Dyle is lowkey one of the best NPCs in the series lmao Dyle/Kurogane for best couple
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Tales of Berseria |OT| The Band of the Crowe
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Dyle is lowkey one of the best NPCs in the series lmao Dyle/Kurogane for best couple
OniBarubary
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Man, I am REALLY liking this relationship between Velvet and Eizan. Them sorta speaking on events and situations and planning things from the background while the rest of the party does it's shit really adds a lot to their character and relationship. Them talking about Eleanor with Eizan saying
was really good.
"Good people don't use people like we do"
Solid Sora
Member
The ending was super underwhelming,and a bit dumb. Never finished Zesteria so maybe it's to blame?
Anyways this was such a great experience. Never thought I'd enjoy a tales game this much, or that I'd find one of my favorite RPGs party of all time in one. Loved the characters, especially Magilou, such a loveable asshole. Story was also strong and engaging most of the time. Loved the writing in the game.
Dungeons were godawful though, especially coming from FFXV. Bland, samey, and needlessly big. Traversing them was such a chore. World design overall was subpar, especially with things like Xenoblade around. They need to step thier game in this department in the next installment, and get that guy from Zesteria to do the whole OST. Berseria is such a step down from it. Those were the major fall downs that prevents Berseria from being a favorite RPG for me, since I think story, characters, and combat are up there.
Now, is this the exception or are there more Tales games with story and characters this good? Played 6-10 hours in Graces, Xillia, and Zesteria and none of them was in the same league. Really curious about the rest of the series now.
Anyways this was such a great experience. Never thought I'd enjoy a tales game this much, or that I'd find one of my favorite RPGs party of all time in one. Loved the characters, especially Magilou, such a loveable asshole. Story was also strong and engaging most of the time. Loved the writing in the game.
Dungeons were godawful though, especially coming from FFXV. Bland, samey, and needlessly big. Traversing them was such a chore. World design overall was subpar, especially with things like Xenoblade around. They need to step thier game in this department in the next installment, and get that guy from Zesteria to do the whole OST. Berseria is such a step down from it. Those were the major fall downs that prevents Berseria from being a favorite RPG for me, since I think story, characters, and combat are up there.
Now, is this the exception or are there more Tales games with story and characters this good? Played 6-10 hours in Graces, Xillia, and Zesteria and none of them was in the same league. Really curious about the rest of the series now.
Dandy Crocodile
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Story
Characters
Gameplay
Music
Most Tales games you can pick two of them that will be great and the others will be subpar to passable at best.
None of the games are actively bad IMO but Berseria is the closest to a total package since Vesperia.
DalikSkywing
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Music wasn't that good till last dungeon one which blew me away.
Giolon
Member
Yes, though it depends on what you liked about the characters and story.
Vesperia's protagonist is probably the closest you've got to a Velvet. He's dark, but he's not a raging edgelord like Velvet. He's just not got time for "the system's" bullshit, especially if it means a villain is going to get away. Rita (the genius mage) is the highlight as far as entertaining characters go, followed by Raven (the shady semi-drunken badass).
Abyss has my favorite cast & story pre-Berseria (cast is rivaling so far, story isn't). Yes, Luke is a whiny bitch, but that's the point. He needs to do some growing up and the rest of the party makes sure he knows it. This game has the best recurring crew of villains for me.
Symphonia is tied for favorite story, and slightly less favored cast compared to Abyss. Lloyd is a typical enthusiastic do-gooder, and Colette is the typical "willing to sacrifice myself for the good of all" damsel, but Sheena and Genis are the entertainment value characters. I remember the twists in this game blew my mind back in the day.
LOL this is kind of true.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Hope so. I like those costumes more than the ones we have right now.
I think this looks cute on Velvet.
Just finished the game. If anyone can beat the final boss
on Hard please do share how. Only boss I had to lower to Moderate for, but I also didn't feel like trying too much.
God the ending... so many feelings. Some questions. If you've played Zestiria and finished it then the ending of Berseria is nothing but depressing.
when it's two of them at least
God the ending... so many feelings. Some questions. If you've played Zestiria and finished it then the ending of Berseria is nothing but depressing.
Ah right, good, thanks.
It feels like it in some of the ridiculously long dungeons/field areas.
My biggest annoyance.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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Anyone buy any of the costume DLC?
I did. I'd screencap the majesty of Magilou with her swimsuit and very short haircut, but Bandai doesn't like people promoting their game.
OniBarubary
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texhnolyze
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I'm so looking forward to it!
I may have gotten teary eyed tbh
Can someone who's played the JP version tell me what they called
Gonna do some post game stuff but I do plan on writing a big post/review and also looking to discuss the ending. But now I really feel like I need to replay Zestiria cuz I have all these questions but I can't recall if they're addressed in Zesty. Oh well.
