Tales of Eternia Remastered Megathread

i quite like these skits, along with a bunch of quality of life improvements (all boost functions on!), definitely worth the buy to revisit a childhood favorite especially for non japanese players.

are the skits this plentiful throughout the game? do the characters need to be in the main party to join the skits? chat and max i mean. i guess i'll find out, but a heads up i would not mind.

I’m a HUGE fan of the Tales series, so I was excited to finally get the chance to play this game. But idk man, it’s just NOT scratching that itch like I hoped it would. I’m thinking part of it is because I’m so excited for FF Resonance next week and I can come back to Eternia after, but who knows. I’ve read where a ton of people LOVE this game so I want to give it a chance, but so far I just can’t dig into it. 😩😩

I worked so hard in trying to get him looking even similar to his in game self. 😭😭 so many versions. Just wanted to share. I created the hair myself from combining hairs

For some context.. Maybe my favorite game of all time is ToS for GC. It may be nostalgia, but I've beaten that game more times that I can count.

More recently, I tried picking up Vesperia, and while I really liked the town/world design and the characters, I found the combat frustrating. It never clicked with me and I ended up dropping the game 10 hours in.

I'm now considering buying ToG, but I'm worried that maybe I will have the same disappointing experience that I had with Vesperia and end up dropping the game early on.

If I LOVE ToS, do you think I will vibe with ToG?

I love this game. It's really satisfying to play as you just hop into the action and it's fast unlike the modern tales games. The first time I've played it. I hope we get Tales of Destiny 2 or Rebirth next. I just want another 2D tales this is great.

Like most of us, I dreaded revisiting this mini-game in the remaster. On PSX and PSP, it took me an hour each time to win all three rounds. This time, it took ten minutes. So, here's some tips I hope can help others achieve victory.

First, hog the crystals. The best way to prevent a ball from hurtling towards you is preventing your opponent from being able to blast the ball at all. Even if they can burst, they seem to hesitate when you pick up a crystal, so you might also blocking their attack in that way. This gets less effective as the match goes on, but round one is slow enough that you should get a guaranteed win with this method.

Second, don't blast a stale ball. If it's been more than three seconds since a ball has changed colors, don't risk using your burst. You're at risk of it switching mid blast and the ball heading right at you.

Third, cling to your opponent. When in doubt, hug it out. The worst case scenario is the opponent using a burst to hit you both, but if you are ahead with two points, that is actually the best case scenario, since it will be your win. Of course, if you're a point behind, it might mean a failure, but being a point behind is already a death sentence in this mini-game.

Lastly, overtime is dodge time. Once there are two balls on the field, it's time to focus on avoiding them. Still collect crystals or hug the other player when possible, but what's most important it's making sure you don't bumble into the path of one of the balls. Your opponent is also more likely to make mistakes with the added ball, so there's still a good chance of winning at that point.

I hope these tips can help others get this title in a reasonable amount of time. Luck is still a factor though, so don't lose hope if you still take a while to win. And hopefully this all works on the advanced version later in the game...

https://shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/tod2/skills.shtml

in this link you can see all of reid and farah skills, what punch/slash/thrust/kick level you need, and how many counts of skill landed you need to unlock new skills.

copy pasted from the link:

Reid's combos go:
Normal String (ie X, X, Down+X), then a Special Skill, then a Sacred Skill.
For instance:
Slash, Slash, Stab, Swarm, Sonic Chaos
You cannot combo any more attacks with Reid after using a Sacred Skill

Farah's comboing works a little different from Reid's, since she has no Sacred Skills:
Normal String (ie X, X, Down+X), Forward Skill, Rising Skill, Air/Downward Skill, Power Skill
For instance:
Punch, Punch, Kick, Palm Strike, Eagle Rise, Eagle Dive, Chi.

with the boost function of the remaster, unlocking these awesome skills should be much easier and less grindy.

I was gifted the game on Steam and i am so happy this game finally gets out of PS1/PSP jail. But dear lord. Dear LORD I forgot how bad the Forest of Temptation was. For me this is the pinnacle of bad dungeon design.

Every screen looks the same. High encounter rates ( not even going to lie, after 20 minutes running in circles I just turned them off, i'd like to not get overlevelled because I am lost here), puzzle that isn't very intuitive requiring you to remember the name of which statue and where they are otherwise you'll just be forced to haul ass all over the place.

Sure, technically it's a small area. But it didn't need to be this confusing and feel like such a waste of time.

