Tales of Berseria

 PlayStation 4
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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 590 Ratings

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  1. hk300
    May 1, 2023
    6
    Tbh I couldnt stand a lot of the characters but was willing to persevere through, however the combat and mediocre dungeon design ended up making me quit before I could see the game to its end.
  2. chrisdan23
    Jun 8, 2022
    7
    Waren die frühen Tales Spiele zu SNES Zeiten noch wahre Kleinode des JRPG Genres, ist die Serie mit dem Sprung ins Polygon Zeitalter in meinen Augen immer mehr zu einem Fließband Franchise für mittelmäßige Standard JRPG Kost geworden, die sich nur für Hardcore Nerds lohnt, die wirklich jeden Scheiß spielen müssen. Immer mal wieder hab ich in die Serie reingeschaut - Tales of Zisteria,Waren die frühen Tales Spiele zu SNES Zeiten noch wahre Kleinode des JRPG Genres, ist die Serie mit dem Sprung ins Polygon Zeitalter in meinen Augen immer mehr zu einem Fließband Franchise für mittelmäßige Standard JRPG Kost geworden, die sich nur für Hardcore Nerds lohnt, die wirklich jeden Scheiß spielen müssen. Immer mal wieder hab ich in die Serie reingeschaut - Tales of Zisteria, Tales of Xillia u.s.w. - immer haben mich die langweiligen Dungeons, die öden Gebiete und stereotypen Charaktere schon nach kurzer Zeit gelangweilt. Umso überraschter war ich, dass mich Tales of Berseria gleich von Beginn an ziemlich gecatched hat. Denn statt das Kommando über die immer gleicher Weltenretter Heldentruppe zu bekommen, kriegt man in Tales of Berseria einen Bunch von Dämonen, von Bad Guys, von Aussenseitern hingeworfen, die sich in der Regel auch nicht gegenseitig mit Nettigkeiten supporten, sondern vielmehr Spaß am gegenseitigen Bissigkeiten und Sticheleien haben und vor allem ihren eigenen Rache- oder Macht Motiven folgen. Also so gar nicht mit Welt retten uns so. Man ist eben Dämon. Dass die Dialoge dieser Truppe zudem überaus charmant und spaßig geschrieben und inszeniert werden, hebt das Spiel deutlich aus dem Einerlei der Tales Spiele heraus. Gut, man rushed am Ende durch die gleichen öden Gebiete und Dungeons wie in jedem Tales Spiel, sammelt random Items und Kristalle auf, und kauft die xte leicht verbesserte Rüstung im Shop. Doch die eigenwilligen Charaktere, wie auch das gute Pacing des Storyplotts motivieren auch das Ende der Story erleben zu wollen.

    Alles in Allem ist Berseria tatsächlich ein Tales Spiel, das sich lohnt. Zumindest wenn man an gut geschriebenen Dialogen und charmanten Charakteren und deren Entwicklung Interesse findet. Natürlich rettet man am Ende dann doch irgendwie die Welt, doch irgendwie deutlich anders und inspirierter, als man dies vom Fließband Franchise Tales gewohnt ist.    … Expand
  3. Empyrea
    Jan 3, 2021
    7
    This is an average game as most of Tales of games are. The best of this game (as in the rest of the Tales series) is the acting voices. The worst is it's graphics (could be a ps3 game) and espacially the ground texture which is awfull. Plus, the facial expressions should have been better. This game doesn't deserve more than an 8. I also didn't like that they begun talking about daemons,This is an average game as most of Tales of games are. The best of this game (as in the rest of the Tales series) is the acting voices. The worst is it's graphics (could be a ps3 game) and espacially the ground texture which is awfull. Plus, the facial expressions should have been better. This game doesn't deserve more than an 8. I also didn't like that they begun talking about daemons, malakhim, etc too straight as if you already knew what they were talking about. Also, some dungeons/labyrinths should have been shorter an less messy. When you are half of the game, they make you go to places that you already visited and I think this was a mistake because it breaks the rhythm of the game. It's not until you're finishing the game that gets interesting again. Also this game is full of dialogues (and many optional dialogues) that I think sometimes should be shorter (it seems like if the dialogues had to have a minimum of speaking time) and also most of the optinonal dialogues are not really relevant. My advices to fully enjoy this game: feel free to watch the optional dialogues with triangle button when you want to. About other dialogues with voices I recommend to go to speak to the people with this symbol on them (!) if you want to unlock other places (although to be honest you can perfectly skip that too). About the shiny things on the road, take some when you feel to (specially at the beginin to earn money) because most of them have a very low value. About gameplay, in my opinion the best way to play it is in semiautomatic mode and put the x button as a free technic so you don't have to think what to do. To sum up, great voices, good soundtrack, poor graphics, ok plot; overall: a good rpg but not great. I think the best you can do is to go straight for the main story.

