I don't think I'm understanding the combat system in this game. Enemies "Break" so often, sometimes it feels like they never even attack. And when they do, and you're supposed to dodge, there are usually lots and lots of animations and particle effects going on, so it's hard to tell. It kinda feels like they had a bunch of ideas for the combat, but they put absolutely zero effort into making those ideas work well with each other.
Last time Tales had good combat was Xillia 2
>>729336930The enemies generally can't fight back much in any of the games
>>729336930>>729337091I tried Zestiria early this year and couldn't get into the combat
>>729337352Zestiria is really bad, and has a reputation that says as much.
>>729337091Hearts R came after Xillia 2.
Skill issue: the thread
>>729337929I also have Berseria but after hating Zestiria I didn't bother to try it
>>729336930There's very little to the combat which is compounded by every enemy having a billion hit points, even if you turn the game down to the easiest difficulty level out of sheer boredomYou'll also notice that the bosses never stagger so you just kind of trade hits with themJust drop it is my honest recommendation. The story got a few laughs from me for how stupid it is but it isn't worth it
weak filler trash enemies break quicklythere are some filler trash enemies with HP pools that are FAT as FUCK and you have to give them a good solid knocking before they enter Break that lets you use your super special combo whombo that deletes their bloated HP assesAct Bosses take a pounding because their Break status is usually tied to some scripted events that go on during the fight.
>>729338212My bad.
>>729337091Xillia 2 is fucking fantastic. Best game in the series IMO.>>729337929>>729338354I never really got the hate for Zesty desu. Berseria's combat was hot garbage.
>>729338354I will say Berseria is a marked improvement over it. Give it a shot, but Tales might not be your jam?>>729338212Fucking BASED
>>729336930Post Kisara ass
>>729338807Zesty at least had the broken remains of a good combat system. A lot of people talk up Berseria but I didn't even like the cast that much, it just feels like a bad fantasy anime and I was pretty bored by the end. I don't think it's better than ZestyWorst and best is easy though. Arise and Graces.
>>729336930I played it and then dropped it when the helmet guy stopped being the helmet guy.
>>729339519that's where the story starts to get good nonstop until 120 hours later when you reach endgame , it drops with the dlc because Edna is like lvl 200 and you're the equivalent of a lvl 10 player
Sex with Shionne
>>729336930Have you tried playing on a higher difficulty? Arise's problem is that enemies are too dangerous so the best strategy is to spec into Reigning Slash and just take potshots and kite enemies
>>729340691The story (and game in general) peaks in the 3rd area and slowly degrades in quality afterwards. You can tell every area after the 3rd area is increasingly unfinished. The 2nd OP is the best OP in Tales history, though.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXee8msobwIt makes for perfect background music for reading Iken Senki Völundio after it enters its second act.
>>729336930Bamco is the worst company in Japan.
>>729336930Difficulty in this game is just enemies being retarded spongy, the actual combat has no complexity whatsoever.
>>729338807>Berseria's combat was hot garbage.Agree. The game is fine but god, that combat.Mind you, Zestiria is not good. But it's an obvious experiment. Feels like a mutated Graces. Also Tales team does insane experiment with the combat systems sometimes, like Rebirth for example. So after Zesty's combat failing you kinda expected them to move away from that.But no Berseria doubles down on the retardation instead.
The only tales of games I enjoyed were tales of the world because those let you make your own OC.Tales of the world 4 when?
>>729336930Am I the only one who actually liked this game? Story cool. Combat okay. Like a good flick. Simple.
>>729342134I liked it.
>>729342134I enjoy the first 60% of the game. It was obviously rushed, and I say that despite it having the longest gap between prior games of any Tales game. Obviously a troubled dev cycle.
