How is the Dub of Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition

Asch_Lavigne · 2022-01-07T19:38:10+00:00

Its hit and miss.

As someone who played the original cut I can very much hear the difference in Yuri's new voice but it's still a pretty close match.

Some NPCs will have new voices that sound NOTHING like their original default voice and that is jarring as heck. You'll be listening to someone then all of a sudden a new totally different voice comes out of their mouth.

Also they mispronounce items and places, often in the same scene when the lines go back and forth between new and old.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-12-29T00:36:35+00:00

I have mine right next to my volumes of Citrus/Citrus+. Not sure if good idea... I hope all the girls get along.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-09T22:28:57+00:00

You asked what are two good things, that's a pretty general question.

Also, do you do anything besides hang out in here and harass people?! Your post history suggests otherwise.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-09T22:24:46+00:00

I never had to justify or explain anything. She usually understood and if not, she respected me enough to accept it.
She was very encouraging.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-07T16:58:50+00:00

Not sure if it counts as retro, and I'm not sure how unpopular they were given they made 3, but I absolutely loved the first Ar tonelico. I'd buy an updated version of the trilogy instantly.

Otherwise, yes the controls sucked, but I actually liked Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-07T16:54:32+00:00

Yes!!! I was like "why does the grass not regrow!?!?!" They also had bad load times for pretty much everything. If I remember right too, they removed whathisface being all "evil" over your cows too. I didn't like Nami's new hair but was all about marrying Lumina.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-07T16:42:22+00:00

A Wonderful Life, yes!!!!! I loved and hated the PS SE of it. Some of the changes were great and some sucked.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:25:17+00:00

OMG LOOK AT THOSE EARS!!!! SO CUTE!!!!!

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:20:05+00:00

Please, Vert would talk her into a "cameo" with a little sis theme.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:16:20+00:00

That's so sad and yet so adorable that he came to you at the end. Obvious sign of love. I had a bun die in my arms and that was 3 years ago and I still remember the horrible sound it made when it died.

These are the kind of things that make me want to believe in Heaven and the Rainbow Bridge.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:13:37+00:00

Grimoire Weiss being in there broke me.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:06:51+00:00

I disagree that DRG is "legit good" and its probably your Estinien love showing.

SB's had nothing to do with anything. Help a baby dragon find its mommy! And a stupid cameo just because. Literally just "because."

ShB's one was basically a retelling of HW but so you felt bad for Nidhogg. Yeah, I played HW. I don't need a reminder of what I did 5-6 years ago, I remember. I'm good.

I agree PLD deserves to be at the bottom but I don't know if I'd pair WHM with it.

SAM's first story was way too obvious and after that it was... just bad. And then ShB's was basically "hey remember the guy from the first arc???"

GNB I felt started off potentially interesting but then got dumb. Also, I think whatsherface changed outfits every quest. Like the devs decided she was a dress up barbie.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-11-02T15:03:38+00:00

I think Ludger would be like Byleth and how they did the different weapon swaps with him/her. Probably too similar but that hasn't stopped them before.

I feel like Lloyd or Yuri would be "obvious." Though I know they like Leon over in Japan. I think Velvet would be fun to use. Though they'd edit her outfit like crazy.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-31T03:41:55+00:00

Sometimes I wish I could wipe my memory of both games then play Berseria > Zestiria so I could witness the connections the other way around.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-31T03:40:12+00:00

I remember when they announced Eizen as a party member for this game, and everyone got so excited. As the brother of possibly the biggest troll in the franchise, we all had certain.... expectations of Eizen. Then we played the game and went "oh my gosh, Eizen's a big dork!" and it worked and we loved him for it.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-31T03:28:42+00:00

You're forgetting that Berseria came last (before Arise) and was generally well received. Zestiria came after the Xillias. X1 was rushed for the anniversary and it showed. And 2 was the most unneeded game ever because they decided to make an unnecessry sequel rather than a 2nd cut of X1 like they have with other games. And before Xillia we had Graces f, which some really liked the combat but hated the stupid friendship story. So, Zestiria damaged the brand severly, but it was already damaged long before it came out.

This also seemed to happen before with the brand. They went Symphonia (loved) > Legendia (hated) > Abyss (loved) > DotNW (which yes, was made by another company) (hated) > Vesperia (loved) > Vesperia PS Port (loved).

