So...I, fairly recently, delved into the Tales of ... series. I completely missed their very existence when they came out, despite the fact that the initial western releases started with the PS1. I had no idea, that in Japan, they rank right up there with FF and DQ.
I started off recently with Tales of the Abyss, which of course, is out of order, but like FF, it doesn't make that much difference. Initially I wasn't a fan of the battle mode, having become sooo accustomed to the turned based battles of games like FF, DQ and so many more. But it grew on me pretty quickly. I really like how the game level up skills and the battles are more interesting as you learn assorted combos and far more engaging as you manipulate your attacks physically vs just selecting them from a menu. I also liked that the more you would use an attack the more powerful it would become and liked testing out different combinations to learn more.
I next moved to Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube version). I instantly liked that one and barreled through it, liking the characters more than Tales of the Abyss. By now, I was thinking, "Ok, I'd really like to play these in order so that I may see the progression of the series as it went on." so I decided to go all the way back to Tales of Phantasia. The question was whether to use a fan translation of the original SNES version or fan translation of the PSX version. I decided upon the PSX version. This one I have had to slog through a bit as it dragged out a bit in places and I missed some of the later conventions. At some point I will probably have a go at Tales of Destiny 1 & 2, Tales of Legendia.
Anyhow, long story short...Steam is having a sale this week for the Tokyo Game Show 2020. As a result, those games that have had PC ports are on sale. I am going to buy Tales of Symphonia because I will probably want to do another playthrough as some point, but the rest I'm not so sure about. I'm leaning toward getting Tales of Vespiria and am going to actually finally have a go at FFXIII, despite fans not particularly liking it. The last proper FF game I played was XII. I've tried XV on game pass, but was meh on that, and uninstalled.
I see all of these games as good old-fashioned jrpg comfort food, which in moderation I like.
My question for y'all, those that have played the series anyhow, is of the remaining Tales games available for PC (Tales of Vespiria, Tales of Zestiria and Tales of Berseria), which do you think are worth a buy? Obviously there are some that I won't be able to play which only came out on the PS3 or later and have not yet been ported to PC.
TLDR: Sorry for such a long post. Bottom line, which PC ports of Tales games do you find worthy?