"Uneasy alliance", eh?

Actually Velvet does develop as she gives Laphicet his name, it's just more subtle and not boom straightforward in your face. You see her soften up, act more patient with him and some of her old self still in there thanks to him. She's more layered than you gave her credit for.

Man... I just finished Tales of Berseria and I'm just left with so much emotions. Can't say anything because anything I say might spoil things, but I can say, 2017 is off to a wonderful start for video games.

Getting to the end game of Tales of Berseria and I’ve got so many feels. The story is so good, it never dwindles and keeps you interested the entire game. Really impressed but surprised I don’t hear about the game much.

"uneasy alliance" i see what you did there

Ok I just found this channel and I might be asking an obvious question. Is this channel by the remnants of Gametrailers?

I disagree with Velvet being dull. she seems quite the pleasant character, and aside from a few reckless parts(as Eizen and Rokurou also do), she is smart in what she does. Not every one has to get a big development to be a good character. Eizen does not get one much either, and he is great. The other thing is the soundtrack. Zesty's is far superior in music. While Bersy has some good music tracks here and there, it isn't quite amazing. Otherwise, nice review. Hope the next Tales gets even better.

I have a hard time disagreeing with this review in most aspects, but there are a few small things I'd say are a bit different. For example, I don't see any problem with Velvet, it's kind of a wonder that she wasn't who she is for the entire game. Going through what she has, no could blame her if she was cold the entire time. When she finally does start warming up, it feels more earned. If she'd started any sooner than she did, it would have felt forced and made the character's development feel rushed and unnatural. I also have to disagree about how apart the world is. I mean, there's a lot of obvious differences, but there's also some callbacks to Zesteria was well, including seeing some areas as they were, before 1000 years of calamity wore on the world. It's also worth mentioning that the story of this game will have a bigger impact on you if play Zesteria first, so if you're new to the series, start there. The conflict the characters feel will hit you that much harder, as some elements of the story will mean something more if you know how certain parts of it have to play out. That knowledge will make the game somewhat conflicting for some, but also make the story mean more because of the actions taken by certain characters. The combat in the game is wonderful, and a huge improvement for the series. My favorite combat in the games came from Tales of Hearts R, but I think this system is far better. I completely disagree with the idea that it has no identity though, as it feels like Tales combat always does, and it forces you to time your attacks properly and not overuse Velvet's abilities too much, as doing so will leave you at a huge disadvantage. However, that variation in the combat is exactly what makes it so special and worth it, and landing a combo has never felt better when you do it right. If you want to experience that for yourselves though, you should probably set the difficulty at Moderate or higher, or else you won't get the full potential of combat. Going back through areas isn't really that bad either, although it did get tedious at one point, where you have to do a lot in order to get through it, this part alone might take as much as 4 hours if you take your time with it. It's hard to give a rating to a game I haven't fully completed yet, but I can say, that what I have done, is amazing, the best the series has done since Xillia, which whether or not that means a lot to you, just know, that I'm saying that with Xillia being my favorite game in the series, and this is competing for it with each passing hour I play it.

Thanks for another great review guys. I love that you take your time and give a game indepth honest analysis. Because of this I trust your reviews over all other's!!!

OMG it’s my GT Reviews voice over!…. I wondered what happened to this reviewer. I used to use GameTrailers for all my new game reviews back in the 20 00’s instant sub for nostalgia alone.

Played this game and now Berseria is now favorite tales of game even though I haven't beaten it yet but so far it amazing. We finally get a badass "female" lead. Darker than other tales of games. Beside Vesperia and Abyss. Every other tales of main leads always has that self-righteous personally oh I will save this person or I want save the world. Like Sorey, Lloyd, Cress, and Stahn. At least Yuri and Luke shown some kind of deviation from the heroes. Velvet is all about that sweet revenge. She does not give a fuck about no one. Yeah she maybe a Sasuke uchiha but she isn't no fucking shadow the hedgehog. She does more shit in cutscenes than any other protagonist I have seen. 9/10 Almost Waifu material.

Was surprised by the 4 star rating in the end. Sounded more like a 3-3.5 star to me.

I don't find Velvet boring in the slightest, if anything, I think she's one of the best written characters in the entire Tales series. Her stark contrast between the prologue and the rest of the game kinda makes a lot of sense from a psychological point of view when you think about the kind of mental trauma she dealt with. SPOILERS for the beginning of the game. . . . . She basically suffered a Berserk styled eclipse, witnessing her brother die before her eyes, killed by the man who was like her father figure and tutor. During this she was turned into a daemon and imprisoned for 3 years with nothing to feed on but blood from other daemons. Imagine going from a normal 16 year-old girl to THAT. The whole rest of the game is basically about her slowly regaining her humanity through interactions with the people she meets along her road to revenge.

To me, Tales of the Abyss is the best game in the series. I know a lot say Symphonia, however. The Xillia duo was great as well. Zesteria was solid, but felt the combat was more challenging than Xillia 2, the platforming was much better. If this is somewhere in the same range of quality as the games I mentioned above, then it will be worth the time and money.

