This game seems to have a more mature tone to it, am I right to believe this?

[mitcHELLspawn]

I have never played a Tales game. I bought Tales of Zesteria, and fully planned on playing it, but I just never did.. I started it, but it seemed really, I dont know "kid-ish" I guess you could say? It just seemed like the story was going to be something me as an adult wasn't really going to relate to.. Especially since Im much more into games/movies with a dark tone to them.

Judging by what Ive seen of this game, it looks like a game that I could definitely get into due to the fact that it seems a lot darker in theme than the previous game. As far as Im aware you play a character that was once an innocent girl but who is now turned into a part demon? That sounds badass to me.

I guess what Im asking is, do you think this games story/themes etc are going to be mature and/or dark ? The combat looks like something I could definitely get into, but I also play games as much for their story as I do their gameplay.

Any insight would be very welcome!

[Simon]

Zestiria started out kind of bright, but things goes a little bit darker later on.

Berseria starts out in a darker tone, but then goes into a brighter tone eventually. And after that, it changes to more mature tone as the characters keep developing. BTW, have you tried out the demo?

[mitcHELLspawn]

I have not. I guess I definitely should check it out though, huh?

[GUY]

Not really from what I've seen in the demo, but I really haven't looked at any trailers or anything besides the censored cutscene which honestly there has already been similar stuff in past games.

[rad rat ray]

zestiria's problem was that it tried too hard to be dark and serious in my opinion but if that's what you like, it does seem like berseria will be a bit darker. that being said if you're really looking for a dark story, tales of games might not be your thing

[Baalk]

Most of the Tales games have some lvl of "dark side". i bet you play zestiria for what? 1 or 2 hours? and leave it there. things get a bit dark but is like a "try hard" dark feeling. still the game worth the time.
But i don't think is a good "tales of" that can impress you and make you a fan of the series.

if you buy Berseria try to bet it at less lol

[Pawkt]

All Tales of "Series" games have some level element of "Darkness" in tone somewhere.

Often times they are however shrouded in a ♥♥♥♥ ton of light comedy and friendship kind of tones.

Tales of Graces F is a prime example of tonning down the darkness to a baby level literally.

Tales of Xillia 2 took the right step and kept the darkness and erased the light, making it the darkest Tales game to date. You literally have the option to slaughter everyone to stop your brother from sacrificing his life which does nothing cause he will still die, not to mention the blood stained across your face if you choose this path

Tales of Zesteria was neighter bright or dark, it was in between.
Tales of Beseria is more Dark but turns light, the storyline in the beginning defines this.

[Simon]

Basically, there is no real pure dark tales games. Even the darkest one has its bright moments. Tales games generally teach us things like moral values, racism, the cruelty of the world and so on.

[Rosebourne]

Originally posted by Simon:

Basically, there is no real pure dark tales games. Even the darkest one has its bright moments. Tales games generally teach us things like moral values, racism, the cruelty of the world and so on.

and that organized religion is bad lol

[iemander]

Well, if you dress up your main character as if her boobs are going to pop out with every movement. There's only so serious you can take it.

Try Xenogears if you want a mature, dark story. Tale is just the wrong series

[Forte]

Originally posted by Sovereign Kitten:

All Tales of "Series" games have some level element of "Darkness" in tone somewhere.

Often times they are however shrouded in a ♥♥♥♥ ton of light comedy and friendship kind of tones.

Tales of Graces F is a prime example of tonning down the darkness to a baby level literally.

Tales of Xillia 2 took the right step and kept the darkness and erased the light, making it the darkest Tales game to date. You literally have the option to slaughter everyone to stop your brother from sacrificing his life which does nothing cause he will still die, not to mention the blood stained across your face if you choose this path

Tales of Zesteria was neighter bright or dark, it was in between.
Tales of Beseria is more Dark but turns light, the storyline in the beginning defines this.

>Xilia 2
I've pointed this out a few times, but in this game not only can you gamble and murder everyone- you also watch a man impale a child with a spear and then fight a character with that child hanging on the spear. It still got a 16/T rating so I really haven't the faintest idea how that got through and yet this scene is "above 16."

[Ka-mai19]

I would like it if the game were more dark and "mature" than previous installments, but I'm not sure if that will really be the case since the series is mostly light-hearted, even through dark times.

(SPOILERS FOR TALES OF THE ABYSS AND VESPERIA)

In Tales of the Abyss a whole town with tons of people in it gets destroyed because the main character was too naive and stupid to realize who the bad guy really was. In Tales of Vesperia the main protagonist essentially turns into a vigilante who murders criminals in cold blood. Vesperia also had a scene where a man commits seppuku.

Yet despite those dark moments the games still have enough humor and lightheartedness that the dark moments don't define the entire adventure or the characters. I expect Berseria will be the same in this regard.

[snowyonetwo]

Tales has always been pretty mature on the whole; just not GRIM. That's a huge difference.