You get a title/trophy if you use Chromatus less than 50 times from chapter 13(?) until one of the endings. Earliest ending you can get is the
bad one in chapter 15
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Tales of Xillia 2 |OT| Return of the Bazongas
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You get a title/trophy if you use Chromatus less than 50 times from chapter 13(?) until one of the endings. Earliest ending you can get is the
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Man, I'm legitimately sad that I'm done with the game. It was just so, so fun. 
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Man, I'm legitimately sad that I'm done with the game. It was just so, so fun.
We'll be getting Zestiria next year so don't worry.
Celcius
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Just killed all of the non-EX elite monsters. I fought the first EX one and had him down to 10-15% health but then he wiped out the whole party in one hit lol. (I'm lv 79)
Now that I've got a full party of people at lv 8 affinity, I can head into the ex dungeon tomorrow and see how I fare.
Also, how do you unlock the higher tiers of the party coliseum fights?
Now that I've got a full party of people at lv 8 affinity, I can head into the ex dungeon tomorrow and see how I fare.
Also, how do you unlock the higher tiers of the party coliseum fights?
or maybe this year?????????
Doubtful, but at least now they're all caught up. I recall reading that they want to keep the localization time down to 6 months. Zestiria will probably be a summer 2015 release though.
I found pretty hilarious that some of the NPCs in Xillia 2 are doing the exact same animations as in Xillia 1 at the exact same spot. Come on Namco, at least change their position or animations.
Otherwise, i'm enjoying quite a lot the game. Completing the Jobs has become my obsession.
Basileus777
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Why would anyone believe that?
they said it's coming out here the same year that it comes out in Japan, which probably means 2015 but there's a small part of me that thinks 2014
I tried Jude early in the game and he was really, really slowed (compared to Xillia 1). Enemies were kicking my ass due to how much his speed have changed. I didn't bother learning the "rythm" of the character again, but I can say that Milla hasn't been drastically changed like Jude. I played with her a couple of battles where elemental damage is key and I remembered how to use her after 2 normal fights.
Isn't the pop-up worse in this game than the original Xillia? Sometimes I think so. They've increased the NPC density in most cities and if you ran using R2 you may have to wait for a while until they appear. I had to wait for around 10-12 seconds in order to the mission guy to appear once.
Man I love how some of the character chapter fragmented dimensions get played for drama to hell and back lol. It's like the writers were thinking "now that we can use any and every character how we want with no tangible repercussions in the prime dimension and no possibility for plot holes, what's the saddest situation we can put this character in?"
Case in point, the scene in Milla's Shrine in Alvin's chapter 3 (I think).
etc. It was almost hilarious.
While I'm usually all in for emotional drama and sad shit, I prefer the more light-hearted chapters here. It's hard to get emotionally invested when you're suddenly thrown into these situations and right away yanked back.
Case in point, the scene in Milla's Shrine in Alvin's chapter 3 (I think).
Alvin gets to see the woman she loves alive again but has to ask her to give the ring back, gets confronted by alternate himself he apparently didn't like, sees his bride die again, all in the span of a couple of minutes
While I'm usually all in for emotional drama and sad shit, I prefer the more light-hearted chapters here. It's hard to get emotionally invested when you're suddenly thrown into these situations and right away yanked back.
I've been keeping up with equipment and item restock purchases despite the debt. There's not much else to spend money on, so I might as well pay the debt, though I don't dump all my money at once. I'm going to make a lot more soon enough anyway. In case you're just a bit short on cash you can always sell some of your materials. So at this point it hasn't been a nuisance at all.
It's a good thing they made the best way to make money not through generic fetch quests (although you can do those) but through the Giganto monsters which are fun to fight, and I'd do them without the money reward anyway. If Giganto monster fights were their way to stretch out the game...well let's just say they could've done much worse. I don't feel like the debt has stretched out the game much either way.
It's also a good thing they made the white color quests just generic and repeatable, and they don't appear on your job completion list anyway, so I don't feel motivated to do them if I don't want to
The important red color quests are easy.Freezasaurus
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Yeah, I did the fight right after the part of Jude's story that takes place at that location. That seems to have been my big mistake. So I loaded up the save, the ran back to town so I could swap out Jude, and swap in WAR Elize. With Ludger, Milla, Muzet and Elize it turned into a fairly easy fight.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I actually did it after Jude's story as well. It took me a few tries since the AI wasn't that helpful during the fight.
Don't forget that you should also have Power Charge 3 at this point. Guard charging to the third level will give you a guaranteed power hit on bosses.
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, everyone is equipped with Power Charge 3.
Freezasaurus
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, it appears either in Aladhi Trail, Sapstrath Highroad, or Xagut Floodmeadow. It can be any of those, hence the ???.
Oh I also had all the best equipment/item restocked etc too. That was why I didn't want to spend any more money. Because there was nothing of use TO spend it on. I remember once I ended up just buying some random accessory's with resistance on just in case I went against bosses with attacks lol. Just because if I didn't dump my money, Nova would spam me wanting to pay up. Near the end of the game I ended up just giving her the money. I just got so sick of it. Like it wouldn't have been so bad to me, if Nova wasn't such a spammer. It effectively punished me for being loaded. xDI've been keeping up with equipment and item restock purchases despite the debt. There's not much else to spend money on, so I might as well pay the debt, though I don't dump all my money at once. I'm going to make a lot more soon enough anyway. In case you're just a bit short on cash you can always sell some of your materials. So at this point it hasn't been a nuisance at all.
