History Awesome / TalesOFVesperia

* Another Yuri/Flynn example: When they both plow through somewhere around 50 monsters to some of the game's best music to plant what amounts to a magic-nuke in the middle of a massive hoard; all the while holding a casual conversation and clearly having the time of their lives. The only down side is the fact that this is the only time you can have Flynn in your party.
** Well, that and the fact that Flynn is horrible to control.
*** He's much faster in the UpdatedRerelease. He'd have to be, he's a permanent party member now.

** Before that incident, there is Karol's [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech speech]] at Aspio after the chaos of Nordopolica, the [[HeroicSuicide death]] of the Don, and Judith's return and reveal of why she did what she did in regards to how Brave Vesperia is acting and what to do right now. Even in-universe it's noted to be impressive.

* Flynn [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming]] the Heracles.

* Speaking of the post-Schwann boss fight, the entire scene is [=CMoA=]: with Raven revealing himself to be an immortal DeathSeeker, then performing a ([[NotQuiteDead pseudo]]) HeroicSacrifice to get his friends out alive. It manages to be so awesome, in fact, the the resulting EasilyForgiven scene ''works'', purely due to the RuleOfCool.

* Karol has one when proves himself quite a {{Determinator}} in the Blade Drifts of Zopheir, going up against a huge monster ''by himself'' to save the rest of the party, culminating in the part where he's flipped into the air by the monster, grabs a conveniently-placed {{BFS}}, and stabs the monster hard enough so that the party can recover and join the battle in full.

** Kratos on Unknown? Please. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBhltuBj9KI&fmt=18 Watch this Youtube user open a can of whoop-ass on said opponent]], [[DuelBoss with Yuri]], [[HarderThanHard on Unknown difficulty]], ''[[SelfImposedChallenge alone.]]'' If not a CMOA for Yuri himself for dealing ''2.5 million damage'' in three minutes, then definitely for the player.

* Three words: [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny NO]], [[Creator/NorioWakamoto ITEMS]], '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!]]'''

* While some people are outraged at Vesperia's [[UpdatedRerelease PS3 release with extended content]], no one can deny just how badass Rita has gotten with one simple spell. All together now: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCMlHjtkjM&NR=1 INDIGNATION!]] Bonus points for [[ContinuityNod Dhaos hitting the game's damage limit of 9,999,999 when it is used against him.]]
* Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita, in succession, punching out Raven after he returns to the party after fighting them as Schwann. This may also qualify for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]], especially Rita's line: "I didn't want to feel left out." Later on you find out that Estelle smacked him in the head after they explained things to her. In the [=PS3=] version, Patty ''headbutts'' him as well.

*** He's much faster in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version. He'd have to be, he's a permanent party member now.
* Fighting Dhaos, Shizel, Barbatos, and Kratos from, respectively, Phantasia, Eternia, Destiny, and Symphonia is pretty god damn awesome in its own right, especially with their [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes: "Dhaos Laser!" or "Struggle against these holy chains! Shining Bind!"
** This gets even more epic in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version: You now fight all 4 of them ''at the same time''. As if that weren't enough, once you beat them, the rest of your playable characters all show up at once to fight you. They have boss-like stats and access to their mystic artes. How's that for an arena match?

* Fighting Kratos on Unknown. He is unquestionably the hardest fight in the entire game. Even the Fell Arms boss is nothing compared to how incredibly powerful he is. Kratos is incredibly fast, breaks out of combos with ease, hits incredibly hard, and when he goes into Overlimit, ''you have to run from him or he will slaughter you in the blink of an eye'' and then he'll will use Shining Bind; it hits for 30k damage. It's one of the most challenging fights in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', but it feels to great when you finally win.

* Remember Sekundes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''? Yup, in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version, Rita can pull that off too. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCMlHjtkjM It's every bit as epic as it sounds.]]

*** Oh, and to gain the Indignation attack, she has to basically reenact the opening to ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''. By going into overlimit 4 and using Thunder Blade on Dhaos, who appears in 200-man-melee, while he's at half health or less. She'll then spontaneously use Indignation (for the first time in that save file), and obliterate Dhaos in one final hit.

