PS Vita – Tales of Hearts R

This “Tales Of” game follows main protagonist Kor Meteor after he discovers a woman named Kohaku Hearts and her brother Hisui near his home town. When Kohaku is attacked by a mysterious antagonist named Incarose and infected by a monster called a xerom, Kor attempts to cure her using his Soma, an ancient weapon designed to fight xerom. In the process, he ends up shattering Kohaku’s Spiria, the essence of her heart and emotions, and scattering the pieces across the world. Together with Hisui, Kor sets off with Kohaku on a quest to restore her Spiria.

Like previous entries in the Tales series, Tales of Hearts is an action role-playing game. The game is split into two main areas: the field map and battlefield arenas triggered upon encountering an enemy. The battle arenas are fully rendered and played out in 2D. Characters are rendered outside pre-rendered cutscenes as 2D character sprites against 3D backgrounds.

For the PlayStation Vita remake, the gameplay takes place in 3D environments with fully rendered character models.Along with including a fourth computer-controlled character in battle, Hearts R uses a redesigned battle system titled the Aerial Chase Linear Motion Battle System.

Mutsumi Inomata returns for character designs. She has also worked on Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Graces, Tales of Xillia and many more.

Language: English

Players: 1 Player
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Year Release: 2016

This game is region-free for all PS Vita consoles.

**Media is to be assumed VG+ or better unless otherwise stated.