Tales of Zestiria is a Japanese role-playing game (RPG). It was released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC in 2015.

The story follows a young man named Sorey, a human who was raised by angelic spirits called Seraphim. When dark beings known as Hellions begin running rampant, Sorey takes an oath to become the new Shepherd, and is bestowed spiritual power by the Prime Lords of the Seraphim in order to bring peace to the world by defeating the Lord of Chaos.

The gameplay consists of real time battles. You'll fight alongside one human companion and two Seraphim, who have their own elemental strengths (fire, water, earth, wind). You can take control of any protagonist on their own, or you can fuse a human with a Seraphim to create a very powerful fighter.

I found this game to be somewhat mediocre. Although I liked the characters and the musical score, I found the story to be quite slow and the gameplay to be pretty sloppy. Whenever I was in a battle -- particularly in close quarters of some kind -- the camera angle would always do something really strange and annoying, making it impossible to see what I was doing. I also found that there was often a lot of lag and pop-in graphics on screen, possibly due to playing on a PS3.

There were only four actual dungeons in this game, none of which were particularly clever or interesting in design. The battles weren't enjoyable for me, like they were in other Tales games. It felt like I was just mashing a bunch of buttons in order to get the job done -- no real tact was required. Additionally, they put into place some sort of action metre which gets depleted every time you move, and you literally have to stand still in order for it to refill. This makes battle all the more tedious and frustrating.

I was expecting so much out of this game after enjoying the previous two games so much. Unfortunately, this was just kind of a letdown. I'm not sure that I would play it a second time. I would suggest skipping this one.