Tales of What?: Explaining the Tales Names | Gnoggin 

Next Game: Tales of Berseria Reason: The main character is a Berserker, one who fights with anger and hatred. The main character hates a guy who is now controlling the world and sacrificing innocent people, the main character lives to kill this man.

My favorite rpg : Tales of Vesperia Why : Yuri Lowell.

I wasn't ever actively aware of this series. Just bought Sypmhonia and Zestiria. Wow Symphonia caught me off guard with it's themes. ''Hey kids stay in class while I go check if it's time for your classmate to BECOME A GODDESS AND SAVE US ALL'' I like how it keeps everything on a digestible level. I'm still very early in the game but right now it seems to balance really well it's quirky moments and it's serious ones. Like a good anime.

I always just assumed the developers had like a giant wheel of fortune type thing with a bunch of randomly generated fantasy names on it...

I dunno if Graces has a more royal cast than Abyss. Abyss has a Duke's son (at one point betrothed to the princess), the princess, an heiress of a 2000 year-old religious lineage, the personal guard for the religious leader (who is a non-playable cast member), a colonel (really more like a general in terms of political and military significance), and the only character who seems to be a lowly servant turns out to actually be a nobleman as well. It's pretty close.

honestly all you need to do is play one tales game. if like one, you'll be drawn to the rest of them regardless of the title.

Symphonia is also a greek word. it means "agreement" , "pact" or "deal"

The protagonists here also form a guild, and guess what they call it. ULTRA COURAGEOUS SUPER AWESOME BRAVES!

Tales is so under appreciated. 2:41 Feel the pain of those inferia beings!... Yeah... 10:39 Mind Blown. 13:08 Definitely Symphonia. Honorable mentions to Graces, Vesperia and Abyss. Eternia is probably my favorite of the early tales games though. Awesome video by the way. It's always refreshing to see a decently sized youtuber doing a video on the Tales series.

Fun Fact: Tales of the Abyss' is basically the opposite of Tales of Destiny.

The music in the beginning made me go back and play through all of Tales of the Abyss... Goddamn Meaning of Birth is great.

"I love seeing you guys use your heads down there." I need an adult....

Vesperia. Why? Cause the protagonist is not your average teenage warrior. He's a vigilante and knows much about the world unlike some tales protagonists.

By the number of soundtracks used from it, you can tell he REALLY likes Tales of the Abyss. Such a great game.

Tales of the Abyss is my favorite because... I connect with Luke on a personal level...

There is a reason why the "F" for "future" is inside the PS3 version of Graces. Because it actually has second, fully fledged Story mode that happens, I think one year, after the main game, which wasn't in the original Wii Version. This represents what happened to everyone in the future, and thus they added the "f" to the title!

I wish he was on Game Theory but everyone in Game Theory has their represenative roles. MatPat is the most popular and takes up theories and such. Gaijin covers stuff about ethnicity and culture, explaining why something was taken so offensively, or what certain culture references in games are. Drake does an analysis of Smash characters, their abilities and moves, and maps. He also did crossover, and Smash Analysis only has a year and a half of material available to cover until new characters are introduced. He wouldn't fit in because he would be in MatPat's role. I mean sure, a collaboration between the two would be awesome every now and then but I'm sure Gnoggin wants to run his own channel and do theories on his own.

Wait, then Xilia 2 is... XIII-2!!

Hello I’m just finding your video. It kept getting recommended to me and I’d just like to say this made me giggle, your eyes are great, the skits are funny, love the posters and artwork as well as the collage of the tales games. Tales of Symphonia was my favorite. It taught me so much about peace, love, unity, respecting ones beliefs and achieving the impossible through believing in your abilities and what resources you have available!!!

this explains everything! Now I'm even more in love with the series

you like Tales? WHY CANT I SUBSCRIBE TWICE

Feeling the love for Tales of Vesperia. Basically just said, "It's Latin for evening star. It's the brightest star in the sky. They named their guild, Vesperia. Moving on~" Meanwhile you go in depth into their hidden meanings of the majority of other games and drawing the viewer in, mentioning the double meaning and how the names relate to the plot and the characters as a whole. "It's a star and their guild name," doesn't really show that much thought really went into ToV's interpretation. They get a little over 10 seconds of screen time in a nearly 14 minute video. To say I was disappointed is an understatement.

Racism, Classism, "Ism-ism" lol

I just found this little gem again, to see how much you've changed I hope this year you'll grow and prosper this channel even more be safe.

