Anyone here a fan of the Tales games?

[KayJay]

I recently played Tales of Vesperia on the 360. I've never been a JRPG fan, and although i liked a couple (Dragon Quest 8 & 9 are amazing, & Pokemon too) i never really got into the genre. I always felt it was a little too bloated, and didn't involve the players enough.


Boy, was i wrong. Tales of Vesperia is one of the best, if not the best, game i have ever played. Even when it finished, i didn't want it to end. I played for a good week after i beat it, which i never, ever do. Now, I'm playing Tales of Symphonia, and loving it. IMO, not as good as Vesperia, but still amazing. I've also played Abyss, but it wasn't my cup of tea. Not a bad game, just not the best.


Anyways, I've had my eye out on Xillia, because it looks really interesting. Anyone have any suggestions for a new "Tales of" series lover? what was your experience with the series?

[Tanooki]

Some of them, never been big on them. Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss I found to be quite good, as was one of those dungeon questing(1st of 2?) on the PSP wasn't bad either. Also I did get the UK-English import of Tales of Eternia on the PSP which was fun.

[Exhuminator]

I own quite a few of them. The most recent one I bought was Tales of Hearts R for Vita.

Have I played any of them? Not yet. They sure seem like a nice idea though.

[outlaw_moon]

I have the game but never got around to playing it. I've read good reviews and like you I have no experience with previous Tales games. You're making me push it up on my backlog list after FFXHD

[DonSilvestre]

The only one I ever really liked was DuckTales for NES.

[Snatch1414]

I nabbed Vesperia at a thrift store for $5 and honestly I was really liking it until something weird happened: I couldn't beat the first mini-boss (crazy looking guy with red hair I think). I don't know what it was, it was like it was the first time I ever played a video game. I couldn't figure out the damn controls. I would like to try again sometime because I have no idea what the hell happened and I'm not gonna blame the game for it, I just had a colossal brain fart I guess.

[KayJay]

I nabbed Vesperia at a thrift store for $5 and honestly I was really liking it until something weird happened: I couldn't beat the first mini-boss (crazy looking guy with red hair I think). I don't know what it was, it was like it was the first time I ever played a video game. I couldn't figure out the damn controls. I would like to try again sometime because I have no idea what the hell happened and I'm not gonna blame the game for it, I just had a colossal brain fart I guess.

yeah, that's Zagi. dude's pretty tough, i had to lower my difficulty to beat him. You can lower difficulty and raise it at any time though, so if your ever stuck, just do that.

[PinkPanzer]

I have only played (and beat) tales of hearts r for the vita and thought it was a great game. It was fun throughout, the battle system was awesome, the characters were great and it didn't take itself too seriously. I am in no rush to play any others but I will try to pick up tales of symphonia for GameCube as soon as I can.

[KalessinDB]

The only one I ever really liked was DuckTales for NES.

gold!!

[BoneSnapDeez]

I like some of the Tales games - Phantasia and Symphonia are excellent.

But overall the series has something of a quantity over quality vibe - all of the games are way too long, and there's too many of them and not enough to differentiate each installment from the next.