Ranking EVERY Tales Game Ever (TIER LIST)
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- This is my personal ranking of the Tales of series with a tier list. I cover even some of the Japanese titles (the ones that have at least a fan translation).
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I'd rank Tales of Arise in the A tier. Yup, it's THAT good, just... not a masterpiece :)
@fq4580 You can absolutely start any Tales game as beginner, all Tales have individual and easy to learn but hard to master combat system.
But .... Im afraid once you start Tales of Arise first, you may hard to accept other Tales because Arise graphics just Top notch among all.
I started from Symphony, after many years then started Arise, then Berseria then Vesperia, i tell you it really took me some times to get use to older graphics and UI system.
@fq4580Play Arise, really, it's great.
In my opinion,
Legendia has the best cast and soundtrack,
Abyss has the best story,
Graces has the best battle system,
Symphonia has the best villain, world building and challenging dungeons,
Vesperia has the best overall gameplay,
Xilia has Alvin, Rowen and Gaius who are all badass dudes,
Berseria has the best skits.
Haven't played all of these but I like this take.
Laihoard nah you should never take these types of “takes” lol because people that try to write these types of comments, are always bullshitting through the whole comment because they try to include every single title, and then trying to give each one a “best of” title even tho it doesn’t actually deserve it and they’re just trying to give it a title so that they can write these types of comments lol
@@Dominicn123 I'm good man but thanks for the suggestion!
@@Dominicn123 lmao u were spot on with this XD
Personally I think both Abyss AND Vesperia have gripping lots. Though I'll nitpick and say vesperia is a slow cooker at the beginning but after Barbos it definitely gets good.
The characters were some of the best parts of Abyss. So much nuance and at the time, some of the darkest plotlines in a tales game. Abyss is an auto S tier for me.
Agree on every point, esp on being one of the darkest plotlines. [spoilers] There were at least 2 mass murders and protag was condemned to die for how many times.
Luke Von Fabre has one of the best character development arcs of any game I've ever played. Goes from completely unlikable and annoying to a self aware person who suffered some mentally destroying stuff. He overcame it all and transforms into a true respectable hero.
How is it not the darkest plotline you blow up a city and that's just in the early game ?
@@msarilyn7677 ikr? it HAS the darkest story of the tales games, and to me the best story
Yup, luke went to a WHOLE rollercoaster of emotions after those events, HUGE character development, one of the best main protagonist of the tales, and abyss IS the best in the series for me, S for me too andmy 3th favorite game of all time (and then final fantasy 8 and suikoden 2)
I'm still disappointed at Namco we hadn't gotten a re-release for Xillia 1 and 2 on Steam
You gotta finish Tales of the Abyss. Luke has the absolute best character development ever!
He sure does!! What a transformation!
Yes!!!!
I hope you're right. I just got it recently and as of right now he is one of my most hated video game protags ever
@@c31l yes! He's unbearably annoying at first. I promise he gets better.
Luke the goat
I've been learning Spanish these last 2 years + love watching your Spanish stuff too. You're one of the best UA-camrs
where he upload videos in spanish? i want to watch it
I love these ranking videos! I watch all your videos and I am glad you generally don't trash games and seem to get enjoyment out of most of the games you play. However, because of this when you REALLY enjoy a game it's hard for me to tell how much because you seem to like most games, so these ranking videos help put your favorites into perspective. More of these please!
Erick is usually pretty good about finding and describing the positive aspects of the games he talks about. I feel he evaluates them fairly. Very few games receive pure hate from Erick.
He tends to be pretty honest, so even though he enjoys quite a bit of titles, he'll usually describe enough of it for me to get a feel for it. These rankings are helpful though because if you aren't checking out most of his videos, you might miss out on what he said about a title in several other videos. Hell, I've actually taken to just jotting down in a spreadsheet what games he mentions in each video so I can quickly check out the relevant videos later when I start looking into a title.
