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Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) - Release date, price, etc announced
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Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I think I really like Julius's design. Leia's rocking the zettai ryouiki, I guess. Can't make heads or tails of Alvin. Still, I'm very happy to see both of them returning. I wonder if they've modified their fighting styles a bit (ex: Leia's rod extend and Alvin's charge) to make it as quick as Ludger's?
Really, Ludger's fighting style makes the battle system look very enticing.
Really, Ludger's fighting style makes the battle system look very enticing.
Wahahaha, this guy is amazing. Not afraid to complain about anything, I see.
MagicWithEarvin
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What is Tales of Aix-Syria 2, GAF
http://www.slashgear.com/japanese-gamers-can-get-special-ps3-controller-bundle-in-november-28236224/
http://www.slashgear.com/japanese-gamers-can-get-special-ps3-controller-bundle-in-november-28236224/
Haha someone goofed with the kana
If this is a serious question then, that's how it's pronounced in JP.
Nore's done an update on the article:
-Julius is an agent of the Clanspia corporation with a very strong sense of responsibility.
-Alvin's currently struggling with a new business of transportation on railroad tracks. He's also growing a beard.
-Leia is training as an apprentice reporter for the Elympios Newspaper Company.
-Julius is an agent of the Clanspia corporation with a very strong sense of responsibility.
-Alvin's currently struggling with a new business of transportation on railroad tracks. He's also growing a beard.
-Leia is training as an apprentice reporter for the Elympios Newspaper Company.
Looks like the guy who "wrote" the article used Google Translate for the Japanese press. Xillia is pronounced as "Ekushiria" in Japanese, and that article even has "Satoru large Okumura" instead of Daigo Okumura.
Edit: Liking Leia's and Alvins new designs.
SatelliteOfLove
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More cool characters. Cross your fingers, guys, they MAY not have a shitty character this time!
Hours Left
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Julius looks cool. I like Alvin and Leia's new designs too.
Elise and Milla next please. Rowan can be an NPC and Jude can stay home.
Elise and Milla next please. Rowan can be an NPC and Jude can stay home.
AliceAbstract
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Just checked Talesource, cause I thought that looked a little odd. That's actually a translation error. The 'tracks' part is right, but it's a turn of phrase. The correct translation would be "struggling to get his new business on track"
Sold.
I bet you want Troy Baker to voice him if Xillia ever gets localized.
Lavalamp1138
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Watch JYB get the role.
oh hell no.
Unless something goes really wrong I bet Alvin is going to go up a spot or two on the character rankings.
Yeah I kinda had a feeling it was a little off. Thanks.
Yeah I kinda had a feeling it was a little off. Thanks.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Watch Laura Bailey voice Leia.
It's probably just going to be a little goatee or chinstrap as opposed to a massive playoff beard.Kagari said:Saw the scan... dang, Alvin why you want a beard
Maybe stubble?
More of this.
That looks really funny actually. That's what Abe Lincoln would look like if he had a thicker beard and if he was in Xillia.
EDIT: actually he looks like that guy from Graces. The guy from Zavert.
R_thanatos
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More of this.
that beard feel like an accessory , not a real thing
Same as all of the other costumes.
He does have a likeable design.
Hours Left
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*high five*
AliceAbstract
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Yeah, I think they mean that Nova is Julius' classmate. At least, her being Ludger's classmate with an 8 year age difference would be, um...
dakkumauji
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Pretty cool to have an older female character.
Would be pretty cool to have her playable as well.
Would be pretty cool to have her playable as well.
R_thanatos
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i'm all for more link artes , as long as there are lots of them
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
More Link Artes, preferably ones that aren't just for the MC and another main character, are welcome. Link Artes are pretty fun to use in general, mostly because they get rid of things quickly if you use the right elemental against the target.
A few pictures of the magazine has shown up.
They don't give any official artwork for Nova but they did for Julius. He seems like a "surprise character" where he turns out to be playable at some point in the game.
Battle system appears to have gotten some tweaks, along with a few UI changes:
*The weakness system from Graces, where you get a damage multiplier for hitting an enemy's weaknesses, is back.
*The UI is mostly the same as Xillia's, but things like the portraits and Assault Counter seems to be a little larger.
*Leia and Alvin have the same special abilities, but they're going to have a bunch of new artes.
