Tales of Vesperia is my favorite Tales game ever. After more than a decade without making a serious run through the game, I decided to give it another try last week. Basically, playing older JRPGs is difficult for me these days, because if I already know how the story ends, I quickly lose interest in…
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The Top Five JRPGs on the Xbox 360 According to Critics
Microsoft’s most successful console has so far has been the Xbox 360. Red Ring Death issues aside, the console fought Sony’s PlayStation 3 to a near standstill (84 million to 87 million). This meant that many of us owned one, and thus, played some JRPGs on the system. Today we are listing the system’s best,…
The Top 10 Greatest ‘Tales’ Games According to Critics
After Tales of Arise marked Tales’ 17th Main entry (these main entries are complemented by a nearly uncountable number of remasters, and ports), the Tales series has established itself as one of the biggest JRPG franchises around. Now, it is as good a time as any, to reminiscence about the series, and what better…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Tales of Vesperia
With the Tales of Arise demo landing next week on consoles, I thought it would be a perfect time for me to remember my favorite Tales game: Tales of Vesperia. Tales of Vesperia Was a Shinning Light Amidst The Darkness Japanese Role-Playing games came out of their golden stretch (which started in the mid 90s)…
Tales of Vesperia (XBOX360) Review
MAYBE THE GREATEST J-RPG TODAY! I have played the Tales Series for about three entries, Symphonia, Legendia and now the 10th installment (in Japan) 2008’s Vesperia. I must say that it is perhaps one of the few long running RPG series that has maintained high standards of quality in terms of staying true to traditional…