Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is a remaster of the expanded Playstation 3 port of the original game, which was exclusive to Japan. Dive into the definitive version of this game with updated full-HD…

82 11 January 2019

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is an adventure developed by Bandai Namco Studios, released 11 January 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is an adventure game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and released in 2019. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is a remaster of the expanded Playstation 3 port of the original game, which was exclusive to Japan. Dive into the definitive version of this game with updated full-HD graphics, brand-new music tracks, exciting mini-games, bosses and more! Two more playable characters join the fray! - Patty Fleur, a cheerful and tough young pirate girl in search of treasure, adventure… and her forgotten memories. - Flynn Scifo, Yuri’s best friend and an Imperial Knight, now joins the rest on their journey! A power struggle begins in a civilization dependent on an ancient technology, the blastia, and the Empire that controls it. The fates of two friends traveling…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tales of series

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is the 82nd of 96 entries we hold in the Tales of series. It arrived 2 years after Tales of the Rays. The next entry was Tales of: Vesperia + Berseria + Zestiria Bundle in 2019. Its critic score of 82 is 7 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Tales of Symphonia at 89.

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How it was received

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition launched on 11 January 2019, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire and Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

Cheats and codes

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