Tales Of Zestiria Receives New Field Exploration, Support Talents Details And More

Tales Of Zestiria, the upcoming new entry of the Tales Of series launching next week in Japan, has received some new gameplay details today.

The new details come from the latest issue of Dengeki, which includes some new information on field exploration and more.

Field Exploration

By pressing R1 you will be able to see these things displayed on the screen :
– Your current objective, you can see a star symbol above the characters/NPC that you need to talk to in order to trigger the main story (gold star) or subevent (purple star).
– The effect of your food (there will also be a number which represents the remaining usage of the food).
– The effect of your snack (this is one-time use so the effect will be valid only for the next battle).

Other than that you can also see the available map actions and the notification to press select button in order to trigger chat/skit.

Other things that you can find/do on the field :
– Discovery and stone monument, by finding stone monument your AP that’s needed for Battle Act will increase and you will also get battle advice that you can view anytime from the system book.
– Treasure chests and herbs.
– Norumin, by finding these little guys your current equipment will be granted with specific skills and you can also set these guys which will be explained later.
– Talk to your companion who follows you to get various hints for your adventure and to know their feelings.

World Map

– You can buy maps from turtlez which will allow you to visit new areas.
– By borrowing the power of the Seraphs you can execute map actions (square +d-pads) which will really help you on your adventure (you can use map actions to hide your presence from the enemy, destroy obstacles, jump over cliffs, etc)

Town

a. Inn and food/cooking
– By resting at the inn you can recover your HP and SC
– You can only eat/use food during your stay at the inn.
– Depending on the amount of times you have used a food, the food that you can choose/use will increase.
– You can trigger a chat/skit and learn a new Support Talent by staying at the inn or by eating food.

b. Shop
– To increase the shop rank you can either buy or sell things.
– Same equipments can have different skills attached.
– Shop will only sell 1 of each equipments but don’t worry enemy will also drop equipments.
– You can fuse same equipments to make them stronger.

c. Lord of the Land (The Divine Protection of the Seraphs), so by giving the Divine Protection of the Seraphs to the designated NPC you can turn them into Lord of the Land
– After a certain event in the story you’ll be able to warp between save points by paying Gald. The cost of the warp between areas that already has Lord of the Land can be lowered.
– You can increase the level of your Divine Protection by using GRADE that you’ve acquired in that particular area.
– Setting up Blessings, so through Lord of the Land you can set up blessings which will grant you various bonuses (reduce warp cost, make treasure chests respawn, etc) in that area. The amount of Blessings that you can set will increase along with your Divine Protection level.
– Setting up Norumin that you have found on your travel will make it easier for the enemy to drop equipments with a specific skill attached to it and will also increase the enemy’s level. Just like the Blessings, the number of Norumin that you can set will increase along with your Divine Protection level.
– Item Offering, you can offer your items to Lord of the Land and change it into GRADE which you can use to increase your Divine Protection level but because the amount of GRADE received isn’t that much, it’s still fundamentally better to earn most of your GRADE from battle.

Support Talent
– Each character can only equip 1 talent but you’re free to change it anytime.
– There’s a proficiency level, higher level will yield various results depending on the talent.
– By triggering chat/skit at the inn, a new support skill may be learned.
– Talents that can be learned differ between characters.

Some examples of Support Talent :
– Making Snack : The type of the snacks will change depending on the proficiency level and the character’s taste.
– Sense of Treasure : You will be told if there are treasure chest or herb nearby. By increasing the proficiency level and the number of people using this talent, the perception range will extend.
– Sense of Design : You will be told if there are Discovery or stone monument nearby. By increasing the proficiency level and the number of people using this talent, the perception range will extend.
– Synthesizing Medicine : Support Talent that can produce apple gel, life bottle, etc. High proficiency level will make the process much faster.
– Managing and Maintaining Peace : Regenerate HP gradually while moving on the field and dungeon. You will also be told when a character is low in HP.
– Fusion : Support Talent that will allow you to gather up points while moving which then can be used to do fusion anywhere. The points needed vary depending on the item.

Battle Act
– All party members will receive the effect of the Battle Acts that have been set.
– You can learn new Battle Act at the end of battle by finishing certain requirements that you can see on the Battle Act menu.
– The AP needed to set Battle Acts are gotten from finding Discovery and stone monument.

Some examples of Battle Act :
– A Guard : Your character will be able to guard automatically when possible during enemy’s attack.
– Free & Free : Enable Free Run
– Reviver : When you’re getting killed while in Armatization Mode, the transformation will be cancelled and the Seraph will sacrifice him/herself in order to save the human character once.

Tales Of Zestiria launches next week in Japan exclusively on PlayStation 3. The Western release will come on a yet to be confirmed 2015 release date.

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