Ignore my playtime, i bought this game again for Steam to see if i was gonna like it again or... i really wish that was the case.
Tales of Vesperia is a nice JRPG and worth the praise it got over the years but however no matter how much i play it, how many hours i poured it in, i never like it for one bit. The story, yeah the first issue people always talking about, is it gets too confusing and boring from the late beginning to the end, it maybe somewhat has a nice beginning for a premise of a story but it gets extremely boring and if i get a break from gaming for work for a few days, i always forgot what point was i on and nothing make sense for me as it is just forgettable like that.
For gameplay, yeah it get a while for you to get weapon skills, several arcane artes, altered artes for you to chain in your combos and it's honestly fun to experiment your playstyles and such except for several other issues like i already mentioned as it gets too long for you to get some real fun. Early game, mid game ultimately sucks because of how much things are limited, early game artes are crap. Worse TP system is abysmal, you can have full TP then after like 3-4 random encounters, you will most likely to run dry with your character, changing characters, learning how to use them and manage your Orange Gel is crucial in this game, because you will run dry, a lot, and this issue goes up to late game but less frustrating. But still, it disrupt the flows a lot and this is the main issue, i don't want to spam regular attacks to "have fun" then it run dry like hell after you go with the "boring way" for like 4 random battles to heal TP as well as to conserving resources.
Characters, yeah sing the praise for Yuri since people already play this game can say the same thing for him, not just me. The others? Few interesting, one is just a straight up bratty little ♥♥♥♥, so nothing surprising, nothing feel attached, just plain, good old Tales cast. I don't want to make this review too long so i will just cut it short and say the battle music is horrendous as well, everything else in the game is nice. Before i get clowned by Tales hardcore and say i have no taste because i dare to not like the holy grail that is Vesperia.
Never in a million years i would play this again.
