Earthpainting
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They apparently also changed the skill system, which seemed to be for the worse. I'm assuming they'll revert back to the older implementation based on the feedback.
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Tales of Zestiria |OT| - Sorey, Modders did what Bamcouldn't!
- Thread starter Cornbread78
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today tales, tonight dark souls 3 and tomorrow...nothing because I've to visit my family >.< damn!
and yes it looks really nice. have not been that much into a tales of game since vesperia. ha! I'm happy
No. Symphonia PS2 was 30FPS with drops
Goshiina worked on some tracks in this game as well. And yes, they're fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wed7Q0f5Hfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsapGXtZ1QA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sXut-uosys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fk9NnqVgcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRfx9KIYvVo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOuSTZnew0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAfMtPvhjug
Played another couple of hours last night to make it past the prologue. No spoilers, but I'm at the first major city and now have a full party.
Still maintain the opinion that this is better than Xillia in every department.
I have a lot of positives worth mentioning, but in terms of negatives I still feel this game feels shallow. On the world map, exploration is kept to a minimum due to there being no material farming (good or bad depending on your view) and item chests quantity seems to have reduced. Likewise, the same can be said about towns as there's little point in going out of your way.
Still maintain the opinion that this is better than Xillia in every department.
I have a lot of positives worth mentioning, but in terms of negatives I still feel this game feels shallow. On the world map, exploration is kept to a minimum due to there being no material farming (good or bad depending on your view) and item chests quantity seems to have reduced. Likewise, the same can be said about towns as there's little point in going out of your way.
Notor!ousG
Member
Looking at the numbers, I agree.
Weird thing though, according to SteamSpy, the game already had owners since January 2015.
http://steamspy.com/app/351970
That can't be right.
Push Square gave it a 8/10. They just posted it a couple minutes ago.
http://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/tales_of_zestiria
EDIT:
God is a Geek gave it 9/10
http://www.godisageek.com/reviews/tales-of-zestiria-review/
texhnolyze
Banned
Oh yeah, I'm so pumped for Zestiria.
Isn't it actually October 1st, not January 10th?
Wow, good scores.
"you smell like farts" as translation for 死ね is strange 死ね　is imperative from 死ぬ -> to die.
scores I expected after the few hours I played.
死ね　is imperative from 死ぬ -> to die. this is not critique, just a fun fact >>
scores I expected after the few hours I played.
Notor!ousG
Member
So dumb of me.
Sorry, I'm from Belgium, we put the day first and then the month.
Confusing at times!
That's the main problem only for a very small group of people obsessing over that (mediocre imo) character.
You can check the import OT to see how much of a non-issue this has been for the people who actually played the game.
I don't think that's actually the main problem people had with the game other than some people feeling that Bamco handled it poorly. That being said some of the issues should be better with the game on PS4 and PC over just PS3.
It has a more realistic art style (not that chibi cell shading like Vesperia), no overworld like Vesperia, but rather regions that are connected (see Final Fantasy XIII), battle system has no "mana" but rather spirit points that you have a maximum of. SC get added by parrying attacks, dodging and skills and artes use these SC.
Basic artes have a combo tree which like Graces - spell artes are casted immediately etc.
No don't worry you will get it back later
After the first 5 hours I have to say I love it, but as a Tales fanboy there was nothing else to expect Story, characters and gameplay is your typical Tales fare so as long as you like the dynamic of other Tales games, this should be a no brainer. Camera can be a bit problematic sometimes, but it didn't bother me as much. Oh, I also find the skill system a bit to complicated, but I just go with the flow and merge equipment as much as I can ...
Story, characters and gameplay is your typical Tales fare so as long as you like the dynamic of other Tales games, this should be a no brainer. Camera can be a bit problematic sometimes, but it didn't bother me as much. Oh, I also find the skill system a bit to complicated, but I just go with the flow and merge equipment as much as I can ...After the first 5 hours I have to say I love it, but as a Tales fanboy there was nothing else to expect
did not even try that, lol..maybe I should look into that.
You're making me excited to play in in 4k come next Tuesday.
mgs2master2
Banned
This is incorrect for DQH. Game is fully recordable and broadcastable. I been streaming my entire play through since day 1
artsi
Member
Oh yes, it looks very good. I played Zestiria on PS3 and I think it was even below 720p, worse than Xillia, jaggies everywhere. Now this PS4 version, it's 1080p and there seems to be a healthy amount of AA present. The IQ is very pleasant and it complements the art style.
Just started playing this to discover I can't take screenshots? Heaven forbid I should publicise this game for free on Bamco's behalf. I appreciate them bringing this over but absolutely screw their business practices. Just had to dredge up my Bamco account just to get a code for the free dlc, it's making me hate this game before I've even begun.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Looks generic as hell but I'm thinking about giving it a shot since it's got a Steam release. Only Tales of game I ever played was Tales of Phantasia (which I liked a ton) though.
