Tales of Zestiria (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu

Zesutiria) is a Japanese role-playing game. It is the fifteenth main entry in

the Tales series, developed by Bandai Namco Studios and tri-Crescendo, and
published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released in January 2015 in
Japan on the PlayStation 3. For Western release in October of the same year,
it was also ported to PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows via Steam. The PS4
version was released in Japan in July 2016. As with previous entries in
the Tales series, the game uses a variation of the action-based Linear Motion
Battle System, with additional elements including a navigable open world, and
the ability for certain characters to fuse into a single entity in battle to deliver
powerful attacks.
The story follows Sorey, a young man blessed with powers by a mystical spirit
race known as the Seraphim who act as a stabilizing force in the land, as he
travels to free the land of Glenwood from the threat of the Hellion, creatures
spawned by negative emotions. The game's characteristic genre
name is Jōnetsu ga sekai o terasu ārupījī (情熱が世界を照らす RPG, lit. "RPG of
Passion Lighting the World"), with its story focusing on the passion of the
characters.
The game began development in 2012 as the 20th anniversary title for
the Tales series, returning to the series' thematic roots as established
in Tales of Phantasia and featuring revamped gameplay systems. Multiple staff
members from previous Tales games returned, including producer Hideo Baba,
battle programmer Tatsuro Udo, designers Kōsuke Fujishima and Mutsumi
Inomata, and composers Motoi Sakuraba and Go Shiina. It has received
positive reviews in Japanese gaming magazines, and shipped over 400,000
units in its first week. It has similarly garnered mixed to positive reviews in
the west, with the majority of praise going to the battle system while its story
and presentation received a mixed response. Despite the praise, it has
received criticism from fans in Japan for its handling of the game's
characters.