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Quick Berseria rundown:

Gameplay: Graces done right. Rather than being locked to predefined combos, you can create your own. Every arte can chain into one another. Plus, the movement speed is nice and quick, free running doesn't blow ass, and the other characters are quite fun to mess with this time around. Same problem as Xillia 2 in that the MC is insanely overpowered. Play on hard; it's a bit easy.

Story: Standard revenge tale. A somewhat more mature tone by Tales standards. All of the characters are shady, which is an amusing deviation from the usual band of boring nerds that usually tag along. The middle act drags, as per typical Tales fashion.

Characters: Velvet is a rather strong protagonist, and follows the traditional Tales arc of overconfident hero learns to rely on friends to accomplish her mission. I feel like her motivations here are very strong. Villains are also great for once in many many years. Sidekicks consist of a bubbly witch (think Pascal, Rita, and Leia, except this one is my favorite), a pirate cursed with everlasting badluck, and other characters that all remained fun and interesting throughout. Really strong cast.

It's the strongest entry since Vesperia. I really enjoyed it. Typical Tales problems are all present and accounted for, but hey, Tales fans are used to them by now.

Also, hey guys! I haven't been busy. I skim the front page about once a day and leave. Forgot about this topic is all.