Tales of the Abyss - A By The Numbers Story Recap

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This is not an easy story to condense in this fashion, especially with so much world jargon and so many great characters. As such.. uh... well this isn't a replacement for playing the game. Play Tales of the Abyss, it's really good.
Side note: this kind of content is definitely not in my wheelhouse. I almost considered not releasing it but it was also a lot of work, so here it is.
Side-side note: a couple plot mcguffins might get picked up in this recap and then dropped without notice. I am aware of this, but the further I got into recapping the story the more I realized some of those mcguffins didn't actually need to go anywhere. I probably should have cut some of them entirely but didn't feel they hurt the pace being in there. And I'm probably the only person that will notice anyway.
Anyway, here's some timecodes.
Act 1
00:00 - Prologue
00:49 - From Home to Homeward Bound
04:44 - Engeve
11:25 - Mercy
18:57 - Choral Castle
23:17 - Much Ado About a Disc
25:11 - Home is Where… Where?
28:10 - Support and Guidance
32:11 - Doppelgänger
37:08 - The Fate of Akzeriuth
42:03 - Through Anothers Eyes
45:16 - Change
Act 2
48:56 - Necromancer
54:50 - The Fate of St. Binah
1:00:12 - War!
1:04:31 - A True Princess
1:10:26 - Trauma
1:13:53 - A True Daughter
1:16:25 - The Core
1:20:40 - Diagnosis
1:26:30 - A Final Battle
Act 3
1:29:33 - New Beginnings and Endings
1:35:03 - Parting Ways
1:39:48 - Men and Monsters
1:43:23 - Lost Homes
1:46:20 - The Gathering Storm
1:49:48 - Impending Sacrifice
1:53:56 - The Will To Die
1:57:12 - Confronting The Truth
2:03:36 - The Finale
2:09:32 - Epilogue
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@TarksGauntlet 2 жыл бұрын

If I ever say I'm going to do one of these again somebody slap me. With this though, I'm done talking about Tales of the Abyss. For now.... There is potential in the far off future for 1 more video about a certain piece of cut content, I just need to research it more and find out if its worth it. I think it's interesting but if there's not much there then this will be the last video. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the vid more than I did working on it haha. 3 more vids to come this month, continuing the sort of "Variety act" that's been going on here lately.

@camilovelez8851 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it must have been really hard for you, and that sadly this video probably wont have that many views (as you yourself said on the video about Luke's development), but thank you so much dude! Awesome video

@TarksGauntlet 2 жыл бұрын

@@camilovelez8851 Yeah, I usually know before I even start a video if it'll perform well or not, but I wanted this resource to be there for those who go looking later. If only I could say working on it was fun haha.

@BurnoutParadise1123 5 ай бұрын

@@TarksGauntletand here I am watching this because I’ve had the 3ds version but never got to beat it and was always curious about the twist this game had. You sir are what they call a Chad for this video and I HATE that word😂

@herbslayer2150 Жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Jade actually replicated Luke again at the end to appease everyone.

@bobbyarthurs4121 8 ай бұрын

Bro I legit thought that shot too.

@Food4Dogs 2 жыл бұрын

OMG - I need to take a holiday to watch this! 😄 Thank you, Tarks. Rather a treat. 😎

@sigma6656 Жыл бұрын

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@iFutsunushi Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, this is probably my favourite Tales of games. I love all the characters development, combats, skits etc. Can't believe that I've completed this game more than 5 times, it's just that good and probably cause I got a crush on Tear when i was a kid lol.

@Sonnance 2 жыл бұрын

You actually managed to recap the story of Abyss in only about two hours… Bravo. So… Side-quest recap, when? I kid, I kid. Take that well-deserved break after such an insane undertaking. And seriously, well done. I know you keep saying you’re not fully satisfied with how it turned out, but honestly, this is good work. Even before accounting for how difficult this game is to summarize.

@wulfyaeger2327 Жыл бұрын

I've struggled for many years on the best Tales game. Vesperia is the one that I enjoy the characters and world of the most, Symphonia was my introduction, and somehow Graces wormed its way into my heart. I do love them all, but Abyss? I don't think there is a better Tales story than Abyss. It's the one that's stuck with me the most. Luke might not be my favorite lead, but he's the best one. In my heart Vesperia is my favorite, but Abyss is the best one.

