Pretty much everyone has probably gotten wind of Tales of Xillia, Namco Bandai's newest addition to its beloved Tales of Series RPGs.
At first, I have to be honest, I thought I would be indifferent about this game. With the recent barrage of new Tales games coming our way, I have to admit that I've become a bit tired of it all. Tales of Graces F gave me the hype, for sure, but that was mainly because I was looking forward to conclusions regarding some parts in the main ToG story that I demanded answers to (and thank the Heavens, Namdai was able to deliver this quite gracefully). But with regards to the other new games, like Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3, the hype just wasn't there.
Right now, however, the hype for both RM3 and ToX is back in full swing, but all for the wrong reasons, I'm afraid.
My hype for RM3 was lit up mainly due to the opening theme, which, upon hearing just a few seconds of it, made me love it instantly. The fan service of including so many Tales characters didn't really excite me as much as I thought it would. The recent news that it will be the last game of the Radiant Mythology series? Maybe, but not at a substantial amount.
I'm looking forward to ToX mainly because of the two main characters' back story. Jude, aspiring to be a doctor, intrigued me because that's what my life is currently about right now. Mira fascinated me with her cool atmosphere, an unapparent cute side (she's a natural airhead, as some info say) and her claiming to be the spirit Maxwell herself. The feature of choosing a protagonist's story to go with at the game's beginning sounded fun, but definitely not "new". Aside from that, having Ayumi Hamasaki sing the main theme made me very, very ecstatic... All those plus the fact Mira is much older and taller than Jude, which I find somewhat adorable.
But when it comes to all the other elements of the game? I was just "meh". The graphics, though there is an improvement, just reminded me of ToV's or ToG's. Though the characters now show better facial expressions, it was something Namdai has been hoping for anyway, as stated in a previous interview.
Long story short, I wish Namdai would think up of more surprises for its loyal fans of the Tales of Series. It just goes to show that no matter how much you love a particular game series, if it does not develop, if it does not "evolve", then its fans will also feel a sense of stagnancy. This is the same for localizations. Right now, most Tales fans have already lost all hope of ever seeing a Tales game reach the west, and it's not their fault. I, too, have lost all hope for it to happen. So right now, Namdai, announcing a localization would be a big slap in the face, and I mean that in a good way.
Namdai, isn't it about time you surprised us all? Just saying.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
"Long story short, I wish Namdai would think up of more surprises for its loyal fans of the Tales of Series"
yeah, like releasing them in the states lmao.until then, i don't care.