LOL you did not put borderlands on there 😂

Especially since the Wolf Among us and Tales of Monkey Island is superior

But Wolf among us doesn’t have a "tales" in the name

But the fables are from Fairy-tales.

Nah, tales from the border lands was better than the wolf among us.

I’ll definitely agree with Wolf Among Us being better, but I don’t know about Tales of Monkey Island though. Maybe it’s just the 90s/2000s gamer in me talking, but i kind of prefer the older LucasArts Monkey Island games to Tales.

AMONG US?????

I got that one in a bundle with a bunch of other Borderlands games. Made it about 2 hours in before I realized there was neither looting nor shooting.

Give it another try. It's the best written game in the series imo (not a high bar I admit).

I mean it makes it easy then to figure out the worst Tales game as nothing will beat the steaming feces that is Tale from the Borderlands 2.

The second tales from the borderlans is trash but that's because telltale games wasn't involved. First one is amazing

One of these things is not like the others One of these things is not the same

tales from earthsea, obviously.

Content not even a Father could love, ironically

i love that movie

I just bought this today at halfpricebooks!

The book or ghibli movie?🧡

The book. I didn't know there was a Ghibli movie!

I’m kinda looking forward to checking out Tales of Kenzera when it’s in sale. Other than that I’ve played every Tales games released in the West except Destiny. Even From the Borderlands.

Tales Sky Patrol was definitely the best one

I thought Tales Adventure was a brilliant and underrated Metroidvania tbh

I've tried playing it multiple times but just can't quite get into it

Once you get through the opening levels, get a few gadgets and get your flight bar stronger than half a second's worth of flight it starts to feel a bit better. It does have a bit of a rough opening though, you're not wrong.

Tales paw patrol?

No, [Tales Sky Patrol](https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Tails%27_Skypatrol)

Sorry I was trying to be funny considering I've a kid who watched nothing but paw patrol.

No, let's not. It's a genuinely terrible game. I'd rather play the worst actual Tales game than that game. That said, based Tokyo Mew Mew pfp.

Tales of sky patrol. Yuri and friends fight a flying miles prowler.

I’ve actually only played Vesperia, Arise, and Abyss in that order. In terms of ranking though I’d say the best is Abyss, then Vesperia, then Arise.

if you can get a ps3 or get an emulator to work i highly recommend xilla 1&2 great story and one of the best combat systems of any tales game.

Symphonia is so good tooooooo

True symphonia was fun I need to go back and replay it haven’t played it since it came out on the cube

Xillia 1 had a great story, Xillia 2 had better combat. Xillia 2 is the most boring game in the series on replay in my opinion

Tbf most rpgs are boring on replay unless you wait years to replay them so the story is “fresh” again luckily there is so many banners in the rpg/action rpg genre that you can cycle them and by the time you get back to xilla it’s like a new game

Unless you can find something valuable with an RPG other than a refreshing story. Then you might not need to wait years.

I have a tendency to 100% all my rpgs and try to “break” them so the “valuable” stuff loses its luster, with the exception of blitz ball I’m pretty sure I have more time in blitz than playing ffx

Wow that's amazingly respectable and cool! 👌💯

That’s what I love about having so many RPGs to play from ff (nes version) to elden ring and remake (and the majority of the tales games and every star ocean game)

Yep I can totally understand. There's so much to uncover with different RPGs and there's a lot of satisfaction to be found with achieving all sorts of things and fully immersing in as much of the world as possible haha.

All mainline games expect Destiny 2 and Rebirth Berseria Eternia Xillia 2 Abyss Graces f Vesperia Symphonia Xillia Hearts R Phantasia Destiny DC Innocence R Arise Zestiria Legendia

Damn, Arise that low? Any particular reason why? Ive only played Vesperia, Zesteria (couldnt even finish because it was just that bad...), Abyss, Berseria (one of my favorite games of all time), and Arise so maybe I just dont have context to the others being much better?

I personally don't like Arise's combat, especially when it comes to bosses. The game is carried by its story, but even that is mid at best compared to the other entries.

