*Edit: To clarify the name change - I had wanted to change my name since I was 10. Xillia didn't prompt the change, it just inspired what the change would be.* Big thanks to the devs of Warlords Awakening for reaching out and sponsoring this video, I've been having a lot of fun with it so far. Keep an eye out for a full gameplay and review video coming soon, and check out this link to learn more about the game: goo.gl/kYnuSc

My top 5 would be: 5. Tales of Xillia 4.Tales of Symphonia 3.Tales of Vesperia 2.Tales of the Abyss 1.Tales of Berseria

"I Immediately bought Pokemon XD.... then returned it the next day and swapped it for Tales of Symphonia". I died! 😂😂😂

I was gonna say that it's nice to have someone else that lives Xillia as much as I do... But I havent legally changed my name to Gaius Maxwell. You win this round.

1. Symphonia - The Greatest Dungeons 2. Abyss - The Greatest Plottwist 3. Vesperia - The Greatest Adventure 4. Xillia - The Greatest Character Developement 5. Berseria - Greatest Battle System 6.Tales of Zesteria - The Greatest OST What made Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia so great and epic was that fact that the developers included the field map for traveling. With the field map the story felt more like an adventure being able to explore and discover the world around u almost felt open world. It made the world feel massive. That’s why those three will always be the top 3 for me. In the order that they came out. I hope the bring the field map back in a future title maybe after Arise. But prolly unlikely tho.

I've known this man since our days at primary school together, and I'm STILL getting used to his new name. A very interesting list though. Apparently I need to go and fill in the blanks in my collection with Eternia and Abyss

The most surprising thing I learned here are the tattoos and name changing, wow. #dedicated

I've been working my way through Zestiria as my second Tales game after Berseria, and I feel like the knowledge I have from Berseria really improves Zesteria, because of things like characters that were around before. Like Eizen and Edna's relationship and how Edna fits what you hear about her from Eizen. Or Maotelus' whole story. I don't think it would be a particularly good story without Berseria's story backing it up

I´m playing tales of berseria now as my first "tales of" game and second jrpg at all. I´m loving it. I watched some gameplay of other tales of games like vesperia, but I liked Berseria the most because its story seems darker and I like that a lot.

God the ending music,so nostalgic. I remember playing my first tales game at 9 years old....been hooked since,literally been collecting all the tales games I can at this point. One of my all time favourite series tbh,Symphonia still to this day remains my all time favourite tales games by far.

I gotta say a solid list but mine would look more like: #1- Tales of the Abyss (Vesperia and Abyss kinda flip flop for me but I'm comfortable with Abyss being #1) #2- Tales of Vesperia #3- Tales of Symphonia #4- Tales of Berseria #5- Tales of Xillia (Graces F and Phantasia were big contenders for this spot but in the end it had to be Xillia) Looking forward to see what Tales of Arise has in store, and to anyone reading this have a great day or night.

Yay for number 1! Xillia was my first game in the series and its still my favourite, only now it has to share the spot with Berseria. The gameplay was responsive, the story was awesome, I loved all the major characters, especially Jude and Alvin, and I love it to bits even without any rose tinted glasses on

Guess I have no excuse to not change my name to Arthur Vergil Morgan now

5) Tales of Graces F 4) Tales of Symphonia 3) Tales of The Abyss 2) Tales of Berseria 1) Tales of Vesperia Tales of Symphonia used to be in my top 3, but it got bumped down once I played Berseria and I couldn't move abyss out of my top 3 because it is one of the few tales games I played to completion. Tales of vesperia takes the top spot because of its characters, overall look, and the fact that it is the very game that got me into the tales series in the first place. I walked into my local gamestop on 2008 looking for a time killer and saw it sitting on the used rack. The cover art and name caught my attention, so I bought it and took it home. I was automatically hooked once the intro started playing. It felt as though I was not only watching, but playing an anime. Lastly, It also had a protagonist that was an adult and who was extremely down to earth.

Interesting list. I also have a big soft spot for Zestiria. It would be my #3 spot personally. I’m one of the very few who actually loved the combat mechanics. #2 is abyss because that was my first tales game. Then My favorite is Berseria. Love the characters, story, world, and the gameplay. I might give Xillia a chance btw. I own it, but didn’t get the chance to play it yet.

