zerokoolpsx
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I guess I'll be playing on easy.
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Tales of Xillia |OT| - Teach me about Bazongas!
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Co-op battles are a series staple outside a few exceptions (legacy titles, portable titles, and Legendia).
Also after some consideration I'm cancelling my preorder for the CE. The IGN video makes it look underwhelming and I'm not interested in the statue. Would have ordered two if it was a Teepo plush instead. Still getting my LE.
And the in-battle skits where they can sometimes be chatting away at the enemy or with each other.
One of the little neat things I have always loved about Tales: conversations between the party and the bosses during the figth. I find them amusing and immersive.
The other Tales will blow your fucking mind, then, because Symphonia is one of the worse Tales games.
Disagree, though I do think it falls short due to its age now. Mainly the battle system.
But in a series with Phantasia GBA, Versus, and Tempest, and considering most of the great titles weren't localized here (Rebirth, Destiny remake), it's decent.
It also helps its one of the few Tales games where the sidequests don't make me want to rip someone's head off.
Well, when I say 'worse', I'm stacking it against Hearts DS, Destiny Remake PS2, Hearts R, Vesperia, Graces F (yes F is better at actually being a game), Eternia, Rebirth, and even Innocence R as being better than Symphonia.
beyond_death
Member
Yes! Cant wait for this. Playing Ni No Kuni right now and hopefully I'll be able to get through it before this comes out (doubt it though).
Hours Left
Member
Nice OT.
Always happy for more Tales games, though I don't know if I'll be playing this right away.
Always happy for more Tales games, though I don't know if I'll be playing this right away.
solid mike
Member
Less than a week.
GET HYPED!
GET HYPED!
Is that bad or pretty spot on?
I'd say if you are a fan of the series, it's more of an 8 or maybe even a low 9 depending on what you're looking for (story or battles?); otherwise sounds about right. I haven't read the review yet though. Keep in mind it is Edge, a 7 is good coming from them iirc, whereas it's average elsewhere.
Music CD is supposed to be exactly the same.
Artbook is supposed to be almost the same (50 pages instead of 100). I guess size is exactly the same.
Deadpandas
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Well they gave Vesperia an 8, which seems to be the only other one they reviewed
RPGCrazied
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Is there a beat "final boss" on harder mode type trophies? If not, no real reason to play at a higher level of difficulty.
Except for wanting a more difficult game...
I'm expecting a 7.5 from metacritic so this is about right. Also, Edge is harsher towards JRPGs so I'd say this is more positive than negative.
chickdigger802
Banned
so if I thought tales of abyss was about an 8... I guess i'll probably dig this a bit?
so how does milla play? videos make her seem a bit different from your typical 'magic knight' in the series who more often then not have 2 distinct skillsets of melee moves or slow casting spells and not many moves that combine both.
so how does milla play? videos make her seem a bit different from your typical 'magic knight' in the series who more often then not have 2 distinct skillsets of melee moves or slow casting spells and not many moves that combine both.
Milla's a bit... different from your average Magic Knight in the fact that while she does have physical Artes she also has Magic Artes. However, there are two ways to use her Magic Artes. You can either hold them down to make them spirit artes, which are your typical magic artes, or make them in to melee-ranged magic artes. you'll have to try it out to get it.
R_thanatos
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You can combine both because mila as a fighting character has no weaknesses.
She is excellent close range or long range , can bind ennemies for you , and you can start a sword combo , and go magic as close range if you wish , given that you're linked to another character. Easily one of the most broken magic knight in the tales of franchise.
But yeah she is fun to play as.
kayos90 told you about spirit artes and magical artes, right ? she has also advanced magic artes later in the game that allow for a mix of close range magic almost at no downside ( it's fast, powerful ,cancellable, comboable )
I'll probably be trying to platinum the game as I did Graces (except I never finished getting the plat 
). Anything noteworthy I should know? Missable side quests are still around? Should I use a guide for those? Dark Schala you've platinumed the game like a dozen times, what do you recommend?
). Anything noteworthy I should know? Missable side quests are still around? Should I use a guide for those? Dark Schala you've platinumed the game like a dozen times, what do you recommend? I'll probably be trying to platinum the game as I did Graces (except I never finished getting the plat
be prepared to use every character at least once. Meaning you need to use each characters special ability (ie Judes backstep -> warp ability) 150+ times. It's a bit of a grind so it might be worth switching the characters around while you play to try and get some of those trophies out of the way during the one playthrough.
