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Tales of Xillia 2

201269/100
Role-playing (RPG)
This JRPG sequel doubled down on its predecessor's combat, offering a real-time battle system that rewards strategic party management and flashy combos. Tales of Xillia 2's narrative hook, built around the protagonist's debt, provides a constant sense of pressure and a unique take on the genre's usual "chosen one" tropes. The game's branching story paths and multiple endings encourage replays, ensuring players engage with its varied cast and world.

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The game takes place a year after Tales of Xillia. Elle Mel Marta is given specific instructions by her father to board a train and to find the Land of Canaan. Her train is hijacked before its departure and Ludger Will Kresnik boards it to save her. The train crashes and the two receive life saving treatment from Clanspia Inc. which puts Ludger in debt. Clanspia Inc. hires Ludger, intending to use his Kresnik powers to destroy alternative timelines because the spirit Origin can no longer sustain the abundance of souls in the worlds. While working off the debt, Ludger also searches for his brother, Julius Will Kresnik, who has been blamed for the train hijacking.

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