Ask ten Tales of Graces fans what their favorite thing is about the game, and we’d be willing to bet that at least eight of them would say its combat. Despite the game’s age, many still cite the battle system as the best of the bunch. Some would go so far as to label it some of the best RPG fighting ever made.
Regardless of how you end up feeling about all that,Tales of Graces f Remasteredmaintains it all, and more smoothly than ever. But before you jump into it, here are a few things that might help you along in the early hours.
Prioritize Story Titles
The bulk of Tales of Graces f’scharacter growth is linked to the myriad titlesthat they’ll receive throughout your journey. If that sounds limiting, trust us, it isn’t;every party member has well past 100 in all.
Many titles are unlocked via special tasks. Side quests, number of enemies defeated, numbers of times you’ve used a particular Arte; that sort of thing. Other titles areautomatically acquiredwhen you reach certainevents in the main story.
Do keep an eye on every title’s learnable abilities,because somedoprovidenew Artes. Butmany new Artes are instead linked to story events. As such, and given the importance of wielding more attacks and healing sources,prioritize checking these out.
Heed The Warning Not To Master Titles Too Soon
Fairly swiftly into the story, you’ll be notified that it’s generally best tochange between titles whenever you have learned all their abilities, rather than when you’ve gone the extra step to master them.
We agree wholeheartedly. Whilemastering a title does boost its benefits, the process involvesconsiderably more SPbefore you’ve reached that bonus level. Since grinding for that SP will take quite some time,you’re neglecting potential abilities and stat boostswhen you fixate.
That’s not to say you shouldn’t eventually master your titles. Sure, why not? You’ll grow a bit stronger when you do. But switch them up beforehand,returning later in the game… if you find the time!
You Can Change Assigned Artes Mid-Battle
It probably took us a bit too long - or maybe far too long - to realize this one. Maybe it’d be readily apparent to you from the get-go, but maybe itwon’tbe!
When you’re controlling a characterin the midst of combat, you may find yourselffeeling limited by the number of assignable Artes. There aremore enemy weaknesses to monitor than there are B-Arte slots, soyou can never cover all your bases.
Except, well, you’re able to.When you pull up the Artes display during a battle,you’ll see the same list of B-Artes that you would when you check the game’s menu. In fact, it’s identical, right down tothe option to swap your Artes with everything else you’ve learned.
A bit cumbersome? Perhaps. But it’s well worth the mere handful of seconds that it’ll take ifyou find yourself struggling against a foe.
Find The Inputs That Are Right For You
We did mention this in ourBeginner Tipsguide, but we’re going into more detail here, with more rationale for why you should tweak things to suit your fancy.Tales of Graces f’s default controls will work for some, but others may find it constricting, and there’s an easy way to remedy that.
The button remapping options are robust.Anything can be changed from one button to the next, andcertain routine actions may not work well for your hands. In my case, that includedneeding to swap the block buttonon a PS5 controller fromsquare to R1.
In doing so, I gave my thumb more leverage tostick to the circle and cross buttons, which I kept asA-Artes and B-Artes, respectively. Meanwhile,square took the place of Mystic Artes, a special technique that you’ll usefar less frequentlythan Artes and blocking.
This simple swap enabled me to be more adept at blocking regularly without staggering the time it took me to attack. My controlled character took far fewer hits as a result. This may not be for you, but if things aren’t clicking, remap them.
Check Every Foe’s Info As Often As Necessary
You don’t need to manually scan enemies to reveal their data in Tales of Graces f Remastered. Instead,simply pressing the target info button will tell you their weaknesses. In many cases, it will also let you know their max HP.
This is a pretty big difference from many RPGs - and many Tales games, at that.Weakness exploitation is pretty importantin Tales of Graces f Remastered. Since you can swap Artes mid-battle (as we’ve previously mentioned), there’s no reason not to keep tabs on this.
You can also check enemies' information outside of battle via theEnemy Book. You’ll get a brief description of them, butan additional button press will pull up their battle-related intel.
