To be honest, I think the IGN review was very good, and it's really silly to expect them to spoil the game's story just to articulate some criticism.
This whole piece reeks of arrogance and self rightneousness, the author seems to think there's only a way to write reviews and, obviously, he's the one who knows what that is.
Me too, I can't wait to finally play it.
So far it has been getting only great scores, between English and import reviews it has a lot of 9s and 8s.
I went for the Collector's Edition, after Ninokuni it's definitely possible it will get extremely rare soon after day one.
If you're ready to skip a promising game like Xillia only because of dual audio, you should really question the reasons behind your interest in gaming. Are you in for the whole experience (story, battle system, graphics, art direction) or to hear some Japanese seiyuu you probably don't even understand?
Don't get me wrong, I like dual audio too, but this kind of exaggeration actually make less companies interested in localizations, and thus in dual audio itself.
Don't worry, everyone who played the game agree on Xillia having a deeper and more mature story and cast, in fact it's considered one of the best Tales games in terms of narrative alongside its sequel, Xillia 2.
Each Tales game after Symphonia made the series' battle system better and better, for instance Tales of the Abyss added true 3D movements and Xillia has link attacks and artes, special actions and the ability to change your party on the fly during battle.
Xillia also has other improvements, like bigger environments to explore and two scenarios depending on the main character you choose.
Even the story seems to be the best among the latest Tales games, ac...
If you like jrpgs and a good challenge, this is definitely a game you should enjoy :)
I have to agree with you, importers have been pretty enthusiastic about Tales of Hearts R's combat and story, and the game seems to be a good addition to the Tales of series and to the Vita lineup.
The ones hating on it are mostly people who didn't even play the game and keep spreading the negativity some people introduced back when the game was announced.
For instance, some of them claimed the R remake was graphically inferior compared to the DS Hea...