Most underrated Tales of game?

[NachoChi]

I've been hearing a lot of different ones between Legendia, Innocence, Zestiria, Arise, and Xillia 2. I personally would say Innocence. The story is pretty good for a Tales of game, let alone a handheld one. I understand people's gripe with the main character, even though who he really is and/or meant to be is a total badass. The typical geek to giga model. Innocence R expands on the DS story with voiced over lines and cutscenes. PLUS the opening song in the DS version which they first show in the Vita version is as good as it is memorable. It's a must play in my opinion. Legendia is second to that. What are you guys' thoughts?

 

[Jotaro]

legendia, innocence, destiny 2, eternia and graces are actually underrated, fr

and most of them are misunderstood/badly treated for no reason, at least, now, they get better ratings from many tales users, when they properly play them

 

[nobitakun]

This Tales game is so underrated that never gets mentioned in the underrated threads, and it's a lot of fun:

 

[spacestone29]

Maybe not underrated, but I feel like Vesperia is overlooked a lot.

 

[Tonberry]

Maybe not underrated, but I feel like Vesperia is overlooked a lot.

Yeah, I’d definitely call it over-hated if anything because it still feels decently popular. I’ve only played a few and it’s the only one I’ve played for more than like 20 hours.

I’m biased because I love it, but I unironically think the plot structure and motivations of certain characters fly over many people’s heads if they play it when they’re younger which seems to be a common point of contention. It was so refreshing playing a Tales game that felt like a bunch of decently sized adventures and a cast where the PoV character is a grown man (even if he’s still young but 21 is like middle aged for anime-y standards lol).

 

[UnboundByJunk]

Zestiria underrated? I'd say it's rated just right. They never bothered to show Arma Dylan, which was the biggest disappointment in gaming to this day.

 

[solnK!]

Haven´t played Innocence yet but I love the opening of the DS version, also the green hair guy reminds me of Max from Dark Cloud 2.
I think Tempest is way more underrated.

 

[Gingers]

I've been hearing a lot of different ones between Legendia, Innocence, Zestiria, Arise, and Xillia 2. I personally would say Innocence. The story is pretty good for a Tales of game, let alone a handheld one. I understand people's gripe with the main character, even though who he really is and/or meant to be is a total badass. The typical geek to giga model. Innocence R expands on the DS story with voiced over lines and cutscenes. PLUS the opening song in the DS version which they first show in the Vita version is as good as it is memorable. It's a must play in my opinion. Legendia is second to that. What are you guys' thoughts?

I was just playing this a couple weeks ago, I was disappointed to find out it's mostly dungeon crawler. I got filtered by the guild system doing a line of stupid fetch quests after finding out I'm basically a demigod.

 

[Dr.Kisaragi]

Tales of Eterina

 

[NachoChi]

Haven´t played Innocence yet but I love the opening of the DS version, also the green hair guy reminds me of Max from Dark Cloud 2.
I think Tempest is way more underrated.

Maaaaaaan Tempest was one hell of a proof of concept for Innocence. Execution was rough in a lot of areas, but there is something there. Here's hoping for some out-of-left-field remake. Hearts was its' own 2D enriched goodness on the DS

 

[Zarathusta]

Xillia 2 and Graces F they both get a lot of flack for their writing.
They both have incredible combat systems l also like graces F cast a lot too.

 

[legsrjust4show]

I'd say it's Tales of Zestiria, but mostly because it actually kind of sucks ass.

It's buggy.

The camera is completely broken in co-op it's crazy like it will get stuck in the corner and a wall.

The middle of the game is pretty devoid of any interesting plot developments and also it doesn't really connect with the next game that's a prequel, Tales of Berseria, in any way that's satisfying. It might even take away a lot from what that game tried honestly.

BUT!!!!!!! The start of it and the climax of it are so good it almost doesn't matter. Mostly. It still kind of sucks, but I love the characters anyway.

The anime is complete shit.

 

[UnboundByJunk]

BUT!!!!!!! The start of it and the climax of it are so good it almost doesn't matter. Mostly. It still kind of sucks, but I love the characters anyway.

I got so bored by the end of it that I just switched to the easiest difficulty for the final boss. I hate that you need to do a certain amount of damage to him to survive his attack, so you basically have to grind or switch to easy.