Not only does including all of the cutscenes drag out an already boring part of the story, not much happens, and the anime ends without much of a cliffhanger. Okay, even when I started playing Zestiria I found this beginning part of the game the most boring. It is very nice and pretty much looks identical to the gameвЂ™s cutscenes. The voices are the same, the music is the same! The only real difference I saw was that in the game Alisha mentioned worshiping the seraphim but doesnвЂ™t in the anime. Therefore, characterization is nearly identical. While Abyss did a great job of keeping the most important events from a pretty long game, Zestiria has shown protential to keep the entire story.ДЄs I said, all the cutscenes are included and they are almost all identical to that in the game. END SPOILERД«ut as far as Tales adaptations go, the story is held tightly in-tact. Alisha leaves, Sorey realizes the hellion is after her later, and he leaves in the middle of the night with Mikleo. However, instead the rest of the scenes play out the same way. Either of these facts could have allowed for Sorey to leave with her immediately meaning that he would not have had to go search for her later. In addition, Alisha tells Sorey about the Shepard ceremony before leaving. However, here Alisha is present in the village at the time. SPOILER If you have played the game you know that the hellion attacked Elysia after Alisha left, which is why Sorey decided to go warn Alisha that he was coming after her. Usually, I can see the meaning behind a chance (even if I donвЂ™t like it), but here I did not see any reason for it. While I highly enjoyed the additional scene with Alisha telling Sorey about the fate of Lady Lake, the altered order of events surrounding the second hellion attack did not make any sense to me. However, this made the altered scenes a bit strange. I honestly think this is the best Tales adaption I have seen so far.ДЄs far as I can remember, every single cut scene from the game was included and 90% of the story was exactly the same. After defeating the hellion, Sorey invites the unknown woman to rest up in Elysia even though his grandfather forbid all humans from entering the village since it could allow malevolence to leak in. One day Sorey and Mikleo encounter a hellion and an unconscious young woman. He taught them from a young age to be careful of creatures known as hellions since they cannot be fought through normal means and bring malevolence with them. Sorey and Mikleo grew up as brothers under the care of their grandfather (the seraphim village ElysiaвЂ™s elder). This section follows Mikleo (a seraph), Sorey (a human who was raised by the seraph), and Alisha (a mysterious young woman who cannot see the seraphim). So, after the story description there are two sections: as an adaption, and as a stand-alone piece. As with any adapted work, there are some different positives and negatives when it is compared to the original and when viewed as a stand-alone piece. If you have not noticed the 'based on a video game tag' this is based on the Tales of Zestiria game, particularly everything up until the game's opening credits.

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