REVIEW | Tales of Graces F
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- I love adore this game so much and I hope I can encourage some of you to play it as well! Tales of Graces F was my first EVER Tales of game that got me into the series!
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If u like darker themes in your jrpgs do yourself a favor and play the shin megami games or maybe start with shin megami 3 nocturne and see how u like it
Funnily enough one of my favourite characters in the game isn't even given a name. During the childhood part of the story there's a little girl in Barona that if you speak to tells you her dream is to open a kind of shop the city has never seen before. If you talk to her older sister next to her she tells you she's never seen her sister so determined over anything. When you get to the adult part you find her in the same location running the Ice Pop stand. There's something about watching her bounce happily up and down after making her dream come true, something that fits with the title theme, that puts a smile on my face every time I see her.
I really love this game :)
Ahh I remember that part!! Yes it was adorable!
@@PelvicGaming Did you ever play any of the Shining Force series? I still have my copies of Shining Force 1 and 2 I brought for my MegaDrive when I was a kid. Part 2 is another one where you start as kids and become adults later and has one of my all time favourite quotes in a video game. When they're kids their old teacher, Sir Astral, fights of an evil spirit and collapses from exhaustion. When the Minister is talking to the kids after this he says "Don't worry about Sir Astral. He's old so he'll die soon anyway." Great thing to tell the kids, eh? :)
Man, hearing her say "Happy 2020" with a happy face makes me want to to spoil for her how the year turned out. 😅
Played through Graces F last year and it was an absolute joy to play through. The fighting, soundtrack, and progression of time is so perfect and made it such a whimsical and "feel good" game. Absolute banger. Makes me happy you enjoyed it too!
This is my favorite jrpg of all time. I've have at lest 600 hours in this game across 4 playthroughs. I got every title. Reach Lvl 250 with every character. Max out all arts. Max out the Eather bottle. Beat every boss and completely fiish the last dungeon and did a three book 100% playthrough. And did all of this on unknown. I fucking love this game
But max level is 200, and there isn't an unknown difficulty for this. Just chaos.
WOOOOT!
TALES OF GRACES F!!!!
Honestly, the battle system took a lil to get used to, but it's honestly my favorite, which is most certainly helped by how amazing each of the characters play.
The skits are also the best in this game from all the Tales series.
And the characters... LOOOOOVE me some Pascal and Richard.
"It is I, the Mask of Barona!"
I just want to say thank you again for becoming a patron and the TALES OF GRACES F LOVE. YES SOMEONE GETS ME. SOMEBODY GETS THESE SKITS ARE HILARIOUS.
@@PelvicGaming No problem, luv. Like I said, you deserve it!
Came to watch this after the announcement today. Looking forward to finally getting a chance to try this game out!
Hell yeah, I've been waiting for this review. ToGF is one of those games that makes me fill all fuzzy inside, like a kid watching their favorite cartoon. This is another one of your videos that imma watch over and over.
The review came out great. Glad you had such a fun time reliving a game you enjoy back then, looked fun!
I loved this review! Especially how you addressed each main gameplay mechanic. And you just straightforwardly said the things you liked and disliked. It's so hard to find reviews that do that for se reason 😅
Ending a review with the absolutely bombastic energy and positive feeling makes me fully committed to playing Tales of Graces F. The fandom's lukewarm discussion of the game and an admittedly awful playthrough I saw on TH-cam a decade ago have left such a bad taste in my mouth regarding the game.
Your praise and glowing look at the game, though, convinced me: I absolutely need to buy this game. I don't have a PS3 ;n; but you bet I'm buying this game first things first when I do get one >:U
Chapter One in my book of love~
I just adore this game so much, the characters are just a joy to be around, and the combat is just oh so magnificent.
Besides, how can you not love playing as a good boi in a long coat who beats people with the SHEATH of his sword.
And for the Question of the Day, Xenoblade 2 just owns a big spot in my heart and I do always give the big recommend to anyone looking for an RPG to play
I never did the future arc, but it's absolutely my favorite Tales of game ever. Symphonia just winds up feeling juvenile compared to when I first played it on Gamecube as a kid. I never liked Vesperia at all. And I don't care for most of the rest of the series (Zestiria got me with it's King Arthur references, though). But yeah. I'll defend Graces f any day.
Definitely made me want to check out this game. The combos look sick. I've been playing skies of arcadia and grandia 3 I think you'd appreciate them both. Great job editing and loving the energy keep it up!
I think you'd like "The Legend of Heroes" series.
I hope they finally decide to localize the Crossbell games.