* Yuri does an amazing job at chewing out [[spoiler:Flynn]] when he helps [[spoiler:Alexei capture Estelle]]
-->'''Yuri: '''Just what the hell are you doing? What happened to advancing as a Knight and fixing the empire from within? You've been nothing more than a damn puppet on [[spoiler: Alexei's]] string. ''Don't you dare'' tell me that [[spoiler: the Don and Belius died]] for nothing more than that! He was there working alongside you this whole time, Flynn! How could you possibly not know?!

* Karol has one when proves himself quite a {{Determinator}} in the Blade Drifts of Zopheir, [[spoiler:going up against a huge monster ''by himself'' to save the rest of the party, culminating in the part where he's flipped into the air by the monster, grabs a conveniently-placed {{BFS}}, and stabs the monster hard enough so that the party can recover and join the battle in full.]]
** Before that incident, there is Karol's [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech speech]] at Aspio [[spoiler: after the chaos of Nordopolica, the [[HeroicSuicide death]] of the Don, and Judith's return and reveal of why she did what she did]] in regards to how Brave Vesperia is acting and what to do right now. Even in-universe it's noted to be impressive.

** [[spoiler:"[[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Struggle against these holy chains!]] '''''SHINING BIND!'''''"]] Many agree the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDUT3NaPbwM sheer delivery]] of the line is way better than the original.
** At one point, the game actually rewards you with an achievement for pulling off a CMOA-worthy finish with a Mystic Arte: [[spoiler:Duke's second form in the final battle. Considering the wording of the achievement, it seems possible you can do it with anybody, but Yuri does it by, after his normal final slash of his Mystic Arte, jumping up in the air, shouting "This is it!" and hitting Duke with a super-sized Azure Edge.]]
* Yuri's small speech to Flynn about his motivation for [[spoiler:murdering Ragou and Cumore]]:

-->'''Yuri:''' I recognize it for what it is, and I've made my choices. [[spoiler:Murder is a crime.]]
-->'''Flynn:''' [[spoiler:...And still, you intend to dirty your hands?]]
-->'''Yuri:''' [[spoiler:Intend to? I already have.]]
* Yuri [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal talking down Phaeroh, a being capable of going toe to toe with Alexei's]] CoolShip [[ShutUpHannibal by pointing out the flaws in his logic.]] ]]
** Kind of ruined [[spoiler: by it also being Yuri's logic previously and no mention being made of that.]]
*** Made awesome again when you realize [[spoiler: [[FridgeLogic Yuri changed his logic and thought differently when the "infected part" became Estelle, not only a friend and someone he cared about, but someone who was honest and only had good intentions.]] You'd be crazy not to get a little hypocritical.]]
*** Not so much hypocritical as reformed, wouldn't you say? His ShutUpHannibal doesn't come from a place of ''hypocrisy'' - it comes from [[spoiler: understanding exactly what Phaeroh is doing, because he did it himself and grew up past it. It's simply CharacterDevelopment.]] The fact that no one [[LampshadeHanging points this out]] is the only annoying part.
*** Character development or not, there's a massive difference between [[spoiler: killing off individuals who are intentionally harming people and a person whose very existence causes her to unintentionally harm others, especially when her attempts to help the people around her in one way actually harms them in others.]] In other words, there's a difference between choosing and being, which is what differentiates Yuri's response from Phaeroh's. That key factor may be exactly ''why'' nobody pointed it out.
* While some people are outraged at Vesperia's [[UpdatedRerelease PS3 release with extended content]], no one can deny just how badass Rita has gotten with one simple spell. All together now: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCMlHjtkjM&NR=1 INDIGNATION!]] Bonus points for [[ContinuityNod Dhaos hitting the game's damage limit of 9999999 when it is used against him.]]
* Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita, in succession, punching out Raven [[spoiler:after he returns to the party after fighting them as Schwann]]. This may also qualify for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]], especially Rita's line: "I didn't want to feel left out." Later on you find out that [[spoiler:Estelle smacked him in the head after they explained things to her]]. In the [=PS3=] version, Patty ''headbutts'' him as well.

