The "Tales of" series, and exactly why Vesperia is a "big deal"

[Riachu]

outlawauron said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Riachu said:

Soriku said:

@Zen

Yeah.

Also, found this:



Just wow at Tales of Destiny PS1. The 4 highest selling Tales in Japan just happen to be Team Destiny games. Team Destiny is likely going to make the next Wii Tales...so I wonder if it'll be in the top 10 sold Tales games :O

I am suprised that Team Destiny games sold the best since Team Symphonia's games are considered to be the best in the series.

 

 

Sales often don't denote quality. I'll refrain from speculation beyond that, except to say, that just because Team Symphonia makes the "best" games in my, Americas, and Famitsu's opinions, doesn't mean the other games aren't good, or even great. They just don't match Symphonia's magnificance.

Title	Platform	Avg. Ratio
	Tales of Destiny II Publisher: Namco Number of P/Reviews: 19	PlayStation	79.4%
	Tales of Destiny Publisher: Namco Number of P/Reviews: 15	PlayStation	74.7%

Yes, american reviewers are very biased against anime inspired JRPGs.

If you can only enjoy a game because it got a AAA review, you need to skip this series.

Absolute bull!

Title	Platform	Avg. Ratio
	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 32	PlayStation 2	87.8%
	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 95	PlayStation 2	86.9%
	Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 94	PlayStation 2	83.6%
	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 90	PlayStation 2	80.8%
	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 68	PlayStation 2	74.9%
	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Publisher: Atlus Co. Number of P/Reviews: 68	PlayStation 2	82.8%

The persona games are perhaps some of the most anime inspired games .... ever!

That's true to some extent but the SMT series is also one of the most mature JRPG series so they get a free pass.  Also, Western reviewers seem to be biased against JRPGs that don't deviate from the norm