Thankfully, the twist in tone that Berseria provides is supplemented by great characters, a helping of great and silly dialogue, awesome animated cutscenes, and worthy payoff. Because each character is given the necessary time to grow and warm up to the player, you want to spend time with them and help them reach their goals. If an RPG lacks an engaging story and a middling cast of characters, it’s hard to invest and relate to over the course of dozens of hours.
Her group of companions may not seem to have reason for redemption in the game’s world but as their backstories become known, they paint a fascinating and sometimes bleak picture of the world. Though she starts out as a fascinating archetype, Velvet’s thirst for blood doesn’t deepen and develop until late in the game. From the daemon Rokurou, the Exorcist Eleanor, the pirate Eizen, and witch Magilou, there’s a wide variety of characters players will meet and fight alongside during the course of Berseria’s 40-hour journey. It’s refreshing but also engaging because there are few JRPGs willing to toy with the formula of “saving the world.” On her path of revenge, Velvet is looking to upset the status quo as her target is the leader of the Exorcists, an order that is worshipped by the people for bringing peace to the world by killing daemons.Īlong the way, Velvet adds several interesting characters to her party that also don’t come off as typical heroes at first. There’s something distinct and enjoyable about having Velvet introduced as a plucky character that would likely be benched in most RPGs to an apathetic killer hell-bent on revenge.īerseria’s story starts with a severe tone that isn’t afraid to paint a bleak picture of its main character and of the world.
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Players follow Velvet Crowe, an anti-heroine and the first female lead the series has seen. Rather than implementing a group of heroes with an iron will to defeat evil, we’re given a ragtag group of whose motivations are not sunshine and rainbows, let alone rescuing a world from the brink. What’s immediately attractive about Tales of Berseria is its darker tone. While it shares the same world with Zesteria, Berseria forges its own path and, despite a few flaws, places the series on a course not destined for stagnation. Tales of Berseria is the newest entry of the Tales series and hopes to address the issues found in its predecessor. It’s been a hard hill to climb but recent entries like Tales of Xillia and Tales of Zestiria have attempted a mainstream push to get Tales into players’ hands. Though not as instantly recognizable or successful as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest for us Americans, there’s reason Tales has fostered its own unique identity in Japan. The Tales series has spent the last decade slowly gaining traction in the West. Bandai Namco Entertainment has released Tales of Berseria for PS4.
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