See my post on the earlier page. I already added Hideo Baba's response to his creative decision in answer to another poster.
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Tales of Xillia 2 |OT| Return of the Bazongas
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See my post on the earlier page. I already added Hideo Baba's response to his creative decision in answer to another poster.
Freezasaurus
Member
So I just started playing today. Loving the game so far. I'm only a couple hours in, and I made my first payment on the debt. Every time I go to a save point, a little message pops up that says "Battle Member Information" or something, and it has a pic of Jude and Ludger. I'm assuming it wants me to look at something on one of the menus before it goes away, but what?
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
20 hours in and I haven't even started chapter 9. Gotta catch all the kitties.
Freezasaurus
Member
So is it going to pop up with that every time I touch a save point?
It's going to pop up every time you're about to enter an area where you can't switch your party members, to remind you who's on the team right now in case you forgot to change them out.
Freezasaurus
Member
oh. That's not irritating at all.
I was more concerned about it being something I was supposed to check but wasn't. If it's supposed to do that, then all is well, I guess.
names2hard4you
Member
17 hours in, just finished chapter 10. Damn, every chapter that goes by,
I feel like shit is going to go down reaaaaal soon lol.
things get darker and darker and more conflicting too, making me question this whole destroying worlds thing.
Freezasaurus
Member
So I downloaded that Yggdrasil extractor DLC.
LOL. Talk about OP.
LOL. Talk about OP.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
It's not about the money. it's about sending a message.
i do all the ones i can, but i've learned the ones worth 175k are not to be fucked with
I was doing them as they popped up, but I think I'm going to have to stop, else the annoying woman'll just phone me non-stop again. Really hate the loan system. >.<
Gintoki313
Banned
Searched for it in the thread, but didn't see the question get answered. So is the encounter link present in this game? I've been trying to group monsters together to fight, but it only lets me fight 1 while the other vanishes after the battle.
Do encounter links start happening later or something?
Do encounter links start happening later or something?
they exist, you're just not doing it right
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I found it only lets you start doing links around chapter 2 or 3. Besides that, check to make sure you don't have the skill that blocks linking.
Gintoki313
Banned
I'll just keep trying then. Once I get it the first time, I'll have the hang of it.
Maybe I do? I haven't checked what skills I've been equipping, since I had so much SP when I looked into it. Encounter linking is something I always did in past Tales Of games. It's really good for leveling and getting rid of monsters fast.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I genuinely felt like everything was right in the world when I heard the words "Mutton! Fresh Mutton!" uttered again in this game. I mean, it was kinda annoying in Xillia 1, but now it's somehow endearing.
Sequels are weird, man.
Sequels are weird, man.
phoenix296
Member
I'm surprised it made a return. I'm not sure if I'm happy about it.
Especially after all the complaints I read online about that line.
when i got to Sharilton and i heard those 3 beautiful words, i cried tears of joy
phoenix296
Member
At about what point in the game do you get
? I'm about 5-6hrs in so far and have all the other party members.
Milla, Muzet and Gaius
Exactly. I didnt even notice it until someone mentioned it in the Xillia OT. Since then I just couldnt unhear it every single time. Lol
CielTynave
Member
Holy fucking shit, I just saw the end of Muzet's first Character Story. Fucking hysterical.
Yeah, it's far better than I feared it was gonna be from the overly negative impressions. I don't mine half-mute Ludger at all although I still regret not downloading a clear save and just playing with his voice on a bit.
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm about 5 hours in myself. I just beat
Evil Rowan
phoenix296
Member
I know that feeling. It seems like I've been grinding a lot but it's so easy to do with the way they implemented the side quests.
Ahaha, the cutscene where Ludger and the party hear about
has the weirdest sudden changes of tone I've probably ever seen in a JRPG. They go from
in a goddamn second lmao
the Keys of Kresnik from the bossman whose name I can't remember
dark and mysterious to the bossman going "oh is the little lady's tummy rumbly heehee"
zerokoolpsx
Member
Chapter 8 or 9 for Muzet. Gaius might be a little earlier. Milla is last, but not the least!
zerokoolpsx
Member
There is one to complete all battle challenges. A couple of them require each different element during a chain. Another requires a 9 chain arte combo/linked arte and finished off with a Mystic Arte or dual linked Mystic Arte which requires max affinity with that character.
yes, I was referring to that gold trophy. not sure how hard is to get that 9 chain combo but you need max affinity with all the characters anyway.There is one to complete all battle challenges. A couple of them require each different element during a chain. Another requires a 9 chain arte combo/linked arte and finished off with a Mystic Arte or dual linked Mystic Arte which requires max affinity with that character.
