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IGN: Tales of Vesperia Review & Video Review

Tales of Vesperia is a strong anime-style Japanese RPG with a wide-ranging story, compelling characters and an intense real-time battle system that keeps you on your toes. Although it has a somewhat inconsistent visual style and is relatively low on graphical details, the character designs and animations are very good, and there's a ton to explore in the world. The storyline isn't breaking any new ground and begins to unravel somewhat at the end, but there's power here, and the characters will definitely stay with you after the battle ends.

Presentation - 8.0
Graphics - 7.5
Sound - 9.0
Gameplay - 8.5
Lasting Appeal - 8.5
Overall -
BIoodmask - contributor
Published: 487 days 5 hours ago | Review | Xbox 360
 
 

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1 SmartPS3Owner | 487 days 5 hours ago - comment has been reported as SPAM -
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BIoodmask - 487 days 5 hours ago
1.1 - Microsoft
didn't make Tales of Vesperia, Bandai-Namco did. I recommend changing your user name.
1.2 SmartPS3Owner | 487 days 5 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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Hellbringer - 487 days 5 hours ago
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8.2/10 is pretty good. you aren't smart at all.
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SmartPS3Owner - 487 days 5 hours ago
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8.2, is not FF worthy
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ukilnme - 487 days 5 hours ago
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Check your math. Not too smart at all. You should be ashamed to call yourself smart let alone a PS3 owner.
1.6 SmartPS3Owner | 487 days 5 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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Kigmal - 487 days 5 hours ago
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Yes but this 8.2 made the Xbox 360 outsell the PS3 in Japan so there is no way Microsoft failed with this one.
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TOO PAWNED - 487 days 5 hours ago
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In MS and 360 defense no one ever said that thise game is FF worthy, not by a long shot. On other hand props to MS for at least trying to bring more Jrpgs to their systems, something that was on original xbox rare as white whales are.
Besides this title is time exlcusive and i am looking forward to eventually play it on PS3.
BTW/ 8.2 is great score.
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radio0o - 487 days 4 hours ago
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Looks better than the other JRPGs released so far, but overall JRPGs are boring and cliche and need a major overhaul.

Microsoft was smart for releasing this in Japan for 360 only though. Japanese people are suckers for cliche anime type stuff.
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BLuKhaos - 487 days 4 hours ago
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bah FF is not that great.after FF10 the series went down hill.
1.11 solsub | 487 days 4 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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GiantEnemyCrab - 487 days 3 hours ago
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That is a great score for this type of game. Maybe you should worry about

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

74 percent
floppage

(yes I know even 74 isn't a flop but since we are playing this game why not?)
1.13 jonboi24 | 487 days 3 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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sak500 - 487 days 2 hours ago
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@bloodmask

You have been on n4g long enough to know he's probably the smartest of the ps3 owners. Rest are all sitting in open zone.

On topic, Anyone tried the demo of this one? IT was all in japanese coudn't understand a thing and deleted it immediately. WHy the demo in japanese for EU market?
1.15 KillaManiac | 487 days 2 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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Homicide - 487 days 1 hour ago
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That's a pretty good score. That's just what the Tales game mostly get. If you loved the previous games, then you'll love this.
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fork- - 487 days 5 hours ago
2 -
Enternal Sonata was on ps3 aftr 360 versin after the timed exclusivity ran out

this will cum to ps3
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Mao - 487 days 3 hours ago
2.1 - CONFIRMED: NO
That's because Scamco has confirmed that every console gets an original Tales game. Sony gets theirs next year and it will not be this, but something entirely new. Nintendo and shovelware-extrordinare get theirs later this year too. It's how Scamco is working things with Tales this gen.
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Xandet - 486 days 13 hours ago
2.2 - New Tales game or not..
I just want a f*cking JRPG to play on my PS3!!
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Jenzo - 486 days 12 hours ago
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Games don't cum.
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XephyrNesion - 487 days 5 hours ago
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8.2 is a pretty good score. what did Famitsu rate it?
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AclayPS3 - 487 days 5 hours ago
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Famitsu gave it a 35/40
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XephyrNesion - 487 days 5 hours ago
3.2 -
thanks man. I wish i could get it, but i sold my old 360 prior so I can get money to buy the 60 gig 360. I want my HDMI.
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Light Yagami - 486 days 13 hours ago
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I have this game, and it's pretty good. The story is so-so, but the gameplay is fun.
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Halo3Mgs4 - 487 days 5 hours ago
4 - holy crap
i thought this game was going to be released later this year.
i'll be picking this and infinite undiscovery up.
8.2 nice score
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happyface - 487 days 5 hours ago
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why is the ps3 version delayed?

