Poll of the Day > Yay, I just beat Tales of Berseria.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I'm not going to make a poll asking which of the five games I own and still need to beat, because I will inevitably end up ignoring the results of that poll just like I did the last time I made it. Last time, Super Mario for the Nintendo 64 won the poll, and one and a half months later, I tell you people that I've finished Tales of Berseria. The main purpose of this topic is to just tell someone that I finished a game, really. So no poll would even be needed, I would think. In any case, I've yet to finish: (1) FFXII, (2) SM64, (3) DQVIII, (4) SMRPG, and (5) Ogre Battle 64... I also have FFXV installed on my PS4 because my sister bought it for me as a Christmas present last year. In any case, I really want to hold off on Dragon Quest and turn-based Super Mario because I don't really like traditional turn-based games. I mean, I've heard that The Zodiac Age is also turn-based, but I haven't touched it yet. I've heard that you can move while executing your commands and issuing orders to party members and such. But I'm not sure it's in the same style as X, I, II, III, or Bravely Default. I've heard that it has a combat system based on ATB bars, which is why I'm not entirely putting it off like the other two games I've mentioned. Anyway, I beat Tales of Berseria. How was your day, board?

I must have these answers.
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I need to do a ng+ for Berseria.
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Path of radiance
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My god, The Zodiac Age has like the blandest artstyle and characters ever. And what was with Ondore capitalizing random words in the prologue? It's like he's bloody Duckbear. >_>
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I still need to start that game. Currently, I'm stuck on Zestiria.
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Just bought Tales of Berseria on Sunday. Haven't played yet. Justbto be sure, do I have to have already played Zesteria or Vesperia to understand story of Berseria or is it a stand alone game?

Archmage007 posted...

Just bought Tales of Berseria on Sunday. Haven't played yet. Justbto be sure, do I have to have already played Zesteria or Vesperia to understand story of Berseria or is it a stand alone game?

I beat Berseria without touching the other two and had no problems understanding it. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but it gets clearer. Apparently, there are connections to Zesteria, but you definitely don't need to play it to fully understand Berseria.
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why did you give this the politics flair

Archmage007 posted...

Just bought Tales of Berseria on Sunday. Haven't played yet. Justbto be sure, do I have to have already played Zesteria or Vesperia to understand story of Berseria or is it a stand alone game?

vesperia is stand alone.
berseria is just in the same world as zesteria

it helps if you've played Zesteria, but you don't have to, and I'd say skip zesty anyways. I'm going through it now and it's not the best

Hard_Light posted...

politics flair

But all the cool kids were putting flairs on a topic that had nothing to do with their subject of conversation. :(
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since you probably thought vesperia, zesteria, berseria, Xillia, and Symphonia are linked somehow because they all have ia at the end, they aren't. just zest and bers are linked.

Symphonia and Phantasia are also linked.
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barely.

the connections between the two are very, very loose.

it's like the link between ff7 and ffx, basically because they share a few names.

Hard_Light posted...

the link between ff7 and ffx

That hasn't been confirmed, though; just hinted at in one cutscene in X-2, and never brought up again.
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Hard_Light posted...

basically because they share a few names.

FFVI, VII, VIII, and X all have their own versions of Biggs, Wedge, and Cid, but that doesn't mean the games are in the same universe.

Many of the FF's also have different versions of the same summon, but that doesn't necessarily make them related.
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i really don't think you understand what i said

Thanks Lorthremar and Hard_Light for the quick responses. Good to know I can just enjoy the game as is.