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Perfect

Best JRPG since Tales of Vesperia

posted by CylanthMN (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) Mar 18, 2012

Member since Jun 2011

23 out of 24 gamers (96%) found this review helpful

You are looking at this review because you are a fan of JRPGs. Well, I will keep this simple. This is arguably the best JRPG on the PS3. If you played the excellent Tales of Vesperia, this game is quite similar to that in terms of gameplay, although it has a completely different story and world. It starts off slow and full of JRPG cliches (including amnesia!), but the story and characters develop at a nice pace. Graphics are good, mostly pastels and cheerful. Music and voicework are well done. The highlight of the game is the combat: its deep, quick paced and exciting. Lastly, the character development system allows a ton of flexibility. I am someone who just finished Mass Effect 3 and was looking for a break from that very depressing (but outstanding) game, and Tales of Graces f arrived at the perfect time. its a light-hearted JRPG, but hits all the right notes. If you are a fan of JRPGs, this one is a no-brainer, you might not play a better one this console generation.

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10

Perfect

JRPG-ing at it's finest

posted by SirKoenig (HOBOKEN, NJ) Aug 21, 2012

Member since Apr 2011

5 out of 5 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Let me start off by saying that I've been a fan of the "Tales" series since I first played Tales of Destiny back on PS1. With so many series falling off, either in quality or in just producing games, in the same timeframe (Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Star Ocean, Dragon Quest, etc) it's refreshing to see that Namco has still been able to keep the formula fun, exciting, and fresh and produce an awesome game.

While the story is relatively predicable the majority of the way through this title, it's still a great story with excellent character development at nice, steady pace. Even better is that, the characters, while quirky, aren't nearly as annoying as many of the JRPG's released of late which is very refreshing. Combat as absolutely awesome and the level up system is solid and pretty addictive in terms of learning new skills and looking for new titles to learn those skills. Plenty of sidequests, included DLC (the game isn't quite over when you think it is and that's not even a spoiler), and New Game+ definitely make this an adventure on the longer side of things, but it's well worth it in the end.

Final Word - If you have a PS3 and are a fan of RPG's, there's no way you should miss this title. A guaranteed good time had by all (if you have the time to invest).

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10

Perfect

Tales of Grace

posted by big_money_Mike (CASEYVILLE, IL) Mar 20, 2012

Member since Oct 2011

4 out of 4 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

I don't normally write reviews but this game deserve one. First i bought this game the day it came out but i really didn't know much about it and i don't play JRPG. It has a great story and game play. I love how in the story you actually learn to care about the characters. You can get lost in the story. The game play is very fun compared to others RPGs now a days. You level up your characters and you also level up titles for each of your party members in which gives them bonus moves and abilitys. The only bad thing I've seen playing 40+ hours is sometimes they don't give you enough direction there was a time in which i got lost and spent hour+ trying to find where to go. I don't know why some puzzles like the one i got lost on make you backtrack so much but others are straight forward. It was a wii game originally so the levels are pretty closed of and the graphics aren't the best but still pretty descent. The soundtrack is amazing if they ever have it for sale i would totally buy it. This is a must rent/buy if you like JRPGs or at all interested in this game. 9.5/10

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10

Perfect

Love the game!!!

posted by JmLegend10 (MARSHALL, MN) Mar 19, 2012

Member since Jan 2012

11 out of 12 gamers (92%) found this review helpful

Great game! I think I'm going to keep this because its fun and it supports namco to release more tales of games overseas. I reccomend this to all jrpg and tales of fans! 10/10 because its been a while since there were any great jrpg game like in the good ol ps1 and ps2 days and of course for a tales of games in the US. Hope more people see what a great game this is.

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10

Perfect

Tales of Graces f: Restoring Faith

posted by AdrianCC (AUGUSTA, GA) Mar 21, 2012

Member since Mar 2012

10 out of 11 gamers (91%) found this review helpful

It has been a while since Namco has brought over a fresh Tales of entry, the last being Vesperia for the 360. Although we missed out on the PS3 remaster of that title, we were lucky enough to receive the remaster of a different tale; Tales of Graces F for the Playstation 3.

