How does it compare to Tales of Symphonia?

[Rollo]

Ive played a lot of tales games, with Symphonia being the best for me. Anyone who's played both, how do they compare?

[Shadow Esper]

Vesperia, for me. Is the best Tales of Game.
It's got strong characters with well developed backstories.
The overarching plot is well written and executed.
The battle system has a ton of depth, and builds off of what made Symphonia and Abyss' great.

I loved Symphonia when I first played it, and I still love it. But Vesperia. It's so much more.

If you liked the Symphonia style, then you'll certainly love Vesperia.

[Giro]

If you liked Symphonia you'll probably love Vesperia.

Gameplay wise its an updated version of Symphonia and Abyss' gameplay. It has the overworld, TP, puzzles, etc. and everything is more refined.

The story and characters are also great like Symphonia and Abyss/Berseria.

[Terranigma23]

Vesperia is made by the Symphonia Team the same team who made Symphonia and Abyss so I'm sure you will love it ;)

[zachillios]

In my opinion, it's the closest to quality and design to Symphonia. It's got the same story segment setup like Symphonia has, its combat is very close to it as well. If you like Symphonia, chances are you'll like this one too, signed a die hard Symphonia fan.

[Mystic Myotis]

Better gameplay/visuals/voice acting, inferior narrative (that's not to say the story is bad, it's just that it could have been much stronger). I like Symphonia's music more overall, as well. Both great games, though; you really can't go wrong with them. Oh, Vesperia has better skits, imo.
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If you haven't played Abyss, btw, give that a go (weaker gameplay than Vesperia but strong narrative, setting, themes, music, etc), and cross your fingers and hope that some day Tales of Innocence R makes its way over here, because that's another one that feels very similar to these games and imo is one of the most underrated installments in the series.

[Rollo]

Thank you everyone. I'm even more hyped now.

[Miraglyth]

Yeah. Much better gameplay, slightly worse story. But still leagues better and more interesting than Zestiria.

[Rollo]

Messaggio originale di Miraglyth:

Yeah. Much better gameplay, slightly worse story. But still leagues better and more interesting than Zestiria.

Tbf Symphonia's story was something special.

[Lagoon]

Better gameplay, worse story.

But what makes Vesperia the clear winner for me is the characters. Lloyd from Symphonia was unlikeable for most of the game, Yuri on the other hand is an awesome character.

[pokenar]

Better gameplay and characters, but inferior plot, imo

[Ebon Wolf]

Better combat. Better main protagonist. Symphonia has better story, better world building, better characters, better replay value (I think it's been awhile), better dungeons (dungeons are simplified versions of Abyss and Symphonia. If anything it's a modern Abyss since it takes and improves the combat from that. The Tales stories have always paled in comparison to other big budget jrpgs though so don't go in expecting something mindblowing. Nothing will ever top Abyss for me but Vesperia is still one of the top 5 Tales games.

[Duncan Idaho]

Messaggio originale di Shadow Esper:

Vesperia, for me. Is the best Tales of Game.
It's got strong characters with well developed backstories.
The overarching plot is well written and executed.
The battle system has a ton of depth, and builds off of what made Symphonia and Abyss' great.

I loved Symphonia when I first played it, and I still love it. But Vesperia. It's so much more.

If you liked the Symphonia style, then you'll certainly love Vesperia.

DITTO
but really, is a matter opf personal preferences
'I prefer eye candy over scary armor any day.' made me cry of laughter, and it's a dumb line...

[Smurf]

Messaggio originale di Shadow Esper:

Vesperia, for me. Is the best Tales of Game.
It's got strong characters with well developed backstories.
The overarching plot is well written and executed.
The battle system has a ton of depth, and builds off of what made Symphonia and Abyss' great.

I loved Symphonia when I first played it, and I still love it. But Vesperia. It's so much more.

If you liked the Symphonia style, then you'll certainly love Vesperia.

Pretty much this.

Symphonia, really the only thing I felt could even be better than Vesperia is the world building. I've played pretty much every mothership and former mothership title and it's a bit surprising for me to see people still prefer Abyss to any degree. Not that people can't like it or anything. Usually the first game someone plays holds something special for someone and that title is not surprisingly Symphonia.

It's pretty likely you'll enjoy Vesperia. Same team that did Symphonia and Abyss. Most people who actually played it weren't up in arms over Vesperia to any degree.