Xenoblade Chronicles

[Smooth Groove]

Awesome, now the second question, what are the possible inputs for Dolphin and what's the best option for this game? It's been a long time since I put on my arrrhat.

I remember the Japanese version ran kinda shit on Dolphin.  The framerate was alright but there were lots of annoying bugs.  Also, the game looked really janky even when upscaled to 1080p.  There were lots of shimmering crap that rendering in high-res didn't fix. 

[magus]

whelp killed the first boss,went down surprisily easy but it introduced the last battle gimmick of the game

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the protagonist shulk has visions of the future,so sometimes he can see in advance the enemy preparing attacks,this give him time to set up a shield skill that protect you from attack or draw the attention of the monster elsewhere if it's going to kill his target

oh a nice feature is that this ability to see in the future also let him see what piece of loot he needs to turn in for future quests

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after that i got back to the starting town and explored a little because i'm missing only 1 item to complete the first page of that collector book,i found some low level named monsters which i swiftly murdered and some high level one which i didn't touch,it was nice exploring but swimming around also took forever,in the end i solved enough quest to bring the city level to 2 star so i guess maybe more quests unlocked?

i went on with the next zone and it's one of those big plains so mmorpg like and goddamn it's so boring walking around,i don't think i will ever understand the logic,they make the place huge and then they try to make it as less annoying as possible to traverse by putting mounts/warps/high speed features,anyway there was a really high level monster on the plain and i ended up attacking it while fighting some low level mobs... oops!

i got a lot of quests on the plain but for some weird reasons they all have a clock near them... does this mean the quest will be gone if i continue too much with the plot? EDIT: seems so blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhh so annoying

[Tucah]

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oh a nice feature is that this ability to see in the future also let him see what piece of loot he needs to turn in for future quests

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I really like this feature, I can sell my junk without fear

Second area/new party member spoilers:

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I don't really like the new chick. Besides her annoying catchphrases (I need a shower! My gun's running hot!) she's not very good so far. She doesn't seem to be doing that much damage and she never heals me when I actually need it :\ I much preferred the other girl.

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[Bebpo]

whelp killed the first boss,went down surprisily easy but it introduced the last battle gimmick of the game

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the protagonist shulk has visions of the future,so sometimes he can see in advance the enemy preparing attacks,this give him time to set up a shield skill that protect you from attack or draw the attention of the monster elsewhere if it's going to kill his target

oh a nice feature is that this ability to see in the future also let him see what piece of loot he needs to turn in for future quests

[close]

after that i got back to the starting town and explored a little because i'm missing only 1 item to complete the first page of that collector book,i found some low level named monsters which i swiftly murdered and some high level one which i didn't touch,it was nice exploring but swimming around also took forever,in the end i solved enough quest to bring the city level to 2 star so i guess maybe more quests unlocked?

i went on with the next zone and it's one of those big plains so mmorpg like and goddamn it's so boring walking around,i don't think i will ever understand the logic,they make the place huge and then they try to make it as less annoying as possible to traverse by putting mounts/warps/high speed features,anyway there was a really high level monster on the plain and i ended up attacking it while fighting some low level mobs... oops!

i got a lot of quests on the plain but for some weird reasons they all have a clock near them... does this mean the quest will be gone if i continue too much with the plot? EDIT: seems so blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhh so annoying

The clock ones just indicate which quests expire at the POINT OF NO RETURN which is like 50 hours into the game.

Also put speed gems on your shoes to move faster.  It caps out at 125% so it's not a huge increase but every bit helps.

[demi]

There are specific gems for increasing speed? That's amazing. These japs thought of everything.

[magus]

Also put speed gems on your shoes to move faster.  It caps out at 125% so it's not a huge increase but every bit helps.

oh yeah,i saw one crystal holding that skills but i thought "doesn't help me fight better,why should i bother"
gonna make me some sweet gems!

[Bebpo]

Actually just to be safe because I don't want to fuck you guys up, double check on when the leg camp quests expire.  I generally did all (or 80%-90%) of the quests including all timed ones before moving on, but I think stuff won't expire for a while.

[demi]

i want to go home and play this fuck

[Great Rumbler]

What's a good site to buy [yes, buy] Xenoblade from?

[demi]

ebay

[iconoclast]

Just beat the first boss. I wasn't expecting to play this game to the end, but I'm enjoying the story so far so I think I'll stick with it for a while. I probably won't go out of my way to do sidequests though, they all seem like uninspired MMO quests that I've already done a million times in countless other games.

[magus]

i murdered some giant named rhino and he ended up coughing a weapon for tank guy that comes with a 10% chance of attacking twice,i also completed one of the collection and ended up getting a gemstone that adds a paralysis chance to your weapon,those are the moment when i like this game

[demi]

why would you hate this game? it's perfect. the perfect JRPG. don't be stupid.

[magus]

why would you hate this game? it's perfect. the perfect JRPG. don't be stupid.

eh it's no better than many rpg i've played,certainly it's not better than tales of vesperia
oh and i forgot to add,i got myself some walk speed up like bebpo suggested but the increase is so small it barely makes any difference at all

[Bebpo]

Better than nothing!

If you find my old review of the game, I only had a few sticking points really: 1) wish you could remove the speed gem cap so you could have 200%, 2) wish there was a bestiary, 3) maybe some field chests in addition to discovery xp to give more rewards for exploring everywhere (because there's actually lots of cool stuff to explore and find, but a lot of times you don't get more out of it than just world lore)

Like magus I'm impatient and don't like games where I spend hours upon hours of minutes just running; but everything else is so good I was ok with it.  I love big fields to explore, just don't like slow movement speed and lack of warp points.

[Trent Dole]

What's a good site to buy [yes, buy] Xenoblade from?

http://www.dvd.co.uk/buy/catxbwii/xenoblade-chronicles-wii.htm

[magus]

i'm not sure there would be a point with a bestiary since a lot of enemies are the same,like... there is wood bunnies,little bunnies,cutie bunnies,wrench bunnies and also rock crabs,shell crabs,beach crabs...

more often than not i end up killing an enemy and realize the one i needed to kill was actualy a slighty different version

and you know i like all the loot the game gives you but remember that cool weapon i mentioned some posts ago? i have like now 3 copies of it,a bigger drop table would have been nice! i'm lugging so many copies of equipment which holds no purpouse other than selling it

[Tucah]

The drop rate for loot in this game is ridiculous. I feel like every other enemy I kill has some sort of piece of equipment.

[naff]

and uh magoose, you can switch gems in/out. As far as I can tell, gems are only locked in on armour/weapons you find with gems already attached

yes i said that unlike diablo you can unequip already attached gem

Ugh. Reading fail

the game is still throwing me a lot of tutorial screens even where i am now,so i really don't get people that say this ,not that i mind,tutorial screens rock

I guess because it's true? The tutorial feels unobtrusive and well implemented, and I have never felt like my party was gimped because they were holding back some obvious feature (FFXIII was a particular culprit for this)

[magus]

I guess because it's true? The tutorial feels unobtrusive and well implemented, and I have never felt like my party was gimped because they were holding back some obvious feature (FFXIII was a particular culprit for this)

i never felt like that in any rpg,i've heard people complaining about FFXIII that they can't make the party they want for the first 20 hours! but i've been playing this for 4 hours i think and i still can't make the party i want because i don't even have enough party member to make a choice,and this is not a problem....

or "i can't decide who's the party leader!" well here i can decide but why i would ever want to not use shulk? he's easily the most important member in the party,especialy when fighting robot enemies but once again i don't see a problem with that

[demi]

I'm just running around killing enemies and I dont care

[demi]

I got Sharla, and the battle system is shining so hard... I love it. I just took down the giant bird enemy in the Tuskin Camp area. Did a chain attack and kept it going. It just clicks. This game is so good.

[Bebpo]

Better than FFXII

/himuro-signal on

[demi]

Yea it is nice that I don't have to set up dumb fucking AI scripts

Oh and it is nice that each character has their own strengths and weaknesses and uses

[Himu]

Better than FFXII

/himuro-signal on

BULLSHIT

I'm in the process of hooking up my wii (it has been about half a year!!!) and I'm going to update the fw and hack the shit out of it and I will PROVE YOU WRONG.

[Damian79]

I will only get this game on the 21st at the minimum.    I will not play this game on emulator because the sound is the best part about this game.

[demi]

Just fought the tentacle Mechon... this game is so good. I cant stop saying enough good things about it. I wish everyone could play this game.

[Bebpo]

dude, if magus can play it, everyone can

[Tucah]

Fuck

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the third or fourth boss, that you can only hit by chaining into a topple. Pretty fucking annoying, need to grind because I keep dying. I don't what the hell Sharla is doing but she dies in like two seconds.

