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| 6 | ->''In my heart is a flame I could not extinguish even if I wanted to.''\ |
| 7 | ''To live as you are, and to be true to yourself.'' |
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| 9 | ''Tales of Berseria'' is the sixteenth mainline entry in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', and a DistantPrequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''. The game was released on August 18th, 2016 in Japan. It received an international release on January 24th, 2017 in North America and January 27th, 2017 in Europe. It is available on [[Platform/PlayStation3 PS3]][[note]]Japan-only, due to the waning popularity of the format outside of the Japanese market[[/note]], [[Platform/PlayStation4 PS4]], and PC. It is the first Mothership ''Tales'' title to have a female protagonist (who is not sharing the position with a male protagonist). |
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| 11 | Many hundreds of years before the events of ''Zestiria'', the continent of Midgand suffered under a terrible curse called "Daemonblight". Ordinary humans and animals became possessed by evil spirits and were transformed into bloodthirsty monsters that preyed upon the living. That was until the day a saviour named Artorius Collbrande appeared and united the world against the bestial hordes that threatened to destroy it. Wielding a holy sword and a philosophy of "[[EmotionsVsStoicism reason over emotion]]", Artorius causes the Advent of angelic malakhim into the world, and leads [[KnightTemplar the Exorcists of "The Abbey"]] in a crusade to eradicate Daemonblight once and for all. |
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| 13 | Yet in a dark prison cell far from human contact lies a woman named Velvet Crowe, whose peaceful life was shattered three years ago in one of the "Scarlet Nights" that used to inspire terror the world over - the same night the rest of the world knows as the Advent. Velvet knows the terrible truth of how Artorius gained his divine strength during that Scarlet Night, an incident that [[RedRightHand twisted her left arm with daemonic power]], left [[BrokenBird dark scars upon her former kindness]]... and left her bereaved of her little brother. One night, [[EnigmaticMinion a mysterious woman]], who Velvet suspects she knows, visits her cell. The woman has a proposal: if Velvet can escape from the prison, the woman will help her take revenge upon Artorius. With burning hatred in her heart, Velvet embarks on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that threatens to uproot and revolutionize the world order. |
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| 15 | Gameplay contains most ''Tales'' staples like cooking, percentage-based healing items, skits and a real-time combat system with shades of StylishAction mechanics. However, several variations have been introduced, particularly in combat. While most former ''Tales'' games had one button for physical attacks and another for "Artes," ''Berseria'' borrows from the ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' combat system, where '''all''' attacks are technically Artes, divided between "Martial" Artes (the replacement for physical attacks) and Arcane Artes (magic). There are some changes from the previous games' system, however; players may bring ''sixteen'' of these attacks into battle, assigning them to a grid which deploys a different skill depending on which button you press, which can be chained for up to four inputs. {{Combo}}s are limited by the "Soul Gauge," which by default has three souls in it. Souls are temporarily consumed when attacking, but regenerate quickly. The three-Soul {{Cap}} can be raised by stunning or slaying foes, to a maximum of five -- but note that enemies can do this to you as well, potentially leaving you CherryTapping away with only one Soul's worth of Artes to use. Finally, the cap can be ''lowered'' by one to use a LimitBreak called a "Break Soul," which are special attacks and abilities unique to each party member. For example, Velvet's Break Soul grants her a SuperMode which increases her damage output, allows her to perform combo finishers called Break Artes, and makes her immune to staggering, [[CastFromHitPoints but causes her HP to gradually drop overtime]] through continued use. Break Souls cannot be used if the character has less than 3 Souls, but can help increase the length of combos. The game brings back the Blast Gauge mechanic from ''Zestiria'', but adds a second element called a "Switch Blast," a SwitchOutMove that consumes one Soul but can also be used to continue combos. |
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| 18 | !!This game provides examples of: |
| 19 | [[folder: A-D]] |
| 20 | * AbandonedMine: The Vester Tunnels. Although they're not truly abandoned, since Rokurou finds the master blacksmith Kurogane down there. |
| 21 | * AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The Barona Catacombs beneath Loegres. It's so wide that there are rooms in there that are as big as a living room. |
| 22 | * ActionGirl: Velvet, Magilou, and Eleanor. Obviously, all three of them are members of your party, and all kick ass in their way. Though Magilou stays out of the fray until she gets her Malak back. Velvet is the most obvious example of the three, but all of them can be quite dangerous. |
| 23 | * AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Defied with the White Turtlez, who ''wanted'' to play this straight, but Velvet persuades him (via threatening him with her arm) to set his prices to all other shops. |
| 24 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Laphicet, once he's allowed to break out of his shell and emote, is quite curious about the natural phenomenon of the world. The kid risks his life for a compass! |
| 25 | * AdvancedAncientHumans: The Avarost civilization was more technologically advanced than anything found in Berseria or even Zestiria. The Temperance of Avarost is the time mentioned to be when their nation fell, leaving behind books written in their language. Their culture also formed a language that emphasised emotion when speaking and writing, making the same words have different meaning depending on the emotion of the writer. |
| 26 | * TheAlcatraz: Titania - The Island Prison. Getting off the island requires a ship, since it's in the middle of nowhere on the sea. |
| 27 | * ALighterShadeOfGrey: A first for a ''Tales'' game. While Velvet's group are undeniably the "good guys" and the Abbey the "bad guys", the game blurs the line a bit as every (barring Laphicet and Eleanor) party member has some self-serving motive and not all of them are entirely heroic in nature, while also going around destroying anything that gets in their way. Besides that however, they're pretty decent people. Meanwhile, the Abbey ''appear'' to be good as they suppress the daemon attacks and supply many towns with protection from them and their goals are certainly good-natured, but they resort to a ''lot'' of questionable actions in the process, including using ''children'', enslaving Malaks and treating them as tools, and their ultimate plan is to [[spoiler: get rid of the free will of everybody on the planet to permanently get rid of Malevolence.]] Ultimately, the conflict of the game is less "Good vs. Evil" and more "Emotion vs. Reason" and the actions the characters take as a result of it. |
| 28 | * AllForNothing: It's brought up during the WhamEpisode. [[spoiler:Velvet learns that her brother Laphicet was a willing sacrifice instead of being murdered by Artorius. And throughout the game, Velvet was remorselessly killing people and leveling cities in order to avenge him, which has now been rendered pointless. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This realization]] causes Velvet [[HeroicBSOD to completely lose it]].]] |
| 29 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Velvet can give off this vibe. If it doesn't involve her vengeance, it doesn't concern her. |
| 30 | * AndThenWhat: Discussed. Velvet freely admits to her few allies that her goal is "kill Artorius," and that's it; there's no long term plan beyond that. The few times Velvet is pressed on the issue, her response can always be boiled down to "I don't care what happens after I kill Artorius". Character development throughout the story mitigates this somewhat, but towards the end, she's still focused just on killing her target, even if it's for a more noble reason. |
| 31 | * AndYourRewardIsClothes: A majority of the rewards you gain from opening Katz Boxes, trading in Tales Coins, as well as completing sidequest chains are often extra costumes and attachments for your characters. |
| 32 | * AnimatedArmor: |
| 33 | ** The Antique Armor boss fought in Titania. |
| 34 | ** Kurogane is a walking suit of armor, and a master blacksmith. At one point, he even uses his own head to create a sword. |
| 35 | ** There's also Lancelot, the OptionalBoss fought in Vortigern. |
| 36 | * AnimalsLackAttributes: The werewolf enemies are frequently seen wearing nothing, yet the females look the exact same as males... aside from one in the temple of Palimedes, which has rather visible breasts. [[spoiler: Turns out? That's a hint - that werewolf is Kamoana's ''mother''.]] |
| 37 | * AntiFrustrationFeatures: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise [[AntiFrustrationFeatures/TalesSeries here]]. |
| 38 | * AntiHero: Velvet, and indeed at least half of the party, are portrayed by the game's marketing as being unconventionally heroic, with only a couple {{Token Good Teammate}}s to even them out. |
| 39 | * AntiVillain: The bad guys represent a CorruptChurch and are thus clothed in the trappings of piety. However, most of the recurring mini-boss characters are {{Punch Clock Villain}}s who joined the Abbey out of a genuine desire to do good; they get AlasPoorVillain moments. Additionally, it's a PlotPoint that they ''must'' possess IncorruptiblePurePureness ([[spoiler:their souls could not have been used to power up the Four Elemental Empyreans otherwise, nor could Teresa have become a "pure" therion]]). |
| 40 | * ArcWords: "Why is it you think that birds fly?" Artorius asks this question of various characters throughout the game as a SecretTestOfCharacter; those who answer the question too literally fail the test. The personal answer of Artorius is [[spoiler:because it is inherently within their nature to fly]]. Just before the final boss, Velvet gives Artorius her own answer: [[spoiler:because they want to fly]]. |
| 41 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: |
| 42 | ** The Twelve Year Sickness. A rare ailment that induces gradually worsening fevers in children every twelve days, until their twelfth year of age, in which they finally succumb to their illness. They ''all'' die ''exactly'' on their twelfth birthdays. [[spoiler:This is the reason why Velvet's younger brother willingly offered himself as the sacrifice to Innominat. A cure does in fact exist known as the cure-all Omega Elixir. The book containing it was taken to Videl, whom Laphicet cures.]] |
| 43 | ** The Corsair's Scourge is a fatal disease caught upon the seas, where the body first undergoes a high fever and eventually falls apart like sand in the later and final stages. Drinking water helps to stall the symptoms from spreading. The cure made from the flower Sale'tomah requires larger doses in the later stages and is known for its disgusting taste. The petals are "thousands of times stronger than mint", and the leaves and stem are "richer than the richest beef tongue", and the flavors clash so hard that your whole body feels the pain. |
| 44 | ** The absurdity of both these illnesses is [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]]. Magilou even notes the Twleve Year Sickness sounds more like a curse than a disease. |
| 45 | * ArtisticLicenseGeology: The continents that form the setting of ''Tales of Berseria'' will eventually merge together to form the supercontinent of Glenwood, the setting of ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'', over a span of 1000 years. Not millions of years, ''one-thousand years''. However, this is justified and [[HandWave hand waved]] by Eizen, who claims that plate tectonics will be accelerated when [[spoiler:the Four Elemental Empyreans awaken from their slumber]]. |
| 46 | * ArtisticLicenseSpace: It's explained in-game that the Night of the Scarlet Moon wherin the moon turns blood red every three years is caused by the moon approaching its closest point in its orbit, which in astronomy terms, is called the "Perigee" or "Periapsis". However, the orbital motions of celestial bodies and their closest and farthest approaches would remain fairly constant for long periods of time, so unless something is gravitationally disrupting the moon's orbit on a regular basis, there's no rhyme or reason as to why a Scarlet Night would happen every three years when in actuallity, it would depend on the moon's orbital period.[[note]]For reference, our [[UsefulNotes/TheMoon Moon]] orbits Earth every 27 days, so its closest approach happens about once each month.[[/note]] |
| 47 | * AwfulTruth: |
| 48 | ** The truth behind the daemonblight is known to malakhim but not to humans, since knowing it would cause chaos. [[spoiler:The truth is that "daemonblight" doesn't even exist, and daemons are caused by malevolence in the hearts of men. Though if you played ''Zestiria'' then that's not as much of a twist for you as it is for the cast.]] |
| 49 | ** Exploited by Artorius. He's got an ace up his sleeve to deal with Velvet, and waits until just the right moment to reveal it: [[spoiler:Velvet's brother Laphicet wasn't a random victim; he was a willing sacrifice to the ritual, and became Innominat's vessel freely. Artorius reveals this right when it would hurt Velvet the most because he wants Velvet to become the malevolence of despair]]. |
| 50 | * BackgroundMusicOverride: Once you get to TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, the same track, "[[https://youtu.be/zI5rrFORcEs The Way of the Embodied Dragon]]," is used for everything except bosses. |