I won the facebook award on tales of xillia community group. for beating the game within 30 hours of release. i've played all tales game since eternia which was avaible, I did not care about japanese only i would order it, and play it, even when i half understood anything, i would try my best to google translate my objectives, All my gaming friends says that they have all played final fantasy, while i've actually only played 1 version. I love tales and i'll 4-ever always play all of them. Tales of eternia was my favourite game btw. as you could combine elements and learn new moves this way so the customization was the best thing ever.

My favorite Tales of is Xillia 2. I liked making choices and having more than one ending. Symphonia was my favorite before it. I like being able to make choices when talking to other characters. My favorite thing about Tales of games is the (current and improving) fighting system. I also really the references to the other Tales games.

Great video, man. I am deeply in love with the Tales of series. Brilliant stories with awesome characters and high adventure. Good stuff, man.

Love the fact someone spend the time on explain the Tales Of names, great video!!!!!! : )

My favorite Tales game is Tales of the Abyss. I love the character growth that Luke goes through. He goes from being an unlikable stuck up brat. to being a really likable person. I also love the other characters you meet and even like a lot of the antagonists.

OMG THIS GUY PLAYS THE SERIES THIS MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY FOR SOME REASON :D

Thanks for your video, I just started playing the tales series and I was looking for the ones available in the platforms I have and your video helped a lot! I'm currently playing Tales of Zestiria and will start Symphonia next

Love the way the video was done, I'm a sucker for everything Tales related

IA at the end is what makes the titles of the Tales Games better. Pacman agrees.

Hah... That is funny cause I actually got the Tales games JUST from the boxart... lol (but I barely play them haha, never completed one yet) Also, favorite JRPG is Zeenohblaydes Chromicles (Yes I meant to spell that wrong). Why? Cause of its large ass world, "I'M REALLY FEELING IT" and "IT'S SHULK TIME", Metalface is just awesome, you're walking on 2 huge ass titans, and its pretty complex story.

LOL I freaking love when he started talking about Zestiria and connected the name. The face was priceless!

Wow! I didn't knew that Lockstin liked the Tales series! Also, amazing how much you have changed

These game series are legendia! I'll keep playing them for eternia.

I recently beat Tales of Symphonia ( great game with great plot) and now I wished I had at least a list on what systems the other games are on.

I loved tales of the abyss. played through that one multiple times. I just picked up zestiria and I am enjoying this one immensely too. probably my favorite intro as well.

My fav Takes is Symphonia, and my fav tryo is Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia. Subbed because I thought I knew what most of the titles meant. I had an idea, but some escaped me haha. Love the Tales of support. We have been getting more of them because the support has been growing, thank God.

This is my favorite JRPG series I love everyone of them

Namco HQ has a giant poster of Lelouch?

Great explanations. I only had a chance to play a few but I love the story for each of them. Now I know their meaning. Thanks!

TALES OF SYMPHONIA!!!! Today and forever!!!! Is a beautiful masterpiece!!!! Nice video btw

Abyss is best.

Simply put, Tales of the Abyss is my favorite. It introduced Free running into the series and is the one I've beaten so many times, I can get everything in the Grade shop and still have a bunch of grade remaining =D

Well, my Tales Game is, Tales of the Abyss! And like, I personally saw it as a game about Growth. Luke, a once snobby prince who expects everyone to bow to his every whim, grows to be a strong leader, and he never stops growing. Anise, who always ended up taking orders from someone else, let it be the religion of her country or a certain Grand Maestro, when it costs the life of her best friend, she learns to follow her heart instead of what she's ordered to. Guy, a rather fancy man and best friend to Luke, but because of a traumatic experience as a child grew to fear women ((I won't say why cause of Spoilers >wo)), but he eventually learns to get over his fear as he travels with his female companions ((those being Tear, Natalia, and Anise!)). Even when all seemed hopeless for everyone, they were able to find the courage to continue on, knowing that even if the chance is slim, they can always rise back up from the Abyss. And they grow and learn from each and every moment and situation they're in.

I finally understand why they are named that way! I've been a fan since I got hold of Symphonia! Thanks for clearing that up for me and others! Love your videos!

Perhaps Tales of Graces was my fav, it was so precious :)

> abyss, xillia and xillia 2 are best tales games and symphonia 2 isn't as bad as everyone loves to say *runs away*

A quality video about the tales series? I think I like this guy.