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[demi]

Set up Chain Attacks, dood

[demi]

I love the achievements. I just run around finding stuff, and suddenly I get 1500XP. This game gets so much right. It's like the best parts of many gameplay types.

[naff]

I like the achievements too, it's better getting rewarded in game rather than with some arbitrary e-peen score

Up to

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The part where you catch up with Sharla and head off to Colony 6 for Juju. Fiora   Sharla just looks like some latino skank. Prefer Fioras Scandinavian look

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I will only get this game on the 21st at the minimum.    I will not play this game on emulator because the sound is the best part about this game.

This is the right decision if the emulators screwy. Sound is so good.

[Shaka Khan]

Demi's impressions are giving me a massive boner.

[demi]

some tunes:

boss fight:

regular fight:

"unique enemy" fight:



no idea when this plays, sounds epic:

this too:

[magus]

dude, if magus can play it, everyone can

am i ending as the lowest common denominator in rpg player or what?

anyway i've been solving sidequests and they never seems to run out,one of them takes place in a place called "tirkin nest" and even though i wandered all over the map like an idiot and even found some not-so-secret spot i can't find this place at all! are you supposed to access it by going trough sector 6 and not bionis leg? this is annoying me so much

[iconoclast]

Do the sidequests ever become interesting?

[demi]

No, but it's worth it for the free cash and XP. Cash doesn't come in a normal pace, and you need to buy those expensive Art Books. Just grab any quests, kill enemies, get levels, money.

What's the big issue? Unlike other RPGs where quests get in your way and result in nothing worthwhile at all. Xenoblade gets straight to the point. Another reason why this game is so good.

This really is the best JRPG in recent years.

[demi]

The weekend needs to start now... can't wait to marathon this game. Gonna get snacks, porn, and Xenoblade.

[iconoclast]

It's not a big deal, I just grab the side quests from the NPCs and head down the story path. If I complete some quests along the way, cool, if not I don't go out of my way for them since they're all the same shit. I just don't get why everyone is hyping up the sidequests like they're some key part of the game.

[Bebpo]

There are some REAL sidequests that develop the NPCs and the worldlore, but they are like 10-20% of them; the rest are typical MMO quests for xp/loot.

dude, if magus can play it, everyone can

am i ending as the lowest common denominator in rpg player or what?

No, you're a great rpg player!  I just meant financially since you don't play anything that costs real money, but that's ok, we like you anyways despite your bootlegging-ness

anyway i've been solving sidequests and they never seems to run out,one of them takes place in a place called "tirkin nest" and even though i wandered all over the map like an idiot and even found some not-so-secret spot i can't find this place at all! are you supposed to access it by going trough sector 6 and not bionis leg? this is annoying me so much

The nest is up on the left side of the leg, through a cave to an opening.  There are lots of hidden areas like this in the game and the quests help you find them.

[demi]

I think they're great, they influence exploring areas you wouldn't normally care to.

fake edit: Bebpo knows

[magus]

yeah i found the nest soon after making that post,the NPC said "it's north" so i went north and found like a bajillion things that weren't what i was looking for

anyway i'm only missing 3 timed quests and 2 of them ask me to kill an enemy i have no idea where to find (bunnies on bionis leg) so to heck with it,i'm continuing the plot

I just don't get why everyone is hyping up the sidequests like they're some key part of the game.

same here! at least they don't ask you to punch the same enemies over and over until you get a 5% to get a critical

[demi]

Who is hyping the quests? I only knew that there was "a ton of quests" - which there is. The fact they're poopy MMO quests is really irrelevant.

[magus]

this mine dungeon is so goddamn boring and it seems to be a plague that every MMORPG-like-rpg have,it's like the new sewer dungeon,i already went trough a cave once,was it necessary to have another one? the only thing worse than the mine dungeon,is the boss at the end which can only be damaged once every 45 seconds of fight

on some other news

- i defeated a named mob that was 4 level higher than me,it was a pretty kickass battle but he didn't drop any good loot

- i also finished some pages of the collector book... but they didn't drop any good loot either :'(

[demi]

The mine underneath Colony 6? I'm right there at the boss. I liked exploring it. I found a Lake and I got an "Explorer" achievement that gave me 1500XP.

[magus]

that's the one,there was a level 29 crab in the lake,did you defeat it?

[demi]

Nah, I ran past it and grabbed the goodies in the lake and ran out screaming.