    This game took me almost 59 hours to beat doing most of the things I found in my way so it can take you 10 hours less if you don't spend time in extra things or thinking what weapons to improve. I started in difficult mode but soon I played it in normal mode and I only lowed the difficulty 3 times at the end to beat 3 extra bosses.    … Expand
  4. VasconcelosIta
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    First game in the tales saga that I played, in general the game is very complete, the story is good, the characters well developed and the combat in general works when necessary, I found the combat mechanics a little sick, especially at the end of the game . in which I feel that script holes definitely bothered me, it's a good gateway to the tales saga. really worth it. with a promotionFirst game in the tales saga that I played, in general the game is very complete, the story is good, the characters well developed and the combat in general works when necessary, I found the combat mechanics a little sick, especially at the end of the game . in which I feel that script holes definitely bothered me, it's a good gateway to the tales saga. really worth it. with a promotion
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    Primeiro jogo da saga tales que eu joguei, no geral o jogo é bem completo, a historia e boa, os personagens bem desenvolvidos e o combate no geral funciona quando necessário, eu achei as mecânicas de combate um pouco enjoativas, principalmente no final do jogo. em que sinto que furos de roteiro definitivamente me incomodaram, é uma boa porta de entrada para a saga tales. realmente vale a pena. com uma promoção.    … Expand
  5. GenocideJack86
    Jul 29, 2020
    7
    The game it looks like was created to ps3. Battle system is the worst I ever saw in Tales of series.Velvet character is irritating always with the Artorius Artorius Artorius monologue. Actually the entire character cast was weight-less except Magilou. It good to see there r always a other side of every story even if it a darker. It totally fits to the zestiria story both of them makes aThe game it looks like was created to ps3. Battle system is the worst I ever saw in Tales of series.Velvet character is irritating always with the Artorius Artorius Artorius monologue. Actually the entire character cast was weight-less except Magilou. It good to see there r always a other side of every story even if it a darker. It totally fits to the zestiria story both of them makes a complex storyline.It got a good amount of endgame content and some funny skit but the zestiria was better. 7 points. Thanks again for reading it and hope you have a good game.… Expand
  6. streame
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    The story is 10/10. The level design is outdated sh*t. The fighting system is really complicated, but fun once you get used to it. If it was not the inntriguing story, I would not have played this game, but the plot saves this one for me. If the studio invests more money into the tech part and game design, the next part must be really great.
  7. kennethkoole
    Jan 3, 2020
    5
    What could have been a great game is let down by its gameplay which although fun has some glaring problems which are especially noticable on higher difficulties.
  8. ragnarokew
    Nov 3, 2018
    5
    Good Story ✔ Plot is intriguing enough
    Cast is great ✔ Only thing saves this game
    Combat System✔ Its more refined but still can be improved Terrible World design ✘As always tales series comes up with very uninspiring and empty world design and graphics aren't helping either Bad script &ok voice acting ✘Again as always lots of overacting ,melodramatic script.Its unfair to say "bad    Good Story ✔ Plot is intriguing enough
    Cast is great ✔ Only thing saves this game
    Combat System✔ Its more refined but still can be improved

    Terrible World design ✘As always tales series comes up with very uninspiring and empty world design and graphics aren't helping either
    Bad script &ok voice acting ✘Again as always lots of overacting ,melodramatic script.Its unfair to say "bad script" i mean its mostly bad ofc there is good in it.
    Repetitive ✘ Again as always ^_^

