Sony Tales of Xillia

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I am so pumped for this game. AMERICA NEEDS MOAR TALES RELEASES D:

 

Indeed it does. Namco Bandai has some poor marketing supervisors and we missed out on a lot of the past titles which were in fact some of the better ones. We also miss out on side games such as Tales of VS, and Tales of the Tempest. Main story games like Tales of Innocence too are left out which can really damper the view on the Tales series.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Namco Bandai is just playing it safe. A lot of JRPGs do very poorly in America and/or Japan, and because of that, a lot of Japanese developers don't bring the game to the rest of the world or print fewer copies, Namco Bandai is probably going for the former(With most of the series), and this is all because of one game series, Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy really drowns out the other JRPGs, some of which really are gems of it's system.

 

Well thinking about this, Final Fantasy has been going downhill very rapidly due to their performances the past few years. This leads to people like us thirsting for a GOOD JRPG. I'd say this is a great opportunity for them to pump out great titles and make a strong foothold in the western world, especially America. Unless SE stops being dumb and start listening to feedback, they'll have a poor voice in the JRPG world. I'm not saying SE is a bad company or something (well...sorta), but they need to stop being arrogant and thinking on what THEY think is good for the gaming community. I'm very convinced that the Tales series can make a strong impact in America and around other countries.

 

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Just a quick update to them peeps out there. There will be a Collector's Edition that will be released in North America.

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We all know that Namco Bandai loves their tales games, and we know that it takes an act of freaking congress to even get one. And i'm pretty sure all you Tales Fans out there know that we'll be getting Tales of Xillia in like 2 months. Who is freaking excited?


For those of you that don't know....Tales of Xillia was Announced to be localized to the world not long after Graces F was released in NA. No doubt due to the fact that Graces had a wonderful reception and did stupendous over here. And it also seems like Baba has been pulling out all the stops for Xillia's release over here.

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Tales of Xillia was released in Japan in 2011 for the 15th anniversary of the Tales Series. This game marked a big thing in history for the Series and for the Company. Tales of Xillia is the first game, prolly of many, that included designers and story writers of both sides of the Tales Studio, Team Destiny and Team Symphonia and obviously the designers that were already built in to Namco Bandai's company Team Wolf, who created the lovely Tales of Legendia. But that's only the start of what's amazing in this game.​

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Tales of Xillia is the first Tales Series game to let you choose which main character you want to play as and how you want to view the story. Not only does it change how the story is viewed, and also changes the opening to the game.​

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Lets hit this story synops.​

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Tales of Xillia takes place in a world called Rieze Maxia, a world that is balanced out by spirits and humans. The story follows 2 characters Jude Mathis, a medical student who gets a little too curious, and Milla Maxwell, a woman thats deeply connected with the spirits of Rieze Maxia. An event in a research medical facility unites these two and many others in a journey to set the balance of the world back together.​

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There are a few other things that have been implemented into this game that has caught the attention of many people. One being the combat system. Like all other Tales games, it's a LMBS, but this system takes a few things from previous Tales games. Tales of Vesperia's TP gauge and Tales of Graces combo gauge which has been changed to AP. Thusly calling the system Dual Raid Linear Motion Combat System. Also you can link the character you're playing as with any of the other playable characters to dish out special attacks or get specific perks for certain battles.​

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Another thing to look forward to is a sphere grid like ability unlock system. In which you use your level points to unlock a palette of stat ups and abilities to get special passives for your characters.​

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The reception for this game has been stupendous in japan. Hitting record sales for the Tales Series since the release of Tales of Destiny. To even put a bigger impact on how much Namco Bandai is wanting Xillia to do well across the world they've even released Collectors and Limited Editions for the games first print release.​

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The Tales of Xillia Collectors Edition comes with the game, music CD, a 100 page art book, and the famous Milla Maxwell figurine. An approx. $110 in America that can be bought at participating retailers like Gamestop and Best Buy. For those in EU you are required to buy this off of the Namco online store, be quick though, from the start only 10,000 copies were being sold on the store.​

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For those of you who are looking for the cheaper route, Namco just released that they are going to do a Limited Edition as well, this one only being $60 in America, and if you preordered the game in general you're automatically upgraded to it. This edition comes with a music CD, 2 DLC Costumes, and a Character Profile book. Each of these are exclusive to their respective editions. For EU people I'm not sure whether or not the Limited Edition is going to be available over there.​

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Also for people who are going to be a little salty over the limited edition getting costumes and not the collectors. There have been rumors/people saying that when preordering the game off of the namco store that it had added some DLC to it that looked different than the one in the Limited Edition, so it's possible we may have a little surprised in there.​

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Either way, please show your support to the Tales series, they are just wonderful games. Hopefully Xillia does well over here so we can get the sequel Tales of Xillia 2.​

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Discuss.​

 

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So I played Xillia today for abour 6 hours and I must say I am thoroughly enjoying the game as of now. The combat system is a great mix of modern Tales games and also from Tales of Graces (the whatchamacallit CP thingy). The story is great. The voice acting could use a little work (not a big fan of English Voice Acting in Tales games), but it's still pretty good.

Overall, great game. BUY IT PEEPS. IT'S AMAZING

 

Man, after playing this for a few hours straight, I just love the combat system and the graphics. Although, the voice acting for a certain male protagonist could be a little better. Perhaps that will be fixed in Tales of Xillia 2.