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I dunno, I've barely played the game yet. Got to the point where Laphi joins and dropped it for now, but I'll get back to it after I finish BotW probably. Not as cute as Rita in any case.

i loved vesperia. zestiria was decent. i played the bersia demo and fucking hated it. was the actual game any better? the combat for me was just button mashing and i felt like i had minimal control over my group.

was berseria any good?

works fine, just switch characters a couple times at the start to build Souls. I also used the 4-BG mystic arte a bunch to keep going if my souls dropped low mid fight.

story wise is miles better, gameplay its a mixed bag, the camera is no longer in the way and things are more frenetic but the game is insanely easy as point out, Velvet is way too strong and her therion crap makes her nearly immortal so long as you combo right. But i did like it a lot, deserves a pirate.

I wouldn't say miles better, but story in these games is really a matter of opinion anyway. If it's not on one of the extremes at the end of the day it's just another JRPG story.

As far as combat, you COULD challenge yourself to use another character instead of Velvet. Of course the others still have some invulnerability time during break souls as well, Velvet's is just the only one that can be maintained pretty much indefinitely. My main complaint really is that so much of the combat system is predicated on inflicting status effects in order to gain souls, which itself comes down to RNG a great deal (stun actually uses a hidden "build up" mechanic similar to how statuses work in dark souls, but it still has a random coefficient)

My recommendation if you are going for the challenge is to main Rokurou. His break soul is actually a counterattack, so it does nothing if you don't time it well and even then it doesn't provide any invulnerability beyond its own animations. That and he lacks Malak artes, so you can't really just stand back and spam with him like you could with Eleanor or Eizen. Laphicet and Magilou's break souls both last for an extended duration so it's possible you could play them like Velvet with perma-invincibility, plus they are designed more as back line casters so their playstyles are going to be much safer and less challenging anyway.

Game was ok. Only reason I beat it is to pass time until Nier gets cracked.

Story is great
combat is great, but Velvet is overtuned (still fun though. very satisfying getting those stuns)
better than Zestiria which was complete and utter shit. Better than graces f combat. better story than xillia
worth playing