The Tales of Series -

[Tanner Glass]

Any Tales thread must include this timeless homage to the man, the myth, the unnecessary legend

https://youtu.be/63hwKhUE6YY

This is a work of high art.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

new trailer and gameplay videos for tales of arise has come.

trailer

gameplay

anyone else thinks its trying to hard to look like FF remake 7? not really sure what to think of the game yet.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

Not sorry for necroing, but I replayed Symphonia on steam not too long ago and it rekindled my love for the franchise as a whole. I fucking adore everything about it.

i too replayed the game a few months back but on the dolphin emulator (the steam version just looks awful. sorry). i was suprised how fast i manage to complete the end game dungeon puzzles. in the old days, it would take me more than an hour beacuse i was low IQ but now, i can do most in less than 30 min.

still love the game to pieces.

 

[Marissa Moira]

new trailer and gameplay videos for tales of arise has come.

trailer

gameplay

anyone else thinks its trying to hard to look like FF remake 7? not really sure what to think of the game yet.

That girl looks like Jude's sister and the main hero looks like Papa Nier.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

new trailer and gameplay videos for tales of arise has come.

trailer

gameplay

anyone else thinks its trying to hard to look like FF remake 7? not really sure what to think of the game yet.

I really do not know what to think of it yet either. I like the design of the main protagonist and heroine tho.

I'm just happy it has a release date set now. Which is September 10th in the west.

 

[Berrakh]

I wish I played the others so I could say Phantasia is still the best one. Besides Symphonia which ones are worth it most?
How are Vesperia and Berseria?

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

I wish I played the others so I could say Phantasia is still the best one. Besides Symphonia which ones are worth it most?
How are Vesperia and Berseria?

Besides Symphonia.

Tales of Abyss, Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Berseria are all good Tales games worth playing. In my opinion.

Vesperia always seems to be a favorite of many in the community.

If you liked Phantasia or Symphonia you will like those most likely.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Where can I fucking pre-order the Collector's Edition for the west?

All they have up are the jap versions.

 

[agility_]

Besides Symphonia.

Tales of Abyss, Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Berseria are all good Tales games worth playing. In my opinion.

Vesperia always seems to be a favorite of many in the community.

If you liked Phantasia or Symphonia you will like those most likely.

What's your opinion on Xillia 1 and 2.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

What's your opinion on Xillia 1 and 2.

I like both of them.

Xillia 2's true ending is a fucking gut punch tho. Might be the most bitter sweet ending ever for a Tales game.

 

[Marissa Moira]

I like both of them.

Xillia 2's true ending is a fucking gut punch tho. Might be the most bitter sweet ending ever for a Tales game.

Xillia 2 has multiple endings, including one you can get entirely by accident and you're thrown into the hardest boss fight in the game that's exclusive for the bad ending.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

Xillia 2 has multiple endings, including one you can get entirely by accident and you're thrown into the hardest boss fight in the game that's exclusive for the bad ending.

Oh I know. I just referenced the true ending cause it is the ending I remember the most.

 

[Titos]

Never played any of these, I thought about getting Vesperia when it came out originally but couldn't afford a new game at the time. Arise looks pretty fun so I'll probably start with that one if it ends up decent. Why is it called Tales of Arise though when every other game in the series seems to have a name ending in -ia, you'd think they'd just call it Tales of Arisia

 

[AbyssStarer]

Never played any of these, I thought about getting Vesperia when it came out originally but couldn't afford a new game at the time. Arise looks pretty fun so I'll probably start with that one if it ends up decent. Why is it called Tales of Arise though when every other game in the series seems to have a name ending in -ia, you'd think they'd just call it Tales of Arisia

Abyss, Hearts, Destiny, Innocence, et al. Between Berseria and now there's been changes in the series staff.

Anyway, I'm happy with the almost simultaneous global release. Could've lived without the delay if it really was just for PS5/SeX tho.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

Never played any of these, I thought about getting Vesperia when it came out originally but couldn't afford a new game at the time. Arise looks pretty fun so I'll probably start with that one if it ends up decent. Why is it called Tales of Arise though when every other game in the series seems to have a name ending in -ia, you'd think they'd just call it Tales of Arisia

Tales of Abyss, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Graces and I think Tales of Hearts. There are many Tales games without -ia names.

 

[HexFag]

Have any of you guys ever played a Tales of game with other people? I want to try and get a friend into the series through Symphonia and I'm not sure if it's a good way of doing it. Also does Arise have multiplayer?

 

[Dunsparce]

Have any of you guys ever played a Tales of game with other people? I want to try and get a friend into the series through Symphonia and I'm not sure if it's a good way of doing it. Also does Arise have multiplayer?

I played Symphonia with my younger brother back in the day. I was player 1 so I did all of the out-of-combat stuff, but he still had a lot of fun with it.

 

[Titos]

Where can I fucking pre-order the Collector's Edition for the west?

All they have up are the jap versions.

https://www.bandainamcoentstore.com/product/635139/tales-of-arise-collector-s-edition-playstation-5

 

[Overcooked Raccoon]

I wish I played the others so I could say Phantasia is still the best one. Besides Symphonia which ones are worth it most?
How are Vesperia and Berseria?

If you're looking for 3D Tales Of Abyss, Vesperia, and Xillia 1+2 kind of fight the bill for classic TP style tales combat, Xillia uses some elements from Graces.

Tales of Graces has the best combat system out of the 3D ones since it's a lot of dodging, parrying, and hitting weakspots for damage. The plot is not everyone's cup of tea but I think the characters are all pretty great. Also has some of the funniest skits in the whole series bar none.

2D Tales games are harder to work with but I recommend trying Tales of Eternia (It's called Tales of Destiny II in the US) which is on Ps1. If you can read Japanese Tales of Destiny DC (My personal fav) and Tales of Rebirth are also worth playing if you import or can play it on a hacked ps2.

 

[Apotheosis of the Liver]

Have any of you guys ever played a Tales of game with other people? I want to try and get a friend into the series through Symphonia and I'm not sure if it's a good way of doing it. Also does Arise have multiplayer?

My brother and I have played a lot of them together. Back when we were kids we would play Symphonia with four people, which helped as we were pretty bad back then.