There’s a ton of depth in each party member’s unique movesets for those who like to experiment – Velvet is head-on melee, Eizen is a brawler and Magilou a spellcaster – but newbies can easily fight their way through battles like a flashy old-school beat ‘em up with the difficulty on lower settings. When it’s time to fight, the franchise’s staple Linear Motion Battle System (LMBS) makes a return to provide fast and frantic real-time combat systems with an emphasis on maintaining combos using your preferred character’s Artes for maximum damage. There’s also a number of mini-games scattered throughout the game to spice up the formula with fun distractions, which often unlock additional costumes to dress up your party members in.Įnemies are encountered out in the field while exploring or during pivotal moments in the storyline, and if contact is made, the game transitions into a special battle zone where players engage enemies in combat using physical attacks and magical spells called Artes. Players can talk to NPCs for additional lore or tasks, collect items in the field for crafting and currency, and explore secondary areas and dungeons for additional loot, side-quests and secrets. The core gameplay of Tales of Berseria involves navigating the world of Midgand in third-person perspective, following a linear path through towns, cities, fields and dungeons towards Velvet’s main objective of extracting sweet vengeance. Eleanor and Laphicet round out the crew as moral foils, exposing the human side still left within the broken rag-tag group, keeping players from being against or repulsed by the hate-filled protagonists. Meanwhile, devious witch-woman Magilou stirs up trouble with crazy theatrics and numerous puns, adding some much needed black comedy to an otherwise grim scenario. Daemon samurai Rokurou owes a debt to Velvet and wants to settle old scores of his own, gruff pirate Eizen ‘the Reaper’ searches for his missing Captain and beats down anyone who gets in his way, both proving to be capable killers on the same page as the one-track Velvet. Velvet’s personal journey to kill the man who murdered her younger brother is an addictive driving force behind the 60+ hour main story, keeping things constantly on the move and exciting, but the likeable rogues who tag along nearly steal the show with their own personal motivations. Imprisoned for three years and having turned into a daemon herself, Velvet sets out on a daunting journey to avenge her kin, gathering a band of pirates, slaves, witches and other daemons to aid her in her murderous quest.Īs a massive fan of the series, I’ve been a little burned out by the bright-eyed, plucky hero casts of the last few Tales games, but Berseria ’ s group of anti-heroes and the considerably darker plot is a real return to form. However, seven years later Velvet witnesses her brother brutally killed by a man both of them trusted with their lives, losing all purpose. When her small peaceful village is attacked by otherworldly daemons (pronounced demons) in a calamity referred to as the Opening, Velvet is forced to grow up fast to take care of her sickly younger brother.
Tales of Berseria puts players primarily in the role of Velvet Crowe, a young woman emotionally and physically consumed with bloodlust and a literal hunger for vengeance. It’s a bold claim to make given the long-running JRPG franchise by Bandai Namco has arguably seen a steady decline in narrative quality for some time, but even released among a sea of high-profile Japanese video game releases, Berseria stands out for its captivating tale of vengeance, frantic real-time combat and fantastic cast of characters who aren’t your everyday heroes. Tales of Berseria is the best Tales game since 2008’s Tales of Vesperia.
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