Certainly a huge improvement for the series. My only hesitation at the moment is the battle system. Never really clicked with a Tales of game before.
Speaking of this, I'm not sure what the next graphical leap is when it comes to anime-aesthetic and cel-shaded games. It's looking like they're starting to reach a peak.Nice to see another JRPG with a close to AAA budget though. Like AA+.
Speaking of this, I'm not sure what the next graphical leap is when it comes to anime-aesthetic and cel-shaded games. It's looking like they're starting to reach a peak.
I think they've refined it, but if your point is that the leap is more about refining the art than a technological leap in rendering tech, then point taken.This is kind of proving my point. There's no actual huge graphical leap between this and what DBFZ did. They just increased the scope of the cutscenes. For anyone who might quote me, don't confuse graphical leap with making things bigger, badder, and more explodey.
I don't know if it's the voice director's fault or if the voice actors themselves aren't up to par. It sounds like people hamming it up and it doesn't match the expressions the characters are showing.The dialog sounds like it came straight from some online "cookie cutter shonen anime generator" but I hope the actual plot is good.
Tales games are usually more about the characters and how they interact with each other than the overarching story though.Combat and visuals looks great. It's really nice having a new Tales of that's doesn't look dated.
The dialog sounds like it came straight from some online "cookie cutter shonen anime generator" but I hope the actual plot is good.
Luong and Shermie are gonna beat your ass for that.Day one.
Hard pass.
Couldn’t blame you. It’d be interesting to see these guys try a different art style in an off-shoot series or new IP - everything else aside is reasonable. But then dev time would start to inflate.Hard pass.
This. I prefer vibrant colors over dark and broody.More excited for this than I am Ellen Ring
Yes! That's it exactly! Japanese voice acting has been changing over the last few years to sound more naturalistic but American voice actors have been trained for years to sound more and more cartoonish and over the top. So what's happening is this really weird moment in time where they have flipped in terms of style and it ends up sounding awful, just like that Judgment dub. I feel like the late 90s/early 2000s dubbing coaches need to come back and fix this issue before it gets worse.Yeah, dub sounds bad. The devs took it in a new direction and the localization team sounds stuck in the past.
Heh, good point. Hopefully there's pushback enough for them to realize this needs to stop.Yes! That's it exactly! Japanese voice acting has been changing over the last few years to sound more naturalistic but American voice actors have been trained for years to sound more and more cartoonish and over the top. So what's happening is this really weird moment in time where they have flipped in terms of style and it ends up sounding awful, just like that Judgment dub. I feel like the late 90s/early 2000s dubbing coaches need to come back and fix this issue before it gets worse.
Best looking Tales game since Vesperia.
Play Tales games with Japanese voices, there are very few Japanese games I'm willing to play with english dub like NieR but Tales is not one of them.I don't know if it's the voice director's fault or if the voice actors themselves aren't up to par.