Personally I wouldn't mind another game set in this universe. Or anime, whether that's a Berseria adaptation or set in this universe.
the flames of purification? Because here they called it Silver Flame but I believe in Zestiria they call it white flames. Just wondering if it's consistent.
Gonna do some post game stuff but I do plan on writing a big post/review and also looking to discuss the ending. But now I really feel like I need to replay Zestiria cuz I have all these questions but I can't recall if they're addressed in Zesty. Oh well.
Personally I wouldn't mind another game set in this universe. Or anime, whether that's a Berseria adaptation or set in this universe.
I got you covered, mostly. No swimsuit, but I had the short hair attachment in my import playthrough.
I like to believe that they'd be a thing if it weren't for Velvet's quest for revenge. Well,
assuming she could see him.
Do they ever say why Magilou and Rokurou were
No spoilers please. Just want to know if that answer is coming or if they don't ever say.
locked up in Titania? I know towards the beginning in the Icecaps area they gave some vague ass answers. One about doing something at home and the other being betrayed.
Celcius
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It feels like it in some of the ridiculously long dungeons/field areas.
My biggest annoyance.
Agreed lol, some of them are rather long.
Like I said yesterday I really don't get Hard mode in this one. I'm at the part where you can now get dangerous encounters. They basically boil down to press RT before something hits you because enemies STUN you all the time while you STUN them all the time. Don't know if it's a bug with steam version but it's ridiculous. In dangerous encounters attacks from both sides seems to stun all the time. So I spam endlessly with Velvet Break Soul and win while the AI is dead. That seems like poor balancing.
that's like half way
I do not like this stun based battle system the game uses. Just seems needlessly complicated to me. Xillia 2 and Graces had the best battle system to me.
A question about exp, I'm playing on Hard difficulty and getting little exp. It I lower the difficulty, would I get more exp when trying to grind?
A question about exp, I'm playing on Hard difficulty and getting little exp. It I lower the difficulty, would I get more exp when trying to grind?
About 10 hours faster than I.
Okay that's good, about what I was hoping for. I'm really enjoying the game so I don't want it to end so soon
Do you usually take your time with games like these? Or maybe I'm just a tad fast haha.
Yeah. I wouldn't say i'm being slow or anything, but i'm watching all the skits, doing all the code reds, etc.
Giolon
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It took me about 30 hours to get that point. Talking to all NPCs, doing monster hunts, watching skits, etc.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Welp, considering I didn't care much for Zestiria ending, this makes me sad. I just played through Yakuza 0 and that ending made me sad too.
I need a happy ending dang it!Zestiria? Is that a new game?
I'd actually prefer it if the enemy always got stuns when I'm caught not blocking and I didn't get stuns as rapidly. As it is, it's pretty easy to confirm stuns with any of the characters even on dangerous encounters on Intense.
While playing defense is kinda lame in the game, I'd at least like to be forced to do it more.
(though I feel like the optimal gameplay would involve using the just frame dodge more, but I think that might make it too hard for most people... but maybe this is what Chaos is like? I sure wish they gave it to me right away)
I don't know if it's because the game broke once I mastered all the random passive armor abilities, but it feels like you can't go 5 hits without some random thing getting stunned by any of the characters. The game gives other moves all these other passive abilities and I'm wondering if it serves any purpose outside of varying the visuals of your combos.
I don't even use spells anymore because I'm always fishing for stun.
(spells are fun though: I like the idea that I have to whiff dodges and then go into a spell to get the optimal spell casting time)
That said, an annoying thing happens recently where I'd get a stun on an Enemy with not Velvet characters, but then I don't get the diamonds. Not sure why that is, but I get stuck there after a character switch waiting to get a dizzy so I can build meter and then switch out to someone else... really slows the pace down even though I properly fished for the stun since there's seemingly no explanation as to why I didn't gain the diamonds back.
But yes, the only risk I seem to encounter in the game at this point is when I decide to style (if you can actually call it that... all I'm doing is switching to another character, mashing a combo, R2, then switch to another character to repeat the same flowchart) and switch Velvet out during a combo, but then I don't have meter to switch back in. Not sure if I'm reading the UI wrong, but they don't seem to tell you how much Mystic Artes gauge your sub characters have before they come in, so I can't assess the situation properly.
It is definitely fun, but very autopilot. Like playing a DMC4 Dante, but without the execution necessary to look nice lol
DalikSkywing
Member
I hoped they would explain how lailah got the flames but no, it's just laphicet becoming mautelos which he is already a dragon but I remember that when I got to zestiria ending sorey was surprised to see him as a dragon like it meant he was corrupted and he wasn't like that before. Also I think there is a subquest involving eizen and zaveid , hope it explains how he ended up as a dragon. Other things I got maybe is that Magilou is like half malak/human.
