Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Oh Aska (that other one), oh dear lord

[Dauerlutscher]

The Aska thing was funny.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

What chapter is the first branch in?

Originally Posted by GDB

I think it's in Chapter 15, but I'm not positive.

Originally Posted by Zakoo

Indeed it is just after you receive a letter from your brother.

Oh shit that was fast, I'm already at the 'free time' period before that I didn't think I could finish this in time for Destiny to be out on Tuesday!

[Zakoo]

Took me 60 hours to do everything ( main and side quest ), and some titles to get points. Pretty long honestly.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Yeah that's roughly the same for me as well.

I've been blitzing the last few days to complete the main story plus character side story and elite monster hunts and mat farming and cat finding.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Insert epic battle theme song for final boss fight.

Man I haven't got hyped on a Tales battle theme like that ever since Fury Sparks from Vesperia

[Zakoo]

Btw if somebody have by any chance the last picture of Ludger and elle of the game (it's in black and white) I would gladly appreciate if he could share with me.

[Chaos2Frozen]

[FlareKnight]

So finally got around to playing and beating this one. Overall, not too bad. The debt aspect was really annoying in how you got stuck with it. But I like Elle and Ludger. The story itself was alright though I had my thoughts on how they could have tweaked the ending to be a bit more positive .

Spoiler for Ending:

Ummm Origin, how about just giving us 2 wishes? Is that really so tricky? You have basically the three parties that made this stupid game, so just give them another wish. After all Origin did all this to a degree for his curiosity. After all the sacrifice you forced on people to get this far, just throw them a bone.

But even ignoring that, the ending was alright. It was sad no matter which way you went since both parties ended up losing even more. Elle loses her "father" twice and the other Milla. Or you have Ludger lose his brother, the other Milla, the other him, and Elle (the person he came all this way to save). Seems like a lose/lose. But, even though it was a lose/lose I could leave the Elle ending with a smile. Yes she lost a lot, but she got saved in a way that few people are saved. She was chosen, over Ludger's own life, over the possibilities in his future, over it all. Something to live on knowing just how special she was to someone.

I did like the shot in the future of Elle seeing how she's doing. Considering the efforts they made to put you in Ludger's shoes, it was a nice thing for him/us to know that she turns out alright. She did lose a lot, but she gained this huge family. So many people looking out for her growing up. Somehow I could feel a bit sad for the MC dying, but also glad that we accomplished what we came all that way to do. Save Elle's life.

It's still a shame though. It's purely selfish on my part, but I would have loved a really hard to get third option. Some kind of perfect run where they can both make it . I know it's asking for a lot, but come on if Jude gets to live I want Ludger and Elle living too . Come on game, give me some slack .

I'll also say that it felt like the Victor angle was used too early. He felt like a character they really could have saved for later. Heck replace the evil corporate guy with him and it's an interesting last battle .

Xillia 1 and 2, may not go down as my favorite Tales games. But I can say that they go down as solid games. I certainly enjoyed the cast and story more than say Graces. But, definitely hoping that the next one blows these games out of the water .