I could not even beat the first 'boss' ( at least I think it was) . Just kept getting shredded.....
Upsetting cause I was really into the story at that point.
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Tales of Xillia 2 |OT| Return of the Bazongas
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I could not even beat the first 'boss' ( at least I think it was) . Just kept getting shredded.....
Upsetting cause I was really into the story at that point.
Freezasaurus
Member
Most RPGs have a learning curve to their combat systems. It's usually just a matter of paying attention to the tutorials and not rushing through them.
Doesn't look like it, although there's still a lot of useful info to read of course.
Coolade
Member
I just went back to tales of xillia and tried to beat the last boss for the heck of it and I actually won. (used some item called the divide that cuts your damage and your attack damage to 50%, really helped since you can still heal at 100%.) Little gimmicky but still cool. Yeah there is a learning curve, it was my very first tales game. Just getting into the series, hopefully tales 2 teaches you more upfront before the game gets going.
Yeah doesn't look like it, oh well.
Who's voicing Ludger? Hard to tell from the small voice clips in English, haha, even when watching this walkthrough someone uploaded early.
As a Tales veteran, Xillia 1's final boss was a bit tricky until I figured out the gimmick behind it (stealing from them makes it easier). Yeah All-Divides are useful for getting past tough bosses, I think I used one at the final boss as well since I didn't want to turn down the difficulty.
Who's voicing Ludger? Hard to tell from the small voice clips in English, haha, even when watching this walkthrough someone uploaded early.
As a Tales veteran, Xillia 1's final boss was a bit tricky until I figured out the gimmick behind it (stealing from them makes it easier). Yeah All-Divides are useful for getting past tough bosses, I think I used one at the final boss as well since I didn't want to turn down the difficulty.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I'm pretty sure Josh Grelle is voicing Ludger.
falconxcrunner09
Member
If anyone cares, CE is stock at Bandai Namco and Amazon. You can use BNS15OFF to get 15% off to bring it around $114.41 with shipping if you order through BN (but you can pay with amazon). Ordered it myself. Seems like a good deal.
http://www.bandainamcogamesstore.com/dp/B00KMXSNF4#.U-7atbnD8m9
Credit to CAG.com
http://www.bandainamcogamesstore.com/dp/B00KMXSNF4#.U-7atbnD8m9
Credit to CAG.com
I was thinking of doing this but I did not want to get screwed over and lose my original order. It happened to me before when amazon support had me cancel a order and replace it to apply a discount.
Maybe I will though, I paid for my order with part of a gift card. If I cancel it does anyone know if I can replace the order right away with the gift card balance? I am not sure if the namco store version has release date delivery either.
hopefully that is still live come tuesday. I ordered mine through best buy and they shipped it out already (should be here tuesday) but the packaging weight says merely .6lb which seems to light for that CE... so hopefully best buy didn't screw up my order... if they did I will have to get it fixed (which they likely won't have any copies) and thus have to get a new CE from namco :/
Xenoflare
Member
There are some people who says that he's voiced by Orion Acaba, but that would mean he shares the same voice with Ivar.
My copy will be here tuesday morning so I don't really have to exert any effort to obtain it.
I can't wait to get a good strong smell of the art book and game manual.
Damn right
Rapscallion
Member
Been playing Symphonia 2 (It was 7 dollars and I haven't played it) to quell my thirst for Tales while I wait for this game to be cheaper.
It's been a pretty bad idea, since Symphonia 2 is horribly mediocre on every level.
It's been a pretty bad idea, since Symphonia 2 is horribly mediocre on every level.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
MUTTON!! FRESH MUTTON!!!
fresh bazongas
Don't forget this:
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Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
But, you have a Devil May Cry avatar...
mgs2master2
Banned
i need this game in my veins. I am waiting though for the week of the 25th. I have a stack of games i dont play ima trade in to gamestop for the 50% bonus coupon thing i got and pick it up then.
I sure hope there's more of this perfection in Xillia 2!~!~!
