From: Jeff Zero | #016
Heh, I'm sure the board's tired of reading this by now but my ex and I tried desperately to like ToS back in '04 or '05 but the cheesiness of the dialogue forced us to stop. Really just couldn't do it.
So it's always refreshing to read when someone says that was improved with sequels...
Yeah I can definitely understand why someone wouldn't be able to like ToS. If I was playing it today I probably wouldn't like it either. But I played it back when I was young enough not to give a damn about how cheesy the dialogue was so I'm just left with memorable scenes.
Vesperia was pretty good though because the dialogue actually felt like something a human being could conceivably say instead of something that made me think "Oh dear God this is so cheesy I'm pretty sure I'm becoming lactose intolerant just by watching this."
Abyss's dialogue is kind of stiff in that it doesn't feel natural at times but Vesperia really nailed it. It's like a bunch of really human sounding characters reacting to wacky anime land and that works really well.