Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360

Pros: Wonderful Graphics, Nice Storyline, Fun Battle System
Cons: Soundtrack Not up to Part With Previous Tales Games

The 'Tales of' series of role playing games has had a tragic past. In it's homeland of Japan it is widely celebrated, but in this part of the world very few have even heard of it. Most of the games haven't even been released in English, and because of ...

Pros: Great characters and battle system as per usual for the Tales franchise
Cons: Predictable formulatic story as per usual for the Tales franchise

After a generation that saw a pair of successful Tales games (along with one mediocre release), the long-running franchise has made its High Definition debut in Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360. With a working formula in place, Vesperia does little to ...

Pros: Does some interesting things with the traditional RPG character archetypes.
Cons: Not enough to make up for numerous shortcomings.

About 25 hours into Tales of Vesperia, I came to a realization: I don't like the Tales games. I feel free now that I've said that-it's been an issue lurking in my subconscious for years and it's good to have finally gotten it out in the ...