This channel is criminally under subscribed to. This has sneaky become my favorite gaming channel on UA-cam.
Would even say berseria is one of my absolute favourite games, had so much fun playing it, really like the darker touch
Sadly I am limited to PC Games hope Xillia gets remaked someday looks like the type of game I would like
just play on an emulator it runs at 60 fps
Tales of phantasia is my favorite in term of story and exploration. Its my first tales game as well, hook me to the series tales of namco
Same, is an awesome game. The music, the story, the characters, the difficulty.
A perfect 16 bit jrpg just like FFVI and Chrono Trigger.
It was my first as well, though now my favorite is Berseria. I first played Phantasia in the late 90s when the English fan translation patch for the SNES became available and was impressed with it's quality. Nowadays Phantasia is considered very clunky, but for it's time it was a great game and the story holds up to this day IMO.
tales of phantasia works great on the psx, specially with the translation patch. the gba ver is an atrocity that shouldnt even be counted as a game.
Phatasia is one of my favourite jrpgs. It could be nostalgia though. I’m playing Berseria right now and oh boy this game has a weak story and character motivations. It seems like it is a ”dark” game made for kids. People may think otherwise of course.
I’m planning on playing Vesperia next.
Love that all my favorites are at least A tier or higher. I couldn't get thru Symphonia, I didn't grow up with it so when I played it later I felt the game aged poorly. I would personally put Abyss in S tier but I am biased because that was my first game in the series. Sure Luke is insufferable towards the beginning but once you learn why I just found myself hooked even more and wanted to see him progress.
Also, shoutout to Xillia 2 for having the best opening in the entire series.
Arise - the hype is building!
My ranking (only the ones I've played):
*S-tier:* _Tales of Symphonia_ and _Tales of Vesperia_
*A-tier:* _Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Graces f, Tales of Berseria_ and _Tales of Xillia_
*B-tier:* _Tales of Xillia 2, Tales of Phantasia_ and _Tales of Legendia_
*C-tier:* _Tales of Eternia, Tales of Zestiria,_ and _Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World_
*D-tier:* _Tales of Hearts R_
When you said that Xillia 1 and 2 are S-tiers, I know that this review is mighty credible. But I think Vesperia deserves S-tier status too IMO.
Tales of Destiny will always be the best Tales game for me.
Glad to see some love for Legendia! It's also my favorite Tales game and, you're right, it's nowhere as bad as people make it out to be. The only complaint I've heard about the game that I think is valid is repeating dungeons you've already completed when doing the Character Quest segment, but I had so much fun with the game that it didn't bother me personally.
When I played it I didn't know what the R3 button was so played the whole game without the World Map. I don't recommend doing this. It added at least 3-4 hours to my first play through! Great game though
Great tier list, agree with 90%.
I would put Graces F in S tier (loved the story and more tactical battle system)
I would downgrade Legendia to A, bc it's a great game, just not enough to S IMO
And also upgrade Vesperia to S tier, bc it's an all around amazing game, very few bad things can be said about it.
Oh, I would also upgrade Eternia to A tier, I think the chars are very likeable and good 2d battle system. It has an animated series spinoff with 13 episodes, very funny and well made.
Eternia/destiny 2 is easily a S tier game it’s one of the best games on ps1 and one of the best tales games period.
My ranking of all games, minus Radiant Mythology games and mobile games/spin-offs, and minus originals of remasters (completely remade games will be ranked alongside originals)
S-tier: Vesperia, Rebirth, Destiny PS2, Abyss
A-tier: Hearts R, Berseria, Symphonia, Hearts DS, Innocence R
B-tier: Eternia, Graces F, Xillia, Phantasia (PSP, PS1, probably SNES too), Narikiri Dungeon X (which I don't consider a spin-off, as it only involved the Phantasia cast)
C-tier: Xillia 2, Zestiria, Destiny 2, Legendia - I know you love it, Eric, but the dungeons just suck.