At first, the game picks up a bit slow. You're introduced to the main characters (Asbel, Richard, and Sophie) as children and have to guide Asbel Lhant on his road to adulthood. Eventually things take a turn for young Asbel Lhant, and the game sets off on a dramatic note. Seven Years Later, the game truly begins. From a mission issued to him by his Kingdom, to assisting his childhood friend Richard on his own quest, and then struggling to find the power so that he may protect his friends, Asbel embarks upon a truly grand adventure.

The game offers extensive hours of content, with an expansive and grand story. The battle system created solely for the use of this game is not only intuitive and fresh, but highly addicting. Players may find themselves getting caught up enjoying the battle system in order to hone their skills and level their characters as opposed to progressing the story at times. The Dualizing system offers players the ability to upgrade their items, synthesize their items into even greater ones, and the ability to fuse monster drops into valuables that can be sold for a premium. The Title System is unique and refreshing, allowing players to also customize their character's growth as they see fit, while not having an exhausting amount of options.

I personally have found myself logging 100+ hours, and plan on spending more time with the game. Between DLC updates and the game's New Game+ feature, along with other side content such as a Trial Mode and Bonus Dungeon, there is easily tons of things for an RPG enthusiast to find within the game. Tales of Graces F is a must have for any RPG collection, and is also a great entry point into this extensive series. May you all enjoy

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10

Perfect

Great Game

posted by relic2j (CINCINNATI, OH) Sep 1, 2012

Member since Sep 2012

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

Love the storyline. in depth game. I got attached to it. only con i see is battle system gets hard to get used to. Still a 10 star to me. wish another comes to ps3 soon.

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10

Perfect

Great JRPG

posted by amobex (MARION, IN) Aug 8, 2012

Member since Aug 2012

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

i can honestly say i signed up for gamefly just to play this game. i haven't played any of the other tales series but now i realize i have been missing out and will be back tracking. the games combat system was very well developed and the co-ordination of the AI was above average in most cases. the crafting system(dualizing) was very well put together with lots of outcomes thus providing a completionist gamer with a vast array of things to make and pursue. my only and very minor complaint about this game was the childhood arc, it was just really slow and didnt grasp my attention quick enough. but that's ok because as the game went on i really fell in love with the characters and the story. this game deserves the attention of the masses. PLAY THIS GAME!

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10

Perfect

This game is Way to much fun

posted by Lenny732 (BAYVILLE, NJ) Jul 4, 2012

Member since Jul 2012

1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

I never thought I would find an rpg with such a weird name to be enjoyable. I have never played any of the tales of games but after this I will have to reconsider and play the others. The story is a little kiddish and goofy but its still got a warm sunny feeling when you beat the game and get all the closure. Then BAM more story mode after you beat it. I mean this is what all games should be like.

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10

Perfect

Another Epic Tale

posted by DuskElezen (PINE BUSH, NY) Mar 13, 2012

Member since Nov 2010

20 out of 23 gamers (87%) found this review helpful

I just bought this so I haven't seen much but from playing from 9am to 3pm, I have found this is another good installment.

Voice actors: "English" 10/10 very good actors usually I just use Japanese voice overs for these being I love JRPG and why not use the original voice?

Story: I know for a fact Namco and anything related with the Tales series has great story and from what I have seen already its original its not the same rehashed stuff we are usually fed by other games. 10/10

Graphics: First off loading this up I was amazed how they keep giving each game a cartoon look to which I'm usually not fond of because poor execution, however this was improved sense Tales of Vesperia 10/10 on Graphics.

