I was also watching a scene yesterday where Flynn is talking to Yuri and he says "Yuri and his friends," and it was just really awkward, as if Yuri wasn't in the room, I was confused lmao.
Anyway...I thought I was at the end of Act II at 30 hours, but there's a lot at the end. I'm at 35 hours and still haven't finished the Act! I'm still enjoying this game a lot though. Already better than both Xillia games imo. Not sure how it'll stack up with Symphonia, Abyss, and Berseria by the end though.
Although I'm not a big Jude fan and his contrived love for Millia was so childishly written, I think I enjoyed Jude's and Luger's stories more than I am Vesperia.
I also may be just getting annoyed at all the difficulty spikes in Vesperia that is forcing me to back track through levels multiple times in order to beat the boss. It's not as bad as it is disruptive in the flow in the story, especially when my play times are far apart from one another...
I'm enjoying Vesperia and it's full of the typical Tales charm, however, I'm starting to feel that it was kind of overrated. I do liek Yuri though. It's nice to have a more "adult" character in the lead role. Typically, you would
see someone like Karol running the show.