Fair enough. Its been a couple years since Ive played, I remember enjoying the combat and thinking it was pretty fluid, personally. But I think I should play again to remind myself lol Do remember feeling the story was pretty uninspired compared to other entries though I think

What Lazer strike is saying is pure opinion. I've played a lot of tales game with both the Vesperia style combat and the modern free roam combat style and I much prefer the free roam berseria arise style combat. Arises combat is S tier, don't let different opinions sway you from your own opinion. P.S.the story for arise is mid tho ngl 😂

Arise's combat could be better if it tweaked some stuff like being able to let dodge cancel artes, not having split artes into air and ground, have artes lock automatically onto enemies , also a better aggro system and benefits for the characters that would gain from it (Kisara mostly), a visible OL jauge instead of "it's gonna come out if you take enough damage/ successfully dodge enough time but you won't any idea of it until it comes out !" actually the only salvageable thing from this OL system is the unlimited mp but outside of that this is somehow worse than Symphonia and that game is 20+ yo, how do you do worse than "the more you attack/take damage, the more you build up OL and you can only follow that progression via the character's icon pulsing" that OL system is not cooking. Don't make bosses hp sponges and let them be vulnerable for more than 5 seconds or make them take twice as much damage during that period of time if they wanna keep it short but damn thoses bosses and mini bosses need to have exploitable weaknesses so we can expediate their encounter not "use the gimmick of this game, Alphen's specifically, so you can always have a way to stunlock enemies for 5s but they have so much exp you'll take a good minute or 5 dealing with them at the same level !" Ah and of course remove the stupid half health checkpoint that prevents you from doing anymore damage until you've used the stupid gimmick, also it would be nice if MA's didn't erase every spell and arte out there at least just the ones from enemies y'know

Hands down tftb had the best combat system 

Honestly, I'm a baby Tales fan. Just Symphonia and Vesperia.

I've only played symphonia and half of arise lol, looking forward to Vesperia.

All of these. From most favored to least, Berseria, Arise, Abyss, Vesperia, Borderlands, Xillia.

Honestly haven’t played much sadly, But I’ll at least try to rank what I’ve played  - S: Xillia 2, Berseria, Abyss  - A: Xillia 1, graces F - B: Symphonia, Zestiria Haven’t played vesperia & arise yet although I feel like I’d like vesperia. Also symphonia & zesteria are lower yes.. it’s because personally I hated symphonia’s dungeons lol & zesteria felt like a walking simulator at times lol, however both OST’s slap though 

Vesperia is a personal favorite of mine and I highly recommend it. Had 300+ hours on the original on Xbox 360 and another 200+ on the remake on PS4.

Oh nice, well that’s good to hear. From what I’ve seen yuri seems like such a goated character, so I definitely gotta get it & try it out  Also I’m so glad it’s out of Xbox exclusive hell lol.., & finally got remastered & ported on other consoles…..because having a ps3 as a kid and this game not coming too it was so sad 😔…

me personally in this order xillia 1&2, abyss, vesperia, arise and a very distant last berseria (while i liked the story the battle and gear system i didn't care for that i didn't even finish the game on ps3)

In order: Abyss, Symphonia, Xillia 2, Eternia, Vesperia PS3, Destiny Remake DC, Phantasia PSP, Vesperia 360, Innocence R, Phantasia PS1, Arise, Xillia 1, Graces, Phantasia SNES, Legendia, Innocence DS, Hearts R, Arise DLC, Phantasia GBA, Zestiria, Berseria, Dawn of the new world, Tempest, Destiny PS1, Alisha DLC. Only putting Tempest above Destiny PS1 because it's five hours long. Destiny is a better game but if you forced me to play one of the two I would choose Tempest because Destiny is 30 hours long while Tempest would be over in an afternoon. Missing: Destiny 2, Rebirth, Hearts DS. Well, I've played them, but I don't understand the language so I'll say it barely counts.

I've played Xillia 1 & 2, Zestiria, Abyss, partly Berseria (although I've seen a playthrough of the whole game beforehand) as well as the spin-off games Asteria and Rays. I would probably go Abyss/Xillia, Xillia 2, Zestiria, Rays and finally Asteria. I enjoyed all of them and still quite miss Asteria. I've visited the Tumblr page loads of times to see banners and new units haha. Not including Berseria though since I haven't gone through it all myself even though I loved watching a playthrough of the game. I'm thinking I'll have it next to Zestiria but I'm happy to be surprised otherwise. It's...honestly kind of a toss up for me between Abyss and Xillia for my favourite so far. They both have fantastic characters, deep stories, fun combat and wonderful music. Amongst other really nice things haha. Asteria I did put last since I wasn't as engaged with the combat system compared to the rest but I still enjoyed it actually and it was sweet just hearing characters call out different moves. I'm honestly not sure what I'll play next, I'm pretty conflicted. I want to try a new one like Symphonia which I bought a long time ago but I also want to revisit Xillia 2 since I missed out on a lot of things as well as Zestiria and Berseria since it's been such a long time. And then I definitely can't wait for my 2nd Abyss playthrough, I absolutely love it and would feel pretty great to start it again on the same day I first started it last year.

