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Tales of Xillia |OT| - Teach me about Bazongas!
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dakkumauji
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9999+ hit combos are definitely not hard to pull off, and they're beneficial to you since you'll get the XP bonuses for it.
You can pull them off with one character, even.
The quickest and most boring way to reach level 99 on your first playthrough.
Around 50 hours. Around 80+ hours to have it platinumed.
Some side quests are missable. Timebound.
Dragon's Crown has been released early here. Already out of stock.
EU PSN Store I am sure there was announcement. I didn't see any ads for the US STore
Yes, and I've got both pre-order bonuses from their original release dates including the key chains. Does anyone have it here too? (Jude and Milla Keychains)
Symphonia and Vesperia.. they are hard to compare because both are really good but Xillia is like both of them combined.
edgardavids
Member
Wow i had no idea this was releasing in EU this week as well. Namco are improving.
dakkumauji
Member
Well if you just want to see the intro part, probably after the first dungeon. There are other parts of the story that doesn't get explained in Milla's side that does get in Jude's though.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I have the Milla keychain from the JP release of Xillia 1. I never picked up Xillia 2 though.
9999+ hit combos are definitely not hard to pull off, and they're beneficial to you since you'll get the XP bonuses for it.
You can pull them off with one character, even.
I don't mean strictly combo's that reach the combo counter limit but more like flashy/interesting combo's that make use of things like guard/arte/spell cancelling.
This is a good example of what I mean.
dakkumauji
Member
Oh cool, got the Amazon shipped your copy email.
How exciting.
How exciting.
Even though I won't be playing the English version anytime soon.
same. :/ probably won't get down to play it anytime soon.
and the goodies don't seem worth the effort
solid mike
Member
Tomorrow my friends!
The game has been out in Japan for a while, right?
Anybody know how it was received/is regarded in Japan?
But Elle is normally pronounced as the letter "L" so that shouldn't be an issue.
edit: oh wait do they pronounce Elle as "Elly" in Xillia 2?
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.
Good thing I got it right away. Even the Vita version is gone.
The general vibe I've gotten from posts and user reviews is that it's pretty disappointing for what was expected of it, and the most common user score usually places it around the middle. Seen as competent enough to not be one of the worst Tales games, but doesn't go the extra mile to be all that amazing either, I guess?
I'm don't think the same kind of hype or expectations exists elsewhere though, so some of the common complaints might be better received or tolerated.
9999+ hit combos are definitely not hard to pull off, and they're beneficial to you since you'll get the XP bonuses for it.
You can pull them off with one character, even.
I think learning that with Rowen along with learning how amazing the burn status was in Xillia, ruined part of the magic for me for battles lol
Well, it was received positively. Namco was happy with the numbers they got from the sales. I think it shipped around more than 700K units. That's pretty neat for a PS3 JRPG exclusive.
Sad thing is, no Namco Isle, No Cameo Coliseum challenge, overly priced costumes, ( the free costumes are fewer) We were expecting Jude VS Senel on the arena but Namco said, it's the complete game (then they released TOX 2... pfft)
if I remember it right, they intended to have a POV gameplay for Gaius. (can't find the link)
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Good thing I got it right away. Even the Vita version is gone.Actually, I remember it being sold in a Music Shop costing roughly $10 more hihih.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Saw this at my local store... I've only heard about this. How good is this, compared to other Tales-games? The last Tales-game I really liked with Symphonia and Phantasia... so how good is this one? What's different about this?
sixteen-bit
Member
My copy arrives Tuesday. It's been so long, I forgot I ordered lol.
Are GAME doing the Day-One edition? I've got my pre-order with Amazon at the moment for all of £2 less. I'm only interested in the theme though, but I'd like to know what it is before I plunge
Spoiler tag and let me see XD
Dragon1893
Member
I'm in the same boat, will probably play through it twice. Does it have NG+?
chickdigger802
Banned
was watching kayo's preview thingy.
i wish he would explain whats going on in combat
also why is the combat screen at this weird titled angle? It's kinda distracting.
i wish he would explain whats going on in combat
also why is the combat screen at this weird titled angle? It's kinda distracting.
Yeah, there are. You can't understand Japanese, right? So it isn't a surprise that you didn't catch them when you played before!
I can understand much of spoken Japanese. Just not written.=/ I just skipped all skits in the Japanese one so I missed a lot of them in the skits. .
Solid Amit
Member
Anyone who ordered from VideoGamePlus had his copy shipped?
I guess embargo is different for Australia or these two sites just decided to break it. Regardless, here are two reviews for the game.
http://stevivor.com/review/tales-of-xillia/
http://ps3.mmgn.com/Reviews/tales-of-xillia-review
http://stevivor.com/review/tales-of-xillia/
http://ps3.mmgn.com/Reviews/tales-of-xillia-review
Memento_Mori15
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Gave in and pre-ordered. Hoping it arrives next week and not this week so I can focus on finals. All I'm hoping is that this game is better than Graces in every aspect besides the gameplay.
dakkumauji
Member
From what I seen, the weakness system trivializes battles even more in Xillia 2, lol.
Yes, NG+ with the normal Grade Shop which will trivialize even Unknown Mode.
Makes boss fights pretty fun at the cost of making normal encounters oh so boring. ~_~
Are GAME doing the Day-One edition? I've got my pre-order with Amazon at the moment for all of £2 less. I'm only interested in the theme though, but I'd like to know what it is before I plunge
The Day One edition should be available from any retailer if you pre-order. The PS3 theme is a nice extra, though it's probably gonna be uploaded by someone for all to use.
I went into my local GAME store last week and enquired about the ToX release since I didn't see any promotional material on display. The clerk didn't know anything about it, and they didn't even have it down on their upcoming game releases print out.
I think that if you haven't preordered, it's going to be really hard to find ToX in person.
YuriLowell
Member
I'm not sure what to start first this or Pikmin 3 when I get home from my business trip.
Why do you say that?
dakkumauji
Member
You would get a complete intro but not a complete picture of the overall plot since they split up again quite a few times into the game so you would basically have to play both sides almost all the way to see everything. It's better to play one side first then the other with grade shop bonuses.
From what videos I seen, it looks like you could cheese fights even easier than how this game is through spamming Crag Waltz or something similar.
solid mike
Member
Any launch trailers yet?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Ahaha at kayos finally learning about the innuendo in Xillia.
The weakness system really does trivialize a lot of the battles in that regard sometimes, you're right. In regular battles, you can easily lock enemies into a combo by using their weakness (even with 1 Damage equipped), and in boss battles, you can probably get away with taking advantage of weaknesses to make battles shorter.
Guns are overpowered, too, like FSLink was mentioning to me the other day. In fact, it's easily exploitable enough for XP bonuses, too.
The weakness system really does trivialize a lot of the battles in that regard sometimes, you're right. In regular battles, you can easily lock enemies into a combo by using their weakness (even with 1 Damage equipped), and in boss battles, you can probably get away with taking advantage of weaknesses to make battles shorter.