Not only that, but the end boss theme is technically an Ayumi Hamasaki Remix, the coolness of 2001.

Cold steel did this too!

@@chadbusch8541 Cold Steel 2?

Tales of Arise sorta did it Tales of the Abyss did it for its one-on-one battle Tales of Vesperia also did it for one of its one-on-one

More importantly, it's been 10 years since I uploaded this. Man do I feel old....

@@Tjoeb123 this is why KZfaq is so fantastic to me honestly. Just a very expansive time capsule. Can’t say I don’t feel old looking at shit I watched over a decade ago though lol

Ikr. Why aren't the xillia games remastered yet smfh. I wanna have this on modern gen so much

​@@MO-ym1pobaindei is lasy

@@MO-ym1po because the West wanted Symphonia on other systems.

Yup! Outside of Japan Tales is still a niche series, and that sucks since to me it totally deserves to go toe to toe with the biggest names of JRPGs (FF, DQ, Persona and most recently Xenoblade...) Amazing characters, classic stories, awesome gameplay and kickass music! ❤

unpopular series dont sell unfortunately. same with drakengard and all the other ps3 rpgs that never got ported

I wouldn’t say no to a Xilla duology on the Switch

@@fictionfan3699Or putting them on the backwards compatible list for PS5 >_

@@cunnylicious i agree with you but Xillia 1 and 2 sold over 1.5 million copies here just with the ps3 Vesperia had a definitive edition release and that one barely sold 600K copies in the 360, im sure it would been a lot more if they released the Ps3 version back then

And on the switch with also tales of the abyss

Of course it is

Yeeeeeah :3 Please ... A Remaster from Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 for PS4/PS5 ^-^

@@mythraaegis2824 switch would be nice too

@@littlebloodymooneporo Yeah. ^^

And steam

+CrimsonEbonyTears Supposedly i read a rumor that due to time constraints, Gaius and Muzet were going to be playable in Xillia 1, and due to being in a time crunch, Gaius and Muzet were used as final bosses instead...As i said, could be a rumor.

DB Yeah, it's definitely just a rumor. The plot of Xillia 1 was built around Gaius as the well-meaning antagonist and Muzet as the misguided manipulator behind the other curtain. Together, they made the perfect team, each giving the other what they lacked: Muzet granted Gaius the absolute power he needed to wholly protect his kingdom, and Gaius gave Muzet the sense of security of having someone give her purpose (after that @#$% Maxwell abandoned her after having her bloody her hands her entire existence). In Xillia 2, it made perfect sense for both to work with your party, but for Xillia 1, there's no way it could have worked.

***** Even if that was the case, which might make sense in the light of there being two story paths between Milla and Jude, it definitely worked out for the better with them both being enemies against the main party in the final battle. I mean, it definitely could have been pulled off while keeping with the story, but it just worked out better as it turned out. In X2, it definitely made more sense as neither of them desired to destroy mankind to begin with. Against an enemy with such intentions, they would become heroes in their own respects.

TheSlammurai Me too xD. Used the other party members to sprint while ludger was following them. Cause then he charges while sprinting.. Did this for 2 hours..

Ritual Of Destruction I'll just go with the classics........ DEMON FANG, DOUBLE DEMON FANG, TIGER BLADE, RAGING TIGER BLADE

HakuShrine Reimu "I shall end this drama with your demise CHRONO EROSION!!!!"

HakuShrine Reimu right?

+Ritual Of Destruction JUDGEMENT IS ONLY FROM KRATOS AURION, OK?!

keiga sojin ranbu

yeah i think tales of games are at their best when they are darker, while xillia 2 was kind of a mixed bag gameplay wise the story was pretty much the 2nd best in the franchise, 2nd to tales of the abyss, the other really dark/sad game in the franchise. Tales of is at its best when its tragic. Zestiria looks like it could go either really happy or really sad, on one hand it looks like a focus on a high fantasy setting and beauty in the world but on another hand alot of the trailors show civilians dying, becomming monsters, a full out war breaking out, and to top it off its written by the guy who did write abyss (though the guy was also responsible for eternia, symphonia, vesperia, and hearts as well so really that doesnt mean much)

Nothing beats Abyss, I'd say, but Xillia 2 got pretty close, story-wise. If it wasn't for that damn debt mechanic. I know, I know, you can beat these super monsters to get easy cash but the fact alone that they force something like that upon the player just feels like a cheap story expansion. Plus, I don't know about you guys but when I got to the end of the game, I didn't finish any of the other character's storylines. I was pretty far with most of them but I didn't finish them. Still, nothing beats the awesomeness of Xillia 1, my favorite Tales. Abyss is second and Vesperia 3rd.

Cofageekus My first tales game was Symphonia. Favorite was Vesperia. Awesome story and even better main character. Yuri is epic and Troy Baker did an awesome job as his English VA.

i personally found abyss darker, mainly because of one scene after a significant event that still gets to me for those wondering, there will be spoilers. it's the scene with the little kid after luke fucks akzeriuth up. then there's also the scene on the tartarus after that with everyone yelling at Luke, i don't know what it is with those two scenes for me. i personally liked xillia 2, but i swear the xillia 1 cast (a cast where i only liked alvin during some points of the game.) was extremely out of character, i would've liked it if they focused more on the reize maxia/elympios relations and Exodus, but that's just me, it seems they were more of an excuse to make some of the things in the character episodes happen.

I think there should be a good balance between the "dark" and "light" Tales games, myself. I loved Tales of Graces f quite a lot for its sense of humor and willingness to challenge the usual trope of "good guys and bad guys can never reconcile". You don't have to go dark and edgy to change the formula.

TheHrebo Mine started to The Symphonia one !

i started play destiny... stahn aileron. den phantasia...

Zestria was a let down compared to this game in my opinion. but it was ok. but shoulda grew based off this game

Bryan Davis​ for me zestiria was fun to play. i play xillia 1 and when i xillia 2.... i feel bored. dont know why

lol it srsly have been one year ? I am finishing zestiria i am in camlan right now so i can say i pretty much enjoy playing zestiria with fantastic characters and even better music. Super hard battles on chaos mode and 120 hours played. Still gotta do some sidequest but i am getting my ass kicked so i will level up a little till i will reach last boss tales are amazing and yeah new tales is comming soon so maybe one more year ? :D cant wait :D

+BlindRob Same here bro looool

+BlindRob Xillia is the best Tales for me ... zestria bad camera in multiplayer u can only play alone and u know playing tales games alone is boring ... Tales of xillia 1-2 is the best for miltiplayer

+BlindRob Surprisingly... Me too. I didn't even enjoy the game that much when playing it, but when I look back? God did I love the characters in Xillia 2.

***** Bad ending best ending. My only regret is that it wasn't in the last chapter... If they had done it AFTER all the character episodes, they could've added bonus scenes for each kill or something like that, it could have been awesome.

+nicosisX can't accept that ending. Ludger is powerfull. But wipe out Gaius, the lord of spirits(Mila), Muzet, and the rest of the cast ALONE? I know Victor did it... but still...

Meh, I thought the first one was much better. I like the way Ludger plays in battle, and the opening/this version kick ass. But it felt a lot more padded and recycled than I was hoping for. Still a great game, but Xillia 1 is my favorite entry besides Abyss, so maybe it was my own expectations that disappointed me a bit 🤷‍♂️.

The story butchered the original's cast character. Combat was as fun as the 1st game but forces you to play Ludger since he's the best.

@@chikipichi5280 How was the original cast butchered by the story?

@@Ultimabuster92 They made my man Jude a pure healer bruh that's a crime

​@@lief5957No, they didn't.

after 2 years, also not yet lol

Riel After a week, also not yet. Feelsbadman

After 5 days later Still not yet

Add another week to that XD. But seriously, if they'd listen to fans, they'd have to spend lot on anime plus the base game. They're better off focusing budget on their next game. Meanwhile, my heart cries for xillia and berseria anime :'(

@@adithyakamath7640 Berseria sort of has an anime... with Zestiria the X.

FInally someone who thinks right.

Damn, someone is also hearing this theme 20 minutes ago

Ludger was awesome! End of discussion!

Saving the world/s is honestly too large of a scale for humans to truly understand, but sacrificing all to save one's daughter, that's something most can sympathize with

i went with the option where ludger lived though. it felt like a better ending over him just dying. at least if he lives, he will eventually have elle in his own world and be a proper father. no time shenanigans ruining their lives. a nice, happy family

He's the definition of a hero in my books. A man ready to fight with every ounce of strength in his body and soul, for the sake of his one and only daughter to give her a better future. A bonafide badass dad if I say so.

+zenith But the elle they know and loved will have died. A father sacrificing himself for his daughter is better then a father sacrificing his daughter for himself is better to me. If Ludger sacrifices himself, at least hopefully he will go to where fractured Milla is T.T

Dude.... BERSERIA????

@@AsAs-eu4rg Berseria is an acquired taste. i thought it was good, but not as amazing as some people make it up to be.

Dude that scene was so good While reading that i replayed it in my head

Um..."kick"?

Tjoeb123 A. by kick they mean "for the feeling/effect to "kick in" usually referenced in alcohol or perhaps an ability proc in a game. And 2. to your not seeing the pattern thing a few months before your comment here - it's the vocal line that was used as the basis of this. sorry for the Necro lol

***** there's a couple for you

+Happy Happy Cultist Crashing this plane, with no survivors! *_WRECKAGE BROTHERS!_*

Gaius is the manliest man in probably all Tales games.

Evan Midoriya yes

Epicidad en su maximo esplendor.

I thought Arise was definitely a fun game, best one for me since Xillia 2 (my favorite). But what I think was truly a missed opportunity to make Arise really pop was the lack of multiplayer. I always found Tales games fun with other people, Vesperia, Graces, and Berseria were especially good for it. I understand they want to mix things up and couldn't make the combat system work for more than one player, but that took a lot of the wind out of my sails. Not to mention, I feel like in Arise, some characters get significantly more growth than others. Plus making Law the punching bag for 90% of jokes got pretty boring really quick..

@@NightWing1243 I semi-agree with this. I think Berseria is better than Arise in terms of character and overall story I think. I'm fine with the them mixing things up, Arise gameplay was the best we've got since Xillia 2. But the characters felt just bland and very one dimensional, and I agree some were devloped way more than others. My biggest gripes with the game come after the "mid-point" reveal. Plus the Final Boss before the "True" Final Boss just felt so empy of build up, and the last act really just does not do it for me personally. I always (albeit unfairly maybe) compare newer Tales of games to my golden standard and favourite Vesperia. Vesperia's characters were for the most part amazing, the story was incredible and the build up to the last dungeon was amazing. Not to mention the amount of post game Vesperia had in the PS3 version. Arise was good, it was a solid game but it just lost me at points in terms of interesting story beats and world building. Perhaps since I've gotten older I'm more worn out and awa\are of the classic anime tropes and cliches and only look at Vesperia with rose tinted glasses, but Zestria through to Arise just really don;t measure up to previous games like Vesperia, Xillia 1 and 2, Abyss and Symphonia.

Then there's the fact that you had to kill Julius TWICE to get to Canaan, which was really sad for me, and the fact that he hummed the song even at the very end was just too much :(

+RCfan234 It fits with the overarching theme of Xillia 2 (and to a lesser extent, the underlying theme of Xillia 1): sometimes there IS no perfect solution. Sometimes you have to choose between two bad choices, and the one you pick will simply leave you feeling like the other must have been the correct one despite everything good that came of the one you made.

Am I the only one where sometimes the game removes the cancel button and prevents me from paying later on? As if the game is like "F*uck you! Pay me now!" an I'm like "B*tch if paying my dept is not the current objective then I'll pay later! That Boss is kicking my ass and forcing me to burn through my jelly and revival potion supplies!"

You are not the only one, everytime that happens I just pay 1 gals each time and say " You'll get a dollar if you behave" she never got the dollar

0.0 I actually loved the debt theme. Towards the end, it's insanely easy to pay back. I just played yesterday and finished up from 10,000,000 gald to the last 100 in a matter of... I think 3 hours? Leveled up a ton too. ^_^" Maybe I'm just different, but I didn't mind the debt.

André-Mathieux Gervais If you have so much over the next payment amount, *Like she says in the beginning of the game* the bank will take something to keep you from spending the money you should be using to pay your debt. You can't cancel out of it, but you can always pay 1 gald. Just expect her to be calling back the instant you get any gald.

***** agreed--I actually liked it because it gave me an excuse to explore and do random stuff

Chronos sucked as a final boss, thankfully Bisley was a better choice for final boss.