Best tales game?

[Pythius]

just curious on the community's thoughts on where each game should be ranked.

[Tanukki]

Symphonia
Abyss
Arise
(...I didn't play anything before Symphonia.) It's one of the most formulaic JRPG series out there, constantly remaking what is pretty much the same game. But these are the entries that at least significantly upgraded the engine and gameplay, so they are my favourites.
I like the games, so I can't complain too much. But I have more respect for studios that are willing to experiment with their game design, even when they sometimes produce flops like Square-Enix.

[Evan]

Originally posted by Pythius:

just curious on the community's thoughts on where each game should be ranked.

This is definitely top #1 tales game for me. And mostly because of Graces F release, which add new chapters for the story, thus making the game and the story absolutely complete with the best ending possible.

[ツ]

1. Phantasia (PSP Vo version)
2. Abyss
3. Eternia
4. Symphonia
5, Vesoerua
6. Graces If
7. Xillia

The modern Tales are ok, but kinda dull/generifc compared with the old ones.

[SilverForte]

Abyss
Legendia
Destiny 2
Destiny R

These are my favorites in no particular order. The only tales of games I would say are just bad though are Tempest and Symphonia 2.

[Nyx.]

Story wise? Abyss, Eternia, Symphonia, Beseria
Character wise? Tough one, but Xillia 2, Graces F, Phantasia (in terms of dynamics and how they interact with the plot in general.)
Gameplay wise? Graces F, Vesperia, Destiny R

Everything else is either okay or mediocre. I've played nearly all Tales games.

[Maji]

Symphonia Graces Berseria Phantasia Xillia are my top 5 in that order

[armycat23]

1. Vesperia
2. Abyss
3. Graces

[Razer]

1. Vesperia, the original one
2. Graces F
3. Xillia
4. Berseria, although the story was a bit childish

All the other ones I've played were alright, but the worst one by far was Arise. I don't think I will ever complete that game. Characters are all unlikable, story is so flat and comprised of all tropes and has beens before it a 10 year old could have written it. Uninteresting drivel. Cringy and not enjoyable at all. Hated it.

[Scyris]

Abyss is easly one of my fave rpgs period, I've pretty much liked every game in this series that i've played, and i've played pretty much all of them that came out in english even the ps1 games. Berseria is also pretty high up there for me as well. Velvet was a intersting main char as she didn't really give 2 craps about saving the world etc, she was sort of a anti-hero which is someting you don't see often in rpgs. She wasn't good or bad aligned she was kinda more neutral, prob more on the bad side with some of the things shes done in the game.

Thing I wanna know is why does everyone rate Vesperia so highly compared to the rest, did I miss something about it? Don't get me wrong its a good game, I just don't get why its so highly rated, I can't even remember really anything about it which is weird, considering I can remember stuff from Tales of Destiny 1 back on ps1. Maybe I need to go thru it again it has been a very long time since I played it.

[Razer]

Originally posted by Scyris:

Abyss is easly one of my fave rpgs period, I've pretty much liked every game in this series that i've played, and i've played pretty much all of them that came out in english even the ps1 games. Berseria is also pretty high up there for me as well. Velvet was a intersting main char as she didn't really give 2 craps about saving the world etc, she was sort of a anti-hero which is someting you don't see often in rpgs. She wasn't good or bad aligned she was kinda more neutral, prob more on the bad side with some of the things shes done in the game.

Thing I wanna know is why does everyone rate Vesperia so highly compared to the rest, did I miss something about it? Don't get me wrong its a good game, I just don't get why its so highly rated, I can't even remember really anything about it which is weird, considering I can remember stuff from Tales of Destiny 1 back on ps1. Maybe I need to go thru it again it has been a very long time since I played it.

It's one of the older ones and the first one to be widely available, so likely one of the first ones that was played by many. Makes it more special. Plus Yuri is the best protagonist out of all of the games by far. It's also the first one to make the battle system more interesting. Definitely a classic. That carries some weight on its own.

Nothing that came after it beat it on any level except for maybe combat. Story, Characters, Interactions. All top tier in that game compared to the other games. However if you played Abyss first or another one, then that one will have a more special place for you. It's just how that works.

[Nepnep]

Best for me is Abyss.

[DontMisunderstand]

I haven't finished Graces yet, but so far I've played 7. From best to worst, Arise, Berseria, Graces, Symphonia, Zestiria, Symphonia 2, Vesperia. Graces might move up the list by the time I finish, but that's unlikely.

[Jarazz]

Best to Worst (for me) from Top to Bottom for me (and why i liked it)

Graces F (Gameplay)
Berseria (Story)
Xillia (Gameplay)
Symphonia (Story)
Vesperia (Story)
Innocence (Gameplay)
Abyss (Story)
Arise (Gameplay)
Zestiria (Gameplay)
Eternia (Gameplay)
Destiny (Story)
Phantasia (Story)
Legendia (Gameplay)


Yet to play Rebirth, Xillia 2, Hearts R, Destiny 2. As for Tempest... i couldn't handle the gameplay but i was cool with the story.

[Darth_Roxs]

Arise
Berseria
Symphonia (nostalgia it was my first tales game)

[Melkaba]

overall fav is berseria hands down