I agree they’re great games
@@sheldonfredericks8034 good news
@@buttertoast1146 Yep!
she said she isnt gonna review them
4:16 "omg i loved him" hmm i might have to try this game haha! great review as always!!
Your review was so fun and positive, it just moved up the only Tales game currently in my backlog, Tales of Symphonia, to "should probably check out sooner than like 90% of the rest of my backlog."
Been exploring the Tales of series in reviews.... it's wild to see just how wildly different opinions on any individual game are.
Tales of Graces F
one person: It's combat has a ton of problems and feels not as satisfying as other games, and the plot makes no sense.
Another person: It's combat system is near perfect and is the most enjoyable in the entire series, with a fantastic plot!
The same thing has happened to virtually every game I've come across so far. Heh. Good to see someone enjoy a game, though.
I agree on the terrible combat of the game, but the story and characters were generally the highlights throughout the experience.
Great review! I am always happy to see Graces get the love it deserves.
Another great video from my new favorite channel!
Thank you for the kind words and for pledging!!
I agree with your review! Absolutely the most fun Tales of Game!
I’ve been wondering what Tales game to start playing as my first. Thanks for this review. I was thinking this or Abyss, or Vesperia, or Symphonia. It will be one of those 4 as my first I’m sure.
For games that I know have flaws but will strongly defend them to my death will be Final Fantasy VII (the game that got me into RPGs), Skies of Arcadia (one of the best stories I’ve played), Baten Kaitos (Great story and such an amazing soundtrack that I loved so much I imported it from Play Asia), and Final Fantasy X (the only video game that has managed to make me have tiers in my eyes at one point)
So Pelvic. What video game has the best ever story that you have ever played?
"But in this game I did 3 (tok)" this made me laugh for some reason.
Graces F and Berseria are my favorites because of cast and combat alone. Graces is the one I've replayed the most and on higher difficulties
Great review. Can't wait for your Suikoden 4 review. Love that its just an average game dig. Excited to see how you go hard
Haha. The prologue was actually my favorite part of this game.
Well.. that and the intro of the second arc. The "friendship is magic" crap I feel actually works mainly because you get to see them in different time periods.
That said, I was a bit disappointed with this game when I first played it. There were just some things that changed that I really didn't like. The removal of over-worlds really hurt me.
That was the first thing I noticed was the lack of an overworld when I played this game. I remember that bugging me so much at first even though overall, I still enjoyed the game. I still love overworlds in jrpgs. I don't know why that is really. They just make the world feel bigger then it actually is I guess. I blame my nostalgia lol.
I pretty much dislike almost ever 'Tales of' games and Graces F is the ONLY Tales game I love due to jaw-droppingly good battle system and likable characters. Your review spoke to me personally.
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Yo this is my favorite Tales of game. Great review!!
Awesome review again!!! Can't wait for the next one. I will always recommend Chrono Trigger, because it has touched me deeply in my heart when I played it the first time.
This game by far has the best skits in the whole series
Ohhh this one is on my list of Tales to play
Bump it up to the top.
Pelvic Gaming Will do! Is probably dirt cheap now, have to tackle Xillia 2 also
I'll give this game a chance. My favorites are Vesperia, Abyss, Symphonia and Berseria.
Abyss and Bersaria ♡♡♡
Never thought a Tales would beat Tales of Eternia as my favorite game in the series, but this one did. You got it 100%, the characters are great. Plus Pascal reminds me of my favorite Tales character ever... Norma.
Ooh, nice. was looking forward to this!
As a tales fan this is one of my favourites of the series i even got my best friend into tales and i had to borrow it off him (completed the original on Wii though and that was in Japanese)
love the mystic artes in this one
"Dance like the Damned, Instant Balls" (Broadside Waltz)
@@otakuthegreat LOL I thought i was the only one that heard that
@@mysticphoenix1987 haha guess your not alone
Im sorry you're telling me this entire time it was not..."instant balls" lmfao
@@PelvicGaming That's what i always call it haha
I once saw a movie critic say this about Casablanca, “When you have one or two stereotypes, it’s jarring and cliche. But when the whole story is filled with stereotypes, you have a masterpiece.”
Reminds me much of your paradoxical reception of the characters in this game
I really do hope PS5 is backwards compatible with Ps3 games because you have convinced me over the years that Graces F is something i need in my life but i don't want to pull out and dust off my Ps3 to play it. But if Ps5 can't do it i'll have no choice cuz i will be playing this eventually
Let me just say...this game is worth dusting off your ps3 for. That's how hard I go for this game.
