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Cactus on 20 February 2009
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blaydcor said:
Riachu said:
Soriku said:
You know that without playing the game, nor any Tales game before?

Tales stories are good. And this game's story will be good too.

That is what I heard of other people concerning the stories in the series.  If you are so sure that the stories in Tales are good, then you should play other JRPGs.  I can garentee you that there are atleast a few JRPG stories you would like more than

anything in Tales.

 

OR read a book. I have played almost every RPG of any acclaim to come out in the last 20 years, and I have yet to come across a story that is as memorable or well-crafted as any of my favorite books'.

Tales games overall have pretty good stories. Don't expect anything profoundly original, but they're not bad. They're at least self-contained, are not overly self-important, and usually resolve quite neatly which is more than I can say for many other games.

But yeah, I eat up generic RPG plots like popcorn; So long as it's good enough to keep me intrigued and promote good character arcs I'm happy. And I'm looking forward to this game quite a bit either way.

 

I agree with everything you said, especially the bolded part. The biggest turn off for me when I'm trying to get into a jRPG is when it attempts to be overly serious, dramatic, and self-important, and then falls on its face.