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Tales of Berseria |OT| The Band of the Crowe
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there's titles that affect it
EVA UNIT 01
Member
still eagerly awaiting the first sale on this.
prefer ps4 but im thinking steam will drop first possibly
prefer ps4 but im thinking steam will drop first possibly
texhnolyze
Banned
I love the bgm in Titania.
I am about 30 hours in, but I do have to admit, this game has a simple story that is actually pretty well told for the most part. The characters are actual... characters, and not just walking anime tropes so far (and this goes even for Velvet).
Of course, I'm waiting for the inevitable Tales third act collapse, but god I hope they can pull this one off and make the landing at least.
Of course, I'm waiting for the inevitable Tales third act collapse, but god I hope they can pull this one off and make the landing at least.
Keep waiting. It actually doesn't happen (IMO).
cpp_is_king
Member
How do you even know what act you're on? does the game tell you when you go from one act to the next?
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
You get a trophy after each one. IIRC there's like five in this game.
I wish Titles mattered more in the game, I have barely touched them at all.
I like Velvet so much that I won't ever switch
dragonlife
Member
Rokurou and Eizen have the same beachwear.
I want my refund.
I want my refund.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I never switched from Velvet either. Liked playing as her and just letting the rest be my magic spammers.
afreaknamedpete
Member
Almost all the characters can be fun, though nothing really beats the Therion Mode Velvet can do. Rokurou I'd say is a better straight up fighter than Velvet, he has a ton of fast, stabbing type attacks and his counter is pretty damaging if you can pull it off. Eleanor has like 6 different spinning attacks too which makes her really great against big groups if she doesn't get stunlocked.
Magilou is also really fun to play. If you fight a group of casters you can stand in the middle and spam R2 and feel like you're in the eye of a storm.
I just really wish she had a better spell selection though. I've yet to find a better combination than Spirit Drop > Spirit Drop > Bloodmoon(Alter to Crown) > Crown Fire. Just via stunlock potential alone there's basically no reason to ever use another spell.
Probably the most boring characters are Laphicet, which is just a straight caster without anything really special, and Eizen who I just can't really play well. I feel like all his combos lack impact and he does really bad damage.
I've also really gotten sick of
Magilou is also really fun to play. If you fight a group of casters you can stand in the middle and spam R2 and feel like you're in the eye of a storm.
I just really wish she had a better spell selection though. I've yet to find a better combination than Spirit Drop > Spirit Drop > Bloodmoon(Alter to Crown) > Crown Fire. Just via stunlock potential alone there's basically no reason to ever use another spell.
Probably the most boring characters are Laphicet, which is just a straight caster without anything really special, and Eizen who I just can't really play well. I feel like all his combos lack impact and he does really bad damage.
I've also really gotten sick of
Kamoana. I mean, this game is pretty amazing in that every character is likeable, even the peanut gallery you gather that just sits at home base. But holy shit this kid has no personality beyond crybaby. It's pretty much all she does. And her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard but I'm not sure if it's intentional or not given that she's a demon.
Freaking Limit
Member
As much as I love this game, I miss how Graces let you assign the spells to seperate buttons so you had more control over when you fire them off. Actually, I feel Graces still nailed game play the best. Being able to run a combo tree and then throw in a specialty arte whenever gave it a lot of flexibility, and made the magic side of the game flow better. As it stands, I really find playing magic annoying since I need to put spells in the right place of the combo, even though there are times when I would rather switch up my attacks. Still, this is probably my favourite Tales game overall. If not this, than Graces because story be damned, that combat is still the best.
There is a glacite that allows you to assign 4 spells to Guard + Face Button. I believe you get it from doing the first Class 4 zone thing (Which just pits you against a bunch of random beasts)
Giolon
Member
Tales games typically have a fairly distinct 3 act structure. The first act usually encompasses a (relatively) small story that's relatively personal in nature (in Vesperia it was "get the town's blastia core back". In Berseria it's
Kill Artorius
Same. Speaking of Titania... (mid-game spoilers)
Finally happy to see Eleanor come around. That scene in Velvet's cage was intense, I liked it a lot. For how dark this game is, I think this was the happiest the whole crew has been so far. This is probably short lasting...
GoldenDarkness
Banned
The time trial on floor 6 of the ex dungeon is really pissing me off so much I just spent a hour grinding from level 90 to 170...time to do this.
Err, this is nothing like the Graces system (which is literally the Zestiria system (made by the same internal team)). I wish it was, because while this one is fun, Graces is GOAT combat.
Graces and Zestiria do not have the same battle system. Don't be crazy, sir.
Udo designed the combat for Graces, Zestiria, and Berseria, though. Proof that he is not as infallible as I once thought. (._. )
Isn't it the same system, bar Armitization, and SC instead of stamina
? I played the games back to back, and they control identically, etc. I dunno, I might be missing something super obvious, because I've tried to forget my time with Zestiria as much as possible.
100% agreed on the outside systems. They gave it an interesting shot with the grade leveling up the lord of the land, but it's nothing compared to the addictive nature of triggering cooking, leveling up meaningful titles and gear, creating and fusing materials, collecting stamps, etc etc.