* Speaking of the post-Schwann boss fight, the entire scene is [=CMoA=]: [[spoiler: with Raven revealing himself to be an immortal DeathSeeker, then performing a ([[NotQuiteDead pseudo]]) HeroicSacrifice to get his friends out alive. It manages to be so awesome, in fact, the the resulting EasilyForgiven scene ''works'', purely due to the RuleOfCool]].
* Yuri and Flynn get a collective one when [[spoiler:they [[DuelBoss beat the shit]] out of each other to resolve things - not because they're actually trying to ''kill'' each other, but because they're HeterosexualLifePartners -- uh, friends, and that's how they work things out.]]

* Fighting [[spoiler:Dhaos, Shizel, Barbatos, and Kratos from, respectively, Phantasia, Eternia, Destiny, and Symphonia]] is pretty god damn awesome in its own right, especially with their [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]]: [[spoiler:"Dhaos Laser!" or "Struggle against these holy chains! Shining Bind!"]]
** This gets even more epic in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version: [[spoiler:You now fight all 4 of them ''at the same time''.]] As if that weren't enough, once you beat them, [[spoiler:the rest of your playable characters all show up at once to fight you. They have boss-like stats and access to their mystic artes. How's that for an arena match?]]
* Who can forget the last fight with Zagi? Upon defeating him he asks whether he should [[spoiler:turn the rest of his body into a blastia as well.]] Yuri coldly replies with [[spoiler:"Do it in Hell." before slicing Zagi across the chest and pushing him off the cliff.]] And all without even a change in expression. I mean, damn.
* Fighting [[spoiler:Kratos]] on Unknown. He is unquestionably the hardest fight in the entire game. Even the Fell Arms boss is nothing compared to how incredibly powerful he is. [[spoiler:Kratos]] is incredibly fast, breaks out of combos with ease, hits incredibly hard, and when he goes into Overlimit, ''you have to run from him or he will slaughter you in the blink of an eye'' and then he'll will use [[spoiler:Shining Bind]]; it hits for 30k damage. It's one of the most challenging fights in the VideoGame/TalesSeries, but it feels to great when you finally win.
** [[spoiler:Kratos]] on Unknown? Please. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBhltuBj9KI&fmt=18 Watch this Youtube user open a can of whoop-ass on said opponent]], [[DuelBoss with Yuri]], [[HarderThanHard on Unknown difficulty]], ''[[SelfImposedChallenge alone.]]'' If not a CMOA for Yuri himself [[spoiler:for dealing ''2.5 million damage'' in three minutes]], then definitely for the player.

* In the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' you can fight spirits, summon them, and fight alongside them but ''Vesperia'' is the only where [[spoiler: you are responsible '''for their very existence'''!]] Now THAT is awesome.

* Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita, in succession, punching out Raven [[spoiler:after he returns to the party after fighting them as Schwann]]. This may also qualify for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]], especially Rita's line: "I didn't want to feel left out." Later on you find out that [[spoiler:Estelle smacked him in the head after they explained things to her]]. In the PS3 version, Patty ''headbutts'' him as well.

* Another Yuri/Flynn example: When they both plow through somewhere around 50 monsters to some of the game's best music to plant what amounts to a magic-nuke in the middle of a massive hoard, while having a casual conversation. The only down side is the fact that this is the only time you can have Flynn in your party.

* Remember Sekundes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''? [[spoiler:Yup, in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version, Rita can pull that off too. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCMlHjtkjM It's every bit as epic as it sounds.]]]]

*** He's much faster in the [[{{UsefulNotes/PlayStation3}} PS3]] version. [[spoiler:He'd have to be, he's a permanent party member now.]]

* Fighting [[spoiler:Kratos]] on Unknown. He is unquestionably the hardest fight in the entire game. Even the Fell Arms boss is nothing compared to how incredibly powerful he is. [[spoiler:Kratos]] is incredibly fast, breaks out of combos with ease, hits incredibly hard, and when he goes into Overlimit, ''you have to run from him or he will slaughter you in the blink of an eye'' and then he'll will use [[spoiler:Shining Bind]]; it hits for 30k damage. It's one of the most challenging fights in the Franchise/TalesSeries, but it feels to great when you finally win.

