There’s been a unbelievable resurgence of basic JRPGs coming to PC in contemporary new types currently, with the likes of Romancing SaGa 2, Trails Through Daybreak, and Dragon Quest 3 all making their technique to us over the previous few months. The newest on the listing is Tales of Graces f Remastered, the 2009 installment within the now 30-year-old collection that the majority lately introduced us the unbelievable Tales of Arise. Marking the primary time it’s arrived on PC, and with a sturdy remaster that includes key quality-of-life updates, now’s a nice time to strive a superb RPG that you just may need missed.
Standing alongside the likes of Elden Ring and Tekken as one of many crowning jewels in writer Bandai Namco’s lineup, the Tales collection consists of among the best JRPGs round. First launched solely in Japan for the Wii in 2009 as Tales of Graces, it later got here to the PlayStation 3 globally as Tales of Graces f, however has now finally made its technique to PC courtesy of this brand-new remaster. As such, there’s a good probability many could have missed out on it initially, making now the time to rectify that.
Much like Final Fantasy, you received’t must be acquainted with the opposite Tales video games to play this one – so don’t fear in the event you got here in with one of many latest entries reminiscent of Arise or Berseria, or haven’t ever touched it earlier than. Tales of Graces f tells a very charming story, albeit one packed with pretty conventional character tropes, and options a battle system that also holds up as probably the greatest choices in all the collection.
Along with the polished visuals of the remaster and assist for as much as 120fps, the fight has additionally been given an improve. It’s a satisfying party-based setup that lets your staff swap between battle types on the fly, providing you with extra management over the space, energy, and vary of your assaults. The ‘Accel Mode’ system permits you to ramp up the tempo of the motion much more with highly effective character-specific skills reminiscent of stopping time, summoning defensive obstacles, or unleashing devastating assaults on your foes.
There are fairly a few welcome quality-of-life enhancements to be discovered within the remaster as properly. These embody quest vacation spot icons to make sure you don’t get misplaced, the power to disable encounters from triggering once you get near enemies, an on the spot retry possibility once you fail battles, and subtitles for post-fight dialogue. You’ll even recover from 80 items of DLC from the unique recreation, making this a actually definitive bundle.
Tales of Graces f Remastered is out now on Steam, priced at $39.99 / £34.99 for the bottom model or $59.99 / £49.99 for the deluxe version. You’ll discover it proper here.
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