracks that differed from his usual stuff which was a change of pace, and didn't expect them on a Tales game.
Despite the world's visuals having more of a natural aesthetic contrast to Graces' crystalline , it still managed to look beautiful, some of the dungeons and towns have really good designs which made them memorable, Zaude and Dahngrest to name a few
it's a good game, a jack-of-all-trades Tales game so to speak. prolly my 5th or 4th favorite game in the series, just overhyped a bit too much
1999
+3 different routes for replay value
+Somewhat addictive combat with lots of tools to use
+Music is actually quite good
-A generic and basic storyline
-The gameplay had unrealized potential
-Ungratifying Visuals
+Somewhat addictive combat with lots of tools to use
+Music is actually quite good
-A generic and basic storyline
-The gameplay had unrealized potential
-Ungratifying Visuals
2010
+Intersting story premise where might means right
+An Engaging real-time 1v1 Battle System that values timing as the key to victory
+Masterful Soundtrack by renowned composer Yoko Shimomura
-Story suffers from some inconsistencies near the end
-Insane difficulty spike halfway through the game
+An Engaging real-time 1v1 Battle System that values timing as the key to victory
+Masterful Soundtrack by renowned composer Yoko Shimomura
-Story suffers from some inconsistencies near the end
-Insane difficulty spike halfway through the game
+Epic political plot full of twists and turns
+Job System (yeah...)
+Beautifully detailed sprite work
-Poorly balanced gameplay, from broken classes and units, to inconsistent enemy level scaling, and an infamously brutal boss fight
-Doesn't do a great job at presenting its story due to its awkward translation and unnecessary exposition dump
+Job System (yeah...)
+Beautifully detailed sprite work
-Poorly balanced gameplay, from broken classes and units, to inconsistent enemy level scaling, and an infamously brutal boss fight
-Doesn't do a great job at presenting its story due to its awkward translation and unnecessary exposition dump
2004
Best Tales game
Veigue best character
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KINOGOATRAWSWAG
+An emotional Rashomon-styled narrative starring five distinctive and well-written protagonists
+Fast-paced battle system inspired by fighting games, with
a variety of playstyles based on the playable character
+Stunning visuals native to Vanillaware games
-A noticeable lack of variety in terms of stages and bosses progressively throughout the game
+Fast-paced battle system inspired by fighting games, with
a variety of playstyles based on the playable character
+Stunning visuals native to Vanillaware games
-A noticeable lack of variety in terms of stages and bosses progressively throughout the game
The story juggles a lot of stuff in one go so it can be a bit all over the place but it's still good i'd say.
Loved the gameplay, my favorite of the series so far, it is pretty difficult at first, until you get leona and 3 shot most bosses in the game lol
Graphics are god awful even for a psp game, part of me wished that they didn't port the game to the psp for that reason. Even the music here is inferior to its PS2 counterpart
Loved the gameplay, my favorite of the series so far, it is pretty difficult at first, until you get leona and 3 shot most bosses in the game lol
Graphics are god awful even for a psp game, part of me wished that they didn't port the game to the psp for that reason. Even the music here is inferior to its PS2 counterpart
2013
+The antagonists get solid character development progressively
+Blood-pumping Soundtrack courtesy of REVO
+Job System (and I "Bravely" admit that it's a plus by "Default" huehuehue)
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+Blood-pumping Soundtrack courtesy of REVO
+Job System (and I "Bravely" admit that it's a plus by "Default" huehuehue)
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While its pacing can be rather slow, it's so worth it, as it's the prequel to the KINOGOATRAWSWAG
2005
+ Fantastic and Dark Plot
+ An Engaging, Fast-paced battle system
+ Likeable cast of Characters, even the Villains
+ A well-designed world map
- Some Dungeons are a total pain
- The Pacing gets slower towards the end with lots of backtracking
- A lot of "Guide dang it" moments
+ An Engaging, Fast-paced battle system
+ Likeable cast of Characters, even the Villains
+ A well-designed world map
- Some Dungeons are a total pain
- The Pacing gets slower towards the end with lots of backtracking
- A lot of "Guide dang it" moments
2000
Other than it being the start of a somewhat popular SRPG series, SN1 barely has anything going for it.
The Battle System is far from original although still passable. Everything hits super hard if you try to and level up your party evenly, until you throw all EXP into 1 or 2 characters then it turns into braindead easy mode.
Story is a shallow and typical "Save the world" scenario with one-note characters, but what makes it worse is how 80% of it is just beating the snot out of the same dudes over and over again which gets very tedious very quickly.
The Battle System is far from original although still passable. Everything hits super hard if you try to and level up your party evenly, until you throw all EXP into 1 or 2 characters then it turns into braindead easy mode.
Story is a shallow and typical "Save the world" scenario with one-note characters, but what makes it worse is how 80% of it is just beating the snot out of the same dudes over and over again which gets very tedious very quickly.