-->'''Yuri: '''Just what the hell are you doing? What happened to advancing as a Knight and fixing the empire from within? You've been nothing more than a damn puppet on Alexei's string. ''Don't you dare'' tell me that [[spoiler: the Don and Belius died]] for nothing more than that! He was there working alongside you this whole time, Flynn! How could you possibly not know?!

* Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita, in succession, punching out Raven [[spoiler:after he returns to the party after fighting them as Schwann]]. This may also qualify for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]], especially Rita's line: "I didn't want to feel left out." Later on you find out that [[spoiler:Estelle smacked him in the head after they explained things to her]].

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** [[spoiler:"[[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Struggle against these holy chains!]] '''''SHINING BIND!'''''"]]

* Yuri [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal talking down Phaeroh, a being capable of going toe to toe with Alexei's CoolShip, by pointing out the flaws in his logic.]] ]]

*** He's much faster in the {{PS3}} version. [[spoiler:He'd have to be, he's a permanent party member now.]]

** This gets even more epic in the PS3 version: [[spoiler:You now fight all 4 of them ''at the same time''.]] As if that weren't enough, once you beat them, [[spoiler:the rest of your playable characters all show up at once to fight you. They have boss-like stats and access to their mystic artes. How's that for an arena match?]]

* Remember Sekundes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''? [[spoiler:Yup, in the {{PS3}} version, Rita can pull that off too. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCMlHjtkjM It's every bit as epic as it sounds.]]]]

* Fighting [[spoiler:Kratos]] on Unknown. He is unquestionably the hardest fight in the entire game. Even the Fell Arms boss is nothing compared to how incredibly powerful he is. [[spoiler:Kratos]] is incredibly fast, breaks out of combos with ease, hits incredibly hard, and when he goes into Overlimit, ''you have to run from him or he will slaughter you in the blink of an eye'' and then he'll will use [[spoiler:Shining Bind]]; it hits for 30k damage. It's one of the most challenging fights in the TalesSeries, but it feels to great when you finally win.

* Three words: [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny NO]], [[NorioWakamoto ITEMS]], '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!]]'''

-->'''Yuri:'''Just what the hell are you doing? What happened to advancing as a Knight and fixing the empire from within? You've been nothing more than a damn puppet on Alexei's string. ''Don't you dare'' tell me that [[spoiler: the Don and Belius died]] for nothing more than that! He was there working alongside you this whole time, Flynn! How could you possibly not know?!

* Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita, in succession, punching out Raven [[spoiler:after he returns to the party after fighting them as Schwann]]. This may also qualify for CrowningMomentOfFunny, especially Rita's line: "I didn't want to feel left out." Later on you find out that [[spoiler:Estelle smacked him in the head after they explained things to her]].

* From ''The First Strike'', Yuri overhears some Guild member boasting about how he ditched his client because the client annoyed him. Yuri (And later Flynn after one of the guild members drags him into the fight) kick the ass of almost everyone in the bar with just their fists. Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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--->'''Flynn:''' [[spoiler:...And still, you intend to dirty your hands?]]
--->'''Yuri:''' [[spoiler:Intend to? I already have.]]

*** Character development or not, there's a massive difference between [[spoiler: killing off individuals who are intentionally harming people and a person whose very existence causes her to unintentionally harm others, especially when her attempts to help the people around her in one way actually harms them in others.]] In other words, there's a difference between choosing and being, which is what differentiates Yuri's response from Phaeroh's.

*** Character development or not, there's a massive difference between [[spoiler: killing off individuals who are intentionally harming people and a person who's very existence causes her to unintentionally harm others, especially when her attempts to help the people around her in one way actually harms them in others.]] In other words, there's a difference between choosing and being, which is what differentiates Yuri's response from Phaeroh's.

* [[spoiler:Yuri]] does an amazing job at chewing out [[spoiler:Flynn]] when he helps [[spoiler:Alexei capture Estelle]]