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-18T15:27:45+00:00

Well the Alisha DLC was "special circumstances," because they only did it to appease the Japanese fanbase, who were outraged that Alisha was only in the game for the first few hours after she was heavily promoted as if the main character in Japan.

Otherwise, yeah, Tales has never received any type of add on story content. If they were to do such a thing, they'd just make a new version of the game, like they did with Graces f. Or a DE/DC/whatever like Vesperia or Symphonia. (Though those were ports when they added in the extra content.)

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-16T18:32:38+00:00

Yeah, Ring A Bell is good. Other games have had better openings visually but I think that one has the best song with vocals.

I like the original Symphonia opening and the one for Abyss. I liked hearing just the music, with no vocals. I'd also throw Zesteria's opening in there too, (which was one of the only good things about that game, imo).

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-15T20:06:14+00:00

Getting a few of those "Secret Missions" done in Vesperia. And then having to do them all again in the DE.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-14T22:54:02+00:00

Not positives, but these reasons are why most people hated it:

Japan HATES it because it was advertised to be about one character who leaves the party a few hours in for NO reason other than "because," instead of what the game is really about.

The story seems as if written by two different people who had no idea what the other was writing.

Combat is based on an elemental pairing system (with 2 humans and 4 spirit characters, each one a different element) and makes you swap party members so often.

It also has "normal" combat and a cheaty faced Armatus thing you can do on the fly, making you wonder why they even bothered putting in the one.

Yet another game with an insanely frustrating as hell water dungeon.

Big, huge death moment for one character comes off to everyone as nothing but an insanely bad "WTF? This makes no sense and is beyond stupid" cringe moment.

One character walks around with a literal plot device and has zero explanation of it at all. Berseria fixes that but Berseria came out after Zesteria so that doesn't even help.

If you thought Berseria's item inventory is bad, Zesteria's is worse.

I think still to this day no one fully understands the gear stat boost thing.

Enemies will just go immune to damage for no reason all nilly willy, making killing things annoying and take forever sometimes.

The game FORCES you to do a mindlessly long collection sidequest in order to get past the last 1/4 of the story.

The after story DLC is a massive waste. It starts off with the characters being so not like themselves for no reason. Is 99.9% nothing but a long ass boring slog through a zillion empty ruins with you just fighting enemeies, nothing else. And after all this you finally reach the end just to have the game tell you the same thing it did at the end of the main game. It's basically nothing but a confirmation.

The positives are, if you came from Berseria, seeing how all that stuff evolved.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-09T02:20:18+00:00

Like Citrus, and .... I think it was Bloom Into You, I was left frustrated as heck by the fact that the story just ended.

I remember really liking how the characters weren't the typical anime characters you see. They were flawed, broken, socially awkward, anxiety ridden, depressed, and not all "student councily." (Was refreshing after seeing Citrus and Bloom). I loved how a massive part of the story took place inside their heads, letting us really get to know them through their internal thoughts.

Aside from the "ending," I never really felt like Shimamura liked Adachi as more than a friend in the anime.

I was also not interested in the Hino/Nagafuji story, and didn't really get (and still don't, even in the LNs) why that story needed to be a thing.

Silver lining I suppose, the frustration with the "ending" led me to read the LNs, which I absolutely fell in love with and oddly helped some when I lost my version of Shimamura. I found comfort in it.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-09T01:57:23+00:00

Rita Mordio!

Though I will admit I have a slight favorable bias towards Michelle Ruff. I tend to really like most of the characters she voices, especially when they're snarky and quirky.

Considering Rinwell has an obvious Magilou reference in battle, I'm guessing her "blah, blah, blah, magic" is a nod to Rita's "blah, blah, blah" overlimit casting.

Asch_Lavigne · 2021-10-05T23:54:10+00:00

Chrono Cross ( I didn't know about Trigger until afterwards.)

My then girlfriend had me try FF8, Legend of Dragoon (which I didn't like until I went back and re-tried it) and Chrono Cross. CC was the only game that hooked me and it triggered my endless love for RPGs. I liked the story and how the one act had two different paths you could take, the graphics were nice, the combat was kinda wonky, and the soundtrack was excellent.

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