System controls: Now my biggest issue usually! Controls they improved the interface when you hit the Triangle it shows a improved version from Tales of Vesperia, the in-game combat has been improved from the occasional button clicking to a more tactical style of play they gave even more improved AI style play with out the huge confusion of Vesperia AI style settings, you get CC you start with the lowest 1-2-3-4 and gear furthers this each time you make an attack you use a point and tapping X + moving the directional button changes the combo's making it a neat new style that allows you to even evade while in mid-combo allowing for a rush of fun each time, perfect evades also give CC back allowing you to chain combo's over all this is another 10/10 if I could it would have been 30/10, Never have I been so happy to have good controls.

I was initially planning to rent this but after playing a short demo 1 day before as well as Naruto Ninja Storm Generations (Demo) I bought this over Naruto, if your a fan of good story, great gaming controls I recommend you buy this game rent it if you feel the need but if you like this buy the previous ones I'm sure you will find a series that a generation will like and keep liking, Support bringing JRPG's to the states by buyin

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8

Very Good

Tales of GREAT

posted by StarRaven (BOYNTON BEACH, FL) Apr 23, 2012

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Member since May 2011

6 out of 7 gamers (86%) found this review helpful

I love this game.

FINALLY, after 6 years, the PS3 has a LEGIT JRPG that is actually WORTH playing and GOOD.

I will say, the game takes a bit of time. It's got a slow and long prologue where you play as a kids. It's cheesey, bright, terribly cliche'd anime and paired with bouncey, bad music. But trust me... it's necessary.
Once that part is over, (probably not even two hours), the real game begins. More abilities, faster, combat, better music, more serious story arcs and just awesome awesomeness.

The game looks FANTASTIC. You'd never know it was a port. And the gameplay? You'd have never guessed it was once a Wii-waggle game.

Everything has been translated so well. The voice acting is great, although it's not synced (who cares) and there's tons of little gameplay distractions from creating items, cooking, finding Discoveries and memories.

This game is great great great and will keep you busy for a long time.

Don't bother with the DLC. It will bankrupt you.

You like RPG's. If you've been dying for a JRPG, this game is absolutely, without question, what you need, what you want and what you have been waiting for!

Play it!

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10

Perfect

One of The Best JRPG on PS3

posted by AdamCar (HONOLULU, HI) Jun 4, 2012

Member since Sep 2010

3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful

this game is so much fun i cant stop playing it

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GF Rating
7

Good

Good game play dull story.

posted by jakejoseph (SANDY, UT) Aug 28, 2012

Member since Nov 2005

1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful

Very fun game play, I had difficulty being captured by the story though. The hook never sunk in!

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8

Very Good

Good, not Great

posted by Schtiv (CAPE CORAL, FL) Aug 27, 2012

Member since Apr 2010

1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful

This is a game that any RPG fan will enjoy. However it is not as good at the last Tales game "Tales of Vespiria". I was really hoping for greatness out of this game but it seems to me that they took a step back instead of continuing with the amazing success of Vespiria.

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9

Excellent

great semi rpg!!

posted by Devilsgrimice (ANACORTES, WA) May 2, 2012

Member since Feb 2012

1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful

Now let me explain by saying the last real RPG I played was FF9. People get role playing games mixed up with ROLL playing games. If you will let me elaborate a bit it will become clear. Any video game could be considerd a role playing game. Givin the fact that when I play a super mario bros. game I play as either mario or luigi. If I play a legend of zelda game I play as link, character wise. This does not make these games role playing games. What makes a role playing game in my opinion is the aspect of a roll per action. Based on stats if I have an evasion stat of 38 and enemy has speed of 57 plus attack of 10 he should have an average of hitting me 21xaccuracy%divided by chance of the dice roll. Although all I have to do in a action/RPG is tap o/a button and completly negate that prosses. This game is great for story and combat but the fact that it's labeled a RPG is sad because the west doesn't know what that means, and has thrown the term around so much that americans think anything with numbers is rpg'ish. That being said, It is not somthing to pass up. Even though it was orininaly released on Wii it definitly shines on any other platform. The story is phenominal and character immersion is superb. The first few hours are a bit trying but, get past that and you have an instant classic on your hands. the battle system is awsome just like star ocean. but the random dialog between battles is LOL. I give this game a 9 1/2 out of ten because I haven't enjoyed a game this fun/long for an entire generation of console playing. Not a true RPG but the best compromise I've found.