It's a good thing they made the best way to make money not through generic fetch quests (although you can do those) but through the Giganto monsters which are fun to fight, and I'd do them without the money reward anyway. If Giganto monster fights were their way to stretch out the game...well let's just say they could've done much worse. I don't feel like the debt has stretched out the game much either way.
It's also a good thing they made the white color quests just generic and repeatable, and they don't appear on your job completion list anyway, so I don't feel motivated to do them if I don't want to
But yeah, the side quests themselves are fine. The giganto mobs are amusing enough, and there's still some quests which do advance the story.
cpp_is_king
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Asked on a previous page but still no response. When do item shops start offering new stuff? Im up to chapter 7 and every shop in the game has identical inventory. Two gels, a few status removing bottles, and a dark bottle. I want Lemon, Melange, and other gels for example though.
They update slowly, but I wanna say that the item shop updated in chapter 9 at least.
Xagut Floodmeadow is a good spot. Here's a video of where on the map you can spawn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puCheCTzgUs
robotzombie
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This means under 50 times specifically within the timespan of chapter 13 and beating the game right? So you can use it as much as you want before then?
Elize: Lv40
Leia: Lv49
Muzet: Lv52
Gaius (Spirit Channel, also revives): 4530 Water Points on Allium Orb
I think so.
Werewolf Jones
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Yeah apparently so, I just used it casually whenever though and I still got the trophy. lol.
robotzombie
Member
Cool, thanks guys
Also, how does Gaius control? Is he clunky and slow like most non main Tales characters are? Or can he be used really effectively as the player character?
Also, how does Gaius control? Is he clunky and slow like most non main Tales characters are? Or can he be used really effectively as the player character?
No he's surprisingly fast, and hits like a truck.
robotzombie
Member
well that is just awesome news
cpp_is_king
Member
Is it just me, or does your kitty always return when you load a game? Just a minute ago I dispatched my kitty, and then not even 5 minutes later I saved and re-loaded my game and my kitty returned. If true, this would be a kind of big exploit for maxing out the kitty search areas.
Nah I think it just runs off the PS3 clock or something, since it works when you're paused as well. That's probably also how the game selects the Kitty Dispatch day bonus.
I just bought the Day One edition of Tales of Xillia 2 today as well!
I were so surprised at Xillia 1 and is still playing that one.
They also have Tales of Symphonia Chronicles at the store but I'll wait with that one and get Vesperia before the end of the year.
I've never played Symphonia before so when I got it on the store a couple of months ago I could finally try it out and well... After being spoiled with the combat of recent installments, I found it hard to enjoy Symphonia as much as I wanted to.
These seem to be people's biggest complaints, but they're mine as well:
- At first I didn't mind recycled areas, but 20+ hours into the game it gets old really fast.
- In the later parts of the game making a payment to advance in the game is so annoying. It ruins the flow of the story and seems needlessly tedious.
- Why is Ludger silent? Because you can make dialogue choices? Seems like a lame excuse
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Other than that, it's still a Tales game and it's fun. Combat is great and I love the ability transform. Also, Elle is by far the best character in the game. She's super adorable and pretty funny. Love her facial expressions.
- At first I didn't mind recycled areas, but 20+ hours into the game it gets old really fast.
- In the later parts of the game making a payment to advance in the game is so annoying. It ruins the flow of the story and seems needlessly tedious.
- Why is Ludger silent? Because you can make dialogue choices? Seems like a lame excuse
especially when you unlock his voice after beating the game
Other than that, it's still a Tales game and it's fun. Combat is great and I love the ability transform. Also, Elle is by far the best character in the game. She's super adorable and pretty funny. Love her facial expressions.
CHAPTER 12 SPOILER:
I guess it's so people don't recognize that his voice is the same as Victor's. I'm pretty sure Victor speaks in the beginning cutscene.
TheMrPliskin
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Chapter 15 spoilers
Man, they were real subtle about that bad ending.
It's a spoiler for the end of that chapter so yeah, don't read it.
AmaterasuOkami076
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Early Chapter 15 spoilers.
I can't decide who I want to take with me to Canaan D:
I think Milla, Muzet and Gaius? But I'm not sure, and don't want to leave anyone out. This feels cruel
I think Milla, Muzet and Gaius? But I'm not sure, and don't want to leave anyone out. This feels cruel
Yeah, it way worse from what i can remember from Xillia 1. In Sharilton, once, i've to wait up to 20 seconds to let people appear and start a mission.
Freezasaurus
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Ha ha, yeah. It usually doesn't bother me unless I have to run to the spot where the job board guy is and then wait until he appears. XD
Yeah, the pop in is way way waaaaay worse. Like it didn't even bother me THAT much in the first game. However, in this one I've had to wait like 30 seconds odd maybe more sometimes just to get stuff to load in.
In other news, the final dungeon...
In other news, the final dungeon...
What a maddening dungeon design.... It certainly topped XIII-2 for the worst final dungeon of a game I've completed this year and I really did not like the silly platforming in that...
Yeah, the pop in is brutal when you want to turn in a mission. Some areas(mainly Marksburg) have huuuuge framerate drops in that center area when people load in too.
I've been doing the poker game for awhile and it seems really easy in this game. Though the high/low is a bit random since the card itself keeps changing(IIRC the card that showed up would be the same one if you continued in some other games), but I still had a simple time getting over 200K chips anyway.
I've been doing the poker game for awhile and it seems really easy in this game. Though the high/low is a bit random since the card itself keeps changing(IIRC the card that showed up would be the same one if you continued in some other games), but I still had a simple time getting over 200K chips anyway.
Yeah, the technical limitations/ lack of technical prowess is rearing its ugly head all over the place.