First of all I must warn the reader, this is a biased review, why? I am Tales fan. Since along time ago, since Phantasia and to date the games hace never disappointed me and this game is no exception. So lets begin with the Collectors Value: The Collectors edition like other previous Tales Of Collectors Edition does not fail, in fact Namco Bandai is usually very generous when it comes to collectors boxes and the prize is just right and worth every dolllar. To begin with you a blue ray with a full episode of the anime promotion it was released on Japan and in all honesty it gives an excellent entry to the series, is even a bit sad we did not get a full anime season for this. Then we are given a metal box with a music selections which is great music from Go Shina author of Tales of Legendia (Personal favorite Music of thre Tales Saga), Two 8 bit Key Chains and 3 Chibi characters! Now: If this is not enough you get a small hardcover artbook and he game of course all of it well packed into a box similar size to the one of Tales of Symphonia Chronicles. So it wont take too much space on your shelf. All in all as collectors item it is perfect in all senses! In fact it is overpacked.



Now to the game: Zesteria was met with mixed reviews and with a good reason: It brings too little new things to the table yet this small details are worthy of praise yet not of reinventing or reinvigorating the series but truth be told have you heard the saying: That which is not broken why should you fix it? Well this game kind of falls into that category. The game follows the same old formula of end of the world scenario, deep character arc, awesome anime cut scenes, good character dialogue and sadly stereotype anime personalities (I put here sadly because even I can get bored of that) but it is what I signed for! Heck I might even be angry if I did not get that! When you buy now a Tales games you know what you are getting at and kind of you expect that too happen and some how the small mistakes or overlooks the game those I forgave them because I got what I wanted and it was presented, executed and delivered well. All though it goes without saying the game for the future requires to reinvigorate and change something. The new things are tweeks to the combat system which are quite welcomed, the amount of party members and dependency of a seraphs vs. humans and the idea of when encountering a character the battlefield remains as the world outside which I happily welcomed! I do not want to spoil the story as it is the reason we all play the Tales of game series and believe me you will not be disappointed or confused. My review and reason I have full score was that the game is actually quite good, awesome and brings some new details to the series. Yet I cannot say that if the next installment keeps the same formula we will be left as satisfied as this game.



All in all an excellent addition to the saga and a great game to enjoy, play and even has that completion value of getting everything! I am still playing and I know I will reach the end of the main story arc.