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4

Weak

Cant let go of the past

posted by vernula1deus (SAN CLEMENTE, CA) Oct 23, 2012

Member since Oct 2012

1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful

This "style" of game is one that has appealed to me since my days playing my gameboy color way back when. The only problem is that ever since playing the game "skies of Arcadia" no game of this genre seems to live up to it. They try to hard to change an already perfectly good gameplay system. I do not recommend this game to anyone unless they enjoy battle scenes that are button mashing and yet not at the same time. plot was appealing but the battle system was my turn off.

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5

Fair

Real Time Battle ruins RPGS

posted by armadazero (LAS VEGAS, NV) Jul 4, 2012

Member since May 2012

1 out of 6 gamers (17%) found this review helpful

Real time battle systems have completely ruined RPGs these days. You could have the greatest story in the world, but as soon as you give the game a real time battle system you just kill it. The reason being is that you don't have the control over your characters like you do in previous RPGs. Turn base may not have the movement, but at least you can control your characters. In this game you can only control one character at a time, and the characters you don't control will just stand around waiting to get beat down by lizard men. Sure they throw an attack or two, but move often then not they will just stand around waiting to get killed by the enemy. The story is ok, but until the real time battle system can be perfected where the other characters in battle don't just stand around getting beat down by the enemies. RPGs need to return to turn based battle systems. That way a player has complete control of his characters, and no one is standing around dumb founded waiting to be killed.

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6

Above Average

Great combat, but lacking in the story.

posted by Hei (EVANSVILLE, IN) May 12, 2013

Member since May 2011

When I began playing this game i was very skeptical about the combat, but i hung in there and found it to be very rewarding after I got the hang of it. I should point out that its a bit boring when you're still a child (in game), but a couple hours in your character grows up a bit and the combat really lifts off.

The story however...ugh. About 10 hours in I felt like the game still had little direction. In most rpgs you can kind of guess where you're going and what your goal is in all of it, but not this one. The only real story I got was that all these nations are at war and your character fights for one nation at this point and then 5 minutes later he's helping a different one and then 5 minutes later he's helping yet another.

And for the characters...I really just want to mention Sophie. What the heck is going on with those pigtails? Why do they have to be so long that they reach the ground? I want to meet the people who designed her just so i can ask what they were thinking, and potentially end up punching them in the face based on their answer.

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GF Rating
9

Excellent

Great!

posted by Nubfail (FLORISSANT, MO) May 9, 2013

Member since Feb 2013

great game!

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10

Perfect

"Tales of" Fans can fairly rate this the penultima

posted by Xetelian (STANWOOD, WA) May 3, 2013

Member since May 2012

You have Manual, Semi-Auto and Automatic battle settings and strategies for each character.

For those of us that know "Tales of" (think similar to fans of Final Fantasy) you have to know what you're getting into. I was able to talk my non-gamer friend into playing it and she liked it but not enough to take it on and beat it. However as a fan I can only feel this was the best incarnation yet, story was fairly background noise in the middle as the narrative gets pulled along painstakingly by "Spoiler" Jar Jar Binks'd "End Spoiler" some miracle and the combat is nice and the crafting too.

So I set it on hard a the start and have been playing on Chaos since.

Easy / Normal / Moderate / Hard / Evil / Chaos difficulties unlocked on my first run through 100 hours played and 40+ titles on all my characters maxed. Still haven't beat the game 1800 encounters most on auto battle while waiting for DoTA matches to load. Don't know how it ends yet, don't really care, it serves as a time killer with a controller.

