To increase your soul capacity you need to inflict status ailments or kill enemies, although after each battle the soul count goes back to three. I say weakest because despite it being easy to use there is no depth to it, and this is despite the fact that the combat has multiple layers.Ĭombat in Tales of Berseria is built around the soul gauge (SG) system where you need to need to press any one of the face buttons on the controller to perform an array of combo attacks, although the length of your combo is determined by the amount of souls your character holds. Now, let’s move onto the four-person combat, which is arguably the weakest aspect of the game. It isn’t very often I find myself getting attached to multiple characters, but I just felt attached to each character in the game as their emotions felt real and not some contrivance created to add tension to a scene. Finally, Artorius, a man who saved the world, but is burdened with despair.Īs you can tell from those short descriptions, Tales of Berseria has a cast of complicated characters that players get to see them struggle, fall and grow throughout the game. Eleanor, an exorcist praetor who abandoned the order to follow Velvet in search for the truth. Eizen, a pirate malak, who lives by a pirate creed, and suffers from the Reaper’s curse, which plagues him and everyone around him with bad luck. Malak Laphicet, a malak that Velvet saved, and showed him the world and all of its wonders. Rokurou, a Daemon swordsman who lives and dies by his blades. Magilou, a self-styled witch who hides her face behind a wall of jokes and mischief. ![]() In terms of characters, we have Velvet, a Therion who is out for revenge but also constantly fighting her emotions. Each character is well fleshed out with their flaws, strengths and well humanity all explored. Now, while the story is strong, what about the characters? Honestly, Tales of Berseria has some of the best characters I’ve encountered in a video game. Tales of Berseria offers a story that leaves you asking what it means to be human, and when you lose someone you love, do you lash out against the world letting your emotions run wild, or do you stand back and look at the reason for the action. The story also explores the suppression of a race of spirits called Malakim, and the attempt to find and save Therions like Velvet. To stop Artorius’ plan Velvet needs to defeat Innominat, the fifth Empyrean, but fighting Innominat isn’t without risk as the challenges hurt Velvet on both a physical and emotional level. However, as the story progresses the goal of vengeance changes as Velvet and her crew discover that the very nature of what it means to be human is under attack, as Artorius wishes to eliminate emotion and create a world where only reason exists. Velvet works with pirates, daemons, Malakim, exorcists and witches to reach her goal of killing the now crowned Sheppard Artorius. With Velvet now a Therion and her quiet life destroyed, Velvet vows she will kill Artorius, the man the world now hails as a saviour. The sacrifice also sees Velvet change with the Empyrean turning her into a Therion and brandishing her with a daemon arm that consumes all living creatures. Tales of Berseria is also a prequel to the last Tales of game, Tales of Zestiria.ĭiving straight into the story, the main character Velvet lived a quiet life with her sick brother Laphicet, but one scarlet night her quiet life was destroyed, as Artorius, Velvet’s brother-in-law, sacrifices Laphicet to the four Empyreans (gods) in order to save the world from daemons and the daemonblight that creates them. ![]() ![]() Tales of Berseria is the latest entry in Bandai Namco Entertainment’s popular Tales of series, and well, Tales of Berseria is one of the strongest games in series to date, as the game offers the darkest story I have seen in a Tales of game, with the game focusing on revenge, and pitting emotion against reason.
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