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Public Announcement: Tales of the Abyss 3DS is out today
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Have fun grindan forever :/
Besides Artes, C. Cores, and items, there are some optional and mandatory upgrades for Mieu and your transportation.
You don't have to buy everything for every character
Money is hard to come by early in this game. At about 20%ish through the game you get a Sephira which gives you a +50% Gald bonus when equipped and money isn't too much of an issue afterwards.
Game is so good. Just came off my first boss battle... two monsters and one caster. Good job Namco
God damn, at least you were smart enough to have life bottles. I was raped with only 3 orange gels, Tear going insta derp on me with no heal support, jade subsequently using up all my orange gels (wtf is this?), and then Guy going in to be insta-killed.
Worst 18 minutes ever. Seriously. Had to play hit and run the whole time. They all died in under 5 minutes.
You don't have to buy everything for every character
Why does everyone keep lying to me? Yes you do!!
Come to think of it, I see this a lot. Wonder why everyone feels this way. IMO if you always have enough money to buy the best of everything available you almost might as well not have the whole buying/selling weapons/armor system in the first place.
Anyway, just know that if you do grind out the money as soon as the equipment is available you're going to end up significantly overleveled.
graywolf323
Member
hopefully Amazon gets more stock in soon so I can get a copy...
Because I like watching numbers go up
Incitemaybe
Member
Oh good, I'm not the only one who got raped there.
I haven't touched the game since. I'm not sure if I'm under leveled, I have to change my party's tactics, or just learn the combat system MUCH better.
UncleSporky
Member
Just came across this on another thread. I'm surprised it's being advertised at all at this point.
"Please, buy the last three remaining copies of our game from its first and only shipment!"
Eventually you get a world map that's always on which is pretty nice to have. And between touch shortcuts for healing in battle and touch shortcuts for cooking, I feel like they used both screens fairly admirably for a simple port.
I also use the big button on the menu screen to switch between Artes and Chambers.
Just came across this on another thread. I'm surprised it's being advertised at all at this point.
Available where?
My local gameshop is still waiting for their second shipment since 18 December.
It is ridiculous.
Ha! I just discovered this little screw up.
Namco, be more careful when you port a non-widescreen game to widescreen...
Intersecting walls and such, honestly!
The font
UncleSporky
Member
Actually, comparing the two (I never played the PS2 original), while I like the old font better I do like that the new one appears to be more compact. In practice, 20 hours in, I'm totally fine with the new font. On a 400x240 screen it is quite clear.
chickdigger802
Banned
Lol first boss is probably the hardest for a while.
I do hope y'all attempted to take on sword dancer right after that xD.
I do hope y'all attempted to take on sword dancer right after that xD.
BassForever
Member
Best way to take on the first boss is to play crazy aggro with Luke while having Tear cast her fonic hymn. Hit the boss with a basic 3 hit + arte combo, then DEFEND until the boss hits you. Have Tear heal Luke after her fonic hymn stuns the boss. Repeat til Jade appears and you basically win.
UncleSporky
Member
The first boss is the liger queen!
But neither that boss or the second one gave me too much trouble. Of course I wasn't playing in hard and I was a bit overleveled.
But neither that boss or the second one gave me too much trouble. Of course I wasn't playing in hard and I was a bit overleveled.
The font
yeah looks terrible
One thing I really liked about ToV - the first Tales game I played - was how tightly-tuned the economy was; it really made the shopping side of things *matter*.
Well, my 2 copies arrived today... YAY!
Interesting.
After RM, ToI and now TB [haven't read any impressions of it], I hope they take a Tales break.
And this is coming from someone who enjoyed the first RM and [the combat of] ToI.
I heard RM2 was really good, though (I have no idea about RM3).
Interesting.
After RM, ToI and now TB [haven't read any impressions of it], I hope they take a Tales break.
And this is coming from someone who enjoyed the first RM and [the combat of] ToI.
I heard RM2 was really good, though (I have no idea about RM3).
If you walk you can fight on the way for money.
I wish this was true in life.
