http://toz.tales-ch.jp/

Release Date: Jan. 22, 2015 [JP]

 Spoiler

導師の伝承

はるかな神話時代、世界が闇に覆われると、
いずこより現れ光を取り戻した

時代は移ろうとも、世が乱れる度に人々は伝承
を語り，救いを願う

その度に導師は姿を現わし
闇を振り払ったという

しかし、平和が訪れると導師は姿を消した・・・・・・
彼らはどこへ・・・・・・その答えを知る者はいなかった

いつしか人々の記憶から、
伝承の中へと消えていった
闇は・・・・・・世界を再び覆わんとしていた

導師の名が再び語られ始めた
だが、いまだ導師は姿を見せなかった・・・・・・

Shepherd's Lore

In a distant time of myth, when the world was covered in darkness,
They appeared and restored the light

As the eras declined, whenever the world fell to chaos
People would recite the Lore, and pray for salvation

It is said that each time, the monk would appear
And rid the world of the darkness

However, as peace arrived, the Shepherd disappeared...
To where they went... No one knew that answer

And before they were aware,
The monk had faded from people's memories and into lore
The darkness... once again threatens to consume the world

People once again spoke the Shepherd's name
But even now, the Shepherd has not appeared...

CarrionCrow Wrote:Tales of Zestoria perhaps?

Miek Wrote:I hope this game has some kind of unique customization for weapons/items and stuff... That's never really been done for a Tales of game before! (basically SO3's item system or whatever lol)

Would be so fun!!!

Flonne Wrote:Star Ocean's item system? I don't know about that, it always felt weird to me, even when I stacked up to 9999 core stats in SO4; it just feels weird to me, getting the tri-emblems and stacking those onto each item, the way you exploit so many bugs to min/max the items and get gil just feels wrong to me. If the combat system wasn't so awesome in those two games I probably wouldn't have liked them much, aside from the 4D twist in SO3, that was actually neat.

Miek Wrote:I mean you could always neglect the system it if that did happen (or set challenges yourself), but I totally get what you're saying!

I just want a lot of customization... like a lot!! More unique changes to all skills! I always loved how Vesperia kind of introduced how using more skills made it eventually better. (9 fireballs, large range splash etc)

• Viable non-main characters
  • Tales of Graces, Xillia 2 are perfect examples of this. Only real lacking character in either title is Richard (fewer titles, lower stat total at the very end), Musee (slow, poor combo capability physical attacks, broken as pineapple spells), and maybe Rowen (see Musee).
    
  • Non-main characters that you can play instead of the main character and not feel horribly gimped (see any spell caster pre-Hearts)
    
  • Vesperia had good level of viability. Spell-casting was still lame, but Judith, Patty, and Flynn were quite fun to use and doable. Raven was iffy for me, but I could see the potential. *ignores Karol*
    
  • Hearts was too spammy to judge the same way, haven't tried Hearts R but I would imagine it's viable since the DS version was pretty close
    
  • Xillia was better than Vesperia in my opinion, probably due to the better combat system, but still worse than Graces
    
  • One of the things that solved spell-casting was High Chain Spell in Graces and Xillia 2; performing multiple attacks in a row reduces the cast time of your next spell(s)
    
• Crafting/Enhancing
  • Xillia 2 almost had it, but materials were either too hard to get or the upgrade wasn't actually an upgrade since it came too late
    
  • Materials that are actually obtainable to make an upgrade before finding the next shop to buy a standard upgrade
    
  • Effects from crafting/enhancing like Graces' shard system to improve gear noticeably
    
  • Something not as ridiculously convoluted as Graces's personality system though
    
• Leveling System
  • Something similar to Graces' Title System where you choose what you want to level up first
    
  • Xillia's Lilium Orb system was nice with the point application too
    
  • Both, you end up spending a lot of time in menu trying to decide which way to go
    
  • Xillia 2's Arrowcell Orb is a good compromise, but there's a lot of empty space for non-Ludger characters
    
  • I think something back towards Graces' Title System, but a lot more levels per title and fewer titles overall would be great
    
  • I liked Heart's system of getting materials to learn skills and artes as well
    
  • I disliked Vesperia's system of having skills tied to gear, since you end up being forced to use lower quality gear to learn things at times
    
  • Also missing materials for skills in Hearts and Vesperia is a shitty feeling
    
• Item Rarity
  • Radiant Mythology style "random" item drops that come in rarity so you have a reason to farm things (we arpg now)
    
  • Eternal Sword pls if it's not in the story, it's been quite a while
    
• Artes
  • More bonuses for arte usage
    
  • Explicit values for damage, hits, bonuses in a detail panel (no more guessing or testing to see if A is stronger or weaker than B)
    
  • 鷹爪落瀑蹴
    
• Loli character
  
• PS3 Version that isn't a beta for a PS4/PSV version
  

JoeTang Wrote:[*]Loli character

Flonne Wrote:is there a recent tales game without one? Why not two.

Why not the whole cast.

Flonne Wrote:is there a recent tales game without one? Why not two.

Why not the whole cast.

shouri Wrote:You should be playing Mugen Souls then~

Flonne Wrote:I don't really import often and I'm not buying the super censored US release.

shouri Wrote:US version got censored that badly? Got any examples?

(haven't bought it yet but was thinking of getting it since I JUST bought myself a ps3 :3)

Flonne Wrote:50+ CGs got cut.

Miek Wrote:Oh jeez I forgot to mention I REALLY hope Motoi isn't composing for the game... I mean i like his stuff but I would prefer a different composer... (looking at Go Shiina who did Legendia!)