Tin Salamunic: The Tales series has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, but by the fifteenth entry, one would expect a certain amount of innovation from what has been an otherwise unchanged franchise since 1995. To be fair, the Tales games have always been fundamentally strong and their charming art style and dynamic combat-system has unquestionably attracted the now nearly-extinct JRPG crowd. I’ve been a Tales fan since Tales of Phantasia ported to the original Playstation in 1998, and while I haven’t played each consecutive sequel, I’ve kept up with most releases during the Playstation 3 era.
