I haven't ever started Xillia yet. I'm close to the end of Graces F. I may start it next but then again I've got a whole bunch of shorter games I could start or finish. *sigh*
Late to the party - Tales of Xillia
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 On 02/20/2014 at 05:00 PM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
I'm one of those people who always seems to be one of the last people to get around to playing a game. In this case, I'm not horribly late to the party, as ToX released in the US last August, but late enough that it's no longer a new game.
I'm close to the end of the main story at this point, but like all Tales games, there's a ton of stuff to do and titles to earn. For those not in the know, Titles can be earned by fulfilling various requirements during the game, for example: pulling off a character's special move a certain number of times, recording a certain number of items in your "Item Book" or monsters in your Monster Book", beating certain monsters or bosses, or any number of other things. Titles are worth a certain number of points, the easier ones are worth less than the hard ones, and can be spent in the New Game+ screen for bonuses in your new game - keep your shop levels, carry over items, money, equipment, experience multipliers, etc., so it really is worth trying to get as many titles as possible if you plan on playing through a second time. ToX has two protagonists and you have to choose one or the other's story to play, so there's my incentive to play though a second time, so that I can see the other character's story line.
I like most things about the game, but there are a few things that I have issues with. The first is a lack of a either a manual or a good tutorial to properly and easily explain the battle system and the characters' special moves. I went through most of the game before I figured out how to make Jude, the male lead, do his snap pivot move. And I had to search several websites to find out how. The same goes for most of the battle system. I am pretty much just button mashing and hoping for the best, and have only managed to pull off three chained attacks in 60+ hours of play time. One was during the tutorial, and the other two were complete happy accidents.
The other thing that bothers me are the costumes for some of the female players. Luckily, I had an optional costume for the female lead, but some of the npc characters make me wonder how they keep their clothes on during battle. Google the character named Presa and you'll see what I mean. Much as I like JRPGs, I have to say that a lot of the female costumes do bother me. I hae nothing against showing a little skin, but when most of the women portrayed are in serious danger of falling out of their clothes, it does get a little old.
I'm on the fence about trying to platinum this game. I still can't figure out how to do two of the characters' special moves and I'm wondering if it's worth bothering with on this playthrough. It would have been nice, but I think I'm ready to go beat the snot out of the final boss and his minion at this point.
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