    Overall its ok game important thing is what are you looking for in this game , flaws of this game can be overlooked depending on you.For me its 5/10    … Expand
  9. Revoltado
    May 21, 2018
    6
    Melhor tales dessas últimas safras... História boa, personagens carismáticos, um zestiria mais caprichado... Porém saliento o que não gostei:
    - gráficos ultrapassados
    - Assim como alguns Tales, ausência de alguns elementos nas skills (muitas são misturas elementais) não existe gelo, luz, escuridão, eletricidade... - Pior de tudo é o tempo gasto manuseando inventário... terrível e    Melhor tales dessas últimas safras... História boa, personagens carismáticos, um zestiria mais caprichado... Porém saliento o que não gostei:
    - gráficos ultrapassados
    - Assim como alguns Tales, ausência de alguns elementos nas skills (muitas são misturas elementais) não existe gelo, luz, escuridão, eletricidade...
    - Pior de tudo é o tempo gasto manuseando inventário... terrível e exagerado mais da metade do jogo é gasta em lojas destruindo e evoluindo equipamentos...Fora o farm grotesco se quiser ter uma arma boa, a probabilidade é negativa fiquei mais de dia tentando pegar as melhores armas, realmente peguei umas 500 todas com péssimos atributos
    -Dificuldade extrema de vc pegar um equipamento com melhores atributos para cada personagem... farm farm e mais farm e muita frustação    … Expand
  10. Darkbozo
    Dec 3, 2017
    6
    No original plot. Too much "little talks" during gameplay. The battle is a bit confusing in boring. a lot of unecessary walk. Go to A, then go to B, then return to A...then B again...now C...return to A. This is kinda boring too.
  11. Slytherin
    Oct 13, 2017
    6
    Better than the last couple of Tales of games but it's still Tales. Mediocre, lackluster, boring, repetitive. Everything you'd expect from a Tales of a game after Vesperia.
  12. Grownia
    Aug 7, 2017
    7
    Feels good to be the bad guy in this game. Overall a very good JRPG. Not the best in Tales Series but one of the good ones.
    *Graphics are fine. Animations are not the best but does its job. Environments doesn't look good and seems outdated.
    * Combat system is a mess. It doesn't require any strategy just button mashing which i didn't like. Most of the time you don't understand what is    Feels good to be the bad guy in this game. Overall a very good JRPG. Not the best in Tales Series but one of the good ones.
    *Graphics are fine. Animations are not the best but does its job. Environments doesn't look good and seems outdated.
    * Combat system is a mess. It doesn't require any strategy just button mashing which i didn't like. Most of the time you don't understand what is happening. There are some minor differences between characters gameplay but overall it is an hack and slash.
    * Story doesn't impress but doesn't disappoint too. It is good.
    * Best part of the game is its characters. They are well designed, alive and likable. Really good character relations development with lovely cut-scenes. This game would be a 10/10 for me if it was a visual novel.

    Last word : Buy it if you like JRPGs. Doesn't taste perfect but fine.    … Expand
  13. OnanTheMan
    Mar 23, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Far from the best the Tales series has to offer, but definitely not the worst. The biggest offenses this game commits is in the ending and the missed opportunity Velvet's character had. The game was sold as a darker entry in the tales series, but then again the tales series has always been a walk in the park in terms of tone, so think of this as a rainy day in the park, it doesn't begin to approach the levels of darkness Diablo hits, or Dragon Age origins did. The story is very standard tales fair by the end, save the world, very little moral ambiguity, despite the grey start we had with Velvet. This is the biggest miss i have seen in a game. We could of had a Sepiroth style villain in Velvet, and when the time comes to decide what her arch will be they go the tried and true good guy route. This isn't bad, but it wasn't what i wanted out of Berseria, or what i was expecting. The story is nothing memorable, with only Magilou, for better or worst, really standing out as a memorable character. Combat wise the game is good, but after 30+ hours of a uninspired story it gets repetitive, and I began to tire of it. So, if it's discounted to the 20-30 dollar range, pick it up, its easily worth that much.… Expand
  14. DanielPeled
    Mar 22, 2017
    7
    The gameplay is getting a bit old, I must say. Maybe I'm growing out of it, but as is, it's not challenging at all. I'll try playing as other characters, and maybe I'll update the rating if it gets more interesting. But as is, you can simply put the game on auto. You have little incentive to actually play the game because combat is so trivial.

    I think a few of the characters aren't    The gameplay is getting a bit old, I must say. Maybe I'm growing out of it, but as is, it's not challenging at all. I'll try playing as other characters, and maybe I'll update the rating if it gets more interesting. But as is, you can simply put the game on auto. You have little incentive to actually play the game because combat is so trivial.

    I think a few of the characters aren't fleshed out. One character's entire plot revolves around having bad luck. Most of the characters are really one dimensional. I think this is definitely a lot better than Zestiria however.

    Overall this is a good game and a step in the right direction. The game to me is worth $20.    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. CD-Action
    Apr 5, 2017
    80
    Despite simple, painfully dull dungeon designs and PS3 era graphics, it’s one of the best Tales games in years. The story is really sound, the combat system is solid and interesting, difficulty levels are properly balanced at last, character development and crafting are addictive and players are introduced into the world at a perfect pace. [04/2017, p.65]
  2. Softpedia
    Apr 3, 2017
    85
    Having played some of the previous Tales games, I can definitely say that Tales of Berseria is the best title in the series. What makes it even more appealing is the fact that you don't need to have played Tales of Zestiria or any other game in the same universe to be able to play the new one.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Apr 2, 2017
    73
    In some ways, this is the most innovative Tales game for years. In others, it's still stuck firmly in the past. [March 2017, p.78]
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