graphics will prob be a lot better on ps3 too
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Halo3Mgs4 - 487 days 5 hours ago
5.1 - i think
every system is going to have their own tales game, so i don't think this game will be coming to the ps3
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Honolulu - 487 days 4 hours ago
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I don't think it has been announced for the ps3 as it is.
NamcoBandai seem to make a lot of their titles multiplatform nowadays though, so at least a release in Japan of a ps3-version isn't completely unthinkable... imo.

Shame about only eng-dub, I hope the jap-dub will be released as DLC.
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Wii60Fan - 486 days 13 hours ago
5.3 - You are
plainly an idiot. Good day.
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DA_SHREDDER - 487 days 5 hours ago
6 - I hate these Tales type of games.
Even the reviewer said the combat like a fighting game, not an rpg. Im so sick of these crappy games. I hope that Infinite Undiscovery doesn't suffer the same fate as this title. This game is for noobs, nuff said.
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Mao - 487 days 3 hours ago
6.1 - Well, I'm not picking this up
But 8.2 is for noobs?.....um, okay there.
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SacT0wnF1n3st - 487 days 5 hours ago
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A solid AA title for the 360.
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BLuKhaos - 487 days 4 hours ago
7.1 -
wow 4 disagrees? for what? lol at fanboys
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SacT0wnF1n3st - 487 days 4 hours ago
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I'm gonna lose so much sleep over these disagrees. :)
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ukilnme - 487 days 4 hours ago
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@ SacT0wnF1n3st

Now wait just a doggone minute there pal. I'm the only person on N4G that gets to lose sleep over disagrees. I claimed that right a long time ago.
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The Kingslayer - 487 days 5 hours ago
8 - Hi Haters
This game is solid...Yeah $ony needs to get on the ball with jrpgs this generation.

Be a gamer...Not a hater
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sentai - 487 days 5 hours ago
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Pretty good score.
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MrWeymes - 487 days 4 hours ago
10 - Awesome..
I'm willing to admit that I favour my PS3, but when the 360 gets a game I want to play, there is no shame in buying it. I love JRPGs, and the 360 is where it's at. Right now, I have Lost Odyssey, and Eternal Sonata for the 360. I'm going to buy Tales of Vesperia for sure. I love the "Tales" series.
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Immortal Kaim - 487 days 4 hours ago
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You guys are so lucky, for some reason this deosn't come out in Europe?Australia until early 09'.

Very good score considering the niche' market of JRPG's
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Mao - 487 days 4 hours ago
12 - It's not on my radar
Still busy doing everything in Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. I'll move on to Infinite Undiscovery, Fable 2 and The Last Remnant from there. Sorry Scamco, no purchase from this RPG fan.
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KillaManiac - 487 days 3 hours ago
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I can understand not buying from Scamco, but on your list of games you didn't even mention your own avatar's upcoming kickass game! :O
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Mao - 486 days 12 hours ago
12.2 - That's because it was already imported long ago
And 130 hours of enjoyment later, I don't need to mention it any longer.
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KingKirchner - 487 days 4 hours ago
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I really want this game. I love the Tales of... formula. Too bad I don't have a 360 :(

