Ugh, well, looks like I'll be sitting this one out until a localization, then
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Tales of Xillia 2 |OT| Destroying Worlds 4 U
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Just watched the first two dual MAs and stopped there. Both were awesome and way flashier than the Xillia ones. Are those the only MAs or are there singles too?
Either way I'm really happy they included dual MAs, they were awesome in Rebirth and its great that they reappeared fully in this game.
Either way I'm really happy they included dual MAs, they were awesome in Rebirth and its great that they reappeared fully in this game.
I personally don't understand why people think there's ever English subtitles in a Japanese game. >___>; I can't think of any that got them outside of the Ace Attorney 1-3 which got English translations anyway. Anybody got an example of a Japanese game that got English subtitles that wasn't given a US/EU release? Because I'd imagine it'd be extremely rare.
I still imported it anyway since I play Tales for the battle system. Looks like the scenario sounds decent though, so I look forward to an English release if it does come out. Xillia 1 needs to hurry up and get here first!
And yeah so far it's feeling a LOT like a Xillia 1 director's cut with a new scenario.
There's solo MAs too. Any confirmation if the Xillia 1 cast got a 2nd solo Mystic Arte?
Becoming an agent made me use Corpse Shell. I aint complaining lol. I know they're unrelated.
R_thanatos
Member
it has none.
Having done :
-Tales of vesperia
-tales of xillia
-Tales of graces (wii)
-tales of rebirth
-tales of destiny DC
-tales of destiny 2
-Tales of versus
-Tales of the world 1,2,3
( all in japanese )
i think i'm ready for xillia 2 ... ( i decided to stop waiting for my games to be localised )
i'm in the "mostly solid" category..there are still plenty of things that are tearing my head appart.. but my level is fine for most games ...
Wanting to play a game give me another reason to polish my languages skills.
Whoever made this change out party depending on which point of the game you're at and you get a crap comp for a boss battle needs to get fired. It's THE absolute worst thing about the game if you're playing on Hard. It's so frustrating to have characters that have crap arts cuz you get screwed over by the Orb system. I'm lvl 30 and I still don't have fucking revive.
I'm realizing that there are a handful of bosses here that are super cheap. Not only can do they have super glory so you have to break through essentially 2 layers of shield, if you're within melee range they have kill moves that just annihilate your party. Oh yeah, add to the fact that bosses can still tech out mid-combo extremely fast. Ugh. I hate Xillia bosses.
Naw, as I wrote before I've been watching live stream looking for the staff roll, and then the story hooked me. x.X Playtime among those players was typical for a Tales game, not short at all. Anyway stopped watching yesterday after getting the staff, saving the rest for whenever I get to play this myself, heh.
Some additional staff analysis: The special thanks section is usually a good indication of who is still employed. TS lead programmer Yu Otsuka appeared again there, but most of the TD veterans (save for Udo obviously) are notably absent. Hoping they are just busy with next year's main Tales instead meddling with a DC...
Played two good hours and I like it.
Having all quests centralized is pretty nice. And it look like the story-relevant stuff is mostly relegated to the Character Episodes, which I find better than having to worry about missing a step in a timed quest!
I don't know what they were thinking with Rudger though. The guy obviously has some kind of personality, you can literally guess what he's thinking looking at his face. The silent treatment is really strange to say the least.
Having all quests centralized is pretty nice. And it look like the story-relevant stuff is mostly relegated to the Character Episodes, which I find better than having to worry about missing a step in a timed quest!
I don't know what they were thinking with Rudger though. The guy obviously has some kind of personality, you can literally guess what he's thinking looking at his face. The silent treatment is really strange to say the least.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
You mean you dislike Team Hearts-esque bosses.
So, uh, they didn't fix bosses in that the blue "!" comes up after a very short time and it's annoying on hard, eh? Doesn't maining Jude help a bit because you can use his dodge skill? Speaking of difficulty, you have to beat the game for Unknown again? >_<
That really isn't saying much. If Xillia 2 has less bugs, then it's got AC3 beat.kayos90 said:
Ultimate Question: Is Ludger more likeable than Connor? Because Aveline's got Connor beat (though that isn't even hard, and Liberation's story is almost paper-thin). And Ezio, even though he's a bit of a lech sometimes, has 'em both beat.
What chapter are you on? I've been doing side quests mostly.
IIRC I'm about to start chapter 7. Last night I explored Liese Maxia areas as far as I could and did some character episodes and that's about it.
Other than Stahn and Cless? No.
Pretty similar. Uh... it's fairly self explanatory so you won't really need translations.
It's hilarious seeing all the Hi-Ougi rumors in the game. lolz.
Which one was chapter 7? Is that the Astora place or something? I forget.
Ascold, the
hydroponic food place
At first, I was kinda iffy on the whole idea of character relationships, but I have to admit that I really like the bonus scenes you can get if your relationship with certain characters is at a high enough level.
Is it possible to get those up to a good enough level via enough grinding or other regular in-game activities? Or does one have to follow some true end guide and constantly make the "correct" choices?
I agree. It's a neat idea especially considering Tales games are a character driven narrative. After having this, I'm surprised that this wasn't implemented earlier.
He's so stupid to fight on hard.
I'm sure it is; your relationship with characters grows gradually just by using them in battles and moreso if you link with them. but it's not nearly as much as choosing the right options. I did get an item called friend link S which boosts character relationship values, but I don't know if it's a super rare item or not.
Thank you. I'd like to try to play the game through without a guide, at least during the first play through. I usually don't replay these kind of games, but no VA for Ludger pretty much assures that I will do so...
Was that item an equippable or some kind of usable?
After how easy the rest of the chapter was, that fight was a serious change.
Working on the next part.
Did Millas boobs bounce that much in the first one. ;/
Poor Milla...or at least alternate world Milla. Musee is so mean to her
It's good that
Musee is' blind. BUWHAHAHAHAHA
Or the bikini.
Partial ones? Yes. The game's only been out for a few days. Not everything is discovered/recorded.
I heard 12. I could be wrong.
CielTynave
Member
I think it's 16 main chapters with 34 character episodes.
I just did this, and it blew my mind how unevenly balanced it is compared to everything that came before it.
Yup. And you're playing on Normal, right? Can you imagine the hell I went through. He was the first boss I actually said, "Fuck this. I don't care if all my party members are alive at the end." I ended up killing the son of a bitch with only 100 health on Alvin. Everyone else dead. I thought he was an inviciboss too. *sigh*
Ludger, Alvin, Gaius, Julius. The ultimate dude team.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I'm glad we're in agreement this time.
Is it basically because he is using their hi-ougi all over the place or should I take that as "hard mode is actually challenging and engaging" now?
Oh yeah. How do you hi-ougi in this? I heard it's different from Xillia 1's in that you don't need to do it while using ougi artes.
I'm glad we're in agreement this time.
Is it basically because he is using their hi-ougi all over the place or should I take that as "hard mode is actually challenging and engaging" now?
It's cheap. No hi-ougi. He essentially
has super glory so it's impossible to stagger. Impossible to combo. He uses Haste so all his magic gets instacast basically. He has one move where he casts Stalagmite, Spash, Wind Blade, and Fireball all at the same time.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
It sounds more bs than Xillia 1's
solo Milla battle against Musee on Unknown
Yesss, artes ball. I'm so glad they give it to you as part of the story this time, instead of that black feather crap in Xillia 1.
I was fine with the Artes Ball. Then I realized all the mapping I had to do on Ludger cuz of three weapons. FML.