Tales of Xillia
Just got this today and played about an hour! I'm not very good with the arts and remembering which ability is assigned where. Seems like a fun day so far. I'm looking forward to seeing one of the characters I saw in the opening. Red dress girl at the beginning was kinda random o_O?
Any tips or advice for me? Or any general discussion can also go here!
The only other tales game I've played is Symphonia but not for very long at all.
I played Destiny and Symphonia, and never beat either of them. They were really good, but just failed to keep my interest. My girlfriend and I played through Xillia and even after beating it, I couldn't get enough. I'm super glad a sequel is almost here. The fighting is much faster than the other games. And the characters are well made, they make dumb decisions and whatnot, and you get a sense of why they do it. It's more real and fleshed out than most Japanese characters, especially in JRPGs
There's not really a lot to say "Watch out for this", because the game isn't super challenging. I found it to be just right, the whole time. We died maybe twice, on a couple boss battles, but otherwise, we always seemed to have the means to get done what we needed. It helps that there's like 3 healer characters, and the A.I. isn't terrible. And you can switch out on the fly, almost (but not quite) like FFX in case someone is being dumb in a certain battle
All I can recommend is that as soon as you can make use of link techs, do so; they are powerful and cannot be interrupted. When I first played I conserved the meter for bosses, but it charges VERY quickly, so just use it whenever you can.
Also, link yourself to beneficial partners whenever possible. Jude heals you when you get knocked down, Millia stuns enemies you stagger, and later members can break enemy guards, automatically block spells for you, steal for you, and drain hp/mp from enemies. These effects are generally valuable, especially the spell shield, since they occur without you needing to do anything.
Last edited by Rez09; 07-05-2014 at 05:38 PM.
Matt and I are playing Xillia just now. We are having a blast.
I've played Vesperia and Graces f and loved both. Really looking forward to getting around to Xillia.
It's really good.
Xillia is great. If you think it's too easy, you can always just increase the difficulty.
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
By blast she means She is playing as Millia linked with Leia nuking things from orbit while I sit in the back row as elize healing where is required, and negitive gating anything that moves.Originally Posted by Shauna
Matt and I are playing Xillia just now. We are having a blast.
NEGATIVE GATE!!!
Many of elize's moves look like they are made of pure evil.
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
Vesperia is my favourite game of the last console generation, I'm currently playing through Graces f and sadly not enjoying it as much as I hoped I would. I'll get Xillia and 2 one day I'm sure, but all the while I'm slogging through Graces I'm happy to wait.
Wow, that's wild. I liked them both about equally, but preferred the characters and story of Graces more. Not sure how you could love one and not like the other. Diff'rent strokes...
The story of Graces drags (particularly the childhood phase) and I find it generally dull and a chore to play through at times. I dislike nearly all the characters, Asbel's clichéd character in particular irritates me and the rest aren't much better. He's not a strong lead like Yuri is in Vesperia and has a poor voice actor. Most characters do, and the overall sound and music throughout the game is largely uninteresting.
In my opinion the only thing Graces does better than Vesperia is regarding the battle system, but that simply improves on excellent mechanics anyway.
I could never get into Tales. They aren't bad games by any stretch, but asside from Destiny, something about them just refuses to hold my interest.
Here's a question for Tales fans. If I like Xillia, what other Tales game would you recommend. How about if I don't like it?
It depends on what you like or dislike about it.
I don't like the CC/AC system the game uses that much, but other notable titles in the series that use it are Tales of Hearts and the Tales of Destiny remake on the PS2. Notable titles that don't use this system are Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Vesperia.
Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Vesperia are probably good games to look at if you enjoyed Xillia.
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