Daisy H

Just finished the game. It had alot of potential but wasn't executed well. I have played a few of the games in the Tales of series before and did not have an issue with most of the changes they made in this game (only gameplay issue I had was not getting able to customize the AI's battle movements). I thought the design of the environments and characters were great. I was extremely disappointed with the storytelling and character development, character interactions seemed off and I didn't really believe in them as a group of adventurers. There was one character (maybe two) that had good development but everyone else seemed like shells. I think a lot of potential character development was missed because characters were designed to be paired with another character of the opposite gender which pigeonholed their interactions. I liked that there was a focus on romance in this game but I didn't believe in the couple and their budding relationship, the game designers decided they should be paired, so it happened. Overall, somewhat fun/good-looking game but disappointing storytelling and character development, particularly for a Tales of game. I would wait until the price lowers to buy.