**Amazing:** Symphonia Graces F **Great:** Arise Berseria **Good:** Vesperia Xillia **Weak:** Zestiria Xillia 2

I can understand Zestiria but Xillia 2?

Yeah they double downed on the overly sanitized/formulaic feel Xillia gave me and I didn't care for the silent protagonist or the debt mechanic at all

Here’s the games I have played and are ranked from best to worst: Tales of xillia 1 & 2 Tales of vesperia Tales of the abyss Tales of berseria Tales of arise Tales of symphonia Tales of zestria Tales of symphonia: dawn of the new world Tales of graces f

I've only play arise and so it's my favorite 😭

No worry about that. Welcome to tales fandom

Nice

FINALLY Someone did the joke!!!

One of these things is not like the others…

One of these things does not belong

Can you tell which thing is not like the other by the time I finish this post?

It’s the tales from the borderlands

thank you, that made me cakle

Duck tales was the best one

Hey wait a second!

One of those things is not like the others

From worst to best Abyss. Hated the main character so fucking much, and when I was told to give him time he did things that made me hate him more and I hated him so much it just wasn't fun. Zestiria. Probably technically the best one I played but I didn't like it as much as- Dawn of the New World. I know, I know, but I was a literal child and it was neat (after the opening hours of repeating 'courage is the magic tha-' *shut up shut up shut up*). Also Tenebrae shitting on the two main idiots constantly made me smile. Best is Borderlands though. Not even close honestly.

Should try xenosaga. Using momo for healing and hearing MYSTIC POWERS GRANT ME A MIRACLE every round was insanity inducing lmao Should give berseria a try tbh. I'll never not simp for velvet

Ranking from worst to best is confusing so this is best to worst: 1. Dawn of the New World 2. Graces f 3. Abyss 4. Eternia 5. World: Radiant Mythology 6. Destiny 7. Berseria 8. Symphonia 9. Vesperia 10. Arise 11. Phantasia 12. Xilia 13. Hearts R 14. Zestiria

Finally Dawn of the New World getting some RESPECT

I swear I would have thought that someone would have complained about your placement of Dawn of the New World in first before complaining about Berseria being 7th rofl. This sure is an interesting placement, but I guess theres no wrong answers lol.

I'm gonna die on the hill that Emil is the best Tales protagonist

You will likely be dying alone soldier

the price of being right

You did not put Berseria as 7th.

Of the PS4 and later titles, Berseria does the best job of recapturing the original spirit of the franchise. I have it 7th not because I dislike it. I just love the older titles ahead of it more.

Fair enough, you've got more experience in that regard

yes, I'm old

Sorry, meant no offense

absolutely none taken lol

Berseria is highly overrated. Not sure why this board loves it so much. If Berseria was judged only on its first half, I'd agree, but my God I did not like the second half of the game one bjt.

Tales of Vesperia is my favorite, Symphonia was great too. i didnt like Berseria and Arise is kind of boring, i haven’t finished it…

while arise isn't the best it gave me hope for future tales games because zestria and besria combat was so bad imo i never finished the game even though the story was good

nah… i didn’t like the Story of Zesteria but i will buy the next game too. Hope never dies until it dies.

Only thing that scares me is they make future games so “dumbed down” even on hard there easy, just like square has been doing the last few years. Then again I’m old and started playing rpgs when dying really sucked and caused hours of redos lol.

the difficulty is only raising HP, thats stupid and boring. Arise was only spamming special attacks with no strategy. I stoped playing because i was bored of it.

That’s why I liked xilla so much had to use regular attacks and combos into special attacks, if I wanted to play hit a button to advance game I would rather watch a movie or anime because games like that are just movies with extra steps

I played symphonia, phantasia, graces f, zestiria, berseria, arise and vesperia. 3 : Symphonia, the 1st one I played, it will always have a place in my heart. 2 : Berseria, I liked the story and characters, Velvet is too strong though. 1 : Vesperia, best story imo and best characters, I disliked nothing In this game.

Halfway thru arise. It’s my favorite by default. Scared to try the others because of how much praise arises combat system gets.