Otherwise game's as great as I remember so far. Minus maybe I feel like Undine was... a LOT easier than in my memories. But maybe that's just me to be fair. Last time I played this it was like... 2009? (I refuse to use my PS1 discs). I do have an actual complaint though, but MAYBE it's just me so if anyone has the game on Steam, maybe you could tell me if you have the issue as well.

Sometimes it feels like when I try to chain Artes together, it isn't responsive.

For example trying to chain Force Palm into anything after doing a two hit normal attack sometimes works, other times it doesn't work. Maybe there is a setting I need to go look at in a menu? Or maybe I am just reacting too fast due to being used to Symphonia and later entries too much.

I am hearing that it is now. Why is this? Is it a port issue?

So I'm currently progressing through my marathon of playing all the Tales games. My goal is to finish the 3D ones first, and so far I've completed: * Symphonia * Dawn of a New World * Vesperia * Graces * Xillia * Xillia 2 * Arise

And now, the most recent one is Zestiria, which I've read isn't very well liked in the community. But as a fan of the series, I still wanted to give it a shot.

First off, I wasn't around when the game was being advertised. I only found out about it when I bought a PS4 Pro around the time FF7 Remake was about to come out (I'd never owned a regular PS4), so I wanted to get some games for it and saw Zestiria. I was genuinely surprised that it had completely flown under my radar.

It wasn't until recently that I finally decided to play it (working 72 hours a week as a former wage slave makes you not wanna do anything but sleep lol). I mention this because I went into the game without any expectations, which might give me a different perspective compared to those who followed it before release.

Story

I was okay with the story at first. It's a fairly simple premise, but man, do these characters repeat themselves a lot. Things would happen, and then you'd hear them explain the same thing over and over again. Combined with the skits, I won't lie, it nearly put me to sleep.

I thought there would be more to Edna's brother being a dragon, but after killing him, the whole thing felt incredibly anticlimactic. I wish we'd learned more about Eizen and his friendship with Zaveid, but we don't even get a flashback showing what the dude looks like.

Then there's Dezel and the whole Windrider situation. You're all free to call me an idiot here, but am I missing something? He wanted to avenge the Windriders, yet the flashback shows that Dezel himself was responsible for their downfall. But why? What exactly did he do? If this was explained, feel free to call me stupid, but I was genuinely confused. Because of that, I didn't really feel sad when he died, sorry to say.

The whole malevolence thing also feels inconsistent. It seems like the writers just made up the rules whenever the plot needed them to, so I eventually stopped questioning it.

I also expected Alisha and Sergei to have a bigger impact on the story, but they're barely present for most of the game.

And the ending? It didn't feel particularly satisfying. Everything felt extremely rushed.

Overall, I wouldn't say the story is bad, just pretty standard and predictable. A lot of things are either poorly written or build up to something that ultimately goes nowhere, like the dragon brother plot. The pacing also makes it feel like the developers were crunched for time.

That said, it's not the worst story I've experienced. I actually thought Vesperia was all over the place, but it was still entertaining. Zestiria also felt surprisingly short, especially coming straight off Xillia 2.

I haven't even talked about the villains because, honestly, they're pretty forgettable.

And if you're wondering, no, I won't be playing the DLC. I only buy my games physically and if DLC isn't available in that form, I'm sorry I won't buy it.

Characters

I actually like Sorey. Sure, he's a bit of a blank slate, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I really liked the scene with Cardinal, where he realizes he has no choice but to kill her if he wants to save her in the end. Sadly, Rose ruins that scene.

I also really love Mikleo. His brotherly bond with Sorey and his personality made me genuinely enjoy every scene he was in. Easily my favorite character in the game.

Lilah is cute, but her oath gets pretty annoying. In the end, it doesn't really amount to much, and the constant bad puns were getting annoying mainly due to how predictable she was getting.

As for Edna, Dezel, and Zaveid, I honestly didn't care much for them. Zaveid has a cool design, but his character is weird.

I want to say I like Alisha, but she's barely in the game, so there's not much I can say about her. Same goes for Sergei.

Rose is a weird one. She's cute, but I don't have a particularly strong opinion on her. Despite being in most of the game, she feels like just another party member. I thought there might be something more interesting between her and Dezel, but nope. He was just using her as a vessel, and she didn't even know about him until much later.

The Gameplay

Sadly, I knew what I was getting into from the start: gigantic worlds with very little in them and lots of running around. And yep, that's exactly what I got.

Playing this right after Xillia 2 made me miss the sprint button and fast travel in that game. I know Zestiria has fast travel too, but I much preferred how Xillia 2 handled it.

The Battle System

I played the entire game with my sister in two-player co-op, which definitely affected my experience.