D-tier: Innocence DS, Destiny PS1, Dawn of the New World
F-tier: Phantasia GBA, Tempest
IMO, Tales of Destiny (PS2) has the best battle system in the series. I still have to play Rebirth though.
I’m late to the party, but I would LOVE a Legendia Remaster. I don’t think the game was that bad either. If they could update some of the graphics, shit I’d pay 60 bucks for it!
It needs a remake to appeal to gamers today.
Erick, I bought Tales of Legendia about a month ago after hearing you rave about the game in a previous review (bought it on Ebay for $15,). Although I don't think the game is terrible as some people claim it is, it is by far not a masterpiece IMO. The main gripe with the game is the battle system, which is a huge part of any video game. Basically it becomes a monotonous button masher, and to make matters worse, the enemies have so much HP (they aren't hard...just too much life given to them)....these battles take too long and just feel like a chore. To compound things, the battles are all random, and occur too often (even with using holy water). On the plus side, I do like the characters in this (that is the one thing that Tales of Bersia lacks...likable characters), The storyline is good...but it is laid out weird...after beating the main part of the game, you go into an epilogue, that is almost as long as the original story, covering character's backstories, it is well done, but it would have made more sense to put this in the middle of the game, vs. after the ending of the story...it's like watching a movie that starts with the beginning, jumps to the ending, then goes into the middle. All in all, I was glad I bought it because it was so cheap, but I don't really have the desire to play it again, and I can't even rank this game close to Bersia, or even Abyss.
I dont know why people say Berseria is dark 'compared' to the others. The other games have plenty of dark moments that contradict the lightheartedness the series is known for. Still love the story, dont get me wrong
Man, I love your videos! Anyway, my favorites are the 2 Xillia games. They really need to remaster them or at least port them so I can play them again on my PS4.
devinreed21 I really wish they’d port Xillia to steam or PS4/ switch, in a marketing point of view it’d be profitable too, so maybe one day
Good ranking. I'm glad someone finally does some coverage over all the tales of for the fan. For my list, I probably just switch Xilia 2 with Vesperia because I'm more interested in a rouge-like story over the story of time travel shenanigans. And Legendia with Abyss mostly because I like the story of redemption over the more plain version of Legendia; just reference because I read too many mangas with story development of Legendia. Overall, thank you for cover this.
Having finished only berseria two days ago, i enjoyed pretty much you ranking every game and giving some guidance for their strong points. Very nice video.
Davidinc convinced me to revisit the tale series again and I ever happy he did!!
My first was Destiny at 10 years old and even though I thoroughly ebjoyed it, I never touched the series again, but I played Berseria in 2018 and loved it and Vesperia Definitive earlier this year and it was sooo good! I am currently playing Phantasia on my SNES classic while I wait for Arise.
Symphonia's ranking is surprising to me and so is Legendia even though I agree it gets too much hate. I'd put it towards the middle of my tier list personally.
0:26 You can find translated scripts in the Internet. I have fully completed the remake of Tales of Destiny (for PS2) and Tales of Destiny 2 (the real Tales of Destiny 2) in hard level and they both have a superb gameplay and battle system, harder than most of the other Tales of. Navigating through the menu was not hard at all, although I recommend learning katakana. I have not played Tales of Rebirth, but the same thing applies to this game.
Im honestly surprised people like Xillia so much. When I played the first one I thought the main character was insufferable and whiny, more so than Abyss's main character in the beggining. I also Thought the story was a bit rushed and certain aspect/tropes were done way better in previous tales games and the world just kinda meh. The only thing ill give it credit for is the battle system. playing as a fleshed out Brawler who can pull off some serious punch/kick combos was really refreshing compared to the average swordfighter movesets we've grown used to, and is what drove me to finish the game to completion even though I hated everytime the main character opened his mouth.
For some reason I love ranking, tier list videos. Please keep em coming!!
