Beginner's Guide to Tales Of

New to Tales of? Looking for an RPG series to fall in love with? And of course, wondering which entry to start with? This is the guide for you!

Estelle art by the incredibly talented NiO:
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I should note that while couch co-op is the only way to play multiplayer on consoles, PC wins again as Steam has a remote play option to battle alongside friends across the globe. Parsec is also an option if you're playing these games through... other means.

As for what Tales games are available on which platforms...

- Tales of Phantasia: SNES (JP only, w/fan translation), PS1 (JP only, w/fan translation), PSP (JP only), GBA (terrible lol), iOS (discontinued lmao)
- Tales of Destiny: PS1, PS2 (JP only)
- Tales of Eternia: PS1, PSP (everywhere except for the west, basically)
- Tales of Destiny 2: PS2 (JP only more or less), PSP (JP only more or less)
- Tales of Symphonia: GameCube, PS2 (JP only), PS3, PC-Steam
- Tales of Rebirth: PS2 (JP only), PSP (JP only)
- Tales of Legendia: PS2
- Tales of the Abyss: PS2, 3DS
- Tales of Innocence: DS (JP only, w/fan translation), Vita (JP only)
- Tales of Vesperia: Xbox 360, PS3 (JP only w/fan translation), PC-Steam, Switch, PS4, Xbox One
- Tales of Hearts: DS (JP only), Vita
- Tales of Graces: Wii (JP only), PS3
- Tales of Xillia : PS3
- Tales of Xillia 2: PS3
- Tales of Zestiria: PS3, PS4, PC-Steam
- Tales of Berseria: PS3 (JP only, w/fan translation), PS4, PC-Steam

And of course, all games are available on PC across the seven seas, mateys.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro
1:32 - What even is "Tales Of"?
5:38 - General series advice
10:13 - Choosing Your First Tales Game
19:19 - Closing

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CREDITS

- Music -
(in order of appearance)

A Cheerful Bandit (Legendia)
   • Видео  

Boss Battle (Crestoria)
   • 21 - TALES OF CRESTORIA OST - Boss Ba...  

Overworld Theme 1 (Phantasia, SNES)
   • Видео  

Flaming Bonds are Being Tested (Zestiria)
   • Tales of Zestiria - Flaming Bonds are...  

Escape From Enemy Base (Symphonia)
   • Видео  

For the Right World (Xillia 2)
   • Видео  

Sea of Rage (Legendia)
   • Видео  

A Formidable Foe Stands in the Way (Vesperia)
   • Tales of Vesperia OST- A Formidable F...  

The World Stolen by a Finger (Vesperia)
   • Tales of Vesperia OST - The World Sto...  

That Fist, Blinking Decision (Xillia)
   • Tales of Xillia OST - That Fist, Blin...  

My Sword Shall Open the Way (Xillia)
   • Tales of Xillia OST - My Sword Shall ...  

Short Circuit (Legendia)
   • Видео  

- Footage -

Blue Sparkle Background:
   • Blue Sparkle Background Loop  

Old TV Green Screens:
   • Old TV Green Screen videos - No Copyr...  

Tales of Asteria Opening:
   • Tales of Asteria Opening  

Tales of Legendia from Lacry:
   / theguardian35  

Tales of the Abyss from Leonyasch:
   / leonyasch  

Tales of Zestiria from omegaevolution:
   / omegaevolution  

All other footage was captured by yours truly! Some day in these general Tales videos, all of the footage will be my own, I swear, but I still put a hell of a lot of work into not just getting the footage that was mine, but making the entire video! I respond well to praise and positive affirmation, so if you would be so kind as to drop your boy a like...? Please? Please.