Tales of Vesperia Yay or Nay?

Been tempted to grab it from Games On Demand (Xbox Live) for $30

Been reading nothing but very surprising reviews that say it's really good

But I've been hurt in the past by a lot of JRPG that I had hope for but was disappointed by

Star Ocean The Last Hope for example scared me lol...

I know Japan sold a crap load of Xbox's just because of Tales of Vesperia

Hm... so has anyone here played it?

I love all the Tales games, this one is no exception.
It gets really hard at times. Especially at certain bosses, but I suck at JRPGs most of the time, so it's probably just me.

I say Yay.

I've logged well over 800 hours into Tales of Symphonia. I picked up Vesperia and I find that it's easier to play and looks a lot better. Maybe I'm just biased due to my unending love of Symphonia, but I do think it's a good game.

My vote: Get it, only if you don't have a GCN or can't find Symphonia!

Definitely a Yay.

If Japan managed to sell xbox's because of this game alone, then obviously this jrpg is good.

Got it would just have kept nagging at me if I did not...

Usually western review magazines & websites
are critical of JRPG's and give em average reviews but not with Tales of Vesperia!

Motherfucking Yay.

I bitch all the time for the developers not localizing the ps3 version. If I didn't have a 360 already I would have bought one for this game ALONE

And if you have a 360 you could play the demo

YAY, seriously.

The whole Beta version thing is a another thing.

I've been a big fan of the "Tales of" series, and Vesperia is a good one. Not as good as symphonia, phantasia, or abyss, but good. But a word of advice, don't buy the strategy guide for it. Last game I ever bought a strategy guide for (fuck you bradygames). I did notice a few errors in the game, but they are negligible.

SIDE NOTE: I guess it goes without saying that Raven is my favorite character from it.

I say Yay

Tales of Vesperia is one of my favorite games

And I really like the fact that Yuri as protagonist is practically different than all the other Tales protagonist. One of my favorite tales protag.

and the connection between Yuri and Flynn is like Lelouch to Suzaku in Code Geass.

I've never seen current gen anime cel shading it's so beautiful!

Thanks for the feedback ^__^

See Tales of Xillia. lol

Isn't Tales of Graces a good example too?

Yes, it is, but by just looking at the trailers, I think that it's safe to assume that it's just better. Not saying that Graces is bad, but Xillia is going to be more graphically beautiful. And they say it will be in full Real time.

Yay, because I'm seriously about to buy a new 360 for this game and a few others.

Yep. Get the game, let nothing convince you otherwise.

I mean I've played my fair share of JRPG that have anime cel shading graphics on PS2

But was shocked to see TOV for the first time I'm sure HD helps as well ^__^

i say yay there is even Vesperia First Strike Movie which u can watch, i personally own the game and love every moment of playing Vesperia. it has great voice acting too in my opinion and i'm about to do a second runthrough after i farm enough grades :D

It is a YAY for me.

Yay from me. What else would you expect from a guy who owns both the PS3 and 360 versions of this game and has over 250 hours logged over 10+ playthrus? (and somehow still haven't gotten platinum yet OTL)