Now for another film, this time Tales of Vesperia First Strike.

For those already familiar, this is the prequel to the game of the same name featuring the origins or partial origins of the two characters Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo.
We start in a small town that's experiencing trouble in a nearby forest as monsters begin to gather as a result of an unnatural phenomenon of aer, a substance used to power blastia a crystal catalyst used to modernize the world in various ways, call it electricity with the same properties as magic. Anyway the Niren Corps are charged with defending the town from this unusual phenomenon, however it's stand out characters don't really get along as Yuri and Flynn constantly fight much to the annoyance of the twins Hisca and Chastel as well as their captain Niren Fedrok.
As the situation deepens and help seemingly non existent, the Niren Corps track the source down to some ruins in order to confront the cause of the phenomenon with mixed results.
This film is a bit meh, I'm sorry I can't use a more constructive description for this film, there's nothing really wrong with it, it plays things very safe, the additional characters are welcomed to break up the mostly male cast, the plot twist was done okay and overall it's not that bad of a film it just didn't leave that much of an impression on me and there are a number of reasons why that is.
1. For a game so colorful, the film is very dark with it's color palette.
2. While the dub is okay much of the cast over acts, Flynn, Hisca and Chastel especially.
3. Flynn is a jerk when I expected him not to be.
4. The main theme music is over played.
5. It doesn't get me pumped up to play the game.
Overall I don't think it needed to be a film, as a DLC in the game maybe or even a TV special or part of an anime episode but not a film, it's not good enough to be a film.
Final Verdict: It's okay but it didn't leave me with much of an impression, mostly blamed on overacting and the fact that Flynn is an unlikable jerk.