RPGCrazied
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We never got the .hack ones in Graces F.
Makes no sense, the games are in English released in America. We can't get those costumes?
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Tales of Xillia |OT| - Teach me about Bazongas!
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We never got the .hack ones in Graces F.
Makes no sense, the games are in English released in America. We can't get those costumes?
solid mike
Member
The music is sounding really good.
empressdonna
Member
Fairly certain we won't get the im@s ones, maybe the madoka and geass ones though?
EDIT: Derp, those were xillia 2... ^^;
Story and characters are miles ahead of Graces, but I still greatly prefer Vesperia's cast (my favorite Tales cast by far).
Well opinions and that but I think most people will agree it's far better than Graces for both Story and Characters.
MAN AND SPIRIT RIGHT HERE. Hyped for this, hope I like it as much or more than Graces after hating Abyss and Legendia
how about platinum length, if any of you have it?
how about platinum length, if any of you have it?
RPGCrazied
Member
How? Doesn't come out for another week!
You need to tell me if they got JYB to voice Wingal.
ROFL. Will do.
I'm reviewing the game.
EDIT: I just realized. There's no subtitle for this OT.
RPGCrazied
Member
The game has a Coliseum right? Just no cameo battles?
I can add one if you like. How's "kayos + Jude forever"?
T_T
TomcatTheLion
Member
So excited for this. Will have to wait a few days to receive it but will be starting as soon as I get it in my hands.
RPGCrazied
Member
No! The subtitle should be a serious one. I hate joke/funny ones, specially on my jRPG's!
I don't have mine yet, but it seems like it varies a bit, at least amoung my friends who have it. It's not a hard platinum, but you have to complete both sides for it- there is also a lot of grinding for the character trophies, the skill trophies, and some luck for the rare monster trophies. If you don't start on some of them early, it'll be even more grinding you'll have to do later.
Nightengale
Member
Personally, I quite liked Jude, so I have a fondness of Xillia over Vesperia... but Vesperia's better. Not by leaps or bounds though, Xillia is still a excellent addition to the series.
However, Xillia's sequel is an excellent game that I'd put above Vesperia. It gets mixed reviews due to recycled assets from the first-game, but since I bought both games together, I've always thought of it as one huge game.
It helps that Tales games have that 'mid-game' climax + temporary breather before the final half of the game approach going for its titles.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Unboxing of Collector's Edition is up on IGN (found by foobary81 from Cheap Arse Gaffer thread).
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/07/29/unboxing-tales-of-xillias-special-edition
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1N1q4_DC1Y
Maybe it's actually really the same as in Day 1. I guess size is definitely exactly the same. In any case it's laughable.
At least the OST selection says "Music CD", so hopefully that's an actual CD-DA and not a CD-ROM with WAVE files (again).
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/07/29/unboxing-tales-of-xillias-special-edition
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1N1q4_DC1Y
Maybe it's actually really the same as in Day 1. I guess size is definitely exactly the same. In any case it's laughable.
At least the OST selection says "Music CD", so hopefully that's an actual CD-DA and not a CD-ROM with WAVE files (again).
RPGCrazied
Member
I want clarification on the artbook. The CE one looks so small in that unboxing video. I thought it was suppose to be 100 pages.
DO IT
I have quite a quandary before me, which game should I play first, Xillia or SMT4?
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Gillian Seed
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Should I play this or Persona 4 first? I loved Vesperia, but everyone says Persona is the best game on the Vita. I am thinking this first because its shorter......
If you're in pain, how will Dark Schala feel?
"You're dead to me."
You have a week to play SMT4!
I think you should play this first, because P4 will most likely be better and you'll spoil yourself going from the better game to the worst game.
Well with an argument like that, totally play Xillia first. SMT4 will spoil you~~
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Where can we acquire the Codex of Ideologies?
empressdonna
Member
According to PS3trophies, the plat should take 60+ hours but they were basing that off of the japanese knowledge the player had, but it wouldn't be a bad estimate to use.
(though when me and stuart444 did the game it took us 40-50 first playthrough).
(though when me and stuart444 did the game it took us 40-50 first playthrough).
That'd mean an extra 10 hour or so for the plat. Doubt I'll go for the plat though.
To elaborate, the game tries out a freely controllable camera instead of the fixed camera of previous games, and I feel it causes the art direction to suffer in many places.
The fields feel like generic 3D spaces and a lot of the dungeons look cramped and dull. The Graces fields get a lot of flack for their linearity but I thought it had a lot of well-crafted angles and scenery to make each area stand out. I don't feel like they really take advantage of the camera to ensure that you could position it in a lot of different angles and still have something interesting in view, and to ensure each area looks and feels unique.
I think it shines in some of the towns/cities though. They feel more appropriately built for the camera in terns of vertical space and surrounding scenery. I assume they're not going back to a fixed camera so hopefully they improve a lot in level design and art direction for places besides towns/cities.
Remembering off the top of my head, about three or four?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Have the CE pre-ordered and ready for next week.
Can't wait.
Even though everyone says to play Jude first I do still want to play Milla. The OP even says "cover many important plot details that are left implied in Millas". How strong of an implication are we talking about here? If it's something I can infer on my own I don't see it as much of a problem, unless "cover many important plot details" means breaking down and explaining things that you can't find out on your own just from implication.
Can't wait.
Even though everyone says to play Jude first I do still want to play Milla. The OP even says "cover many important plot details that are left implied in Millas". How strong of an implication are we talking about here? If it's something I can infer on my own I don't see it as much of a problem, unless "cover many important plot details" means breaking down and explaining things that you can't find out on your own just from implication.
You may infer it eventually, but you will be pretty confused for the first part for sure. If you really want to play Milla, I would recommend at least playing the first 1-2 hours or so as Jude, then starting as Milla. That'd help a lot.
I don't think there's enough overlap between the two games to affect me, but who knows.
I accept your challenge and will beat SMT4 in less than a week! (Err, when I buy it that is)
The Praiseworthy
Member
Can't believe I'm finally playing this next week... it has been so long since I wanted to put my hands on it <3
RPGCrazied
Member
I hope I can savour the game. I probably will beat it in 4 days. Then the long slog waits for Xillia 2.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
I'll pick Jude to start off since he has a cool biblical name.
Hype!!! I'm a new tales fan having played Graces F last summer. I bought Abyss for the 3DS and currently playing it. I preordered LE of Xillia for day one and plan on getting Symphonia chronicles in Q1 2014. Can't wait (but Pikmin 3 comes out two days before so that gets first priority lol).
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I'll do that then. If I have enough strength left after I'm done with Milla's playthrough I'll finish up on Jude's.