Things started off fine, but holy crap, that camera. It's easily one of the worst things about this game and genuinely made me want to turn it off at times. It has this awful habit of zooming in on an enemy near a wall, making the screen flash and becoming practically unplayable.

I tried moving the camera and changing the settings, but nothing helped. It was especially bad in co-op because the camera doesn't zoom out enough for player two to keep track of where they are.

The idea of fighting on the same maps you explore sounds interesting in theory, but after playing Zestiria, I can see why Tales games usually move battles to separate arena-style maps. This was just plain awful.

The Combat

Okay, grab your pitchforks, because I know a lot of Tales fans love the Graces combat formula. It's not my favorite, but I'm not saying it's bad either. I just don't like it as much as others do.

That said, I still prefer it over what Zestiria does.

Zestiria's combat isn't horrible, but I really didn't like having to refill SC outside of battle. Otherwise, you essentially start fights with low stamina. Its recovery also doesn't feel as good as it did in Graces, so I found myself guarding and waiting around a lot more.

The inability to heal while suffering from certain ailments was also extremely annoying. It just felt artificial and unnecessary.

Armatization

Armatization looks cool and actually works pretty well for two-player co-op. However, I can see why people say it hurts four-player co-op, especially since you need to use it so often. Without it, your character can feel like they're barely doing any damage.

And those damn dragons take forever to kill, even when you're exploiting their weaknesses. I even tried lowering the difficulty, but they still felt like damage sponges.

I don't hate Armatization, but I'm pretty neutral on it overall.

Other Mechanics

There were quite a few mechanics I barely touched. I never bothered much with the Lords of the Land and their boons, and the equipment system felt so convoluted that I didn't bother trying to figure it out. I also didn't really take advantage of item fusions.

Final Thoughts

Overall, Zestiria feels pretty clumsy compared to the other Tales games I've played.

It's not a bad game, and thankfully, it's relatively short. I finished it in around 30 hours, compared to the 50+ hours I spent on some of the others.

I don't hate it, and I'm glad I played it. It has its moments, and I enjoyed some of the characters, but the story and gameplay have enough issues that I wouldn't put it among my favorites.

Next up is Tales of Berseria. Looking forward to that one!

Pitch accuracy actually required lol

Is anyone having an issue on the xbox series x where the game will not launch. It is installed on the internal storage. I have restarted and rebooted the xbox and have reinstalled it and when it fades to black to launch it brings me back to the xbox home screen

I hope it's not connected to an achievement. But I genuinely had a terrible time with this mode. The rest of the game so far is great though. But holy crap, I've never had such a frustrating experience with a mini game before. There's far too much waiting with the ball changing color and by the time it does, you don't want to use your burst right away. But you also don't want to hold it for far too long. All while you have to deal with the AI being painful in all different types of ways. One being far too distant. The other is suicidal. And the last feels like a mixture of both. Having to wait for the color to change is genuinely a pain in the ass.

Who thought this was good game design?

Edit: I did it. I finally fucking did it. And it doesn't seem like there's an achievement attached. I'm gonna faint.

I have faced multiple chests containing eleth to fill my Mixer, but I can’t take it as it shows on image. It clearly says that I can take 436 units, but I don’t see how I do it. Currently my mixer is 9/445 . Thanks.

No Wendee Lee :(

As far as I know, the US was the only region not getting a physical release for Tales of Eternia Remastered. However, I can't find a PS5 physical copy anywhere in Europe, and the official site only lists digital. Has anyone in Europe managed to order or buy a copy somewhere?

i know it’s kind of silly but i love to dress up lol, i know the remaster have an early shop but does the og offers some outfits in the FIRST play through? or is it all locked in ng+?

I'm lost how do i Get here I lost the ability to use slyph flying when I came to celestia for some reason and I don't know how I'm going to get to peruti without it. Anyone know if there is another way.

I’m interested to see where you guys have gotten your copy because I wanted to find a copy of the game so that way I could have it physically and not digitally and I ordered it yesterday and so far I am not getting any updates. Maybe I’m just really impatient, but I’m just interested in your guys’s experience.

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So is it me or is it like kinda hard to walk diagonally when using a Joystick. For reference I'm playing on Switch 2 and it's like I often find myself walking down and to tbe side when I want to just go diagonally. I tested it, the range of motion on the joystick for the game to register as "down" seems kinda high, like if it was a clock it'd be from 5 to 7 o'clock if that makes sense. Same for side to side. I guess it's mostly a small thing but since walking takes up like, most of the game when you think about it I think it's a worthy nitpick