CD unpacked and go! -
The game starts and also starts immediately with a small anime scene in which the story is briefly explained roughly with the relevant details. Here I go no further regarding a spoiler alert. So, Scene ready and already is "something new" Tales of series. In Tales of Xillia you have this time not one, no, but two main characters (2 characters - 2 different perspectives of history) between which you have at the beginning of the agony of choice. Do you take the young medical student Jyde draws with his martial arts skills in the fight, or do you take the mysterious young woman Milla, the mistress of ghosts, the opponents einheitzt properly with her sword and magic spells. It is probably the better choice for those who are familiar already with the Tales of typical combat system. So ..
-The First minute
Okay, character selected and off you go. You control your character as usual with the left stick. With the right changes you your camera. In that respect not much has changed here. You can talk with different people who tell you more or less useful stuff. "Again" this time the entire structure of the game world. In previous Tales of games it was common that everything was kept somewhat smaller and Knuffiger. The houses were small, the character childish and generally the whole atmosphere peaceful. Some who have played among others Tales of Graces f will agree with me on this point. In Tales of Xillia the gaming world has now been built to scale. The houses are now as big as they should be normal, the characters are adult, than those from the previous and generally the atmosphere was kept bleak. At last life in the towns and villages is available. Children flit around and play catch. The men and women call people to the marketplace to sell their goods. Others talk or walk, sit in bars or eat what the host at the inn. The difference Graces f is serious.
-Vieles Aufpoliert-
~ As I have already enumerated above points with "two new main characters" and "livelier environment," Now come other innovations or improvements in Xillia. There would, for example, the dealer. Many of the Tales of players know this under the name of the object store, gun shop, armor shop. For which the respective seller purpose as are explained indeed by itself. Gun shop for weapons, armor shop for armor and clothes, etc. This has now superadded another in Xillia. The grocer. This you sell all kinds of various delicacies. From sweet to Sharp, this provides you everything what your heart desires. But what put the whole treats now? Yes easily, you get different bonuses for each dish. For example, you get 4 fights + 30% more experience or + 30% more gald or your opponents have frequently objects to fall, etc.
~ Also new is the level up or expand the stores. Normally, you could in the old Tales of games always draw from town to town and therefore buy new, better and more powerful weapons or equipment in general. In Tales of Xillia is no longer possible, however. Ye give a trader .. "let's take the dealer 'materials or Galt, so this provides you a better or more valuable weapons. But you not only get better equipment or objects, NO, you also get discount on the entire range. The higher your respective level the merchants, the more discount and equipment gets her. Cool right?
~ So, what is new .. Oh yes, the combat system .. that something has changed. In my opinion, it is now very successful and motivating, especially for beginners as the predecessor Graces f. In Xillia you can now connect to a character in the fight received. Short explanation: Your selected partner stands behind your enemy, which was aimed at, and does this automatically. OR your partner attacking a nearby enemy to protect you from enemy attacks. Because there are several partners, these various skills. Alvin example, as a partner with its ability "crusher" break through the defense. Milla on the other hand keeps opponents firmly for a short time, making this movement, as well as incapacitating. The result of it, more opportunities, better combos and more Artes. Here everyone can try out the various partners for themselves. Just great what options are now available on the respective "Chain Artes". So then we had ..
~ The skills system in Tales of. in the previous parts could expand its atribute (life, TP, Artes etc.) only just by armor, weapons or level up his character and improve. In Xillia this is no longer the case. You can still with better weapons, armor improve your stats a little yes .. but in general your life, TP, Artes and so this no longer gets her now just like that. Here the cobweb-like skill system's turn. Each Level gets her points with which to invest the skills. Here one must decide whether one wants to dish out more damage, faster movement speed has, would have higher chances of critical hits, more armor, magic defense and damage. It reminds me extremely to the system from Final Fantasy 13-2. It brings in any case of fresh air to the Tales series. Here, everyone must decide as which character is placed itself. So there's what?! .. Oh ..
~ The dear old titles there are. But how does one get this is otherwise something that surprised me positively. Now you can get this finally "understood" and declared no longer consist of the (for me anyway) annoying things like "use the Arte XY 9999 times". You get for each title a precise but brief description. However, no questions remain unanswered. This decision by Namco I like that because I'm not the player who has used for a title Arte 9999 times and therefore play and play and play and play.
~ My last point is that in my opinion, revised side quests. There are numerous quests available to master. I think there were just over 100 units. This does not consist of "Hole A and bring it to B" or "Kill C and D Search" tasks NEE. Here, if not every quest, a small but great untold story. If I am already on this little greedy and round bounty hunter erinner .. well but I do not want spoilers yes. What I mean to say, the side quests will conjure up one or the other player a schmunseln face.
-something neutral
~ Something negative to me now not really noticed. The respective 4 levels of difficulty are personally quite sufficient for me and something like "chaos" is not necessarily real. Sure, there are of course gamers who also Chaos no problems and are therefore a bit disappointed, but for me this rich. That with the "Open World" feeling .. well, because I agree with the previous speakers on .. that there were already in Graces f and really new really is not now. There are many many sections where you can travel back and forth repeatedly to do side quests or else. The dualization was typical valley. Now I have not really needed it, find it so can not say tragic that it is not represented in Xillia. Prove me at the stake .. my opinion .. ^^
-Schlusswort-
~ At the end of all that remains to be said. Anyone who has played a Tales of here feels quickly at home and also new players, like the Japanese role playing alla Ni No Kuni, will have their joy. The story is captivating, bombastic and easy typical set Tales terrific scene. Here emotions are easily accessed again as it once was Ni no Kuni. The animated cutscenes are used to super and the combat system has been up to me just mega mood. In Tales of Xillia must not stubbornly the main story are followed .. In addition, there are numerous tasks that need to be solved and much more. I was not disappointed and would Xillia thus still have a lot of fun. Since Amazon has not yet uploaded any trailer, I do that sometimes.
Best Regards!
