Tales of Berseria™ Reviews

I like the anime cinematics. I really had fun getting to know each chatacter. Recommend!

Oh man where do I even begin... that was such an amazing experience. First off let me just say that this game is an exception to the rule of "play in order of release". In my opinion you HAVE to play this before Zestiria, since the story would be completely linear with some few exceptions like the term Malak/Malakhim --> Seraphim. Daemon --> Hellion etc, and not to mention the overall "feel/vibe" of both stories as well. Or you can do what I was doing (not recommended!) and watch the anime Tales of Zestiria the Cross/X after putting some hours into it (I started watching only after 60h into the game). Do keep in mind that I already beat Zestiria way back in 2017 and I only watch the anime to jog my memories. EDIT: So I've finished watching both seasons of Tales of Zestria Cross and it's basically a love letter to Tales of Berseria and an attempt to fix the mess that was Zestiria. There's 2 episodes special that dedicated to Berseria in Season 1 and I feel for that only reason it's worth it to watch the whole thing. So back to Berseria, Velvet is a pretty solid protagonist. At first she appeared to be this broken and angry character and just "I'm displaying a various level of angry and will lashed out at anything and at everyone". But as the story progress we get to see development to her character, and her softer side as well. And how others (especially in her party) interact through the many skits and people in the world as well (especially with the Priest you keep meeting in different churches but I won't spoil this). Story is really good and not your average saving the world for sure and the world for me feels "alive" in a sense that you interact with various NPCs and they all have their set of problems, opinions that keeps changing (when you visit that place again) as you progress through the story. It's like in Persona 3 [spoiler] the original version I played in PS2, no idea about the remake since I got that on my wishlist still, when you progress toward the end of the year and there's that sense of foreboding/hopelessness and you see less and less people on the street and even the music changed as well although Persona did it better. [/spoiler] Bit hard to explain unless you experience it yourself. Last but not least, combat feels smooth and never once I experienced any lag or input delay etc. It does everything you want inside or outside the battle even with the camera action and everything with the exception of the geoboard which needs to be fixed. Almost forgot to mention, it's highly recommended to look up the modding section under discussion -> guides and find the Berseria Fix by Kaldaien (Kaldaein? I hope I got their name right) and apply their mod into this game to make not only the graphic better but everything else better. TL;DR I enjoyed playing every bit of the time I spent with it. It made me laugh, it made me sad, it made me think. Each and every characters we're dealing with have very distinct personality and likeable and never once I felt bored or have to grind like crazy (I believe this aspect was improved compared to Zestiria). Voice acting is strong overall (Japanese version), and the story moves forward at an excellent pace as well. For now maybe I'll finish up the side quests and the postgame bit, and move on to another Tales game.

Im sure this game would be great if it would ever open. Edit: i tried a lot of different things to get it to run, yet nothing came from it. It would say it was open, but then not show up anywhere. Now that cosmic rays have done their thing, it suddenly opens. so thats cool. 10/10 the game opens

Till this day I still don't understand the battle mechanics. It's an otherwise good game. It's honestly very boring to just click the mouse as fast as you can, thats all you need to do to progress the game.

Velvet Crowe is my favorite video game protagonist i have played yet, she along with the supporting cast of characters radiate in personality and are very charming, they made me feel super immersed into the story. A strong theme of self identity shines through the story and would often uplift my mood and make me smile. Game play feels smooth, and even after very similar battles and repeated button smashing I never felt bored. Sound design is really great I found a lot of time i would know when I needed to dodge based off of the sound of an attack. Tales of Berseria is a great JRPG I enjoyed, had lots of fun with and was well worth the time I put into it.

I really liked this one. Cool story, smooth gameplay, good music and interesting cast of characters. If you like JRPGs definitely grab this one on sale or even get it for a full price. Gameplay and graphics may be slightly dated though, but it should not be a big deal. P.S. If you don't like "chatty chibi animal character" in games/anime, beware.

The story is awesome and the ending is super satisfying. If you have a younger sibling or if you hate your brother-in-law it will talk to you personally.

Came blind to this one and really liked it! Quite nice story and good characters. I found the combat really hard to master, but one don't need to master it to finish the game.

The main character is tsundere, 100/10

Birds fly because they want to. I wasn't expecting anything from this game but i'm glad I bought it. The story and characters are pretty solid and there are some funny interactions. The gameplay can be somewhat complex at the beginning because of the combo system. The open world isn't anything spectacular and the worst part for me are the dungeons, they tend to be boring because of the lenght and lack of content. The graphics are outdated but honestly most of the times I play a game it isn't for the graphics, I think the graphics are perfect as they are. Buy this game on sale if you like JRPGS, because if you don't like them, this game isn't for you.