A not-quite-ordinary, sword-wielding human (raised by non-humans) embarks on a journey (to purify the world) with his silver-haired, magically-inclined, non-human childhood friend. This is a summary of the beginning of both Tales of Zestiria and its series sibling, Tales of Symphonia .

Unlike many I am a newcomer to the Tales series, Xillia being my first. That being said I've only ever played through Tales of Xillia and Tales of Zestiria all the way through. Many people I know who have played the tales series always say they have really awesome characters, I can vouch that Xillia...

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Tales of Zestiria reinforces the notion that the Tales series is the Law and Order: SVU of video games. Both series have long held middle-of-the-road stature in their respective medium and genre.

Thoughtful preparation before battle is immensely rewarding; Character fusion is a welcome addition to an otherwise familiar Tales combat system; New characters stay faithful to the classic Tales party dynamic

Production values are exceedingly dated; As with any Tales sequel; there are very few changes in plot; design; and gameplay

Graphics: 50% Sounds: 50% Replay/Extras: 80% Gameplay: 70% Family Friendly Factor: 50% System: PC/PS3/PS4(tested) Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Developer: Bandai Namco Studios Rating: ‘T' - Teen THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {Alcohol Reference, Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of...

The Tales franchise still feels like a great combat system in need of a much better game, especially given the banal script and dungeon design that mars this latest entry.

The battle system is excellent and the new elemental and combining gimmicks are particularly good; Open world environment is also welcome, in theory

The script and characters are weak and uninteresting, even by the standards of the franchise; The dungeon design is awful and the amount of needless travel hugely frustrating

Streamlined American and European RPGs have their place, but I still really enjoy playing a good retro JRPG. There's something about having control over nearly every aspect of my characters that I find particularly alluring.

Fun combat system; Colorful characters; Armatization is fun

Lackluster storyline; Outdated dungeon design; Open world is bereft of interest; Overly-complex stat and skill relationships; Tags

I really love the anime and wanna play the game but the price is too much for a anime adaption game

Tales of Zestiria is a beautiful game, full of childlike wonderment and excitement; its characters have big hearts and great personalities, meaning you feel like you belong, giving you a great sense o

Friendly and welcoming characters; Music that flows and hits the emotional beats; A fresh new entry into a long running series

Never feels that challenging; Armatization feature is too freely available; A few frame-rate issues at certain points

I am a big fan of the Tales series. In fact, a good friend and I run a Tales -themed Tumblr that preys upon people's feelings about characters and their tragic backgrounds or fates within the games.