Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

Tales of Vesperia foi o primeiro Tales para a 7ª geração de consoles. Inicialmente lançado como um exclusivo do Xbox 360, o jogo ganhou uma versão atualizada para PS3 que incluía conteúdo extra e uma nova personagem (Patty), no qual essa versão é baseada. A trilha sonora é boa e os gráficos em cel-shading envelheceram muito bem. A dublagem dos personagens (tanto em inglês como japonês são excelentes). O sistema de combate é basicamente uma versão melhorada do de "Tales of the Abyss", e inclusive usa o mesmo sistema de aprender técnicas passivas através das armas equipadas. No entanto, o jogo possui alguns problemas de balanceamento, principalmente porque um dos chefes (o lobo gigante Gattuso) foi deixado como estava na demo da versão de Xbox 360, requerendo um pouco de grinding para passar dele. Esse sistema de combate também não é muito bom em situações onde só controlamos um personagem, pois os inimigos dão pouca brecha para usar itens de cura. O maior problema de ToV é a história, que na minha opinião é uma das piores da série. Ela até começa promissora com um protagonista anti-heroico e em alguns momentos até parece que vai engrenar, apresentando novas subtramas, como o vigilantismo de Yuri, rivalidades, várias traições e uma crise de sucessão do trono... só pra no final deixar tudo de lado em prol do conflito entre humanos e Enteléquias (monstros falantes gigantes). Além disso, o 3º ato da história é basicamente um filler onde os heróis tem que limpar a "sujeira" que o vilão do 2º ato deixou pra trás. Quanto aos personagens, no geral os membros do grupo são legais e interagem bastante, porém a narrativa dá mais foco do que deveria pra alguns (Karol e Rita) do que para outros (Raven e Judith). Já os vilões são todos genéricos, esquecíveis e mal desenvolvidos. O melhorzinho deles (Yager) acaba sendo o mais mal aproveitado porque suas motivações só são reveladas em sidequests. Tales of Vesperia é um jogo que eu esperava mais, porém não deixa de ser um bom jogo. Recomendo.

Hadn't played this one since the original came out on 360 way back in the day, so I was interested to see how it held up to my admittedly vague memories of back then. I recall it being quite strong, but it's kind of gone down in my estimation this time for a couple of reasons. After replaying it I think it's fairly average- there's some quality stuff here, but overall it's tied down by fumbling and sloppiness that the game just can't seem to escape. Easiest thing to get out of the way: the game still looks and sounds wonderful. There's tons of polish here- the fact that it holds up today without too drastic of a visual change or upgrade in the DE is a testament to just how good this managed to look for the time it came out. Really though, the core strength of Vesperia really lies in the main cast, probably one of the best in the series. With the exception of Estelle the characters all feel very fully rounded and don't fall too hard into archetypal roles while still maintaining the Tales of "vibe" you'd expect. You get everything you'd want out of a Tales cast here, but backed up by overall quality character writing. To its credit, those characters are used well in the first half of the game as well, which dispenses with a lot of the go-to plot elements that you'd expect out of a JRPG and winds up telling a fairly level headed crime and punishment type of story- keeping itself close to the ground and focusing on Yuri's worldview, relationships, and his personal growth as he's beholden to life outside the lower quarter make for a pretty engaging narrative, one that's given a decently tight pace and keeps itself strung along well over the first 8-10 hours. Unfortunately, Vesperia kind of loses its way around the midpoint of the story- the second act is bloated and confused, Alexei and even Duke make for pretty poor antagonists, and it seemingly can't figure out what kind of message it wants to get across or where it wants to focus its narrative energies anymore. The legitimate questions about justice, law & order, personal freedoms, etc, are all thrown out the window for very sloppy JRPG fare about "saving the world no matter what" and finding magical golden solutions to impossible problems. Around this time the game begins to pad out every dungeon and town with character dialogue that, while not so bad on its own, and still competently written, feels tiresome and plodding simply due to almost never letting up- the pace of things gets kind of smoothed over in a very unappealing way and sharply contrasts with the early game's energy. This, combined with some rather unnecessary feeling dungeons (Cados, Baction, Blade Drifts, Atherum, etc) and a fair amount of to-and-fro backtracking around the world make the whole thing feel like a chore all of a sudden, a feeling which scarcely lets up as it progresses. Even some of the more iconic elements to come out around this time kind of don't work very well- Yuri's killings are meant to further his characterization and juxtaposition with Flynn, but they lack the oomph that might be expected from a "crossing the line" moment. The victims are just so cartoonishly evil that there's no real question to ask about the legitimacy/necessity of the act or if Yuri is going too far- even the rest of the cast seems to struggle to care about it once they learn, and shortly after it ceases to be brought up much at all. This is made worse by the game treating the oft-repeated suggestion of killing Estelle (or being forced to) as a kind of lunacy- that Yuri himself can talk about how it's an unthinkable solution for Duke or Pharoah to suggest and have his hypocrisy unchallenged by the narrative is clumsy at best- similarly clumsy to the Raven/Schwann double agent shenanigans, or Alexei being revealed as "behind everything, even people like Barbos", that his villainous plan barely makes sense when viewed from afar- basically every beat in the second half contributes to an air of sloppiness that never really goes away. It's a real shame, with such a strong starting point. At certain times it feels like draft versions of two different Tales titles that were badly welded together. Despite all that I think it's still a decently fun game overall, and if you just want to experience a Tales game and aren't overly concerned with the minute details, or don't mind some mindless JRPG slop story, it would suffice. Outside of some weird difficulty humps and the pacing issues the game is indeed pretty mechanically fun to mess around with, and the quality of the characters carry a lot of the shortcomings of the plot as it starts to wane. You could certainly do a lot worse for a Tales game, or for a JRPG in general.

