https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44538
--- Comment #4 from mrdeathjr28@yahoo.es --- (In reply to ovariegata from comment #3)
What version this game is reported to work in seems inconsistent based on winehq reports too where someone claimed it broke in 1.9.6 and another got it working in 2.6 which neither worked for me. Most seem to agree that is hasn't worked for a long time.
I am using nouveau with a gtx 780ti gpu and an amd fx-6350 6-core cpu with linux-4.4.18.
Another factor that could change things is that I am working around the steam and any other drm by using the CPY crack. As documented at winehq, this is required for the next game in the series, 'Tales of Berseria' and even with a legal copy I have strong objections to playing it in steam due to both ethical and practical reasons.
For the purposes of this bug I suggest focusing only on vanilla wine for now, I mentioned staging and d3d9-nine only to show that I tried other combinations as well.
As for the audio problems, I suspect they are caused by pulseaudio. As I do not have it installed I have no audio issues. I have heard similar reports for Tales of Berseria' which uses the same engine. There is a d3d9 hack-fix for this game and others in the series which is also reported to contain an audio fix. However I was not ever able to get these hacks to work at all.
As suggested at #wine-hacking, my next step when I have a chance will be to find out what specific dll it broke in for me. I'll update with this information when possible. Thanks for taking an interest!
Maybe can try lastest nvidia propietary drivers and version used in my test is steam version of tales of zestiria (maybe can get cheap, in steam regulary appears at 75%)