My gavorite is Tales of Symphonia, my husband (back then closest friend) showed it to me after a friend commented that we reminded her of Zelos and Sheena. I didn't know who they were and then he showed me the game. It was my first Tales game, and I did relate to he characters in one way or another. Holds a special place in my heart.

Tales of Phantasia and tales of the Abyss, that's the only ones I played, because I don't have Playstation or PSP. I just have, beginning with Gameboy, just the Handhelds from Nintendo

lol well since I seem to have a chance to ramble about Tales because there's almost no one to talk to about it here, I'll definitely take it. Current faves: Zestiria and Xillia 2 (this is gonna be SO LONG. Oh God, I'm so sorry). I've heard a lot of people don't like Xillia 1 and 2, and okay, whatever I don't really care much about Xillia 1, but Xillia 2 managed to tear my heart out, throw it down the floor and stomp it into a million pieces, then set the pieces on fire as if it's not satisfied with what it did (complete with evil laughter in the background). I love Ludger and Julius and their relationship a whole lot, and Rollo is just an added bonus (would you believe me if I said I picked up Xillia 2 because of Rollo? I wouldn't too if I forgot I really did that). I love the crazy combos you can do in battle, and the mystic artes are really cool. Maybe the Chromatus kinda made Ludger too op at times but hey who doesn't like being op sometimes? Honestly, I'm not one so much into gameplay (though I like battle systems like Tales' LMBS and real time way more than turn based battle systems, oops), what manages to get me hooked on games is the plot, and Xillia 2 really got me there. I love how dark it is and how it actually got me thinking about the importance of family and the morals that get challenged when it comes to it (and I adore the Bad Ending, fight me). I know, it might sound cheesy, but it's not. It's really really dark and awful and way too much for Ludger and Elle, and chapters 12 and 15 and the True Ending got me crying like an idiot. I don't care if the maps were "recycled" and "too lazy," for fuck's sake the game took place literally just a year after the first one; there won't be that much changes you know? As for Zestiria, oh boy, at one point I got influenced by the number of negative feedback about the game, but when I sat down and actually got through it? Along with the number of analyses about the characters, especially Sorey and Mikleo, it immediately became my favourite. It's true that Zestiria is lacking in a lot of things gameplay-wise (fuck the camera), hopefully the EN and EU adaptation would fix those, but it made up with the characters, I believe. Despite Bamco saying that Zestiria is supposed to return to its roots, it actually managed to break a lot of character tropes established not just in the series, but in the whole JRPG business. Sorey and Mikleo, for example, though I'm not gonna say a lot about it :))) As for the battle system, I love the whole "merge with ur seraph and butcher all of them lmao" idea. It kinda broke the game though, so have fun with that. Though honestly, what got me smitten to Zestiria are the characters and their relationship with one another, especially Sorey and Mikleo's "friendship." TLDR: Xillia 2 destroyed me and I loved it, Zestiria is okay but the characters destroyed me and I loved it. Also not mentioned: Ludger Will Kresnik did nothing wrong.

I loved your Video haha Thank you a lot

I'm a really big fan of the Tales Game Series but some of these titles just never made much sense until you explained them (didn't know Namco actually did that at all but apparently it was necessary, as you said). So thank you for clearing up some questions! I enjoyed the video in all of its humor! ^^ Hope you have a great day!

The "F" in Tales of Graces F meant future because the PS3 version contained an extra arc that didn't exist in past versions of the game. This being "Lineage and Legacies" or "The Future Arc", in which you join the characters a few months after the main portion of the game. Just figured I'd put this info out there in case anyone was curious.

Good, you chose the right music to start with. Tales of the Abyss = best soundtrack.

Whatever cover of the Abyss opening playing in the beginning is great.

tales of the abyss is my favorite one. to be honest though the entire series is just greatness.

TALES OF SYMPHONIA. IS THE BEST ONE

My fav tales game is Tales of the abyss, all da way

tales of phantasia is still my favorite of the series. i just loved it. Abyss and Xillia are a close second though

One of my favorite series

I actually didn't know a lot of these names even had meaning. I thought they were just random gibberish... As for my fave, Symphonia is an absolute masterpiece!

Wouldn't Inferia come from 'infernal' instead of 'inferior'?

