I heard so much praise for this game, but I don’t know why. It looks really nice, but other than that, combat is boring (all enemies are way too damage spongey), exploration is super linear, RPG mechanics are very minor (you never get meaningful growth options), and the story started out really really cool but had just gotten weird as time goes on (at this point my enemy is a planet? And it’s not a planet but a rock that looks like a flower? And it’s actually a life form?
The skits are a big downgrade from the older games too, they don’t have any of the character moments and banter and just end up being a repeat of the story cutscenes.
Honestly it started out super well and just got worse and worse as time went on. At this point the only thing I can praise without reservation is character designs (Alphen and Dohalim are great, and I would gladly fuck Shionne or Kisara), but that’s not nearly enough to keep playing.
This is now the third Tales game where I fell for the hype and didn’t like it - Symphonia remaster on PS3, Vesperia with the remaster a few years ago, and now this. Maybe this series is just not for me (or maybe it’s just constantly mid).
The skits are a big downgrade from the older games too, they don’t have any of the character moments and banter and just end up being a repeat of the story cutscenes.
Honestly it started out super well and just got worse and worse as time went on. At this point the only thing I can praise without reservation is character designs (Alphen and Dohalim are great, and I would gladly fuck Shionne or Kisara), but that’s not nearly enough to keep playing.
This is now the third Tales game where I fell for the hype and didn’t like it - Symphonia remaster on PS3, Vesperia with the remaster a few years ago, and now this. Maybe this series is just not for me (or maybe it’s just constantly mid).