| 51 | * BadMoonRising: The moon turns blood red during the Advent, also known as the Scarlet Night, where innocents become Daemons and Malaks descend upon the world. Velvet was transformed into a Daemon on this night. |
| 52 | * BeYourself: Although never stated this way directly, this idea lies at the heart of the creed followed by the characters and they are fighting against a force that would turn everyone into unthinking creatures without any personality. "In my heart is a flame I could not extinguish even if I wanted to. To live as you are, and to be true to yourself." |
| 53 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The Spectral Crystal boss can reflect any elemental damage that it resists, which is all of them. The player has to take advantage of the reflection chance equipment skill to reflect the boss's own attacks. |
| 54 | * {{BFS}}: Rokurou and Shigure both have them. They're actually properly-sized ''Nodachi'' and the Japanese script calls them such (the dub settles for "great sword"). In a nice bit of TruthInTelevision, the weapon is acknowledged to be rather situational, and Rangetsu Style practitioners also train to use a pair of daggers if the area is too cramped or the enemy too close for a very long blade to be practical; Rokurou, in fact, specializes in that half of the style. |
| 55 | * BigBad: |
| 56 | ** Artorius Colbrande, who causes Velvet's RoaringRampageOfRevenge after causing both her RedRightHand, and death of her brother. [[spoiler:Turns out that's not quite right, but Artorius is still the main antagonist who needs to be brought down.]] |
| 57 | ** Velvet herself is this in-universe, becoming seen as the dreaded Lord of Calamity by the people of the world. It's both for her more reckless and selfish choices, and her opposition to Artorius and the Abbey. |
| 58 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Velvet and the rest of the party arrive just in time to save Magilou from being killed by Melchior.]] |
| 59 | * BittersweetEnding: |
| 60 | ** [[spoiler:Artorius and the Exorcist order are defeated and the world is saved from Innominat turning people into emotionless husks... but Laphicet (who is now called ''Maotelus'') chooses to become an Empyrean alongside Teresa, Oscar, Shigure, and Melchior (now the four elemental Empyreans Musiphe, Hyanoa, Eumacia, and Amenoch, respectively) to stop the spread of malevolence while Velvet seals away Innominat to stop him and be with the little brother she still loves. Eleanor becomes a Shepherd to lead the people, while Magilou and Rokurou are left to walk the earth. Humans lose the ability to naturally see malakhim (who are subsequently called seraphim) and the two races come to distance themselves from each other, with Eizen remaining with Aifread's pirates despite them no longer being able to see him. Malevolence and its threat still exists, however, and the world must continue to battle with the emotions that reside in people's hearts lest they be corrupted.]] |
| 61 | ** [[spoiler:In addition, those who played ''Tales Of Zestiria'' know that the tragic fate of Van Aifread and the death of Zaveid's girlfriend-turned-dragon transforms Zaveid from an idealist and pacifist to a cynic who believes killing hellions and dragons is a mercy; Eizen becomes a dragon and is ultimately put down by Edna and the ''Zestiria'' party; and Laphicet/Maotelus eventually becomes corrupted by malevolence until being purified at the end of the game.]] |
| 62 | * BloodlessCarnage: Averted, which is unusual for a ''Tales Series'' main title. Velvet is shown killing a daemon, and the blood splatter splashes onto her cheek during the Scarlet Night. Several other characters who are close to death also have BloodFromTheMouth or bloody noses, and characters who die from slashing or stabbing injuries show visible bloody cuts and gashes on their bodies. |
| 63 | * BonusDungeon: The EX Dungeon is called the Heavenly Steppes. It's got the toughest enemies, but also has the best loot, and the enemies give a ton of experience points. |
| 64 | * BoringButPractical: |
| 65 | ** Because of the emphasis on ItemCrafting, Titles which increase item drop rates are incredibly useful -- especially because you don't find many crafting reagents out in the world; your main source of them is breaking down extra pieces of equipment. |
| 66 | ** In the endgame, Adamantine gear is the strongest "common" tier of gear available to the player. Since they're easier to farm than Rarity 19-21 gear, they're also easier to enhance, making them ideal for activating Armory Acerite bonuses. |
| 67 | * BossBonanza: The final dungeon has upgraded copies of plot-critical bosses to fight in addition to the FinalBoss. They're entirely {{optional|Boss}}, but choosing to defeat them will unlock each party member's level 3 [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]]. |
| 68 | * BossRush: The final Class 4 Administrative Zone, the Elite Quarter, has you fight against upgraded versions of previous bosses you've defeated, in addition to some new bosses that are exclusive to this arena. |
| 69 | * {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original Japanese version game, Artorius kills Laphicet by running him through the chest with a longsword. The North American and European versions had to censor this scene due to content ratings, changing it to Artorius casting a complex spell that runs twin swords made of light through Laphicet's chest instead. |
| 70 | * BreakThemByTalking: This is the last step in Inominat's scheme to make Velvet cross the DespairEventHorizon. [[spoiler:Inominat reveals that Velvet's quest has been for nothing since he sacrificed himself of his own free will, causing Velvet to agree that she's a monster. Luckily, her allies help her snap out of it.]] |
| 71 | * BribingYourWayToVictory: In the Heavenly Steppes bonus dungeon, it's possible to pay Katz in katz spirits to make the "extinguish the fires of malevolence" requirements easier. Paying can reduce time-consuming black thorns, increase the amount of time you have, or show the location of the mini-fires on the map. The most expensive option, in true "bribe your way to victory" fashion, outright skips the entire thing and allows you to proceed without clearing the dungeon floor. However, that option is only available if the player has already cleared that Flames of Malevolence room once. |
| 72 | * BrokenBird: |
| 73 | ** As a result of the "incident" with the Scarlet Night, Velvet turned from a happy and kind girl into a bitter loner who was obsessed with vengeance. |
| 74 | ** Magilou has hints of this, though she intentionally downplays it and hides behind a mask of a {{Cuckoosnarker}}. It's eventually revealed that Magilou's heart was broken by Melchior after he [[spoiler:abandoned her when she failed a SecretTestOfCharacter that he put her through]]. |
| 75 | * BrutalBonusLevel: The Heavenly Steppes, the game's BonusDungeon. There are enemies up to level 120, in a game where the final boss can be beaten at level 70. The dungeon's gimmick requires purifying a black flame of malevolence full of a gauntlet of enemies. After clearing it, a player has to find other similar, smaller flames under a time limit. If the timer runs out, the player has to clear the large flame all over again for another try. The dungeon requires a player to clear six different levels of this, each one getting progressively harder with tougher enemies, and each level has its own boss. |
| 76 | * BubblegloopSwamp: The Fens of Nog and the Baird Marsh. Both of them have several islands that the party needs to hop across in order to reach their next destination. |
| 77 | * CallForward: The game features numerous examples since it's a prequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''. Hell, Arma Dylan is even mentioned by name! |
| 78 | ** The first "enemies" Velvet has are prickleboars, which she hunts. The first enemies Sorey ever had to deal with (implied - the first battle in game is with a hellion) are prickleboars, which he also hunts in a similar fashion. Their reasons are different; Velvet hunts mainly to sell the prickleboars for money, while Sorey hunts them for food and their hides for himself. |
| 79 | ** It's repeatedly mentioned that the world is getting cooler (which plays havoc on the weather). Also, some exploration and talk with [=NPCs=] will reveal that the lands are drifting towards each other. A discovery skit in ''Zestiria'' has Sorey, Mikleo, and Dezel discuss how a dead tree's rings are close together because of it going through a cold time period; meanwhile, the mention of the lands moving together explains the different geography of ''Zestiria'' compared to ''Berseria''. [[spoiler: There's even a small comment in ''Zestiria'' that suggests part of the reason Glenwood looks as it does is because powerful earth malakim/seraphim moved the land for whatever reason. And in ''Berseria'' it's mentioned that changes to the land will take only a few hundred years thanks to the Empyreans having been awoken by Velvet.]] |
| 80 | ** Eizen's [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/aselia/images/6/66/Eizen_BS_Render.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160426231133 Draconic Drive]] and gives him a dark appearance with wings, which foreshadows his fate before ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria''. |
| 81 | ** The Undead Dragon on Hexen Island is revealed to be [[spoiler: another Malak like Laphicet who the party took with them, but was forcibly turned into a dragon by Innominat to stop them. They defeat it and when they do the skeleton is all that remains, and gets revived by malevolence during ''Zestiria''.]] |
| 82 | ** Laphicet's third Mystic Arte is the series' main staple [[ShockAndAwe Indignation]]. [[spoiler: Which is the same Indignation Heldalf uses in Zestiria because Laphicet goes on to become Maotelus.]] |
| 83 | ** The Empyrean's Throne is identical to Artorius's Throne, only not ruined. It also has the symbol of Innominat on it just like in Zestiria. [[spoiler: That's because Innominat is the second main villain of the game.]] |
| 84 | ** Another area in Zestiria is called "Aifread's Hunting Grounds". It is a coastal area with a broken landscape, cliffs, and ruins. It is very similar to where you finally defeat Aifread in Berseria. |
| 85 | ** There are several references made in ''Zestiria'' to an "Era of Asgard". In this game, Asgard is the name of the royal family. |
| 86 | *** This is further played with if you visit the church in Taliesin; an NPC there will mention an even older civilization during an Era of Asgard, and will even namedrop a Holy Kingdom of Hyland that sank beneath a lake. Another character in Taliesin talks about wanting to build a new town at the lake using the old city as a foundation and attract ladies--hence, ''Zestiria'''s Ladylake, capital of Hyland. |
| 87 | ** The crests of the four elemental Empyreans are the same symbols of the weapons that Sorey and Rose use while armatized: fire is a sword, water is a bow, and so on. |
| 88 | ** [[spoiler:Armatization]] returns in this game, except the AwfulTruth is revealed that [[spoiler:it was an experimental arte formed by Melchior to fuse human and malak, and it had unfortunate consequences because the users were not truly synchronized.]] You can also find two malakhim near the Empyrean's throne, one carrying [[spoiler:Mikleo's bow]], discussing the possibility of perfecting it in the case of troublesome future crises. |
| 89 | ** After a good deal of debauchery, Velvet eventually comes to news from locals that she is [[spoiler:referred to as the Lord of Calamity, Heldalf's title in ''Zestiria''.]] |
| 90 | ** To get past the guards at the capital, [[IndyPloy improvisation]] and BadBadActing is used when TheProtagonist is called out for being suspicious. |
| 91 | ** Hexen Island is visited during the main plot [[spoiler: resulting in the set up for one of ''Zestiria's'' bonus bosses]]. |
| 92 | ** Talking with a blue Normin on Normin Island has him wishing for a nice master, preferably a very pretty girl who will pamper him. He goes on to say that if she meets his standards, he won't mind if she liked making terrible puns. Anyone who played Zestiria will know that this is a reference to Lailah. |
| 93 | ** On Normin Island, you can find Atakk, who says that he was jealous of Bienfu's and Grimoire's hats, and that he was going to go find a nice shiny gold one. |
| 94 | ** When the party starts seeing visions of the past, Eizen says he's heard of it and calls it the Earthen Historia. The same Earthen Historia was used in ''Zestiria'' to see Heldalf's backstory. |
| 95 | ** At the end [[spoiler: the healing wave fails to purify Rokurou.]] This exact same problem with the [[spoiler: silver flame and purifying hellions]] pops up in the latter parts of ''Zestiria''. |
| 96 | * CallingYourAttacks: Zigzagged. Every attack does have its own callout, but it's not necessarily the attack's name. Some characters call our their artes' name when they use them, but sometimes they instead either give shouts like "[[{{Kiai}} Hi-YAH!]]", or taunts like "too slow!" and "no escape!". Velvet and Eizen are notable for going in and out of this. |
| 97 | * CannibalismSuperPower: Venomization is said to be a dark ritual that forces demons to devour one another to make more powerful demons. Therions are naturally occurring daemon eaters, although only a small number may exist at a given time, and as a general rule appear to be more powerful than products of venomization. |
| 98 | * CantDropTheHero: Downplayed. Velvet is the protagonist, and will always be in the party because the perspective follows her. But there's nothing forcing you to control her in battle or even keep her in the front lines. Your backup can be hot-swapped into the party during battle, and you can switch which character you're controlling at any time. So while Velvet is always in the party, she doesn't have to fight if a player doesn't want her to. |
| 99 | * CapitalCity: Loegres, the capital of TheEmpire. |
