Tales of Zestiria announced for PS3 [announced worldwide]
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Commanche Raisin Toast
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Import Vesperia
I guess Xillia is fairly representative of the series. Even though the work put into it seems limited, I think the Symphonia re-release would be a great spot. It will probably feel dated but its the game that got me and surely a lot of others into the series.
English subs?
JetBlackPanda
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That logo is hot. Love it.
Nah. Sorry, I was being a bit silly. I just don't really care for Graces or Xillia.
Dice//
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Love it xD
Dice//
Banned
what's the difference?
Well I've never seen Tales-esque combat done in an open field before. That's the key here, Tales combat, not FF XII or Xenoblade combat (which are still good).
It'll be amazing if it's 60 fps with a giant open field. Unless they port to PS4 at current fidelity, then I guess it could happen.
Wasn't the only 30fps console game in the series a port to a less powerful system (Symphonia PS2)? I really hope the team still considers framerate a high priority.
Edge_Maverick
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Game looks awesome. This surpassed my expectations.
And dat worldwide release... the day finally arrived ;_;
And dat worldwide release... the day finally arrived ;_;
Black Door
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I just wished Baba had learned to not fear the west a little earlier...Tales of Hearts and Keroro RPG look sick
They got kind of close with Vesperia, at least.
The Praiseworthy
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Please release this to the west early 2015...
I definitely hope since localization is already confirmed that the game releases fairly quickly. Having as quick a release as Vesperia is probably (certainly?) not happening but hopefully not more than a few short months (3-5 max).
Either way I'm super excited and game looks great so far IMO. I like the main character designs better than Hearts, Graces, and Xillia too.
Either way I'm super excited and game looks great so far IMO. I like the main character designs better than Hearts, Graces, and Xillia too.
Well, at least we can take this as a sign that they're happy with how Graces F and Xillia have done.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Since they showed two characters, it's possible they might go with select-able protagonists like in Xillia.
Also I don't see where they mentioned when it would be releasing. I'm confused on why people are saying 2015 (unless that's an estimate).
Also I don't see where they mentioned when it would be releasing. I'm confused on why people are saying 2015 (unless that's an estimate).
Booty Patrol
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They reveal the main male and female characters together all the time, though.
"Slay"'s outfit sort of reminds me of Ethan Waber from Phantasy Star Universe.
Black pants, white over a primary color, short hair (though Ethan's spikiness is on the level of absurdity.) Slay obviously looks better than that, but I think it should be clear.
I don't like Slay or the name Slay, sounds dopey. I should add that I like how flow-y his outfit is, it's one thing I liked about Asbel's outfit. Alicia's alright from what little I've seen.
Alicia also has the white over a primary color thing (red) going on that Threi does. I hope the rest of the designs aren't as...obvious. I also echo the disappointment over multiple character designers. Wish there was just one.
Open fields are sort of alarming. Another warring kingdoms plot, it is indeed boring but stuff like plot always seems ancillary in my experience of the Tales games.
I'll be interested in the gameplay, if indeed we're getting Xenoblade style combat with seamless transitions. Beyond that, I'll be interested to see how much Graces impacts the actual battle system. Namco's timing is impeccable - someone else mentioned that 2015 PS3 Western release doesn't bode all that well for its sales prospects. I have similar ideas; either the Tales series has already made all of its converts (and it doesn't matter what console, what timeframe, etc. etc.) or the game performs modestly. In any case, choosing the last game on a platform as the experimental one is smart.
Happy to see that Namco's got confidence in this franchise out of Japan though. Very nice to see!
I want this game.
Black pants, white over a primary color, short hair (though Ethan's spikiness is on the level of absurdity.) Slay obviously looks better than that, but I think it should be clear.
I don't like Slay or the name Slay, sounds dopey. I should add that I like how flow-y his outfit is, it's one thing I liked about Asbel's outfit. Alicia's alright from what little I've seen.
Alicia also has the white over a primary color thing (red) going on that Threi does. I hope the rest of the designs aren't as...obvious. I also echo the disappointment over multiple character designers. Wish there was just one.
Open fields are sort of alarming. Another warring kingdoms plot, it is indeed boring but stuff like plot always seems ancillary in my experience of the Tales games.
I'll be interested in the gameplay, if indeed we're getting Xenoblade style combat with seamless transitions. Beyond that, I'll be interested to see how much Graces impacts the actual battle system. Namco's timing is impeccable - someone else mentioned that 2015 PS3 Western release doesn't bode all that well for its sales prospects. I have similar ideas; either the Tales series has already made all of its converts (and it doesn't matter what console, what timeframe, etc. etc.) or the game performs modestly. In any case, choosing the last game on a platform as the experimental one is smart.
Happy to see that Namco's got confidence in this franchise out of Japan though. Very nice to see!
I want this game.
It depends.
If you care about story over gameplay, go and pick up Xillia. Despite some flaws, it's a good game overall and you'll like the story.
If you care about gameplay over story, go and pick up Tales of Graces f. Story is awful, characters are bland and the epilogue feels like a fanfic. But holy shit, it has a battle system that is so awesome that made most TalesGAF overlook the other issues.
Both have funny skits, I guess.