I haven't played 5 Tales games (yet) but I'm one of the few that loved Zestiria, even without Edna. Loved your list.

1. Tales of Vesperia 2. Tales of Xillia 3. Tales of Berseria 4. Tales of The Abyss 5. Tales of Symphonia

For me, Phantasia, Symphonia, Eternia, and Vesperia left the biggest impact on me. They're each kind of the representative outings of their respective generations. Of the newer ones I think I liked Berseria the most but none have blown me away in a while.

1. Tales of Symphonia: it's not the best, aged somewhat, and might be seen as "generic" or "vanilla" choice but this game has a special place in my heart as the game that truly got me into the world of JRPGs, even more than playing the FF games. What it does I think better than most of the Tales games is having wonderful world building, a great ensemble of characters, and felt the most "adventurous" of all the Tales games. 2. Tales of the Abyss: two words - Character Development. Arguably the best story and character dev. of any Tales game. Combat is kinda meh in my opinion though (kinda just ToS 2.0). The world building could use a bit of work but the story is just THAT good that it carries it to number 2. 3. Tales of Vesperia: not the best in story, but the main lead and his group steal the show. Great ensemble and good twists along the way. There was just some fun with the combat and a decent world to explore. I also liked the themes and motivations of the many factions in the game. The definitive edition may make this even better. 4. Tales of Berseria: the best of the modern Tales. It fixed Zesteria's combat, it brought another good ensemble. Dark themes and story with a very interesting main protagonist who is both a villain and yet sympathetic. It wasn't even weighed down too much from the ties to Zesteria. A must play for the modern day. 5. Tales of Graces: personally I don't mind that most of the characters are mostly archetypes, that may be a turn off for some. Story is kinda okay to serviceable. However, it has some of the best skits in all of Tales, the funnies. There's not much in terms of development (Cheria's growth ends halfway), but the game is here for one reason: GAMEPLAY. It has one of it not the BEST combat in all of Tales. There is also a decent after story which makes the game longer and adds some needed closure.

For me: 5. Abyss- I love the characters and the thought of enhancing the Sorcerer's Ring. But it has many dungeons that I just don't like to go through, like the Gates. 4. Eternia- The visuals were stunning, and the jump from spells being all freeze-time changing to full dynamic was a huge blessing the new Hardware could provide. Downside was Controls could feel a bit clunky at times. 3. Symphonia- Frankly I think the game is almost perfect. Only two dungeons in it I don't like going through. Ymir forest and...that valley with the wind flowers. Not because they are difficult, but because they are slow and tedious to get through. 2. Berseria- The cast sealed it for me. And the fact that Velvet was completely unrelenting in what she would do to meet her goal for revenge was a nice change from what I'm used to. (Compared to Kratos, who had the same goal and motivation. But he was completely one note until the 2018 game, so he got boring. Where Velvet actually progressed through her story) 1. Vesperia- Literally the only game where I find all the characters fun to play as, even if I'm a sucky Judith. I like how it compares "proper" justice with the "vigilante" justice and shows that both sides can be needed because of fallacies in how they are performed. It's a shame that is COMPLETELY dropped once the Adaphagos shows up...

Tales of Xillia and Symphonia are definitely deserving of being the two top Tales titles. They both managed to spin a seemingly straightforward hero's quest into an emotional rollercoaster filled with heavy themes (eg: genocide, racism, murder) and plot twists without depressing the player too much (which is more than I can say for Xillia 2 which left me a sobbing mess for weeks).

Abyss, Symphonia, Vesperia, Destiny, and Phantasia for me.

I'm surprised Xillia doesn't get more shine. It was an all around amazing game with a great cast, story and setting. My only real gripes were the map taking up so much screen real estate and soem of the landscapes being rather bland. Now to sign my death wish with tales fans, I actually loved Symphonia DOTNW from it's insight to its humor to it's love hate relationships of characters and villains to its plot twists to its monster raising. It's a very misunderstood game.

My current Top 5 Tales of are: Abyss Berseria Zestiria Symphonia(1 and 2), Xillia(1 and 2) Graces

I've been playing zestiria lately and I LOVE THIS GAME. Second favorite Tales cast for me, with my absolute favorite cast being the Symphonia cast.