Wait, so Xillia main character sexualized, no problem.
But Berseria main character sexualized, problem?
Since when did sexualization become a problem? We play JRPG's, sexy characters are EXPECTED!
I would've never played Xenosaga if I wasn't interested in KOS-MOS design. And that pulled me into Xenogears and Xenoblade. An amazing series that I would've missed if not for that initial pull!
My top 3-
1.Tales of Destiny 2/eternia
2.Tales of Vesperia
3.Tales of Xilla/Xilla2
I've only played Vesperia Definitive Edition so far. I enjoyed it but it was nowhere near as memorable as I read it was. Nostalgia is definitely a dangerous thing when recommending something; or maybe my sensibilites are not a good match for the franchise. I did like Yuri though. I really want to try the Xillia games next. It's a shame Tales of Rebirth isn't fan translated because when I took a glimpse, that game seems to be a bit darker than the standard Jrpg. It has a great OP too.
I agree in regards to Rebirth. A story that reflects racism and conflicts between cultures? Sounds like an interesting pitch.
Try XILLIA 2 ON RPCS3 EMULATOR AND DOWNLOAD CHEAT ENGINE AND THERE A CHEAT FOR UNLINK MODE WHEN MULTIPLAYER WITH 1.5 SPEED HACK UR TALKING BEST JRPG EVER MAN
Vesperia combat system dephness and the replayability around it is what makes it shine.
S: Zestiria
A: Berseria
B: Xillia, Arise, Vesperia
Now playing abyss finally and I’m very excited
Zestiria S-tier is the most interesting thing you could possibly have said tbh. Based on this list alone I HAVE to know what you thought of Abyss when you played it!
I'd swap Berseria and Zestiria just for Zestiria's "not enough dev time" jank & put Abyss in A for sure, myself. Are you weighting these based on the writing at all? Vesperia's really streamlined as far as gameplay goes, but the writing was so Nothing that I ended up legitimately mad at it by the end, lol.
My personal ranking would be:
S: Berseria, Symphonia, Abyss
A: Xillia 2, Graces, Legendia
B: Zestiria, Vesperia, Hearts
C: Xillia, Eternia
These are the ones I finished. They are all good games. Is there even a bad Tales of game?
Tales of legendia is..... MEH
Never played Xillia 2, but Ive enjoyed the first on and Graces f. Is it worth try today?
@@m4rcin847 It is worth trying, because it is better than the first Xillia, IMO. The only thing I didn't like was Ludger as a silent protagonist. But the story is great.
I'm curious why do so many people hate luke? I thought he was a very well written character and the rivalry between him and asch is the best written rivalry in the series
Vesperia will forever be my favorite. Mainly in its narrative of how far are you willing to go to see that your sense of justice done and the conflicts that present themselves especially with Yuri and Flynn during the second half.
Eternia! My #1 but Phantasia really is great too. The new ones just aren't as good, they need to change up the formula desperately. Hoping Arise is the breath of fresh air
I could be wrong but I think Microsoft paid for exclusivity in the west for Vesperia but would have been long expired by the time Definitive Edition came out. They did attempt to push some JRPGs on 360 with it, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4 and Eternal Sonata(although those PS3 ports did come to the west unlike Vesperia).
I have Hearts R on Vita and forgot about it, guess I should play it eventually.
I honestly thought because the ps3 was difficult to develop and the wii was underpowered which is why that generation was struggling to produce good jrpgs until towards the end of it.
Fully agreed with that Berseria placement. It has the most interesting narrative of the series, with a laser sharp character focus.
Now, as for those Symphonia 1/2 placements? That was a Choice 😅
Currently trying to play all the Tales games that got either official or fan-translated releases in English in release order after playing Vesperia and Berseria on PS4. Both of those amazing games and Phantasia thus far is amazing. I messed around a bit in Graces F and I think that one may be nice once I get to it.
