I was shocked at certain points, excited at others, laughed with the characters, and even teared up during one incredibly emotional moment between Velvet and Laphicet. The final thing I will praise about Berseria’s story is how it was able to bring so much emotion out of me. Zaveid is a standout side character in Berseria with his dynamic with Eizen being particularly greart. This is not the case with Berseria where every single villain is great, especially the main antagonist Artorius (Ray Chase), and many of the side characters, like Dyle and Kurogane, are very memorable. In Vesperia, with the exception of Duke, all of the villains were one dimensional and boring, along with most of the side characters. Two things that Berseria definitely has over Vesperia in terms of characters, though, is its antagonists and supporting characters. No, I still like that cast a little more but it’s still close, and given how much I love the main party of Vesperia that is saying a lot. Overall, would I say I enjoy the main cast as much as I do Vesperia’s? It’s also cool how, unlike with pretty much every Tales game, you could be considered to be playing as the villains here. There’s the sweet as a button Malik, Laphicet (Amber Conner), the virtuous Exorcist, Eleanor (Erica Mendez), the fighting addicted Daemon, Rokurou (Benjamin Diskin), the wise yet cursed Malik, Eizen (Taliesin Jaffe), and the sly and eccentric witch, Magilou (Erica Lindbeck).Īll of these party members are great to be around and fun to watch grow, with my favourites probably being Velvet, Laphicet and Eleanor. Velvet being like this also gives the game time to get you acquainted with the likeable party members. Many say her character arc stagnates until the last ten hours of the game and, while I can see what they’re saying, I personally liked a lot of the subtle moments we got from her before this point.Įven when her character isn’t developing, Velvet has a lot of subtle moments that kept me engaged with her character. Velvet’s quest for vengeance is a gripping one that sees her go through quite the character arc. ĭeveloped once again by Bandai Namco, and directed by Yoshimasa Tanaka, Tales of Berseria follows the story of Velvet Crowe (Cristina Vee, English Dub), a Daemon on a mission of revenge to take out the man who took everything from her. In fact, I would go as far to say that this is my favourite Tales game that I have played so far, even beating out Vesperia. So, imagine my relief when I was in the first few hours of Berseria and was already ten times more invested in the characters, story and gameplay than I ever was with Zestiria. I had heard good things about the game, however, I knew that Berseria was a loose prequel to Zestiria and I found that game to be a bit of a mess with its mostly bland cast and story, and needlessly complicated system. Coming into Tales of Berseria, I was optimistic yet cautious about how my experience would be.

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