| 100 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 101 | ** Laphicet copied one of Arthur's books at the beginning, and sold it to buy a comb for Velvet. [[spoiler:Turns out this book is the key to understand Artorius' true intents.]] |
| 102 | ** The comb Laphicet buys Velvet in the beginning of the game? [[spoiler:Velvet uses it as a feint against Innominat in the final battle. Really hits home given that her brother is Innominat's vessel.]] |
| 103 | * CollectiveIdentity: Of a sort. While Velvet is the primary character associated with the RedBaron moniker "Lord of Calamity", the rumors of her exploits grow to take on some of Magilou's traits, as well as being saddled with some of the exploits of the Van Aifread Pirates. |
| 104 | * CoolBoard: Midway through the game, you can obtain the geoboard which allows Velvet to travel much faster, and kills lower-leveled enemies if it runs into them. |
| 105 | * CoolShip: The [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Van Eltia]], the ship sailed by Aifread's pirate crew. It's said to be the fastest ship in the world. |
| 106 | * CorruptChurch: Subverted. The church was a benign religion that existed before Artorius and the Abbey placed their deity Empyrean Innominat as the new being of worship at its center. Plus, most people in the Abbey aren't all that bad; some are actively shown trying to help the citizens of the world. |
| 107 | * CosmicHorrorStory: The root of Velvet's problems lies with [[spoiler: a malevolent, godlike being that acts as a barrier in exchange for {{Human Sacrifice}}s, who's constantly keeping the Daemonblight at bay.]] What makes it this instead of LovecraftLite is that [[spoiler: the only way to defeat said malevolent, godlike being, is for Velvet to become a barrier against it while her reincarnated nephew replaces it (with said nephew not requiring sacrifices)]]. |
| 108 | * CreditsMedley: The closing credits feature a medley of the character themes of all of the playable characters. |
| 109 | * CrystallineCreature: The Spectral Crystal is a [[OptionalBoss Code Red Daemon]] made out of multi-colored gemstones, and this plays into the gimmick of its fight: it's a NighInvulnerable StoneWall with very high defense stats and resistances to all damage types outside of easy difficulty. It's a PuzzleBoss where you need to find a solution to get around its defenses, since, unlike other Code Red Daemons, it won't put up much of a fight due to having low HP and attack stats. |
| 110 | * CypherLanguage: It keeps the same substitution cipher that makes up the [[https://ednae.tumblr.com/post/169868833285/ Ancient Tongue]] as ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'', found in [[IKnowYourTrueName true names]] and spell sigils, which decodes to mostly comprehensible English. (For instance, Bienfu's true name in English is "Fuschie Cass", an English localization of the Japanese approximation of "Fwussv Has", which decodes into "Pretty Hat".) |
| 111 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: Some of the controls have swapped buttons compared to the previous games: |
| 112 | ** Guard/Sidestep has been moved from the Square button to the L1 button. |
| 113 | ** Skits are now triggered with the Triangle button instead of the Select/Touchpad button. |
| 114 | ** The menu is opened by pressing the Touchpad instead of the Triangle button. |
| 115 | ** Of course, things are different in the Japan-only [=PlayStation=] 3 version, since there is no Touchpad. |
| 116 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The earliest iteration of [[spoiler:the armatization feature from Zestiria is formally introduced in Berseria as a highly unstable, untested arte used by the Abbey in the latter half of the game.]] |
| 117 | * DarkerAndEdgier: The ''Tales'' series is no stranger to dark themes and tragic characters, but ''Berseria'' sets a much different tone than both [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria its immediate predecessor]] and the series itself, featuring a tale of revenge rather than a quest to save the world or rescue a loved one. The fact that [[BigBad Artorius]] is leading a organization that has enslaved malakhim and plans to [[spoiler:rob humanity of their emotions and free will]] is secondary to Velvet's desire for avenge her brother's death, and the party is largely assembled because [[PragmaticHero it benefits them to do so]], to the point that their most moral members are the ones who were recruited as hostages. Magilou, at one point, even calls the party "a group of villains". |
| 118 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/TalesSeries here]]. |
| 119 | * DeconstructorFleet: |
| 120 | ** ''Berseria'' takes the trope of WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison from the opposing end. To Velvet, the ends did not justify the means, and is a massive source of heartache and rage. |
| 121 | ** It deconstructs the ByronicHero by showing how violent and merciless such a person might actually be if they focused only on their passions. Velvet certainly is passionate about her revenge and she has every reason to feel like she has to avenge her brother, but she won't ever stop talking about it and commits several atrocities in the name of that vengeance. She also doesn't really like that she has to go so far as to kill people or ruin the lives of so many innocents, which makes her feel immense guilt for having to do so. [[spoiler:When Velvet learns her brother was killed in a MercyKill and allowed it, she nearly breaks because now her justification is gone and only gets out of it by her friends.]] |
| 122 | ** The VillainWithGoodPublicity trope is examined for the "publicity" part especially. [[spoiler:In spite of saving the world, Velvet is remembered as a monster, and Artorius is remembered as a hero. Velvet doesn't get a happy ending as the result of the Abbey rewriting history to remember her only as the Lord of Calamity. It's helped along by the fact Velvet really did several terrible things in order to kill Artorius, like destroying an entire town's livelihood and killing innocent people.]] |
| 123 | ** The game also deconstructs TheNeedsOfTheMany, showing it's a dehumanizing philosophy that suppresses even the smallest freedoms and results in poor quality of life for the individual person because said philosophy only focuses on the masses. Being willing and able to enforce such a system inherently means a leader has NoSympathy and sees people as numbers, not living things. The Abbey's good PR isn't a natural result of their efforts, but a necessary façade to stop the people realizing how abhorrent these laws actually are. Additionally, the Midgand imperial family already took this philosophy to the extreme before the Abbey took over, as shown by how Prince Percival is treated as an institution to serve the state rather than a human being. |
| 124 | ** IncorruptiblePurePureness is given a look as well. The Exorcists of the Abbey are all pure of heart, which is why they can make pacts with malakhim, and are able to fight off daemons without falling to them. However, due to the organization's goals and teachings, those who become Exorcists justify their actions by logic. This ends up making them cold, heartless, and borderline sociopaths in how they operate. They'll do things like execute a Daemon regardless of how much of its humanity remains and use their malakhim as mere tools to be used and discarded as needed. As a result, while they are pure of heart and are trying to protect people, they become easy to manipulate by the higher ups, and [[PureIsNotGood commit horrible acts due to the teachings of the Abbey, causing them to be almost no better than the very daemons they fight against]]. It also means that, when challenged, their purity falls apart, and they become monsters. |
| 125 | ** FallenHero is deconstructed by Artorius. [[spoiler: Artorius fell into despair when Celica died and stepped into the role of a villain from a story perspective after that moment, but unlike most examples of this trope where the FallenHero becomes the complete antithesis to what they believed in, Artorius never truly lost sight of his ideals. He still wanted to save everyone, especially his family. However, due to how much loss he suffered, he decided [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery the world could not be saved as it is]], and concluded that to save the world, mankind's freewill needed to be removed. With that, he became TheStoic in order to remain in control despite nearly crossing the DespairEventHorizon. As a result, he lacks any humanizing traits such as empathy or feelings, and runs off of pure logic, leading him to becoming a cold rallying symbol for the world, but one who lacked any hope for it, which leads him to commit horrible acts.]] |
| 126 | * DevelopersForesight: In a NewGamePlus, you can choose to carry over any artes your characters previously learned. If you do, Velvet has different voice lines for each of her artes before she becomes a Therion, even for late-game artes that she would normally never be able to use in the prologue. |
| 127 | * DiscOneNuke: |
| 128 | ** Normally, you need to be at the end of the game to be able to combo well in a Tales game. That said, using Velvet's Consume Soul as a combo linker can get your combo counts into the fifties relatively early (and using it as a linker helps with its main weakness, that [[CastFromHitPoints your health slowly drains while Velvet's in her]] SuperMode). |
| 129 | ** If the player uses the expedition mechanic to farm treasure to sell to the shops, it's possible to raise the shop level and obtain stronger equipment earlier than they should. |
| 130 | * DistinctionWithoutADifference: After the party fights Phoneix, Bienfu and Grimorh reveal that there are "dog normin" and "cat normin" and that there's an irreconciable difference between the two. They compare it to the difference between sky blue and sea blue, though some of the party think that those two really aren't any different. Eizen insists that to the trained eye there is, but then they start giving other examples, like pudding vs. custard, sherbet vs. sorbet, or a hoagie vs. a sub sandwich, which Velvet says there really is no difference. |
| 131 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During one Inn skit, Eleanor has been shut out of her and Velvet's room with Velvet refusing her entry for an extended period of time. When the others come to investigate, Eleanor says that she doesn't know what Velvet is up to all by herself, but she can hear heavy breathing and moaning. It turns out that Velvet's just cleaning the room, the breathing coming from her breathing on the windows while cleaning them, and the moaning being her disgust at the room's unkempt demeanor. |
| 132 | * DoomedByCanon: Anyone who's played a decent amount of ''Tales of Zestiria'' [[spoiler: won't be getting too optimistic about Eizen's future, since that game shows he becomes a dragon and has to be put down in a MercyKill by Edna and Zaveid]]. |
| 133 | * DoomedHometown: Aball, Velvet's hometown, suffers from Daemonblight on the Scarlet Night and everyone succumbs to it. [[spoiler:Later, the party visits the town to find that it has recovered and everyone survived, but it turns out it was just one of Melchior's illusions, and the town remained uninhabited for three years.]] |
| 134 | * DoorToBefore: The game arbitrarily provides warp points to allow you to travel from the beginning of the dungeon to the end of it with warp pads, letting you skip a long walk with nothing else to see. Also, the Denore Bottle item instantly warps you out of a dungeon when you use it. |
| 135 | * DownerBeginning: The intro of the game has Velvet's pregnant sister dying in the Scarlet Night. Then we get a few scenes about her peaceful life in Aball with Arthur and Laphicet, but the world is still slowly being consumed by Daemonblight. An hour of gameplay later, there is another Scarlet Night, Arthur kills Laphicet, Velvet inadvertently slaughters everyone in her village, becomes a daemon, and gets locked in a prison cell for three years, where she does nothing but feed on other daemons and stew in her anger. ''Then'' the game proper begins. |
| 136 | * DownloadableContent |
| 137 | ** The PSN offers small additions that [[BribingYourWayToVictory make the battles easier]] by allowing the player to purchase extra HP, some parameter-enhancing herbs, and even some Grade Shop bonuses early like Double Grade or Gald drops. There is also the Adventure Superpack that contains all of those items at once. |
| 138 | ** There are also several costumes that the player can obtain via catalogues, which include some extra skits to be viewed on the title screen. The costumes include a pirate and maid set; [[BeachEpisode swimwear]]; and the standard, referential ''[[VideoGame/TalesSeries Tales Of]]'' costumes of [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Rutee]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Richard]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Natalia]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Arche]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Hubert]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2 Ludger]]. |
| 139 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Melchior bases his life and his convictions on the words of an ancient exorcist named Claudin, but Melchior misinterpreted what Claudin meant. [[spoiler:Melchior thinks that Claudin's words about the potential of humanity means that there's a threshold that humans can never cross as long as they produce malevolence; therefore, all human emotion must be surpressed. What Claudin actually meant is that humanity has the potential to be great in spite of producing malevolence, and that reason and emotions must both be used as a way to guide human thought and progress.]] |
| 140 | * DrivingQuestion: Early on, Artorius asks a rather pointed question to Velvet - "Why is it you think that birds fly?" This question is repeated a number of times to different people throughout the game, all of whom give varying answers that reveal a bit about their personal philosophies. |