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9

Excellent

Very suprised

posted by greenman30 (CONYERS, GA) Apr 29, 2013

Member since Feb 2008

Ok ill keep it short. It starts off really slow. The story line is very kid friendly and can be kind of dry for adults. But this game has depth. the weapon customization will have you busy for hours. tons of side missions, the battle system is pretty deap. over all you will spend close to 100 hours playing this game is you want to complete everything. a very good RPG.

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5

Fair

Game could have been so much better

posted by Astronskas (AUBURNDALE, FL) Apr 13, 2013

Member since Sep 2008

I liked the story and sidequests of this game, but this game was destroyed for me by the poor battle system. I tried really hard to give this title a chance and play through it, but the battle system is just terrible. When fighting bosses you almost have to be overleveled because usage of items in the battle makes the player stand still and you get the beat down while using the healing item which usually leads to death. It is overly complicated to switch to another character during battle and you team mates AI is ridiculously stupid which also usually leads to death. I am not an old school RPG freak who thinks every battle should be turn based, but for the love of all RPGs take time to make the battle system as good as Star Ocean. A little more work by the developers could have saved this game for me and I would probably be singing its praises instead of warning people to stay away from it.

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8

Very Good

dznutz503

posted by dznutz503 (GRESHAM, OR) Mar 26, 2013

Member since Mar 2013

pretty solid rpg good characters story music and battle mechanics...the only thing that got on my nerves was the sub par graphix and the plot points were few and far between...but like i said all around good game any rpg fan should enjoy!!!!!!

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8

Very Good

A Great game

posted by FluffyMan23 (FREDERICK, MD) Mar 23, 2013

Member since Jul 2011

Okay two things that needs to be addressed this game is like watching a anime so if you don't like anime then this game is not for you and second it's a game about becoming strong to protect your loved ones. okay now on to the review well it's a good game actually it's a tales game so you should know that the characters are going to learn something in the end especially the villain which is a great villain Lambda is his name and he has a basic human motivation he wants to live no matter what and I find that interesting since the main villain isn't the one your fighting since the third act of the game but someone you meet in the fourth but back on track you have your main character Asbel who is the typically I want to protect everyone character so you either like or dislike him.
The gameplay is real time so again you like or hate it I do since I feel a actually fight would go like this not waiting turns and stuff but I digress the gameplay is very good and depending on the difficulty (normal- unknown0 you have to think in battle and it's real time so your more pressured to make a decision then a game like final fantasy were you have all day decide your next play of action.
All and all this is a game that is overshadowed by mainstream RPG's like final fantasy sorry I just hate the series so is the whole tales series and this a game you are doing a disservice not playing it

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GF Rating
9

Excellent

Amazing & Addictive

posted by RCJW21 (WHARTON, WV) Mar 19, 2013

Member since May 2011

This is the first JRPG that I have played and I was a bit hesitant on renting it to try it out. BUT I AM GLAD I DID.
I dont want to give any of the game away for those who still want to play it. So I will say this.

I have played a lot of games, and I do believe that this is the game I have played the most in 1 day. I think I have played it 12 hours today. The story along with the characters have me hooked.

Started out slow running around everywhere not doing much....but then BAM! It smacks you in the face.

Amazing Game
Amazing Story
Good Customization & weapons Ect..

I just the battles lasted longer. (Although I do have it on easy)

Great game.

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GF Rating
2

Really Bad

this game sucks

posted by snkhipsss (SIOUX CITY, IA) Mar 17, 2013

Member since Nov 2012

Only rented this because i thought it was a local co op title. It turns out the local co op is only valid during enemy encounters. So the second player is literally doing nothing as the 1st player traverses the map. I haven't been a fan of the jrpg genre since the early 32 bit days. Ironically those ten year old games are far superior to this in terms of overall enjoyment. All things considered i have to say this game is garbage, and the "co op" feature is deceiving at best and an out and out lie at worst.

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