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[Seda]

Well, Graces f would be the first. It's Sony's fault that they hated localized 2D sprites during the PS2 era.

yep, looking forward to graces

edit: i like how both claiming vesperia looks better have Yuri and Rita avatars.

both look great, but I want to see Xillia in motion

 

[RedSwirl]

I must be looking at a different game because most of those screenshots look like an HD PS2 game. That goes for the model detail and the textures. Abandoning the cel shading was not a wise decision in this case.

 

[Neki]

yep, looking forward to graces

edit: i like how both claiming vesperia looks better have Yuri and Rita avatars.

both look great, but I want to see Xillia in motion

Well Vesperia looks way better in motion so I'll willing to give Xillia will look great in motion too. But the screenshots don't look fantastic.

 

[Negator]

The hair looks kind of bad. Hopefully we'll get some videos in the near future.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Still looks ugly. Still looks like a downgrade from Vesperia somehow. I honestly don't know whats going on with this game. It just looks like a mess. The characters look funky and don't mesh well. Maybe going with both artists wasn't a good idea. It could turn out decent, but I am in no way excited for the game. But then again Graces F does look good in motion, so there is hope.

 

[Paznos]

yep, looking forward to graces

edit: i like how both claiming vesperia looks better have Yuri and Rita avatars.

both look great, but I want to see Xillia in motion

Vesperia does look better it's not as rough around the edges, it has a cleaner, smoother cel shaded look to it while this is missing AA so the characters and the environment just look more jagged.

 

[Green Mamba]

Still can't get over the old guy's goofy facial hair.

 

[Nose Master]

Of course Vesperia looks better. I honestly thought this was a Wii game.

 

[perfectnight]

Those characters look like absolute shit imo. That old one they released in 2006 2008 or w/e had more bearable character designs.

 

[klee123]

What? Vesperia looks beautiful. This looks decent, but I think Vesperia looks cleaner. The girl models are really weird though, two of them look the exact same. (probably just the face)

Vesperia looked great because it was heavily cell shaded which helped masked the lack of detail of the textures. Detail wise, I reckon Xillia looks better too.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

yep, looking forward to graces

edit: i like how both claiming vesperia looks better have Yuri and Rita avatars.

Conan has been in a lot of things, but...

 

[kayos90]

This game has soooo much more ambiance than the previous games. I definitely like the glowish effect on the world. Definitely looking forward to this game.

 

[Synless]

I dunno, after comparing it to Vesperia, I think it looks better. I know I'm in the minority from reading the thread, but the colors, and the character models are all better than Vesperia's. The AA in this game though, needs some serious work. Use MLAA or something, there is no excuse for it given the simplistic look of the game.


Edit** Actually, I'm not even sure it is a problem with the AA. It just has a really weird look to it, some of the screens are pretty clean and others.......

 

[Phonomezer]

Compared to Vesperia it doesn't look that great to be honest, but these are only a few screenshots. I certainly hope it's as humourous as Vesperia

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Game need some AA and it would look much better.
I don't think it started out as a Wii game Bamco just being cheap and the Japanese team bad with tech.
Tales don't sell like they used to and it's not like the got the west to help them out .
Still should look a little better by the times it comes out so day 1 for me in NA if it comes over.

 

[Persona7]

I would buy it.

I like that little emoticon thing, reminds me of final fantasy 12.

 

[onken]

Vesperia looked great because it was heavily cell shaded which helped masked the lack of detail of the textures. Detail wise, I reckon Xillia looks better too.

Yeah Vesperia had low-res textures and ran in sub-HD, but know what? Makes no difference, the end result looked better.

 

[lucablight]

I love the Tales games but it really pisses me off that they have to have obligatory child party members. I have a hard time convincing my Halo playing friends to play these because they look at the designs and laugh at me. I think the game would be alot more accessible to westerners if they kept all the characters at a mature age.

 

[klee123]

Yeah Vesperia had low-res textures and ran in sub-HD, but know what? Makes no difference, the end result looked better.

Depends on tastes really. Last gen, I still preferred the look of Abyss over Symphonia and Xillia has a similar look to Abyss except that it's in higher res in HD.

That said, the game could really use some AA to clean up the IQ.

I love the Tales games but it really pisses me off that they have to have obligatory child party members. I have a hard time convincing my Halo playing friends to play these because they look at the designs and laugh at me. I think the game would be alot more accessible to westerners if they kept all the characters at a mature age.

I don't think your Halo playing friends would even like most jrpgs besides the hyped ones like FF if they're the type to laugh at colorful Anime designs in general.

 

[Yuterald]

I'd hate to be that kind of guy, but it's hard to get excited about a new Tales game because of the lack of NA support. I know we are apparently getting Graces F and Abyss 3DS and all that good stuff, but I think the 'interest ship' has sailed for me and I've moved on from the franchise. I honestly just like the Tales games pre-Symphonia. Vesperia was cool, but I just don't have much of an interest in this whole scene anymore.