| 141 | ** "Birds fly to hunt prey" -- Velvet Crowe[[labelnote:*]]Velvet is a grounded protagonist, focused on her life and the lives of her family as they go on around her. She fails to take in the deeper philosophical meaning behind the question, and answers it at face value when Arthur asks.[[/labelnote]] and Eleanor Hume[[labelnote:*]]At this point in the story, Eleanor has been indoctrinated by the Abbey's cult of reason for a number of years, and hasn't truly begun to start learning to think outside of the box of what she's been taught. When asked this question directly by Artorius himself, she gives this answer hesitantly, as if unsure if she ''should'' be thinking more deeply about the question.[[/labelnote]] |
| 142 | ** "Birds fly to catch food, or escape from predators." -- Laphicet Crowe[[labelnote:*]]Asked casually by Velvet, still trying to puzzle out what Arthur meant by asking. Laphicet gives a similarly grounded response that doesn't ponder the deeper philosophical meaning, but in truth is holding his arm in a notably guilty gesture.[[/labelnote]] |
| 143 | ** "Birds fly because if they didn't, they wouldn't be birds." -- Percival[[labelnote:*]]Velvet posed the question to a stranger she met in Loegres, who answered thusly. "The freedom to fly is a universal right for a bird, and denying them that right would deny them something essential to being a bird."[[/labelnote]] |
| 144 | ** "Birds fly because they must." -- [[spoiler:Laphicet Crowe]][[labelnote:*]]Laphicet's ''real'' answer to the question, asked by Artorius in the past after Laphicet offered to be the sacrifice needed to revive Innominat. Notably, Artorius doesn't rebuke this answer. "Birds fly because it's what they must do, even if their wings are weak and frail. They fly, because flying means that they can continue living, or help their nest to continue living."[[/labelnote]] |
| 145 | ** "Birds fly because they have strong wings." -- Artorius Collbrande[[labelnote:*]]The answer Artorius gives, explaining his decision to unleash Innominat and eventually drain humanity of its free will. "Birds fly because they can do nothing but fly. They are slaves to their nature, and in submission to that nature, they find peace."[[/labelnote]] |
| 146 | ** "Birds fly because they want to fly and for no other reason." -- Velvet Crowe[[labelnote:*]]Velvet's final answer at the end of the story. "Birds fly because they choose to fly, because that's what gives their life meaning, even if their wings may break and doom them to die. A life without pain wouldn't be worth sacrificing that freedom to fly."[[/labelnote]] |
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| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | [[folder: E-K]] |
| 150 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 151 | ** Velvet appears Episodes 5 and 6 (or 6 and 7 if you include the prologue episode) of ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Tales of Zestiria the X]]'', which aired before the game's Japanese release. The latter episode even ends with the opening sequence of the game. |
| 152 | ** Artorius made his first appearance in a trailer for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIp4sMmbBmA Tales of Zestiria the X]]'', a year before he appeared in ''Berseria''[='=]s promotional material. |
| 153 | * EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingAboutBananas: The ancient Avarost language has a grammar which is nothing like the current language and often requires a keen sense of intuition and unusual leaps of logic in order to truly understand the meaning, as well as sometimes reordering the words. When Laphicet and Grimoirh are trying to figure out the Avarost in an ancient book, Grimoirh finds herself particularly stumped by a line which, if translated literally, states "The parent hates tomatoes, the child eggplants." |
| 154 | -->'''Laphicet''': I... doubt those have much to do with Innominant, yeah. |
| 155 | * EldritchLocation: TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon of the game is one, being [[spoiler:effectively a floating 'castle' in space formed out of roads of light and no actual walls or rooms. It's also described, in an abstract sense, as part of ''Innominat's body''.]] |
| 156 | * EmotionsVersusStoicism: The main conflict of the game is between the main party, who all act on their emotions while the Abbey are on the side of "reasoning". |
| 157 | * EncounterRepellant: In addition to the ''Tales Series'' staple of the Holy Bottle, the Geobard also serves this function. While riding it, touching weaker enemies will instantly remove them from the overworld map without needing to fight them. The catch is that you don't get any experience, money, or Grade for doing this. |
| 158 | * EndlessWinter: Northgand, especially the town of Meirchio. An NPC mentions that Northgand used to have a short spring, summer, and fall, but hasn't in a few years due to the world's climate getting colder. Southgand, by contrast, is a tropical island with an eternal summer. |
| 159 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: [[spoiler:The villains' plan is to remove all emotion from people so they will purely act logically, thus removing all malevolence from the world and preventing any more daemons from coming back.]] |
| 160 | * ExactWords: Velvet tells Malak Number Two to "keep your mouth shut" after he starts annoying her. So Malak Number Two takes this literally, not speaking up even when he's in mortal danger. |
| 161 | * {{Expy}}: Velvet so far appears to be heavily based on [[VideoGame/{{Drakengard3}} Zero]]. Both are powerful women on a quest for revenge, wear {{Stripperific}} clothing, have some sort of unusual demonic curse attached to a body part, and are paired up with someone that's a AdorablyPrecociousChild. [[spoiler:And just like Zero, she ends up using her power to seal away an evil god alongside herself and leaving her dragon friend behind]]. Similarities to [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] have been made as well. |
| 162 | ** Velvet's design has also been compared to [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla's]]. [[spoiler:Made hilarious when Milla shows up as a cameo!]] |
| 163 | ** An exorcist from Abbey that's shown up frequently in the trailers and other pre-release materials has been noted to look fairly similar to [[VideoGame/TalesofVesperia Flynn]] thus giving him his two most popular nicknames, Flynn 2.0 and Knighty. His actual name is Oscar Dragonia and he's a member of Artorius' group. |
| 164 | ** Artorius Collbrande looks a lot like [[Anime/{{Gintama}} Utsuro]], but he's also not too much unlike previous Tales BigBad [[spoiler: Van, as both seek to save humanity by destroying it, creating a world of blank slates]]. There's even a little resemblance between the two physically. |
| 165 | *** Artorius' outfit as the Shepherd [[spoiler:and when he armitizes with Inomminat]] bring to mind Yggdrasil from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. |
| 166 | ** [[spoiler:Inomminat/Laphicet Crowe is one to Mithos Yggrasil from ''Tales Of Symphonia''. Both are pre-teen boys with older sisters with whom they share a close bond, become godlike figures, seek to turn everyone in the world into soulless drones, opposed by their older sisters (in one way or another), and are ultimately replaced as a God-figure.]] |
| 167 | * FakeLongevity: The endgame sidequests can be very time-consuming because of the lack of objective markers [[note]](completing one step in a sidequest will often not technically begin the next, making the player manually check every area map for an event bubble)[[/note]], the excessive amount of events in Stonebury [[note]](the only major settlement that can't be accessed via the normal travel network, requiring BackTracking or not-cheap Inoph bottles to jump to)[[/note]], and good old-fashioned arbitrary NPC placement [[note]](the Bloodwings, a group constantly noted for having agents everywhere and their incredible efficiency, has the contact you need to trigger the final step of Rokurou's quest on a different landmass from where she sends you for no reason whatsoever)[[/note]]. |
| 168 | * FashionableAsymmetry: |
| 169 | ** Velvet, especially on her legs, where she has one armored boot and the other leg completely exposed. One of her arms is also covered in bandages to cover her demonic arm and they come off when she fights with it. |
| 170 | ** Rokurou, Magilou, and Eizen to some degree. Rokurou's right side is all purple armor, the left side of Magilou's outfit is a pallet swap of the right side of said outfit and the left side of her hat appears to have a checker pattern on it, and Eizen has a dagger looking thing on the left side of his jacket and the top part of his right boot is sticking up. |
| 171 | * FinalBossPreview: The first battle against Artorius is this, taking place about eight hours into the story, but it's a HopelessBossFight that shows how completely outclassed the party is. |
| 172 | * FirstTown: Aball, up until the [[DoomedHometown Scarlet Night]]. When you come back, it looks like it's not a DoomedHometown, but that's the result of [[spoiler:Melchior trying to trap Velvet in a LotusEaterMachine]]. |
| 173 | * FishingMinigame: It has one, but it's generally considered the weakest "mini-game" in the game. As [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/167071-tales-of-berseria/74941650 described]] by one player "You basically select the bait and the RNG decides which fish you get." For the record, there are three different types of bait, which can be obtained through random sparkly spots throughout the game, but even then, it's still a random chance, and you don't actually ''do'' anything other than choose a bit and then sit back. Each spot has a "Guardian" which you can get as a key item, but there's really little point to it, other than to possibly pick up a few additional items to help gain an achievement / trophy for unique items. |
| 174 | * FlawExploitation: Magilou uses this against Melchior when the party fights him. [[spoiler:Melchior loves flowers more than anything else, even "more than any living human", according to Magilou. So Magilou creates an image of a flower beneath Melchior's feet just before he would cast an arte that would render the party's efforts AllForNothing on Mount Killarus. This gives Velvet the opening she needs to grab Melchior and eat him with her daemon arm.]] |
| 175 | * FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:The credits sequence contains a clip show of images detailing Velvet's and Laphicet's lives if the scarlet night that changed Arthur and Laphicet's twelve year sickness never happened, showing them fullfilling his dream of traveling the world]]. |
| 176 | * ForegoneConclusion: Though set very far apart, the game is still a prequel to ''Zestiria'', so some story connections establish future events in advance. |
| 177 | ** Humans will somehow lose the ability to see Malakhim (who will become known as Seraphim) and the malevolence caused by the Daemonblight will spread without a cure (eventually becoming an epidemic come ''Zestiria's'' Age of Chaos). |
| 178 | ** Once we see Eizen's sister is Edna, it tells his eventual fate is to become a dragon. |
| 179 | ** Artorius, regardless of his status as the BigBad, eventually becomes worshiped as a Seraph and his shrine is used by Maotelus and many other power Seraphs. |
| 180 | ** [[spoiler:Laphicet as Maotelus eventually becomes corrupted by Malevolence thanks to the Shepherd Michael regardless of what the party tries to do to help him.]] |
| 181 | * ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: The Morgana Woods around Velvet's hometown of Aball is covered in trees that are perpetually locked in an autumn state all year round. According to the in-game lore, this is due to Eastgand's climate becoming cooler as global temperatures drop overtime. |
| 182 | * FramingDevice: The novelization depicts the game's events as a story being told by Laphicet to [[spoiler:Sorey, one thousand years in the future, after the events of ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' where Sorey has sealed himself away with him in order to purify his corruption by malevolence]]. As a result, the game's events are all told from Laphicet's point of view, skipping Velvet's prologue and escape from Titania. |
| 183 | * FreakyFridayFlip: In the bathhouse event after clearing the Heavenly Steppes, the boys swap bodies with the girls; Laphicet[=/=]Velvet, Rokurou[=/=]Eleanor, and Eizen[=/=]Magilou. Afterwards, Eleanor demands that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain everyone forgets what just happened]]. |
| 184 | * FreezeFrameBonus: A split second shot in Eizen's combat segment of the opening shows Benwick, along with three bosses that later become your non-party allies: Dyle, Medissa, and Kamoana, the former two fending off against attacking exorcists while Medissa naturally is protecting Kamoana. |
| 185 | * FriendToAllChildren: To limited definitions of "all," to be sure, as there are really only two children involved with the main party ([[spoiler:Laphicet, AKA Malak Number Two, and Kamoana]]). However, everyone goes out of their way to be supportive to them. For parental substitutes, those kids end up with things like half-daemons on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages of Revenge]], a {{troll}}ish witch, pirates, abdicated royalty and a man-lizard with no tail... but all of them do their best at the job, and even succeed to a respectable extent. This is one of the ways the AntiHero main characters are characterized as being, well, not so evil. |
| 186 | * FunWithHomophones: The Malak are called 聖隷 (seirei) in the Japanese version of the game. This means Holy Servant. It's also pronounced exactly the same as 精霊 (seirei), the term past tales have used to describe spirits. |
| 187 | * GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: A minor one, but the appearance of Laphicet in Velvet's dream raises questions as to the nature of this dream and whether he had any role in creating it, or whether it is even a dream at all and not an alternate universe.]] |
