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Tales of Xillia 2 |OT| Return of the Bazongas
- Thread starter kayos90
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The size of that artbook. Impressive! Also, the figure is a decent size too.
Really looking forward to receiving mine.
Xenoflare
Member
I enjoyed Xillia more than I should haha.
For reference, I played Tales of the Abyss on the 3DS around the same time I played Xillia and decided to call it quits after the first run.
I still haven't finished Versperia, that has more to do with me being too lazy to get out my 360 since I haven't used it much since PS+ two years ago.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Ohh hmmmm. Well, I bought Xillia at 39.99 and Graces at 35 or something and Tales of Symphonia HD for like 10, the same with Graces.
Oh well, I haven't actually touched Symphonia HD and Graces at all, so maybe I'll just play these first while waiting for this one to go down in price. The temptation would be very palpable though.... hrmrmrh.
I could probably just walk into the shops whenever and buy the game without pre-ordering and get automatically upgraded, but if I don't get it it's no biggie.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I really enjoyed the first one. Definitely in for this, as well. Hopefully, it's as good as the last one.
Ha, I probably don't have enough time for both, and I'm fairly neutral about the franchise Hmm. I should probably start with Graces.
A step closer to Graces than Xillia was, but still not as open to stuff like min-maxing and tinkering.
It's back to traditional leveling, and there's crafting (it works more like Vesperia's crafting), with the skill/arte-learning system being somewhat similar to Graces' Title system, though it's not nearly as expansive and lacks the secondary abilities titles had. Cooking is basically like Xillia, you buy takeout.
There's a relationship system between Ludger and the other characters, but there's not a whole lot to it really and it mainly only benefits one character. The best things are some of the skill books they give Ludger and the second Mystic Artes.
Hours Left
Member
Graces has, hands down, the best battle system in the series. Tons of sidequests too.
But as I said before, you might want to beef up your tolerance for anime tropes and dull as dishwater protagonists. Asbel is awful. Malik, Sophie and Pascal are pretty awesome though. The other characters have their ups and downs.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
If I can tolerate Luke--both versions of Luke since they are equally annoying... no wait, the latter version even more so--and Jude, I can take on anything.
Makes me want to fire up and start Graces F tonight... might as well do that.
Xenoflare
Member
I'm sure it does. Although the character roster is not as expansive as graces f.
Pejo
Member
Oh crap, this game is coming out soon. I still have yet to even start Xillia 1. Ah well, I'll still go preorder this just to show support for Tales games coming West.
Without knowing anything about this game or the first one, I'll say after just glancing at the character art, I like that this game has more mature looking characters, and I like the MC's design too.
Without knowing anything about this game or the first one, I'll say after just glancing at the character art, I like that this game has more mature looking characters, and I like the MC's design too.
Hours Left
Member
Luke and Jude are also pretty lame, but in a different way.
Asbel doesn't really do anything super offensive, but he's so bland, that I'm pretty sure he's secretly just a cardboard cut-out brought to life by friendship.
Xenoflare
Member
I like the "urbanization" of the characters. Their wardrobe is a tad more modern this time around.
Xenoflare
Member
I have to say that Jude is the least offensive protag to me for Tales.
He's bland sure, but he's not as dumb (excuse me) as the rest.
We always have Yuri as the odd one out since I really liked him, and he's got character.
Well it's better than nothing. Thanks for answering.
I think it's plausible that Asbel is a Friendship Golem or Friendship Elemental.
Graces f is my favorite. Do it.
Xillia 2 will go on sale by the end of the year.
DXLelouch153
Banned
payed off and ready to be picked up next Tuesday
Jude could be replaced with a floating orb with fist that follows Milla around and you got 70% of his character. If they weren't going to do the romance thing, they might as well just have them be good friends and actually have Jude focus on his studies and what not. Instead we have most of his dialog praising Milla in some way.
HoopzBarkley
Member
Pre ordered this yesterday, just got the regular. I'm hyped as well. I liked Xillia so I'm interested.
The problem was that Milla was supposed to act as a role model to Jude but it wasn't portrayed in a good manner. The contrast of Gaius and Jude was much better. I think the game would've been much more interesting if Jude was more like Gaius and they vastly differed in their stance resulting in diverging campaign narratives. Sadly, they're not bold enough to do shit like that.
Best of both worlds, right there. Good news!
You can't get good without evil.
Hours Left
Member
Well, I just pre-ordered the CE from the US, because I'm weak and dumb.
If it pops up in Canada, I'll cancel my order and switch, or if we get confirmation of the DLC being included with the standard edition.
My wallet feels used and abused.
If it pops up in Canada, I'll cancel my order and switch, or if we get confirmation of the DLC being included with the standard edition.
My wallet feels used and abused.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Still not sure if I should go digital day one or not ahhhhh.
EO3 does a great job with the several endings thing.
EO3 does a great job with the several endings thing.
falconxcrunner09
Member
So excited for this Xillia 2, I really love the first one (and all of the previous Tales games lol). I have the CE on pre order too. That Ludgar figure will look nice on my desk!
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Although I'm picking this up, I'm much more excited about Zestria.
MrSaturn99
Member
I'll be picking this up after I finish my current Tales of Symphonia playthrough.
I enjoyed the original for what it was, but it still left a weird "meh" aftertaste ala Graces and Vesperia. The silent protagonist and short length isn't exactly filling me with hope, but I'll still give it a chance.
Also, er, what exactly is the OP referring to by Millia's sacrifice? There was
I enjoyed the original for what it was, but it still left a weird "meh" aftertaste ala Graces and Vesperia. The silent protagonist and short length isn't exactly filling me with hope, but I'll still give it a chance.
Also, er, what exactly is the OP referring to by Millia's sacrifice? There was
her false death in Jude's playthrough, but she was still hanging around at the ending.
Xenoflare
Member
She gave up on her life as a human and became the true Maxwell, she became a spirit.
flatearthpandas
Member
Considering my preorder of Persona Q has guaranteed delivery of release day and Xillia 2 still needs to be calculated--both ordered with Prime--i would guess they are shipping out on Tuesday.
MrSaturn99
Member
I've played enough jRPGs where actually have a good story and characters is more of a cherry on top. Most are pretty silly. I'm used to that by now.
Xenoflare
Member
Yeah.
Technically her human body did "die" during her "fake" death, it's implied that she's already a spirit when she rejoins the party
Hours Left
Member
Well then, you'll have no problem. Personally, I think some people exaggerate a bit when complaining about Graces' storyline and characters. The story isn't good by any means, but I don't think it's egregiously awful or anything, especially if you are used to cliche JRPG stories. And there are some cool characters in there, and the skits are generally pretty humorous.
The battle system is really top notch too. It's very satisfying.
Graces has insufferably bad characters/plot to me, where it constantly took me out of the game and dragged it down. Dungeons are crap too.
I really, really, really dislike that game, lol.
TwistedFate
Member
I've platinumed both Graces F and Xillia yet somehow I'm not feeling all that hyped for Xillia 2. Had no intentions on buying it actually..is it that much better than the first one?