Is this game any good? Is it challenging?
Is this game any good? Is it challenging?
no screenshots, no streaming. thanks to licensing
It almost certainly wouldn't have stopped me buying since the PS4 is still starved for JRPGs but I'm becoming increasingly hesitant with Bamco releases as time goes on. I miss being excited that they were trying so hard to make Tales a success in the West.
There's already people uploading full full walkthourghs of the English version on YouTube.
There's not much of a point in trying to block the videos and streams.
texhnolyze
Banned
I see.
So the game is just good then, despite a few minor issues.
Yeah, it's kinda ridiculous.
YianGaruga
Banned
I tried to come up with a reason but I just can't
I don't get it. Makes absolutely no sense.
Newtype-001
Member
I can understand blocking video recording but screenshots make no fuking sense.
Main story is about Graces length, not that much optional stuff to do, but there is of course the bonus dungeon, bosses, giganto monsters, NG+...
Not defending whoever made the decision but I think the point is, they can't be blamed for allowing it from a legal stand point. If people do it themselves using 3rd party devices (Capture cards, PC software, etc) then it absolves Bamco of any legal wrongdoing regarding licensed stuff.
Still stupid though yeah and I hope they listen to people who want the Share function stuff for ToB since that is being made Cross-gen from the start (unlike Zesty which got ported for the west specifically)
Sparrowhawk
Member
Yeah, it sucks, but makes sense from a legal standpoint.
Black Republican
Member
I hope no one disappears
You've heard wrong then.
Depends who you're going off of. If you're going off import impressions from GAFers, then yeah, it's more than that.
If you're going off what we've heard from Japanese gamers, the Alisha thing was probably the biggest/loudest thing we heard from them. I don't think I've heard many problems about the game from the Japanese side of things that didn't include Alisha. (at least just after release, I stopped following news on it after a week or two)
That said, impressions from the western version seem mostly positive just now
R_thanatos
Member
Depends who you're going off of. If you're going off import impressions from GAFers, then yeah, it's more than that.
If you're going off what we've heard from Japanese gamers, the Alisha thing was probably the biggest/loudest thing we heard from them. I don't think I've heard many problems about the game from the Japanese side of things that didn't include Alisha. (at least just after release, I stopped following news on it after a week or two)
That said, impressions from the western version seem mostly positive just now
It's a simple matter of expectations.
I believe the western players won't have any problem liking this game as there is nothing that bad about it , just stuff that could have been done better with more time.
I have the PS3 jpn copy of the game and i really liked it , but my experience with the game would have been SO MUCH BETTER without all the performance issues.
Can't wait for my PS4 copy to arrive so i can finally enjoy this game without all those bad textures and frame drops.
Begaria
Member
Spoilers about that:
They weren't actually brother and sister. Play long enough and you would've known that Senel was actually in love with his "sister"'s sister whom he was going to marry, but she "died", and he decided to just call her his sister because of that. They never actually hook up.
Cornbread78
Member
finally a review: (more a few post above as well.)
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2015/10/16/tales-of-zestiria-review/
8/10
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2015/10/16/tales-of-zestiria-review/
8/10
names2hard4you
Member
Reviews look pretty good, seems to hit all the right notes for me. Looking forward to playing this now more than ever
JawesomeJaw
Member
The Best Buy near me had this out. No way that the register lets it go, but might give it a try later this weekend.
Surprisingly high sounding review scores, don't Tales games usually get pretty much only 7s? I've lowered my expectations so I have a good feeling I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Now that I said that, I guess my expectations got higher, though. It's hard. Well, whatever, it's a new Tales game, of course I'll enjoy at least enough to finish it.
Just praying the PC port is good. Who's doing the porting and what games, if any, have they ported before?
Now that I said that, I guess my expectations got higher, though. It's hard. Well, whatever, it's a new Tales game, of course I'll enjoy at least enough to finish it.
Just praying the PC port is good. Who's doing the porting and what games, if any, have they ported before?
This is a nice way to put it.
I still need to finish other games, but it's really tempting if I read something like this.
texhnolyze
Banned
Well, it's not like I care that much about Alisha anyway. And apparently the DLC is free, so I guess I'm happy.
I heard it's the one who ported Xenoverse to PC. They did a good job on that one.
Muffin Awesome
Member
With the PC specs as low as they are, any chance I could get this thing to churn on a Surace 3 or that m model Surface Pro 4? I would like to get it at 720p at worst, just don't know info want to shell out 600/900. I can also stream from the PC to the screen was just curious if anyone had thoughts or similarly limited hardware for comparison.
No screenshots is insane, it's one of the PS4's best features and they are blocking it?
I'm currently trying to finish Xillia 2 before next week which will be no problem but not sure if I want to play two tales games back to back, but since it's the first tales game on PS4 I might.
I'm currently trying to finish Xillia 2 before next week which will be no problem but not sure if I want to play two tales games back to back, but since it's the first tales game on PS4 I might.