"Tales of" series has really gone downhill

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Xxain said:

Nem said:

 

Tales has a fanbase of 1 million gamers in Japan. Its not that the base is small. It's that they are failing to capture it. It's exactly the opposite. Its because they changed the game to a state where its hadly recognisable by fans that its falling from grace. You say that the solution is to westernise or appeal to those that don't enjoy JRPG's? How does that work?

Poor star ocean. I enjoyed SO4 for alot but it was slammed in the west. I don't think SO5 will be any different.

 

Im not saying westernize it? Tales leader has made it quite clear that he only values the opinions of the diehard Japanese Tales fans and aims the series at them, but there are other players as well who may not be as complacent as the diehards and when you shut the door on all those criticism because they're not your diehards fans your shutting out room grow. 

  In regards to Star Ocean, it'll definitely do better than any Tales game. 

That is very closed minded and part of the problem, but he has taken away what made the game good. Not only has Tales gone down hill, but much like FF (which will always remain popular) it took away features and ruined the UI. They took away the world map and transportaion like animals, airships and regular ships which Abyss had. The UI is terrible for Zestiria and there is no quest tracker or any way to indicate what direction you need to go in to get to your next destination. The game is very bland and linear eventhough they tried to make it open, but it still suffers from the cooridoor Xilia syndrome. He should value the opinions of the game's fans world wide, because it will continue to hurt the series.