| 188 | * GameplayGrading: GRADE returns, as always. In this game, though, it has an additional function. Just like in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', GRADE forms AP, which can be used to power up equipment in various ways. |
| 189 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: |
| 190 | ** In Eizen's first boss battle, he drops the Daredevil's Ventite, which enables Dire Foes to spawn. These boss-tier foes can easily defeat an unprepared party, but they're also good for farming equipment mastery, which is consistent with how the Reaper's Curse puts Eizen and his friends through misfortune to make them stronger. |
| 191 | ** Some of the games more easier late-game bosses consist of someone who is not used to their new abilities, and two of which are essentially [[MercyKill putting them out of their misery]]. |
| 192 | ** For about two-thirds of the story, Velvet is utterly deadset and focused on killing Artorious and absolutely ''nothing'' else, constantly shooting down any proposals from the party that she considers a "distraction" unless its absolutely necessary. Its only after [[spoiler:Melchior's defeat]] that she lightens up considerably about this and allows herself and the party time to relax. This is reflected in game by the fact that most, if not all the game's sidequests only become available after [[spoiler:Melchior is defeated]]. |
| 193 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation |
| 194 | ** Regardless of how modest, prim and proper whatever costume you choose to dress Velvet up in might be, certain [=NPCs=] will comment on the scandalous nature of Velvet's clothing as if she's wearing her default outfit. |
| 195 | ** Flamestone is said to be increasingly rare due to the global cooling and therefore increasingly valuable. Despite this, the Flamestone Chips you can find lying around as a random treasure specks on the ground sell for only a pittance and always for the same amount. |
| 196 | ** Katz souls are supposedly the souls of actual katz. In gameplay terms, it's possible to collect an infinite amount if you played infinitely, as they are regenerated each time you visit an area and the bonus dungeon has randomly generated rooms that grant you huge amounts of them. |
| 197 | ** Unlike Despot Heldalf from ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'', the TrueFinalBoss of this game, [[spoiler:Deific Artorius]], doesn't have any story reason to be powered up after the player beats the Heavenly Steppes. There's no indication that beating all the bosses there has any effect on the earthpulse. |
| 198 | * GenreSavvy: After Velvet becomes "The Lord of Calamity" in-universe, stories about her begin spreading among the populace. Many of them describe her as some sort of EldritchAbomination, and there's a lot of misinformation as a result. It's a natural consequence of a world without instant communication. Velvet uses this to her advantage by using the confusion to move about cities freely. |
| 199 | * GhostTown: Aball becomes devoid of inhabitants once everyone in the town succumbs to Daemonblight. [[spoiler:The same thing happens to Haria, but people will resettle back in the town if you chose to do the sidequest to get Kamoana's medicine and defeat the troll boss.]] |
| 200 | * GodIsEvil: Empyrean Innominat, the Nameless Empyrean, who removes free will to impose reason upon all things, sadistically killing, transforming, brainwashing, and torturing anyone who tries to defy him.[[spoiler: The Avarost knew him as a disaster. Though his role is meant to stop the world from being destroyed, Innominat cares little for anyone beyond his beloved new world order of mindless slaves. Even the Elemental Empyreans have only ever suppressed him as his power keeps their own in check, with the resulting rampage of their own power would devastate the planet for millennia..]] |
| 201 | ** This is explained in that Innominat exists to prevent malevolence from fully consuming the world. [[spoiler:By removing free will, he also removed all malevolence for a time, and once it was gone, he had nothing to feed from and would return to sleep, giving the elemental Empyreans control again. However, Melchior and Artorius exploited this by creating dragons out of some malaks, and then caging them in Hexen Isle. Since dragons supply immense malevolence, Innominat would be able to rob the world of its free will indefinitely because the dragons would eternally supply it for him.]] |
| 202 | * GodIsGood: [[spoiler:The four elemental Empyreans, who act to keep Innominat from harming the world when they have vessels. At the end Laphicet becomes the sixth Empyrean of Light, Maotelus, to replace Innominat and ensure balance in the world.]] |
| 203 | * TheGoomba: Prickleboars are the first enemies you face in the game and are relatively easy to beat with solo Velvet. By the time the party returns to Aball, the Prickleboars are still at their same level that any attack from your party members is essentially a OneHitKill, given how powerful your party has become by that point. |
| 204 | ** The same is true of Gaiburk Ice Field north of Hellawes, the third area you visit; it has a late-game dungeon attached to it via by {{Broken Bridge}}s (and one of the final dungeons attached to ''that''), so you'll definitely have a chance to compare and contrast. |
| 205 | * GoryDiscretionShot: The game doesn't show Artorious cutting off Velvet's arm during the Scarlet Night. Artorius swings his sword, and the camera cuts to Velvet screaming and falling without showing her arm. The camera stays away from Velvet's stump until she becomes a daemon and grows a new arm. Even in a wide shot, Velvet's arm is concealed by magic swirling around her. |
| 206 | * GottaCatchEmAll: This is the plot of the second act. (The things being collected, which the Abbey has taken pains to hide, are [[spoiler:therions, because Innominat needs them for his Ritual of Surpression]].) |
| 207 | * GreatEscape: What happens in the first part of the game, where Velvet, Rokurou, and Magilou escape Titania after Velvet causes a prison riot and escapes from Oscar, the highest ranked praetor at the island. |
| 208 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The Seraphs of the Heavenly Realm (as revealed in the EX dungeon), who created the daemon curse in order to destroy any chance of humans (whose malevolence is toxic to seraphs) and malakhim (seraphs who left the Heavenly Realm to prove that living together with humans is possible) peacefully coexisting by turning them into daemons and dragons respectively.]] |
| 209 | * GuideDangIt: |
| 210 | ** Healing spells are affected by SG quantity and other effects that are neither intuitive nor explained. Under the wrong circumstances, it's totally possible for even the strongest spells to heal pitiful amounts. In higher difficulties, they're basically ''only'' good for removing status effects, making it better to restore health with Break Souls and items. |
| 211 | ** One of the last Code Red Daemons you can fight, called the Spectral Crystal, is a rather notorious PuzzleBoss. It is NighInvulnerable, deflecting all damage you perform back at you. The only way to bypass this defense is to equip a party member with a "X% chance to reflect non-elemental damage" skill and nowhere does the game even tell you this at any point. (The ''other'' option is to switch to Simple difficulty, which removes this gimmick entirely.) |
| 212 | ** It's possible to chain Mystic Artes together by holding down the Mystic Arte button, then holding a direction on the control pad. The 3rd and 4th Mystic Artes in the chain can be up to level 2 while the 5th and later Mystic Artes in the chain can be up to level 3, all while ignoring their normal activation conditions. Once again, [[HiddenMechanic the game never tells you this anywhere]]. |
| 213 | * HardModePerks: |
| 214 | ** In addition to the usual grade bonus, which ties into skill mastery progress, higher difficulties are necessary for some of the Potentites to work. |
| 215 | ** Inverted when it comes to farming Odorless Fluid, which comes from equipment with no random skills. These kinds of gear spawn more often on Simple mode. |
| 216 | * HeadlessHorseman: Dullahan appears as a boss in Titania, where the Abbey created him through Venomization. |
| 217 | * HeelFaceTurn: Almost every party member and allied NPC will fight off against Velvet before they join her. In order: Seres, Rokurou, Dyle, Laphicet, Eizen, Eleanor and the therions square off against her before they join her / Magilou's Menagerie / the crew of the ''Van Eltia''. Magilou herself is the only person Velvet never fights. |
| 218 | * HellholePrison: The Daemon Prison, Titania, where Velvet, Magilou, and Rokurou are being kept. Velvet is kept in a hole in the ground and is never properly clothed or bathed. Everyone else is kept in proper cells till they are fed to her. |
| 219 | * HeroesPreferSwords: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. The playable characters in ''Berseria'' are officially {{Anti Hero}}es and Affably Evil. Therefore, none of them use swords, a first for a ''Tales '' Mothership title. Velvet gets the closest, wielding a long blade hidden in her bracer in conjunction with [[KickChick her legs]] and [[TheRightHandofDoom daemonic arm]]; Rokurou also has a {{BFS}}, but wields it only in cut scenes, preferring instead to stick to DualWielding long knives since that's what he knows better. |
| 220 | * HeroicBSOD: Velvet undergoes one during the WhamEpisode. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Velvet's brother Laphicet willingly chose to die on the Scarlet Night where he was sacrificed in order to become Innominat's vessel. Therefore, all of Velvet's talk of vengeance and her reasons for committing the atrocities that she did now have no justification beyond her being a heartless monster. And this is what Innominat was hoping would happen, because he wants to break Velvet mentally and let her be consumed. Lucky for Velvet that her teammates snap her out of it.]] |
| 221 | * HeroicSacrifice: Subverted. [[spoiler:When it comes time to awaken the Elemental Empyreans, the party learns that only people who possess pure souls may suffice. Eleanor, who qualifies due to her rank in the Abbey, starts to volunteer... but is cut off, before she can finish the sentence, by someone who has a different solution, one that doesn't reduce the number of playable characters in the party.]] |
| 222 | * HiddenElfVillage: Katz Corner and Terror Island [[spoiler:aka Normin Island]] are islands hidden away from the rest of the world. Their locations are unknown due to Katz teleporting people to Katz Corner and Terror Island moving around. |
| 223 | * HiddenMechanic: |
| 224 | ** The game allows you to chain [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]] together should you use one, as long as each character has enough BG to use one. Also, the Mystic Artes progressively increase in level, and this can last until you either choose to stop or run out of BG to use any more. You can even keep going after your target has run out of HP (indicated by a "Crush!" graphic), [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill just in case you feel like going ham on your enemy]]. However, the game doesn't even hint that chaining Mystic Artes together is possible. |
| 225 | ** Healing spells are affected by SG quantity and other effects that are neither intuitive nor explained. Under the wrong circumstances, it's totally possible for even the strongest spells to heal pitiful amounts. In higher difficulties, they're basically ''only'' good for removing status effects, making it better to restore health with Break Souls and items. |
| 226 | * HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: At the end of the game, the soon to be King Percival intends to revise the continental calendar to one called the Greenwood Calendar, in order to give the impression of a new start. Laphicet notes it is much more cheerful sounding than the current "Desolation" Calendar, and so by ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'', a thousand years later, the continent is known as Glenwood. |
| 227 | * HomeBase: Titania is made into one for Velvet's crew and their allies as their infamy grows throughout Midgand. [[spoiler:Later, when the Abbey and Innominat force them out of Titania, they make Meirchio, a town located north of Hellawes, into their new home base after Velvet scares everyone out of the town in an elaborate attempt to draw out the remaining Legates.]] |
| 228 | * HopelessBossFight: As per ''Tales Series'' tradition. Both of them also serve as a FinalBossPreview, since the two return as a DualBoss in [[FinalBoss the final fight]], but this time without holding back. |
| 229 | ** The first fight against Artorius is one of these, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration both gameplay-wise and storywise]]. At a time when your party members might be around level 20 if you played your cards right, Artorius is level 66, and your attacks only do ScratchDamage to him. Eventually, Artorius unleashes his Mystic Arte on Velvet, causing a long cutscene to trigger where [[CurbStompBattle Velvet can't so much as hit him]]. |
| 230 | ** The party fights against Innominat during the WhamEpisode, where their attacks do no damage to him at all. The battle only ends after a certain amount of time has passed. However, notably it's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tales/comments/6e4nh2/berseria_spoilers_did_anyone_else/ still a Game Over]] if the party is [=KOed=] before the time has passed, which can easily happen on higher difficulties. |
| 231 | * HoverBoard: The Geoboard, ancient tech built by Normins, that hovers over earthpulses after getting data on the earthpulse from a geotree. It drains energy from Normins to function. Lower-levelled enemies will die instantly if run into while riding the geoboard. |
