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[Asd202]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7e7A_aiw3w&app=desktop

Persona lol also what a douche.

 

[Hours Left]

Oh. Well at least in Graces it was between childhood friends. I don't see the same situation happening with Rose and Zaveid.

Anyway, two new videos. One is a battle against the dragon, the other is a Roze and Zaveid character video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QihLK_HQlLY&app=desktop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7e7A_aiw3w&app=desktop

The Shiina track during Zaveid's segment is cool.

Zaveid confirmed for Persona 5.

Just confirm them playable already.

 

[Datschge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QihLK_HQlLY&app=desktop

Only one single target on that huge enemy? What a missed chance to go the VP2 route. Saved for one of the future sequels I guess...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7e7A_aiw3w&app=desktop

May they actually be trying to go for a Barbatos junior there in Zaveid?

 

[Bladenic]

So uh, I don't see Alicia anywhere in the Rose video, even though other characters are there (everyone in fact). In the Zaveid video, it seems like they were about to fight him.

 

[MilkyOctave]

So uh, I don't see Alicia anywhere in the Rose video, even though other characters are there (everyone in fact).

Yeah, that's been bugging me too. In any trailer where Sorey is seen with Roze and co., Alicia is no where to be found. The only clip where you can see both (with rest of the party) is in the animated footage (opening video?), but both are seen standing far from each other.

 

[Hours Left]

So uh, I don't see Alicia anywhere in the Rose video, even though other characters are there (everyone in fact). In the Zaveid video, it seems like they were about to fight him.

Well, there's been some speculation that Rosé might also be in the running for main female heroine. Or that she shares the role with Alicia. Or even that there is no main heroine.

I guess we'll see.

 

[Bladenic]

It adds to the notion that the main cast will only be 6 characters max at a time, and there will be some sort of choice between Alicia/Rose and Zaveid/Dezel. At the very least, definitely between Alicia and Rose.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

It adds to the notion that the main cast will only be 6 characters max at a time, and there will be some sort of choice between Alicia/Rose and Zaveid/Dezel. At the very least, definitely between Alicia and Rose.

Ah, that Kratos/Zelos near-redundancy.

 

[Pics_nao]

It adds to the notion that the main cast will only be 6 characters max at a time, and there will be some sort of choice between Alicia/Rose and Zaveid/Dezel. At the very least, definitely between Alicia and Rose.

Goddammit. I love Alicia's design but Rose has waifu factor going for her. Please don't force me to choose between them.

 

[Taruranto]

Even if there was another Kratos/Zelos situation (which I personally doubt), it would only present itself at the end of the game most likely. So I don't think these screens are indication of anything.

Alicia probably got kidnapped or something.

 

[Soriku]

Two new characters (one was in the last trailer):

Simon, voiced by Hiromi Igarashi, is a mysterious Seraph (previously referred to as Tenzoku) who doesn’t abide by the Doushi and instead acts on her own accord. She is ruthless and cynical towards Sorey and company, and holds a special power that does not depend on the common four elements.

Renard, voiced by Takehito Koyasu, is a ruthless assassin from the “Bone of the Wind” assassin’s guild who relentlessly stalks Alisha. He is a sly and cold-blooded person who genuinely enjoys murder.

Renard got that crazy face.

 

[Zankou]

Tales of Zestiria Trailer from NYCC with official english subs

 

[Son of Cervantes]

Tales of Zestiria Trailer from NYCC with official english subs

The official romanization is really gonna be Sorey? That's awful. Should be Sley or Slay.

 

[Soriku]

http://gematsu.com/2014/10/first-look-renard-simon-tales-zestiria

Famitsu has gone up with its latest online preview of Tales of Zestiria, providing a first look at new characters Renard and Simon.

Renard, voiced by Takehito Koyasu, is a member of the elusie assassins guild “Bone of the Wind.” Through fighting him, Sorey is made to confront the horrid reality that people are turning into Hyouma.

Simon, voiced by Hiromi Igarashi, is a mysterious Seraph who speaks in philosophical-like expressions. She repeatedly appears before Sorey and the others under the belief that their work is a waste of time, but her true motive is unknown.

Tales of Zestiria is due out for PlayStation 3 on January 22 in Japan and by summer 2015 in North America and Europe.

 

[Datschge]

Finally some non-standard face, heh.

 

[kayos90]

These shittastic character design. My goodness.

 

[JuanLatino]

plz Namco. Make the Ps4 Tales Game like this again....

What a downgrade the series took since Vesperia....I think the cell shading style from vesperia suited so much more to the series, than those horrible ps2/ps3 graphics

 

[Philippo]

Wait, Simon's a girl?

 

[dakkumauji]

So Jade voicing a Zagi with a shit grinning face and literally the color purple as a character!

 

[Labadal]

Glad to see I'm not the only one disliking character designs.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

His face reminds me of a character in Ocarina of Time for some reason.

The best thing I can say here is maybe he looks better in motion?

 

[coredecepts]

Is each character designed by a different person? Because that's what it looks like.

 

[demidar]

Reminds me of Caeser Clown.

Not sure if that's a good thing or not.