Hopefully it'll come to PS3 eventualy like Eternal Sonnatta.
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Isaac - 487 days 3 hours ago
14 - 8.2
Good score, but not enough to topple any of the previous PS2 RPGs. It seems that even though 360 is getting lots of JRPGs most of them are too conventional, conservative, or unoriginal. Perhaps gamers are just tired of this genre instead? Or taking a very different path for a JRPG would be too risky for 360?
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Mao - 487 days 3 hours ago
14.1 - Hardcore JRPG gamer here
And you can take the anti-360 comments and post them somewhere else mate. The JRPG support on the 360 has been solid. Go back on the PS2 (my favorite console of all time where I was simply spoiled in 2006) and look at the average for RPG scores. Guaranteed on metacritic you'll find the good ones scoring mostly at 8-8.5 overall.

That's the norm. Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and Tales make the 360 a worthy JRPG machine. A lot better than Sony is doing these days. I can't wait for White Knight Chronicles....but where is?

And in terms of innovation when it comes to JRPGs...wanna know which FF (Final Fantasy gamer since 1990, played the all) I dislike the most? FFXII. The one that changed everything gameplay wise and forgot about things like characters development and story. Innovation only does so much in this genre. It's about perfecting standards and providing the goods with other elements then just the play.

Tales scored well, not on my radar, but good score.
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ElementX - 487 days 2 hours ago
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Different path for an JRPG on 360? Tales is a proven franchise, even though I only played Tales of Symphonia, I enjoyed it and come on, how much innovation do you see in JRPGS?
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Isaac - 487 days 2 hours ago
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PS2 games, mostly JRPGs, or games that were aimed at japanese audiences:

RPGs:

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Not to mention all of the PSOne games too which are playable on PS2 (and on my PS3).

Other games aimed at japanese audiences, including some Non-RPGs:

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Xbox 360 JRPGs:

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Other timed or full exclusive Japanese games that are not JRPGs, or japanese games that were ported to 360:

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Some good, some mediocre, some fail, however, nothing groundbreaking. Microsoft needs to innovate, create something unique, and do it themselves, recruit their own talent instead of buying games, timed exclusive games or content, or simply put, 1uping the competition. That is, if they want to break into japan and into all the hardcore gaming market. Well, that and reliable hardware. Hell, even the first Xbox had this:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Microsoft needs new and better experiences, not just "better" ones that end up looking like rehashes. Sony might not have much on PS3 in terms of japanese support, at least not yet, but if WKC ends being better than all of the JRPGs on 360, it could mean trouble for 360 since japanese developers would follow suit. Not only that, but to say that the 360 is the "JRPG machine" of this generation is kind of hasty and ridiculous, considering neither the PS3 nor the Wii are even on their second year, not to mention that 360s offerings do not compare at all to previous JRPG consoles. JRPG fans are not really missing much new without a 360, and they are better off waiting without next-gen consoles and still playing last generation JRPGs (After all, who the hell has finished every single one of them anyway?).
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MisfitSmurf - 487 days 1 hour ago
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jesus man o.o thats alot of links
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Mao - 486 days 5 hours ago
14.5 - Sad isn't it?
So...uh, where's the PS3 RPGs at? Oh yeah, there are none worth mentioning outside of my favorite SRPG ever!!! That said, that's one that has scored similar to Lost Odyssey. You sir need to get your head outta your arsh and come to terms with reality that there is more to life than PS3. To post THAT many links....got a job mate? Maybe a family or school or something that could be considered priority? If you've got that much time on your hands, why don't you play some games instead? Don't get fanboys, their obsessive and wierd to an extreme beyond anything even I could have pulled out as an exclusive PS2 owner last-gen defending my console against my Halo fratboy friends.

OH, Folklore is a 75, less than Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon, so that's one down in the case you want to post some links. See what I did? I gave you some time to do something other than try everything in your life's power to put down a GAMING CONSOLE. Sad soul. And yes I played Folklore. Decent but far from anything presented of the likes of an RPG on the 360. Sorry, but don't get me wrong. I ain't no 360 fanboy, just an RPG fan. Hence why I had to buy BOTH consoles, cause Sony dropped the ball in that genre mate. At least till next year (maybe...delays suck).
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