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Tales of Berseria |OT| The Band of the Crowe
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Glad to see Eleanor featured prominently in all the screens posted in this page.
She's the most OP party member for me. Literally wipes out enemies on her own.
She's the most OP party member for me. Literally wipes out enemies on her own.
She has the highest attack by far, especially with her late game weapons.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
late game side quest
lol, fucking penguin jude 
can't wait to find Mila
can't wait to find Mila
Astrael
Member
Finally completed this game and found the thread to talk about it! Huge fan of the Tales series, and I absolutely loved this title. Easily my favorite game since Abyss (and at least on par with it), and better than Vesperia in every way but music. The story was extremely well told and focused, all six of the main characters were fantastic and the character development never let up. I was genuinely surprised because usually I find at least one or two characters are kind of just "ok". Velvet may be one of my favorite main characters in any game (not just Tales), and I'd never consider myself a fan of "edgy" so they must have done something right.
I don't want to rant explaining why like I tend to do when I really like something, but all I can say is that NieR: Automata and Persona 5 have some really high expectations to meet now for my favorite 2017 jRPG.
I don't want to rant explaining why like I tend to do when I really like something, but all I can say is that NieR: Automata and Persona 5 have some really high expectations to meet now for my favorite 2017 jRPG.
After getting some of the end-game spells, I've been wrecking (almost) everything as Magilou. I don't know if it is actually faster, but it feels faster when you cast a low level arte and shift it into higher levels.
Anyway I've gotten the hang of chaining artes, dodges, Break Souls and Mystic Artes all together so I can keep casting in enemies' faces while retaining the increased spell cast speed for performing actions in an unbroken chain.
Charge to Guard Break, run in and smack up enemies to stun them, use that air dive hidden arte to pop enemies into the air, cast Gravity Mine then alternate between Final Embrace and Explosion.
I might try and play through the game again with a single character, I love the battle system.
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Deleted member 57681
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I have about half the game to go, and the only costume I'm interested in is Velvets Rutee one. Hard to justify buying a whole pack for that... But it looks so awesome.
Do the Cameo Costumes come with battle themes as well? Because the second one in the game is pretty awful.
Do the Cameo Costumes come with battle themes as well? Because the second one in the game is pretty awful.
Yep, they do. I think they all have two, with one played less frequently. I only bought the Rutee one in the import, but it had two themes:
Bare Its Fangs and Perfidious Act
dragonlife
Member
lol. Never expected to see this.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Ready for the final dungeon !
Real shame the screenshot feature is disabled.
Real shame the screenshot feature is disabled.
Basileus777
Member
That's the implication that I got.
Yeah, best amount since Vesperia. There's a video showcasing all the non-DLC stuff available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ttmXFo97o4
The game is constantly throwing unlockable costumes at you. Some of them are the same for every member, but the selection is quite good I would say. There are
swimsuit, bath, waiter and winter costumes for everyone, recolors for their original costumes, jacketless versions and Bienfu/Normin costumes. Some characters also have exclusive costumes.
While the fact that they do have plenty of unlockable costumes, it's lamentable that they didn't go all the way. The winter/swimsuit costumes are the exact same for everyone, and I doubt anyone asked for every color normin for every character (but it is hilarious to go into battle with a team of giant Normin and Bienfus lmao).
I found most of the in-game costumes super dull so far, except jackless Rokorou, but that's barely a costume. Even the waiter/waitress mini-game costumes are soooo dull.
It basically feels like an attempt to have people say "This game actually has costumes and it's not like Xillia" more than anything. All the actual costumes are DLC.
Hey I use the same party.
It basically feels like an attempt to have people say "This game actually has costumes and it's not like Xillia" more than anything. All the actual costumes are DLC.
Hey I use the same party.
Literally.
UltimaWeapon
Member
For those that have beaten the game, what were your Grade totals at the end, and which difficulty were you on?
Giolon
Member
Astrael
Member
I had 2934 total grade at the end of the game (excluding the post-game dungeon), I played the entire story on Moderate difficulty. I didn't avoid many battles unless they were ridiculously lower level and smashed through them on the Geoboard haha.
Giolon
Member
The regular swimsuit outfits are from the sailing expeditions. There are also DLC swimsuit outfits that are flashier.
Basileus777
Member
Swimsuits are found through the ship exploration mini-game.
Giolon
Member
Nearly all of the tutorials are listed under the help menu in the party menu. I forget what it's called exactly but it's the icon 2nd from the right.
GoldenDarkness
Banned
Towels are from the bonus dungeon
HoopzBarkley
Member
Man, im getting my ass handed from the boss in the
thought id spoiler tag it just in case. I have had no problems before but for some reason this one is giving me trouble. Im on lvl 27 tho but its hard to grind since I defeat the enemies easily around there.
palamides temple
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Deleted member 57681
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Oh cool, you can buy them separately? Or are the packs a western thing in general?
The bundles are a western thing (that I greatly dislike). In Japan, they were sold both individually and in bundles of 3 (the girls and guys). If you want the cameos for this release, you're still going to have to buy the full set since they stopped offering a la carte costumes as of Zestiria, apparently.
