tale xillia 2 and 1 need to be on steam.

this may be the darkest entry in the franchise because... you are destroying universes just to save your own. billions of lives being lost because of survival of the fittest

I don't know what i was expecting but i came out pretty happy from this video, as a avid ToX2 fan who hasn't done a lot of replays of this game but did platinum it only recently i think the gameplay flaws never bothered me that much even if I was losing it kinda just taught how to abuse the best healer of the team to get back to fighting and nowadays i kinda just abuse the iron stance break and combo away at enemies, i realize this isn't how your average player would fight because they wouldn't know. I also never really thought Elle was that annoying, i think i liked her tsun act it was entertaining for me back then same as Nova and her incessant interruptions if you carry around too much money, i've always liked her puns and word play she used but that was because i never replayed the game much i kind of just stay on my completed savefile grinding at whatever i need to grind (here cuurency for the costumes in the bonus dungeon and the cameo weapons). But i wonder if i would like it as much today, nevertheless i think they're still fun. Also I don't like saying that but that's one of the reason for me why Arise doesn't really hit the Tales feel, it feels as if the characters are just instruments to drive the plot forward and their writing end up being very lackluster especially for Law who i feel has his entire backstory stuck in the limbo of skits and reduced to the dummy goofball of the crew when he had potential to have more depth and not end up as just that.

This was so cool, thank you so much because i never have the chance to play this games and your reviews give me the full scope to at some point enjoy the Xillia duology. Still funky that there is no re-release of this games.

Xillia 2 is my favorite in terms of combat, but in terms of story I'm mixed, I remember it foundly, a few years ago it was my favorite tales game, but now I just find some decisions strange, like not being able to switch party members im the field and only when you're in town, plus the game opening up in huge chunks, making you have huge gaps where there's no story advancements, you're just exploring and trying to get stronger and then, when you're done with that you just have a 2 hour story dump just to repeat the process I have to give the game a fair shot, I mean, it's no reason why I would consider this one my favorite tales game, buy for now I'm a bit mixed

sleeper hit fr one of the best in the series

Keep up the good work bro

My favorite Tales ever! 😩

I am waiting for a remaster!!!

I feel like I’m one of the few people who love Xillia 2 way more than 1

To this day i dont know how people got the other characters to continue being in the fight after ludger transforms. Like not even google knows and i asked so many times

felt bad clicking the like button since it moved freom 69 to 70...sorry :)

I remember being hype to play xillia 2 during my tales marathon only to be so mixed on it now. Why is ludger having an voice only new game plus? WHY was the party never fully present in the story - it beyond jarring - why open up more areas when it just old areas and they serve no purpose in the story - the first town from xillia 1 had no purpose in the game - The biggest thing tho was the final boss, the most hardest tales game boss, having the most safest fast combo, taking any down in 2 hits, and cause the game level scale, you just have to be good

I feel like... the team balance was particularly hit hard by the changes in the game. My main team was, whenever it was possible, Ludger, Gaius, Muzet, and Elise. Gaius and Ludger are potent DPS options regardless of weakness, Muzet is magic weakness exploit and support, Elise is magic weakness exploit and healer. What does Jude offer? I just feel that Jude is less useful thanks to being noticeably slower and everybody having Healing Artes. Rowan is just an inferior middleground to Muzet and Elise now for me unless I'm playing him. But AI Ludger is inefficient, so... Alvin's still GOOD but... Gaius exists for cranking out the big numbers. Leia still has stealing, but... again, everybody has backup healing now, so... Oh, and Milla? Fractured is unfortunately middling, and Prime is... well I'd rather bring a specialist. I just feel like there's less viable big teams in this one, aside from Alvin and Leia swapping in. IDK.

