… I guess it would be no shocker to anyone at this point if I said I really like Tales of Vesperia.
I picked up the game last winter because I’m a big fan of the character designer, Kosuke Fujishima (who also did the designs for Phantasia, Symphonia, and Abyss). I’m a casual Tales series player. I’ve only ever beaten Symphonia, even though I own almost all of the localized (and some Japanese) games in one form or another. I’ve started quite a few of them, just haven’t gotten around to finishing. I do love the series, but until I’ve beaten more of them I wouldn’t go as far as to call myself a real fan (though I’m attempting to change that with my current marathon!).
Anyways, despite picking it up almost 6-months beforehand, I’d never really touched the game until June of this year because I was at college and could never find any time alone to sit down and play a long, dialogue-heavy JRPG. When I finally got home, I decided to make it my summer RPG of choice. And here I was, thinking that I would actually get to play other RPGs while I was home… Read the rest of this entry »
