I'm 25 hours in, and so far this is one of my favorite games this generation. Can't give a full review until completion, but needless to say this game has been 25 hours of sheer joy for me so far. Try cranking up the battles to hard once you've power-leveled, so you can rank up your combo count.
Remember you can chain base arts, arcane arts, and burst arts.
Overlimit1 - Attackx4 - Shining Fang - Shining Dragon Swarm - Divine Wolf - Fatal Strike
BIIIIG combo damage.
Also, don't forget all altered arts have special conditions for their unlocking. Here are a few things I've learned.
1. Up on the directional pad when you're on the field, zooms in.
2. Base and arcane arts chain. Only arcane arts can activate burst arts.
3. You add accessories in the same screen where you change your title.
4. Always synthisize.
5. Cooking is very important. Later on it's like being able to rest at an inn 15 times over the course of a dungeon, and also gives you stat boosts which are great for certain bosses.
6. You can't change characters during battle or change your main character until you've crafted 2 items via synthesis.
7. The secret missions are hard sometimes(Mission 4) but they give you a 10 pt score bonus, extra items from the boss, and an achievement. There are 22 of them.
8. Rb in town makes you strike a pose.
9. Taunting is a great way to build up your Overlimit before a boss.
10. You can change the difficulty in the settings menu.
11. You can cook stat enhancing meals right before a boss battle.
12. Never stick to one attack for too long. Use it 101 times and move on to attacks that you've used less than 100 times.
13. Always upgrade to the best gear at every chance, but remember to finish learning skills from lower gear. These are important for altered arts.
14. If you control Rita yourself, she is a destroyer of worlds, and ruins the games balance.
15. Estelle's AI sucks. Make sure you have Dispel and Nurse on your hotstick.
16. Capn' Karol is a great character, though once availalble, the best party is Judith, Yuri, Estelle, and Rita. I hear rumor that past level 90, Karol becomes better than Judith. Generally, the characters considered to be "the worst" are Raven and/or Repede, but the game is well balanced and all the characters are pretty good.
17. Sleep at every inn twice(especially after you've beaten the story part of a town). You'll often get a cutscene or something(voiced usually) of character interactions, or even be chased out of town by knights.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
