
While linked, the supporting partner provides unique abilities to the character, while also increasing the Linked Artes Gauge. Party members are able to link to each other to perform unified attacks called linked artes.

Dashing, standard attacks, and artes usage are also restricted by the "Assault Counter" (AC), a synonym for action points. Player actions include moving, dashing, standard attacks, and artes artes are special attacks which consume "Technical Points" (TP), the in-game synonym for magic points. If all four participating party members are defeated, a game over will occur.īattles take place in real-time. Killing all the mobs will yield experience points, items, and allows the player to return to the field map. When a party member's health falls to zero, the party member faints until revived with items, by a healer, or resting at an inn on the field map Mobs with zero HP disappear from the arena. Both sides' objective is to deplete the other side's health points (HP) using attacks and skills. The enemy mob's number, appearances and behavior vary and are dependent on the mob's avatar. Four characters from the party are chosen to battle and characters not controlled by a player are controlled by artificial intelligence with instructions set by the players beforehand. When coming into contact with a mob avatar, the environment switches to the battle screen, a 3D representation of an area in which the player commands the characters in battles against the CPU-controlled mobs.ĭuring battle sequences, the game uses the Cross Dual Raid Linear Motion Battle System, a similar system to the prequel. On the field map, character interactions between the party can also be viewed in the form of a sketch story these sketch stories are referred to as skits and consist of animated portraits and voice acting. The field map is a realistically scaled 3D environment where the player character traverses and interacts with non-player characters, items, or mob avatars. Tales of Xillia 2 consists primarily of two major areas: the field map and the battle screen.
