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Yeah. It needs some getting used to, but I think it has finally clicked for me after like 2 hours.
The DLC thing is bullshit, but I'm just playing through the story and I don't feel underleveled at all, 7 hours in. I can't imagine someone playing on Easy mode feeling underleveled.
Tales of games have always been like this. They sell "cheats" as dlc. Those are actually the things you can unlock in newgame+ with the in game grade shop. You absolutely don't need those to play the game. Those are for people who don't have enough time and don't want to spend time grinding too much.
So is this a game with a lot of exploration, secrets, side content, post game, etc? The pics and videos look cool, but I've never played any of these games.
I'd say yes to all of those except for exploration. In my experience it's been the weakest aspect of the series.
There's a DLC (growth boost pack) that gives 1000 SP to the entire party. But what if I redeem it before I have all the party members… does it go to waste or will they automatically get it when they join?
no, other members will get it. Spend away
yes after you beat the first "half" of the game. Well you're more about 60% done by then but still.
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why would you spoil this for the rest of us when you're pissed about being spoiled lmfao, thanks I guess
Holy shit -- could R1 for skits be smaller?
I'm terrified I've missed a ton and I'm like 2 hours in.
I'm terrified I've missed a ton and I'm like 2 hours in.
Curious. For JRPGs to really grab me they need to feel like a journey to me. Take me all over the place to a bunch of locations. Xenoblade Chronicles is my favorite game ever and that really does a damn good job of making you feel like an adventurer. How does this game do?
Armour doesn't change your appearance when you equip it.
Wow the second main boss was a big step up on moderate. RIP my items.
I have attack one X, Artes on Y/RB/RT, dodge on A and jump on B. Did this in the demo and it feels a lot better to me.
I wanted to keep jump the same since you can't remap it out of battle.
I have attack one X, Artes on Y/RB/RT, dodge on A and jump on B. Did this in the demo and it feels a lot better to me.
I wanted to keep jump the same since you can't remap it out of battle.
Are those the ones that appear while camping? So no skits are missable?
Is it after
5th country/city? As shionne isnt with me atm and im outside that place
Wait, shouldn't the saves between One X and Series X be compatible? Accidentally download the One version on my SX and played an hour or so before realizing my mistake. I started the SX version and assumed my One X save would be there but that's not the case?
Mee too just now, but I couple of tries and managed to beat him but men was hard.
Is this game supposed to be grindy or is just bosses are tough
Yeah, if you use reminisce while at camp it has skits listed with an ! if you missed them.
It's not the skits that appear on R1 while camping? Those are different?
Like I said I am past 2 boss and:
I have mix feelings about Shionne like I get she must have reasons to be like that, cold, arrogant and inhuman sometimes and I like that in her personality but sometimes it just too much, a friend of them just died and she didn't sympathize at all with Alphen, I get you have your objective but sometimes I wish alphen just throw the sword and go off and leave her alone because sometimes she is hard to deal with. Needlessto say, Alphen is too emotional and Shionne may be sometimes right about just focusing in the objetive but at least, he try to empathize with her.
Like I don't know, she also cares about him and sometimes show a bit of humanity but when not is just so cold
Like I don't know, she also cares about him and sometimes show a bit of humanity but when not is just so cold
Those are different yeah, those are actually happening while at the campfires.
Beat the first boss and now going to the next world
Okay I thought i'm nearly end game since I clocked around 24hours plus the owl count
thanks and looking forward later on it
I'm pretty sure I accidentally skipped an in-game cinematic after the first boss. It started to play the animated intro which I quickly skipped but then I think I skipped another scene right after that cause the next scene back in town they're immediately talking about something that happened after the boss fight that I missed.
Can someone fill me in on what happened there please and thanks.
Can someone fill me in on what happened there please and thanks.
Played nearly all day yesterday. I couldn't pull myself away, just in love with this game already. I've put in a little over 10 hours and I read somewhere it's about 65 hours? I'm itching to play more but I also don't wanna burn through the game quickly... This reminds me of my experience with Tales of the Abyss where I was disappointed about the estimated time it takes to beat it cause I wanted way more than 60+ hours. Feels like a lot of JRPGs, I get greedy and want more time even though they're already very long each.
I think I may be experiencing a bug though. Has anyone here noticed if there "People" tab in the Glossary menu updates? Mine's only got four entries, the latest being Hootle. Since the first three (which was VERY early into the game, like before meeting Shionne) I got no new entries there, it's weird. Super minor thing, obviously, but I actually like reading all the glossary entries so it's disappointing that I'm not getting new entries for everyone I meet.
Rinwell might be my fave to play as. I'd been playing as Alphen majority of the time and played a bit of Shionne for a little bit, but only some time after the first boss. I instantly switched to Rinwell the second I unlocked her cause I liked her magic system from what I played of it in the demo. IT'S SO DAMN FUN. I thought you could only stock up to two spells but apparently you can stock three! I did it without realizing and cast Divine Saber, which was an incredibly powerful-looking spell by the way, and I Google'd it. Turns out, two Holy Lances would combine into that too, but three... err, whatever the first lightning spell is, works too. Tried it with the beginner wind spell too and got Cyclone, which I vastly prefer over Cross Blade since I rarely hit enemies with that one, lmao. Now I'm excited to see what comes after Freeze Lancer later.