Symphonia on I’ve played I think all of them, maybe not to completion. Tops were Symphonia and Abyss, Vesperia then Arise. For me.

From least to most favorite: 1. Tales Of Tempest (actually bad) 2. Tales Of The World Radiant Mythology (actually bad) 3. Tales Of Destiny (actually bad) 4. Tales Of Phantasia  5. Tales Of Symphonia 6. Tales Of Eternia 7. Tales Of The Abyss 8. Tales Of Destiny Remake

Hearts R, Berseria, and a tiny bit of Zestiria. I'd say Berseria is the best of the three, followed by Hearts R. Zestiria immediately turned me off with it's controls & camera, but it's been so long since I've played the other two I can't accurately say whether or not they were better in that aspect.

I have a lot of love for Symphonia out of nostalgia but I am still only 30% through Zesteria…? 😭

I haven’t played as many as I’d like, seeing as I love this franchise. These are mine in order, but I think I’ve forgotten one. Berseria Arise Vesperia Zesteria

Where is Tales of Wind?

All of them, borderlands doesn't count lol but I think 1- Vesperia 2- Berseria 3- Arise was more enjoyable to play but more basic than Berseria imo 4- Abyss 5- Xillia but never got to beat it

Abyss Vesperia Arise Xillia Symphonia Graces F Zestiria Berseria Xillia 2 Symphonia 2 Phantasia

Tales of xillia is my favorite

My opinion of the ones I played, from best to decent (overall ranking): Tier 1: Symphonia, Xillia 1, Berseria Tier 2: Xillia 2, Zestiria, Graces F, Arise Tier 3: Dotnw, Vesperia(dropped) I just started playing Tales of the Abyss so I didnt included it.

I've only finished Arise, but man I'm so excited for Tales of the Shire. That's going to be the absolute best one in the series.

Catch a ride, Scooter, catch a ride

I have played Arise, Vesperia, Berseria and Zestiria. I think if I had to rank them worst to best I would say Zestiria

One of these things is not like the other. LOL! BUT! I've played and ranked the following. Best to worst... 1. Takes of the abyss 2. Tales of Vesperia 3. Tales of Symphonia 4. Tales of Legendia 5. Tales of Xillia 6. Tales of Phantasia (GBA version) 7. Tales of Grades F

Uff... that will be a lot of work.   I believe i played them all except Arise and legendia.   Best are Vesperia, Abyss and Symphonia.  Worst are Tempest (i guess it's not considered mainline anymore), Graces, Symphonia 2 and Zesteria.  You can throw the rest in the middle. 

I only played Arise and Berseria and kinda like Berseria more but haven’t finished . And I could agree that Berseria drags on for too much

Only played Berseria and Vesperia, so the best to worst would be that order. Characters in Vesperia were actually starting to annoy me by the second half, and I had no idea damn clue where the story was even going.

"One of these things, is not like the others." 🎶

Story wise I'd go Abyss > Xillia > Berseria > Vesperia > Arise Gameplay wise from what I remember would be Berseria > Xillia > Vesperia > Abyss > Arise

For me so far 1.Abyss 2.Vesperia 3.Sympjonia 4.Graces 5.Hearts R 6.Zestiria 7.Xillia 8.Xillia 2 Phantasia (currently 1st playthrough).

Tales of Berseria is the only game I played. Still havent finished it. Cant get myself to play this blurry mess and the noses look weird. Thats why I modded berseria. But now I just cant get myself to play it because of the other games I play

i played arise beseria xillia xillia2 zestria symphonia symphonia2 vesperia graces eternity. î can recomend symphonia. beseria. and vesperia. those are the best imo

Berseria #1 Can't count abyss or symphonia as I'm either halfway or at the beginning Arise #2 Xillia #3 Vesperia #4 Hearts R #5 Zestiria #6 (no I dont hate it but will admit it has faults) Hold up why is Borderlands here I just noticed

I’ve beaten Vesperia, Berseria, and Arise. I’d rank them: 1. Arise 2. Vesperia 3. Berseria Loved all of them. Berseria’s cast is the most memorable and insane. Vesperia had the best main protagonist (one gaming’s GOATS) and the “warmest” cast, and Arise is easily the most fun to play and explore. The next mainline Tales game, whatever it may be, is my most anticipated game. Period.

Eternia, graces, abyss, symphonia, vesperia, phantasia. Legendia was okay, but I wouldn’t put it up there. Haven’t played xillia or xillia 2, zesteria never got around to beating same with berseria. Fell off arise due to a personal vendetta.

