Tales of the Tempest, the first Tales title for the DS concerns Caius, a boy with the ability to unleash the beast inside him, and his quest to find his true parents. The game is presented in 3D and uses a battle system similar to Tales of Rebirth. Enemies and allies are all on 3 lines, with the player switching between them at will. The Touch Screen may be used for special attacks never before seen in the Tales series, allowing lots more variety in battle. The big feature of this game is the ability for certain characters to transform into werewolves, gaining extra power and speed at the cost of techniques.
Good Game Having recently played 'Tales of Hearts' for the same platform, the DS, i expected to similarly enjoy Tales of the Tempest so i decided to jump in. Glad i did. Visually speaking, it's no graphical tour de force, and i believe this is one aspect that has many out there putting the game down.
The gameplay itself however, is similar 'Tales of' series fun, down to the games story progression and pacing, even down to the quest variety, it is wholly similar. One thing that should be noted however, is how bound this game is to standard JRPG cliches, though regardless, the story itself ultimately proves quite interesting, and the characters themselves, and overall gameplay put forth enough motivation to progress through the title.
Given this, i highly recommend the title to those seeking an above-average JRPG. Great game.
romana.kruisz(3) on 01, Sep. 2009 20:51 (HKT)
Interesting story The Tales of games are my favourites (besides the FF games). This one goes deep ...
e.chavez331(7) on 12, Mar. 2009 16:28 (HKT)
wonderful I like the Videogames story it is very interesting if you like the tales series this game is very good and should be quite entertaining.
coastline05(3) on 20, Feb. 2009 11:35 (HKT)
Awsome Game. This game is totally worth the money.It may not be as great as the other Tales of Games but an awsome Ds game.This game isnt very difficult,i beat it at lv.46 but it also has a secret dungeon which i beat at lv.74. 5 stars.
Slipstream(1) on 18, Aug. 2008 00:15 (HKT)
Not Bad As an overall package the storyline/fighting system and graphics are of this game are not too bad.
The story is a class jRPG style "main character's village is attacked by evil force" type but it is told well. The fighting system is well put together and fun to play although it seems like I spent a lot more time reading dialog than fighting. The background graphics are fairly detailed but the characters are drawn in a very strange "super deformed" style that really is not too good looking and they lack detail.
I would not recommend this game (or any other RPG) if you can't read Japanese at least fairly well. My Japanese is not terrific but I managed ok. If you are worried, the dialogue contains a fair amount of Kanji but most of it is fairly common.
For the $15 I paid, I am more than happy.
I should qualify this with the fact that I am not a big fan of the Tales series, the only other Tales game I have played is Tales of Symphonia.