Alphen is a pretty standard fare sword character, but I was kinda playing him poorly (in that I was geting hit a lot, etc.) and failing to pull off counter edges, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it now and enjoying combat with him much more that way. His perk with the Blazing Sword is great, but it's annoying when you get hit before he actually does the attack. Not sure if his HP'd gone down by then, but seeing as the ground is already ablaze when I get hit, I would assume so. Hoping the skill to hasten the charge time for it will help. Saving up for that right now. It is super satisfying when you do hit enemies (especially multiple) with these attacks though... makes it tempting to just keep using them, but that'd drain his health too quickly, lol.
Loving the story and world so far, and I really appreciate how the characters don't always get along. Even Shionne and Alphen still butt heads fairly regularly where I am, which is much nicer than simply having everyone get along and be all buddy-buddy soon after joining the party. Coming from the demo, it's especially interesting to see the tension between Rinwell and Shionne since they seemed to get along there. The last Tales games I played was Xillia and I don't recall there being much tension/animosity between the party which is what I'm used to, so this is a refreshing change.
Anyways, at Cyslodia now, just reached the capital and unlocked the Owl Forest side quest. I fucking love that. It's adorable. That was a very nice change from what happens almost immediately before, I believe?
Gotta say though, I think they did a damn good job for when the OP kicks in during the story. Got all emotional when it happened and it was at that moment that I felt this surge of excitement towards experiencing the rest of the story. Hibana is growing on me quite fast, it's no Karma, but it's damn good.
I think I may be experiencing a bug though. Has anyone here noticed if there "People" tab in the Glossary menu updates? Mine's only got four entries, the latest being Hootle. Since the first three (which was VERY early into the game, like before meeting Shionne) I got no new entries there, it's weird. Super minor thing, obviously, but I actually like reading all the glossary entries so it's disappointing that I'm not getting new entries for everyone I meet.
Rinwell might be my fave to play as. I'd been playing as Alphen majority of the time and played a bit of Shionne for a little bit, but only some time after the first boss. I instantly switched to Rinwell the second I unlocked her cause I liked her magic system from what I played of it in the demo. IT'S SO DAMN FUN. I thought you could only stock up to two spells but apparently you can stock three! I did it without realizing and cast Divine Saber, which was an incredibly powerful-looking spell by the way, and I Google'd it. Turns out, two Holy Lances would combine into that too, but three... err, whatever the first lightning spell is, works too. Tried it with the beginner wind spell too and got Cyclone, which I vastly prefer over Cross Blade since I rarely hit enemies with that one, lmao. Now I'm excited to see what comes after Freeze Lancer later.
Alphen is a pretty standard fare sword character, but I was kinda playing him poorly (in that I was geting hit a lot, etc.) and failing to pull off counter edges, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it now and enjoying combat with him much more that way. His perk with the Blazing Sword is great, but it's annoying when you get hit before he actually does the attack. Not sure if his HP'd gone down by then, but seeing as the ground is already ablaze when I get hit, I would assume so. Hoping the skill to hasten the charge time for it will help. Saving up for that right now. It is super satisfying when you do hit enemies (especially multiple) with these attacks though... makes it tempting to just keep using them, but that'd drain his health too quickly, lol.
Loving the story and world so far, and I really appreciate how the characters don't always get along. Even Shionne and Alphen still butt heads fairly regularly where I am, which is much nicer than simply having everyone get along and be all buddy-buddy soon after joining the party. Coming from the demo, it's especially interesting to see the tension between Rinwell and Shionne since they seemed to get along there. The last Tales games I played was Xillia and I don't recall there being much tension/animosity between the party which is what I'm used to, so this is a refreshing change.
Anyways, at Cyslodia now, just reached the capital and unlocked the Owl Forest side quest. I fucking love that. It's adorable. That was a very nice change from what happens almost immediately before, I believe?
Finding the mess of dead zeugles and that mysterious dark figure who single-handedly slaughtered them all. Sheesh... I think that's the second Lord? I seem to recall someone saying something about how they were someone who would kill zeugles for sport or something. Though now I realize that this seems to be the same person Alphen fights in the OP. Now that I think about it... They had a blue sword. This guy had a katana. Probably not far-fetched to think it's the ice equivalent of the Blazing Sword, no? In that case... Pretty crazy if we're gonna be going up against this guy so soon. I get the impression that he's the final boss or among the last ones we'll fight. Got Van and Ashe vibes from them, in an imposing future opponent kind of way.
Gotta say though, I think they did a damn good job for when the OP kicks in during the story. Got all emotional when it happened and it was at that moment that I felt this surge of excitement towards experiencing the rest of the story. Hibana is growing on me quite fast, it's no Karma, but it's damn good.
After defeating Balseph and Alphen wakes up with memories of his name. When he shouts it and then the OP plays right after. So damn good.
I hate to ask this, but is there another game or series out there that you'd compare this to?
you're tracking nearly identical to what I did. 25 hours where you are, and then I beat the game at 35 hours. Took me 50 hours for the platinum (although I had DLC stuff and played on easy mode)
no but be careful as there's a missable owl at the ship part, also at least activate skits as they come by. You don't have to watch them all the way through, but at least activate them. Story skits can be missable if you head over to the next town
those two are the only ones concerning trophies
For a recent example, I thought Xenoblade 2 did exploration better, used verticality in interesting ways, etc.
Xenoblade 2 drove me nuts with the blade skills and how you can hit roadblocks in exploration due to it personally, though that series generally does exploration well.
From what I've seen in Arise so far the field maps are a huge step up over the previous games atleast.