I thought the 1st battle theme and boss theme were standouts in the series overall

11 years huh..i guess we are close to our death clock ticking and games go to shit if only i can return back in time where games were good and the world was peaceful

I was sad how Fractured Milla and the fractured worlds were handled. In multiverse stories, you want yourself and the characters to be challenged by what could BE or could have BEEN. A reflecting prism of character traits increased or decreased, and relationships tested. Characters looking both forward and backwards. That's... like perfection for a sequel. But because they're side-stories, you become very aware how... they aren't really doing what they should. Everyone is fine with destroying other universes, and their inhabitants. Even when the story shows they are VERY much full fledged people, they don't really seem to understand or reflect on things. Alvin and Leia do a bit when seeing Presa and Agria, but... that's kinda it? And it feels like it doesn't get to have a proper impact. The characters aren't being challenged properly, so neither am I. It focuses on alternate views, but doesn't explore them. Characters are tested but don't change. It's just... it's frustrating. It's a brilliant set-up for a slam dunk, a fixing of Xillia's flaws and enchancing it's strengths. But it just doesn't. It's more Xillia, but I wanted better Xillia.

A review of the video: Things I'd address: I thing you might need a better mic and/or to sit back a few more inches from it? It's a little muffled. Also, I'm no prude at all, but the swearing is rather jarring and out of place amid the otherwise pretty professional and analytical content and delivery otherwise. As someone who hasn't played this game I would have liked some more detail in the events of the story itself, but that's a personal thing. Things I like: Just about everything else! You speak naturally and conversationally, don't unnecessarily cut up the clips of your speech or talk too fast, and you don't fill your video with "likecommentsubscribe!!!" stuff. Audio mixing was good - the BGM was clear and present but not overwhelming - and you gave a good mix of facts and opinion. More please!

Probably my least fave tales game, followed by ToS2 and Arise

My hot take is, Tales games don't need sequels. Rare exception was Tales of Destiny had a good sequel, if I recall. Otherwise. Symphomia's sequel wasn't good. Phantasia and Symphonia were in the same world, and not sequels, so that's great, I'd prefer that. Zestiria and Berseria were that, but Zestiria wasn't as good to me all the time. I like it when Tales keep their main titles as one single joirney, no sequels. Spend that time and money on a new game.

Xillia2 was a big disapointment after liking the original so much. I dislike The structure and way the character develop. Having a silent protagonist is against everything Tales is. And bringing the trope of the kid character to the forefront was a bad move. Some people think this has the best combat of the series but only due to the complexity of Luger. But jrpgs are are about a party and here we got more of a one character show. Comparable in a way to the recent FF 16 situation.

@megaspacewaffles

5 ай бұрын

How is a silent protagonist against tales? Actually asking. Plus. I really really love Elle. And we’ve had child MCS before see Kyle. If not mc there’s a ton in the party. See Laphicet and Karol

@goncaloferreira6429

5 ай бұрын

@@megaspacewaffles hello. well, it kind of goes to the old things about wrpg having being sandbox games with silent protagonist you create in game and in your mind and jrpgs being about defined and developed characters and a set story. in my head Tales definately falls perfectelly in that jrpg definition. did any other game besides Tx2 have a silent protagonist?? i dont think so and didnt like the change. it also goes against the important opiniated protagonist that i/we love so much. on the second point: i dont like the kid character trope and jrpgs do a bad job at using it.

@megaspacewaffles

5 ай бұрын

@@goncaloferreira6429 But the thing is you DON’T put yourself onto Ludger, he’s not an avatar he has personality and he has character. He interacts with everyone well, and I enjoyed the bonds he had before the game starts and the ones he formed during, he’s “silent” in the fact he isn’t voiced, but he speaks a LOT. He has facial expressions during cutscenes, and his journal. As for kid characters. “Kid trope” isn’t a trope it’s an age range. You can’t tell me Jay,Anise, Laphi and Karol are the same… Elle isn’t anything like Jay

@goncaloferreira6429

5 ай бұрын

@@megaspacewaffles perhaps i just dont like the way his "personality" is delieverd then. you know what a trope is? having a kid in every game is a trope, a trend if you wish, and something tales uses a lot. the characters you mention have diferent personalities but i mostly dislike them the reuse the idea in every game because reasons.

@megaspacewaffles

5 ай бұрын

@@goncaloferreira6429 And that’s fine. I love Ludger cause he isn’t just a silent avatar, I hate avatar characters typically so I’m glad he isn’t one. You could say every character is a trope then. “Sword main character, fist fighter dude, traitor. Ext” I’d only have an issue if they’re exactly the same character, all the kids are pretty well fleshed out. I mean I think Laphicet is one of the best characters in the franchise