I just got Tales of Berseria, and i'm loving it

Now I must thank my friend for introducing me to tales of series, because I fell in love with it after I played Xillia. She gave it to me because she had an extra one, but because I could not forget about how characters in there captivated my heart, I had to buy 2nd one and buy other ones to explore what tales of series is like. Because I heard that Vesperia and Symphonia were such masterpieces, I was wondering if Xillia wasn't as good among the series but hearing that you placed it first makes me reassured to have Xillia as my first tales of series game. Can't wait to try out more!

MY FAVORITE IS "TALES OF BERSERIA"

Not too bad. I can see a few eyebrows being raised but probably not much more than my own take on it. 5) Tales of Phantasia (SNES fan translation) 4) Tales of Berseria 3) Tales of Symphonia 2) Tales of Legendia (Fight me... okay don't really but I really enjoyed the game) 1) Tales of Vesperia

It's so nice to see X1 positivity♥ I just finished replaying it and I love it so much, the world, the lore, the story, and of course the characters (Gaius and the Chimeriad especially). It is such a great game. My personal list would probably be 1. Xillia 2. Abyss 3. Symphonia 4. Berseria 5. Rebirth or Eternia

Off topic but what music is playing at 0:12, that remix sounds familiar but I can't remember the artist.

To me, tales of bersaria is my favorite simply because I think it has the best storyline out of any tales game by far

Just Edna with the blush thingy and telling someone to get out of her face makes it feel like she's a Tsundere.

My Top 5 Tales game: 1) Tales of Berseria (The characters are really engaging. The story is darker which is really great because it does not rely on the good defeats bad cliche plot.) 2) Tales of Zestiria (I don't know with others, but this game is unique and fun. Though the graphics are not totally drop dead gorgeous, the gameplay is dope and the story is good enough to satisfy every scenario that unfolds. 3) Tales of Xillia (This game is great. The storyline too is good. Love the characters as well.) 4) Tales of Vesperia 5) Tales of the Abbys (i love the game because of Jade and Sophie. The battle system is also nice.)

It's rarely on people's list but damn do i have a soft spot for Graces f, The adorable prologue where you get to know them as kids first then see how everything affects them. Vesperia def on Switch is my no 1. But graces has by far the best opening video (White Wishes is just too damn catchy)

*Thank you so much for putting Magilou in the thumbnail.*

Not seeing much love for Tales of Destiny. It's one of my favorites and got me into the series. I loved the Swordians and the ability to equip the discs to them.

i'm waiting, hopeing, praying, wishing, dreaming of Tales of Magilou.

This is a great list. I really hope we get some of these for the Switch, since they should run just fine on it and I'd love to get into the rest of the Tales series.

Xillia is one of my faves as well (Because of Gaius AND Alvin) and I'm glad you showed some love to Zesty and Edna. Sometimes I feel like the only one who loves all the games in the series.

5) Tales of Zestiria (I have to agree with you - Good developed characters are fundamental for a well made jrpg and Edna is just gold. That's not all though. While the story was carried out kinda.. unfortunate, the soundtrack is still one the best I've ever heard. Especially the ones from the four elemental dungeons. Awesome~) 4) Tales of Vesperia (I thought about 'Tales of Graces f' for this spot as well regarding the "old man" - bonus. In the end the award goes to Raven from Vesperia. Such a charasmatic, semi-old guy but to be honest I was rather fond of almost the whole cast of the game, heh.) 3) Tales of the Abyss (Such an intriguing and agitating story! Oh, the tears I shed after the fight between Anise and Arietta... Plus, I often find myself disliking the main character of a jrpg for some reason but interesting enough I cared for Luke, hmm...) 2) Tales of Symphonia (Sweet childhood memories~ and the first Tales of - Game I've ever played so I'm aware I may look at this game though a big pair of nostalgia glasses.. but still! The twists and turns the story takes... being able to influence your party roster (and consequently the archenemy you face) by the actions you take throughout the game... it was brilliant! No other game of the series had such a huge replay value.) 1) Tales of Berseria (Personal opinion differs and I was surprised myself that Berseria was able to dethrone Symphonia in a blink of an eye. But Berseria nails storytelling and oh, these wonderful characters, I really love ALL of them, especially Magilou

Xillia is definitely my favorite of the franchise, it actually changed my opinion of the series as a whole.