I need to play more Tales games. Aside from the Suikoden and Breath of Fire series, I will also wholeheartedly recommend Xenosaga and Shadow Hearts.
I just bought this yesterday. My what excellent timing.
YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT HUNNY B
I loved tales of graces
This game is up there as one of my favs from the Tales series for the battle system alone. It's just fun, plain and simple.
The music in Tales games has never really been memorable for me with the exception of Legendia. As much flak as that game gets (I enjoyed it myself), it has some great tunes imo. One of the only Tales games that I went out of my way to grab the soundtrack for.
Great review Lady Pelvic.
Based review I still hook my ps3 up to play this gem. All tales games are great
This was the last tales game I’ve played, the cast, the combat, and the skits were so rememberable. If I had to choose a favorite out of the cast it’s a tie between pascal and Sophie. Great review, it’s not my favorite tales of game but it’s nostalgic. Seeing your passion for is great.😁👍🏾
I've been wanting to play this for years but sadly I don't have a PS3 anymore. Now, I REALLY want to play it. It sounds like something I'd absolutely love. Hopefully it gets ported to the Switch. This game is long overdue for a re-release.
Getting you to go for "power of friendship"? Damn, I've gotta play this sometime.
As of May 25th 2022 tales of graces f is playable on RPCS3 for those of you wondering
Love the new Thumbnail look💃🏾👌
My favorite Tales game. I remember I bought this one on release when FFXIII didn't clicked on me and am searching for a good JRPG on PS3(PS3 has a shortage of JRPG's back then). This game has a unique charm. I really love the character banters and skits in this which kept me entertained while on the journey. Title system is one that I would like them to implement on future titles. The battle system don't bore me and seen myself having fun and improve on it as the story goes on. I've seen comments like this game is cringey cause it uses the predictable friendship trope theme or it's so lighthearted but so what. I'd say it is executed well and what matters is at the end of it I enjoyed this game for what it is and would like to do a replay of it some time.
Yep Dragon Quest XI. People complain bout the music and i guess some isntances of combat being turn based because of it not fitting today's modern technology of video game mechanics. That is about as perfect to a jrpg as you can possibly get, culturally diverse and explorable world, amazing cast of characters, voice acting is top notch, an excellent story and enough variety in content that you can easily make 2 or 3 games out of 1. Steeped in rich jrpg roots and never once derails from that formula which is something i like. Its also the only game that manages to do one thing, make you think you finished the game with a 60-70 hrs clocked playthrough with credits roll and everything, only to find out that you've only completed Part 1 of the story and your really only half way through the experience. Yes it took me around 120+ hrs to just finish and complete that game. About 150+ hrs to do everything. If i had to choose one game that came close to the perfection of DQ Xi, it would be Xenoblade, but the repetitive questing system did kind of turn me off for a while. So i give the edge to DQ Xi with its far more explicit variety of content and more story based quests.
I vastly prefer Tales of Abyss due to its much stronger story and Luke arc was so good but man, Graces F combat is just damn awesome! Not to mention, fully voiced skits!
You know, I like Lloyd, but I feel like a lot of that was me just really loving his voice actor, anyway, so it helped sell me on him, but I totally get why you would like Asbel more.
Interesting that this was the one that got you into this series. It is the one that got me into it.
Twinses!
I love your Channel ❤️ I swear the more I watch it the more appreciate Thanks
One of the best combat systems ever made
Actually... the difficulty settings can be changed at will and you can raise them by playing the hard mode long enough to unlock chaos eventually which is pretty f-king hard for bosses... hard is enough to raise combos to unlock some titles
Best combat in the series
Yessss
Save me a seat on board the “I don’t give a flying $&@! about Lloyd” bandwagon, I’m there. Great review!
Haha ayyy!! Welcome aboard! Thank you!
I agree great game and definitely my favorite.
One of us! One of us!
@@CriticalRedemption Don't be a weirdo
I’m still hoping they will bring more tales of games to the ps5, especially graces f and abyss.
My PlayStation 4 recently stopped working so I booted up my ps3 and after 9-10 years I still had this game on my ps3. Instantly sucked right back in. I love this game so much ❤ it's my favourite Tales of Game for sure
You mentioned Lloyd. That is funny, because I am working on Tales of Symphonia now. Want to make it my second Tales of Platinum, since I got the Plat in this one.
I feel that Graces f is the final fantasy 5 of the tales of series.
More like ff9 tbh for it's child theme
Happy 2020 to you as well.