Berseria. ❤
I’m gonna defend it to death, one of the best games ever made in history
Yes! ❤️
Never knew I wanted this tier list in particular so much.
Kinda hard to see older tales of games not get as much love.
1.Berseria
2.Abbys
3Vesperia
That's exactly my list
1.Arise
2.Berseria
3.The Abyss
4.Vesperia
5.Zestiria
Awesome video.
S: Xillia 1, Xillia 2
A: Berseria, Abyss, Vesperia
B: Graces, Symphonia
C: Zestiria
D:
E:
Have not played the rest sadly.
You can't say that Xillia has the best battle system of the series when you haven't played Destiny DC, Destiny 2, and Rebirth on the PS2. It also sounds to me that you haven't played the PSP versions of Tales of Phantasia especially the last version (there were two ports) that was made which completely dances all over the outdated PS1 version in every way with full voice acting all way and complete overhaul of the battle system. Erick, I was able to play all three Japan only Tales games (Destiny DC, Destiny 2, and Rebirth) with a script at hand, and I was able to fully understand the story and characters. IMO, the battle systems on Destiny DC and Rebirth are better than Xillia, and anything that came after for sure. I have played every main Tales game including all three Tales of the World games, almost every version of Tales of Phantasia, but none of the DS titles unfortunately.
Erick, you really should try out the Japan only titles. You are missing out on what is consider to be the absolute best games in the series.
Glad you are a Tales Of fan...it is my favorite series. I have played 11 of the main titles and i love all 11. So my order from best to least... 1) Tales of Vesperia ...2) Tales of the Abyss... 3) Tales of Xillia 2... 4) Tales of Symphonia... 5) Tales of Graces f...6) Tales of Legendia...7) Tales of Xillia... 8) Tales of Zestiria... 9) Tales of Berseria... 10) Tales of Arise... 11) Tales of Symphonia 2
I love that someone loved the Xillia's as much as me. People seem to hate so much on them and it always confused me. They are 2 of the most beautiful looking games in the series. With a badass addictive battle system, great lovable characters (even the little girl character, who I loved, especially the one in Xillia 2) and a great story. Also loved Legendia, I felt the battle system was clunky AF tho, but I played it for the first time last year so it just didn't age well I guess. Love the graphics, character designs and characters a ton though! Def does not deserve the hate. Keep up the great vids!
Legendia is also S Tier for me. Just love it so much. Never understood the hate. Pretty much agree on the others that I've played. Maybe Vesperia is a B for me. Love the story and characterization but I feel the combat system is just... off.
I probably won't be playing Legendia because I play Tales games multiplayer and Legendia is the only home console Tales game that's single player only.
Legendia gets a D. The functionality is awful, the enemy encounter rate is terrible and overall the game feels way too different in a bad way then other tales games.
Symphonia gets an S. Awesome story, excellent combat, great post main story content, good plot twist perfect music ,etc. Game may be a bit dated but thats a corny excuse to put it that low.
Abyss gets an S with similar explanation as symphonia.
Vesperia is S tier as well.
Berseria gets an A. I loved everything about it butbthe battle system imo holds it back a bit.
Zesteria gets a D that game was very forgettable and the story was awful. The battle system was terrible!
While i love Xillia 2 i think its more of an A tier game. The fact you can destroy a ton of the games bosses as the main char easily kinda hurts that games tier for me. Xillia 1 also gets an A but for different reasons.
Asides that I agree with the rest of your list. Thanks for the video.
Thank you man, you made my day that you gave Legendia s tier !!!! I got so addicted to Tales of Legendia back in the day. I completed it in 1,5 day , swallowed it. I got so addicted to the battle system.
