And technically the game is stuck somewhere in mid-2000s.
There are a plethora of "artes" your characters can learn but you are limited to 4 artes per combo level so you either set up the most effective combo all around and mash a single button until you get calluses, start every battle with painstakingly reassigning artes to fit your present set of enemies or say "Eh, whatever" and set combat difficulty to "Easy", saving yourself a few hours. The combat is quite complicated and nuanced but gut-wrenchingly boring. A swordsman who looks carefree but is actually totally absolutely amazingly powerful, a clumsy kid whose primary role is to invoke warm feelings, a really grimdark fighter who is both grim and dark, a comic relief happy go lucky magician girl who, of course, will magically save you when a deus ex machina is needed.
The supporting cast, however different and "edgy" they might look are all the stereotypical ones. Velvet is all "dark", "really evil" and "revenge-driven" but she's extremely prone to not killing important enemies, being needlessly chatty when butt-kicking is due and turning into a damsel in distress when the plot demands it. Yes, it has rave reviews but it still follows every "safe" cliche that has plagued the genre for the last 10 years. It is a good JRPG in that it does all the necessary fanservice and "unexpected" plot twists but as a game it is really bland. It is a good JRPG in that it does all the necessary fanservice and "unexpected" plot twists Tales of Berseria is a painfully mediocre game. Tales of Berseria is a painfully mediocre game.
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