 

[Datschge]

Is each character designed by a different person? Because that's what it looks like.

Four credited character designers, and a couple still characters didn't get credits so there may be even more uncredited designers among the development staff. So yeah, it's a disjointed mess style wise.

 

[Stardust_Comet]

Why is their hair so shiny? I'm just constantly looking at their hair and ignoring everything else in the scene.

 

[FSLink]

Sorey and Kor. Man what the hell is up with the quality of Tales of localizations lately?

 

[sublimit]

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/10/24/sorey-tales-zestiria-immortalized-figure-april/
It costs 10,800 yen.

It's actually pretty good IMO and i'm not the biggest fan of figures (i prefer statues.)

 

[K.Sabot]

Character designs are so scatterbrained, lack any cohesion.

 

[Tidus_Great]

not liking the style compared to xillia 1+2.

 

[sublimit]

Character designs are so scatterbrained, lack any cohesion.

They look better to me than any previous Tales game.

 

[demidar]

They look better to me than any previous Tales game.

Not Vesperia.

 

[sublimit]

Not Vesperia.

Definetely including Vesperia.

 

[demidar]

Definetely including Vesperia.

Well I guess you're beyond help then

 

[sublimit]

Well I guess you're beyond help then

The character designs from previous Tales games were the main reason i never really got into the series.I really hated their costumes.Zestiria on the other hand looks more Fantasy oriented which i prefer.It will be my first Tales game since Phantasia on GBA.So for me they must be doing something right although i understand that many of the fans of the previous Tales character designs will probably be disappointed.

 

[Cornbread78]

Every time I see a thread for Zestria all I can think about is how much Namco is missing the boat on not upgrading this to PS4 in NA/EU. This is launching almost 2 years into next gen......

 

[sublimit]

Every time I see a thread for Zestria all I can think about is how much Namco is missing the boat on not upgrading this to PS4 in NA/EU. This is launching almost 2 years into next gen......

I'm sure they are already working on a PS4 port but they will not announce it for at least another year in order to maximize the profits on PS3 first.

 

[demidar]

The character designs from previous Tales games were the main reason i never really got into the series.I really hated their costumes.Zestiria on the other hand looks more Fantasy oriented which i prefer.It will be my first Tales game since Phantasia on GBA.So for me they must be doing something right although i understand that many of the fans of the previous Tales character designs will probably be disappointed.

Sorey looks good but everyone else looks ramshackle (like Simon above), overdesigned and/or inconsistent (between characters).

Preferences, but that's why I don't like these designs much.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/10/24/sorey-tales-zestiria-immortalized-figure-april/
It costs 10,800 yen.

It's actually pretty good IMO and i'm not the biggest fan of figures (i prefer statues.)

Omg! That is so excellent! ! I want it!

 

[Datschge]

Every time I see a thread for Zestria all I can think about is how much Namco is missing the boat on not upgrading this to PS4 in NA/EU. This is launching almost 2 years into next gen......

Maybe you should first look up how late into the previous gen the first Tales (Vesperia) was for a pointer.

Spoiler

Nearly 3 years.

 

[Labadal]

I saw a bunch of screens on rpgamer but I don't know how new they are.
RPGamer screens of ToZ.

 

[Soriku]

I'm liking the scale of the dungeons, from the snippets we've seen anyway.

 

[BY2K]

I saw a bunch of screens on rpgamer but I don't know how new they are.
RPGamer screens of ToZ.

Evangelion costumes!?

 

[Seda]

Evangelion costumes!?

Yeah, it's a DLC thing for the 20th NGE anniversary or some such.

The October update shows an equipment upgrade system where you can attach skills to armor and fuse, etc.

from Gematsu / 4Gamer

 

[MrSaturn99]

are they seriously calling the main character sorey

 

[BY2K]

Yeah, it's a DLC thing for the 20th NGE anniversary or some such.

The October update shows an equipment upgrade system where you can attach skills to armor and fuse, etc.

from Gematsu / 4Gamer

So it's gonna work like Vesperia's skill system? But instead of the skill already being on the weapon, you have to put it there?

 

[Dice//]

The official romanization is really gonna be Sorey? That's awful. Should be Sley or Slay.

It should be none of those, I miss the Tales naming of everyday names (Lloyd, Luke, Jude, etc.)

 

[Aeana]

The official romanization is really gonna be Sorey? That's awful. Should be Sley or Slay.

It should definitely not be any of those!

Especially not Slay!

 

[Seda]

So it's gonna work like Vesperia's skill system? But instead of the skill already being on the weapon, you have to put it there?

I was imagining something like FFX equipment skills + fusion. But seems like we don't have all the details on how skills can be specifically manipulated.

 

[Dice//]

plz Namco. Make the Ps4 Tales Game like this again....

What a downgrade the series took since Vesperia....I think the cell shading style from vesperia suited so much more to the series, than those horrible ps2/ps3 graphics

Agreed 10,000%.

 

[MrSaturn99]

All the proposed names for the character sound really off, if you ask me.

I guess I'll still look into getting this, but I don't think this game is going to turn my opinion around on Tales. At this point. the series is just JRPG junk food to me.