The Tales of Graces trailer from the recent Tales of Festival in Japan has been released. This game is the first mothership (Namco Bandai's term for non-spin-off games in the Tales of series) game for the Wii. The previous Tales of game for the Wii, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was classified as a spin-off sequel.
Bandai Namco will host a “Tales of Graces Anniversary Party” event at the Maihama Amphitheater on November 24 in celebration of the game’s 10th anniversary, the company announced.
This was actually my first Tales game. Took me forever to complete it, as I stopped mid-way through for a long time. I eventually came back, and beat it. It really lingered in my thoughts afterwards, to the point where I just knew I had to play the other games in the series. I've been a huge fan of the series ever since. I'm really pumped for Arise, seems to be just what the Tales games needed as a refresher.
I recommend playing vesperia definitive if you havent already. The last amazing tales game. Post-vesperia were just very mediocre. Really hope arise is a great game and a return to how great tales used to be, they did mention it would have "classic" gameplay and I hope they mean pre-graces. Also that baba is no longer there and now has the god eater guy there which is a series that has great story telling and gameplay so Im excited to see how this game will turn out and have higher hopes.
I actually really liked Xillia. The sequel and Berseria didn't do much for me though. Just felt like treading the same waters again. Which is why the new Arise engine (Unreal 4) should do wonders to help breathe new life into the series as a whole.
I haven't played Vesperia yet, I always wanted to do so after playing the demo on my Xbox 360 years ago. I just never got around to it. I've seen the Remastered version on sale, but I just don't have the time to devote to it right now. I'll definitely get around to it though. (Still trying to work my way through Persona 5 at the moment, lol.)
I think the only one I really didn't enjoy was Zesteria. My fav overall was Graces f. I loved the story. I like the personal story in it alot. Made me forget I was playing a game at times and the whole thing where you start as kids and then it goes into the future with a time skip. I was in complete shock because I thought I'd be using kids the whole game thinking because it was a Wii game initially, it went with the Symphonia style lol
I absolutely LOVE the battle system. the whole reward system in it made it soooooooo good compared to alot during those times. I think the only system I kinda enjoy more. but only in some aspects is Hearts R. The moment the ability triggers and you start going crazy and if you can time the parries perfectly. OMG it's amazing. But overall Graces has had my favourite battle system otherwise.
I really enjoyed the cast of this game. It caught me by surprise how good it was. I played it first because I was on a Tales of binge(I still am) and got hooked but that final boss was a long hard battle
Easily my favourite on
loved the characters in this
and just the world in general
i assume it's getting a ps4 release
AbyssalChronicles: "Alter has just revealed over at the Summer Wonder Festival 2014 their prototype of a Tales of Graces f Asbel Lhant figure."
Kotaku - This past weekend in Yokohama, 25,000 Japanese fans gathered for Tales of Festival 2013 over the course of two days. And since the conversation at an event like this turns to all things Tales, we at Kotaku East decided to give voice to a few fans about their favorite Tales games and more. As you’ll see from their responses, these fans have favorites across the entire series, and they are definitely loyal to the core when it comes to Tales.
Such a fantastic JRPG series
can't wait for Tales of Xillia in August, for North America
... but not when they isnsit on only selling us a dub-only version, instead of including the original language with english subs as an option.
Tried a Wii Tales game once. Couldn't bare the voice-acting, and that I couldn't click through the cut-scenes to avoid those voices.
They seem like nice old-skool RPGs, and considering the anime-influence, it just baffles me why they would intentionally alienate a huge portion of the anime-fanbase by not including the original voices, which is a must for many anime fans.
Baba said they plan to do it in the future, or at least they're looking into doing so. But I don't see how you see it as alienating a huge portion of the fanbase. I don't buy Metal Gear Solid 3 EU edition and complain that there's no Japanese voice-acting on the disc do I? It's not like every major title from Japan is supposed to have Japanese voice-acting on it.
Mate, how many times you must repeat yourself for not buying / playing games if they don't include the japanese VA / dual-dub on the game? You like a broken record you know -_-
I'm with you man! I would love if they include jpn voices as well. But to be fair, the Wii tales game, symphonia 2, was for me one of the worst tales games. It seem to me like it was just a cash in on symphonia's popularity... And I loved symphonia!
Anyway, I would suggest that you play Vesperia on the 360, if you haven't done so yet. For me it's the best tales game yet. And even though there are no jpn voices, the English voice casting for that game is superb! (Troy Baker FTW!!!) You should give that a go, it will leave you with a much better impression I'm sure!
Yeah, i expected Tales of Xillia, Graces, Abyss, Vesperia, and Destiny 2 dominated the polls. Weirdly, there's no Leon Magnus from Destiny as fav (male) characters. Two years ago Leon dominated the polls for the most fav characters in Tales series.
surprised I dont see Tale of Symphonia on here. Most of them seem to like the recent Tales games tho so i guess there only playing what they can get their hands on.
You should check the article again. There's a fans in the article who like Emil from Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. And her fav Tales also Dawn of the New World. Besides, this polls only a sample of fans who visited Tales festival.
I'm kind of amazed at the popularity of Vesperia. Yes, the characters were fantastic... but the setting was pretty shallow for a Tales Of game, and the overall narrative was pretty dull IMHO.
Looks like there is some pretty massive scale to it.
Looking pretty decent to be honest.
Is it just me or does it look nearly to the level of Vesperia?
Looks great anyway.
Looks like the exploration will be rather large based :)
I'm a sucker for the "Tales of" battle system, so I'll be getting this game. ToS2 was a pretty bad game, but I enjoyed it. This looks like the proper "Tales of" game Wii owners have been needing. Looks fantastic.