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EP. REVIEW: Tales of Zestiria the X

How close is the ending of the series is to the game's ending?

"Camlann" is the name of the field where Arthur did battle with Mordred, so it's actually a rather morbid name to give a symbol of piece. Michael should have done his homework.

I'm sorta mixed on how Heldalf's origin played out this time. I think they were attempting to "undo" another of the more controversial plot points of the original, namely that spoiler[Lailah knew pretty much everything that was going on the entire time, but forbade herself from telling Sorey because she blamed herself for the path Michael went down, and feared putting too much pressure on Sorey too quickly would lead him to the same end]. Her habit of dropping puns to be evasive never manifested in ZestyCross, but I guess it's because she had nothing to hide this time.

kpk wrote:

How close is the ending of the series is to the game's ending?

We may not know until the final episode, because there's a few pivotal events that happen in the final battle with Heldalf in the ending. MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS BELOW
spoiler[Throughout the game, Rose has killed in Sorey's place so that Sorey would remain pure as the Shepherd. But in the ending, after having absorbed Sorey and Mikleo's grandfather, the two were forced to kill him in a combo attack. He was also the one who ultimately killed Heldalf's human form.]
In the end, spoiler[so that Maotelus could heal himself, Sorey takes his place and basically disappears from the real world. We're shown that everyone who was human died without seeing Sorey again, with Rose dying of old age and buried in front of where Sorey disappeared, surrounded by friends and the seraphim. It is unknown whether the humans can see seraphim now or not. In the post-credits sequence, he is hinted to have come back after a thousand years and sees Mikleo.]

wolf10 wrote:

"Camlann" is the name of the field where Arthur did battle with Mordred, so it's actually a rather morbid name to give a symbol of piece. Michael should have done his homework. I'm sorta mixed on how Heldalf's origin played out this time. I think they were attempting to "undo" another of the more controversial plot points of the original, namely that spoiler[Lailah knew pretty much everything that was going on the entire time, but forbade herself from telling Sorey because she blamed herself for the path Michael went down, and feared putting too much pressure on Sorey too quickly would lead him to the same end]. Her habit of dropping puns to be evasive never manifested in ZestyCross, but I guess it's because she had nothing to hide this time.

spoiler[Lailah may not have actually been allowed to talk about the whole history with Michael until Sorey unlocked the story himself. Remember, the seraphim can gain power by giving themselves in to a 'geas' -- an obligation or prohibition that gives them power in return depending on how severe that limitation is (it's where 'Code Geass' got the term from). In the game, both Zaveid and Edna admit to having submitted to a geas themselves, but clearly not to the extent Lailah did as she has the most influence power-wise out of them.
It is likely Lailah's geas that prevents her from speaking to Sorey about their history. Lailah likely tried to obtain that much power to prevent the next Shepherd who would pick up the sword from making the same mistake, but ironically was prevented the easiest solution from doing so by preventing her from talking.]

Unfortunately, this entire history is probably the most disappointing part of the game story-wise, because it was clear from the various story points that Heldalf's history was rewritten over and over and was no longer consistent. Michael's 'wife' became his 'sister', even though in earlier points she was referred as the 'wife', and that rewrite only overcomplicated the already overly-complicated backstory of Heldalf.

Rebecca, just to note, it's Lord of Calamity, not Chaos.

The nicest surprise is how Alisha and Rose have turned out – possibly as more than friends.

Then he's able to single handily purify Heldalf over the course of what looks like a couple years.