Tried many times to complete Tales of destiny, Phantasia and symphonia but it doesn't give me the vibe for some reason. I have to try the newer one so thank you again for you're list
BTW tales of destiny director cut is patch in English now
Phantasia got 2 PSP remakes namely the Full Voice Edition and the Cross Edition. The Full Voice Edition was ported to mobile in 2014 but was discontinued a few months after (this version was also released in English and the English script was actually completely redone). The Cross Edition is included in Narikiri Dungeon X so it's two games in one. This version actually has updated combat and Magic and Summoning don't freeze time anymore. I played a bit of it on an emulator and got up to the point where I met Rhea Scarlet. This is the best version of Phantasia hands down.
one of the things that genuinely shocked me about berseria was the fact that people who had told me "yeah velvet is dressed like that but it's never, like, commented on or anything really" were SOMEHOW telling the truth. In a perfect world (where Genuinely Sexualized half-naked anime girls aren't already in EVERYTHING to yoink money out of the pockets of men), I'd honestly be willing to allow her stupid outfit with no caveats at all.
(That said, the second she got it, I switched her back into her grubby prison clothes & never got a better costume for her, so she just wore those for the whole game. Had a cowboy hat & devil horns on her by the end of the game and laughed my ass of anytime she did anything. It was awesome and I'd do it again)
If the combat system was as good as the characters and the story, this would be the best game series))
I never got to play Legendia as it never came to Europe :( Very sad
Tried Tales of the Abyss, couldn’t beat the game, but the development of the main character stood out, such progression from spoiled brat to tragic hero. The story was also really good.
Tales of Symphonia was the only Tales game I beat. The idiot hero is not what I can get behind. Luke from Abyss had an excuse of being too spoiled, but Lloyd is dumb for no reason. Symphonia 2 is worse than the first one for me, didn’t need to be made.
I've played Vesperia, Graces, Abyss, Arise, and Xillia now. I've put a handful of hours into Hearts as well. The only one I didn't like was Abyss. Way too much backtracking and going back and forth to advance the plot a few steps at a time. Luke was also not a good lead. My favorite so far may be Arise, but Vesperia is a close second, with Xillia at third. Vesperia was the first I played way back in 2009 on the Xbox 360. I still have a number to play through in this series, looking forward to getting all caught up and seeing how my tier compares to yours!
You are a brave man my friend. Ranking Vesperia below Berseria... or you haven't really played them?
seeing legendia so high on this list surprises me, not because i think its bad, (i actually havent gotten to play it yet) but because i just never hear anyone talking about it.
I really hope we get rebirth someday, that one looked good!
I would also rate Abyss at A. However, Jade is S rank. Best Tales character ever. For me.
jade and guy made me stick to the game despite my dislike for luke in the early game
I feel like tales of vesperia should be on a tier but that just my opinion probably cuz it’s my first and only tales of game I played
Symphonia was my first game in the series and I loved it back then, but looking back now it's not anything special. Still a good game, though, just a bit generic.
After Symphonia, I saw Legendia at Blockbuster and rented it. Completely hated it, probably only played an hour or 2 and returned it.
Then I tried Dawn of the New World and hated it too. Combat felt stiff and I disliked the new characters. After that I felt like Symphonia was a fluke and the series wasn't for me.
I'm gonna try jumping back in with Vesperia or Berseria. Hoping for the best.
I fully agree. Xillia 1 and 2 are flipping fantastic. Vesperia might be my favorite because it was the first one I played, but the Xillia games were amazing to play. I think most people like Symphonia because of nostalgia. I didn't actually play it until about 2016, after I had already played Vesperia, Abyss, Legendia, Graces, Xillia, Xillia 2, and Zestiria. Let's just say the gameplay is a little rough compared to the rest of those.
Legendia S rank and symphonia at B rank is a crime. You should be reported to the RPG authorities
Very happy with this! Even if you disagreed with me, I would have respected your opinion, but it turns out all the games I "disagree" with are just off by one letter grade. Awesome!
