Tales of Zestiria (PS3/PS4/PC)

[Dist]

if X2, does it check for a completed game or generally just a save file? Because some games require you to have their sequel completed for exclusive rewards. If only a save file then I can just create one but not play.

[com_gwp]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Previous Tales save data unlocks attachments in Tales of Zestiria

Yeah! Can't wait to get my Yuri plush-- Oh wait >_>

MEH. Exclusive reward or not, I never cared for these Plushies. I don't know anyone who've ever used them.

[FlareKnight]

Well the attachments don't hurt anything so I don't mind either way. Might go ahead and stick the Sophie plushie on a character again for some laughs.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Dist

if X2, does it check for a completed game or generally just a save file? Because some games require you to have their sequel completed for exclusive rewards. If only a save file then I can just create one but not play.

Depends, sometimes it is referring to [completed save data], I recall X2 having bonuses for Vesperia/Graces/Xillia completed save files, but the article just said save data.

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by com_gwp

MEH. Exclusive reward or not, I never cared for these Plushies. I don't know anyone who've ever used them.

But that Sophie plushie...

[Jun pls]

I'd rather have some costumes for that as a thank you and not just some plushes but oh well, better than nothing I guess

[Chaos2Frozen]

Jade Curtiss Will Appear As A Guest Character In Tales of Zestiria

The magazine shows some screenshots with Jade in battle, but Game Jouhou says it feels that it looks a little different from the usual arena, so it looks like there could be something special prepared for Jade.

[InternHertz]

I'll be getting all those plushies attachments, thank you very much!
Won't be using them though

[DragoonKain3]

I just hope the NA version is 'you have one tales save game you unlock all', because how else we get Vesperia bonus? XD

[Chaos2Frozen]

tons of information about Zestiria mechanics have been translated on gamefaqs:

Spoiler for Field Exploration:

Field Exploration

By pressing R1 you will be able to see these things displayed on the screen :
- Your current objective, you can see a star symbol above the characters/NPC that you need to talk to in order to trigger the main story (gold star) or subevent (purple star).
- The effect of your food (there will also be a number which represents the remaining usage of the food).
- The effect of your snack (this is one-time use so the effect will be valid only for the next battle).

Other than that you can also see the available map actions and the notification to press select button in order to trigger chat/skit.

Other things that you can find/do on the field :
- Discovery and stone monument, by finding stone monument your AP that's needed for Battle Act will increase and you will also get battle advice that you can view anytime from the system book.
- Treasure chests and herbs.
- Norumin, by finding these little guys your current equipment will be granted with specific skills and you can also set these guys which will be explained later.
- Talk to your companion who follows you to get various hints for your adventure and to know their feelings.[/quote]

Spoiler for World Map:

World Map

- You can buy maps from turtlez which will allow you to visit new areas.
- By borrowing the power of the Seraphs you can execute map actions (square +d-pads) which will really help you on your adventure (you can use map actions to hide your presence from the enemy, destroy obstacles, jump over cliffs, etc)

Town

a. Inn and food/cooking
- By resting at the inn you can recover your HP and SC
- You can only eat/use food during your stay at the inn.
- Depending on the amount of times you have used a food, the food that you can choose/use will increase.
- You can trigger a chat/skit and learn a new Support Talent by staying at the inn or by eating food.

b. Shop
- To increase the shop rank you can either buy or sell things.
- Same equipments can have different skills attached.
- Shop will only sell 1 of each equipments but don't worry enemy will also drop equipments.
- You can fuse same equipments to make them stronger.

c. Lord of the Land (The Divine Protection of the Seraphs), so by giving the Divine Protection of the Seraphs to the designated NPC you can turn them into Lord of the Land
- After a certain event in the story you'll be able to warp between save points by paying Gald. The cost of the warp between areas that already has Lord of the Land can be lowered.
- You can increase the level of your Divine Protection by using GRADE that you've acquired in that particular area.
- Setting up Blessings, so through Lord of the Land you can set up blessings which will grant you various bonuses (reduce warp cost, make treasure chests respawn, etc) in that area. The amount of Blessings that you can set will increase along with your Divine Protection level.
- Setting up Norumin that you have found on your travel will make it easier for the enemy to drop equipments with a specific skill attached to it and will also increase the enemy's level. Just like the Blessings, the number of Norumin that you can set will increase along with your Divine Protection level.
- Item Offering, you can offer your items to Lord of the Land and change it into GRADE which you can use to increase your Divine Protection level but because the amount of GRADE received isn't that much, it's still fundamentally better to earn most of your GRADE from battle.
Support Talent
- Each character can only equip 1 talent but you're free to change it anytime.
- There's a proficiency level, higher level will yield various results depending on the talent.
- By triggering chat/skit at the inn, a new support skill may be learned.
- Talents that can be learned differ between characters.
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Spoiler for Support Talent:

Some examples of Support Talent :
- Making Snack : The type of the snacks will change depending on the proficiency level and the character's taste.
- Sense of Treasure : You will be told if there are treasure chest or herb nearby. By increasing the proficiency level and the number of people using this talent, the perception range will extend.
- Sense of Design : You will be told if there are Discovery or stone monument nearby. By increasing the proficiency level and the number of people using this talent, the perception range will extend.
- Synthesizing Medicine : Support Talent that can produce apple gel, life bottle, etc. High proficiency level will make the process much faster.
- Managing and Maintaining Peace : Regenerate HP gradually while moving on the field and dungeon. You will also be told when a character is low in HP.
- Fusion : Support Talent that will allow you to gather up points while moving which then can be used to do fusion anywhere. The points needed vary depending on the item.
Battle Act
- All party members will receive the effect of the Battle Acts that have been set.
- You can learn new Battle Act at the end of battle by finishing certain requirements that you can see on the Battle Act menu.
- The AP needed to set Battle Acts are gotten from finding Discovery and stone monument.
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Spoiler for Battle Act:

Some examples of Battle Act :
- A Guard : Your character will be able to guard automatically when possible during enemy's attack.
- Free & Free : Enable Free Run
- Reviver : When you're getting killed while in Armatization Mode, the transformation will be cancelled and the Seraph will sacrifice him/herself in order to save the human character once.
Spirit Chain
-There are benefits and drawbacks to having higher and lower amounts of SC, similar to RG in Rebirth or EG in Hearts. Having high SC gives you a faster recovery rate, a reduction in damage received, and a higher activation rate of bonus effects. Having low SC gives you a slower recovery rate, and a increase in damage given.

Blast Gauge
-BG fills over time, by taking damage, and by doing certain actions.
-It's consumed by various things, like fusing and Battle Acts.
-If your BG stock is low, actions will fill the gauge more.

Tokugi, Ougi, and Tenkyoujutsu
-It does confirm that a target using an Ougi attack won't get staggered by a Tokugi attack.

-As you link a number of the various attack types, you can get special effects. Linking Tokugi attacks will give you reduced SC consumption, linking Ougi attacks will give you increased damage, linking Tenkyoujutsu will increase stagger time, and casting time is reduced as you link any attacks.

Steps
-There's the side step, front step, and back step. It confirms that these actions use SC. There's also the other stuff I mentioned before about recovering SC and lowering the enemy's attack frequency if you successfully time a dodge.

Weaknesses
-There are five elements: Void/None, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth. In addition to that, there are 11 enemy categories: Beast, Shell, Amorphous, Legless, Winged, Beastman, Armored, Undead, Fiend, Dragon, and Human (don't remember what all of these categories were in Graces if they were in that).

-Hitting an enemy's weakpoint deals additional damage and gives you back 30% of consumed SC.

-Hitting a resistance will lower damage given and decrease your SC recovery rate.[/quote]

[Chaos2Frozen]

The Turtlez are back

[Chaos2Frozen]

This was not what I've expected...

[com_gwp]

http://www.twitch.tv/dagoldenclip2/b/613785690

Here's a play-through about 10 hours into the game. Couple of story spoilers in it if you want to steer clear of those, but if you want to see an LQ version of the game OP, forward to 2:03 here.


ADD: Also, here's a video that might be a bit of a spoiler, but it's a pretty interesting look at something I didn't quite expect from the game.

Spoiler for A meeting...of sorts.:

[Shadow5YA]

One issue I'm noticing with the new party system is that Tenzoku are apparently linked to human characters, so when that person had Alisha leave, Sorey could only summon one.

It's nice that you can switch to any Tenzoku regardless of your initial party setup now, but I don't see why Sorey couldn't just summon two more Tenzoku on the field to have four people. It seems like an unnecessary restriction to me.


Additionally, I still don't see what's the point of Alisha being linked to a Tenzoku when she can't fuse with one, or what she has to offer in place of fusion. I hope Bamco thought this through and gave her something unique. Otherwise she feels like an incomplete character, like Flynn in Vesperia 360 or pretty much every Xillia character not Ludger .


Still, despite the party formation restrictions the game still at least looks interesting enough to buy. The combat looks very similar to Graces F which I loved and there's none of that mid-combo breaking nonsense that was there with Xillia's bosses. Also, the game doesn't shoehorn fusion artes by making them significantly stronger than your normal artes like Xillia did with the link system, since it looks like Sorey was killing monsters fine on his own.

I still have my doubts, like if Tenzoku will be allowed to fight on their own, or if they're allowed to solo at all since they're linked to humans, but it's nothing that would turn me away from buying or finishing the game now at least.


Now Baba, where is that faster localization you promised?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Now in HD.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Now in HD.

.................

That is the OP theme for Zestiria?! That's a terrible OP theme for a Tales game! I was wondering why the long trailer I saw didn't have the OP theme in it. Now I know why. I hope whoever was in charge of choosing the OP theme wasn't in charge of anything else......
But on the bright side, I don't have to worry about spending money on the single.

And although Alisha's placement in the character order in the OP (last as opposed to somewhere in the middle) still indicates she won't be some insignificant side character and is actually the heroine along with all the ads and promotion art showing her with Sley, at the same time it shows.....unimportance. People are already worried she'll be one of those party members nobody uses, I hope she at least stays important to the plot.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Actually I think that's part of the appeal for me.

It's like Dragon's Dogma's completely out of placed OP, and that's why it's so awesome.

[GDB]

Dragon's Dogma OP is awesome because it's the B'z, and the B'z are the best.

[KleenexGhost]

Wasn't the type of opening I was expecting, but I really like it.

[DragoonKain3]

I think my problem with Alisha is that Rose is shown to fuse with other Tenzoku, so if Rose is a permanent character, that leaves Alisha to be seriously underpowered for a human.

As for the OP, for me I thought Abyss was jarring first time I've played it. I mean, Bump of Chicken is awesome, but after English OPs of Destiny/Destiny 2 (Eternia)/Legendia (skipped Symphonia since I didn't have GC), fast paced rock music was the last thing I expected out of Tales RPG op (or even any RPG period). It really felt out of place, ESPECIALLY once I heard the male lyrics online. Nowadays its the only Tales OP whose artist I remember by heart since it really stood out. XD

So no, I personally don't find the Zestiria OP out of place. I actually quite like it with the OP scenes.