Shouta
Member
I always imagined bari bari body but that doesn't make sense (though fits with Teepo being kind random).
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Tales of Xillia |OT| - Teach me about Bazongas!
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I always imagined bari bari body but that doesn't make sense (though fits with Teepo being kind random).
Use the left stick to highlight orbs in between the lines of the grid and see what they are.
It took me about 20 hours to find that out. :/
So I just had my first fight against
Gaius
The story after that boss battle is pretty wtf inducing, and now I'm intrigued even further. Had to go back to Jude after playing Leia for so long and why does Jude have to play so awesomely? They should spread that awesomeness around the party.
chickdigger802
Banned
infinite fireballs?
i probably should mess with rowen more. i assume you can cancel stuff with him to achieve that?
Guard cancel yes.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Do American girls want creepy old pedophiles who stalk them and constantly have to resist murderous impulses?
Rowen is called the Conductor, but he should really be called the Bosskiller instead.
Dammit, I slept through the anti-Asbel discussion. I had so much to contribute too. 
Also, I liked Jude. Sure his lack of ambition was irksome, but I considered his arc to be a coming of age type story, so his lack of focus kinda fit.
Asbel had no excuse. He was a dumbass though and though, whose knight training and responsibilities should have taught him to make better decisions than he did.
Asbel was the first RPG protaganist that almost made me drop the game, which is weird since I was perfectly fine with Luke.
In other news, how much content is actually different in Milla's route? If it's only a few different cutscenes that barely expand the story, then I won't even bother and just go and finally play though Vesperia instead.
Also, I liked Jude. Sure his lack of ambition was irksome, but I considered his arc to be a coming of age type story, so his lack of focus kinda fit.
His reaction to Milla dying was overblown though. Felt bad for Leia so much. Fight with Alvin was fun though.
The fact that he wants to protect everyone, yet let a mass murdering psychopath kill several people and endanger the life of thousands due to petty reasons (I need to protect the guy I was friends with for a week years ago over the entire planet), is so hypocritical it's pathetic. His solution to the Lambda problem is also so Deus Ex Machina, it's disgusting.
In other news, how much content is actually different in Milla's route? If it's only a few different cutscenes that barely expand the story, then I won't even bother and just go and finally play though Vesperia instead.
I never got this skit. Where do you get it?
What blows my mind is that this is the BEST take they had.
Imagine what they rejected before finally going "Screw it, lets go with that one..."
Dammit, I slept through the anti-Asbel discussion. I had so much to contribute too.
Also, I liked Jude. Sure his lack of ambition was irksome, but I considered his arc to be a coming of age type story, so his lack of focus kinda fit.Asbel had no excuse. He was a dumbass though and though, whose knight training and responsibilities should have taught him to make better decisions than he did.His reaction to Milla dying was overblown though. Felt bad for Leia so much. Fight with Alvin was fun though.Asbel was the first RPG protaganist that almost made me drop the game, which is weird since I was perfectly fine with Luke.The fact that he wants to protect everyone, yet let a mass murdering psychopath kill several people and endanger the life of thousands due to petty reasons (I need to protect the guy I was friends with for a week years ago over the entire planet), is so hypocritical it's pathetic. His solution to the Lambda problem is also so Deus Ex Machina, it's disgusting.
In other news, how much content is actually different in Milla's route? If it's only a few different cutscenes that barely expand the story, then I won't even bother and just go and finally play though Vesperia instead.
I never got this skit. Where do you get it?
It also didn't help that Lambda sounded like shit in the English version.
chickdigger802
Banned
how does that work? haven't really used him or looked at his skills (just been auto assigning), but his gimmick is he can mash X while using a spell to shoot more spell stuff, how does guard cancelling work? Won't he have to recast?
dakkumauji
Member
Cutscenes when they split up are different.
One dungeon is smaller
the one where Elize and Milla get kidnapped.
You go through a different dungeon
after your party gets separated after the war
You'll go through an entirely unique dungeon for Milla
after the battle on the cruiser
There are also additional skits and side events exclusive to Milla's side but those are the main differences.
Spell tuning is different for every spell, and the arte description tells you how to use it and what it does. In Fireball's case, you can keep pressing the arte button to shoot more Fireballs, up to 4 in total. Then at the end of your fourth Fireball, you can Guard to stop the spell finishing animation and start up a new Fireball spell. Guard cancelling works best with Fireball but you can use it with other spells as well, like continually casting Splash.