Favorite for me was hands down gracesf once I figured out how the cc worked and dualizing the game became real fun fast and the combos you could pull off are insane

Hey Jay, thanks so much for your awesome videos. I love RPGs and JRPGs and always go to you for sound advice. In this sense, have you checked out Vesperia on Switch, have the grudges you had changed now. Is it now number 3 for you or would you keep the video as it is now? Thanks and cheers!

Xillia is also my favorite, or at times it is. Berseria to me hit such a personal note, that it rose instantly to my number 1/2 status. Xillia 1 though is definitely an under-rated masterpiece, one that I feel like replaying almost every year. As for the list itself, for me it'd be 1-2. Xillia 1/Berseria 3. Abyss 4. Vesperia 5. Symphonia/Xillia 2

I didn't think people hated Zesteria so much. I loved it.

1) Tales of phantasia 2) Tales of the abyss 3) Tales of eternia 4) Tales of symphonia 5) Tales of destiny ps1

My list is somewhat similar to yours: 5. Hearts R 4. Zestiria (also because of Edna) 3. Vesperia (although I played on PS4) 2. Xillia (because of everybody) 1. Abyss (because of FoFs, Jade, Tear, and Ion)

Xillia is REALLY good. I dunno why people hate it so much. I need to replay it at some point. Or bring it to Switch!

Tales of the abyss will be my 1st favorite, then tales of graces f, and tales of vesperia, and looking forward for tales of arise. Just my personal list. 😉

Man Finally I found someone that Loves Tales Of Xillia as much as I do. I totally agree on this game being number one on the list. Totally love it.

How did you play Xillia 1??? I just bought it in an interchange shop, but didn't notice it's a jappanesse version

Tales of the abyss is my favorite good.story, game play, side quest we're tricky though love the characters, also really liked tales of grace, then long time favorite was tales of legendia how I got in to this series of games.

Xillia is actually the first I've played and i love the characters so much so it's definitely my favourite, I'm surprised people don't talk about it more.. (since it even got a sequel of sorts)

I'm glad you liked Tales Of Zestiria. I thought it was a good game but it wasn't exactly flawless.

So far Tales of Berseria is my favorite. Out of the many tales games I have played this one here touches off on elements that are not for the feint of heart. Each character has a purpose, and the story doesn’t feel as if they’re being pulled in a direction by force to advance it. The characters seems to be making the decisions of their own accord. They’re a band of misfits which given their background explained throughout the game shows how they came to be. They game excels on several points, story play, battle, character relations, etc. Though out of all the tales games very few protagonists are actually respectable. Velvet is one of them. The game does well to flesh out each and every character. Though her you see and feel her regret, her sorrow, her hatred, in short her own inabilities. Still she manages to keep it together most of the time and is rational most of the time. This game does well to feel a mixture of emotions including hatred for Artorius who causes such strife upon her. This game touches off on dark elements, but it is not poorly done, it’s progressed and explained very well. Each of the characters seem more like part of a family which makes them very relatable and lovable. I will stop the explanation here since it can take a while. In short this game does well to connect to the viewers, and really draws them into the story and the conflicts at hand, especially the protagonist, Velvet.

Destiny Director's Cut, Xillia 2, Hearts R, Berseria, and Graces are my favorites

Tales eternia has such a great storyline and gameplay.

This is an interesting list. I haven't played enough Tales games to make a list but I will say that Symphonia and Vesperia are my favorites.

Thanks for the video. I'm just getting into this series. Where would you put Tales of Arise?