This ability is amazing, by the way.
It makes many of the bosses soloable and extremely easy. lol. Jude is so unbelievably broken in Xillia 1.
I think at least spanish websites will rate it above average due to the fact that it is Multi-5, specially Vandal. The 3 most important game portals here (Vandal, 3DJuegos and Meristation) reviewed Ni no Kuni with 9+ (when it scored 85 in Meta).
Osoi!
chickdigger802
Banned
so jude basically has a counter.
i can dig that.
i can dig that.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Why does this flaw keep happening? It waters down the difficulty as you've played thru it once already too.
Spideyknight
Banned
Man, Eternia and Graces being listed as better than Symphonia. The mind boggles ladies and gentlemen.
RPGCrazied
Member
So, does anyone know my trophy question? Are there any beat final boss in different difficulty modes?
Dragoshi1
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Graces felt short and small compared to Vesperia.
Vesperia had tons of skits, funny characters, fun gameplay, and tons of things to do, plus the best overworld map I have ever explored in a Tales game. And best story IMO, since Vesperia was the first tales I beat completely.
I also went into Vesperia after watching the prequel movie, so I had some familiarity with Yuri, Flynn, ect.
I hope Xillia is just as good for me, from that one English skit with the bazongas from that con, I can see the humor isn't lost with this one.
Vesperia had tons of skits, funny characters, fun gameplay, and tons of things to do, plus the best overworld map I have ever explored in a Tales game. And best story IMO, since Vesperia was the first tales I beat completely.
I also went into Vesperia after watching the prequel movie, so I had some familiarity with Yuri, Flynn, ect.
I hope Xillia is just as good for me, from that one English skit with the bazongas from that con, I can see the humor isn't lost with this one.
chickdigger802
Banned
graces was pretty much, we made an awesome battle system, huzzzah!
ohhh... i ate some bad,
*shits out the rest of the game*
Is this a 8-4 joint?
ohhh... i ate some bad,
*shits out the rest of the game*
Is this a 8-4 joint?
You're lucky Rebirth never came out in English.
devs don't trust players.
Spideyknight
Banned
Wow, I suffer from this same affliction. Never met anyone else. Took me 3 years to beat ff7, even though I got to the end in a week. I just left it there. I was 36 hours into FFXII when I stopped and it's been seven years. I think my most egregious so far is 63 hours into Xenoblade(EU release, one of only 4 games I've ever imported) when I stopped playing. It's weird, but at least it isn't just me.
dakkumauji
Member
Nope. There are no difficulty related trophies.
All mostly do this or do that or get this so many times.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yay, I might actually platinum a Tales games. Graces F has to many ones I didn't like.
I guess the real point of the adjustable difficulty, for me, is that everyone can tailor the experience to their liking. With my experience with Graces, I started the game out on normal difficulty, and then after I became accustomed to the battle system, I bumped it up one notch harder. I didn't do it simply for experience but just to have a good fight, but yet not be too difficult. Graces f would have been a complete pushover on easy. But that's the beauty of it, if you want that sort of thing, you can do it.
EDIT:
It depends on taste, really. I bought Tales of Graces f day one, full price, and I played through to the end and had a blast. The story does get pretty weak, but it does have its moments. However, the battle system and extra stuff was enough for me to keep playing and enjoy it.
I don't get the hate for Tales of Graces. Sure, the story and characters are bland (minus Malick and Pascal) but it has the best battle system of any Tales game. And I liked all the characters much better during the Future Arc.
chickdigger802
Banned
you know... i still haven't touched the epilogue extra stuff from graces yet.
dakkumauji
Member
Yay, I might actually platinum a Tales games. Graces F has to many ones I didn't like.
Yeah, this game is pretty easy to plat. A little tedious mostly due to making sure you don't miss out on sidequests and skits, but still easy.
It's better that the main story dialog wise. The final boss is bullshit though, unless you research the button prompts to do during her mystic art.
RPGCrazied
Member
Is it easy to miss quests? I will do all of them I see, the NPC's with ! over their head. I always play a skit when I see it.
Whats the most annoying trophy to get in this game?
mere_immortal
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Pre-ordered from Amazon today for £33.99, same at Tesco.