Confirmed: Tales Of Vesperia Remaster Announced For Xbox One/PS4/Switch/PC.

[bigtakilla]

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nemo37 said:

I personally found Symphonia to be the gold standard and certainly Zestiria did not come close to that (the only Tales game I think that is close Symphonia is Abyss which was also excellent). However, I did like certain elements in Zestiria like how the environments were larger and also being able to battle on the overworld. At the same time I think Zestiria did have a distinct lack of polish and it was quite short (it almost felt rushed, especially towards the end of the game), so while I did enjoy it is certainly not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination.

From the Tales games I have played, these are how I would personally rank them from best to worst but with the caveat that I did enjoy them all:

1. Symphonia

2. Abyss

3. Xillia 

4. Berseria (I have still not finished this one due to time constraints, but I like what I have played of it so far)

5. Zestiria

I should mention I am a tad strange when it comes to stuff like this. For example, when it comes to Paper Mario I found Thousand-Year Door and the N64 one to be the best (and I hope they return to making some more games in the series like that) but I still enjoyed Sticker Star and Color Splash (even though neither is really an RPG anymore; and they are flawed in many ways compared to the first two entries).

 

Ok, that makes more sense. I don't think you are strange at all... just more tolerant with flaws than perhaps other people. But that gives me a better picture. I am sure you will love Vesperia. Along with Symphonia and Abyss, it's the trio of excellent games in the series.

I'd put Symphonia, GRACES, and Vesperia as the top three in that order.

Tons of great characters in Graces that are all useful in combat. Loved the badge system, probably the best skill learning system in any game. Get the skills you want and level it up, skip the ones you don't. The dialogue between the characters are some of the best in the series IMO, usually I'll press the button for the skits, but tap through them without listening, but Graces I listened to them ALL. Last but certainly not least the story, I just loved it. The fact that the story takes place over 3 eras, their childhood, their cusp of adulthood, and the epilogue during their actual adulthood is just satisfying.

Vesperia, I really liked Yuri, but everyone else was kind of a pain in the butt to take into battle. We might get Flynn who will also be great to take into battle, but compared to loving everyone's attack style in Graces to liking only one in Vesperia kinda was a letdown, which is why it takes third. Story was also meh, interesting but not very fleshed out.

Last edited by bigtakilla - on 10 June 2018