| 232 | * HumanSacrifice: The reason Velvet is so pissed at Artorius. He sacrificed her brother during the Scarlet Night. [[spoiler:What Velvet doesn't know is that Laphicet was a willing sacrifice, not an innocent victim. Innominat also needed two souls with great resonance in order to be resurrected; one was Celica's unborn son, and the other being Laphicet himself. The elemental Empyreans play with this, as they need a soul to be a vessel, but the vessel only needs no malevolence in them when they offer themselves on a Scarlet Night.]] |
| 233 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 234 | ** When first meeting the priest who demands others to confess their sins, Velvet notices that he's eyeing her chest. He states that humanity is sinful, and [[HypocrisyNod admits that he is no different]]. |
| 235 | ** One [=NPC=] conversation involves a man who wonders how anyone could possibly eat pengyons given that they're so cute, then talks in the same breath about the feast of rappig he's going to have, rappigs being cute pigs with rabbit ears. |
| 236 | * ImpostorForgotOneDetail: |
| 237 | ** The second time a player goes to Aball, [[spoiler:Velvet takes some pudding off of Laphicet's cheek and remarks how sweet it is. This immediately reminds Velvet that it's all an illusion, since she shouldn't be able to taste anything except blood]]. |
| 238 | ** When the party rushes into Lothringen to rescue Aifread, Eizen starts talking to him and mentions his sibling. Aifread goes on to talk about Eizen's brother... except Eizen doesn't have a brother; he has a sister. |
| 239 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: |
| 240 | ** Laphicet uses paper sheets like Laliah in ''Zestiria''. |
| 241 | ** Magilou uses dolls of various sorts to cast her spells, causing them to spin as she's concentrating. |
| 242 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Jokingly done in the beginning, when Velvet and Niko jokingly suggest to each that "if you were a boy, I'd be in love." |
| 243 | * InformedAbility: Justified. The way Eizen and other pirates hype him up, Aifread must be a truly awesome opponent, yet when you fight him, [[spoiler:it's pretty clear he's nowhere ''near'' full strength after being turned into a monster, and you're basically giving him a mercy kill]]. |
| 244 | * InterfaceSpoiler: When you first get Malak Number Two in your party, changing his costume or switching to him as the playable character will show you what given name is eventually bestowed on him. This can mean avoiding his costume options and not playing as him for more than an hour. |
| 245 | * IntimateLotionApplication: In a DLC skit about the swimsuit outfits, it's revealed Eleanor is ProneToSunburn and thus carries sunblock with her. Velvet offers to apply it on her back later, but Magilou gets jealous and asks Velvet to promise to put sunscreen on ''her'' back too, to Velvet's annoyance. |
| 246 | * IronicEcho: In the opening cutscene, Artorius tells a young Velvet, "Don't despair... no matter what!" just before he leaves her and Laphicet to find Celica. In the final battle, [[spoiler:Velvet tells Artorius the same thing just as she delivers the death blow, reminding him that it was something he once told her long ago.]] |
| 247 | * JustFrameBonus: Dodging an enemy's attack with the correct timing will restore SG and cause a soul to spawn on the battlefield. |
| 248 | * KickTheDog: When Velvet first leaves the port at Hellawes, she torches it to make her escape. When she later returns to the same port, they're still repairing it. Chatting with the [=NPCs=] reveals that several of them have been put in serious financial trouble, since the town relies on fishing and shipping to survive. |
| 249 | * KillOnSight: Daemons are considered AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures that kill humans on sight. For this reason, Exorcists recruited by the Abbey have a standing decree to kill ''them'' on sight. The events of the game, however, reveal that daemons [[spoiler:are ''not'' universally evil and, when a high-ranking Exorcist learns that the Abbey sometimes takes daemons captive, it comes as a shock and makes several characters question their motives]]. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder: L-O]] |
| 253 | * LaserGuidedKarma: A heartwarming example in a sidequest [[spoiler: while looking for the ingredients to the Omega Elixir for Videl, Laphicet's pleas has an exorcist who found the third ingredient not only give the only one he found but tells him the final one in hopes he can save his friend. Said exorcist is ''Videl's father'' and Laphicet does save him.]] |
| 254 | * LazyBackup: The game makes a big deal of the Switch Blast system which you can use to quickly switch out characters within battle. Despite this, it's still a game over if your everyone in your mainline party falls. |
| 255 | * LazyBum: |
| 256 | ** [[spoiler:Normin Island makes everyone who arrives become equally lazy, giving in to the peaceful bliss-filled island where Normins treat their guests]]. |
| 257 | ** Katz Corner is known for being such a pleasurable place with big feasts and the Katz Pajamaz that people lose themselves to it. The Katz themselves had such a huge feast their souls left their bodies and they were trapped in chests. |
| 258 | * LethalChef: Eizen is this game's. While nowhere near [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Raine Sage]]'s level, Eizen surely isn't the best in the party. Because of the Reaper's Curse, he is unable to flip meat or else it will land back on the already-cooked side, pancakes will always be burnt on one side and perfect on the other, he states that eggs are impossible, and mini-pizzas will end up face down on the floor if he isn't careful about how he holds them. Velvet suggests using a spatula, but Eizen states he still has pride. |
| 259 | * LethalLavaLand: Mt. Killaraus. Since the volcano is located in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld frozen wastes of Northgand]], it also counts as HailfirePeaks. |
| 260 | * LevelAte: [[spoiler:Terror Island, aka, Normin Island, is entirely made of sweets.]] |
| 261 | * LeyLine: The Earthpulse are rivers where natures life energy gather. Malaks born of nature like Eizan come from these places. |
| 262 | * ListOfTransgressions: Humorously [[InvertedTrope inverted]] when Velvet lays out a list of her own dark deeds... |
| 263 | --> '''Priest:''' Come, sinner, and repent your wicked deeds! |
| 264 | --> '''Velvet:''' Empyreans, hear my confession. When I was in prison, I instigated a riot and used it to break myself out. |
| 265 | --> '''Priest:''' Huh...?! |
| 266 | --> '''Velvet:''' Then I set fire to some warehouses in town and stole a ship to make my getaway. Then I teamed up with some pirates to destroy a military fortress. I killed anyone who got in my way. |
| 267 | --> '''Priest:''' What?! |
| 268 | --> '''Velvet:''' What do you think, Father? Will the Empyreans will forgive me? |
| 269 | --> '''Priest:''' I, er... ah... I think you should turn yourself in to the Abbey, and let them help you repent... |
| 270 | --> '''Velvet:''' That's convenient! I'm already planning on going to the Abbey. You see, I'm going to kill their boss, Artorius. |
| 271 | --> '''Priest:''' I-I need an exorcist over here, quick! Somebody! Anybody! |
| 272 | --> '''Velvet:''' That's... about how I figured it'd go. |
| 273 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: Humans who are reborn into malakhim change their hair and/or eye colours to match their new element, as exemplified by [[spoiler:Seres, who has red hair and eyes, that were previously black and gold respectively.]] |
| 274 | * LostInTranslation: In English, though they're still clearly family, Velvet never defines Arthur as anything more specific than a brother-in-law, [[spoiler:until the end of the game, where she kills him and refers to him as her brother]]. However, in the Japanese version, she's always referred to him as such (calling him "nii-san" up until he kills Laphicet [[SignificantNameShift and she starts calling him by name]]. |
| 275 | * TheLostWoods: Tranquil Woods, Warg Forest, Morgana Woods, and Davahl Forest. |
| 276 | * LotusEaterMachine: |
| 277 | ** Melchior is said to have an arte capable of doing this on a very wide level. [[spoiler:Such an arte traps Velvet and crew in an idealized vision of her home village of Aball that hasn't been destroyed. Despite recognizing it's a trap, Velvet gets so caught up in wanting it to be real that she briefly reverts to her old self.]] |
| 278 | ** After the final boss fight, [[spoiler:when Velvet seals herself with Innominat, she creates for herself and her brother a happy realm of what could be instead, where Laphicet is cured and embarks on great journey with Velvet, meeting all named characters, who are alive and well]]. |
| 279 | * LostLanguage: The ancient Avarost civilization had a language that emphasized emotion, with words having different meanings depending on the emotion of the writer or speaker. The language itself was lost to time when the civilization fell thousands of years ago, with only records of it left behind in ancient books. Since the language is no longer in use with the current populace of the Midgand empire, deciphering its meaning has proven to be difficult and takes a lot of time. This becomes important to the plot since deciphering the lost Avarost language is key to defeating [[spoiler:Innominat]]. |
| 280 | * MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: Many of the skits revolve around a battle-of-the-sexes type of scenario, such as one skit where the male characters warn the younger Laphicet that women are nothing but trouble (sometimes with the girls agreeing), and other skits where the guys want to do something cool, manly or awesome, but the gals veto it. Further, many "girl talk" skits revolve around sex, housewife skills like cleaning or sewing, and/or finding a husband, while many of the "guy talk" skits revolve around combat, exploring the world, and finding one's place as a man. |
| 281 | * MeleeATrois: Velvet's group, Eizen, and Zaveid square off against each other when the party first meets the latter. |
| 282 | * MiniGame: The game comes with a large variety of minigames to sink time into, from the classic waiter minigame, to water-skipping with Bienfu, geoboard time attack challenges, sliding puzzles, and even a ''Tales'' version of the Japanese card game ''hanafuda''. |
| 283 | * MonsterArena: The Class 4 Administrative Zones are arenas where you fight large waves of enemies of the same class. They're scattered all over the world map, and are usually unlocked by talking to Aifread's pirates at various points in the story. [[SerialEscalation Cranked up higher with the Elite Quarter]], which has a BossRush instead of regular enemies. Unlike the Malevolent Crucibles, the player can use the entire party to fight the enemy waves. |
| 284 | * MsFanservice: |
| 285 | ** Velvet in accompanied by a number of fan-servicey design choices, perhaps most notably {{underboobs}} in her barely-there outfit. |
| 286 | ** Magilou's skits often revolve around sexual innuendo, and she likes making people feel sexually uncomfortable. Her swimsuits are, likewise, the absolute skimpiest in the game. |
| 287 | * MyGodYouAreSerious: This is Velvet's reaction in Port Zekson when you do the comedy act for the first time and Magilou declares that Velvet is going to be her straight man. Magilou had said as much in Loegres, but Velvet never actually believed she was really going to end up on the show. |
| 288 | * MythologyGag: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise [[MythologyGag/TalesSeries here]]. |
| 289 | * TheNeedsOfTheMany: Artorius preaches the idea of "the many outweigh the individual" to the public, who eat it right up. Velvet points out to some of his fans that while they desire to benefit as the "many," they could [[OriginalPositionFallacy end up being the sacrificed individuals]]. |
| 290 | * NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: |
| 291 | ** In the prologue, Laphicet worries in his journal that Velvet's athletic prowess could make it difficult for her to land a husband. |
| 292 | ** Averted with Laphicet the malak. The skits have the characters toy with him and reveal he's not unfazed at liking older women. |
| 293 | * NoHuggingNoKissing: This is one of the few ''Tales'' games without any form of romantic subplot amongst the main characters. While there is some flirting between Velvet and Rokurou in the animation, and a few skits where Velvet [[EatingTheEyeCandy watches Rokurou practice swordplay with his shirt off]], it never goes anywhere beyond that. Most of the love is depicted as familial love. |
| 294 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Velvet gets a couple. |
| 295 | ** Before the first fight with Melchior: |
| 296 | --->"I know why sadness fills the world, and I know how deep are the burdens of sin. I tried to abandon my memories of Arthur and Laphi, to cut myself off from it all, and end this tragedy. It's... it's what they would have wanted... But that's exactly why I can't forgive them. Not Artorius..., [[spoiler:not Innominat.]] I know my heart is ugly, and full of contradictions, but those days we spent together in familial warmth... they're proof that I... that all of us... were truly alive. That's why, no matter how hard, no matter how sad it gets... I will take my vengeance to the very end!... You take my family, turn me into a monster, and you want my soul, too? Now who's being the fool? Remember this well: the Lord of Calamity never gives up, not even in the face of death!" |
| 297 | ** Her answer to the ArcWords: |
| 298 | ---> "[[spoiler:Birds fly because they want to fly. They don't need a reason. Even if their wings may snap and doom them to die. They don't fly for anyone's benefit. They don't fly because they were ordered to. Birds fly because they want to fly and for no other reason!]]" |
| 299 | * NoobCave: Tranquil Woods is where the player learns the battle system. |
| 300 | * NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Subverted. Early in the game, Velvet jumps off a cliff to escape the prison she's being held in, using her demonic arm as a brake. The subversion comes from her holding her arm afterwards and visibly and audibly shoves it back into place, using the cliffside as leverage. |