I think we all have that one game that may not do anything fresh beyond the status quo but has just enough charm in some capacity that just gets you hooked on it.
Berseria had my favorite cast, they were all adorably edgy, and didn't give a fuck. I actually think Legendia had my favorite character designs. Grune was an aloof lady with weaponized pots who was optimistic even when she was about to die, Jay was a fucking smart ass ninja, and Moses was a spearthrowing tribesman with a southern accent, a fro, and a doggo =3. Symphia was my favorite, but Xilla had my favorite combat. Now...everyone go play Asura's Wrath? It's a big quick time event game but you will FEEELL those button presses and the emotions behind them! And the ending to the game truely spoke to me. I still think it holds up well.
I love too see ya happy lady I really got too addicted to the gameplay I love asbel he keep his heart strong against the adversity his folks really try to check asbel hard he got that BSE (big sora energy) also pancal is my wafu
the game that will recommend everyone is pokemon sun and moon the game and story really flows from event to event the challenge fair crazy options for a team
Qotd: I would always recommend Final fantasy 13.
You I like
I loved that trilogy so much
Trash
@@tylerroyster1156 you haven't played ff 13 have you.
@@tylerroyster1156 well every has different tastes, my brother hated but me and my friends loved it. So I know it's not for everyone. But I'm glad you gave it a try.
Fantastic review! Never played Tales Of Graces F. Really digging the artstyle though. Combat looks really fun too! :)
Great review, Graces F (along with Vesperia) are one of my favorite looking Tales of games I've seen so far.
I will defend Pokemon Sword/Shield until the day I die.
(I prefer Splatoon 2's Hero Mode over Octo Expansion. I use to like it, but over time I stopped enjoying OE; didn't help that almost every Splatoon fan was praising the DLC as if it was the best thing since sliced bread.)
Nice review! Subbed
I absolutely want this game on modern consols for years because i didn’t have a ps3 only a ps4 so when i got a good pc i was forced to emulate it and so far it’s awesome ! (Sorry for bad english)
The childhood arc in this game, was one of my favorite intros and set-ups to characters and their relationships in videogames. Up there with “Dragon Age: Origins”.
Legend of Mana is that game for me. has obvious flaws but i still love it
i love all Tales games from Vespiria onwards but Tales of Graces of F is one of my faves i want a remake already
I would love a port! If the remade it I'd be SHOCKED.
@@PelvicGaming remake or port either way i want it 🙂hehe
Honestly, I've never been really interested into Tales of games, but little by little your reviews are starting to change this XD
And about the ending you mentioned...Disgaea?! I'd *really* love to hear your opinions about the series as it is one of my favorite series ever
The game that I'd always recommend (at least for fans of the genre) is...Disgaea 1 lol I know it is quite a problematic game but I just love the story and characters so much
Anyways, awesome review as always!
Matoi Sakuraba, the composer of the tales games has done phenomenal work, just not in most tales games post-abyss. If you want a taste of what he can really do I suggest listening to the Baten Kaitos OST. It's like night and day from his work on the newer Tales games.
yeah, my most fave tales game no doubt
You have great taste!
Lol I did every-damn-thing this game had to offer. All optional bosses and dungeons. All skits. All characters to level 200. All Titles unlocked for all characters (including Richard). All Titles maxed out. All but one Soul Orb. All key items. All sidequests. All weapons. All accessories. All gems (barring P, Q, R, and S). All enemies. It was some of the best almost four hundred hours of my life (Soul Orb grinding sucked so bad). And I got each book of stamps to rank 10.
perhaps i am late to the party but let me ask some questions to Tales of fans
1- why do you like the series
2- why doesnt it have so much coverage as FF or DQ?
3. would you agree that storytelling is the weakest part of the games?
It's hard to use nostalgia as a reason when you only first played the game last year for the first time. So I don't think anyone will accuse you of that. FYI, Graces has the worst cast in a Tales game this side of Eternia and Berseria was never in the running either, but the gameplay in Graces is the best and it's still fun and the characters are still cute and pleasant together. Graces still has the best combat in the series.
But I didn't 1st play this game a year ago…?
Also I simply ADORE this cast and Bersaria's! ♡
@@PelvicGaming I misunderstood what you said, then. I thought you said your friends have it to you a year ago. My mistake. Still! I wouldn't accuse you of nostalgia for enjoying it because it really is a great game. Team Destiny, the group that made it within Tales Studio, really knows how to make an amazing game. If you haven't ever played Tales of Destiny (Remake) for PS2, it's a phenomenal game made by the exact same team and it has the CC system as well as the system that inspired the Eleth Mixer (the Food Strap).