That old guy character looks kind of cool, I guess...

 

[SoccerGoaliePro]

Looking goood

 

[Brandon F]

Looks much better than Vesperia, there's textures and they look good and detailed.

The texture work looks TERRIBLE. It's like they wrapped all of those models with texture tiles built for resolutions that support a generation behind. Clothing painted to a polygonal model has that soft, stretched look to it. It's seemingly a PS2/DC game stretched to HD resolutions with seemingly little in the way of post-processing to acclimate to the increased resolution. Vesperia looked far better.

 

[Appollowexx]

Why does this enemy have the circle button for an eye?

 

[velvet_nitemare]

Why not use the Vesperia engine? If Vesperia PS3 looks as good as the 360 version, then this is a noticeable step back. It looks like a Wii up-port or something.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Why they are using the old way of skits with avaters only? Why aren't they using the Graces way with full characters Anime art?

Other than that I LOVE everything about the game even the way it looks.. Hope for a spring release for the west... If we are getting one I hope, please!

 

[Persona7]

Yeah Vesperia had low-res textures and ran in sub-HD, but know what? Makes no difference, the end result looked better.

I thought only the PS3 version of Vesperia ran at sub-HD?

 

[Regulus Tera]

An old man? In my jRPG?

 

[ULTROS!]

An old man? In my jRPG?

It's the first usable old character in a Tales game.

 

[Netto-kun]

Wasn't someone complaining about the skits using 3D models? What am I missing?

Bebpo probably thought the regular long skits had a 3Dish look, since that's what it looked like in some of scans that were available.

Why they are using the old way of skits with avaters only? Why aren't they using the Graces way with full characters Anime art?

Game is more akin to the Team Symphonia games than the Team Destiny games, so probably why.



This summer is going to be a blast with this game and Type-0. But I am not looking forward to how much I'll have to pay for the game, or all the DLCs they'll eventually pump out.

 

[Darkman M]

Is this a port of a wii game or something

My thoughts exactly... still gonna buy it though.

 

[Seda]

It's the first usable old character in a Tales game.

But Raven was a Old Man!

 

[Darkman M]

yep, looking forward to graces

edit: i like how both claiming vesperia looks better have Yuri and Rita avatars.

both look great, but I want to see Xillia in motion

Vesperia looks way better.........

 

[_Isaac]

I seriously can't tell what console this is supposed to be for.

 

[ULTROS!]

But Raven was a Old Man!

Grandpa old, not adult old.

 

[Seda]

Vesperia looks way better.........

Geez I make a neutral comment and people still try to prove me wrong lol. They both look fine. I can't imagine buying Tales games to be blown away by production values.

 

[kiryogi]

Personally I think it looks great, it's just a different art direction. As mentioned before, it's more along the lines of Abyss. Can't wait!

 

[Neki]

But Raven was a Old Man!

I thought he was way older, but he's only 35. I guess that's pretty old among the teenage cast of ToV though. D:

 

[Seda]

Grandpa old, not adult old.

I thought he was way older, but he's only 35. I guess that's pretty old among the teenage cast of ToV though. D:

Hey, he said so himself.

 

[StuBurns]

Between this and FF Type-0 it's pretty amazing what people are getting out of the PSP at this point.

Spoiler

Snap, I was very excited about this game, but both technically and artistically it's looking really bad I think

 

[Hours Left]

I hope this isn't just a 6 member tales game.

 

[Persona7]

The more I look at these screens, the better I like it.

 

[kiryogi]

I hope this isn't just a 6 member tales game.

Pretty sure they said he's the last one, and it's not the first time they've only had 6. Team Destiny titles always tend to have a pretty small main cast.

 

[Neki]

I hope this isn't just a 6 member tales game.

well I'd rather have 6 well developed characters than 10 underdeveloped members.

 

[Phonomezer]

But Raven was a Old Man!

Ugh, that is the most annoying thing about Vesperia.

Spoiler

Raven starts out awesome but then they turn him into a really one-dimensional character who only talks about his age - and everyone around him only talks about his age. Got tiresome.

 

[Hours Left]

Pretty sure they said he's the last one, and it's not the first time they've only had 6. Team Destiny titles always tend to have a pretty small main cast.

They've been using 6 member parties too much lately. And since both character designers are working on the game, you'd think they'd do an 8 or 10 person group.

Well, I guess they'll probably still have the standard temporary party member still to unveil. Can't have a Tales game without that.

 

[john tv]

GAF, help settle an office debate here between myself, Mangod, and the rest of the 8-4 peeps: Is this character a dude or a chick?

EDIT: Pretty sure I already know the answer, but would like to see what people think. Opinions are pretty divided here...

 

[kiryogi]

Dude.

 

[Seda]

Guy..I think. The eyebrows

 

[StuBurns]

It's a man, man.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

GAF, help settle an office debate here between myself, Mangod, and the rest of the 8-4 peeps: Is this character a dude or a chick?

It's so obvious it's a guy............ very very very obvious :\