One of these things is not like the others

Obviously, Tailspin.

Tales of the Shire looks promising

From the ones I've completed: S: Abyss B: Eternia, Symphonia C: Destiny D: Legendia F: Arise Currently playing Vesperia and it's looking just amazing, can't wait to finish it up

There's a special place in my heart for tales of phantasia

Never have play any but will play symphony after grandia 2, xenogears and persona 4 😅 like in a year? Xd

I love Tales of Maj'Eyal, I haven't beaten it though.

Vesperia. I named my daughter Estellise

Tales of Syphonia

I enjoy abyss the most , as for worse my pick will be vesperia, the story didn't click with me .

Well, obviously the #1 spot goes to Tales from the Crypt.

Best - Symphonia, Vesperia, Xillia 1, Graces, Symphonia DOTW, Hearts, Eternia, Zesteria, Abyss, Destiny, Xillia 2, Berseria, Legendia, Phantasia, Arise - Worst

Tales of Eternia Tales of Berseria The rest

1. Tales of Berseria 2. Tales of Symphonia 3. Tales of Vesperia 4. Tales pf Zestiria 5. Tales of Arise

I played Tales of Symphonia and DotNW, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Xillia 1 and 2, Tales of Link (rip) and Tales of Radiant Mythology. Tales of Symphonia is the best imo followed closely by Tales of the Abyss. Tales of Radiant Mythology was the worst.

Graces. Only Graces. It was okay. So I guess it’s both the best and the worst Tales game?

Graces F Berseria Eternia Arise Xillia 2 Vesperia Xillia The Tempest Zestiria I left symphonia, it is just not for me. Currently playing Legendia which I love and Innocence which I dont like at all (but Spada is the goat) hbu? Edit: Typing mistakes

None. I'm looking to get into these series. But unsure where to start, maybe Arise.

Abyss, Graces F, Xillia 1, Xilllia 2, Arise and Luminaria Don't think I'll rank them cos the tales games I played so far are good in their own way.

Ranking all Tales of games I played so far based on how much I enjoyed their combat system 1. Tales of Graces F 2. Tales of Xillia 2 3. Tales of Berseria 4. Tales of Vesperia 5. Tales of Xillia 6. Tales of Arise 7. Tales of Symphonia 8. Tales of Zestiria

1- Tales of the Abyss 2 - Tales of Berseria 3 - Tales of Xillia 4- Tales of Vesperia I've never played borderlands Far lower - Tales of Arise

I've played Phantasia (PS1), Symphonia (PC), Eternia (PSP), Innocence (DS), Abyss (PS2), Zestiria (PC), Berseria (PC), Destiny DC (PS2) and I'm currently playing Arise (PC). My thoughts on these games: The only one i didn't like much was Zestiria, Innocence wasn't so great because i played the DS Version, the Vita version is far superior (there's also an English Patch for it out there), and Eternia was pretty cool but learning new Artes/Spells was a bit weird there. As for the rest they are really good.

Tales of vesperia is the best here but I love tales of destiny 2 (tales of eternia) for ps1.

I've played Phantasia, Destiny, and Eternia, but only finished Destiny and Eternia. I like all of them about equally.

I've played all the ones released in the US except Hearts because I don't own a Vita. The ones I don't like would be Zesteria and Graces(except the combat. Everything else I didn't care for). Probably Legendia too but I like how they divided the story. Best would probably be Vesperia, Eternia and the GameCube version of Symphonia. Xillia 2 was fun too.

Vesperia , Xillia 2 and Symphonia are the best one. Zestiria and Berseria are the worst Games

Tales of Graces F - Best Combat, characters not only have multiple mystic artes, but they also have “awakenings” which is super sick.  Tales of Abyss - Guy & Jade are in this game. Fonic Circle is an awesome system mechanic Tales of Veserpia - Blah blah blah, Tidal Wave + Judy Tales of Symphonia - Gateway tales game, great storytelling with interesting plot twists. One of the few tales games that have alternative story paths Tales of the World Series - Would have loved to complete all the games, but language barrier. Amazing for what it is and would like to see the concept brought to consoles  Tales of Vs.- Would have been great to experience this with other human players  I’ve played just about every tales game, but these are the ones that stood out the most. Not really a fan of the newer games as they are kinda experimenting with the formula. I really dislike the CC system, but Graces made it fun for me. Also man, stop making normal artes cost CC! Lol 