The Tales franchise is probably my favorite game series ^^ I've only played three of the Tales games though so my list is very biased xD 1) Vesperia 2) Zestiria 3) Berseria 4) Xillia 5) Abyss Unpopular opinion, but I honestly really loved Tales of Zestiria. I was attracted to all the characters, and I loved the mini skits that happened in the game. To me, Tales of Zestiria was an amazing game and I still am emotionally attached to it. Sormik is my absolute life omg

Ok so for me: 1. Abyss 2. Vesperia 3. Xillia 4. Graces f 5. Phantasia

I’m glad you put my 2 top concerns about zestiria up while making the point Edna is awesome. I do really wish I could go back after rage quitting but the 2 times I tried the camera just gave me headaches. Also I was stuck at that water temple so not exactly a good place to try to start again

5. Berseria thanks to the main character. 4. Xillia 1 also thanks th Gaius and the Jude/Mila combo. 3. Symphonia as the game that got me into the Tales series and caused to go back and beat all the older one that were translated and sold State side. 2. Abyss for its story and battle system. Loved that the artes changed if you standing in the elemental circles. 1. Hands down for me is Vesperia. Story was great and the responsive battle system with hitting the trigger depending on the color of the symbol on the enemy made it feel more real time than any other Tales game to me. Excellent video about an excellent game series overall!

Ugh... This gets rougher the more you play them. My retro tales game pick would be Phantasia. I find it to be underrated honestly. The characters have great interactions and Arche makes that game. 1. Vesperia 2. Xillia 3. Abyss 4. Phantasia 5. Symphonia or Graces (probably going to let Symphonia have it) This is subjective though. I'd likely change it depending on what day I'm having

I have seven tales games but didn't start playing symphonia yet. And I am waiting for Vesperia to release so here is my list. 5. Tales of zestiria 4.Tales of xillia 3. Tales of xillia 2 2. Tales of graces f 1. Tales of the Abyss

Was the water dungeon really that bad? I'm confused because it was as easy as the Earth trial for me. The floors in that dungeons have markings that indicate whether you are in the eye' scope or not.

Same here, i finished school and start to work when i buy symphonia for the gamecube. Ut was so good from beginning, i waitet to play it until i had 2 weeks holiday. This was amazing 2 weeks of gaming. Amazing holidays :)

Maybe I'm too "old school" but I think the Tales of Series peaked at Vesperia. Nothing has topped that yet in my opinion. Anyways my list goes... Abyss Vesperia Symphonia Graces Xillia

I just finished Berseria, and it was so god dam good it makes me sad not to see it on this list

the great feeling of getting bonked by ASCENDING ANGEL will forever be in my heart

Vesperia is really cheap on the switch right now so I'm debating on getting it , I've only played berseria and zesteria before this. Is it good? I see it on people's lists but im not sure as of yet aha

My favourite was "tales of the world radiant mythology" on the psp. I really miss playing it, but my psp broke.

1. Tales of Vesperia; the only one I 100% completed, and I love the crew you get this time around, they end up feeling like a family of sorts, and doing combos in this game is so much fun. 2. Tales of Symphonia; never get tired of playing through this game, it's definitely a classic. Also Pancake Time. 3. Tales of the Abyss; the lore IS great, and I like the combat. I like the characters, even Luke lol, I can identify with his struggle to be a better person and establish his identity, and find his own meaning to live. 4. Tales of Eternia; I'm playing through it for the first time right now, completely blind. Even so, I'm already placing it in this spot, for now... I'm really liking it so far though! 5. Tales of Phantasia; (fan translation ROM) Symphonia was my first Tales game, this was my second, and I loved it. It feels like what I would expect a SNES Tales game would feel like, and the story is just as overly dramatic as a Tales game can be, while also being quite silly as well. You can see the beginnings of greatness in this game.

Tales of Xillia is my most favorite Tales of game too, though I may be more bias about it considering it's the first tales game I played that got me loving the franchise

im excited to get into this series. just finished persona 5, then dragon quest 11. each 100hr games. so was looking for somthing to scratch that itch... knowing nothing about the series i went out and bought Tales of Berseria. is that one any good?

Very good Top 5. I still want to play the Tales of Destiny Remake on Ps2 and Tales of Eternia. I've only played 5 so I've got my work cut out for me. 5. Tales of Phantasia (Snes fan translation repro cart) 4. Vesperia 3. Xillia (favorite combat system) 2. Abyss 1. Symphonia (need to replay this one to see if my adolescent love still stands, I played Abyss only 2 yrs ago and it's a strong contender for #1, best story in any rpg so far for me)

Hah, we share the same number one spot! I also think Xillia is heavily underrated and often bashed for whatever reason. My pick is: 5. Destiny (PS2, yes I used a translation guide) 4. Graces f 3. Vesperia 2. Abyss 1. Xillia (I count both though)

I feel that one game that no one really talks about is Tales of Legendia. Definitely one of my all time favorite games along with Tales of the Abyss. The gameplay, map and animation is so different from any of the other tales games I’ve played. DEFINITELY NOT HYPED ENOUGH

Tales of Xillia was my first Tales of game and I loved it! Wish I could play it on the PS4 😭

Zestiria is one of the top best along with symphonia for me, if you just look at things when it comes to gameplay mechanics alone and not story wise then you miss out a lot.