Later on in the game there's some encounters where it becomes a lot more difficult to stun enemies, mean while the enemy can stun you like crazy. It's kind of annoying.
*_* this is on another level.
So what are the cameo mystic artes? I wanna make sure I have them right:
That's all I got so far. I remember I posted something long ago about how I want the next Tales game (maybe around Xillia's release) to have three mystic artes per character and that one of them each would be a cameo MA. Thanks for listening to me Namco
Velvet: her second is from Kyle from ToD2
Laphicet: Indignation
Eleanor: Lostfon Drive
Magilou: Ascending Angel is Yuri's second from the PS3 version
Eizen: no idea, his third reminds me highly of Bisley's MA from Xillia 2 but it's not the same name
Rokurou: his second MA is highly reminiscent of Rose's Jade Luminescence
Artorius: MFing Savage Wolf Fury and it looks amazing
Laphicet: Indignation
Eleanor: Lostfon Drive
Magilou: Ascending Angel is Yuri's second from the PS3 version
Eizen: no idea, his third reminds me highly of Bisley's MA from Xillia 2 but it's not the same name
Rokurou: his second MA is highly reminiscent of Rose's Jade Luminescence
Artorius: MFing Savage Wolf Fury and it looks amazing
That's all I got so far. I remember I posted something long ago about how I want the next Tales game (maybe around Xillia's release) to have three mystic artes per character and that one of them each would be a cameo MA. Thanks for listening to me Namco
DalikSkywing
Member
So what are the cameo mystic artes? I wanna make sure I have them right:
Velvet: her second is from Kyle from ToD2
Laphicet: Indignation
Eleanor: Lostfon Drive
Magilou: Ascending Angel is Yuri's second from the PS3 version
Eizen: no idea, his third reminds me highly of Bisley's MA from Xillia 2 but it's not the same name
Rokurou: his second MA is highly reminiscent of Rose's Jade Luminescence
Artorius: MFing Savage Wolf Fury and it looks amazing
That's all I got so far. I remember I posted something long ago about how I want the next Tales game (maybe around Xillia's release) to have three mystic artes per character and that one of them each would be a cameo MA. Thanks for listening to me Namco
Savage wolf fury got me so excited I had to keep him alive to see it like 4 times
For PC gamers you can use the AA compatibility bit :0x084012C5 in NVIDIA Inspector to apply SGSSAA to Berseria. It's the same one used for Zestiria.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5175770&postcount=3204
If you don;t find the game's AA solutions to be to your liking, this should smooth things out a bit more. x4 SGSSAA is VERY demanding. Even at 1080p. x8 even more so. But if you got a 1070 or 1080 and want to give this game a little more push then this should be good for you.
Note: Turn off other AA solution even if you choose to override them. I had performance issues keeping SMAA on.
Note 2: x2 SGSSAA works as well and is the most recommended option @ 4K or 5K if you're running some kind of monster rig. Also, if you're running ultra shadows for TBFix, bump them down to high for a big boost in performance.
Note 3: Don't use x8 SGSSAA on this game period. Unless you're from the future and have a Titan X Volta.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5175770&postcount=3204
If you don;t find the game's AA solutions to be to your liking, this should smooth things out a bit more. x4 SGSSAA is VERY demanding. Even at 1080p. x8 even more so. But if you got a 1070 or 1080 and want to give this game a little more push then this should be good for you.
Note: Turn off other AA solution even if you choose to override them. I had performance issues keeping SMAA on.
Note 2: x2 SGSSAA works as well and is the most recommended option @ 4K or 5K if you're running some kind of monster rig. Also, if you're running ultra shadows for TBFix, bump them down to high for a big boost in performance.
Note 3: Don't use x8 SGSSAA on this game period. Unless you're from the future and have a Titan X Volta.
cpp_is_king
Member
Are glacite effects just permanent buffs to your game, or do you have to do something to "use" them?
I got one that says "Grants a random skill that increases equipment mastery speed" but in the menu it says "equipment mastery speed +10%".
So is this always in effect now or do I somehow have to get the skill onto a weapon?
I got one that says "Grants a random skill that increases equipment mastery speed" but in the menu it says "equipment mastery speed +10%".
So is this always in effect now or do I somehow have to get the skill onto a weapon?
Permanent buffs as far as I can tell.
Giolon
Member
What that means is that effect can now appear as a bonus random skill on equipment. See http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229558873&postcount=1859 for an illustration.
Yeah, they are buffs, the game does not explain it well. I thought they were upgrades to equipment for like 5 hours until I decided to check how they worked.