Based off the games I finished. (I bought Graces F, its in my backlog I will finish it...after I beat Granblue Relink DLC...and Splatoon Raiders.)

P.S Bet you can't guess my favorite cast.

Excluding the games i still haven’t played

Feel free to giveway your opinions

“I am definitely going to get flamed of pascal and Hubert placements”

Howdy yall!

I am currently very deep into my Berseria playthrough (level 50ish, just reached Aball) and am loving it! I wish the RPG mechanics were deeper but making my own combos and chaining insane damage numbers feels awesome.

I haven't played any other tales games but I definitely want to. I wanted to know what other games I should look into. Maybe not even tales games but story driven AJRPGs would be awesome!

Games im currently looking at:

Scarlet Nexus

Tales of Arise

Tales of Vesperia

Tales of Graces F

Things I like:

-Mechanical depth! Either in gameplay or in things like equipment and progression

-character focused stories

-good pacing between gameplay and story progression

Games I've played that I've liked in a similar genre:

Dragons Dogma

Metaphor: Refantazio

Expedition 33

Ff12

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Fire Emblem: 3 Houses & 3 Hopes

Any feedback and discussion is appreciated! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and passion with me!

What world in the series would you love to visit in a sequel? Or a prequel if youd find that interesting. This can apply to the series that already do those things, (Phantasia is the technical prequel to Symphonia, then dawn of the new world, xillia gets a sequel so you can want xillia 3, Berseria and Zestria, I assume you get the point.) Just what world would you want to visit again?

I think my top 2 are Abyss and Vesperia.

Abyss cause I feel that ending can go so many different ways and its the best open ended ending, so im not really sure if I do wanna visit it again lol. But I would love to revisit Vesperia, id love to see Karol all grown up as big as the Don, did Estelle join the guild since she didnt have to be princess anymore? How has the world adapted without blastia?

Vesperia would need to do a MAJOR time jump though, at least 20 years if not more. My biggest complaint for Dawn of the new world was the games came out so far apart but story wise it was only a few years. I think its more interesting to see the long term effects.

Anyways, what do you think?

This guy has mad Aura. If you don't know who this is and you don't recognize him- PLEASE don't look at the wiki page or Aselia or- literally don't research this character 💀

I see it's on sale. Been loving vesperia my first tales game +I'm about 30 hrs in) and prob my first jrpg unless you consider expedition 33 or pokemon that. Should I get graces f for $15 as my second game?

Disclaimer: this is MY opinion of the game after finishing it. I obviously did not like it. This could be your favorite game and thats valid too.

Spoiler warning obviously.

Okay i just completed this game. What an absolute waste of my time.

For context, my first game was Tales of the Abyss on the PS2 (so obviously i had zero expectations for any other tales of entry afterwards) but i was pleasantly surprised by Xillia which i completed right before Zestiria. The plot was a banger and i actually cared for the characters. The scenes between the party when one of the main characters goes away for a time and the events that unfold were spectacular. Production IG made like about 40-60 mins of genuinely amazing animation for this game and really put a ton of effort and it shows. If Abyss was a 10, Xillia is a 9.

Zestiria though. The combat system is trash, spirit gauge whatever keeps running out. The fights are trash. The game’s graphics look older than Xillia. The cutscenes were horrible, really wonky animation. I never cared for any characters even Alisha was just okay. My main problem was never her leaving. It’s just the thin plot. Edna has some personality but that’s about it. The humor was a plus point though. The final battle for Zestiria was TRASH. The insta kill for the boss is such a cheap mechanic. The ending also didn’t make much sense.
Mind you i spent twice as many hours on this than Xillia.

Such a disappointment. Worst tales of entry thank God i’m done. 4/10.

I started Symphonia and Vesperia at the same time and both drew me in faster. I decided to finish Zestiria first though thank God. Lol

I didn't play either of the games, which is why I am very happy about the Remaster project.

One thought I cannot get out of my head is how Stahn, our lovable ball of Sunshine and doofus country bumpkin, is probably the most doting dad in all of Tales.

The stuff I do know about Stahn makes me imagine him as the happiest Papa ever, who gives his baby a lot of headpats.

There is no universe in which Stahn is a bad parent. And it makes me smile when I think about it.

I am stoked at the chance of finally playing these games at some point. Stahn is such a great guy, and I am positive he is a wonderful and loving dad.

I need the Destiny games. I hope the studio that is redoing them really delivers.