Great review, I think the game is a step up in a right direction. Story is good, characters are memorable and gameplay is fun.

This is my first Tales game, and I'm having a blast!

0:53 "The story is distinctly darker than its past games." Next quote with cheery tone. "Morning!"

I watch EZA reviews for games I couldn't care less about just to hear Brandon's voice. It's a nostalgia thing, I've been listening to him talk about video games for almost a decade now.

Huh, so the main cast are anti-villains? That's an interesting concept that not many games touch on. Playing the bad guys, in a sense. And so far, it does look like it improved on the Zesteria game, which I would say is pretty good.

I just picked up this game a week ago, with my only previous Tales experience being Zestiria...which started off great but by the halfway point I was forcing myself to finish lol! Berseria is an incredible JRPG and I'm so glad I gave it a shot, it redeems Zestiria in almost every way :)

Is Tales of Graces f any good? I may get that if/when I go get Berseria.

I have just one question. As someone who loved Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia, but hated Graces f, Xillia, Xillia 2 and Zestiria, does this game have anything for me?

Great review, very informative and to the point. I'll probably grab this on Steam at some point.

I was so sad when GT shut down. I always found the video reviews quite good and would be the first place I checked before buying a game. I am so happy I found where you all went! *runs off to support Easy Allies on Patroon*

This game is 10/10 for me and it's in sale on ps right now for 15 bucks

Sounds great if you are a fan of Jrpg! Gonna pick this up since $45 USD for pre-order seems like a good price point and will support more jrpg coming to PC.

Hey man, you got yourself a new viewer. Keep up the good work on the reviews.

What does it mean for a combat system to have an identity?

Great review as always guys.

UNEASY ALLIANCE Great review, as usual.

Clicked this randomly looking for a decently produced review that isn't IGN or Gamespot...glad I did, this is the GT dude! My life has been missing your reviews!

Saying Velvet is boring shows that you didn't quite understand hwe character. She is incredibly interesting as a character and is up there with Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke with the best protagonists in Tales history. To call her character development uneven is to miss the subtleties in it. She doesnt have a lot of overt character shifts, they are very subtle and she grows gradually throughout the entire game.

great review, keep up the good work

the review style and narrator reminds me of gametrailers

In fact, the goal of VIOVET in the early stage was just to avenge his younger brother. But in the middle and later of the game, you will find that VIOVET's goal is vengeance on the surface .In fact,her actual purpose is to save the life of her companion .TO give Altolius a real relief-deathand and give his fake brother a hug. This is his last gentleness as a sister

The audio balance sounded off in this review, especially Brandon's voice, compared to other reviews.

Is it me or does this dude sound like the gametrailers dude

Great review Damiani!

Excellent.Did I mishear the entire review?

A tad late (about 9 months), but looking back on this game, I really enjoyed my time with it. This was my first Tales game that I beat and I actually think it sits up there with Persona 4/5 and NieR:Automata as some of the best games I've played. The story was incredible and I'm still in awe of Velvet as a character and how she developed throughout the game. I'm so mad that this game has unfortunately been pushed aside for other games this year, but with Persona 5 and NieR:Automata, I can kind of see why. Great review!

I agree with alot minus velvet, you see her start developing the mroe she spends with laphi, its just minor and not in your face. if you pay attention you can see her change, shes becoming more patient, less demanding and more willing to side treck and help others. rather than at the begining she didnt even care what the state of the world is, all she cared about was to kill her goal. Also, fair advice: if your gonna give it a 4/5 stars you might wanna sell that its an actually good game, you keep pointing out things you didnt like rather than the good things you did.

The only Tales game I every played was Tale of Symphonia. Can anyone tell me if another game in the series has reached the same heights?

OMG! Thank you youtube for recommending this video to me! I can't believe I found the GameTrailers guy,

Oh shit. I just happened upon this review, and it's the old Gametrailers crew. I recognized Brandon's sweet voice anywhere.

Can I jump into the series with this game or does this tie in with the previous games? Also how is the story? If there are any JRPG enthusiasts out there, whats a good game to pick up that came out within the last few years? I used to be a huge JRPG fan but haven't played any since FF13 aside from FF15. Anything pre-FF13 (aside from the tales series of course) I've most likely played through.

Great review, I was really on the fence about this game because I love the series but seeing them re use the Zestiria engine again made me think it'd just be more of the same, I love Zestiria but it was getting stale, after watching this review though I'll probably pick up Berseria.

Another great review by Brandon Jones!

I won't lie to you, i'm subbing because of the nostalgic narrator Voice :)

This was a cool review I am a huge fan of Tales games so I am finally able to play this one which is the PS4 version, if anything I am hoping you would still be able to walk around for all the characters who join you party! with RPG games like this I love to take my time and enjoy the experience of the game itself with training my characters, learning their skills and abilities for battle followed by enjoying the story and side quests.

