Tales of Berseria (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ベルセリア Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Beruseria) is a Japanese-style action role-playing video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. It is the sixteenth main entry in the Tales series and a prequel of Tales of Zestiria.[3] It was released in Japan for PlayStation 3 & PlayStation 4 in August 2016,[4] and was released worldwide for PlayStation 4 & Microsoft Windows in January 2017. Tales of Berseria is a role-playing video game, where players navigate the game's world through the game's characters from a third-person perspective.As with previous Tales games, characters can interact through Skits, animated clips that play outside cutscenes and battle: characters are represented by head-and-shoulder portraits, and conversations can range from serious to comedic. New to the series' Skit systems is a cut-in effect, where at certain moments within skits characters in various poses will appear in response to the dialogue.