ZESTIRIA RELEASED TODAY WOOOOOOO

COMMENCE BEING DEAD TO THE WORLD!

I know the feeling. Zestiria didn't even cross my mind since I pre-ordered it until I received an e-mail saying it was shipped, and now the hype has come all at once.

I'm enjoying it so far!

My only real complaints so far are:

1. They took the lyrics out of the opening theme. I'm fine with them having done an instrumental, but I wish they would have done like Vesperia -- where both the English and Japanese version of the song would play. Just alternate it.
2. WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THE BATTLE CAMERA?!

I KNOW. I felt like the song didn't really have the same kind of 'oomph' as it did with the vocals. ): From what I've read, it seemed like it was some kind of licensing issue, yet the original is still packed into the PC version, so... at least the people who purchased it for PC will be able to enjoy it, I guess.

I haven't noticed anything about the battle camera yet. I was prepared for the worst since that was one of the most complained about aspects of the game. Supposedly it works better after the patch, so maybe that was installed for me and I didn't notice.

So far I am very happy with the game, and all the little things it came with. It seems like I might like all of the characters this time around, too, so that's always a huge plus (or minus, depending). I'm kind of wondering how long it will be, though. The trophy list sounds like it expects you to play it through five times unless you go to the highest difficulties.

sprints in and skids to a halt
DID SOMEONE SAY TALES? YES HELLO I AM HERE.

To be honest, I'd actually forgotten about Zestiria up until a couple weeks ago. Shameful, I know. My boyfriend surprised me with a preorder, and I've... already but in quite a few hours already. So far I'm really liking it though! Sorey and Mikleo are absolutely precious.

The camera in-battle does seem a little wonky, but I guess I've kind of gotten used to it? Like it seemed REALLY obvious when I first started; now, not so much. I am little concerned with the length of the game though. As mentioned it does look like you're encouraged/expected to go through the game multiple times. Which I'll... probably end up having to do anyway. I'm trying my hardest to find as much as I can, but I'm certain there are some things I've missed or overlooked.
Skits man I keep worrying that I've missed skits

Have either of you been playing with anyone else? Like, my husband and I both play, and perhaps that's the stem of our primary issue with the battle camera. You know the fox-like Hellion you fight twice in the early area of the game? During the second fight, our camera was literally stuck underneath his character, focused on his crotch/butt for a good 20 seconds or so.

Personally, I'll gladly take a game that lengthy. I played Vesperia three times through to 100% my file, and played one of my husband's three play-throughs for him. xD I'm weird like that, I guess.

Yes! I keep worrying that I've missed skits, too. And monoliths or discovery points. Because sometimes the game has a delayed reaction to them, or you have to be right up on it for their cue dialogue to start. But if I'm right on top of it, the dialogue seems kind of pointless, you know?

Yeah, I heard the PC issue still had it encoded, so you could make it play the actual theme if wanted/you knew how to access it. Just a bummer, you know? I really enjoyed this theme. It's so badass compared to most themes! (I really like the themes, they're just usually more mellow, so this one was a pleasant surprise.)

I loooove Mikleo! <3 Such a doll.

Nope! I'm playin' solo. That's bootyful beautiful though; nothing but Lunarre booty for 20 seconds. xD
I had something kind of similar happen to me last night. I was in a doorway when a mob tapped me, and for a good... eh, 10 or so seconds the camera was just stuck in the corner that had formed between the back of the door and the edge of the fighting arena/area. Still beat 'em up good though. ' U '

I always get a little sad when I get to the end of the game, so I guess that's why I'm concerned? Like if the game is longer, cool! I can prolong being sad for a while longer. If it's shorter, I'll be sad sooner. I don't knooow, I guess I'm just... odd haha. Honestly though I really don't mind running though games multiple times (once I get through that initial "aw it's over" feeling)! I went though Okami on the ps2 five or six times, and I'm now going back through to get all the trophies on the ps3.

I am really glad that Sorey will point out that there's a monolith or something. There have been a couple of times where I guess I glanced over the area a little too quickly and just completely overlooked a monolith that was in plain sight.

No, I've been playing by myself. That does sound annoying, haha.

I just hope it doesn't feel as short as I am expecting it to be, with it saying you would potentially be playing five times through. I remember getting to the end of Xillia, and it didn't even feel like I had been playing long enough for it to be the end. )x

Edit: Also, does the walking animation make anyone else laugh?

I have every Tales of game released in North America from Symphonia onwards I love the Tales of series its soo good <3

The walking animation is HILARIOUS! I love it! ❤️

Yes they arrreeee! I really wish we would have gotten the PS3 release of Vesperia. :< I wanted to play as Flynn!

I think Symphonia will always be one of my favorites, just because it was my first one. I was so happy when we got the HD Collection.

I don't even understand what happened with the walking, haha. Even when Sorey did the slow walk when he was carrying Rose, it didn't look as awkward. I'm writing it off as "why am I walking, I HAVE PLACES TO BE" or something, pfft.

I was actually surprised that they never brought over the PS3 version of Vesperia. The way people praise it, I would have thought it'd sell well (and the fact that fans created a translation patch - that makes it seem like enough people wanted it to make that project worthwhile, at least to me).

To my understanding, it was some sort of deal they struck with Microsoft -- one of the conditions was that it would be an X-Box exclusive title. I could be entirely wrong, but, that's what I had heard.

Oh wow, that's pretty lame if that's true. Well, at least the fans found a way around it.

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