Hmmm, the review seems to be telling me it's just a step-up from the backlash of Zesteria. Get it full price or wait for sale? Good job on the review, Damiani!

not to be mean or anything in terms of the upcoming Resident Evil 7 Biohazard review Easy Allies, i have to ask, how long does it usually take for you guys to create an entire video game review and does it take longer for some games such as RE 7 if it involves VR in any way or what?

I know I'm late but I just beat this game recently and it has become one of my favorite JRPGs. Sounds crazy, but not many games' characters have left such impacts on me.

Gametrailers voice. Insta subscribed!

it's nice to hear again game trailers voice

This game looks great! I'm quite glad to have another ambitious Tales game in my life.

Disagree strongly with what they said about Velvet being one dimensional, she might have become colder and more desensitized with other people, BUT we see various times through the story with her relationships with the party characters (especially with laphicet) and even with other characters in the game (like Kamoana), that the kind loving girl she used to be is still there (just burried under all her hate). Also out of all the characters in the game Velvet is the one that goes through the most character development (only rivaled by Laphicet), and unlike what they say in the video its not something that just happens out of nowhere, as i said earlier its something that happens through the entire game with her relations with the other characters, and all of that keeps building up until it culminates later in yet another big change to her persona, (its just a shame that whoever wrote the review didnt notice those constant yet very subtle developments of her through the game). Also if by uneven character development they mean that her change at the beggining isnt warranted then again... i disagree, when you take into account what happened to her, how much she LOVED the thing that was taken away from her, what happenes afterwards and for how long it happens, and then you add the lore of the world and how malevolence works, all of a sudden her drastic change is more than completely justified. I do agree with the score though, a 4 out of 5 or 8 out of 10 is what i would rate it as well.

I don't think I agree with you on Velvet's lack of character progression before THAT POINT in the game. It's subtle, but she actually does soften up a bit around the others even before her character progression gets into full swing, it's just very subtle and downplayed.

Is it a good rpg? Close to witcher 3 or ffxv maybe??

Did Tales of Phantasia fall into the Tales series?

does the game have dual audio ?

awesome review man, cheers

how is magilu fan service?

I found the coment about Velvet character development superfluous, after all you're talking about a women who's brother was killed and was a prisioner for 3 year which means trauma... Have you ever saw someone with Post-traumatic stress disorder?

subbed just because the reviewer is the old gametrailers guy, missed his voice reviewing games haha xD

This is the first time I have seen a review from you guys that has me scratching my head. The final score didn't seem to reflect well with what was said in the review. It certainly didn't come across as an excellent game.

Expedetion does unlock additional sidequest though

Yay! I can finally watch the review now I've finished Berseria! I enjoyed this game so much, and disagree with the review in regards to Velvet's development.

Damiani feel free to explore the scale. EZA just can't be giving these stars away! 😉

Dreaming of a tales game with naruto ultimate ninja storm engine ❤

nice review man

So is Resident Evil 7 review next?

Bring it to switch

Damn, was really hoping they'd keep the combat style that Xillia had. It's the closest the games got to actually making me care about playing the other characters with how great the character upgrade system was and attention to different play styles. Seeing them simplify the combat is the worst thing they could have done from my perspective.

did 2:27 give anyone else some serious 'Ashes of Ariandel' vibes?

How does this game compare to Symphonia and Vesperia?

new game + worth it??

"Uneasy alliance" Nice, Damiani. Nice.

best review I've seen today while deciding to buy this game or not!!

It’s 9.99 on the ps store, might give it a try

I love Velvet, fight me.

I wait for the price to drop.. I have too many games coming out this year to focus on

Better than FFXV

I cried everytime I played it. Such an amazing game.

I would like the next game in Tales of game to take place in this world one more time to fill in the remaining blanks and resolve one charicter's ultimate fate.

Going buy this game now!!

These outfits are ridiculous lol

Did not played zestiria but looking forward to play this.

Why do i cry when i think about tales of zestiria and berseria 😭

i want to try this game because the combat looks fun, but i can't stand back tracking.

Love Easy Allies but it feels like some of these Japanese games are being graded on an easier curve. A lot of these types of flaws would get blasted on western titles.

My main concern was the ending and the combat system along with healing magic. Other than those faults i did enjoy the game, made me wish velvet was in zesteria.

I incredibly enjoyed this review!

dat smooth ass voice, tho

yes

Nice review.I think Velvet Isn’t boring but badass honestly.I’d give the game 4 and a half stars.

I am playing it. Better late than never! Awesome real time combat

brandon youre back??

First Tales Of game I'm genuinely interested in. As much as I liked Xilia, it and many other recent Tales Of games felt very formulaic it was getting stale by just looking at the cast. This doesn't seem to be the case (though I'm sure at least some of the story formula will still be there, if they get rid of it entirely they risk losing long-time fans and the series' identity). Will probably pick it up a few months down the road. Not because I'm waiting for the prices to go down, there's just other games I'm more interested in.

5:20 You never discovered Terror Island lol

Personally I was surprised by the amount of stars given after listening to the full review. Definitely sounded like it should have received a lower score.