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Zikten 10/09/21 6:18:05 PM #1: |
Should I try to go from the beginning or just play one of the more recent games? I was looking into it yesterday and more of the games were translated to English than I realized. Almost all of them it looks like. But I have no idea what these games are like. Are the old ones worth playing?
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Irony 10/09/21 6:19:05 PM #2: |
Play Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia, Xillia, and Xillia 2 then stop.
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Nemu 10/09/21 6:20:56 PM #3: |
They're like Final Fantasy, not connected at all outside of a sequel game or two in the franchise. Just pick up any that look interesting unless you're dead set on playing them all for some reason. I think they're of varying quality, so I'd just pick and choose.
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a-c-a-b 10/09/21 6:21:04 PM #4: |
Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia are generally regarded as the top 3.
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Scintillant 10/09/21 6:21:37 PM #5: |
The old ones are worth playing but I would start with them.
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BignutzisBack 10/09/21 6:21:46 PM #6: |
You can start with Symphonia if you want to play one of the most overrated games of all time
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 6:22:34 PM #7: |
They're like Final Fantasy games where 95% of em are their own worlds, stories, and characters. As someone who has played a lot of them, I think Arise is basically the best intro you can get. Good combat, good characters, pretty world, and interesting story.
If you like it, you could check out the really old ones like Symphonia or Abyss. Vesperia is highly regarded. Graces has basically the craziest combat system an action rpg could muster once you have all your tools. I really like the PS3 Tales games. Play Berseria if you like edgy (I swear the good kind) characters. --- "This is your last dance." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AirFresh 10/09/21 6:23:00 PM #8: |
Arise is a fantastic start. Otherwise Symphonia which is on sale at Steam often for $4.99
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R_Jackal 10/09/21 6:23:30 PM #9: |
Symphonia is a good start just because it has the blandest combat tbh. Not bad, just nothing special. Abyss and Vesperia are both pretty solid refinements on it. Definitely the best choice to go with any of those to start though.
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Scintillant 10/09/21 6:23:35 PM #10: |
Blue_Inigo posted...
They're like Final Fantasy games where 95% of em are their own worlds, stories, and characters. As someone who has played a lot of them, I think Arise is basically the best intro you can get. Good combat, good characters, pretty world, and interesting story. Arise is one of the worst Tales games don't listen to this --- whats cat up to ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:23:40 PM #11: |
Irony posted...
Play Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia, Xillia, and Xillia 2 then stop.You're missing Phantasia, and Destiny --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:24:37 PM #12: |
Scintillant posted...
Arise is one of the worst Tales games don't listen to thisToZ is one of the worst. Arise isn't THAT bad --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 6:24:48 PM #13: |
Scintillant posted...
Arise is one of the worst Tales games don't listen to thisYou are living in Bizarro land --- "This is your last dance." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scintillant 10/09/21 6:25:30 PM #14: |
Fade2black001 posted...
ToZ is one of the worst. Arise isn't THAT badOf all the main titles I've played I would only put Phantasia, Legendia, and Zestiria below it --- whats cat up to ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Flauros 10/09/21 6:26:22 PM #15: |
Still wish Graces got a modern port
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R_Jackal 10/09/21 6:26:41 PM #16: |
Scintillant posted...
Arise is one of the worst Tales games don't listen to thisArise is middle of the pack at worst, slightly above average at best imo. It's not a bad choice. I feel like the translation was a little half-assed which hurts it, or maybe the dialogue really is just that bad. Still it's not really a bad title. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 6:26:44 PM #17: |
Flauros posted...
Still wish Graces got a modern portAll the PS3 Tales games need to be freed from that system --- "This is your last dance." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scintillant 10/09/21 6:26:52 PM #18: |
Blue_Inigo posted...
You are living in Bizarro landThe story is god awful, the characters are insufferable (until the end of the game when they actually have a personality), and the gameplay is only fun during random battles up until the end of the game when every enemy has 80k hp for some reason --- whats cat up to ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Irony 10/09/21 6:26:57 PM #19: |
Fade2black001 posted...
You're missing Phantasia, and DestinyGross --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:27:48 PM #20: |
Scintillant posted...
Of all the main titles I've played I would only put Phantasia, Legendia, and Zestiria below itPhantasia is good I agree with the guy that says that you are living in a bizarro world --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:28:54 PM #21: |
Scintillant posted...
The story is god awful, the characters are insufferable (until the end of the game when they actually have a personality), and the gameplay is only fun during random battles up until the end of the game when every enemy has 80k hp for some reasonSome have upwards of 200k HP --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scintillant 10/09/21 6:30:09 PM #22: |
Fade2black001 posted...
Some have upwards of 200k HPEven worse --- whats cat up to ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:30:16 PM #23: |
Irony posted...
GrossPeople just have shit taste in games. Phantasia is on legendary status --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 10/09/21 6:30:41 PM #24: |
I've heard many bad things about Zestiria, but the soundtrack is so damn good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zv76SOuLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_yVYxXHf4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaN-_EDOgRs --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Flauros 10/09/21 6:31:14 PM #25: |
The Destiny games were awful >_>
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Fade2black001 10/09/21 6:31:49 PM #26: |
FL81 posted...