[demi]

this mine dungeon is so goddamn boring and it seems to be a plague that every MMORPG-like-rpg have,it's like the new sewer dungeon,i already went trough a cave once,was it necessary to have another one? the only thing worse than the mine dungeon,is the boss at the end which can only be damaged once every 45 seconds of fight

I just did this - did you mean the Xorn machine? How did you only damage him "every 45 seconds"? I set up a Chain Attack, Toppled him, and just wailed the shit out of him - cue cutscene, move on. Now I am fighting him on the elevator, and just beating the bejesus out of him.

[demi]

btw, every cutscene is awesome to watch. This game keeps on giving.

[Himu]

So far, this game is just okay.

[demi]

The Swamp area is way good looking. I love taking out a unique enemy, they put up good fights (mostly a battle of back and forth) - but the reward is good.

[Bebpo]

The swamp at night has the best atmosphere ever.  It gave me goosebumps the first time.  Note, there is toooons of cool hidden shit to find in that area.  Try to solve the mystery of the lizard fortress!

Also lol at himuro trying to keep his ffxii is better face on :p. Soon he will join the rest in XB lovefest

[Himu]

I'm not seeing how it's better than FF12, and the two don't really seem comparable to me so far. It's like comparing phantasy online to dark cloud in my eyes.

[cool breeze]

literally everything I'm reading in this thread makes Xenoblade sound awesome

[demi]

two don't really seem comparable to me so far

You're right. Xenoblade takes a shit on 12

Level 31 right now, gathering 4 trinkets at the Swamp. I just started the City Building sidequest (AC Brotherhood). Game has it all.

[Himu]

wtf cfg usb loader won't recognize xenoblade from my hard drive anymore. It's on there, so wtf. help?

nvm got it

[Trent Dole]

lol nobody's paying for this fucking game.

[Himu]

I can't play this. It keeps on freezing. I think it's my hard drive, it's 5 years old.

My best chance of playing it is to play it via dvd, but the file is 6 gigs. How do I go about playing it via disc? Can I use usb loader for that?

Or how about Nintendo of America stop being cunts and just realize this stateside?

[magus]

you would have to burn it on a double layer 8 gb dvd

I set up a Chain Attack, Toppled him, and just wailed the shit out of him

i did the same and then he got up and i had to repeat the same process twice before i could continue,i seems to have trouble getting extra attack out of chains but i'm not sure why...

anyway dunban looks useless,my reyn now fully decked in heavy armor not only looks totaly boss but he has like 350 defence,why i would ever want to take my chance and use someone who might dodge once or twice? i got to level 30 and i tried to kill some of the high level monsters near the starting area,i was able to kill a few of them but they didn't drop anything interessing but i got an achievement out of it,fighting high level monsters is a great way to raise relationship,your character keeps missing and getting depressed ,i've almost reached the max level of bromance between shulk and reyn

i solved one of the few more complicated quests and it landed me a nice weapon for reys (just to complement his new founding awesome defense) and it also gave me 3 stars for the colony quests and uh... next,i saw a level 32 monster once and i think it's time to going kick his ass

EDIT: i went to fight the level 32 named mob and found a giant turtle on the road,i thought it was a special mob but actualy it was a normal monster,surprisingly it dropped my first level 3 crystal... i wonder if the guys around colony 9 drop level 3 crystals too... the fight with the level 32 mob was pretty kickass,somehow i was able to pull off a 6-chain attack on him,it dealed something like 30,000 damage and it got me an achievement ,i've discovered that apparently monado buster attack counts as a wild card when it comes to chaining so if you run out of attack of one color,you can use buster and switch to another color,very usefull! the mob dropped another nice weapon for reys which i'm using only because it has a higher max damage than the previous one i got and also a blade for dumbass (pardon dunban)

other than that... i've finaly cleared every quest i accepted before the marsh,including those stupid bunnies on the bionic leg (turns out they were close to the entrance) which got me to colony 6 2-stars in the affinity chart... still i am missing that city building quest that demi mentioned... where do you get that anyway?

[demi]

It's when you get the 4 trinket quest, Dickson leaves.

I just got RIKI!!!! who is awesome.

Also Dunban is pretty beast, upgrade him a bit. He has a lot of buff spells.

The enemies in the forest are -huge- and they're like "yeah, it's Level 33. Go kill it, whatever"

I love this game.

How does chaining work, anyway?