#velvet is awesome but also i have to mention the misogyny. help 😭

[soultwisters]

hii ok so random question but i have tales of berseria in my steam library, would you recommend it??

hi 👋 hmm i havent finished the game yet (currently near endgame) but im having fun playing it with friends!! :) i like the story and the characters so far, the mc is really interesting and the combat is fun, but also i have to mention that sometimes the misogyny in this game is crazy 😭 well, tales of games in general idk if you're familiar with the series but yeah, my reply got kind of long eek so im adding a readmore ↓

we’ve been playing for a while so i might have forgotten some stuff but for the negative points first outside of like some npcs saying out of pocket things there is one recurring character that keeps making weird comments at women, he is the mascot character and isnt a main playable character but still sucks whenever he opens his mouth… some of the girls' outfits are sexualized like the mc (velvet) needs a sports bra so bad, we changed her outfit so she'd be wearing a shirt but still… there is a monster kid who has a terrible design with skin tight armor :( jesus christ. and also i remember in a few dialogues they tease a kid from the main party (who is 10) implying he has a crush on velvet (who is 19) this is completely one sided but it's still weird that they would add that 😭

for the positive points i think when the game story is good it’s really good with its themes i’m liking the characters’ arcs so far and their dynamics :) they are very genuine... i like that the mc is an edgy girl with a demon arm she is awesome and im liking her story, some of the character interactions are very silly and i like that too, this happens a lot in tales of games where specific events and locations trigger some little scene events and then it can be characters talking about beetles fighting or something that happened idk i think it’s a nice detail that adds to the story. and again the real time combat of the game is a lot of fun with different combos and strategies you can do, even though it took me a while to get used to it, i feel like that also happens a lot with tales of games HELP the only other one i played besides berseria was zestiria and yeah, the mechanics are fun once you get to know how they work!

so yeah if you decide to start playing it i hope you have fun ^_^