Tales of Vesperia

[MisterBob]

Damn idiots made me think it was the end of the game lol, they kept mentioning it was the final battle etc. and I was getting depressed because I was only 37 hours in...

Just started the "3rd part" I guess, the battle music changed (again), and I got another big milestone achievement... how long is the game from this point until the end? If it keeps up like this (1st part took me 17~, 2nd part 22) I'll probably beat the game at around 60 hours... but just how long is this 3rd section?

lol, pretty much every Tales game does that. Since I already told you approximately how long the game is, you should be able to figure out how much is left.

[Exoduso]

WTF is up with this final dungeon... jesus christ, so many doors/staircases/paths/warp devices, my head hurts...
I found the first save point/first boss in this place, but now i'm lost again. I figure I just need to keep moving up so that's what i'm doing, but man...

edit: yay beat it... kind of disappointed with the final fight though, even though it was challenging at certain points.
BTW, it only took me 47 hours and I was very thorough, so...

[Kyo]

Still, 47 hours is a good amount of time for an RPG anymore.

[Exoduso]

It's good, but it's not 60.

I'm going around looking for sidequests/chats around the world and there seems to be a lot of them... some stuff I won't be able to do anymore since I screwed up (killed all the giganto monsters for one so no sidequest for that..), but that's what the 2nd playthrough's for I guess.

[MisterBob]

Pretty much switched to using Judith full-time. Her combos are amazing, easy to breach 20+ hit with minimal effort.

[Kyo]

It's good, but it's not 60.

I'm going around looking for sidequests/chats around the world and there seems to be a lot of them... some stuff I won't be able to do anymore since I screwed up (killed all the giganto monsters for one so no sidequest for that..), but that's what the 2nd playthrough's for I guess.

Well you didnt exactly buy it either , so I think 47 hrs is nice for free RPG no?

[Kais]

Pretty much switched to using Judith full-time. Her combos are amazing, easy to breach 20+ hit with minimal effort.

I really want to play as Judith because she looks like so much fun but I fucking suck at her for some reason

[Exoduso]

Seems like all you CAN do with Judy is to constantly do up attacks and attack from the sky after artes... otherwise she's pretty slow and useless.

[MisterBob]

Seems like all you CAN do with Judy is to constantly do up attacks and attack from the sky after artes... otherwise she's pretty slow and useless.

Your Tales newbness is showing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EOC2xnxYk

I feel like Charismatic...so dirty...



Calling a character useless just because YOU don't know how to use them is lol-worthy.

[Exoduso]

Your Tales newbness is showing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EOC2xnxYk

I feel like Charismatic...so dirty...



Calling a character useless just because YOU don't know how to use them is lol-worthy.

Why must you be so annoying lol..I said that all you can do with her is attack while being airborne, try attacking from the ground and see how slow she is. Hell, that vid only made my argument stronger, really... he barely even touched the ground.

And yeah, I mentioned several times that it's my first Tales game... i'll get the hang of it.

[MisterBob]

Why must you be so annoying lol..I said that all you can do with her is attack while being airborne, try attacking from the ground and see how slow she is. Hell, that vid only made my argument stronger, really... he barely even touched the ground.

And yeah, I mentioned several times that it's my first Tales game... i'll get the hang of it.

I fail to see how that makes her useless at all. Air juggling is one of the more effective ways of racking up combos on monsters that can be launched.

I'll say it again, just because you're new to the series doesn't mean that the more advanced characters are useless.

[MisterBob]

Why must you be so annoying lol..I said that all you can do with her is attack while being airborne, try attacking from the ground and see how slow she is. Hell, that vid only made my argument stronger, really... he barely even touched the ground.

And yeah, I mentioned several times that it's my first Tales game... i'll get the hang of it.

I fail to see how that makes her useless at all. Air juggling is one of the more effective ways of racking up combos on monsters that can be launched.

I'll say it again, just because you're new to the series doesn't mean that the more advanced characters are useless.

Why must you be so annoying lol.

Says the guy who whines every time something in a game is too hard.

[Julian]

So like, I keep hearing about how the story gets incredibly awesome, and so far I'm kinda, ugh, bored <_< Can't really play for more than 30-45ish min without getting bored

I just went through the rainy town and that ship fight, do things start picking up soon? :D

edit: and my power cable disconnected and i hadn't saved in a bit.. sigh

[MisterBob]

I never really found the story to be amazing either so far, Abyss was a lot better in that regard. It might also just be because every Tales game seems to have the same 3-4 character types, so even good storywriting will eventually get stale.

[Charismatic]

Well... as far as the whole "same character types" deal is concerned, Phantasia/Destiny/Eternia were definitely not that way.

After that though... I kind of stopped caring because they felt mediocre in comparison somehow.
The gameplay kept getting better but the stories seemed more stale (imo)

[Kyo]

I went ahead and bought the game after renting it im 35 hrs in now, enjoying it alot, I like the combat system alot, as for the story julian its more of a taste thing I would say, I personaly am enjoying the story.

[Dmitry]

Holy shit I wish I could do that with Judy. She's really not bad once you figure out how to use her aerial combos (and get the skills that add combos both on the ground and air).

Right now the part we're stuck at is the at the top of Mt. Temza (or whatever it is.)

[Kohan]

Wow, all the hatin' on the storyline. I'm surprised. I personally find the characters to be much more interesting than those in Abyss, but to be honest, I really didn't like Abyss's storyline much at all. The main character

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was a stereotypical snob, and his "character growth" was more like "gradually learning to whine a little bit less." He didn't evolve into anything interesting and neither did Asch. By the time the potential for something cool to happen with him is reached, it's the freakin' end scene in the game and you'll never hear anything about their combined person ever again

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Meanwhile, I feel that in Vesperia, Yuri

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has had a much more interesting growth path. From the beginning, he's a smidgen bitter, but he isn't the war-hardened has-been (or amnesiac kid) you find in way, way too many RPGs (including Abyss, when it comes to the latter example). How could you not like him after he killed Ragou, and then Cumore? I love the guy.

In fact, he may have unseated Jade as my favorite Tales character thus far, and that's difficult to do.

Also, the female leads in Tales games have traditionally terrible dub voices, but Estellise is one of the most tolerable I've ever heard. She beats the shit out of Colette and whoever that chick in the pseudo-Tales title Legendia was.

[MisterBob]

Also, the female leads in Tales games have traditionally terrible dub voices, but Estellise is one of the most tolerable I've ever heard. She beats the shit out of Colette and whoever that chick in the pseudo-Tales title Legendia was.

A lot of what you said could go either way, but Estelle's voice? Ugh. Awful

[Kaylia]

Wow, all the hatin' on the storyline. I'm surprised. I personally find the characters to be much more interesting than those in Abyss, but to be honest, I really didn't like Abyss's storyline much at all. The main character

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was a stereotypical snob, and his "character growth" was more like "gradually learning to whine a little bit less." He didn't evolve into anything interesting and neither did Asch. By the time the potential for something cool to happen with him is reached, it's the freakin' end scene in the game and you'll never hear anything about their combined person ever again

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The amnesia setting wasnt particularly original, but the explanation for it was satisfying imo. Luke isnt as bad as you make it sound after the "event", we just hate him because he was so annoying early, and it's hard to change your mind so late in the game.

As for being a "stereotypical snob"..maybe, but every character follow stereotype. There is nothing wrong with that.