Zestiria was the game that changed my mind about Tales of

I had a really big bias against Tales of. But Zestiria changed my mind. It was incredible. The Tales of OST, that I hated for being incredibly generic in Abyss was not present. And instead, I heard the marvelous themes by Go Shina. I didn't expect to hear that songs.

While I suffered from end game fatigue with Abyss (three loooong arcs, after all), Zestiria had me hooked from start to finish, and did the endgame right away (I confess that I was surprised at how much I loved to see Jade, I really was a hater before, and I like the series a lot now), without pause, and kept wandering around, because I wasn't ready to leave the game.

Well. To my surprise, Zestiria is hated. I can't really understand. I think that hardcore fans have their views of the series. I can't stop to think that Zestiria changed the series a lot, and it pleased me to no end exactly because it let go of things that I wished were different in the previous games, and likewise, pissed fans that liked that style. Zestiria got me hyped so hard to play Berseria, even more because it is a prequel. I just wanted to say that Zestiria is very underrated. It may be a dissapointing Tales of, sure. But as a game, it is amazing, and it makes me sad to see it being credited so low.

I always wonder why you attention starved kids just don't start a blog or write a diary.

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The people who dislike it usually only do so because their waifu doesnt show as much as they think she should

>so gay.gif
Ftfy

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>literal ps2 graphics
>ps2 tier combat
>most generic anime trope characters and a furfag foxdemon as first villain
>protag doesn’t even try to be strong he just is for friends :)
I paid 7.50 for this shit and sold it for double to price because I felt so ripped off
Fuck your shit game entry level animeshitter

Sounds like you liked it for the right reasons. Almost nobody complains about the story and soundtrack. It's that shit they added into the combat that made people hate it.

I think it's mostly due to the whole catastrophe with the director wanting to bone Rose's VA and changing the main heroine because of it. You might have heard of it.
You'll like Berseria a lot if you liked Zestiria.

>gwaffix
>le ps2 is older than me
>i hav no friends ):

zestirias characters were all shit besides mikleo
and the story was very crappy. the dialogue was cringey.
the party AI was garbage and fusion was broken.
battling was fun though.

I didn't really like sorey, he felt too generic as a JRPG MC compared to Yuri or Velvet. Also it didn't help that the game tried to pull off a non instanced open world thing, but all that caused was camera issues and the FPS capped to 30 for some retarded reason.

Counter arguement.
It's shit

I agree that the music is fantastic and that this a a decent JRPG on its own
While the story could've been written better and that there are some gameplay aspects that could've been improved, its still an alright game

I think it has to do with the fans' standards of what a Tales game is and how it improves upon each new entry
This game was disappointing to a Tales fan like me, but there are still good things about it that get overlooked by others covering up these good things with waifu shit and other complaints that are spoken louder than the good things
When it really comes down to is people can enjoy this game as a regular JRPG, but Tales fans want their series to have amazing things like good combat, good music, engaging story and characters, and visually appealing settings and environments, which hasn't happened in these games for a couple years now

Zestiria is a flawed game that has some charm hidden under all its shortcomings, I'm glad you were able to see that charm despite the hate the game gets

I enjoyed Sorey a lot as a protag. I appreciated that he was purehearted and inexperienced without being a doormat. He communicated with his party and asked for help and advice when he needed it without being whiny, unlike a lot of JRPG-protags who have to be bullied into asking for help or don't do so and fuck things up as a result. He even managed to be optimistic and have his booknerd quirk without taking either of them to exaggerated or annoying levels. He was just kinda refreshing.

It was complete fujowank and destroyed everything I liked about Tales of combat. Only thing I liked was the top tier loli design.

Berseria was decent but the damage was done to the combat. I don't know how they can go from Xillia 2 combat which was great to something as abhorrent as Zesteria.

First tales game for me. Playing it now! Just beat the Trial Of Fire. My only complaint is the fact that every fight is a bullet sponge.

I love the characters. Lailah is my favorite she’s so pleasant. Then I like Mikleo he’s so cool. Then Sorey! Edna is adorbzz. I miss Alisha. Rose is meh. Only three more Trials to go! Then gonna have to wait for a Berseria Sale.

This. I'm sure reddit loves this gay blog shit.

they all die at the end

I actually played it just for the supposedly gay themes but obviously Sup Forums cometely overstated it and it wasn't even really there.

One issues is the way items has weird RNG abilities on it and you combine a lot of those to get different effects. But to do that you need to grind to get the most out of those abilities. Its a ok idea but having it built with a weird RNG just makes it annoying.

Zestiria is the most gay JRPG I played after Ar Tonelico 3

pure shit

just pure pure shit

Have any tales games had story or characters as good as phantasia? I haven't enjoyed any even a bit since trying symphonia (never beat it though)

Most Japanese developers are not completely willing to go full deep in that. It's clearly two gay characters but they would never come out and say it and never actually show it. I know I'm most likely wrong but the biggest game with gay couple might be Fire Emblem and even than you need to actually achieve it and not just have it in the game.

>Phantasia
>Good story
>Good characters
drop the act

Persona 5 has gay characters who are portrayed accurately as child predators.

> (You)
>>Phantasia
>>Good story
>>Good characters
>drop the act
Better than the tripe I've played from the series since then, I guess.

What's so great and unique about Phantasia's story then? I saw the plottwist coming from miles away

Sigh this game made me want a boyfriend

Play Star Ocean 1 or 2 then

There's sadly not a lot but the few texts really make them a cute couple.

But Abyss and Zesteria are shit. I sure wonder which Talesfags your blogpost is targeted at.

For anyone playing this, make sure to watch the Anime Intro before playing the game every single time. Gets you so pumped to play. Best anime intro ever.

I don't agree with you and I still think Zestiria is one of the worst Tales games but I'm glad you're having fun user.

I don't cheer for guyxguy couples in games but all the chicks in this game suck and Sorey and Mikleo are too OTP to not.

It's good, but I'd say Berseria's intro is just on another level.

Well I’m in for a treat.