JI writes: "Tales of the Abyss on the Nintendo 3DS is the latest title in the Tales series to head into gamers' hands (again). The game was originally released on the PlayStation 2 in 2005 for Japan then later 2006 for North America. In this trailer released for the title we get a sneak peek at the game's look, theme, and premise of the game."
Nelia writes: "RPG party members can easily make or break your RPG experience. We've thrown together a list of some of the best party members we can't help but love."
The Tales games may be less recognizable than the Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy games, but that doesn't mean that they aren't worth playing!
“Tales series is considered one of the top three Japanese RPG series next to RPG giants like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.”
How you gonna talk about the top three JRPG franchises and not mention Pokémon, the top selling series in the genre?
This is how the top JRPG series stack up
1. Pokémon - 340M
2. Final Fantasy - 144M
3. Dragon Quest - 78M
4. Monster Hunter - 52M
5. Kingdom Hearts - 30M
6. Souls - 25M
7. Tales of - 20M
Huzaifah writes: "Now I can’t talk about this game without letting my bias seep into the writing, but trust me when I say that if you’re a fan of the JRPG genre, you need to give Tales of The Abyss a chance."
It’d be great if Tales of the Abyss was remastered for modern consoles or even just released as a PS2
Classic on PS4.
“The game does fall into some cliche fantasy tropes over the course of it’s run, which is disappointing, but not a deal breaker in any sense.”
One of the greatest appeals of the Tales series is how various plots that start as cliche as the setting could get but later go on to subvert and deconstruct the very tropes they employ, often by drastically highlighting the nasty downsides of them.
This was a great game. Vesperia is still my favorite but this one was very good. 3DS version is my favorite. Less loading and the map display is much more convenient. They need to make a tales of collection for the PS4. Itd be cool on switch too but idk how the licensing situation would be for the PS1-PS4/PSP-PSV exclusive entries
Abyss is my favorite one of all! since I can't stand low resolution, I replayed it recently via PCSX2 (I own the original game and system) so the loading times were insanely fast compared to any other version.
I would gladly re-buy it on my PS4 :)
i think this game has the best character development in any tales game sense luke goes from a brat rich kid to a true hero is great
I want to try Tales of the Abyss, but the only Tales game I tried was Tales of Hearts and I didn't really care for it. Any recommendations?
I understood everything said in that trailer...with the exception of everything.
Never played the PS2 version. I hope Namco brings it to the US.
Looks interesting considering I've never heard of it before.
Looks cool
This was possibly the last Great Tales Game....
Don't get me wrong, Vesperia was good....and Dawn of the New World....well....it...it was there....
But there's something about Abyss that just puts it ahead in my opinion, maybe it was because the Characters were more interesting....or the story more original, but Abyss was just awesome, it'll certainly become a fan fave on the DS =)
That said....I'm a little surprised they ported Abyss instead of porting Symphonia....which was the better game and was on a Nintendo system already....