That's it! I'm ordering Tales of Symphonia right now It has been too long. 2003 Here I come! Also, we're the same age apparently. XD

Berseria has the most unique story and that alone puts it at #1 for me. Not many JRPGs have you playing as an anti-hero/villain.

Interesting. Definitely a couple of unexpected entries there. Mine will prob be a little more typical: 5. Tales of Phantasia 4. Tales of Berseria 3. Tales of the Abyss 2. Tales of Vesperia (Side note: Playing definitive ed. now is only solidifying it's place) 1.Tales of Symphonia

I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the Tales of series. I like most Tales games I have played but none of them I particularly love (except for my top pick). So with that disclaimer out of the way here is my top 5: 5. Xillia 4. Abyss 3. Symphonia 2. Vesperia 1. Graces f

100% agree with the DBZ analogy. The show is not bad at all, but Vegeta's character development is easily the highlight of the entire series, from DBZ to DBS. Without him, it would be worse. The only other character that could've held that role WAS Gohan, until they neutered him in the DBS. But noooooo, it's all about Goku. Onto Tales, Vesperia is my favorite hands down, with Symphonia at the number 2, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Xillia. I heard some bad things about it, but bought it and had a good time with it. Still haven't played Xillia 2. Skipped Zesteria and Berseria though.

No one: Narrator: “I legally changed my name…” Me: 😳

Best girl is a hard choice for me. It is between Milla, Edna and Magilou. I fucking loved magilou character and the english va performance, but Milla relationship with Jude and her transformation throughout Xillia 1 is out of this world. Btw Xillia 1 is the best on my list.

My top 5 tales games are 5. Tales of zesteria 4. Tales of Berseria 3.tales of Xillia 2. Tales of graces F 1. Tales of symphonia which is the game that got me into JRPGs as a whole

Ednas the reason I started the game

My personal Top 5 Tales games (and Tales is actually my favorite video game series!) 5. Eternia - My favorite 2D Tales, the combat was super fun, the world to explore was massive, music was really good, and I like how Reid changed as a character, his development wasn't as good as some of the other characters, but he definitely did change for the better as a character. I also like how they kept the main cast small, so it gave more time to characterize Reid, Farah, Meredy, and Keele. 4. Symphonia - I'll started with the cliche statement of the fact that this was my first Tales, it's not as good as some of the other Tales games, but wow, Symphonia's world builds off of what made Eternia's world great, making it bigger, better, and more beautiful to explore and see, the combat (as long as you are playing the GameCube version), while not as fun as some later games, is still pretty fun and smooth. The cast is great too, while some characters can feel like cheesy early 2000's shounen cliche's, it's one of the things that made the characters fun, not to mention the soundtrack is once again, amazing, and the story is well written. And I'll be honest, I didn't think Dawn of the New World was that bad, I actually kind of liked it 3. Xillia - This was the first Tales that I beat, and I truly think that this is the game that changed me as a gamer and made me the gamer I am today... I love this game, the story is great, the battle system is my second favorite in the series, I love the cast, especially Milla, Alvin, and Jude, and I like how they keep Elize's backstory dark without it being too over the top or cliche, they kept it realistic. Soundtrack, great once again (Motoi Sakuraba is a god at composing, there's only a couple OST's from him I didn't particularly enjoy), and I honestly thought Xillia 2 was great as well! I still like the first one more, X2 had a way better battle system and playing as Gaius and Ludger is super fun. -And Milla is my Tales Waifu- 2. Vesperia - my favorite battle system in the series, so damn good! Felt smooth, precise, and fun, while the story wasn't the most original, the perspective it was told from is different, and great too, I absolutely loved how Yuri was different from a typical shounen protagonist, instead seeing the world in good, hopeful view, he saw it as a bad place, and was an outcast to society in ways, and seeing a story from a "criminals" prospective was pretty eye opening, I wish more games would do this. The graphics are incredibly beautiful, and still hold up well to this day, soundtrack is still amazing, and the cast in general is wonderful (especially Yuri, Raven, and Rita). Also, can't wait for the Definitive Edition to come out later this year! 1. Abyss - The character development in this game, it's amazing, the way Luke grows and matures is amazing and really shows throughout the game, the rest of the cast is very good as well, especially Jade, Tear, and Guy, and between this games OST and Vesperia's OST, those are my two favorites in the series. Story is also very well written, the villains were great too (although I like the villains in every game on this list), and the way Asch changes by the end of the game is great, overall, Abyss is my favorite Tales game of all time and possibly even my favorite game period. Graces F is an honorable mention Of course all may be subject to change, but for now, this is my list of favorite Tales games (who knows, maybe Vesperia will dethrone Abyss as my favorite when the Definitive Edition comes out)

