"Tales of" Series Discussion Thread

[DragonMaster 1,166]

Graces took me like 70 hours to beat (including the future arc). So that was the longest for me. I think Abyss was actually my fastest completion (either that or Hearts R), because I loved it so much I powered through it. I missed every side quest the first time though (it was my first tales game), so that may be why.

 

EDIT:

I feel like Xillia might actually be the shortest I've played, though. I did all of the sidequests in the game, and both sides of the story, and my final save file is at about 100 hours. Abyss and Vesperia are both at over 140 after 2 playthroughs, and Graces would definitely be up there if I did a second. Xillia 2 would take a while for the bonus dungeon and getting the debt repaid ending. Hearts R might be about the same length as Xillia, not sure how much side content I missed.

Edited September 24, 2015 by DragonMaster

[Exiblade7 1,917]

I've been looking at other forums and people have been saying that there are subteams within the Tales of Team. Can anybody tell me what they are because  I want make sure if this is like a fact or not. 

Edited September 30, 2015 by Luke Fon Fabre

[Power Jusho 1,783]

Never heard of that until right now

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Never heard of that until right now

It should be similar to how the Kingdom Hearts series has its own branch in SE

[King Demise 2,359]

It's the symphonia team and vesperia team if I recall correctly. The easiest way to way to tell the difference is the skits. The symphonia team use face portraits while the vesperia team use full body portraits.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

It's the symphonia team and vesperia team if I recall correctly. The easiest way to way to tell the difference is the skits. The symphonia team use face portraits while the vesperia team use full body portraits.

Wasn't there a recently added called theTales of Graces team, the team worked on the battle system for Graces and Zesteria?  

[DragonMaster 1,166]

Yeah, there's Team Destiny and Team Symphonia. Team Symphonia has done things like Abyss, Vesperia, and (obviously) Symphonia. Team Destiny did stuff like Graces, Rebirth, and Destiny.

 

From what it looks like though (from my few minutes of research), it seems like these teams aren't actually a thing anymore. Since Xillia it appears that they've all become one.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Yeah, there's Team Destiny and Team Symphonia. Team Symphonia has done things like Abyss, Vesperia, and (obviously) Symphonia. Team Destiny did stuff like Graces, Rebirth, and Destiny.

 

From what it looks like though (from my few minutes of research), it seems like these teams aren't actually a thing anymore. Since Xillia it appears that they've all become one.

that's sort of true, but Tales of Zestiria is going to have gameplay similar to that of Graces so the the teams still might exist. 

[Sora96 17,256]

It should be similar to how the Kingdom Hearts series has its own branch in SE

 

All the details on Square Enix here: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/84485-square-enix-business-divisions/

[Exiblade7 1,917]

I think the game that had the best team is the abyss team. All of their backgrounds and personalities are deep that it made the story even better and deeper. 

[Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) 3,859]

The only one I've finnished, ToS: DotNW (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World).

 

I've always wanted to get into the Tales' games, but it looks like I'm cursed or something; there's always something stopping me from beeing able to obtain them XDDD.

[Isaix 924]

Tales of Xillia's party is my favorite,I cared about all the characters in the Xillia games,they were all very interesting and the games spends a lot of time exploring each character which I like.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Mine is Luke obviously 

[Lulcielid 159]

I like Luke.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

I looked all over the internet and I can't seem to find the person(s) who makes the storylines for the tales games. I'm not even sure if there is more than one person who makes the storylines for the games. 

[Minato arisato 253]

I looked all over the internet and I can't seem to find the person(s) who makes the storylines for the tales games. I'm not even sure if there is more than one person who makes the storylines for the games. 

You have to look for a certain director for each title as i know that Bandai Namco doesn't really rely on one Director for the Tales Series 

[Elast0 147]

I found this

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bdok3-N__H7IAXnp9rLJtPrrLDJYEp-XzJLaxTe8XR4/pub?output=html

Edited October 4, 2015 by Elast0

[Tails 6,690]

I looked all over the internet and I can't seem to find the person(s) who makes the storylines for the tales games. I'm not even sure if there is more than one person who makes the storylines for the games. 

Hideo Baba.

[Sora96 17,256]

Look at the credits?

[Exiblade7 1,917]

thanks guys! 

[Exiblade7 1,917]

If you don't know Takumi Miyajima was the person who wrote the story for Tales of Symphonia, Abyss, and Symphonia 2. All of those stories for the games were really deep and interesting. I'm fine if someone else does it, but it would just be awesome if he gets to write the script for Tales of Berseria. 

[Heartless Plush 177]

He wrote Symphonia 2? Huh...

[Exiblade7 1,917]

He wrote Symphonia 2? Huh...

He kinda did write it. It kind of explains how the story for the game get SO much better near the end of the game. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bdok3-N__H7IAXnp9rLJtPrrLDJYEp-XzJLaxTe8XR4/pub?output=html

[Exiblade7 1,917]

This have been bothering me even since I've play tales of xillia. That game has the least colorful artstyle in my opinion. I'm not saying I hate it though. It seems like they were going in the right direction with previous games that came out before it,especially with Tales of Vesperia. It has the most colorful artsyle in the whole series. 

[Isamu Kuno 2,512]

It's a sign of the shifting aesthetic. If you look back, bright, vibrant colors where commonplace in the '90s, but in the new millennium there has been a shift to more toned down colors. Clearly that aesthetic has spread East.

Edited October 4, 2015 by Isamu_Kuno