Coolade
Member
Just got my game informer in the mail. They gave it a 7.75
Keypoints:
- Plot takes 10 hours to get interesting
- Mandatory side quests (to pay off debt) are fetch quest/hunt monster variety
- Framerate can drop at times
- Reused content regarding map locations from first tales
+ Story is better than tales 1
+ Excellent voice acting
+ Challenging battles, great character interaction, story full of twists
Keypoints:
- Plot takes 10 hours to get interesting
- Mandatory side quests (to pay off debt) are fetch quest/hunt monster variety
- Framerate can drop at times
- Reused content regarding map locations from first tales
+ Story is better than tales 1
+ Excellent voice acting
+ Challenging battles, great character interaction, story full of twists
I managed to actually forget about that and you had to dig it back up : /
IGN review was a good read. The reviewer had almost nothing bad to say about the game and it gets an 8, I guess this doesn't look good for the game's metacritic score. =/
Anyhow, I can't wait to get my hands on the game.
I was just going to ask if there were any available!
Thanks for the links and for the great OT kayos! =)
Anyhow, I can't wait to get my hands on the game.
I was just going to ask if there were any available!
Thanks for the links and for the great OT kayos! =)
WOO! Thanks for this. I actually canceled my CE order and placed one for the stand alone game with the code. Worked great
Son of Cervantes
Member
Since Xillia 2 is coming so soon I figured I'd start on Xillia 1. I've been a Tales fan since the PSOne games (and Destiny 2/Eternia is still one of my favorites in the series), and I thought Vesperia was great and Graces was very good, but this one just feels very lacking. Is this just me?
The way the characters come together feels very forced, there's not much chemistry between them so watching the skits isn't much fun, the cities and other locations are tiny and you can't even talk to everybody you see (and that feels really weird), the item gathering seems like a waste for a potential crafting system, there's no cooking, the titles don't do anything (I know they didn't do anything in some previous Tales games, but they were really useful in others as they changes your stats or gave other bonuses)...of course, just like Graces there's no real over world map.
I hear Xillia 2 is better, but does it actually fix any of the issues I mentioned? I get the impression Namco Bandai just dealt with the rigors of HD development by simplifying everything to keep development costs down. It's especially jarring after my previous JRPG on PS3, which was Ni no Kuni.
I apologize for the rambling!
The way the characters come together feels very forced, there's not much chemistry between them so watching the skits isn't much fun, the cities and other locations are tiny and you can't even talk to everybody you see (and that feels really weird), the item gathering seems like a waste for a potential crafting system, there's no cooking, the titles don't do anything (I know they didn't do anything in some previous Tales games, but they were really useful in others as they changes your stats or gave other bonuses)...of course, just like Graces there's no real over world map.
I hear Xillia 2 is better, but does it actually fix any of the issues I mentioned? I get the impression Namco Bandai just dealt with the rigors of HD development by simplifying everything to keep development costs down. It's especially jarring after my previous JRPG on PS3, which was Ni no Kuni.
I apologize for the rambling!
Dice//
Banned
I feel like a lot of long-time Tales-ers have some pretty negative thoughts about Xillia (I've been playing since Destiny on PSX...so as long as the series could have been played in NA). It doesn't seem to excel in any one area that a previous game did much better in. It is short, unfulfilling, graphically unimpressive (nowhere more than the boxed-in "Grand Canyon" world map), and the characters range from being okay to completely bone-headed.
I've heard (and what little I've played myself) Xill2 improves upon a lot of this (sadly, not the world map). So I'm looking forward to it for what it's worth. Importer impressions have been positively glowing as well (the same importers who also felt luke-warm about Xill1)
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I think that was due to some audio encoding issue. I would hope that they have that sorted out this time around.
Dice//
Banned
Yeah I honestly think if it's not for a slight lisp on her VA's part, then someone forgot to do the de-essing. All the characters had super sharp "s" sounds.
Son of Cervantes
Member
That's really good to know. I know that Xillia 1 was apparently rushed so that it could be released in time for the anniversary, so that excuses some if it's faults, but not all. I hope we someday get another game that has Vesperia levels of content.
Jazzy Network
Member
I wanna put my name on the list for whoever wants to sell their copy once you beat it.
Seems like stores released it early : www.twitch.tv/videogamesforu
All about team lazy digital. I got Xillia 1 for $10 during that PSN sale last year and couldn't stop playing. Now I need Xillia 2 digitally sitting next to the first one in the same folder on my PS3. Cannot wait to have this game in my veins.
I guess I'm weird in that I like to have an entire series on the same medium, so either all digital or all retail. That way whether my collection is physical on my shelf or in a PS3 folder it is all there looking nice together. Why it bothered me so much that I had Demon's Souls on PS+ but Dark Souls only had a physical version!
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Will this have the Japanese voices?
No it doesn't but what I heard from the stream is that the localization is very good.