Matt Attack
Member
Finished yesterday at 43 hours. It took me longer than I expected, although I did spend a few hours maxing affinity for my main party (Alvin, Leia and Muzet). I'm a bit bummed about all of the recycled content, but I still had a blast. Definitely liked it better than the first Xillia.
The Last Wizard
Member
Is it worth it?
Metaledgeking
Neo Member
So was there any reason to make it some some attachments could be edited and some could not. I am finding some attachments I had played around with in Xillia I can no longer change positions or size or edit and it find that weird. Also it seems you can't have more than one hair based attachment on at the same time and I find that weird as well.
dakkumauji
Member
It's amazing.
Been catching up by finally playing Xillia 1 and am a bit into Act 2 with nearly 20 hours on the clock(using a sub event guide to avoid missables, which is extending playtime a LOT since I am constantly backtracking and warping about to complete them as they appear).
Wasn't really feeling the game much until about 10 hours deep into Act 1. The biggest problem is that it took a good while before the systems and mechanics made a bit more sense until my party leveled and earned a variety of skill artes. The game tutorializes you so early on everything, but there is seriopus growing pains as you just aren't equipped to really do much until later. Game left me feeling like I was playing wrong since I can't combo or link chains as the tooltips describe. Add in that the game is kind of easy, at least on normal or moderate, so everything dies in a few hits before you can really get a feel for how to properly manage offensive and defensive play. Mostly link artes were a real drag since it takes a good while before unlocking a decent number to actually link them as the game expects of you(outside of Milla and Jude which have way more options than any other team combo).
Characters have really grown on me as well and I mostly love the writing! A lot of witty jokes and personality, plus outside of Elize and Teepo, there hasn't been an overburdening of "friendship = key to victory" speeches or conversations that usually pervades all the worst written jRPG's. Narrative just feels a bit more grounded than usual despite the ridiculous world building and naming conventions(Lance of Kreshnik, Spyrix, blah, blah, blah).
Kind of like that everything is scaled to your characters as well, you don't feel represented as a chibi walking tall among trees, fences, etc. I know people hate the environments, but I kind of dig the more natural perspective shift and all the climbing, crawling, and shift to a 3rd person camera setup. Some of the larger dungeons cropping up have been a joy to explore and uncover secrets within, the major locations seem to improve more and more as I progress over the mostly tame early game settings.
Still don't find the combat or progression systems as well done as past games, but I'm liking the wit and personal writing enough to keep going, possibly even try to platinum before moving onto Xillia 2.
Wasn't really feeling the game much until about 10 hours deep into Act 1. The biggest problem is that it took a good while before the systems and mechanics made a bit more sense until my party leveled and earned a variety of skill artes. The game tutorializes you so early on everything, but there is seriopus growing pains as you just aren't equipped to really do much until later. Game left me feeling like I was playing wrong since I can't combo or link chains as the tooltips describe. Add in that the game is kind of easy, at least on normal or moderate, so everything dies in a few hits before you can really get a feel for how to properly manage offensive and defensive play. Mostly link artes were a real drag since it takes a good while before unlocking a decent number to actually link them as the game expects of you(outside of Milla and Jude which have way more options than any other team combo).
Characters have really grown on me as well and I mostly love the writing! A lot of witty jokes and personality, plus outside of Elize and Teepo, there hasn't been an overburdening of "friendship = key to victory" speeches or conversations that usually pervades all the worst written jRPG's. Narrative just feels a bit more grounded than usual despite the ridiculous world building and naming conventions(Lance of Kreshnik, Spyrix, blah, blah, blah).
Kind of like that everything is scaled to your characters as well, you don't feel represented as a chibi walking tall among trees, fences, etc. I know people hate the environments, but I kind of dig the more natural perspective shift and all the climbing, crawling, and shift to a 3rd person camera setup. Some of the larger dungeons cropping up have been a joy to explore and uncover secrets within, the major locations seem to improve more and more as I progress over the mostly tame early game settings.
Still don't find the combat or progression systems as well done as past games, but I'm liking the wit and personal writing enough to keep going, possibly even try to platinum before moving onto Xillia 2.
oh man
I wanna pay off the debt but I have lost all interest in the game the second I got half of the endings.
gotta kill those elites but if they're a pain in the ass I don't wanna deal with it ;_;
Can't believe they expect me to explore again all Riexe Maxia.
Can't believe I'm actually doing it. Damn cats. <_____<
Too bad Julius in not in there with them. Would have been even more amazing!
Can't believe I'm actually doing it. Damn cats. <_____<
Too bad Julius in not in there with them. Would have been even more amazing!
Just hit this scene, and yup, that was odd.