Tales Series

I still catch up with translated Rays videos sometime. The story side of things was genuinely good

Yeah, there is that.

Kinda wish those Crestoria character models wouldn't go to waste though. They've been ripped but the only place I've seen them outside of Crestoria is friggin VR Chat.

Rays sounds like it would've been a lot of fun and I hate that I got into the series way too late to try it.

Yeah. It has potential to be great. It kinda feels like the Radiant Mythology 4 we never got

I kinda wish there was a Radiant Mythology 4.
Or a Narikiri Dungeon 4.

Or a Tales of VS 2 or a Twin Brave 2. Or a proper fighting game or Musou.

Or hell a RM 4 with Crestoria's Xillia-era HD character models.

So Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition is $10 on the Switch e-shop. Haven't really played a Tales game since Symphonia but I loved the hell out of it. I don't have much time for gaming now but portable gaming tends to be better for me, but it'll be pretty long periods between when I pick up the game.

That game sure goes on sale a lot. Thankfully it usually goes for some pretty generous sales tho...not saying because i got it on steam ps4 and switch no sir

Definitely worth it. Despite my borderline-essays on every complaint I had with the game, it's a ton of fun.

Yeah I see it for $10 like... a lot. A lot, a lot.

Basically, my real question is: if I play it while multi-talking, and then put it down for weeks at a time, what are the odds I'm going to completely bone myself?

Because I got The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky years ago and and then had to put it down for a while and wound up so hopelessly lost in the game that I can't go back to it without restarting from scratch.

The game is longer than it should be, so you will probably find yourself putting it down at some point unless you're completely hooked. There are no navigation skits telling you where to go next. I don't think you can get completely lost but you might find yourself wandering a bit if you forget the storyline.

Point being, Vesperia is a long commitment.

.....

<Remembers buying Vesperia in 2018/2019 for about 70-80 bucks>

DAMMIT!

And I'm nearly done it too.

$10. Damn, damn, damn.

I'm dumb because I preordered Vesperia on Steam way back when I had an old shitty laptop that could barely play it because it was the only way I could, I didn't have a PS 4. I sorted that out soon but then I kinda forgot about it because of all the other games I had. Then I got it on Switch because hey, portable Vesperia. Pure novelty. But it takes a while to really get into and I don't really consider Vesperia a car ride game compared to a quick bash on Doom, Street Fighter or even Jedi Outcast

That said I'm probably gonna stick with PC Vesperia for the mods. Not just enhancements but the mods that put back in the costumes they couldn't put back into the Definitive Edition. A shame Tale smods haven't gotten really meaty yet tho.

It's a long game, yeah. Took me about 90 hours, but then I did almost all available content except for postgame dungeons and frequently spent a few hours here and there labbing combos. I think 50 hours is a reasonable estimate. JRPG Where The Hell Am I Supposed To Go Now Syndrome is definitely in effect, so checking a guide now and then could be of use.

...Incidentally, that sort of timesink is why I haven't started Berseria or Arise yet. I was gonna play a shorter game as a palate cleanser, blinked and oops I have sixty hours on Sekiro.

Genuine thanks. Honestly sounds like this game isn't for me at this point in my life. But I'll keep it in mind for when I actually have some time later on.

It goes on sale a lot too so unless it randomly gets delisted, you're fine

Necropolis of Nostalgia...done.

There's still a few things here and there that I need to do, but to be honest, I think I'll just beat the game again (and get the third stage of Duke) and be done with it.

I might come back and do New Game Plus sometime, but that won't be for a while. I got other games to play.

And that's it.

Beat the game again while getting the Radiant Winged One.

Unforutnately, I missed my window to beat him with a Mystic Arte, but I don't think that's as important this time.

I have not technically done everything, but I'm kinda done all the same.

As I said in my above post, New Game Plus will come some time in the future. For the time being, I'm taking a break from Tales to play other games.

Edited by HandsomeRob on May 24th 2022 at 12:56:52 PM

So there is or was some thing going on in Asteria that saw some Tales characters drawn by Swav, whoever that is, and Velvet got quite the glowup.

Velvet without a frown is the most cursed thing somehow...

She's not allowed to look happy?

According to every comment in that thread, apparently so. Very nice art though.

Did they miss all of the time she smiled even after she got all edgy?

I think people missed the memo that she's nowhere near as much of a hardass as she presents herself.

Huge Berseria fans excited to play it for the first time

I haven't been able to play Berseria, but my understanding is that Velvet's more of a tryhard than anything?