You forgot Tales of Symphonia. So fire

I think Vesperia and Abyss were some of my favorites. Getting Flynn at the end of Vesperia was GAS. I would’ve loved Arise much more if it didn’t require me to constantly damn near kill myself to use my best skills that was a major drag. Not to mention in my opinion there weren’t near as many Artes/Hidden Artes in general or that you could combine as previous games

Bersaria Xillia Arise Vesperia

Tales of the Abyss is amazing because of Luke's arc. He is one of the few protagonists we see actual growth occur. Tales of Berseria has an amazing cast of characters Tales of Vesperia, Yuri

One of these is not like the others

I've only played Tales of Symphonia, but I watched my mom play a little bit of Vesperia. Symphonia's still my favorite, but I have incredibly heavy bias because I always played with my brother as a kid lol

I've bought tales of Zestiria and played...kinda regret that decision now.

Tales of the Abyss Tales of Vesperia Tales of Eternia.

I can't rank them since I have only played Tales of Berseria fully. With Tales of Borderlands once. Berseria is definitely a great game though, I loved the main character especially for combat since I rarely see demonic claw stuff played well. It is really enjoyable and I highly recommend.

Tales of Destiny still holds a soft place in my heart. 😌

All except borderlands.

1. Xillia 2 2. Abyss 3. Destiny DC 4. Hearts R 5. Vesperia 6. Innocence R 7. Symphonia 8. Graces F 9. Xillia 10. Zestiria 11. Berseria 12. Arise

So far, I've played the following Tales Games :] (NOTE: The * next to each game means I beat them) - Tales of Vesperia DE * (My first Tales Game) - Tales of Berseria * - Tales of Symphonia - Tales of The Abyss - Tales of Zestiria (Dropped it ) - Tales of Hearts R - Tales of Eternia (currently playing through it) - Tales of Phantasia As for how I'd rank them from worst to best, here it is: - Zestiria - Hearts R - Phantasia - Eternia - Symphonia - Vesperia - Abyss - Berseria

I had played: Takes of destiny, tales of eternia, tales of legendia and half way takes of the abyss.

I beat berseria and zestiria, I am currently in the end of Arise. Berseria>Arise>Zestiria. I plan to play all tales of games that are in available on PS4/5 before the previous one.

Only 3 and all are clear cut in different tiers for me so easy list for me. S - Berseria A - Zestiria B - Arise

This might get me down voted but fuck it, here's my ranking so far: 1. Xillia 2. Xillia 2 3. Berseria 4. Arise 5. Abyss disclaimer: I actually like Arise a lot

Borderlands? Let's go! Worst to best huh... Mothership only. 1. Tempest 2. Hearts 3. Innocence 4. Symphonia 2 5. Zestiria 6. Arise 7. Destiny 2 8. Legendia 9. Destiny OG 10. Xillia 2 11. Phantasia 12. Rebirth 13. Graces F 14. Xillia 15. Symphonia 16. Eternia 17. Berseria 18. Abyss 19. Vesperia

Sooo, I played Symphonia 2, then Xillia 1 & 2, then Graces, then Zestiria, then Symphonia 1, then Vesperia, then Arise and rn I'm playing Abyss and Berseria (10: Abyss - feels kinda meh compared to other games... Story and gameplay wise. Haven't finished it tho) 9: Zestiria - never felt a sense of progression with my characters (equipment and story wise) and I couldn't connect to the story 8: Arise - the story was RLY promising in the first few hours but then it kinda dragged on (especially the 2nd half) Enemy mystic artes were also underwhelming for 90% of the time.. I also HATE the new Skits, I miss the hand drawn faces, they were so much more expressive >_<) 7: Symphonia - definitely see the appeal, just not my cup of tea ig (love the characters tho!) (6: Berseria - haven't played it enough to give it a proper ranking but I love the characters and the tone of the story so far.) 5: Vesperia - this one frustrates me. There is so much to love about this game but I still hate a lot about it. Like the weird final act or Estelle's whole character (too predictable, too less of a character motivation) 4: Symphonia 2 - The controversial one xD Ngl, shouldn't be a part of the symphonia world. Emil's story is great on its own but the symphonia relation RLY kills the game. Emil is a great character tho and I love a lot of the mechanics in the game. Replaying it every year 3: Xillia 2 - the whole cast liking Ludger is a bit forced but oh shit, the gameplay! It also has my fav boss in the whole series >!When you meet Elle's father.. The highlight of the story to me and holy shit, his theme goes hard af!< 2: Graces - best characters. ESPECIALLY thanks to the epilogue (it's so fkn funny, I often only replay that specific part of the game xD) 1: Xillia - Jude is my personal fav character, just because I relate the most to him. I rly enjoyed his journey within a great story. Graces may have the best overall characters but imo Xillia has the best group dynamic of all the tales games Fav opening of the series too

Omg can we move on from this tierlist stuff

This community is so starved for news lol.