And I do like Berseria's cast and I think it's a great game, especially considering it was a follow up to Zestiria, which was not a great game. I just think that the cast wasn't as deep or developed as many Tales games, even though they're all cool, likeable and interesting.
Gah i need to get back to playing this!! XD
One of the best Tales gameplay-wise, kinda generic in the plot department. Solid review!
never beat it, but I enjoyed it a lot. Cant remember why, but I really enjoyed the combat. NO WAIT AS I TYPE THIS UP I JUST REMEMBERED. Japan got Code Geass skins. we got nothing. That ticked me off.
LMFAO we got it now though!!
@@PelvicGaming WHAT?!?!?!?!?! CONFIRMED?!
great review as always miss pelvic. just wondering been tempted to try n get into jrpgs past few years with the tales of series and would f be a good start for a beginner? also hope you review rune factory 4 remake for switch when it comes out next month, its my favorite out of 3,4 i played.
Tales of graces! One of my favorite RPGs such a badass game
I know it's not the most popular Tales of game but it's among my favorites. :-) if not my favorite actually. LOL
@@PelvicGaminghell yeah I played the others but I just love the combat in this game so much
Fantastic video!
I never was interested in this game. But after watching this, I'm curious now to try it out. :)
I really REALLY hope you can! I know the story of 'the power of friendship' isn't all that compelling but my God I love this game. The characters. And most importantly THE GAMEPLAY
While i am sad to say that tales of graces does not sound like my kinda thing, i gotta just say thank you for still presenting it like this. Reviews like this have been a lot more helpful to seeing what a game, particularly rpgs, really are about, and why we should give them a shot maybe.
A game i would recommend though would probably be Devlish/Bad Omen for the sega genesis. This game is structured like arakinod, has a story that serves mostly as a backdrop, pretty standard graphics for a genesisgame, and is difficult to play due to its mechanics and age. However, this game was the one to make me realize that i would play a terrible game just to hear its soundtrack in game if i enjoyed it that much. It feels like it adds so much to its individual parts that while i have a hard time playing it, i often think about what i liked from it when i put it down.
Thanks for the review. Haven't played a tales game in years. Maybe I'll pick it up.
This review is like when your friend winds up dating someone that they have said in the past IS NOT THEIR TYPE but now they're giving you an explanation and you have that smirk on your face lol.
I really struggle with Tales game but this one looks so adorable.
Games I will defend despite its flaws hmm? "Eternal Sonata" which I think you would love.
Also "No more heroes" and "Zelda Twilight Princess"
Flawed game I still recommend? The GI Joe games on the NES. Side scrolling shooter/platformers (like Contra ) but with RPG elements. But some serious difficultly issues after the first few levels...
I fkn love your vibe lol
Ah, Pascal oooh we want the funk! Gotta have that funk!!
Gotta agree it was my favorite combat style. Loved the title skills you got.
Ah, takes me back. Did the dragons, the cage and the rocagong...I shouldn't have survived.
am I the only one mesmerized by her nails so sparkly
wasn't expecting to see a review of a game where someone shares every single opinion as me. Literally everything you said throughout this whole video is how I felt about this game as well. Boring overdone tropes but still lovable characters, best combat system in Tales by far, mediocre overworld and music. Its been like 5-6 years since i played this game but i may boot up my dusty ass ps3 again for some nostalgia.
Ayeee I'm glad we agree and you should give it another go!
I feel like in general playing games the second time provides a better experience. Familiarity with a story definitely provides more opportunities for enjoyment when you're not having to constantly encode new information and you can kind of just sit back and enjoy the ride.
"Cheria still sucks tho" I've seen a good amount of reviews for this game and all of them mention not liking her. Same here lmfao
Strange I love cheria
@@dragoonprime9829 she was just Asbel love interest.....thats it. Didn't have much less going on of her own accord. Even in prologue, first time she sees sophie, automatically thinks that is the girl Asbel is into *sighs*. I know she eventually starts a healing rescue team thing helping people when Asbel is away but thats all off screen stuff eh.
What I've realized is whichever game you played first in a franchise is usually your favorite. Tales of Legendia is my absolute favorite tales game (my first in the series) but everyone hates it 😂😭
I also think "tales of graces" is a coming of age story. For Asbel more than anyone. To being responsible for Sophie, to being responsible for Lhant, to being responsible to the world and to himself.
Asbel and Hubert reuniting after the time skip really just blatantly pointed it out.