Wolf Team would turn into Namco Tales Studio, while some of its team members would leave to form Tri-Ace, the studio behind Star Ocean. Bandai NamcoWhile the Tales series has several defining ideas, it’s best known for its strong, action-packed combat, and its fascinating subversions of RPG tropes. That’s a dichotomy that would become essential to the identity of Tales games, and sets the stakes high for Cress right off the bat. By ditching turn-based combat, Phantasia felt like a fusion of fighting games and action-RPGs unlike anything else seen in 1995. This combat system was so successful that it served as the basis for over a dozen other games in the series.