nintendoman58
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Yep. The exact same song in Japanese.
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Yep. The exact same song in Japanese.
Star Ocean, to me, is just a worse Tales, so... *shrug*
(Only played halfway through Second Evolution and Till the End of Time before deciding it just wasn't that good)
That's great!
Still never understood why they took this long to finally do this. Whilst Vesperia and Graces F's English vocals were pretty good, the instrumental opening themes for the majority of the past games were terrible.
The only one I remotely liked was Abyss, because that was basically the Japanese opening with the vocals omitted.
chickdigger802
Banned
why did you crop out your wall, but not the cat?
A cardboard cat gives him company in the dark void he lives in.
Sorry, yes Last Hope Int'l version. I just got the little girl so I'm still fresh. As dumb as it sounds, the difficulty is frustrating. The lack of recovery options for health and MP makes it tough to have fun with the battle system.
Fixed.
(not counting Last Hope, of course)
Lol you wish
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I hope there's a free dlc or patch for a Japanese language track. The voice acting is okay. It's not that Milla is bad in my opinion the voice doesn't fit the character. The voice would be great for another character that matches, but for Milla it doesn't match that well to me.
Again, it's not bad as in Arc Rise Fantasia, but it doesn't fit the character.
Again, it's not bad as in Arc Rise Fantasia, but it doesn't fit the character.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Sorry to say this but,
I would pay for it
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Even though I have an order through amazon... I bought the game at wal-mart.
Maybe my nephew will like it. If not I will return one of them
I would too but the English voices are pretty great so far, Milla being just okay to me.
There's really no precedent for that sort of thing to become DLC anyway.
DangerMouse
Member
This. Since it's all subjective I can understand it but I'm not getting the complaints at all really, not sure I needed to but warmed up to her pretty quick and like her so maybe everyone will come around later as they hear her more.
Totally agree, been dying to play this.
I've played this for a total of 15 minutes. I then put it down and went to go play Pikmin 3.
I guess having beaten this already in Japanese makes me a little less excited.
But I bet if I play for an hour or so when things start to pick up, I'll be more excited.
if you really want to know:
I guess having beaten this already in Japanese makes me a little less excited.
But I bet if I play for an hour or so when things start to pick up, I'll be more excited.
if you really want to know:
he does betray the party, HARD TO GUESS EH?
birthbysleep
Member
I've played for about an hour so far and I actually really enjoy this game so far (I loathed graces and Vesperia was meh).
I would pay good money for a Japanese audio DLC though, Milla sounds weird.
I would pay good money for a Japanese audio DLC though, Milla sounds weird.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I came here to ask this hahahahaha. Also, Milla's voice is perfect. Dat lisp...
wow, you can get 15% off this title for the coming week
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/06/tales-of-xillia-release-day-deal-is-15-off-at-gamestop/
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/06/tales-of-xillia-release-day-deal-is-15-off-at-gamestop/
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
So far, I would say its better Graces, not as good as Vesperia, but Abyss is the best out of these.
chickdigger802
Banned
but i dont want to die.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
dakkumauji
Member
Namco isn't generous like Koei is.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Yes to this, Tales game dlc...shudders at what they tried out with Vesperia, at least Grace were costumes as well.
chickdigger802
Banned
how do i change costumes?
It actually approaches the subject very differently and such. Alvin is a really nicely crafted character.
I've found that the 3D Star Ocean games have fairly complicated mechanics to get into and they don't do well to explain them (literally, the first part of the game is a boring battle tutorial, but there is so much to take in that it gets lost).
I remember particularly, Star Ocean 4's boss battles are pretty damned tough, playing on normal difficulty. Just like Tales, though, there are is some learning that needs to be done with your reflexes. IMO, Star Ocean 4 is much harder than any Tales game I've played. But really, the battle system is what kept me going for this game. It got incredibly addictive. I'd say stick with it until you go to a, ahem...certain familiar planet. The story gets pretty interesting there.
I've always loved Star Ocean's free roaming battle system. Also the fact that the more you use your skills, the better they become and their attack animations reflect this.
Anyway, if you're not enjoying by the time you get to the coliseum on planet Roak, then you're probably not going to enjoy it. But that is when the game transforms.
ahh...I really, really wish Tri-Ace would make another Star Ocean game. With that new engine they showed off a few years ago...would be ace.
EDIT: despite my initial negative reactions to Last Hope, I still look back at the game fondly because the second half gets a lot better.
dakkumauji
Member
It's funny cause with all the grief Koei gets for their DLC practices with Musou games, it still pales compared to the cost of Tales DLC.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I personally think Vesperia is the best Tales game I have played. Abyss is still awesome though. So is Graces f. Bam!
The girl in the beginning of the game? That scene damn near ruined my initial experience of the game. The sooner I forget about that shitty acting, the better.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
If you entered the code and downloaded the DLC, you'll have to go to the DLC menu in the item menu. Then you open the present and get the DLC costume.
Then you go into the equipment menu, press down with the L stick until you get to the costume/attachment menu and select costumes and attachments from there.
chickdigger802
Banned
weird thing to comment on, but i like Jude's eyes lol.
his fighting style is interesting. Not too sure if I dig milla or not.
Really love the magic effects in this. Some really neat magic circles.
his fighting style is interesting. Not too sure if I dig milla or not.
Really love the magic effects in this. Some really neat magic circles.
I thought it was perfect, considering how the character was acting. Like Jeremy Irons over-the-top.
Agria? Yeah, her voice is awesome.
Is it me or is the audio unnecessarily low quality? It's on a blu-ray, it doesn't seem there'd be any benefit to not going for the highest quality audio unless you really DID pack a game tight, even with DD it's not like they're dealing with only 2-4 GB of space.
Also the vertical camera controls sorta bug me with their large deadzone and not really being analog (though I guess they went for something similar to Monster Hunter) and I hate having invisible walls especially when they clearly put up obstructions with visible gaps you should be able to walk through... though I noticed some NPCs walk through those gaps, which I guess explains why they exist.
Also the vertical camera controls sorta bug me with their large deadzone and not really being analog (though I guess they went for something similar to Monster Hunter) and I hate having invisible walls especially when they clearly put up obstructions with visible gaps you should be able to walk through... though I noticed some NPCs walk through those gaps, which I guess explains why they exist.
I just felt there was no context for her acting so ridiculous. All of a sudden there's this ridiculous character saying stupid things for almost no reason. Maybe she is explained later in the game but it just came out of left field for me.
The voice recordings are of pretty low quality, which I think sticks out the most. The music sounds excellent to me. But the voicework has been botched. I don't think it's from space, but time/low budget.
Sithlord77
Banned
Do I have to switch the game to surround sound in the game settings? I remember I played Vesperia and for some weird ass reason the game was set to stereo and there was no sound coming from rear speakers until I set it to surround within the game options. Games don't even have this option tbh, but Vesperia did. Also I remember SoTN on PS1 was set to mono by default and you had to manually set it to stereo in the game options.
Played 2 hours worth. Only have the first 3 party members, yet already like them more that the Graces cast. The voice acting is great so far too.
Still not sure how the linking system works though. I know you can do special attacks, but some attacks like the one where Jude and Milla stun an enemy seems to come out randomly.
Still not sure how the linking system works though. I know you can do special attacks, but some attacks like the one where Jude and Milla stun an enemy seems to come out randomly.