| 301 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: Late-game, there's a skit in which Velvet has locked herself in a room, refusing to let anyone in, and can be heard with heavy breathing behind the door. The skit implies that she's masturbating, but she's actually just cleaning the room and didn't want anyone to interrupt. The breathing was from her using her breath on the windows while cleaning them, and she moaned due to her disgust at the room's unkempt demeanor. |
| 302 | * OceanPunk: The emphasis on small island navigation and people being incredibly reliant on ships and shipbuilding. |
| 303 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Velvet Crowe will never live down the one moment where she acted like a dove in order to fool a security guard. Magilou in particular [[{{Troll}} keeps bringing it up to annoy Velvet]]. |
| 304 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted and played with. Velvet's motivation is getting revenge for her dead brother, Laphicet, and accidentally gives Number Two the same name. Considering Laphicet's entire story arc is deciding who he wants to be and he's named after someone else (who can't be mentioned without Velvet [[BerserkButton becoming emotionally unstable]]), this causes problems down the road. |
| 305 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Velvet beings acting incredibly cheerful and happy when [[spoiler:the party enters the fake Aball village]]. Eleanor comments that she didn't even know Velvet had the ability to smile. |
| 306 | * OptionalBoss: |
| 307 | ** Several optional bosses can be fought in most sidequests. The two most common types of optional bosses though are the Code Red Daemons[[note]]Bosses that are enshrouded with dark auras and are highlighted with big red dots on the map, and defeating them earns you bounties from the Bloodwings.[[/note]] and the Dire Foes[[note]]Bosses that have a random chance of appearing after an enemy battle if you've accumulated enough total grade from battles within an area.[[/note]], both of which are just really powerful versions of regular mooks. |
| 308 | ** As per ''Tales'' tradition, previous ''Tales'' characters can also be fought. This time, it's [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Jude and Milla]], first being fought individually, and then together as a DualBoss. |
| 309 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: |
| 310 | ** The malakhim retain many of the traits they had from Zestiria, but now most have been stripped of their free will and degraded into SlaveMook SlaveRace of the Abbey. They also vary more widely in appearance than just humans, animals, and normins. Now some appear looking very similar to monsters, with the only difference being the dragon mask they all wear. [[spoiler:Zui Fuu, from the EX Dungeon, is a blue/white winged rappig.]] |
| 311 | *** The more monstrous appearing Malakhim all belong to the Abbey and in the late game a sidequest reveals [[spoiler: that the Abbey is running experiments on Malakhim, even combining them into one]] which would certainly explain why there are rather monstrous Malakhim here. |
| 312 | ** Katz are said to be a type of malakhim. Unlike normal malaks they have physical bodies and their souls can leave them, which Velvet can collect as Katz spirits. |
| 313 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: |
| 314 | ** Daemons are created through the disease daemonblight, but unlike Zestiria where Hellions tend to go insane or turn evil when transformed, numerous people from Velvet, Rokurou, and their allies retain or regain their sanity. Only [[DragonsAreDemonic dragons]] being mindless beasts. |
| 315 | ** Therions are Daemons that feed on other Daemons. [[spoiler:Therions are the eight heads of Innominat, who feed on the malevolence of people at earthpulse points and embody different malevolence. They consume it through physical means such as eating those with malevolence or by existing in the area. They all suffer from hunger and a new therion is born when one dies, ensuring there is no end to them.]] |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | [[folder: P-S]] |
| 318 | * PaintingTheMedium: [[spoiler:The first phase of the Abbey's plans to remove free will kicks in has bright and joyful colors replaced with dull ones as the world becomes emotionless and empty.]] |
| 319 | * PalmtreePanic: Maclir Beach. |
| 320 | * PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Due to the encounter link system this trope can happen at just about any point in the game after it's unlocked. Getting two enemies next to each other on the field and then engaging them will cause both groups to attack the party at once, in greater numbers than they would alone. This provides a bonus to experience, gald, grade and drop rates, which allows each fight to give much greater rewards than fighting either group alone. Limiting fighting to these link battles makes it extremely easy to be several levels above any given boss for most of the game. |
| 321 | * PileBunker: Velvet can use her sword gauntlet as one like in her version of Mega Sonic Thrust, where she punches the enemy then unsheathes her sword at point blank range |
| 322 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: The whole story only happens because Velvet's little brother Laphicet is killed as a HumanSacrifice by the BigBad during the Advent, setting up for her quest for {{Revenge}}. [[spoiler: It ultimately turns out the ''real'' death that triggered all this is Celica Crowe dying in the Opening, aka Artorius Collbrande's wife back when he was "Arthur". Since she was pregnant at the time, her and Arthur's unborn son was used as the first sacrifice to unlock part of the seal on Innominat. And then Melchior showed up and encouraged Artorius to take the first steps to his vision of "order" and "reason."]] |
| 323 | * PlutoIsExpendable: Laphicet can equip bags as his particular type of protective equipment unique to him, some of which are named after planets. The description for the Pluto Satchel reads "A bag unfairly cast out of bag society, causing it to be slowly forgotten." |
| 324 | * PoorCommunicationKills: The entire plot of the game is caused by the failure to explain that [[spoiler:Laphicet ''volunteered'' to be the sacrifice to Innominat because he knew his days were numbered anyway. Best case: Velvet accepts Laphicet's decision and that's one less problem for Artorious to worry about, alongside Artorius having a a family member to act as a MoralityChain. Worst case: Velvet goes on looking for revenge anyway, but she will almost certainly have to take into account the fact that her brother was not a helpless victim, slowing her down and making her seem less justified]]. |
| 325 | * PortTown: Hellawes, Port Zekson, Port Cadnix, Reneed, Yseult, and Taliesin. |
| 326 | * PoweredByAForsakenChild: |
| 327 | ** As Innominat needs malevolence to remain active once their goal is achieved, [[spoiler:malakhim are forcefully turned into dragons and sealed so that he may eternally feed off them.]] |
| 328 | ** A cure for the Reaper's curse is mentioned in a sidequest. [[spoiler:Said cure requires a malak to eat the heart of a malak turned dragon that has a white horn]]. Though even the ones who wrote it believe it is still inconclusive. |
| 329 | * {{Prequel}}: ''Berseria'' is set in the past of ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' during a time when humans could see seraphim (called malakhim in this game), and malevolence and Hellions were the product of a disease called daemonblight. |
| 330 | * PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' co-protagonists Jude and Milla return as cameo bosses, fought first by themselves and then later as a pair. Also, [[{{Animorphism}} Jude has turned into a penguin]]. Because... [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext reasons]]. |
| 331 | * PullYourselfDownTheSpear: Done multiple times by the heroes. [[spoiler: It never works, though Rokurou was nearly able to kill Shigure with it, Shigure himself admitting that, had he been a second slower in noticing the ruse, Rokurou would have killed him.]] |
| 332 | * RagnarokProofing: Downplayed. During the tutorial level, Laphicet sells a book to a local vendor and uses the money on a gift for Velvet. Three years later, the party spy this book ([[ChekhovsGun which turns out to be a plot-critical item]]) sitting, open and on its back, on a porch... apparently none the worse for wear. |
| 333 | * RainbowSpeak: In tutorial screens important text tends to be highlighted in lime green. For example, the screen regarding the most powerful mystic artes highlights that they are of an [[green:even higher class]], that they require [[green:five BG]] and fulfilling certain [[green:Break Soul]] requirements and so forth. |
| 334 | * RareRandomDrop: In addition to the usual items and common equipment, [[ExaggeratedTrope every enemy in the game]] has a unique equipment drop. In addition to being worth more materials when broken down for ItemCrafting, they're an additional source for the permanent passive boosts characters can learn, so hunting them down can be worth it. |
| 335 | * RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler: The game’s ending is largely bittersweet, with the villains defeated but Velvet trapped in an eternal sleep with Innominat where they dream of [[LotusEaterMachine what could have been]]. However, Phi promises to “make Velvet’s dream a reality,” what exactly this means is up to interpretation. ]] |
| 336 | * RedBaron: |
| 337 | ** The title Lord of Calamity was created by the Abbey, who dubbed Velvet with the name. Historians would later give the same title to Daemons of similar power that existed before her. |
| 338 | ** Artorius bears the title of the Shepherd, and like the above history gives the title to other figures before him that served a similar role. Including his mentor King Claudin. |
| 339 | * ReducedDowntimeFeatures: Although players ''can'' use artes or items to heal themselves during or after battles, or use the cooking system that returns from previous titles, the primary way healing is done is via Break Arts, which not only extend a combo but also heal a significant portion of a character's health. This system allows the player to heal themselves naturally through careful and proper gameplay. Also, artes don't use MP, instead being usable as long as the player has met certain conditions and completes the casting time. These features mean it's possible to move from battle to battle with little to no downtime at all. |
| 340 | %%* RemilitarizedZone: Vortigern. |
| 341 | * ReplayMode: The game allows the player to rewatch both cutscenes, highlights and the many, many dialogue "skits" which occur throughout the game. Usually, they will also list any skits the character missed, preventing them from becoming Permanently Missable Content. |
| 342 | * ReusedCharacterDesign: There are plenty of jokes about Velvet being related to the [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Gilchrists/Katreas]] or to [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]]. |
| 343 | ** Laphicet bears a strong resemblance with [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil Castagnier]] appearance wise, but also bears a resemblance towards [[VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria Edna]] in terms of hairstyle due to Edna and Laphicet having the same character designer. |
| 344 | * TheReveal: The EX dungeon reveals numerous facts about the world unknown to even the Malaks. |
| 345 | ** The Heavenly Realm where malakhim and the Empyreans once resided [[spoiler:existed before the mortal world did and is thus the "true" world. Seraphim, the original name for malakhim, are those who remained in the Heavenly Realm. Likewise the Empyreans were formerly known as the Prime Lords]]. |
| 346 | ** Seraphim sought to destroy humanity when the species came into existence, as their malevolence was poisonous to them. [[spoiler:Other seraphim disagreed and sought coexistence with humanity. A bet was made between both sides that it was possible to overcome malevolence and coexist. The Heavenly Gate between heaven and earth will remain shut until said promised time comes, where the two realms will be as one forevermore. The merciful seraphim descended to become the malakhim and Empyreans.]] |
| 347 | ** The seraphim plotted the destruction of both malakhim and humanity, creating [[spoiler:the rule/curse of daemons. A curse that makes it so that humans will become daemons that consume the human-loving malakhim, while the malakhim become dragons to devour the humans that trusted them. The initial success between both races fell apart due to this curse. The malak distanced themselves from humanity, while humans with resonance were nearly wiped out and humanity nearly forgot about the malakhim. The cycle of Innominat suppressing the world to reset the balance began in order to stop the malevolence from wiping out the planet. The pact keeper has the power to change things for the better, but Artorius has instead used his pact with Innominat to enslave malaks and change human/malak natures]]. |
| 348 | * TheRightHandOfDoom: Velvet's left arm is usually covered in straps. If she releases it the arm turns into an enormous spiky hand like it belonged to a giant werewolf. |
| 349 | * TheRival: |
| 350 | ** Oscar Dragonia, the male exorcist, to Velvet since he is the one who consistently fights against her. |
| 351 | ** Rokurou has his own as well with his brother Shigure. Rokurou turned into a demon specifically to gain more power just to defeat Shigure. |
| 352 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: A few of the late-game sidequests have errors in their subtitles. For instance, Eleanor's description of when trolls "descended on our home" is written as "that send at our home." |
| 353 | * RummageSaleReject |
| 354 | ** Velvet, what with her very raggedy, torn-up clothing, plenty of belts, and lack of coverage. Turns out her outfit really was just composed of whatever she could find at the time. |
| 355 | ** Magilou is wearing a skirt made of books. She insists that the books have a use in a skit with Laphicet, though. |
