Tales of Berseria is a surprisingly strong showing for this long-running series. Its tragic story of broken people fighting on the wrong side of history makes it utterly compelling, and its well-tuned combat more than makes up for its lack of interesting environments. Simply put, this is a tale too heartbreaking to miss, or to forget.
Tales of Berseria takes risks with its characters but ultimately keeps just about everything else about as safe as can be. Archaic level design, hit or miss combat, and some severe pacing issues drag down a JRPG that might otherwise have been...
The last entry in the long running Tales series was Tales of Zestiria, and while it was certainly a competent game, I felt as though this long time favorite JRPG franchise was in a bit of a rut.The same archetypes of characters, retelling a story I've...
Everything is formulaic with few branching paths, and even when there are puzzles added thirty hours in, they are some of the weakest and most child-friendly puzzles you’ll find in any adventure. Tales of Berseria has tremendous heart, but if it weren’t for the intriguing plot and colorful cast of characters, it would just be another average RPG.
Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth most people's time and cash. How we score: The Destructoid Reviews...
Tales of Berseria is a surprisingly strong showing for this long-running series. Its tragic story of broken people fighting on the wrong side of history makes it utterly compelling, and its well-tuned combat more than makes up for its lack of...
With a good storyline, great characters and a fantastic, action-heavy combat system, this is a high point for Bandai Namco's JRPG series – but it lacks the attention to detail, great design and polish that could elevate that series to the big leagues...
Fans of Tales and fans of JRPGs will love the new instalment, but where Final Fantasy XV saw a series and a genre striding into the future, Tales of Berseria feels dated before its time.
Tales of Berseria does some interesting things, and is the most captivating Tales storyline in some time. I like the majority of its ideas, but the execution often feels half-realized. It still feels like the franchise isn't making big enough leaps, and is just content to bring its fans more of the same. By now, you probably know if you're okay with that. Nothing ever made me stop playing, but the flaws are impossible to ignore.
Just from the title, there are a few things you can expect from a Tales game: a lengthy story, melodramatic writing, dated visuals, and a real-time battle system. For the most part, Tales of Berseria sticks to the same formula. The story is long and...
Bandai Namco's Tales action role-playing series is normally pretty formulaic—a plucky group of colorful heroes joins together to save the world from some dire threat. Tales of Berseria 's protagonist just really wants to murder a guy, and her companions...