The next game should be the Graces/Zestiria team, right? I'm really curious to see what changes they'll make. Hopefully they ditch the 'open' world and implement another landmark system, etc.
EDIT: Wait, next game could be the rumoured Vesperia anniversary project for all I know.
MetalliCabombination
Member
Is there a point in the game when velvet stops being ludicrously superior to everyone else combat wise?
GoldenDarkness
Banned
No, not really. I'm around level 170+ on my new game + and she has always destroyed the other team while the other 3 in my party just herp a derp even when I give them the go all out and attack command.
Same. I've bought too many games this year, but I still want this.
cpp_is_king
Member
Holy shit there was a Mr. Ed reference, who translates this stuff lmao. I'm probably like the only person ever who picked up on that
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
I'm going to start this game on Friday but I want to ask, is this game coop? And if so how far does it go?
MetalliCabombination
Member
Im only 10 or so hours in but ehh....
tbf i can dish out more damage under the right circumstances with eizen but velvet is just too damn easy to play with
non situational break soul that always targets weakness, most hits in artes for best stunlocks, most soul break finishers have huge aoe.
eizen on the other hand has a situational break that may or may not trigger depending on your timing of your artes,the soul break at least at stage 1 is pretty meh as well. his attacks are slow and leave a huge window between them. only thing i like better about him is his first mystic arte and his outfit lol.
coudnt play as rokurou if my life depended on it. not touching magic peeps till im beefed up
Entirely not your fault so don't feel bad, but I highlighted that Berseria spoiler as I was fairly confident I'd passed Act 1... I guess not ;_; haha oh well.
edit: oh! i misunderstood what it was you were actually saying. guess I wasn't spoiled? i already knew the motive of act 1 but whether it's entirely "resolved" or not can go on unsaid
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
My major issue with Zestiria is the terrible equipment system and the wonky battle camera.
Unfortunately Zestiria's equipment system was passed on to Berseria but to a much more "toned down" scope.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yes, you can co-op in this game, up to 4 players. However, only player 1 can control Velvet outside of battles, such as exploring, shopping, and such. The other players' only involvements are controlling the party members in battles.
I thought I was gonna finish the game tonight, then I spent almost nine hours going through side content. The side content in this game is ridiculously rear-ended, there's barely any kind of optional quests in the first half or so, then you get about half of it passed out to you from there at a decent pace until the end when it just dumps everything on you all at once.
But I think I've gotten everything squared away. No more ! icons on any of the maps finally, got all the character quest achievements, got all the alternate costumes from quest rewards, etc.
Is there anything in terms of skits/sidequests for leveling the cooking skill for any character other than Velvet?
But I think I've gotten everything squared away. No more ! icons on any of the maps finally, got all the character quest achievements, got all the alternate costumes from quest rewards, etc.
Is there anything in terms of skits/sidequests for leveling the cooking skill for any character other than Velvet?
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
So like the others I've played. Thanks for the info. I was wondering if I could get someone to play with me.
CielTynave
Member
Fuck, this must have been how it felt being an enemy in Zestiria. That
fight was kind of bullshit.
Armatized Oscar
IbukiLordSA
Member
Feels like I am finally making a dent in the game, got the hoverboard and now I am off to some other island somewhere.
Almost at the end, only did minor side content, and all I can say is that i'm very very glad I didn't sleep on this one like I almost did. Definitely gonna play a bunch more after the credits roll because i'm quite enjoying my playthrough a ton.
Maybe even enough to do an EZ-mode run of Zestiria for a refresher.
Maybe even enough to do an EZ-mode run of Zestiria for a refresher.
Hentailover
Member
So, regarding PC version. Did they patch the AI issue? I kinda haven't started the game yet, cause I really don't want to go through the hassle that is workaround.
texhnolyze
Banned
Lol indeed. That fight was the first (and only so far) difficulty spike in story I've had. I had to reorganize my party and set everyone up with the right artes and tactics. I managed to beat the boss on my 2nd try.
Yes, they fixed it around last week.
So is this auto or is this from having Rokurou in the party?
When fighting his brother even on chaos his hi-ougi/mystic arte was always blocked by Rokurou, was it because I was using him? It just seems like one of the cooler characters gets his arte blocked kind of cheaply and it doesn't appear optional.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Armatized Oscar
He felt like a legitimate threat and really drove home the fact that Armatization is something special.
Freaking Limit
Member
Wait, seriously? I didn't realize that was what it did. Not like I double checked, since I got the one that changes the arte on button hold around the same time too. I guess its time to check casters out again.
I do agree with everyone that the equipment system is bad. I actually miss the title system they had in Graces to get everything. It felt charming in a way to see how titles provided just about everything a character needed, and weren't painful to grind out. Hell, the biggest problem with the equipment system is that you have rng skills on stuff, and the grind can get huge as you move later in the game. Plus grinding for drops, and those long ass areas. Feels like the game was built with the idea of fighting a lot of regular mobs, but they missed the point that no one really wants to fight a bunch of trivial battles.