Done with the
part. Did I mention this game's dungeons suck? Because they suuuuck so much. At times it feels like they just straight ported Zestiria's environments. It's honestly embarrassing.
Also the OST. I don't think I could even describe it other than "It exists". I can't believe they got Go Shiina for Zestiria and they didn't get him back for this.
Corsair's sickness
Also the OST. I don't think I could even describe it other than "It exists". I can't believe they got Go Shiina for Zestiria and they didn't get him back for this.
I just reached the game final dungeon and I've been doing sidequests for the past hours. I will put the game on hold because I have to play the FFXV carnival before it runs out.
I'm actually asking myself how did the Tales team get to release such a good entry in a very short timeframe. It's like they weren't even trying with Xillia 2 and Zestiria because they were waiting to go all out in this game.
I'm actually asking myself how did the Tales team get to release such a good entry in a very short timeframe. It's like they weren't even trying with Xillia 2 and Zestiria because they were waiting to go all out in this game.
Element Hunter: I was hoping I could obtain some advice on this title. I went into NG+ with 236/240 of the required skills for this title. I am completely done with everything including all trophies besides Level 2 Titles (due to this) and i'm only at 238/240. Does anyone have any tips? I have obtained every ??? item in the database. I have been spamming Arenas on Chaos non-stop. I have no clue how to finish this and it's only level 2 out of 3 which I find hilarious.
Giolon
Member
I've been pretty glad that the dungeons in this game are simplified and streamlined. Having to run around finding switches in multiple rooms to shoot fireballs at in the right order from my Sorcerer's Ring was never fun. I've always found Tales' dungeons to be tedious. Here, most of them are fine - here's a bunch of (usually new) enemies to fight, here's some free loot, walk down this tunnel and get to your boss encounter eventually. Also here's some shortcuts once you get the geoboard. Great! Now, let's make them even shorter.
I'm not coming into these games looking for a Zelda-like dungeon puzzle solving experience. Just let me get on with the story.
I just reached the point where I can go to the final dungeon or do sidequests. I'll be doing side quests. I'm ready to see how this ends, but I don't want to miss out on any of this other stuff!
I'm not coming into these games looking for a Zelda-like dungeon puzzle solving experience. Just let me get on with the story.
I just reached the point where I can go to the final dungeon or do sidequests. I'll be doing side quests. I'm ready to see how this ends, but I don't want to miss out on any of this other stuff!
BakedTanooki
Member
Not super close. Still some stuff and locations happening.
Would say you got maybe 80% story finished
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.
Ya know, if this game had Xillia's budget + Zestiria's OST, this will have been the best Tales of all times.
But right now, it's still one of the best, only hampered by dungeon design.
More or less 40-50%
But right now, it's still one of the best, only hampered by dungeon design.
More or less 40-50%
Giolon
Member
I'm closing in on the endgame now, and I'd say:
Berseria >= Abyss >= Symphonia > Vesperia. Which is to say I like Berseria a little bit more than I like Abyss, which I like a little bit more than Symphonia, which I like a decent bit more than Vesperia, which I also like.
No opinion on Xillia.
Astrael
Member
I honestly couldn't get that into Symphonia, though I did respect its ambitious storytelling that I think Abyss exceeded. The larger cast made it much harder to get into the characters as well as I did with Berseria's, and Berseria's main characters were (to me) the strongest the series ever offered. It probably didn't help that I played Symphonia far later than Abyss, Vesperia, and Xillia. Overall I'd say Berseria is a much more focused story than Symphonia and has better combat (I felt Symphonia's combat was just too slow).
Tales of the Abyss is/was my favorite in the series (until this game), the usage of the God Generals and Van were something I felt most of the rest of the series was lacking (strong, menacing but deep antagonists). The antagonists in this game reminded me of this, with the unique twist of being on opposite sides that the Tales games usually are, and that was only a big plus for my opinion. I put this game on the same level with Abyss, where one game lacks the other picks up.
I liked Vesperia's skill system for having more impactful skills but I also hated how limited the choices were to equip the learned skills (due to skill point restrictions). Berseria does away with the skill limits, but at the cost of less amazing skills. Vesperia has prettier and more imaginative dungeons (overall) but I felt many were extremely tedious, far more than Berseria's worst dungeons. I also really hated Karol, I "got" his character but just didn't like him. Vesperia is the only game in the series I actually chose to play someone other than the main character, too. I liked Repede more than Yuri, but I had way more fun playing as Velvet than any other main character in the series.
For Xillia, I am not sure why but this is the only game in the series I was "done" with after finishing both stories, I felt it just didn't have a very good story (far weaker than Vesperia's 3rd act). Xillia's dual story system was pretty poorly executed. Too much of the story was still shared between Jude and Milla, and the scenes that were different I felt could have been seamlessly integrated the same way the way Asch's parts in Abyss were. I did like the cast quite a bit, but I think Berseria's was overall stronger. The combat in both games felt pretty mindless to me (Graces still is the best for this imo, and Berseria's is closer to Graces), but I did appreciate some of Berseria's Break Soul and guard systems.
With all the pros and cons of the game compared to others, my ranking goes more like, Berseria = Abyss > Vesperia > Symphonia > Xillia