I've heard many bad things about Zestiria, but the soundtrack is so damn goodPerhaps the only good thing about that game --- Put on a smile cause Jesus loves you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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R_Jackal 10/09/21 6:33:23 PM #27: |
FL81 posted...
I've heard many bad things about Zestiria, but the soundtrack is so damn goodSeriously, the music was great in Zestiria. Primary reason I made it through that game without really complaining tbh lol ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 6:33:50 PM #28: |
https://youtu.be/e75SiQg2Bek
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Irony 10/09/21 6:34:33 PM #29: |
Blue_Inigo posted...
https://youtu.be/e75SiQg2BekWrong https://youtu.be/MB4bvAK__Ks --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RobertFripp 10/09/21 6:35:06 PM #30: |
Tales of Destiny (the first one) is the only good one. I couldn't finish any of the others I tried.
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Srk700 10/09/21 6:36:24 PM #31: |
IDK if Arise would be the best start. Arise was my 1st Tales game, and after I beating it I moved on to Vesperia. And going from Arise's combat system to Vesperia's feels like big step backwards. I still enjoy Vesperia enough to keep going, but the difference is very noticeable.
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Makeveli_lives 10/09/21 6:39:06 PM #32: |
Tales of Beseria is dirt cheap and I imagine easily available. Try that instead of jumping into the new one at full MSRP.
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 6:39:07 PM #33: |
Scintillant posted...
The story is god awful, the characters are insufferable (until the end of the game when they actually have a personality), and the gameplay is only fun during random battles up until the end of the game when every enemy has 80k hp for some reasonStory's good. It's got a really good premise and a clear objective for the characters. I'm nearly done with the game, and I've liked the characters so far. Alphen? Kiara? Law? Rinwell? They're cool. Alphen is a bro. Mature, gets down to business, has no issue getting his hands dirty. Idk how you could dislike him tbh. Shionne is the only one I could see really rubbing you the wrong way --- "This is your last dance." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shotgunnova 10/09/21 6:48:07 PM #34: |
Phantasia 4 Lyfe
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ultimate reaver 10/09/21 6:49:42 PM #35: |
they're all the same story with slightly different characters, just pick one
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Irony 10/09/21 6:52:20 PM #36: |
ultimate reaver posted...
they're all the same story with slightly different characters, just pick oneThey're not. Only Symphonia series and Xillia series have the same story. --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ChrisTaka 10/09/21 7:08:55 PM #38: |
ultimate reaver posted...
they're all the same story with slightly different characters, just pick one Translation: I haven't finished a single Tales game --- If Corona is so bad why not just make it illegal? *thinking emoji* ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 10/09/21 7:09:25 PM #39: |
Hearts R and Beseria are fantastic.
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spikethedevil 10/09/21 7:10:08 PM #40: |
ultimate reaver posted...
they're all the same story with slightly different characters, just pick one Tell us you havent played one without telling us you havent played one. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Delirious_Beard 10/09/21 8:15:39 PM #41: |
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 8:17:44 PM #42: |
Abyss has such an unlikable cast tbh.
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Delirious_Beard 10/09/21 8:33:20 PM #43: |
Blue_Inigo posted...
Abyss has such an unlikable cast tbh. besides Anise they're all cool. Anise is really fucking bad tho abyss also has by far the best villains in the series --- https://imgur.com/hLHUnOI You act like I don't know my own way home ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ultimate reaver 10/09/21 9:00:06 PM #44: |
spikethedevil posted...
Tell us you havent played one without telling us you havent played one. i wish i had never played a tales game tbh. lowest form of jrpg --- I pray god will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in truth ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Rharyx211 10/09/21 9:02:03 PM #45: |
Abyss and Berseria are fantastic. Start with them.
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Relient_K 10/09/21 9:07:30 PM #46: |
Bersaria is probably my favorite. The quality is all over the place in the series though. There isn't really a reason to play them all unless you just need to kill time. Vesperia might have the best story. I'm enjoying arise a lot but it might be because it's newer and has modernized a lot of dated mechanics and made it feel more streamlined.
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spikethedevil 10/09/21 9:16:17 PM #47: |
ultimate reaver posted...
i wish i had never played a tales game tbh. lowest form of jrpg Trolololololololol. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DirkDiggles 10/09/21 9:37:07 PM #48: |
Scintillant posted...
Fade2black001 posted...ToZ is one of the worst. Arise isn't THAT badOf all the main titles I've played I would only put Phantasia, Legendia, and Zestiria below it I can name at least seven main title games that are worse. Arise isnt even that bad. Symphonia 2 Legendia Zestiria Innocence Rebirth Tales of Destiny Tales of Destiny 2 --- Intel 486, Integrated videocard, 16MB RAM, 64MB HD, 3 1/4 inch floppy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scintillant 10/09/21 10:25:52 PM #49: |
DirkDiggles posted...
I can name at least seven main title games that are worse. Arise isnt even that bad.Symphonia 2 is a spinoff and I haven't played the others you listed. It's not a bad game but it is one of the worst tales games. --- whats cat up to ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blue_Inigo 10/09/21 10:28:16 PM #50: |
Not even bro. That's crazy
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Garioshi 10/09/21 10:29:51 PM #51: |
For a starter, I'd start with Abyss, Xillia, Berseria, or Arise.
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