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everdistant) wrote2012-11-06 02:36 pm
everdistant) wrote2012-11-06 02:36 pm
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Tales of Xillia 2 liveblog!
SO /b-brushes the dust off this
I got ambitious and determined to do a live blog of Tales of Xillia 2 even though my Japanese skills are very sad! This is it.
Naturally, spoilers for the game will be in these posts, and for the first Xillia as well. These will be unmarked in my comments, so if you're steering clear of them until the localization comes next year, stay out of these posts YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Those of you who don't care, come on in-- I will be posting a somewhat short summary of the first game, partly because no one has played it and knows what's happened or the characters involved, and because Xillia 2 gives players digest movies of the first's plot to review, so it's part of the game too.
I got ambitious and determined to do a live blog of Tales of Xillia 2
Naturally, spoilers for the game will be in these posts, and for the first Xillia as well. These will be unmarked in my comments, so if you're steering clear of them until the localization comes next year, stay out of these posts YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Those of you who don't care, come on in-- I will be posting a somewhat short summary of the first game, partly because no one has played it and knows what's happened or the characters involved, and because Xillia 2 gives players digest movies of the first's plot to review, so it's part of the game too.
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Hit the first, Julius says he's too young to be carrying around a pocket watch, and suggests maybe a new tie, since appearances are important. We get close ups of the watches HINT HINT IMPORTANT STUFF and as Julius reaches for the gold one, it glows and fades out for a moment. He's less surprised about this and more thoughtful. He leaves quickly, telling Ludger not to be late either.
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BUT NOT THE YURI OR ASBEL ONES SINCE I DON'T HAVE THEM IN JAPANESE BT
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hmm there's a bright star on my town map, is that where I go /goes everywhere else then
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Who looks much more mature and cool than before. Who's talking to Leia on his cell, complaining that she can't show him where he needs to go and even Balan is out so he's out of luck. He doesn't remember that something special is today, why she couldn't come. He gets hung up on :3
Ludger finds him and there's a choice but I understand neither options!
... L-left >3>;;;
GOOD PICK SINCE IT OPENED UP A CHARACTER QUEST WHOO. ...I think we offered to show Jude around, because he asks Ludger if it's okay to take up his time, and said that his friends failed him. As they both walk off screen, the camera pans down to Elle going along looking very lost. She mentions the new train that was on the morning news and looks down at her gold watch-- sorry it looked silver in the cutscene-- and it glows much as Julius' gold one did and she drops it out of surprise.
...And Lulu comes over right in her face happily. Elle is equally as happy at his cuteness, so she chases after him when he starts to go on his way.
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Elle sneaks on board by drawing the guard's attention to Ludger, and mouths "Sorry!" back to him... that doesn't make this okay you little brat :| We get the choice to just push past the guard and run after Elle, or draw attention to her. I choose to just push past, and a convenient explosion happens!
It becomes less convenient when soldiers jump in and start gunning down everyone in sight. They quickly hop on the train, and we get our first timed choice to either go after them and try to save people on the train, or gtfo. In my panic as the timer quickly went down, I chose the heroic path :\
Ludger leaps the ticket bars and rolls into the compartment, only to find everyone already dead. The train starts to move and he starts to look around, but a whine from Lulu WHO FOLLOWED ELLE ONTO THE TRAIN makes him look over, where Elle is on the floor; the watch under her jacket stopped a bullet. He clearly recognizes it as his brother's so he reaches for it, but touching causes it to glow and burst into little sparkles.
Elle wakes up, but a guy has come back, and seeing the pair he starts firing like crazy. Timed to choice to leap out or stay hidden, go with the first and Ludger starts avoiding gunfire and trying to melee with the guy-- er, girl I guess. She wonders aloud if this guy that's keeping up with her is an Agent, and she has a familiar arm band on, so... I'm guessing remnants of Arc Noah? She gets him at gunpoint, though, but before Ludger gets riddled with bullets, Elle slides-- his swords at him? idk but battle start
ELLE IN BATTLE CHATS <3 AND VICTORY POSESSSSS
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Apparently Arc Noah is trying to crash the train with Bisley on it, to cause a blow to the Corp. by both taking out the head and a resource they just built. So we go to beat them up first. I get Jude officially in my party :D
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Jude and Ludger get to the car before the control room, and they duck down to talk over a plan of attack; Jude goes first, Ludger covers his back. But gunfire sounds, and they abandon that and just run up.
To find Julius. He's holding onto the watches, and asks why Ludger's here. Choice to ask Julius why HE'S here or ask what happened just now. Took the first, and Julius says it's his job.
Bisley walks in now and says he has quite the good subordinate here. As expected of one of his top Agents. Julius tells him enough with the compliments, but Bisley brings up that he has such a talented brother as well; Julius should be a kind brother and watch over him.
Julius says he plans to, and immediately swipes at Bisley with his sword, but Bisley evades every stroke easily before asking if it's alright to do this while in front of his younger brother. Julius flips back and pulls out the watches again-- Elle thinks the gold one is hers, and as she runs over to Julius, her gold watch reappears. This shocks both Juilus and Bisley, allowing a mook to sneak up and get ready to fire. Timed choice to save either Elle or Bisley, obviously chose Elle :| The mook fires around wildly, knocking the gold watch over to Elle and her watch glows again just as Ludger grabs her to pull her away and the gears of light from the watches surround Ludger, change part of his appearance. He suddenly has a spear and he lobs it right at the mook, impaling him to the wall, right before light fill the train and Jude, Elle and Ludger are sucked elsewhere.
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I SAW IT
WHERE IS HE
/uses one whole Yuri icon in celebration
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Quick, let's go to Kay and Li's and steal their copy!
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