@CloudTentacles Жыл бұрын

this game brought me into the JRPG world if I'm quite honest. I used to watch my brother play FF games, but nothing brought me by the heart strings like Tales of the Abyss. Thank you for your hard work for this, it legitimately helped relive the good emotions I had with it

@aliciaaz2356 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recap! Interesting note, though--There's a major romantic sidequest between General Cecile and General Frings that takes some doing to complete, so it's easy to miss. If you do complete it though, it dramatically alters Frings' final conversation at the temple.

@brianlmosley 2 жыл бұрын

I love this game so much. Awesome work.

@Fonic_Artes 2 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this after the Luke video.

@Fonic_Artes 2 жыл бұрын

Following up. I finally was able to get through to the end and the ending never fails to put a smile on my face, and tear up a little. Closest I've had the same kind of feeling was the end of Tales of Arise.

@Vereid Жыл бұрын

Abyss is probably my fav game ever at this point, I play it through every couple of years (and have like 10 play throughs already). Though it took me a few runs to understand the story properly. I adore the story, lore and characters. Even played the whole thing on Unknown with most AD skills off with my cousin co op lol. Anyway this is a great video! Great to listen to before bed lol. Definitely earned yourself a new sub. You deserve more views.

@ttbb4646 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this recap! I've played this game years ago and had pretty much forgotten everything in this story minus some key moments, and I hadn't owned the game since then to replay it. You can guess my surprise when I randomly thought about this game again just today, decided to look up to see if someone posted a story summary of this game to refresh my memory, and lo and behold exactly what I needed was posted only a week ago. You did a great job on this!

@zoozplays2472 2 жыл бұрын

Daaaaamn dude, I can’t imagine how much work this must have been. A few minutes in, not sure if I’ll finish the vid anytime soon, but YES to revisiting classic games! Definitely an audience for it 👍🏽🔥

@DigiDawg2 Жыл бұрын

Damn, I remember why I loved this game so much.such a beloved cast of characters. The end brought me to tears again. An awesome job well done. I thank you.

@HybridAngelZero 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I admit, I haven't yet watched the whole video. While I mentioned before that I had been spoiled on Luke's development and origin, there are plenty of elements in the story I still haven't seen yet, so I watched up to the point I'm in on my playthrough as a refresher. This is a great resource!

@johntroutman7256 2 жыл бұрын

love your channel very much

@TheHorus471 4 ай бұрын

The game that made me feel empty at my heart the end. Losing all the friends, losing all the stories, losing all the locations i have lived through to the end. What a magnificent game it was, especially the way the sheltered, and prude Luke's change from snobby brat to a kind hearted man was aspiring. This is my favorite JRPG of all time. I score it much higher than the Final Fantasy series, as it has an actual character progresion and redemption inside. Bravo to the makers and thank you for sharing this lovely game with us.

@jerryhruby Жыл бұрын

This deserves more views

@magickgeminid2944 23 күн бұрын

Love the work thank you so much. I always hated how the party treated Luke. In my opinion Luke doesn't have responsibility for sinking of akzeriuth. Van does. If we want to stretch more, so does jade, ion and even guy. Tear knew how little Luke knew of the world. ToA used to be criticized for its heavy use of jargon, but that may be purposeful as Luke serve as a surrogate for the audience. He's as clueless. Even a cute woodland creature knew the basics of phonic artes well enough to know what "5th phonon to the ceiling" meant when jade commanded. That's how normal this is to everyone except the audience and Luke. That's brilliant story telling but I digress Luke's condition is obviously abnormal. And nobody took him seriously. Imagine not just being amnesiac, but literally not knowing anyone. Having your own personality, but having to be someone else you never knew. He never knew his parents, Natalia, anyone in baticul. He never knew how to walk, talk, what 1+1 is. Literally formless. And everyone expects him to know all of that and more. No wonder he was such an asshole. Nobody took time. Nobody except Van. What did they want to happen when they get frustrated with his lack of everything? Of he's gonna latch on to Van and trust him. ToA is a great experiment on identity, empathy, and responsibility. It's a helluva tales of game

@BloopinDaThird 2 жыл бұрын

TARK……… 🥺😔🙏 Thanks for helping me remember this game.