| 356 | * RunningGag: |
| 357 | ** The party members confessing their sins, or at least one perverted priest trying to get them to, inside various churches throughout the game. Since it's the same guy (same voice and aware of the others' confessions), one must assume he's fleeing from sanctuary to sanctuary to avoid them. |
| 358 | ** Throughout the game, tales of Velvet and the party's deeds keep spreading. As she gets more infamous, the descriptions of her appearance and deeds as "the Lord of Calamity" get more and more exaggerated... and as a result, more and more incorrect. |
| 359 | * SaveTheVillain: Discussed and played with. The Van Eltia crew answer to an Abbey ship's distress signal because it's an unwritten rule for seafarers to do so. However, Benwick states that they're willing to steal loot from those they save. |
| 360 | * SavedByCanon: [[spoiler: Laphicet, Eizen, and Zaveid all appear in ''Zestiria'' and thus are safe from dying in this game. Of course, only Zaveid is actually really safe considering Laphicet, as Maotelus, is corrupted, and Eizen becomes a dragon.]] |
| 361 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Once Innominat is forced into space after Melchior's defeat and the awakening of the Four Empyreans, all Malakhim in the Abbey regain their emotions and most ditch the Exorcists who abused and mistreated them. However, an optional conversation reveals that some Malakhim still willingly serve the Abbey because they [[DespairEventHorizon lost all hope of coexisting with humanity]].]] |
| 362 | * SelflessWish: The Harbinger of the End pits Velvet and the others against [[spoiler: Jude and Milla from ''Tales Of Xillia'']] in a battle of fates. If Jude and Milla win, then they go back to their world and the world of Velvet and the others is destroyed. If Velvet and the others win, they get one wish, or more specifically, Velvet does, as she's asked to speak for the group as the leader. She wishes for Jude and Milla to go back to their world. "You said you have things to do back home, right? That's why." The Harbinger asks if she's certain, noting he can grant anything her heart desires, including the power to turn back time. She replies that she won't run away. At this point, he says that he senses no malice in her answer, so their world won't be destroyed.]] |
| 363 | -->'''Harbinger's Champion:''' You see, [[SecretTestOfCharacter your answer was the true test of judgment.]] |
| 364 | * ShipTease: The [[spoiler: Jude and Milla cameo sidequest]] is ''swimming'' in romantic subtext. |
| 365 | * ShirtlessScene: [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6YRRubeCYps/maxresdefault.jpg This skit scene]] of Rokurou's sweaty, muscular body appears at least three times over the course of the game. |
| 366 | * SignificantNameShift: In the Japanese version, [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology Velvet addresses Arthur as "nii-san"]], right until he sacrifices Laphicet, after which point she calls him "Arthur" before learning his real name is "Artorius". [[spoiler:When she's breaking down and admitting to Phi that losing her family hurt her, she refers to Artorius as "Arthur nii-san" again.]] The "brother" specification is absent in English, but maintains the distinction between "Arthur" and "Artorius". |
| 367 | * SkillGateCharacters: Velvet herself. Consuming Claw is ''incredibly'' potent during most battles; it renders her invulnerable to staggering, interferes with enemies inflicting status ailments on her (because, technically, it ''is'' a status ailment), increases the odds of staggering them (which increases your Soul Gauge), and comes with a finishing move that is likely to kill at least one of them and restore some of Velvet's HP. All this for the relatively negligible cost of being CastFromHitPoints until you hit that finishing move (which you can do quickly). The downside is that its impact on ''bosses'' are extremely reduced. Players who rely on it instead of developing skill may find themselves quickly out of their depth. |
| 368 | * SlaveMook: The malakhim are enslaved and treated as disposable emotionless tools by the Exorcists. They will even be corrupted into dragons by Exorcists if it makes them more useful in fighting Velvet. |
| 369 | * SlippySlideyIceWorld: Figahl Icecaps and Gaiburk Ice Field. |
| 370 | * TheSocialDarwinist: The Abbey's Reason, despite seemingly protecting the weak masses, has some elements of social darwinism due to how many people are considered too weak to contribute to TheNeedsOfTheMany. [[spoiler:When Innominat enacts his suppression, many of the people affected seek to die for the sake of Reason. This includes not only people who resorted to shady or criminal practices, but also the elderly who cannot easily contribute to manual labor. This gets to the point where people try to kill their pets for not being able to contribute to society.]] |
| 371 | * SpaceZone: [[spoiler:The final dungeon, Innominat, is located in outer space high above the world's atmosphere, and several sections inside resemble space in what is called a Cosmic Earthpulse.]] |
| 372 | * SpoilerOpening: The opening shows Eleanor with the party, but also depicts her and Velvet fighting, making it clear that she'll fall under the DefeatMeansFriendship trope. It also shows [[spoiler:Van Aifread's daemon form]], spoiling the character's fate, and that Eizen will have to fight them. |
| 373 | * {{Stripperific}}: Velvet's outfit, which is comprised of a long cape and TooManyBelts. Justified because she had to throw it together from what she could find in an armor storage room, and her previous clothing had been torn to shreds by three years of constant abuse. Later on, Velvet says that she isn't changing clothes because that's not a concern for her. |
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| 375 | [[folder: T-Y]] |
| 376 | * TeamPowerWalk: The pre-order bonus theme features the main cast doing a [[http://imgur.com/PZSdJ8e?r power walk]]. |
| 377 | * TempleOfDoom: The Empyrean's Throne, Yvolg Ruins, Palamides Temple, and Faldies Ruins. |
| 378 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Mystic Artes can be chained one after another if the next party member has enough BG. If a Mystic Arte defeats an enemy (indicated by the "Crush" text), it's still possible to continue chaining Mystic Artes. |
| 379 | * TimedMission: In certain floors of the EX Dungeon, you will have to extinguish all of the black embers [[spoiler:of malevolence]] within a time limit. To do so, all you need to do is touch each ember and defeat all of the spawned enemies. The difficulty increases for each area, but certain Katz helpers can help make the task a bit easier if you exchange them some Katz Spirits. |
| 380 | * TooManyBelts: Velvet, again. She has four on her left leg alone. Based on how she had to put her outfit together, some of these belts might be necessary. |
| 381 | * TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The game is intentionally vague at how long naval journeys actually take, which holds up well enough. At least until one scene, where's implied that traveling from the extreme east end of the map to the extreme west - a route that involves three ports of call and a sizable detour around an entire landmass - took less than three days. Either the game world is ''tiny'' or ships in the world of Berseria travel several orders of magnitude faster than in the real world. |
| 382 | * TrueFinalBoss: If a player clears the BrutalBonusLevel, the game replaces the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Armatized Artorius, with Deific Artorius]]. The new version of the boss has the same artes, but gets a massive boost to all of their stats, a jump of several dozen levels, and resistance to all elements, making the battle much more difficult. |
| 383 | * UnblockableAttack: |
| 384 | ** Break Souls cannot be guarded against. |
| 385 | ** Guardbreaker's Ventite gives the player the ability to break guards with their next arte after guarding for two seconds. |
| 386 | * {{Underboobs}}: Velvet's outfit [[http://i.imgur.com/Eiz7jil.jpg bares quite a bit of cleavage]] beneath her outfit. |
| 387 | * UndergroundLevel: Quite a couple. There's Hadlow Hollow in Northgand, the Laban Tunnels in Westgand, Vester Tunnels in Islegand, and Zamahl Grotto in Midgand. |
| 388 | * UndergroundMonkey: While the series is no stranger to reskinning enemies, ''Berseria'' has Malakhim reskins for Daemon enemies, despite their opposing natures. |
| 389 | %%* UnderwaterRuins: Palamides Temple. |
| 390 | * UnicornsPreferVirgins: Played with. When the party finds a unicorn horn they need, Magilou stops Laphicet from picking it up, stating it will lose its powers if handled by anyone other than a pure maiden. The party gets into a heated debate about their respective eligibilities until [[spoiler:Eizen, sick of the farce, picks it up and explains it's a perfectly mundane narwhal horn. Magilou chews him out for spoiling her fun.]] |
| 391 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Velvet used to be a perfectly sweet and happy person, but the trauma of watching her younger brother die at Artorius' hands on the Scarlet Night left her in a ''very'' bad place. |
| 392 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Artorius and the Exorcists under him seek to make a world free of suffering. They'll do anything to stop it, even downright horrible extremes to do so. |
| 393 | * TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Innominat's Domain, which is a huge palace floating in the sky.]] |
| 394 | * VillainBall: Towards the end of the game, the party enacts a plan to [[spoiler:lure the final two praetors to her location so that she can kill them and offer their souls to resurrect the four Empyreans.]] For some reason [[spoiler:Melchior still decides to go.]] Even after being aware what the party is planning, decides to stick around and give them a chance anyway, instead of simply leaving, because they already had their victory secured, and Velvet needed every part of her plan to go perfectly in order to stand a chance of stopping [[spoiler:Innominat]]. |
| 395 | * VillainProtagonist: The basic plot conceit of the game, at least initially - Velvet far more resembles the ''villains'' of previous titles, both in appearance and in ability, than she does previous heroes, and her initial motivation is literal murder for revenge, rather than any kind of higher, noble calling. Likewise, many of her comrades are far less (outwardly) noble and well-intentioned than previous parties were. Naturally, as the game progresses, the truth of it all becomes somewhat more complicated. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Velvet will still be ''remembered'' as the first Lord of Calamity, but in the end she ensures that those who follow after will have the free will to make that judgment for themselves.]] |
| 396 | * TheVirus: Daemonblight is a common disease that spreads and turns people into Daemons. [[spoiler:Subverted. As Eizen reveals when he breaks the Malak taboo, Daemons are the product of malevolence inside people.]] |
| 397 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Kamoana is pretty much when the game takes the gloves off and lets you know that some bosses ''really'' won't show mercy if your health is low. If you haven't been tinkering with your equipment by then, you really should start by then. |
| 398 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The Exorcists order wants to purge the world of monsters and create peace and will do anything to do so. |
| 399 | ** Artorius Collbrande's quote from Jump Magazine reeks of this: "I swear to you all that I shall put an end to all the pain in this world!". |
| 400 | ** Velvet's intentions to destroy Artorius strengthen after learning his plans, making her this considering how she'll kill anyone who gets in her way with no hesitation and use those she needs. |
| 401 | * WhamEpisode: Wouldn't be a ''Tales Series'' game [[RecurringElement without one]]. And considering how dark this game already is, [[ExaggeratedTrope this one reaches or even exceeds]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Akzeriuth levels]]. [[spoiler:Velvet learns that not only is her brother Laphicet not dead, but he's become Innominat of his own free will to suppress all emotion in the world; Artorious 'killing' him was Laphicet's own wish, and the first step in this plan. Then, after being dragged into an earth pulse, Velvet is shown image after image of the past, as well as coming to the realization that she's done a lot of terrible things, and it's been for nothing. Velvet does not take this well]]. |
| 402 | * WhiteVoidRoom: The scenes set inside Velvet's mind where she talks with those she's devoured are set against a completely white background, devoid of all scenery. |
| 403 | * WorldOfSilence: [[spoiler:This is the "utopia" that the Abbey really has in mind: one where Innominat eternally surpresses all human emotion so that humans no longer produce malevolence. Even the AntiHeroTeam of the main characters think this plan is insane, since it goes against their creeds for one reason or another.]] |
| 404 | * YouAllLookFamiliar: Velvet looks a little too much like a black-haired [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Milla]]. Some have joked she's the daughter of Milla and Jude. |
| 405 | ** Eleanor looks so similar to [[Videogame/TalesOfZestiria Rose]] that it has lead to speculation that she might be her ancestor. She also looks very similar to [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Rommy]], another character working for a CorruptChurch. |
| 406 | * YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: [[spoiler: Before he dies, Artorius tells Velvet that he wished she and Laphicet had died instead of Celica. Velvet solemnly notes that the same thing would have happened regardless of who dies, as Arthur's ChronicHeroSyndrome would have driven him to avenge Velvet and Laphicet's deaths anyway even if Celica and her unborn child live instead.]] |
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