What is so bad about the story?

[oz Helix oz]

Im playing so far and the story is pretty good. Right now is a little childish, but you are knowing the characters. So far the story is pretty entertaining

[Razer]

Nothing bad about the story.

Bad story? Play Arise. Most other Tales games are pretty decent. I personally really liked Graces. But I guess it's not for everyone.

[Minneyar]

It has a very positive story that focuses on the power of friendship. There's a large contingent of English RPG fans who just hate stories like that.

I think it's good, personally, and it's got a great cast of characters and some of the best skits in the series.

[DWN - (Infinity)]

The story is fine. Characters are fine. The game world and locations you visit on the other hand are not so great imo esp if you've played a lot of Tales games prior to playing Graces.

That said, the only real reason I personally revist Graces is because of the combat. Everything else in the game is done way better by other Tales games.

[ShinkuTear]

If I had to say anything bad about the story, it's that some parts of it are a bit on the childish side.

But that aside, I like the story. It's not some AAA masterpiece, but it's far from bad. Especially since the party interactions are amusing to me.

"Right into next week!"
"I've travelled back in time from next week, please stop throwing monsters at us... ->"

[Celcius]

The ending alone killed it for me. I won't post spoilers though.

[BlueDragonXD]

I admit Graces F is not the best story of all Tales Games. May not even be in top three. However it's still great and not the worst story from the modern tales games. I don't think any of the ones I've played have bad stories. But putting the main plot aside the character building and jokes and skits and other fun side stuff Tales of Graces F is one of the better tales games in that regard. Overall this tied for my second favourite tales of game.

[Razer]

Originally posted by BlueDragonXD:

I admit Graces F is not the best story of all Tales Games. May not even be in top three. However it's still great and not the worst story from the modern tales games. I don't think any of the ones I've played have bad stories. But putting the main plot aside the character building and jokes and skits and other fun side stuff Tales of Graces F is one of the better tales games in that regard. Overall this tied for my second favourite tales of game.

Yea was going to say this. I really like the character interactions in this one. Some of the skits are really funny. Not something you see in every Tales game.

Music is great too.

[Nyx.]

I'd say not bad, but too "bland" for the Tales of formula of "typical rpg deconstructed with a twist" like Symphonia and Abyss did well. On its own, it's fine. But if you compare it with the best Tales of stories, it kinda is on the bottom end.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Originally posted by Razer:

Originally posted by BlueDragonXD:

I admit Graces F is not the best story of all Tales Games. May not even be in top three. However it's still great and not the worst story from the modern tales games. I don't think any of the ones I've played have bad stories. But putting the main plot aside the character building and jokes and skits and other fun side stuff Tales of Graces F is one of the better tales games in that regard. Overall this tied for my second favourite tales of game.

Yea was going to say this. I really like the character interactions in this one. Some of the skits are really funny. Not something you see in every Tales game.

Music is great too.

Yeah the fact the skits and characters are generally light hearted even in the most dramatic bits of the story helps overall.

It's a story about the power of friendship and actually gels a lot better than some of the other games.

[Doc Shinpao]

It does take time to really take off imo.

You're somehow clueless for quite some time I feel.

[matteste]

It's fault was not necessarily that it was bad. It's problem was that it came right after what fans dubbed the Symphonia trilogy, that being Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia. These are some of the most beloved games in the series and Graces had big shoes to fill.
Basically, Graces is good, just not as good as what came out right before it.

Due to the game being older now and the hype after that trilogy has somewhat cooled, the game is able to be reappraised for what it is rather than what it could have been.

[Whirblewind]

The story is fine. It's just not memorable and it's not offensive, and for a lot of people that middleground may as well be bad from contrast. When so much of this game borders on perfect, the lack of texture to its story because a nail to be hammered.

[Simon]

The story is not bad, just average. At least the combat system is where the game shines the most compared to other Tales games.

[arcaneArtisan]

Honestly, if you don't bounce off the stories of other Tales games, Graces shouldn't be much of an outlier. The series' strength is in its characters, assuming you like those kinds of characters--if you don't like those types of characters, you probably will not enjoy a Tales game for its story. Personally I like the characters in this one pretty well, so I give it a thumbs up, but it's very much a question of taste.

[Someone]

one of the good stories of Tales series, although its childish
Combat is good, dualize is mind breaking haha
Good post game as well