@sirwolfy9372 Ай бұрын

I like the reference of the miasma on a gnomes mine. I think it is a staple in the games

@piplupcake93 7 ай бұрын

I loved this, I need some to do something like this for tales of graces

@knox7945 Жыл бұрын

Abyss needs a remaster to current gen

@PopcornRecap 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this took a lot of work 😳

@SiliconSlyWolf 15 күн бұрын

This is one game I'll be truly sad if it every completely disappears, and is one reason I believe game preservation must happen. It's only ever been on PS2 and 3DS, not the most accessible things anymore between the game, systems, and play ability comfort. I don't know how well to trust them to remake it anymore either, given things that happened to Symphonia. But I hope it gets another port, especially on PC, and more especially a good port. And with the same voices, don't redo that, it'll ruin the feeling of everything.

@awkwardGardener 6 ай бұрын

I forgot how hard the ending of this game gets to me...

@angrytacos5497 2 жыл бұрын

uploaded right when i need to go to sleep, ah man lmao

@TarksGauntlet 2 жыл бұрын

It's long enough it can maybe help in the sleep department haha.

@tabris95 Жыл бұрын

I know I'm late to this but you definitely earned yourself a Sub for this. Great job

@ciregoku Жыл бұрын

Van is still the best villain in the series and no one can convince me otherwise

@Yurimeitzen 2 жыл бұрын

Might be a good idea to sum up the mangas, the Asch episode shows a lot about his character, that sadly, the game did a really poor job of showing, he's such a good character that you can only get to know a bit through side-quests. Ps: I'm still gonna go through everything so I dunno if you said anything about it. PS2: Did you try tales of destiny remake yet? After playing Abyss I highly recommend it. I was a part of the translating team and it released recently.

@TarksGauntlet 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried the destiny remake yet no. I've played original Destiny on PS1 though and quite enjoyed it, as well as Eternia/"Destiny 2." Would like to get around to more of the fan scene for the series though. As far as this story recap goes though it's strictly for the game. Just a straight run through the plot from point to point with very little fluff. Would love to look more into Asch and Jade especially but that was outside of the scope of what I wanted to try here.

@Yurimeitzen 2 жыл бұрын

@@TarksGauntlet Well pretty sure you're gonna love the remake then, cause they actually made the rest of the party members playable and have a place in the party, while on the Ps1 version you could only go on with 4 and you had no reason to not play with the Swordian Masters. Yup I guessed it, it's just like the game does a poor job of showing Asch's character in general, and since you focused a lot on Luke in the last video, which I agree, I think I've never seen a main character grow so much in a game, it's kinda sad that Asch doesn't have that much attention D:.

@TarksGauntlet 2 жыл бұрын

Part of me would almost like to look at Jade in a video even more than Luke cause -and I'm sure you'll agree with me- Luke is kind of talked about enough. Asch has an interesting story too but like you said, a lot of it isn't really in the game itself or is only vaguely hinted at. He's honestly one of the biggest victims in the story. That said, I don't think I'll be touching anything else abyss related for a long while. Looking at this story recap was driving me crazy and it took all my will to just get it done and out haha. If I ever do make another vid though the plan right now is on a character that was entirely cut from the game.

@Yurimeitzen 2 жыл бұрын

@@TarksGauntlet Hahahaha I can imagine the work editing AND recording the whole 2 hours thing. Hopefully I think after they finish re-releasing the anime on youtube and with the recent rumors about remakes, they eventually do an Abyss remake and your video will get a lot of views since there's not a lot content about it :D. Jade has a lot of stuff for his character specially on skits, I don't remember the manga showing more than what we already knew about him, but yeah aside from the main party even though the side characters were awesome I still wanted to see more about Arietta (she should be our party member instead of Anise :V) and Legretta. Either way enjoy the break :>.