The only game I really see that in is Xilliaverse and Graces.
In Xillia bosses tend to break out of combo's for a lame BS attack.
Graces they usually break out to stop infintes iirc.

But the only games that have done it properly making it balanced was the R series making it so that bosses will have a chance to counter you mid combo but if you time your block right mid combo while they try to Counter you will pull out your own counter nad be able to continue your combo. The R series makes it so that throwing out the same arte to many times will make it weaken and soon after more uses the enemy will just resist the stun from it for a couple seconds.

i meant the enemies walk up to me and they attack me over and over again and i don't get to attack?
like wtf even normal battles are difficult because of this

I remember in Symphonia if an enemy ran out of TP they would just do nothing, like Meredy and ABYSSION would just point at you and do absolutely nothing.

Which game? Since i'm guessing Graces or Xillia with what you're saying.

And Cactus I believe that they may have fixed that in the HD remake not so sure though considering a vid I saw Loid's Ai derped mid Boss fight and just stood there with almost full TP.

all of the games
the enemies just run up and attack and i am entirely unable to have my turn to attack???

I hope they didn't fix it, I thought it was hilarious to let Abyssion run out of TP and beat him to death with the wooden swords.

And Kuro, the only game I've had trouble with that is Destiny with enemies that inflict sleep, other than that don't have that problem.

Just wondering if running in a circle when enemies spot you until they stop noticing you so you can get a free back attack is in the other games

because you can do that in Xillia and it's hilarious

If you do it Vesperia, it's well worth it, especially if you have monsters round you.

Not really you just need to know your way in situations since each Tales of game has a different amount of hitstun an example would be Eternia and Xillia 2.
Eternia's hitstun all works on Evasive stats and the Thrust levels.
Xillia 2 hitstun is all made easy for you allowing just about anything do extend combo's for you.

Kyubutt in the other Tales of games with Free Run the Boss's start acting retarded and stand there for a good moment allowing you to get a combo started a good example is the Radiant Mythology series and Abyss.

kyu's talking about on the world map
and i'm talking about how these games seem to glitch because i can't take my turn to attack wtf
the enemies just keep taking their turns

I noticed that a lot when i was doing my Graces solo. It became so much of a problem sometimes that the only way for me to win was to spam that move where Sophie dashes through enemies over and over.

I meant literally in combo videos or legitimate solos.

Like the mechanics literally prevent this from happening often. I can't really base any of this off of legitimacy.
Some pretty interesting s*** is the R series. Like, I recommend checking out any gameplay if you haven't.

EDIT: Not directed at Yoh since he has both of them lmao.

i've seen the r series but i'm waiting for a patch or something to come along, then i'll buy the game and find some way to patch it

if i am getting an r game though it's likely going to be innocence because ruca <3

Patch? Wat.
Innocence R is a good game but it's a little short... the gameplay makes up for that it's like Vesperia's but a lot more balanced and every character is fun.
The Ex Dungeon however is a different story the final Ex Boss is the most OP pile of s*** I have ever fought. You will do 0 damage till you break it's Penetrate and it's Penetrate is like 20 iirc it can also steal your party's Overlimit to fill it's own at any time and you can't use Magic Lens to see how much HP it has.

english patch. i prefer to get an english patch for games instead of using a guide to read. might sound lazy but that's just how i am.
i don't mind short games very much as long as it's not "...that's it?"


if you want tough, challenging games i can suggest shin megami tensei. message me if you're interested. c: