Posts Tagged ‘Tales of Zestiria’

Full disclosure: I don’t like Valentine’s Day. Let’s be honest: If you have a holiday where couples are almost obligated to show their feelings for each other, there’s going to be a lot of that going on for the sake of it. Sadly, the commercialism [...]

Review: The first portion of Tales of Zestiria the X wraps up with enough blood and intensity to satisfy any action fan. Alisha’s fate manages to be one of the biggest draws of the episode, although Sorey’s encounter with the Lord of Calamity [...]

Review: I have to give credit where credit is due: the anime’s handling of the “war” between Hyland and Rolance feels much more fluid and serious than the game’s handling of it. I’m sure this is partially due to the fact [...]

Review: After we see Sorey and Mikleo working to purify Marlind’s water source, we get to meet the Seraph who was the drake from the previous episode. In this way, we find out how Seraphim can become corrupted by malevolence, as well as the original [...]

Review: This episode presents a familiar scene from the game: Alisha and company need to reach the infected town, but the bridge has been washed out, thanks to an angry spirit (though they seem to be oblivious to this). To my knowledge, the progression of [...]

Review: Alright everyone, Edna is here. The best character has been introduced. You can all go home now. The show can’t get any better than this. Okay, all joking aside, this episode really did justice to the introduction of Edna, Eizen, and Zaveid. [...]

Review: The story in this episode seems to deviate from the game during its latter portion. While the first half seems to stay pretty faithful to the source material (Sorey wakes up in the inn and then proceeds to visit Alisha, where she is able to [...]

Review: This episode contains the most deviations from the game of any episode thus far (episode 0 notwithstanding, since it was comprised of completely original material). The general plot remains the same, but a lot of the details are different. For [...]

Review: This episode continues with a nice mixture of game content and original content, with Sorey and Mikleo taking Alisha back to their village. From here, the show takes time to show scenes of Sorey and Alisha interacting, even going so far as to [...]

Review: This episode begins with more original content, as Alisha stumbles upon some ruins after somehow escaping from the scene at the end of the first episode. While it would have been nice to see those events play out, it is understandable that we [...]

Review: Normally I would start my reviews with a summary of the episode; however, I’m going to try to move away from that. We’ll see how it goes. Anyway, here we have the first installment of the Tales of Zestiria anime adaptation, dubbed [...]

Developer: Kiro’o Games Publisher: Plug-In Digital Genre: ARPG ESRB: N/A Price: $19.99 Like how Dr. Dre kept his ear to the streets to sign Eminem, so too am I actively searching for the next new hotness on the often-overlooked indie scene. I first [...]

Perhaps one of the biggest reasons that games collect any kind of a following is because they reflect the themes and moralities that make humanity so unspeakably complex. We’ve laughed as our rivals taste bitter defeat, we’ve cried as our [...]

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2 Many Christians quietly hope for a sign from God to affirm or strengthen their faith in troubling times. Two Sundays before Easter, my mother was [...]

Developer: Bandai-Namco Studios and tri-Crescendo Publisher: Bandai-Namco Entertainment Genre: JRPG Rating: T Price: $39.99 Released for the 20th Anniversary of the Tales series, Tales of Zestiria is the “RPG of Passion Lighting the World.” The game [...]