I haven't heard Tipo in English yet. I hope he really isn't bad. He's one of the best characters in the game. That said, I HATED him at first when I first played the game, so it may very well just be an adjustment period for you like it was for me.
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Tales of Xillia |OT| - Teach me about Bazongas!
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RPGCrazied
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I'm indifferent to what little I've heard of Teepo in English, and his voice is awesome in Japanese. So I hope it's just what you heard so far.
From little I heard, it sounds like Karol from Vesperia. Does it sound boyish in the Japanese version?
I have a problem with the lines that he had moreso than the voice
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Oh, Tipo in English is disappointing?
That's a shame since his JP voice made the character for me, and I was kind of nervous for his English voice. He ended up being one of my favourite Tales mascots, but again, the voice can sometimes make the character in that instance.
That's a shame since his JP voice made the character for me, and I was kind of nervous for his English voice. He ended up being one of my favourite Tales mascots, but again, the voice can sometimes make the character in that instance.
Nope. Like FSLink said, you get fast-travel instead.
It's unchanged.
I really hope Teepo sounds fine since all the mascots dubbed so far have been pretty good. (Yes, I'm including Mieu, VA does a good job of being annoying like the Japanese Mieu)
Both the lines and the voice are... not "getting a rise out of me" lol
Not sure what I hate more. The trade routes in xillia or the stupid overworld in smt4
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
You press R3 on the field and you are taken to the instatravel menu. You just have to wait until you get a few hours into the game until you get it. There are certainly some areas you cannot get back to for story reasons, but other than that, I think it's pretty convenient.
yeh I've already alluded something to that effect in the SMTIV OT. Game could have benefited from a map item or something.
That sounds great. Thanks for answering.
Reverse cover:
Anyone have a scan of that reverse cover, so I can print it out for my own copy?
SatelliteOfLove
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Shown off by some early reviews that pointed out "its button mashiness."
The land of the Unclean Ones
Looks like I'm going on Normal.
I care not for Tales of battle systems. And I never will. I'm in here for da terrible characters and da nonsense plot.
Why play then? Is there some 4th element you really enjoy?
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Three more days! Have the LE pre-ordered on Amazon. From any unboxing anyone did, how many pages does the LE artbook has?
Can't be worse than Mieu from Abyss.
Can't be worse than Mieu from Abyss.
say wat.
I enjoy the plot and characters for what they are. I don't think it matters if I find them terrible >_>
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Same reason I've beat all 3 Neptunia games!
Reading this thread kinda depresses me. Sounds like Xillia isn't a good game at all.
Reading that depresses me.
I don't see why if you find the battle system, characters and plot terrible you'd enjoy any Tales game unless you mean you find it a comfort/junk food type thing.
Xillia is a great game, just falls short in end-game content and a rushed final dungeon.
Mieu's VA was spot on, the problem was the character, not the VA.
The bolded describes how I exactly feel. I should have just said that from the start.
I would conquer Legs so hard.
Well, that's part of the Tales fanbase divide. It's divided into people who like an action RPG experience impossible to get anywhere else and the story is secondary - Graces F's amazing battle system and Destiny PS2 Remake's even more amazing battle system that's like playing a fighting game with the complexity of the combos and pure fun involved - and people who want to play an anime and mash through subpar combat to get to more story, like fans of Symphonia and Abyss.
Each side has its own view, and neither is 'wrong', really.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Most of the former Tales fans who are my friends - the ones who prefer combat and playing a videogame above all else - tell me to just wait for Xillia 2 to enjoy the combat there. Also, Hearts R.
I would say it falls more into the 'second', myself. The game's pretty easy and it brings back TP in a freakish mix of CC and TP, which I personally think is really silly and they should have just thrown away TP forever like in Graces F.
That show is actually pretty funny though. Or at least I think so.
I've heard from several people that Hearts R is inferior to the original DS game actually. I suppose it doesn't matter in the end since it's never being localized in either incarnation. I've been thinking about importing one of them despite the fact I won't understand anything.
I noticed it seemed to have both and found that pretty bizarre myself.
Which team worked on Xillia and Xillia 2? There are two of them that tend to alternate, right?
Hearts R is pretty damn good, even if the original DS game is fantastic. The DS game is 2D, so if you like 2D that's great! If you like 3D, Hearts R exists and that's great too. I have a friend who's played both and he loves both games.
tiny raptor
Member
How long until there are good side quest/event guides in English? Or are they already out there?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Hearts R, of all things? The combat feels like it completely stripped away everything that made Hearts "Hearts", though.
They're one team now. No such thing as Team Symphonia and Team Destiny anymore.
I suppose that's true. Personally, I prefer the DS game, but it's certainly not bad if you're looking for a fun 3D Tales - it's certainly better than most of them, but that's not a hard bar to leap over.
Hours Left
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Well both my copies of Xillia shipped yesterday (one is a gift), so hopefully I'll have it early next week.
Hmm, I've been strongly considering finally importing them for a while now. Vesperia PS3 as well since I'd really like to play the complete version of the game.
That was the complaint I seemed to hear the most.
Wasn't aware of that. I wonder how that's affected development if at all since it seemed like there was something of a difference between one teams' game to another.
While true, most of the staff who worked on Xillia came from the Tales of Hearts team.
I fall on the middle ground as I enjoy the overall package and not only the gameplay which is why I put Abyss and Phantasia as some of the better Tales games personally. Those two are the only Tales games I've played 2-3 times (I've got the urge to replay Vesperia too, maybe after Xillia). I feel there's a certain portion of the fanbase that's on a witch hunt for the "Team Symphonia" games though.
A witch hunt? lol. It's not like people who prefer them dislike Vesperia and such.
No way, they're not considered utter shit.
Abyss, Symphonia are both really good, but if you've played the other style of Tales game (Destiny 2 JP, Rebirth), there's a clear difference in how they approached gameplay elements. Faster loading (and quicker Mystic Artes), cooking not being useless, etc.
Basically the Team Destiny games showed a real good sense of polish, they just lacked good writers.
I prefer Symphonia and Abyss over most of TD's earlier entries, but I really do like Graces and Destiny remake due to the battles (and story for Destiny too).
I'm curious what the rest of them have been doing then. We did have that recent copywriting of Tales titles, though I'm not expecting an announcement this year. I'd imagine it would have happened already.
JRPG's, serious business.
Yes, you can. Up to Hard on a first playthrough., Unknown (a step higher than hard) is unlocked after a first playthrough.
Shouta
Member
Then why not play Trails for... nm, gonna be awhile before we get anything beyond the first game.
Second Chapter ;_; I still have hope!
Jathaine
Member
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
What you should really want is 3rd!
Gah, that bugs me still. I liked unlocking the highest in Graces after so many battles in the difficulty before it.
Do higher difficulties confer any bonuses of any sort or just the challenge?
dakkumauji
Member
Gamefaqs has a good one that covers Jude's storyline.
There was basically a bullet version of Millia's side floating around but don't remember where.
Hey, that's not fair. That plot and those characters are far better than anything that's ever appeared in any Tales game in history. Then again, I'm biased.
Also the combat system is great too. It's like playing Grandia.