*I think Unique Link Artes are attacks done between unlinked characters, and Common Link Artes are the usual Link Artes used with linked characters?
*I think the Sidestep from Graces is in (the combat clip they showed back when they announced this also suggested this).
So far it's looking like it'll be flashier, faster, and more technical than the first game was.
Edit: It looks like Unique Link Artes and Common Link Artes both require a link. Unique Link Artes are similar to the Xillia ones: attacks done through specific characters. Common Link Artes are through any pair, not sure if those are shown in the scan.
They don't give any official artwork for Nova but they did for Julius. He seems like a "surprise character" where he turns out to be playable at some point in the game.
Battle system appears to have gotten some tweaks, along with a few UI changes:
*The weakness system from Graces, where you get a damage multiplier for hitting an enemy's weaknesses, is back.
*The UI is mostly the same as Xillia's, but things like the portraits and Assault Counter seems to be a little larger.
*Leia and Alvin have the same special abilities, but they're going to have a bunch of new artes.
*I think the Sidestep from Graces is in (the combat clip they showed back when they announced this also suggested this).
So far it's looking like it'll be flashier, faster, and more technical than the first game was.
Edit: It looks like Unique Link Artes and Common Link Artes both require a link. Unique Link Artes are similar to the Xillia ones: attacks done through specific characters. Common Link Artes are through any pair, not sure if those are shown in the scan.
R_thanatos
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Good but xillia was almost broken with his own simplified version of weakness system ( totally obvious when playing with milla , elise or rowen ) ..i dunno how it'll work this time ..
Very good , Xillia UI was great .Alvin & leia had a very varied artes & skill set .. ..can't wait seriously ..
This should at least provide more options to chain combos ..i guess swapping characters is still In ?We could have some crazy possibilities , here.
Leia & jude already had some sidestep habilities..the fact not everyone could do this added to the cast variety..i hope they don't break the cast balance by giving everyone the same base habilities ..it's no fun for me..
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Their way of trying to unbreak the broken multiplayer/soloing I guess. Sounds like the artes ball in ToV PS3 approach wise (not really resolving an issue but padding another half-solution on the top of it).
They could like give everyone the ability but vary it by range and speed, just like with all other basic abilities really. Sidestepping is not magic or something so I find it really odd for it to be treated as such only to have characters essentially represent arbitrarily different battle systems (makes sense in a crossover game like RM, but in a main game? Naw.).
Eh, there's variety and there's gimping everyone else just to make someone else stand out. Stuff like Jude's more advanced backstep is fine as a character-specific ability, but I don't see why everyone can't do a simple sidestep. The lack of cohesiveness in basic commands like that does more harm than good, imo.
I think the basic actions (free run, jump, backstep, sidestep, forward dash, and guard) should be something everyone can do. From there they can do exclusive abilities, artes, and skills to differentiate.
I think the basic actions (free run, jump, backstep, sidestep, forward dash, and guard) should be something everyone can do. From there they can do exclusive abilities, artes, and skills to differentiate.
R_thanatos
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That's what i'm refering to.
I made sense that elise didn't side step and it made sense that jude and leia got it ...But i was talking about those character specific habilities that made each character from the xillia cast unique ( super side step for jude, staff xtension for leia , charge for alvin ) ..on that aspect everything was more balanced than ever in xillia ..i'm personnally fine with Elise not side stepping , it's not how her character is set-up after all (Tipo is there after all )
Edited my post to explain this more accurately. I read that very, very poorly.
So I'm not sure if this fixes the multiplayer/solo issues, but I guess it does alleviate the problem of some pairs not getting enough Link Artes and Link Artes being somewhat scarce in general.
I think there are ways to salvage multiplayer, mostly through retaining player control when linked and letting the player use partner abilities themselves (which I think should be done even ignoring multiplayer, maybe with a cooldown/charge to prevent them from being spammed), but I'm not sure about solo-play. Hopefully the Mystic Arte system makes more sense within the context of the requirements to activate it though, it was really clunky in the first game.
Lavalamp1138
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R_thanatos
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The battle system changes... liking what I am reading.
Is it just me or does he look bad/odd?
I don't like it.
i like it ..in fact i love it ..there was no need to change too much and they didn't.
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