"Tales of..." series ranked
A simple ranking of every game in the "Tales of..." franchise I've played to date based on my personal enjoyment as well as a loose evaluation of various criteria such as gameplay, writing, graphics, and sound.
5 Games
.- expansive story and worldbuilding
- engaging story featuring well-written twists
- decent main cast
- engaging story featuring well-written twists
- decent main cast
1
.- entertaining narrative from an unusually villainous perspective
- excellent main cast
- bland environments
- excellent main cast
- bland environments
2
.- incredible visual upgrade
- fundamentally great combat impaired by the excessive health pools
- initially strong narrative that falters toward the end
- fundamentally great combat impaired by the excessive health pools
- initially strong narrative that falters toward the end
3
.- competent if rarely outstanding entry
- brilliant main character
- poorly executed three-part structure
- brilliant main character
- poorly executed three-part structure
4
.- best girl in the series (Edna)
- generally uninteresting writing
- multiple divisive character twists
- generally uninteresting writing
- multiple divisive character twists
5