This is a really dumb thing which I wrote basing each version off my own personal experiences.

It has taken approximately a year to doing a playthrough of Tales of Vesperia for PS3 nevertheless I felt the timing was right to play through this again. This marks the third time playing this game but my first time with for PS3. I!ve spent around "#3 hours with the PS3 version at this point so I figured it!s time to say something about it. I!m going to be talking about the differences present in the $better$ PS3 version. %ou will be surprised to discover that you!re really not missing all that much. Patty Patty plays a pretty important role in the PS3 version& present in many skits events and her own story. 'er own story is (uite touching but doesn!t eventuate for a long period of time. It really doesn!t seem like she!s simply present for the sake of additional content she feels like a character that wouldn!t have her role (uestioned if she were present in the first place. She feels as if she was originally meant to be in the game integrated seamlessly into the PS3 version. Patty )oins the party permanently around the desert area and has easily some of the best skills in the game such as *ritical +imit and +ittle ,ig *hef. *ritical +imit!s casting time is long -approximately ". seconds/ but randomly decides one of the following0 instant 1+ fill instant active -random level/ 1+ for all party members Pikohan hammers di22ying the entire playing field random chance to heal or to damage party among others. 'er artes change depending on which $mode$ she is in *3ITI*4+ ,345I6+ or 51374+ modes. 'er modes can be changed by using the 8orm 9p arte which randomly cycles through these modes. It!s also possible to determine which mode she starts in the beginning of battle depending on which Skills she has set. 8or instance critical Skills will result in her starting in *3ITI*4+. 4ll up I hate pirate lolis or characters with annoying characteristic sentence:enders but she!s a pretty interesting character and I definitely use her in my party. 8lynn 8lynn )oins temporarily and intermittently throughout but doesn!t actually )oin until )ust before the final dungeon and isn!t anywhere near as useful as Patty. 'is role in the story is basically the same as the 3#; version barring an extra side:(uest involving the 4er <rene areas which also happen to involve a couple of characters from Tales of Vesperia0 The 8irst Strike the movie. 8lynn being playable is mostly an overrated desire from the 3#; userbase he )ust isn!t as useful as people make him out to be. 5ice to see a few post:battle (uotes involving him and the cast though which were new. I mostly use him in my party $)ust because I can$ but really I could easily )ust replace him with any other character. PS3 differences This is )ust off the top of my head but here!s what I noticed0 3epede snowboard minigame. It!s crappy with slippery controls. I couldn!t wait to stop playing with this thing. Took me a few tries to get under a minute for one of 3epede!s titles. Poker in 5amco Isle has actually been nerfed from betting .;; chips in the 3#; version to a mere ";; in the PS3version. Poker is still largely random. It is still sadly the only main income of chips. There!s a dude on 5amco Isle allowing you to play through all previously fought bosses 3;; chips a try which is great for getting those missed Secret 7issions. It doesn!t earn you any gald or =34>6 this way though.

4rtes ,all. This allows the player to set additional artes to +" ? direction ? @ but personally I didn!t find any use for it. 6stelle!s 8orce 8ield has been nerfed and no longer has a low chance of making allies invunerable. 4ll skits and movies are skippable. 6asily the best thing about the PS3 version. 4 few extra =iganto monsters were added. 1verlimit gauge fills to a maximum A but by the time you get it you!re at the end of the game. This doesn!t unlock until very late related to the coliseum. =raphically inferior to the 3#; version as the game runs at a lower native resolution. 7ost things are voiced excluding 5P*s and most parts of side(uests. Team 4rena is a nice addition making your party fight against various groups of enemies in succession. 4side from the addition of Patty and the ability to skip I can say with confidence that the core of the game is the same. 7ost of these $enhancements$ don!t really detract from the 3#; version at all especially considering 3#; users had the game a year in advance. It really seems as if the western Tales 1f fanbase has completely elaborated the PS3 version especially concerning 8lynn needless to say I won!t be listening to them in the future.