The Tales series has always been one that I looked suspiciously at, not because it’s a japanese RPG (jRPG) series but for more on how it plays. The first Tales game I played was Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube, and to be honest I didn’t enjoy it too much. It wasn’t that the game was bland or bad, it was that the characters of the game were annoying and unlikeable, at least in my eyes. Fast forward probably about 4 years later and I find Tales of Vesperia.  I see the title and I figure why not at least try it, because games in a series can improve from their predecessors.

The first thing I can tell you right off the bat is that the game is well made and quite beautiful to look at. The characters are cell-shaded (although that is the tradition in the 3D Tales games), and the landscapes are artistic, colourful, and quite pleasing.
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