That moment when Another Eden did so many collabs with Tales of Series, and the maker of Another Eden is the same as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, and even Final Fantasy 7. As a result, it's the closet gacha game to a JRPG non-gacha experience, like it gives so many strong 5 star for free and MC is 5 star too, and can even explore the world but in 2.5D. But I bet alot still doesn't know cause of how underrated the game is. Lol XD
That collab being (from last to first in this video list) (D) Tales of Phantasia, (B) Tales of Symphonia, (A) Tales of Vesperia, (A) Tales of Arise, (S) Tales of Xillia, and (S) Tales of Berseria. That's 6, but 8 playable instead. And the game has no events, meaning you could get all of them even now, that also mean they don't need to hold back either so some of them are super strong despite being free. 2 collab though, 4 of them is together, and other 2 is together, 4 characters per collab which make it 8. They done a collab with Chrono Cross too which make sense cause same maker, and few of the main cast is from Chrono Trigger which is even better than collab cause you'll get to see alot in the story even years later.
Yet the game is underrated, lol XD
My top 3
3. Xillia 2 ( Ludger😭😭 gd thing I got you on crestoria)
2. Abbys
3. Symphonia
Berseria in S tier, my fav game of franchise ❤
I only played and completed Zestiria and Berseria and I find Zesteria way more enjoyable than Berseria.
Ouch, I really enjoyed Phantasia, but we’ve all our own personal taste
While I am one of those that dislikes Zestiria I'd like to just stop everyone for a moment and appreciate the one really amazing thing Zestiria did right - the OST is phenomenal and deserves respect.
Putting symphonic and new world on the same tier is crazy
Solid list but I gotta disagree with eternia/destiny 2 I personally think that’s when the series was at its peak. That’s a S tier game all day
Bersaria S tier no question asked because it has the best waifu ;)
Totally agree with Vesperia and Legendia as S-tier. But Tales series shouldn't be rank considering all its titles as a whole but should have been in a two separate tier list - old Tales and nextgen Tales. just IMO.
Where does Tales of Arise fit in?
Maybe it’s because it was my first tales games, but Vesperia is my absolute favorite. I’ve already played Symphonia 1, the two Xillia, Graces and Zestiria, which is VERY difficult to stay engaged tbh (didn’t even got halfway in this one). I wasn’t really thrilled to play Berseria because I thought it would be as lame as Zestiria, but seeing all the nice reviews got me kind of excited.
my rank out of the ones i have played from worst to best:
tales of destiny: trash characters, terrible encounter rate and clunky gameplay. couldnt get past 5h of gameplay before giving up
tales of vesperia: the characters just didnt click with me, no way in hell someone like rita keeps up with someone like karol that long... amazing battle system but thats about it, the main plot feels like its a sidequest until basically endgame. it just doesnt feel right to me...
tales of graces f: i liked it well enough, but thats it. nothing overly good or bad about it.
tales of symphonia: i love this games history and characters but the battle system is kinda outdated. also non-voiced skits make for a generally worse experience.
tales of phantasia: pretty much eric already summed the experience in his ranking.
tales of the abyss: ill be honest i hate all the characters except for guy and tear, but the plot and the battle system are amazing enough that i keep coming back even though i know anise and jade are included in the package.
tales of xillia: again eric pretty much discribed why this is an amazing game in the series and also my favorite. just disagree about being short, its pretty inconceivable that someone will play a tales game and not do any sidequest, this game is more on the 50-60h side than 30h.
Nice Tier list! I can mostly agree to that one :)
My list:
S: xillia 1+2, berseria, the abyss, vesperia
A: graces F, Legendia
B: hearts, eternia, Symphonia 1+2, Phantasia, destiny
C: zestiria, tales of the world
D: tales of the tempest (the worst game of the series in my opinion)
I loved your tier list, please make a "Ranking every Grandia game" video.
