Comments on: A Second Look At Tales Of Vesperia

By: King of Bandits

King of Bandits — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:30:31 +0000

I personally am a fan of the Tales series but since I don’t own a 360 I won’t be playing this one. I tried out Infinite Undiscovery at a friends and did not like it at all, the battle system was OK but if you think Vesperia’s story is weak ten from what I seen you will fall asleep for IU.

By: nika

nika — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:36:47 +0000

So far I’ve liked most of the Tales games plots, so I think that won’t be a problem this time either. (mediocre plot or not, as long as it’s not a bad plot I’ll survive)

and I love your haiku.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:10:55 +0000

@alice: I haven’t played Inifinite Undiscovery yet, but from what I’ve seen, upon touching an enemy, Tales goes into a separate battle screen while IU has the player fight enemies on the same screen.

@Al: I can see Yuri as a Jack Bauer type. I didn’t like him at first, but he slowly started to grow on me.

By: G

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:36:16 +0000

This is a must buy for me… sadly, I must wait for the release (I live in Europe). I’ve seen so much about this “Tales of…” and read so many good things… as an RPG fan, I’ll get it the first day after the release date.
Thanks Louise.

By: thaKingRocka

thaKingRocka — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:08:15 +0000

i absolutely adored grandia II for its battle system. i don’t remember much of anything nowadays about the story, but i still remember the battle system very fondly. i think i’ll give tales a go sometime. thank god it’s region-free.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:18:11 +0000

While I concur that the overall plot is kind of mediocre, some of the characters are great.
Yuri is easily one of my favorite RPG protagonists in recent memory. He’s not an annoyingly loud kid, or a “cool” angsty type, or any other typical RPG hero. His mature personality, vigilante tendencies, and overall manner are quite refreshing. I remember one interview with the developers likening him to an RPG Jack Bauer, which seems to be a pretty good comparison. Judith, Rita, and to a lesser extent Raven, are also quite likable in my view.
I agree that Estelle is lame. However, some of her interactions with Repede and Judith are pretty funny.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:50:38 +0000

Hey, Tales of Vesperia may have the same sort of cliche plot we keep getting from Japanese RPGs, but it executes the cliche better with a better cast than any game in years. It more than clears the admittedly low bar for RPG stories.

I don’t like Infinite Undiscovery’s battle system. It’s like they had a lot of good ideas but crammed them in so densely they become burdensome. (Then they have stuff come at you so fast all you have time to do is run and frantically hack at stuff). Also, IU’s plot may be slightly less cliche, but the characters are all lifeless stock characters. I’d take Vesperia over Infinite Undiscovery in a second.

By: alice

alice — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:58:58 +0000

How does it compare to Infinite Undiscovery which also has a real-time battle system (although different from Tales of Vesperia) but what I think might be a little better than average story?