戦闘はむず痒いところもあるがストーリーや探索など個人的にはとても面白い！

Adorei o jogo! O sistema de combate eu achei um pouco mais difícil, comparado com os outros tales que joguei (Zestiria, Berseria, Graces e Arise) e algumas lutas tem uns picos de dificuldade meio "Wtf?!". Mas é um jogão!

游戏指引太弱，迷宫和解密非常复杂，又没有小地图，导致游戏大部分时间都在“我他妈要往哪走”，但好在剧情量大管饱，人物塑造精彩，意犹未尽。

時空幻境的作品也是我喜歡的系列之一 ! 不會讓人失望 ! 劇情都是這麼棒 !

테일즈 오브 어라이즈의 프로토 타입 옛날 게임 리마스터 치고는 생각보다 깨끗하고 준수한 그래픽도 보여주고 스토리만 따라가도 즐거운 모험을 보여주는 반면 편의성이나 인터페이스 등의 면에 있어서, 어라이즈만 해본 입장에서 하면 할수록 어라이즈를 또 하고 싶다는 생각이 간절하게 들기도 함. 이게 있었기에 지금의 어라이즈가 나올 수 있다고 생각을 하지만 구매자 입장에서 그리고 게임 플레이어 입장에서 과연 어라이즈보다 나은 면모가 있거나, 어라이즈 회차플레이보다 더 값어치가 있냐 라고 물어보면 그건 아닌것 같음

Tales of Vesperia ist mein absolutes Lieblingsspiel und für mich das beste Tales of überhaupt! Die Story ist packend, voller moralischer Grauzonen und mit einem der besten Protagonisten aller Zeiten – Yuri Lowell. Er ist kein typischer Held, sondern ein charismatischer Antiheld, der das Spiel besonders macht. Dazu kommt eine ikonische Party, ein dynamisches Kampfsystem und ein wunderschöner Soundtrack. Egal wie oft ich es spiele, Vesperia bleibt für mich unübertroffen. Ein zeitloser Klassiker und mein persönliches JRPG-Meisterwerk!

打算重温，试了各种姿势都没法用手柄，显示的启用，但进游戏只能键盘。有点无语。 其他游戏插上手柄都没这问题。