It's hard to describe - in part because it was like three years ago that I saw this trailer, haha. I think, with all the rumors/info about how Xillia was going to be 'darker and edgier' than previous Tales games*, I expected...a grittier take on the way people treated each other, I suppose. There was this whole implication that Nachtigal was using his people as energy sources and/or as part of machinery experiments and while that's been touched on and plot-relevant in other Tales games I think I walked away expecting this one to feel more struggle-centered.

XILLIA HAS BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS IN IT AND VERY HUMAN ONES and I'd hate to think I sound like I'm complaining because. Absolutely not.

*In a lot of ways, it is darker and edgier. I think I love it so much because you walk away feeling triumphant and good about most choices despite that.