A Japanese stream forTales of Crestoriawas held today, with Kanata’s voice actor Kohai Amasaki, Misella’s voice actress Yui Ishikawa and Bandai Namco producer Tomomi Tagawa.
First off, it was revealed that multiple characters from pastTales ofgames will appear. Confirmed so far are Cress fromTales of Phantasia, Lion fromTales of Destiny, Luke fromTales of the Abyss, Emil and Marta fromTales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Milla fromTales of Xillia, Velvet, Eleanor and Magilou fromTales of Berseria.
Moreover, each character’s story is different than in their original game, because each character is a proper resident of theTales of Crestoriaworld. They aren’t coming in through some crossover. Parts of their personality may turn out different too, and some will join Kanata in his travels.
First off we’ve got Luke Fone Fabre, whose background seems to be a close replica of the original. Luke inCrestoriais a rich kid who’s been overprotected from birth, and as such is a bit naive. Still, he’s frustrated about always being shielded and would like to get stronger.
Meanwhile, Milla Maxwell is a woman whose duty is to hunt down the “embodiments of humanity’s sin”. Milla herself committed some kind of sin too, and she thinks it’s Velvet’s fault it happened and hates her for it. However, for now, the two of them are traveling together. She’s also looking for a friend she had in the past who disappeared.
As for Velvet Crowe, she still has her monstrous arm. She used to be very friendly in the past but after a certain something happened she’s now as cold as ice. She hates Milla and would love to strangle her, but they’re currently traveling together because of a certain promise they made to each other.
Lastly, there’s Lion Magnus. He’s a swordsman who temporarily joined the Knights of the Medagal Kingdom. He’s young and haughty but has the skill to back it up, and rarely opens himself to others. However, he seems to show interest toward Aegis, another Knight of the Medagal Kingdom. His weapon is Swordian, a sword which possesses its own will. Just like Aegis, he’s hunting down “Transgressors” like Kanata and Misella, and the “Great Transgressor” Vicious.
We also learned thatTales of Crestoriais basically divided into 4 parts.
First off you’ve got the “Main Story”, written by Jun Kumagai, about Kanata, Misella and Vicious traveling together, meeting new people, etc.
Then we’ve got “Side Stories”, which will focus on the various people Kanata met through his travels.
Next are the “Character Episodes”. Each character has one and you unlock it after using them many times in battle and after they reach a certain threshold. These stories will focus on that character.
Last is the “Face Chat”, conversations happening during quests, and seem to be basically the traditional skits found inTales ofgames.
The “Blood Sign” each main character has was explained as well. This is an evolution of the “sinner mark” that each “Transgressor” has on their body, it evolves into the “Blood Sign” once they have enough resolve to shoulder the sin they committed. According to Vicious, it happens when they decide to “Own their sin”. Each character’s “Blood Sign” is different, and it’s the weapon they use in battle:
They also announced the game reached 150,000 pre-registrations.
The stream is included below, after the concept movie, there’s some gameplay in it starting 19:32 to 20:16. Keep in mind the game is still in development.
Following the announcement thatTales of Crestoriais coming west in 2019, the official English Twitter published each main character’s profile and details on the game world. You can read this in the gallery below. Now, we’ve got an official description and translation for some of the terms in the game, but not for the ones revealed today. Please keep in mind most terms used in this article are temporary translations until the officialTales of CrestoriaEnglish staff translates them.
The gallery also has screenshots from the stream, showing the game’s main menu, the quest select menu, the various modes detailed above, some of theTales ofcharacters and each character’s “Blood Sign”.
Tales of Crestoriareleases worldwide in 2019 for iOS and Android.
