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Topic	Iceman Ranks Every Tales Series Party Member w/Writeups & Prediction Prizes
NBIceman 03/31/20 10:04:27 PM #488:	Jude gets the most focus of any returning party member in Xillia 2, since hes the first to encounter Ludger and his work on Spyrites is fairly well-connected to the main plot. Its cool that he hasnt really changed much more. Hes maybe a little more fazed by the insanity of X2s events than X1s, but thats just because the stakes are higher, and he still finds a chance to casually recap the first game in hilarious fashion. His character episodes are easily the best in the game. They do a fantastic job of weaving together his research work and his relationship with Milla, which are the two biggest aspects of his character at this juncture. The difficulties he goes through in his research and determination to stay the course anyway show how much hes grown, and the reveal in the epilogue that ~~he eventually succeeded and won the Howe Prize because of it~~ brings his story to a perfect conclusion. Is there anything better than going along for a great characters entire journey like that? Im gonna finish this quickly because its even longer than I expected. Costume design in 1 is terrible. 2 is much better, especially the green alternate color. Tons of fun to play in battle. Fist fighters are a good change of pace every once in a while. Snap Pivot is amazing and Palm Strike is broken. So, to return to my original statement, while I dont think Jude is the best Tales protagonist, I do think hes the perfect Tales Protagonist. He represents the best possible version of their blueprint because he takes the usual tropes and makes them not actually feel trope-y, and he embodies the main themes of the story. Just great stuff. Hes a little unassuming, especially in comparison to some other main characters in the franchise and even next to the one he shares his own game with, but even so, its always surprising to me that hes not more well regarded. TL;DR: Incredibly well-developed and likeable character. Compelling journey from beginning to end. Everything an RPG main character should be. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:936565954] in Iceman Ran... [t:78413187]...</cite> <quote>Jude gets the most focus of any returning party member in Xillia 2, since hes the first to encounter Ludger and his work on Spyrites is fairly well-connected to the main plot. Its cool that he hasnt really changed much more. Hes maybe a little more fazed by the insanity of X2s events than X1s, but thats just because the stakes are higher, and he still finds a chance to casually recap the first game in hilarious fashion. His character episodes are easily the best in the game. They do a fantastic job of weaving together his research work and his relationship with Milla, which are the two biggest aspects of his character at this juncture. The difficulties he goes through in his research and determination to stay the course anyway show how much hes grown, and the reveal in the epilogue that he eventually succeeded and won the Howe Prize because of it brings his story to a perfect conclusion. Is there anything better than going along for a great characters entire journey like that? Im gonna finish this quickly because its even longer than I expected. Costume design in 1 is terrible. 2 is much better, especially the green alternate color. Tons of fun to play in battle. Fist fighters are a good change of pace every once in a while. Snap Pivot is amazing and Palm Strike is broken. So, to return to my original statement, while I dont think Jude is the best Tales protagonist, I do think hes the perfect Tales Protagonist. He represents the best possible version of their blueprint because he takes the usual tropes and makes them not actually feel trope-y, and he embodies the main themes of the story. Just great stuff. Hes a little unassuming, especially in comparison to some other main characters in the franchise and even next to the one he shares his own game with, but even so, its always surprising to me that hes not more well regarded. TL;DR: Incredibly well-developed and likeable character. Compelling journey from beginning to end. Everything an RPG main character should be. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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