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[ToV] The First Impressions Of A European

Written on Jun 26, 09 9:04 pm | XBOX 360 | 1 comment | 0 | 0

~~...not that Namco cares about us, though.~~

First of all, I'll just say that the anime sequences are amazing and I'm just hoping that they stay fairly frequent!

Combat:
Combat seems much more extensive that previous Tales games (baring in mind that, being European, the last console Tales game I played was Tales of Symphonia) especially with weapon skills being added by which weapons can teach you certain skills/attributes that can be customised and combined to give you the edge in a battle.

Battles (with Yuri) also require a lot timing since Yuri's combo's act out in quick succession, but with a pause afterwards. I'm getting better at it, but I feel mastering my timing will take some time and skill.

So far, even some of the random battles have been keeping me on my toe's, but I've since turned the difficulty down after a baaaaaaaaad encounter with an Eggbear... =P

Story:
I'll spoiler tag this bit
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A Day Early But A Year Late; Tales of Vesperia Finally Arrives!

Written on Jun 25, 09 7:22 pm | XBOX 360 | 5 comments | 0 | 0

Finally, after nearly a year of waiting patiently, Tales of Vesperia has finally been released in Europe... well it will be tomorrow anyways, but I got my copy a day early!

I'm gonna use the new Collections feature to blog my way through the game as well, so if you fancy reading about my crappy antics, check it out!
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