Tales Of Berseria. January 24th

[42 Monks]

Classic game. Love this game.

it was better than it needed to be

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

So brehs, to the ones that own/played/beaten both, which one is better. Berseria or Vesperia?

Breakdowns of the pros and cons contrasting between them would be nice and appreciative as well.

Oddly enough, it seems the gfx are slightly in Vesperia's favor. I suppose due to both the artstyle and since I hear Berseria is running 60 fps the entire time. Graphically, Berseria kinda reminds me of old games when they had 60 fps options and took a gfx hit due to it.

 

[Prince Akeem]

So brehs, to the ones that own/played/beaten both, which one is better. Berseria or Vesperia?

Breakdowns of the pros and cons contrasting between them would be nice and appreciative as well.

Oddly enough, it seems the gfx are slightly in Vesperia's favor. I suppose due to both the artstyle and since I hear Berseria is running 60 fps the entire time. Graphically, Berseria kinda reminds me of old games when they had 60 fps options and took a gfx hit due to it.

Vesperia was my favorite tales game...Until Berseria hit.

Berseria is the overall better game in terms of story,characters and gameplay.

 

[42 Monks]

So brehs, to the ones that own/played/beaten both, which one is better. Berseria or Vesperia?

Breakdowns of the pros and cons contrasting between them would be nice and appreciative as well.

Oddly enough, it seems the gfx are slightly in Vesperia's favor. I suppose due to both the artstyle and since I hear Berseria is running 60 fps the entire time. Graphically, Berseria kinda reminds me of old games when they had 60 fps options and took a gfx hit due to it.

Vesperia is a very good game, but it did not age at all that well. Not so much the graphics or presentation, but the gameplay itself is just not fluid. For a very long time it was must-have imo. Damn good game and one of the best Tales games easily. Its hard to play now though.

Berseria is flatly the best Tales game though and was the best JPRG in the year it released easily Persona 5.

The only reason Vesperia's graphics may look better in some instances is because the environments are generally notably emptier and because they lock the camera routinely. Berseria is objectively better at everything.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Vesperia is a very good game, but it did not age at all that well. Not so much the graphics or presentation, but the gameplay itself is just not fluid. For a very long time it was must-have imo. Damn good game and one of the best Tales games easily. Its hard to play now though.

Berseria is flatly the best Tales game though and was the best JPRG in the year it released easily Persona 5.

The only reason Vesperia's graphics may look better in some instances is because the environments are generally notably emptier and because they lock the camera routinely. Berseria is objectively better at everything.

I'm guessing you meant "easily behind Persona 5".

And yeah, the gameplay itself is my biggest complaints so far, but I'm getting used to it a lil bit.

 

[Fctftl]

Vesperia is a very good game, but it did not age at all that well. Not so much the graphics or presentation, but the gameplay itself is just not fluid. For a very long time it was must-have imo. Damn good game and one of the best Tales games easily. Its hard to play now though.

Berseria is flatly the best Tales game though and was the best JPRG in the year it released easily Persona 5.

The only reason Vesperia's graphics may look better in some instances is because the environments are generally notably emptier and because they lock the camera routinely. Berseria is objectively better at everything.

I thought it was the best Tales story too. But id put it behind Persona 5 and Nier Automata for best jrpg of 2017

 

[Kenny West]

Vesperia is a very good game, but it did not age at all that well. Not so much the graphics or presentation, but the gameplay itself is just not fluid. For a very long time it was must-have imo. Damn good game and one of the best Tales games easily. Its hard to play now though.

Berseria is flatly the best Tales game though and was the best JPRG in the year it released easily Persona 5.

The only reason Vesperia's graphics may look better in some instances is because the environments are generally notably emptier and because they lock the camera routinely. Berseria is objectively better at everything.

I feel the JRPG itch coming back. Guess I'll have to cop. I was gonna go with something turn based

 

[Thanos]

So brehs, to the ones that own/played/beaten both, which one is better. Berseria or Vesperia?

Breakdowns of the pros and cons contrasting between them would be nice and appreciative as well.

Oddly enough, it seems the gfx are slightly in Vesperia's favor. I suppose due to both the artstyle and since I hear Berseria is running 60 fps the entire time. Graphically, Berseria kinda reminds me of old games when they had 60 fps options and took a gfx hit due to it.

Vespiria is better game in story, and in gameplay especially later on.
Bersaria looks better.

 

[42 Monks]

Vespiria is better game in story, and in gameplay especially later on.
Bersaria looks better.

I honestly can't even say this either. Berseria is way better across the board. End game gameplay or story - the gap just gets wider.

The main thing carrying Vesperia's story is Yuri. And while he's one of the best protag's in the franchise, its still remarkably dull outside of what he's doing.

I feel the JRPG itch coming back. Guess I'll have to cop. I was gonna go with something turn based

Absolutely worth it.

I think its on sale on Steam now for 75% off along with the rest of the Namco catalog.

If you not feeling Berseria though, can't go wrong with Cold Steel either.

 

[42 Monks]

I thought it was the best Tales story too. But id put it behind Persona 5 and Nier Automata for best jrpg of 2017

I loved Persona 5 until it became clear how much they wanted to stretch out a half baked story and the combat turned into trial and error combined with resource management.

I had to force myself to finish it.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Berseria made it to PlayStation hits status, 1 million copies sold . Tales fans we did it

 

[Fctftl]

I honestly can't even say this either. Berseria is way better across the board. End game gameplay or story - the gap just gets wider.

The main thing carrying Vesperia's story is Yuri. And while he's one of the best protag's in the franchise, its still remarkably dull outside of what he's doing.

Absolutely worth it.

I think its on sale on Steam now for 75% off along with the rest of the Namco catalog.

If you not feeling Berseria though, can't go wrong with Cold Steel either.

While we disagree on Persona 5, i agree with this. Velvet Crowe is the most interesting protagonist in the Tales series. I aint sayin the story was groundbreaking, but it was the first time i felt like Tales was trying to change it up and give us something different.

i got the steam version too and can verify the port is solid, runs great on PC(unlike Nier Automatas port had to buy a ps4 cuz that shyt was so broke )

 

[Hyperion]

After beating TLOU2, I'm jumping into this since it was on sale. First time ever playing a Tales game. Let's do it.

Velvet is hella angsty, but given what happened to her, I can't really blame her.

 

[Animal House]

So brehs, to the ones that own/played/beaten both, which one is better. Berseria or Vesperia?

Breakdowns of the pros and cons contrasting between them would be nice and appreciative as well.

Oddly enough, it seems the gfx are slightly in Vesperia's favor. I suppose due to both the artstyle and since I hear Berseria is running 60 fps the entire time. Graphically, Berseria kinda reminds me of old games when they had 60 fps options and took a gfx hit due to it.

Vesperia was my first Tales game so it’s real special to me, but no biases Berseria is better. The story and gameplay are great while imo Vesperia characters are better that’s it

 

[Afro]

Berseria has a strong beginning, middle and end. That isn’t easy to do for a story that could hit 30+ hours.

The characters were people and evolved past their stereotypes within a few hours.

The main plot twist made you AND Velvet lean back, questioning everything. Then you get hit rapid fire with revelations AFTER that.

If a game’s story gives a satisfactory emotional payoff at the end, it did good in my eyes.

This was worth it

Velvet is on my list of top tier protagonists

The voice work for the entire cast

Honorable mention for Laphecet