Tales of Berseria

Tales
Tales of Eternia Online	2006
Tales of Zestiria	2015
Tales of Symphonia	2016
Tales of Berseria	2017
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition	2019
Tales of Arise	2021

Tales of Berseria is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the 16th main entry of the Tales series and is a prequel to Tales of Zestiria, set in 1000 years before the events of the latter.

The game was released on PC via Steam on January 26, 2017.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[1]

A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Adventure Item Pack 1	Free
Adventure Item Pack 2	Free
Adventure Item Pack 3	Free
Adventure Item Pack 4	Free
Adventure Item Pack 5	Free
Adventure Items Super Pack
Attachment Set
High School Costumes Set
Idolm@ster Costumes Set
Japanese, Fairy, and Menagerie Costumes Set
Maid/Butler Costumes Set
Pirate Costumes Set
Summer Holiday Costume Pack
Tales of Legacy Bundle

Essential improvements

Tales of Berseria "Fix"

Adds performance, visual enhancements, and other PC-specific features.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Tales of Berseria\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429660/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\429660\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429660/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:10 resolutions are letterboxed; use Tales of Berseria "Fix".
Multi-monitor		Use Tales of Berseria "Fix".
Ultra-widescreen		Use Tales of Berseria "Fix".
4K Ultra HD		^[2]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x^[1]
Anti-aliasing (AA)	SMAA, FXAA^[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)	^[1]
60 FPS	^[1]
120+ FPS	Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Disable cel shading and depth of field

See Helix Mod and follow installation instructions

Input

Input and camera settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Gamepad rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse buttons cannot be remapped.^[1]^[3]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		Use either the one included in Tales of Berseria "Fix" or the Proper PlayStation 4 button prompts.
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Proper PlayStation 4 button prompts

Install Tales of Berseria "Fix"
Download this file and extract it inside the game folder. let it replace the file in the directory.
Launch the game and open the Tales of Berseria "Fix" ingame overlay menu [Ctrl + Shift + Backspace] and set the Gamepad to PlayStation.
Click on reload in the overlay menu to enable the icons in game.
In the controller settings of the game, make sure to map the Touchpad button for the Party menu and the Options button for the Pause menu.

The Touchpad button has to be assigned to the back button (left button in the middle) via Steam Controller config or through DS4Windows.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voices, SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese UI and subtitles can be restored using the patch from here (or the archive.org mirror).
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, and the game has no option to change it.

Set desktop Hz^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open TOB.cfg.
Change refresh_rate=60 to your liking (e.g. refresh_rate=120).

Notes

May break the in-game graphics menu; make sure all graphics are set before doing this.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X2 550, 3.1 GHz	Intel Core i5-750, 2.66 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX AMD Radeon HD 4850 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7870

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/429660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (429660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Group Announcements :: Tales of Berseria :: Details about the PC version
↑ NeoGAF - View Single Post - Tales of Berseria demo is up on EU/NA PSN and Steam - last accessed on May 2023
↑ :: Tales of Berseria PC Technical Review -- PC Invasion
↑ High Refresh Rate FIX :: Tales of Berseria General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/429660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (429660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[PCDetails-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Group Announcements :: Tales of Berseria :: Details about the PC version

[3] NeoGAF - View Single Post - Tales of Berseria demo is up on EU/NA PSN and Steam - last accessed on May 2023

[PCInvasionReview-4] :: Tales of Berseria PC Technical Review -- PC Invasion

[5] High Refresh Rate FIX :: Tales of Berseria General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Bandai Namco Studios
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	January 26, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	80
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	JRPG, ARPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Tales