Eteric Rice
Member
How do I activate my limit break? :O
You mean over limit or the mystic arte? If it's the latter you need to get the AD skill 'Special'. Once you have that, activate overlimit but press right on the dpad and hold down Y (or basic attack) while performing a high arte it should trigger after the arte is finished.
I don't know the requirements for Special and I think high arte means an art with a box around the icon.
No, not unless you complete the collector's book.
Special is learned at level 30, but Luke can't use his Mystic Arte until a certain point in the story.
Luke, Guy, Anise, and Natalia must use an Arcane Arte, Jade must use a High Spell, and Tear can do it with a Hymn or High Spell. You can tell what's an Arte or Spell and what level it is by the icon and description.
I wish he wouldn't say "Fire!" when you hit Y. All I want to hear it "Mieu!" It's so cute.
Incitemaybe
Member
I've managed to do a FoF accidentally a few times now, but it seems that I'm just performing my special moves until it accidentally happens at this point.
Also, it seems everyone has learned something called Overlimit. Haven't had an explanation on that either.
I read somewhere it's activated by pushing right on the d pad.
Also, it seems everyone has learned something called Overlimit. Haven't had an explanation on that either.
I read somewhere it's activated by pushing right on the d pad.
Tales of the Abyss - Field of Fonons Guide
The green bar below HP and TP is your overlimit bar. It fills up when you attack enemies (and when you're damaged I think?). Activating overlimit knocks back nearby enemies, and while in overlimit you take less damage, can't be staggered and can do Mystic Artes if you've learned the AD Skill "Special."
Milkncooke
Member
Yep, that's right. And if you hold down 'A' while using an Arcane Arte during an Overlimit you'll use a Mystic Arte once your Arcane Arte is finished.
Seven Force
Banned
I don't believe so.
However, the third Sword Dancer can be farmed for Sunlight Chambers, (Of which there are only 6 of normally acquired in the game, one of them only available during a second playthrough) though, so you might want to keep that in mind when you encounter it.
TheyTookOurJobs
Member
I'm stuck in the
abandoned factory. What do you do after you push the oil drum down and can't light it? It says you're supposed to fill the drum with oil, but all the FAQs I read don't make any sense or aren't very clear.
mugurumakensei
Member
walk onto the vents until you stand right above where you pushed the oil drum. You might need to go to the machine that changes the oil flow.
TheyTookOurJobs
Member
That doesn't seem to be the answer. Anybody else have any ideas?
Axelstream
Member
Go back to the previous room; there's a machine with two lights there -- one red and one blue -- that changes the oil flow. You should see the oil get redirected to a can above you when you use it. Ride the cart next to the machine back up where you came from, then go right and go down the ladder; light that oil drum, and you'll be able to access a new machine and continue your progress.
TheyTookOurJobs
Member
I'm considering quitting this game and selling it. Give me a compelling reason why I should keep playing (Assuming I get unstuck)
TheyTookOurJobs
Member
Thanks, I've done that part, but I'm stuck on how to fill up that barrel I pushed. You'd think that the drips would eventually fill it up. ~_~
I can't believe how none of the FAQs are clear.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Ha! I just discovered this little screw up.
Namco, be more careful when you port a non-widescreen game to widescreen...
Intersecting walls and such, honestly!
So...am I the only one that actually kinda likes the font in the 3DS version? I understand it looks crude and kinda jagged but it's also...sharp and slick. (Not sure how to really convey that.)
Axelstream
Member
And you tried the new console? You should have access now to a new path that leads you to the pipes overhanging the room where that barrel is. You step on the pipe over the barrel and it collapses slightly and gushes out a whole bunch of oil -- make sure that you use the oil machine to redirect it to that pipe, though.
TheyTookOurJobs
Member
New console. I'll look into it. It's at the platform where you light the dripping oil drum above the switch where you direct the oil, right?
Axelstream
Member
I don't quite remember, but I'm pretty sure the game's camera pans over to show you the new console once you've lit the oil drum. It should've done that for all of the other drum/console combinations, I think.