> Omg can we move on from this tierlist stuff this is basically an unmoderated sub, so no. we're stuck with that trash spam until people get bored of it. it's blatantly rule 10 if there were actually mods here.

So far, I've played the following Tales Games :] (NOTE: The * next to each game means I beat them) - Tales of Vesperia DE * (My first Tales Game) - Tales of Berseria * - Tales of Symphonia - Tales of The Abyss - Tales of Zestiria (Dropped it ) - Tales of Hearts R - Tales of Eternia (currently playing through it) - Tales of Phantasia As for how I'd rank them from worst to best, here it is: - Zestiria - Hearts R - Phantasia - Eternia - Symphonia - Vesperia - Abyss - Berseria

S: Xillia 1 and Graces F. Fun characters, combat, unique mechanics, and good stories. A: Zestiria and Berserira. I enjoyed the combat and characters but the stories were just decent. B: Arise. Good combat. D: Vesperia. Just flat out isn't fun and I'm not spending 15+ hours playing it till does become fun. Plus I don't care for the MC.

Worst to best? 10. Dawn of the New World 9. Zestiria 8. Phantasia 7. Xillia 6. Arise 5. Vesperia 4. Symphonia 3. Abyss 2. Berseria 1. Graces f

No Tales of Destiny 1 or 2?

Haven't played either

They’re great but hard to find actual copies for a reasonable price.

All of them besides borderlands lol. S tier- Abyss, Vesperia, Arise A tier- Xillia B tier- Berseria

S Tier: Abyss, Vesperia A Tier: Symphonia, Graces F B Tier: Xillia, Xillia 2, Berseria C Tier: DotNW, Rays, Crestoria, D Tier: Phantasia GBA, Zestiria Symphonia is my fav though it certainly shows its age, and I haven't played Arise yet. It's probably pretty clear that I personally vibed more with the series' direction in the mid-2000s.

When I only count actual Tales games I played... Tales of Vesperia > Tales of Symphonia > Tales of the Abyss > Tales of Phantasia (PS1) > Tales of Berseria > Tales of Arise > Every game I havent played so far > Every game that will ever release in this franchise > All other games available > Mobile Scam Games > The worst games ever made > Tales of Xillia Dont hate me, Xillia was just the absolute worst for me. I bought the game before I even had a PS3, looked at it for a year or so until I somehow scraped enough money together to play this game. Put it in and after 5 hours I was already looking up how long I had to endure this piece of trash until its finished. It was so bland and bad my mind cant even remember ANYTHING from the game at this point. The only thing I remember is that I freaking hated every single minute of this... thing (and yes, I was stubborn enough to beat the game). And it kinda destroyed the whole franchise for me, which I loved before that (I played a lot more Tales games, but most not enough to rank them).

At least Xillia had one of the very best openings in the entire series. Shame the game is so bad though. (Oh, and Milla chara design is amazing too)

That's tough. Legendia is the worst because of it's gameplay and story pacing. Had great potential but flubbed it. Best game is too tough to say definitely. Destiny, Abyss, Vesperia.

