History VideoGame / TalesOfVesperia

* ShiftingSandLand: The Sands of Kogorh, which comes with a water supply mechanic.

** [[FiveSecondForeshadowing At one point you've not seen Yaeger]] for quite some of the game. Then you run into PalletteSwap enemies of Leviathan's Claw in an obvious BossCorridor..

* AlternateCharacterReading: "Vesperia" is written as "[[MeaningfulName Tomorrow Star]]" in kanji.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers beneath the imperial castle in Zaphias.

* WitchSpecies: The Children of the Full Moon are the only ones able to cast magic without using blastia, being able to directly tap into aer without the need of one. However, they are pretty much extinct at this point, with Estelle being the only one remaining capable of actually using their power. This is actually a good thing [[spoiler:as their power is ''incredibly'' dangerous to the world and could very well cause events that could lead to the ''end'' of it.]]

* FiveManBand: Despite Yuri being the main character, the Brave Vesperia guild fits the concept a little differently than expected:
** TheHero: Karol; while he starts off as the TagAlongKid, in the guild he's the leader, since Yuri admits Karol actually knows a lot more about how guilds work than he does.
** TheLancer: Yuri; the main hero actually comfortably becomes Karol's right-hand man as opposed to trying to be a figurehead for the guild.
** TheBigGuy: Judith; Graduated from being TheSixthRanger when she first joins the party, to being the muscle of the guild.
** TheSmartGuy: Rita; a skilled mage and Blastia expert, as well she seems more knowledgeable about the world in general.
** TheChick: Estelle; While she offers plenty of information herself, she's the one who seems to "hire" the guild and give them focus; she's also the moral center of the group, as well as TheMedic.
** TeamPet: Repede; pretty obvious, although he's an 'honorary member' of the guild, he's still a dog.
** TheSixthRanger: Raven; Not an actual member of the guild, since he already belongs to the Don's guild Altosk, but his interests align with the Brave Vesperia's and he's happy to tag along and help them out. [[spoiler:After fighting him as Schwann, he says Brave Vesperia owns his life due to Alexei abandoning him to head to Zaude.]]

* BadassMustache: Yuri and Karol (and in the [=PS3=] version, ''everyone'') can obtain and wear attachments that highly enhance the manliness of the game with the power of the 'stache.

* {{Expy}}
** [[http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flynnef5.png Flynn]] looks a lot like [[http://tales.namco.com/abyss/media/wallpapers/1280x1024/guy.jpg Guy]] and Cress, from the original VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia. Even their armor is the same. In the [=PS3=] version, he gets Cress's armor and even the Distortion Blade arte.
** [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Jade Curtiss]], possibly due to his massive popularity, gets two Expies (three if you count [[DeadpanSnarker Yuri]]), both based on different aspects of him: Rita represents his intellectual, magic-studying and snarky side, while Raven represents his savvy, 35-year old [[spoiler:and military]] side.
** Estelle resembles [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Colette]] as a character, with a touch of [[spoiler: PrincessClassic]].
** Judith resembles a Krityan version of [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Sheena]].
** A nihilistic DeathSeeker StepfordSmiler who covers up his issues by acting like TheCasanova, but gets treated as the cast's ButtMonkey? Check, check, check, and check, [[spoiler:Raven]] is an expy of [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos Wilder]].
** [[spoiler:Alexei]] is basically a less sympathetic version of Van from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', even sharing [[spoiler:the same military title of Commandant]]. [[spoiler:Duke]] is more of an emotionally detached but equally sympathetic, version of the same character, considering both of their goals are [[spoiler: to erase humanity to save the world, as in the physical planet, from a thousand-year-old curse, both believe this is the only path they can take, both are fought in a final dungeon-turned-weapon that was once a town, and both engage in banter with whomever is leading the party at the time]]. Both of them are fought at the same points in the game as Van, as well.
** To add to that, [[spoiler:Van and Duke]] takes after [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]]]] for being sympathetic extremists.

** To add to that, [[spoiler:Van and Duke]] takes after [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos.]] for being sympathetic extremists.

** To add to that, Van and [[Spoiler:Duke]] takes after [[Spoiler: [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos.]]

* ArtificialStupidity:
** Estelle is ''notorious'' for running in and meleeing when she should be healing.
** This goes both ways with Judith and anyone who can use aerial attacks (notably Repede). The AI just ''cannot'' counter this meaning Judith in the hands of a player is a sight to behold. Unfortunately, ''her'' AI does not realise the potential, and will thus consistently put Judith on the ground where she's less effective, use her to kite enemies, or keep on the pressure when the enemies are stuck in a combo.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Raven and Yeager.]] Both served in the knights and loved Casey, both died and were resurrected by Alexei to do his bidding, controlled by blastia hearts. Both got involved with the guilds and had more heart than they wanted to admit.
%%[[spoiler:Yuri and Phaeroh.]]
%% [[spoiler:Alexei makes this argument about himself and Flynn.]]
%% [[spoiler:In a skit after beating Zagi for the final time at Tarqaron, Rita muses about herself and Zagi being this.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** Out of the all the recipes, including the new ones from the UpdatedRerelease, Repede hates a resounding 18 out of 42. Those recipes are either sweets or include onions, which are toxic to dogs.
** Estelle being a princess is revealed early on in the game, and save Karol, all the heroes already knew. Not only did Yuri find Estelle in a castle, but her mannerisms, naive outlook on things, and her obviously sheltered life made it clear she was someone important.
** As skilled as Yuri is, he is still only a young adult with a few years of combat training under his belt. When he tries to duel Don Whitehorse in the UpdatedRerelease, Whitehorse easily overpowers Yuri and defeats him. Whitehorse might be a bit old, but he's an incredibly skilled swordsman with many years under his belt.
** A lot of Karol's actions before his character development fall into this. He's a twelve year old kid in a world with monsters and many other threats, naturally he grows up being scared of them and being a bit of a coward. He's fighting things even grown adults would struggle with after all.

* MonsterArena: Nordopolica.
* MurderInc: Leviathan's Claw.

* ShipLevel: Heracles.

** Yuri's LethalJokeWeapon teaches him a downward stab attack called Dragon Buster, a reference to the signature attack of the hero of a similiarily named old Namco game.

* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: [[spoiler:Dein Nomos.]]

** [[spoiler: Also, Dhaos, the the Time Traveling BigBad from Tales of Phantasia, makes a cameo.]]

* UndergroundCity: Aspio.

* UnderwaterRuins: [[spoiler:Zaude]].

* CassandraTruth: Upon defeating all the Giganto Monsters, Karol says that Brave Vesperia will receive recognition for it. Unfortunately, the rest of the party point out that they won't get anything like that because the monsters are all known as myths rather than monsters everyone knows about, rendering the whole point moot.

* BossTease: The Quoi Woods have a path which at one point runs in front of a dense barrier of trees - not dense enough to hide the massive, multichromatic insect monster behind them. [[spoiler: You won't be able to reach the Chimera Butterfly until later on, when you improve your Sorceror's Ring.]]

* FinishingMove: Fatal Strikes, which will instantly wipe out any normal enemy that's targeted. They can still be used on bosses for massive damage and Grade bonuses, but obviously won't instantly kill them.

** On a lesser extent, in the marking side quest, it's heavily implied Repede [[spoiled:killed Little Wolf]] and took a piece of its meat ''as a trophy'' of the deed.