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97. Tales of Vesperia - pyresword
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQh0DrCSF0

A recurring theme Im going to mention over and over in this tier is intros like this that look good, but dont stand out as unique or have any discernible story to someone who isnt familiar with the game, let alone the series.

This one has some high quality animation and the song is decent, but I was ready for it to be over by about the one minute mark. None of the characters jumped out to me as memorable, nothing particularly interesting ever happens, and Im not sure why this sequence was even needed. It kind of felt to me like a series of clips from a TV show thrown together by someone on YouTube, who dubbed in a song that doesnt mesh well with the visuals. The song was actually pretty good, but it just felt like it didnt belong.

And I dont have much more to say beyond that. Im sure this works much better if you go in knowing the characters.

96. Tales of the Abyss - Raka_Putra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxs9nIvh1p0

And we have another Tales intro that did nothing for me. I wasnt consciously trying to tie these together (or the two Sonic intros before it), but I felt virtually the same about this one as the preceding intro.

The theme song was forgettable, the character designs were generic and forgettable, and the story was virtually nonexistent. The animation was pretty good overall, but nothing out of the ordinary, and certainly not enough to hold my interest on its own.

The one thing that jumped out to me as kind of unique is the way this intro at times goes for a cutesy appearance, but then turns surprisingly violent out of nowhere (such as the guy slicing the snake creature with a sword or the arrow poking through a bunch of monsters). So it seemed to me like the intro wasnt entirely sure what tone it was going for.