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Tales of Zestiria

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Tales of Zestiria
Tales of Zestiria cover
Developers
Bandai Namco Studios
Windows QLOC[1]
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows October 20, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 77
OpenCritic 71
IGDB 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Time-limited
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres JRPG, ARPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
Series Tales
Tales of Zestiria on HowLongToBeat
Tales of Zestiria on IGDB
Tales of Zestiria on MobyGames
Tales of Zestiria on Wikipedia
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 Zestiria is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the 15th main entry of the Tales series.

The PC version of the game was ported to Windows by QLOC and was released on October 20, 2015. Tales of Zestiria has a prequel in the form of Tales of Berseria, released years after Zestiria was released.

The game currently has a few technical issues, mostly because the game speed is tied to the frame rate. The game's frame rate is also capped at 30 FPS[2], but can be capped at 60 with workarounds (see Tales of Zestiria "Fix").

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and SecuROM 08.14.0028 DRM.[3]

DLC and expansion packs

See this Steam Community Discussion for how to redeem and use DLC in-game.
Name Notes
Pre-order items
Windows
Mystic Artes Free
Windows
Free Skits Pack Free
Windows
God Eater free offer Free
Windows
Seaside Resort Costumes Set
Windows
School Costume Set
Windows
Idolmaster Costume Set
Windows
Evangelion Costume Set
Windows
Attachments Set
Windows
Additional Chapter: Alisha's Story
Windows
Adventure Items
Windows

Essential improvements

Tales of Zestiria "Fix"

Adds 60 FPS support, vastly improves graphics, adds aspect ratio correction and fixes multi-channel / high sample-rate audio stability.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Games\Tales of Zestiria\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\351970\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 only. For other aspect ratios, see Ultra-widescreen.
Multi-monitor
See Ultra-widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Arbitrary resolutions are supported. Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix" to increase post-processing resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Select desktop's resolution and enable windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Off is Point Filtering.[4]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, Nvidia users can force other methods by following this guide. Downsampling is also possible.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Restart the game after enabling it. Alternatively, use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
60 FPS
Use Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Ultra-widescreen

There are currently some minor issues with this fix[5]
Use TZFix to change aspect ratio[citation needed]
  1. Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
  2. Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Render] set AspectCorrection= to AspectCorrection=true
  3. Save the file

Improve character shadow resolution

Use TZFix to improve shadow resolution[citation needed]
  1. Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
  2. Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Render] change RescaleShadows= to the desired value according to the TZF 0.5.0 release notes.
  3. Save the file

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

PlayStation Button Icons

Higher Quality DualShock 3 icons

PlayStation Button icons
  1. You must use Tales of Zestiria "Fix" for this to work.
  2. Download this file and extract custom_buttons.dds to the same folder as the game .exe and TZFix.
  3. Done

DualShock 4 icons

DualShock 4 Button icons
  1. Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
  2. Download this file and extract it inside the game folder. let it replace the file in the directory.
  3. Launch the game and open the TZFix ingame overlay menu [Ctrl + Shift + Backspace] and set the Gamepad to PlayStation 3.
  4. Restart the game or click on reload in the overlay menu to enable the icons in game.
  5. In the controller settings of the game, make sure to map the view Skit button to L3.
The plain rectangle button displayed in game is the back button (Xbox 360 controller).
The back button (left button in the middle) has to be assigned to the Touchpad button on your controller via Steam Controller config or through DS4Windows.

Audio

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

Localizations

English or Japanese Audio set on runtime. Cannot change without restarting.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Can use 4 controllers or Mouse and Keyboard + controllers.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Sound distortion at Sample Rates higher than 44100 Hz

Change primary playback device shared mode Sample Rate to 44100 Hz[citation needed]
  1. Right click the Speaker icon on your Desktop Taskbar and click "Playback Devices"; Or open Control Panel and click on "Sound".
  2. Double click the device with the green check mark circle on it ; or Right click "Properties";
  3. Click on the "Advanced" Tab
  4. In the drop down box under "Default Format" select the option using your current channel and bit depth setup with 44100khz (IE: 6 channel,24-bit,44100 Hz).
Use TZFix to fix sound distortion[citation needed]
  1. Install Tales of Zestiria "Fix".
  2. Open tzfix.ini, under the section [TZFIX.Audio] change "Channels=" to the maximum number of channels the game is allowed to use (Remember that a Sub Woofer ;.1; counts as a channel. So 5.1 will be 6 channels, 7.1 is 8, 2.1 is 3, 2.0 is 2)
  3. Set "EnableFix=" to "EnableFix=true"
  4. Save the file

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open TOZ.cfg.
  3. Change refreshRateHz=60 to the desired value, e.g. refreshRateHz=120.

Xbox Controller not working or partially working

Controller not working at all, or just works a few buttons, usually Back, Start, DPad.
Change Input settings in Main Menu
  1. Sometime, just after all the initial cutscenes, in the first gameplay section you can experience that your character can't move at all, and you can't even move visual, but usually you can still use Back, Start and Dpad buttons.
  2. Go back to the Main Title Screen. Or go there just after you launch the game.
  3. Go in the "Command" option menu
  4. In the Input section, switch to "Xbox Controller", or just "Controller". That's all.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input SDL2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4830
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Other

Notes

  1. 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>/351970/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (351970) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. QLOC opens a branch office in Gdańsk - last accessed on 2021-06-28
    "QLOC cooperates with such companies as: Warner Bros. Interactive, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Six Foot and IO Interactive, working on such titles as: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PC version), Tales of Zestiria (PS4 and PC), Devil May Cry series (Xbox One and PS4), Resident Evil 4 and 6 (PC), RiME (PC and Xbox One), Injustice 2 (PC) and many, many more."
  2. Tales of Zestiria reveals its PC Specs & PS4 info! | The official Tales of Blog
  3. Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-12-06
    ProtectionID scan of the .exe
  4. screenshotcomparison.com - last accessed on 28 May 2023
  5. Release Tales of Zestiria "Fix" 0.4.0 · Kaldaien/TZF · GitHub
  6. Verified by User:Keith on 2017-12-12