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Tales of Zestiria - Details on battle system (Graces-like), characters, and screens
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No CC huh, I approve. The basic description of SC doesn't make it sound any different but that's just the bare minimum of what a Tales game is gonna have now. Curious to see what other quirks it has.
The wording in the magazine implies that the Blast Gauge has more effects than healing and blowing away the enemy, by the way. It's probably something that varies with the character, or has effects you can set to it.
And for people curious about battle transitions, Baba recently said that it works like previous Tales games in that you touch an enemy and you transition into battle, but the transitions will be more natural than before. So it sounds like Zestiria won't be completely seamless like Final Fantasy XII or Xenoblade, but will be closer than the games before it.
The wording in the magazine implies that the Blast Gauge has more effects than healing and blowing away the enemy, by the way. It's probably something that varies with the character, or has effects you can set to it.
And for people curious about battle transitions, Baba recently said that it works like previous Tales games in that you touch an enemy and you transition into battle, but the transitions will be more natural than before. So it sounds like Zestiria won't be completely seamless like Final Fantasy XII or Xenoblade, but will be closer than the games before it.
Haha, yep. Wonder what anime costumes we're getting
Also the voice of freaking Jotaro.
His character design is pretty cool. He looks like a thug-ish cowboy which really sets him apart from the rest of the cast. Look forward to seeing how he fights.
Schadenfreude
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New character looks like the Hitcher from The Mighty Boosh.
dakkumauji
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Pretty interesting how different he looks.
A pendulum is an interesting new weapon too. Unless it's just a fancy way calling a scythe or something.
A pendulum is an interesting new weapon too. Unless it's just a fancy way calling a scythe or something.
It's probably just a giant double sided axe.
Not a fan of design/artwork with hidden eyes, honestly. It's something that has always bugged me.
Pretty damn excited for the battle system, though! I kinda want to replay Graces, but my backlog wouldn't allow it.
I got Rebirth for both the PS2 and PSP, but could only get so far without understanding the battle system.
Pretty damn excited for the battle system, though! I kinda want to replay Graces, but my backlog wouldn't allow it.
I got Rebirth for both the PS2 and PSP, but could only get so far without understanding the battle system.
RPGCrazied
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Like the new character, but hopefully the hat is just an attachment and can be removed.
rocketskates
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I want Valvrave costumes!
SatelliteOfLove
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But think of all the mystery of what his faaaaaaaaaaaaaaace looks liiiiiiiiiiiiiike!
Ultimadrago
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Unfortunately. Rowen was the best character in Xillia.
Supermanisdead
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how the hell does he fight with a pendulum? do you mean a ball on a chain?
Hibiki Kurosawa
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Damn, Dezel looks so damn awesome! Uuuuugh! I cannot wait for this game! The battle system is going to kick ass! Thankfully there's Xillia 2 and hearts to tide me over!
That's what happens when you have 3 different people designing characters.
No, that hasn't been confirmed. They just said worldwide release so they don't have people begging them to release it in the west for an entire year.
It's 4...
But the gameplay will be good unlike RE6.
I hope
Hey! RE6 was pretty fun. You just had to only play it co-op.
RE6 has some pretty good ideas at its core, which you really can only experience in Mercenaries.
I mean that a little more nuanced than the typical "the story is bad but the gameplay is good I promise!" . Because the way you play the game within the campaign is entirely different and, in my opinion, worse. Too many limiting set pieces and qtes and reliance on interacting with the secondary characters. Oddly enough, I felt like there weren't enough arenas to just park in and take on some enemy waves. Basically, I guess I wish it played more like Mercenaries :v
On topic, the new character looks fine I guess. I don't have a strong opinion either way.
I mean that a little more nuanced than the typical "the story is bad but the gameplay is good I promise!" . Because the way you play the game within the campaign is entirely different and, in my opinion, worse. Too many limiting set pieces and qtes and reliance on interacting with the secondary characters. Oddly enough, I felt like there weren't enough arenas to just park in and take on some enemy waves. Basically, I guess I wish it played more like Mercenaries :v
On topic, the new character looks fine I guess. I don't have a strong opinion either way.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Glittering Crux
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Valvrave costumes would be awesome. I'm sad NA never got the Star Driver costumes in Xillia though.
Hours Left
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The new guy looks great.
Main party so far...
Dezel + Layla + Edna + Alicia
Main party so far...
Dezel + Layla + Edna + Alicia
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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His design looks alright. We can assume that they'll only reveal his eyes during the climax point of the story or something like that.
What this guy said. The combat is fun and it's true, a lot of the campaign doesn't work to the game's strengths. I'm also a little annoyed that some of the co-op aspects (like sharing ammo) was made worse, along with the overall inventory system. But bring a partner along and things are still pretty gravy.
Kinda like going from Abyss or Graces F to Xillia (systems-wise).
DracoBlade
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Has anyone else noticed the similarities between Zestiria and Sega's next Shining series installment? Even the focus upon dragons, character designs, and artstyle in general resemble each other at least to my peasant eyes.
Swing it at people, shoot spells out of it?
It's Tales, so they'll make it cool.
kayos pls.
R_thanatos
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i like the new guy**. on design alone it feels fine to me.
**This opinion is subject to change when a battle trailer featuring this guy is released **
**This opinion is subject to change when a battle trailer featuring this guy is released **
Holy shit, they ruined a potentially good design by giving big cleavage on the armor just because they can, aren't they?
I've always loved that regardless of the setting of an RPG, the technology for breast implants always exists.
If anything he'll look cooler when blasting off artes, like pretty much every other Tales character.
It's Tony Taka. He does eroge.
Werewolf Jones
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Tales of Zestiria: Dezel Unchained.
Who knows. Maybe there's a modern/futuristic area somewhere in this game too.
BassForever
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I like the design of Dezel, that brings our confirmed playable roster to 4 or 5 now?
6 actually. There should be two more. A girl from Fujishima and a guy from Iwamoto.
dakkumauji
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