For #2, the enemy AI is really badly programmed. They will ALWAYS target the human controlled character, and this is more obviously seen on harder difficulties especially in Arenas. It also doesn't help that early on Free Run is slow.
I think open fields vs world map is just them trying to be "ambitious", but they haven't put the resources or time to make them look good. I personally don't mind the look of Xillia's fields, but they needed to put more content in them besides just random bags of crap. They should either spend more time on them in making them interesting, or just go back to the Vesperia styled world maps.
Ah okay. That's pretty lame. I suppose it will always be a good idea to have a second physical attacker in my party then.
I absolutely prefer a world map, but I do think that if they had more content in the fields and made them feel more detailed and polished they'd be better. Xenoblade did this remarkably well imo, and Zestiria looks like it might be heading in that direction.
It's funny that people actually have Tales backlogs now. I remember the Euro PS1/PS2 days.
I still have to beat, Graces f (Future arc).
Symphonia 1 & 2
Xillia
Abyss 3D
Waiting for Xillia 2, Hearts R and Zestiria.
Funny how things change.
Only game I don't own or haven't finished in English official or fan is Tempest... yeah no rush on that one
That does not exist.
Of all the Mothership Titles available in English I still have to play Phantasia, Destiny, Legendia and Xillia (playing it currently). With Xillia 2, Zestiria and Hearts R on the horizon I can't complain about a lack of Tales games.
holy shit, is Go Shiina doing the soundtrack for ToZ???
He was one of the major reasons I loved Legendia so much. If he's doing it, the game just turned into an instant buy from me
So I have no idea what's going on anymore.
I just did the scene where Rita and Repede are tailing some Red Eyes in Dhangrest, and none of my translation guides have anything about what has happened afterward.
Instead of there being a scene with Ragou and Barbos, Raven just shows up and apparently told me to go to the other tavern. In that tavern he showed a door toward the back of a room that I went through, and now its dark but I got some aer torch or something.
Help?
Yep, the Dahngrest underground is a new little dungeon for the PS3 game. You have to go through that to see the scene with Ragou and Barbos. Make sure you use the two save points for that trophy if you are going for it.
So I need some help for Narikiri Dungeon X, hope someone here can help. I'm in the Morlia Shaft dungeon (Maxwell's dungeon), and to activate his boss fight the GAMEFAQS guide says I have to place the cores in this order:
Left - Fire
up - water
Right - earth
Down - wind
I do that and nothing happens. Guide says a voice is supposed to speak then when going back to Maxwell's chamber it'll start his boss fight. I'm totally lost, can anyone help? If anyone knows of another guide that would be great too. Thanks
Can anyone tell me if it's worth my while going through Eternia? I'm 6 hours in and honestly am not really feeling it. The world and towns so far feel pretty dead and the cast are annoying the crap out of me. The mini-games are cool but they're not really enough for me at the moment.
Can anyone tell me if it's worth my while going through Eternia? I'm 6 hours in and honestly am not really feeling it. The world and towns so far feel pretty dead and the cast are annoying the crap out of me. The mini-games are cool but they're not really enough for me at the moment.
Is Tales of Symphonia a good first Tales game? I picked up the HD collection from that big PSN sale a week or two ago. I've always wanted to try out the series but have been a little overwhelmed by all the different games out there.
Is Tales of Symphonia a good first Tales game? I picked up the HD collection from that big PSN sale a week or two ago. I've always wanted to try out the series but have been a little overwhelmed by all the different games out there.
I've been enjoying Tales of Symphonia as my first Tales game. My biggest gripe is how annoying some of the dungeons can be. Overall, I am enjoying it quite a lot, though.
Meh. That was back when Tales reliably had GOOD dungeon-ass dungeons.
Meh. That was back when Tales reliably had GOOD dungeon-ass dungeons.
Symphonia definitely has my favorite dungeons in the series, as I've always been a fan of puzzle-y elements. I like have /something/ to figure out: how to get to a chest, or open the next door. And the dungeons rarely overstay their welcome, as they are numerous but never too long. The exceptions are Ymir Forest and Temple of Darkness that go a little overboard with their gimmick.
Later entries in the franchise seem to leave behind this structure and opt for linear dungeons or wide open fields that act more as battle coliseums than anything else, with nothing to figure out except to follow the path to the end - fighting along the way.
Yep, if dungeons only feature enemies to fight, they feel just like regular fields and it makes the game feel same-y. Dungeons, even if they have crappy puzzles, is enough of a change of pace to break up the tedium of jumping from one fight to another (regardless of how good the combat is).
Basically the sorcerer's ring puzzles are typically unobtrusive enough to not be disrupting, simple enough to not be frustrating, short enough to not be tedious, but enough of a diversion to be effective in pacing the progression through dungeons. It's the ones that excessively prolong the pacing that it gets to be a little much, like the examples I mentioned.
Agreed. Maybe put some of the harder puzzles in post-game/optional dungeons. I enjoyed those large puzzle path rooms in the desert dungeon in Graces f.
Yep, if dungeons only feature enemies to fight, they feel just like regular fields and it makes the game feel same-y. Dungeons, even if they have crappy puzzles, is enough of a change of pace to break up the tedium of jumping from one fight to another (regardless of how good the combat is).
I dunno, some of the dungeons in Graces had me pulling my hair out, which game has the best ones?
Who here has played Arc Rise Fantasia?
I don't remember what PSP game it was, but it did have Tear and Luke in it.
Who here has played Arc Rise Fantasia?