The reason Fireball is so effective is it causes Burn status affliction, which shaves off health based on max HP. When playing on hard, this is a godsend as you're hitting for 200-400 but each Burn tick takes off 1000+. It can easily deal 15000 damage by itself.
robotzombie
Member
Oh well thats good to know at least
I remember reading people's complaints that this dungeon was so annoying, but it only took me like 5 minutes. Millangel. <3
Liferebooted
Banned
You know normal is too easy when even I don't die a single time.. I think this was my first time beating an rpg without losing a battle lmao. Time to replay unknown mode and plat this game <3
Golden Mage Knight on unknown, go!
HA! One of the dumbest fights on Unknown.
Thanks, I'll play through it before Xillia 2 comes out. But for right now, it's time to finally play the supposed best Tales game, Vesperia. Any tips?
Ricerocket
Member
Finally beat the game. Last boss is joke easy ;/ kinda lame how it was handled.
Still think Rowen is overpowered as all hell.
Rowen with no stagger on dmg, +30% cast rate, +50%? cast rate on repeated casts, and overkill (+50% dmg, +30% tp cost) = grind master + boss rape.
I saved but not sure what else to do other than pick up old quests? I got a sword for milla in the abyss dungeon.
Still think Rowen is overpowered as all hell.
Rowen with no stagger on dmg, +30% cast rate, +50%? cast rate on repeated casts, and overkill (+50% dmg, +30% tp cost) = grind master + boss rape.
I saved but not sure what else to do other than pick up old quests? I got a sword for milla in the abyss dungeon.
R_thanatos
Member
Liferebooted
Banned
I actually enjoyed the last fight even though it was so easy on normal.
dakkumauji
Member
Uhhhhhh, arena prizes for everybody? They get a joke weapon and a skill book so that's 12 more items there.
Good tip. I scrapped the bottom of the barrel for material and gald, expanded shops and ended up with 694/700, so I just need to do it for 3 characters. And since everyone is at level 99 with the best armour and devil arms, shouldn't be too bad...
Xenoflare
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2NccksJJA
Rita's English Indignation actually exists, it seems like the 360 version had it in the sound file anyways.
Rita's English Indignation actually exists, it seems like the 360 version had it in the sound file anyways.
That's not the worst of it. Patty was hinted/teased in the 360 version.
Xenoflare
Member
Oh yeah for sure, it was basically "You know we have this new character planned but you can't have it HUEHUEHUE".
Freezasaurus
Member
Just saw the "direct-tethering" skit. lololol
It's right up there with the one about bazongas.
It's right up there with the one about bazongas.
Liferebooted
Banned
I had The Last of Us as my #1 game in queue for SEVEN weeks, 3 of those with it as the ONLY game in queue and they never sent it lol.
Figures. Start of Chapter 3, so I'm still restricted on where to go. And now the game starts giving me a ton of black feathers while I'm trying to complete this one sub event. :/
Almost hitting that limit on how many I can carry.
Liferebooted
Banned
Don't get me wrong, Vesperia was great but I don't see why people love it so much. The combat was extremely basic compared to both this and graces, the story was a mess to. Maybe even worse than graces. The best thing about Vesperia for me was the characters.
Liferebooted
Banned
Characters, story and gameplay are better than vesperia... so yes.
I got it after leaving Kanbalar heading back to XIan Du in the snowy field.
Any commentary on the environments?
Yes, it's a fantastic game and one of the better JRPGs this generation on consoles.
Liferebooted
Banned
The environments between main towns an dungeons are just like tales of graces f but in 3d. Only negative thing about the game besides it being extremely easy on normal.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Towns are pretty but give off the illusion of scale, act as hubs for sidequests and main story events, and don't seem to do much else outside of that.
Connecting areas like fields and dungeons kind of have boring dungeon design, exist for the sake of showing off a sense of scale and provide little substance or incentive for players to fully explore due to the base design being "give the players a sense of grandeur while sticking items here and there and plopping enemies with little rhyme/reason". The field design is still weird to me because I typically don't like things that exist for the sake of existing for spectacle.
Of course, it seems as though the opinion on the field/town environments seems to be half-and-half now. So who knows what you'll think of it? I just tend to be more critical about this stuff because... well, there are games that did this sort of formula better in my opinion, and I just don't like it when games provide something for the sake of the mechanic/area existing but just don't use it or use it right. Also, I'm just harsher than other players. Ha.
It's a good game even with its flaws, and people here enjoyed the narrative, so go for it.
Oh? Huh, what happened?
mustDammit, I slept through the anti-Asbel discussion. I had so much to contribute too.
protect
everyone
derrr
anyway, I played like 6 hours today and I should be near the end. liking the story so far but I hope they explain some things in or before the end.
I'd say that some scenes have been a bit dumb, particularly the ones where
Alvin shoots Leia, or most of the Ivar scenes//