My List- 5. Tales of the world radiant mythology, I just love making a character and interacting with other tales of heroe 4. Tales of legendia, I enjoyed it, I liked Senel and he remains my second favorite tales of hero 3. Tales of symphonia/vesperia these two are tied for me, Both are just great namesakes for the series 2. Xillia, I loved the game, and Jude was such a fun character to play as, his snap pivot was just fun and looked cool, not to mention I love the Jude/milla ship, Yuri lowell from vesperia is the only character I liked more than Jude 1. Abyss, This was the tales game that really hooked me to the series, as well as the first one I ever beat by myself, I have such nostalgia for the game, and will always be a fan of it, it was my first true solo tales of experience, as My first couple symphonia runs were multiplayer.

I hated Zesteria to a unreasonable level. Tales of the Abyss was my absolute favorite of all time

These are the titles I love mostly due to nostalgia. 1. Tales Of The Abyss(Remaster needed), 2.Tales of Symphonia, 3.Tales Of Vesperia, 4.Tales Of Legendia(needs a remake), 5.Tales Of Eternia (PSP re release made me play this a ton). Shout out to Phantasia because we need a remake to!

1. It is a tie for Tales of berseria and Tales of zestiria. The characters and storyline are just home for me. And Mikleo is my all time fav but I love all the characters of all of my tales games

I was skeptical when you said Tales was your favorite JRPG series. I played Tales of Arise and enjoyed it quite a bit but then I played Tales of Vesperia… I get it now. Thanks for introducing me to one of my new favorite game franchises.

Destiny DC , Abyss , Eternia , Symphonia and Phantasia Honestly , they're all great

I know this is old but my top 5 will be: 5.Tales of Zestria 4.Tales of Xilia 3.Tales of graces F 2.Tales of Bersria 1.Tales of the Abyss

Food for thought for me, never played a tales game until last night when I bought Berseria from the PS store for £6.50. Pretty shocked, didn't know what to expect, but loving it so far.

Out of the 6 Tales games I've completed, my top 2 would be Vesperia and Berseria. Vesperia was my first Tales game and I just downright fell in love and became addicted to the point where it has become and remained my overall favorite game. And I'm honestly so excited for Definitive Edition (especially since I never thought I'd get the chance to play the Japanese PS3 version) that I'll be buying it both for the Xbox One and PS4 where I plan to earn all achievements (again) and trophies. Though since you mentioned it, I do agree that the battle system is slower compared to more recent titles. The other 4 I've completed are Zesteria, Xilia 1 and 2, and Graces f. Graces f is the only Tales game I haven't really liked so far so spots 3-5 on my list would just be a toss up between the other 3. Some sad news, I remember playing Symphonia long ago (back in 2010) because I was borrowing it from my girlfriend at the time and I got to the start of the 2nd disk and for some reason just never actually played disk 2. I had also borrowed Abyss from said former girlfriend but I barely ended up playing that one since we broke up not long after. And because it was so long ago I dont really remember anything about them. Hopefully one day I can get my hands on them and take the time to appreciate them properly. I dont expect either to surpass Vesperia as my favorite though. Lol