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The Tales series is one of the three most important jRPG franchises (the other being Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest). On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Namco Bandai decided to celebrate by releasing this, which is the 15th game in the "core part" of the series. According to the unwritten rule of the series, it tells a completely different story with new heroes and locations. This time around, the action takes place in the land of Green Wood, while dragons are the game's main theme. What's curious, it was developed by the people responsible for Tales: Mutsumi Inomata, Kosuke Fujishima, Daigo Okumura and Minoru Iwamoto. With this game the developers wanted to go back to the roots of the series and its tried solutions. The gameplay puts an emphasis on exploration, completing all sorts of quests, and combat. One of the novelties is the modified battle system that was adjusted according to the fan feedback.
Much like the previous installments in the series, it offers attractive manga-style visuals. The 3D graphics are embellished with cartoon movie cutscenes prepared by a team of graphic designers led by Hikaru Kondo of Ufotable. In a world torn by war between two powerful nations fighting for rule and supremacy, accept the burden of the Sheperd and fight human darkness to protect your world from Malevolence and reunite humans and Seraphim. Together with Lailah, the Lady of the Lake who guards the Sacred Blade, and his best friend Mikleo, the cast will discover soon enough a powerful force is rising in the shadow. Tumble into Sorey's epic journey set in a Medieval fantasy world with beautiful animations realized by the famous animation studio ufotable. Discover diversified and huge environements throughout your adventure with the help of Seraphim. Advanced Battle System with fusions between Sory and Seraphim. the battle scenes are now seamlessly integrated into the environements with no more load screens or transition. |