Just watched the video today, I love this franchise and I didn't know anything about the names... thanks

I could listen to you revaing about the tales series like forever! LOL

Technically they name the guild Brave Vesperia, not just Vesperia.

i like the 2nd symphonia game because of the love

My favorite series of all time!!!

finally, a guy who understands the tales games as much as me, u got urself a sub

Tales of the abyss and Xillia are some of the best JRPGs I've played (Just ended Xillia 2)

Think about it twice when you dismiss "Legendia". A legend is a specific type of tale, that deserves to be read, usualy, based upon real events but rewritten to include fictionnal events and fantasy.

tales of the abyss of by far both my favorites tales game and game of all time

I love the tales series, I started way back with Tales of Destiny and haven't stopped since.

Its true, the next Tales game ends with IA. Namco has a fetish

My favorite Tales game is Symphonia. Reason? Probably because it was my first ever RPG game. I just love how deep every single character is, how far the lore goes, how the fighting system works and pretty much every little aspect of this game. Sure, you can say it graphically didn't age very well, but it's still far more visually tolerable than Final Fantasy VII if you ask me. However, it is true that dungeons get repetitive with each new playthrough and thus make this game kind of unbearable after 300 hours(I'm speaking of experience). Also, the sequel was so bad I wish it never existed. You know what Tales game NEEDS a sequel? Vesperia. With an ending like this one, there is some incredible potential for more. Namco should remake the PS3 port and sell it in a bundle with a sequel. A good sequel this time. A sequel where Duke is playable. That would be nice.

I love you. I just started this video and that's what came to mind.

this was so informative! thank you! and it was presented well. my fave is Xillia, i love how all the characters pasts interlock and affect the future. and in Xillia 2, it highlights how one simple change would effect everyone greatly even though they were living in complety diffrent places :3

Legendia is definitely the greatest game of the bunch by far. I mean, I sank 200++ hours into Destiny, and I'm totally loving Zestiria.. but damn, Legendia was frikkin awesome.

Not to nit pick, but Xillia is pronounced Eh-Ku-Shi (freely translated into the Z sound)-illia or at least that's how it's written in Katakana. I always called it Xillia like Zillia, and I thought it was odd whenever I heard people pronounce it as eksillia, but that's the official way it's written. You can debate whether the pronunciation should be carried over, but I guess for me it's word of god and source material over adaptation. エ = E, ク = Ku, シ = Shi, リ = Ri, ア = A

Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Vesperia. This was great!

Thanks for the insight about my favorite series! =) Tales of Vesperia is my favorite--I love the empire versus guild dynamic, love the characters, and think it has a great story like most of the Tales games.

My favorite Tales game is Abyss. So amazing. I just finished my third playthrough a couple of days ago, and right now I'm working on getting all the Planetary Fonic Arte catalysts. It's actually one of my favorite games of all time.

I still say Ex-illia. Sounds better to me. Also the F for Future refers to the post game Future Arc added to the PS3 remake.

I plan on getting into this series soon. Might start with symphonies chronicles.

The first Tales of Symphonia I'd consider my most favorite. I have yet to be able to play all of them, but I currently choose it because of its storyline, and the insanely difficult battles you come across.

I never played Eternia, but i think Inferia could come from "Inferno" instead, meaning hell, as a contrast to heaven being Celestia. But i could be wrong :p

The F for Future was added to graces F because of the future campaign, that is exclusive to graces f. It details the future of the graces plot (well duh)

I LOVE the tales of series!

I never heard of this game series until I watched this video and I'll try to get some of them if I can they sound really good thanks to this video😄

Xillia was my favorite.

No doubt Xillia 2 is the goddamn darkest game in the series. It WILL pull on your heart strings.

I love the tales series! Very Awesome video! My favorite JRPG series is essentially the brother series of the tales games: Star Ocean. This series is what pulled me into the JRPG world and its actiony gameplay with HILARIOUS party interactions are what sell it for me. I hope you do a video on this series soon (if you already have, I'm a new subscriber and am just watching your videos for the first time xP) so here's hoping :)

thank you for the explanation!

Tales Of Symphonia, Played it like 10 times. lol And Now playing Tales of Zestiria.

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with the Tales series. I've only played three games: Symphonia, Legendia, and Dawn of the New World, and I loved them for the unique characters, stories, and combat, but at the same time hated them because with each one I always got stuck on a really hard boss and never beat them because I just gave up

I love the tales series thank u for this vid

Love the Trifecta of the Best Tales games: Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia.