![]() ![]() This leads to a huge and unfair $15 million doctor’s bill. Raising your affinity bar with characters also unlocks new cutscenes and skits along with other perks, such as gifts, weapons, and new attacks.Īfter Elle and Ludwig’s train fiasco, they find themselves needing medical attention. Certain ways he responds and reacts to situations will improve his affinity with particular party members. The meter increases when he’s linked with characters on the battlefield, but it also extends to Ludger’s dialogue choices. Ludger has an affinity meter with every party member. You decide when to activate it it can be used to get yourself out of a jam, or give you an early edge in battle.īuilding Relationships On And Off The Battlefield Ludger also has a transforming ability called, “Chromatus.” This gives him a special boost in strength and defense for a short time. These all have different battle stances for Ludger, and each stance has its own unique arte. For example, you may want a sword for a close enemy, but if there’s a flying one, you’ll want to swap to a gun. As Ludger, you can equip three different weapons at a time and switch between them on the fly. That’s still in place for Xillia 2, but new is the ability to swap weapons. Fans responded well to last entry’s link system, where you could pair up characters to flank opponents, lending you special bonuses and linked artes depending on the characters. These are entirely optional and skippable, but for those enamoured with certain cast members, it should provide some interesting character development.īandai Namco took fan feedback into account when creating Tales of Xilla 2’s battle system. ![]() You choose when in the story you want to complete these various chapters they have no limited availability. They aren’t just one random side quest each character has multiple chapters in their backstory. Bandai Namco said playing through all six characters’ side stories adds about 15-25 hours of gameplay. ![]() Tales of Xillia 2 also has optional chapters that explore what the original cast has been up to in the past year, lending more backstory to the original six. They’ll fight with Ludger and Elle in battle, and even have a large role in Tales of Xillia 2’s story. However, that doesn’t mean those characters have completely disappeared or that their work is done. The cast of the first game broke the Rieze Maxia/Elympios barrier, helping bring the two worlds together. He quickly agrees to help Elle in her mission to reach Canaan. From the get-go, you can tell Ludger’s heart is in the right place and that he’s going to look after her. During the chaos, Ludger finds Elle and feels protective over the young girl. While Ludger is working at the train station, terrorists attack. Ludger must take a job working for a train station instead. Ludger, age 20, is dealing with the fallout from failing an exam to become an agent at the Clanspia Corporation where his brother works. Her father is gunned down by mysterious assailants before her eyes his last words are for her to save herself and find a place called Canaan. Elle is only 8 years old, but had to grow up fast. While you will encounter characters from the first game, Tales of Xillia 2 has two brand new protagonists: Ludger and Elle. Here are six things to expect when you set back into the Tales of Xillia universe. During E3, I stopped by Bandai Namco to see how the sequel due out this August is shaping up. The two worlds are different as night and day, which brings its own problems as the two populations try to coexist with one another. What started in Tales of Xillia is hardly over Tales of Xillia 2 picks up one year later after the worlds of Rieze Maxia and Elympios were united. ![]()
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