After FDR we passed a constitutional amendment to give POTUS term limits . Hopefully after Trump we do the same to fix conflicts of interest . <| sep |> Warning in advance if this turns out really long and will definitely have spoilers I get super duper rambly sometimes , especially when it comes to my favorite Tales game . The games I have playedread the mangawatched playthroughs for Destiny 2 , Symphonia 2 , Graces , Abyss , Xillia 2 , and Zestiria . I know some stuff for Vesperia , Legendia , etc . but not enough to warrant forming a full opinion on them . Without a doubt , Tales of the Abyss trumps all other Tales games for me . I ' ve always loved the theme of it the meaning of birth , and having played it after Persona 3 , which had the same theme , I sincerely enjoyed seeing a different take on the same theme and see how similar but vastly different they could be . Luke ' s character growth has always been one of my favorites yes , he ' s annoying and bratty and a complete jerk at the beginning yet , you could easily see his frustration from being trapped for so long in his mansion , having practically nothing to do and having everyone underestimate him , made even worse when Asch is found to be the original and he ' s just a replacement , a replica . He tries to prove himself , feels welcomed by Van , and ends up being used in the process he owns up to his mistakes eventually , and ultimately sacrifices his life and coming to terms with the fact that he is a different person than Asch . The rest of the main cast is extremely fleshed out with their own stories , motives , reasons behind how they act , etc . Anise ' s controversial character always strikes me as interesting and how easily she can be misunderstood similarly to how Luke is severely misunderstood at the beginning , I adore Jade ' s very sarcastic personality and he ' s got some of the funniest lines in existence , Guy is best bro , Ion is precious , etc . etc . I could write essays on this , but I ' ll refrain from doing so now All of the cast members were there for a reason instead of being buddybuddies , and you can see them grow to enjoy each others ' presences and really come to care for one another . And can I just talk about the GodGenerals because they ' re my favorite group of antagonists ever ? I love that they mirror the main party in several ways you can sympathize with them and understand why they want to destroy the Score . They ' ve all led tragic lives because of it , after all . Granted , my favorite character in Abyss is actually Sync . If you couldn ' t tell by now , I really really enjoy strong characterizations , and it ' s why I adore Luke and the rest of the cast a lot . Sync just happened to stick out to me he ' s got a similar story to Luke , and yeah , he ' s a complete jerk , but not without reason . Van manipulated him from the moment he had found him at the volcano . Oh yeah , you ' re a replica by the way . Nobody wants you , and you ' re basically a piece of trash that couldn ' t even replace the Fon Master . You ' re not even supposed to be alive and you have like , no worth , so here , have a mask . I mean , that obviously isn ' t what he said , but it works . s Anyway , wtf Van . Sync is how Luke would have turned out if Luke had known he was a replica from the start and had been played to hate the world and the Score . It ' s a Freudian excuse done right to me , and I ' ve honestly found that it happens so rarely . I could relate to Sync on a number of levels too , as could I with many of the other characters , but that ' s just personal stuff that I don ' t need to get into . I ' ve spent a whole lot of time trying to find translations of all of the side material released for Abyss bless this site currents . orgabyss , read the manga , etc . Abyss just has an amazing story , with an amazing cast , amazing OST , and excellent and thorough worldbuilding . I don ' t really play Tales games for the battles I ' m prettyyy bad at them , but I enjoyed the FOF change system a lot . It made freerunning feel a whole lot more useful to me . This game is just beautiful and speaks to me . It will pretty much always be number one in my heart . tldr i ' m super obsessed with basically everything about this game , especially the characters and storyAs for my least favorite . Err . Probably Zestiria . I won ' t say there ' s a worst . And I know a lot of people are choosing Zestiria , but I really do love the game , honestly , there ' s just a lot more flaws to it than I would ' ve hoped . o Not saying that Abyss was flawless it ' s pretty close to it for me , but anyway . I had heard that the original Zestiria script was basically scrapped close to the game ' s release date and changed around , which is why the lore and everything is just a mess sometimes , but I did love the worldbuilding in it . There is some very nice and subtle character development that flourishes within the characters too . Sormik is one of the best ships written in Tales history to date to me . Edna is best girl . I am disappointed with the camera angles , how the story felt ehh at times , the whole thing about why Rose became a more important character and why Alisha was basically written off it involved some sort of scandal with Rose ' s VA and the main writer , I think , the restriction for multiplayer when it came down to armatization , the awful equipment system , etc . I did enjoy Zestiria to an extent , but it ' s definitely not my favorite of the bunch . My enjoyment for it died down a bit too when it was shoved down our throats on Link back when Zestiria the X was first airingtldr why you gotta kick princess waifu out of the story bamcoLooking forward to Berseria ' s localization though ~ I ' ve watched a friend play the JPN version , so I know the story , and the cast really shaped up to be super fun and entertaining to me . Also , Laphicet is adorable . I ' ll refrain from spoiling the game for everyone else , though . But ooops , this came out way longer than I had intended for it to . Oh well ~ Hope my rambling was aight and didn ' t come out as an incoherent mess .