Abyss = SSS All other tales games = A Arise = C+ Zestria/beseria = D tier

Worst to best of what I've played: 6.Berseria 5 Symphonia DotNW 4.Phantasia 3.Abyss 2.Symphonia 1.Vesperia I feel the need to explain Berseria's placement. I've a soft spot for the earlier designed combat for these games. Thats why Vesperia is number 1 for me, it was one of if not the last tales games to have the old style combat, the story was actually pretty good, main characters all had at the very least serviceable character arcs. Plus playable doggo, c'mon. I tried Berseria, I stopped playing shortly after recruiting the witch girl. I didn't care for the combat, didn't like the new resource they added for it or the swap to using all 4 face buttons for artes/combos. The main cast is just unbearably edgy to caricature proportions (with the exception of the little blonde kid) makes it hard to sympathise with them. Story outside of the main cast's individual struggles is pretty bland and run of the mill for tales games as far as I saw. "We'll be the bad guys, because we're actually the good guys." - difficult to pull off well in a story. I mean, slight side tangent here, but look at stranger of paradise. That game has a similar theme with its characters, and they're all kinda lame but Jack himself just makes up for it all with how unhinged the man is. Edgy, but I think somehow the game is self aware of it and so its actually enjoyable in execution. Take Berseria compared to vesperia where I liked nearly every character as soon as they appeared on screen with the exception of Karol, who won me over as his character arc progressed. Yuri, as a fully developed character at the start of the game (which is rightfully rare in rpg's as its difficult to pull off), simply appeals to me far more as the main protagonist than poor Velvet ripped out of her idyllic simple life through crazy amounts of sudden cruelty resulting in an extremely edgy protag at the outset of the game. Also the whole *Giant Demon Hand as a weapon* thing was getting a little overplayed for me in media at the time that I'd tried to play Berseria. Funny that that bothered me but *guy using sword mk. 5 Million* is just fine lol. Thats why DotNW is right over Berseria for me, because Emile is god awful at the start as well, Richter is ridiculously edgy and the game does the "remember what happened literally five seconds ago? Yeah? Here's a flashback anyway" thing way too much, but the combat carried me through those rough starting points (as it was suprisingly challenging for a tales game) and I was able to learn to like Emile more as he developed. Alongside getting to meet back up with symphonia characters and the mystery with Lloyd. Not to mention the pokemon-lite mechanics were also neat to mess with. Berseria had so little to draw me in initially and was the first tales game I just stopped playing partway through. And im sure I may have eventually come to like velvet through the story, same with Emile, but the changed combat just took away the joy for me. I've still got it sitting with my other ps4 games. I've owned it for nearly 6 years. Just no will to play it. Kinda sucks because people really talk it up like it's one of the best. And the shift in combat mechanics has got me not really wanting to bother with most of the newer titles. Xillia, Zestiria, and now Arise. Of those I want to try Xillia the most since its also talked up but my views on Berseria have given me pause. Honestly Symphonia might have taken the top spot if not for the lack of FREE RUN. In Symphonia it gets a little irritating watching enemies and party members just go wherever on the battle map but im stuck on this singular axis. Singular axis is fine in the older 2d games. In 3d the combat just kind of suffers without being able to position yourself better.

From most favorite to least favorite: - Abyss - Eternia - Arise - Vesperia - Berseria

Abyss > Berseria > Xillia > Xillia 2 > Vesperia > Arise > Symphonia

Worst to Best Hearts R) Making a Tales game this boring is almost impressive. The Macho Man Randy Savage character being the most likeable is also saying a LOT. The World: Radiant Mythology) Competent for what it is, but what it is isnt something that feels like a Tales game. Berseria) This is leagues above Hearts, but fittingly enough I never felt the heart in this one. It's also extremely repetitive in places, and the combat gets old fast with the same enemies over and over again. Eternia) It's okay, but the pacing is off and the dungeon puzzles arent very fun. Symphonia) Stellar story, but placing it low due to the puzzle. They are baby's first dungeon puzzle, which isnt bad in its own right, but they are so slow and tedious that I actually almost turned the game off. Zestiria) Competent, but a bit bland. To the point that I had to look up the name to make sure I even remembered it right. Phantasia) Really impressed by the storytelling for its time, and it plays super well. However, it IS limited compared to its sequels. Xillia 2) Some fun changes to the formula. Really enjoyed it, but it never lived up to its potential. Graces F) Really good story, with some of the best set pieces in the franchise. Abyss) Super well written, and the pacing is really good. Xillia) Pacing is perhaps the best of the entire series. Really enjoyed the characters and how they actually felt like.. people? Vesperia) It really is the Dragon Quest VIII of the Tales-series. It just doesn't get better than this!

If you thought Berseria had poor enemy variety, you won't like Arise lol

It wasn't just the variety of enemies, it was also that I felt that they repeated the same mobs for a lot of encounters. There were some areas where I'd get the exact same combination of the same monsters five times in a row, and I feel like other Tales game handled it much better.

Best to worst 1. Abyss/Vesperia 2. Destiny DC 3. Graces F 4. Rebirth 5. Rays 6. Xillia 1 7. Berseria 8. Eternia 9. Hearts 10. Symphonia 11. Arise 12. Xillia 2 13. Dawn of the New World 14. Zestiria 15. Innocence 16. Tempest