I’m taking a break from the great Tales of Vesperia and playing Tales of Zestiria and while it’s not as wholesome with character Developement as Vesperia, I’m still enjoying it although my gripe is the battle system is pretty rough. Haha. I just hack and slash but sometimes that doesn’t cut it. Cannot wait to see your review of Tales of Arise.
Vesperia, Abyss, Graces, and Symphonia take my top spots loved those games
I never rally got into the Tales Series till Symphonia and other PC releases but Tales of Legendia got my attention back on the PS2 and I never got a chance to go back and give it a go. I want a HD rerelease so bad.
It needs it so badly.
wow ive never heard anybody defend Dawn of the new world before. Love the hot take. I very much disagree with you but props for sticking to what you like,
Tales of Rebirth seems to be a great game, I love the art design but it's a shame that it's ONLY IN JAPAN!!!!
I actually like 2D combat (Eternia and Destiny remake for example) but Legendia wasn't fun for me. I love the soundtrack and art style though.
Zesteria is S for me. For one reason, I just love so much the fusion mechanic. But I agree that it has tons of problems. Other than this, I see that Xillia is S, which is my favorite game ever, so there is that.
Tales of Graces on the other hand, I started hating it, but loved it on Future arc, with the romantic development of Asbel and Sheria. They are so adorable.
Nice. I hope you'll make one for the Atelier series also.
Finally found awesome taste man
Tales of The Abyss will always be number 1 for me. It's my favorite rpg of all time. Graces F? Dead. Fucking. LAST.
Tales of Abyss is also my favorite, but why the hate towards Graces f?
@@Leotsune i just don't like it. I don't like the characters, I can't fathom why people love the combat as it feels formulaic as hell, I don't like the dungeons, and it's way too cheesy
@@Bornagainvillain Totally understandable points, combat is hard and even after 40 hours I still think I don't get it completely, dungeons are also rough, specially on the future arc there is some SMT shit there and I also agree characters are on theweaker side, except Cheria, I fucking love Cheria, she is 100% wife material and she looks cute AF during skits (hate her 3d model tho).
Love your videos. Because of you I just started playing Berseria.
Just picked Beseria up in the PS sale it's got the thumbs up from you, I can't wait to play it.
Oh wow! I didn't expect for us to have the exact same favorites.
Honestly fan service doesn't bother me much. Velvet looks sexy and bad ass.
On another note Vesperia ps4 is my first tales game so far and my god is it likely going to stay my favorite. Characters are such a good cast, great chemistry with each other. Yuri is one of the best protagonists in any game I've ever played! And he's not even the centre of the main events of the game! Busy with Zestiria and enjoying it so far can't wait to get farther.
I haven’t watched all your videos, yet. But from what I have seen so far on your channel, it is fantastic! I enjoyed watching your rankings video just now and I have no issue with the whole thing because it is your video, your channel, your opinion and everything in between and I definitely respect that. Very fair assessment on the GBA version of Phantasia as I don’t think it is worth getting and playing, at all. The same thing applies to the GBA version of Lunar 1, at least to me. Lunar Dragon Song on DS is even worse and that game really should not exist, I swear!
I’m glad you’re one of those people who love Legendia, good for you and I’m glad to hear it. Same thing with Graces F & Dawn of the New World.
IIRC, Tales of Hearts R was exclusive at GameStop and I was lucky enough to buy a copy then before it was too late. Phew.
I don’t think I have all the time and money in the world to buy every game from any series or genre or whatever and that also applies to the Tales of games from Bandai Namco. There will always be something for everyone, am I right?
Anyways, I have been so talkative and I really don’t know when to shut up. My bad. Whatever you do, don’t ever stop doing what you love doing and that is making videos on JRPGs, dude. Keep it up! Stay safe, take care and stay awesome! Peace! ✌️
I wasn’t expecting legendia to be in S rank, now I feel even more satisfied I bought it, cause I never tried that one
Tales of Legendia, Tales of the Abyss and tales of Xillia are my top 3 S tiers.