Plusses and Minuses: Tales of Vesperia

Massouken on September 8th, 2008

Another year, another story of a naive, saucer-eyed girl and the cocky, cynical swordsman that loves her. Tales of Vesperia mixes classic RPG level grinding with anime, intent on reducing two of the most annoying groups of fanboys to quivering masses after the immense nerdgasm only this combination can cause. Does this by-the-numbers RPG manage to land a critical strike, or does it deserve a katana to the back, a la Final Fantasy VII’s Aeris? (Yeah, that’s right - I just spoiled an important plot point of a 10 year old game. I live my life on the edge.)

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