It's sad Vesperia PS3 was not released in the West. I had to sell my 360 and that was the only exclusive I knew I would miss. Now I feel that I may buy one again for that game mostly, even if I lost my 500+h save data.
WickedLaharl
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I hope the main character is voiced by johnny yong bosch.
Where did it say Dual Audio confirmed?
Third paragraph, although apparently I misread and that's for the Symphonia remake, which I already knew.
Still, simultaneous announcement..... early Christmas miracle, I guess.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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I'm really disappointed that they seem to be standardizing Xillia's artstyle. Slay and Alicia's designs, and what we've heard of the story so far seem incredibly bland. I hope Namco aren't assholes with the alt costume distribution this time around.
OMG Hype up
God damn it that edit.
Ya'll cannot beat the world's most compulsive editor
, and yes I hope for a precedent too. Dual-audio is nice, even if it's not necessary.I'm glad Jump Festa isn't too far away. Hopefully we'll get a better idea of what they're going for with the battle system. Crazy to think this might be the first Tales game I actually pre-order.
Definitely interested in seeing how encounters are designed and what performance is like during battles, assuming they actually are pretty seamless transitions and not them simply using more realistic and detailed terrain for battlefields.
But if they're trying seamless stuff I can see them aiming for 30 FPS and various limitations (smaller number of enemies, lower quality visual effects, sub-HD, etc.) now, while they're considering (if not fully intent on) making a PS4 version in 2015 or so that's 60 FPS with the limitations relaxed or removed.
Regarding the battle system and the fan survey:
Since they built the battle system based on fan feedback I imagine that the more "3D" battles introduced in Graces were popular among fans. But along with that I'd imagine if fans were really focused on Graces, the fast transitions to battle were likely one of the things fans brought up, and it might have given them the motivation to make the battles more seamless than ever with this game.
I wouldn't be surprised if CC came back again too. Slay/Thray is a sword user + brawler like Asbel so I can see them bringing the style shift back again. But both with improvements (and probably more variety with the style shift), of course.
Alicia is a spear user so I hope she's adept at aerial combos like Judith. Graces had no aerial combos to speak of and I hope fans brought that up so we see it in this game.
Since they built the battle system based on fan feedback I imagine that the more "3D" battles introduced in Graces were popular among fans. But along with that I'd imagine if fans were really focused on Graces, the fast transitions to battle were likely one of the things fans brought up, and it might have given them the motivation to make the battles more seamless than ever with this game.
I wouldn't be surprised if CC came back again too. Slay/Thray is a sword user + brawler like Asbel so I can see them bringing the style shift back again. But both with improvements (and probably more variety with the style shift), of course.
Alicia is a spear user so I hope she's adept at aerial combos like Judith. Graces had no aerial combos to speak of and I hope fans brought that up so we see it in this game.
Valkyri von Thanatos
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I was gonna post a giant list of my thoughts on what this game needs to be the best "Tales of..." game ever, at least from a gameplay perspective. Should I refrain? Would it be frowned upon to make a big "wall of text" post? Because I'd like to share my ideas, just don't want to flood the screen.
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Agreed, would have preferred another attempt at cel-shading over this, but what can you do? I wouldn't lose sleep over it, as long as they don't have stilted character animation or any in your face low res textures I'm fine. I do think Slay looks a little "vanilla", but Alicia looks cool, and doesn't have to be showing skin to do it either. I also really hope they aren't gonna charge us for costumes, but that depends on how successful Xillia was with that, anyone have any numbers for that?
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Agreed, would have preferred another attempt at cel-shading over this, but what can you do? I wouldn't lose sleep over it, as long as they don't have stilted character animation or any in your face low res textures I'm fine. I do think Slay looks a little "vanilla", but Alicia looks cool, and doesn't have to be showing skin to do it either. I also really hope they aren't gonna charge us for costumes, but that depends on how successful Xillia was with that, anyone have any numbers for that?
Psycho_Mantis
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Wut WW release? MEGATON if true!!!
Slay looks a bit like Link. Alicia seems like great character design, finally wearing appropriate clothes. Honestly more hyped for this than Xillia.
zeopower6
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It's on the US PS Blog~!
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TrueMenace
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I never owned a PS3 before, but one of the big reasons why I skipped Xbox One over PS4 (I now own a PS4) is the exclusives and RPGs. I just hope Gaikai will let me stream all the PS3 games I missed out including all the Tales games besides Vesperia. I'm getting super jelly now.
Should be fine. If not here then surely the community thread.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I really hope you're right.
To add to my post I think "3D" and more seamless battles are a direction they'll be continuing in going for future morhership Tales titles, especially if that's what the fans want. I think seamless or somewhat seamless battles are more like a natural evolution though. 3D battles more of a stylistic choice, though still can be called an improvement.
CC and style shift are probably more of a game to game basis. The Xillia games use TP + AC and even with TP Xillia is definitely less restrictive than past Tales. Probably the same with Xillia 2 as well. So less restrictive battles should be going forward too with or without CC.
CC and style shift are probably more of a game to game basis. The Xillia games use TP + AC and even with TP Xillia is definitely less restrictive than past Tales. Probably the same with Xillia 2 as well. So less restrictive battles should be going forward too with or without CC.
By all means, post it.
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