Just beat the newly fan translated Tales of Rebirth, must play for anyone interested in it!!!

Tales of Rebirth is a PS2 action JRPG released in December of 2004 , in the 20th Anniversary of it Life bottle productions released a fan translation of it.

Tales of Rebirth is the only game that I have being playing since the translation released, I am certain I am one of the few people outside of the translation team who beat, at least I am ahead of anyone on YT that is playing with the English patch, many people have played before me without the English translation with a guide, of course.

With that said you would think I am a huge tales of fan right?

But you would be wrong, Tales of is one my least favourite major JRPG series, and outside of this game and maybe Eternia , I am not a fan of these series, most games that I tried I either felt bored before the 10 hour mark or forced myself to beat it.

But this game is different, while I am still not a fan of the battle system, even after I read the battle manual and the tutorials on it , I still didn't like the battle system and it , I always had this issue with 2D tales of games where the combat didn't felt good to me, but at very least this game has an easy mode so you can focus on the story, which in my opinion is good thing and that's exactly what I did.

The music and more specifically the battle themes are really good and make the other boring battles more bearable to play.

The story start alright and I like the first 13 hours, but personally it only starts being really good after the first act, I am not going to enter in the detail as to why that's the case all that I am going to say is that the game gratefully explores complex and dedicated topics, such as racism and discrimination , some times it made me angry, anxious and uncomfortable that I can only feel when I am reading something that's well written.

Different from other tales games like Symphonia or Vesperia it's pacing is really good and it only took me 35 hours to beat.

The character are also good, you may argue that it's small but I think that's a good thing, and while it might not have the best cast of character in a JRPG, with the expectations of Vaige which his only personality trait is shouting "CLAIR" , I really like everyone one else, but my favourite for sure is Eugene, but I won't explain why because spoilers.

If you like the battle system of 2D tales and haven't this game already, you will love it!!!

If you are more like me and can stand 2D tales of combat, and like a good story and makes you feel heavy emotions, I would also recommend playing this game.