XENOBLADE 2

[Bebpo]

Well the main dude looks exactly like Shulk.  So either's it's a direct sequel/prequel or it's a custom character from an MMO.

[Diunx]

xenogears is 15 years old? that was a top 10 game when i beat it. ;_; Now I can't even replay it.

Why can't you replay it?

[archnemesis]

Because it's not a good game.

[Himu]

xenogears is 15 years old? that was a top 10 game when i beat it. ;_; Now I can't even replay it.

Why can't you replay it?

Shit camera and 2d sprites on 3d environment. Managing camera is tedious shit. Platforming is tedious shit. Just not a good game.

[Rahxephon91]

WTF did I just watch? Some  Monster Hunter game? I really hope this is an actual party based jrpg and I can avoid any type of online portion. But that just looked like Munster Hunter with a tamer version of Star Ocean 4's visuals. Though the bar did look like Xenoblade .

[demi]

I like to assume too

[Great Rumbler]

WTF did I just watch? Some  Monster Hunter game? I really hope this is an actual party based jrpg and I can avoid any type of online portion. But that just looked like Munster Hunter with a tamer version of Star Ocean 4's visuals. Though the bar did look like Xenoblade .

Other than having large monsters [which Xenoblade 1 also had] and allowing for multiplayer of some kind, I don't see much there that reminds me of Monster Hunter. It reminds me more of, ya know, XENOBLADE 1.

[tiesto]

Based upon what I can tell, basic combat seems a bit more interactive than Xenoblade 1, which is a good thing imo.

[Great Rumbler]

The one thing I'd really like to hear more about is whether this is more of a single-character game with the option to bring some mutliplayer people along or if it's a party-based game with the option to replace the members of your party with multiplayer people. Parts of it seem to suggest that former, but other parts look more like the MC has NPC party members, so I can't really tell for sure just from what they've shown so far.

[Rahxephon91]

Well there's what looked to be a chat system thing and well it's probably placeholder, but the readings of the party being Player 1, Player 2, ect ect...

But yes it looked more like Xenoblade then anything. I just don't really like co-op and I hope they aren't making a game with a big focus on it.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

this kinda makes me mad at NOA all over again.

so there was a Xenoblade 2 at some point in development, albeit years away from release when they passed on publishing the first one in America and only did so because they got a sweetheart co-pub deal from Gamestop so they could guarantee whatever modest profit they got from pushing their extremely limited print run.

dicks.

[recursivelyenumerable]

xenogears is 15 years old? that was a top 10 game when i beat it. ;_; Now I can't even replay it.

Why can't you replay it?

Shit camera and 2d sprites on 3d environment. Managing camera is tedious shit. Platforming is tedious shit. Just not a good game.

But it's fun jumping around through the towns

[Steve Contra]

Well that actually looks fucking awesome.

[Tasty]

this kinda makes me mad at NOA all over again.

so there was a Xenoblade 2 at some point in development, albeit years away from release when they passed on publishing the first one in America and only did so because they got a sweetheart co-pub deal from Gamestop so they could guarantee whatever modest profit they got from pushing their extremely limited print run.

dicks.

Actually it probably went more like:

"Uh hey Reggie."

"Yeah?"

"So you're passing on Xenoblade...?"

"Yeah, it's going to tank in sales. It also kinda seems like a one off like Disaster. Kind of a no brainer."

"About that... we're making a sequel for it."

"What really?"

"And considering the barren Wii U release schedule... we kinda need for you to make a big deal out of it in America."

"FUCK. So Xenoblade-"

"That needs to come out now."

"SHIT. FUCK."

"Please understand."

"GODAM- Wait, those Eurotards are translating it anyways. Guess we can just have them make some extra and we'll stamp the ESRB logo on them. Crisis averted."

[SantaC]

demi, told you to wait for monolith soft announcement and you said no thanks 

[demi]

Yeah, and? I'm enjoying Ni No Kuni AND now I get to play Xenoblade 2. Enjoy being a sniveling runt.

[Rahxephon91]

There was going to be a Xenoblade 2 on wii?

[Cerveza mas fina]

xenogears is 15 years old? that was a top 10 game when i beat it. ;_; Now I can't even replay it.

Why can't you replay it?

Shit camera and 2d sprites on 3d environment. Managing camera is tedious shit. Platforming is tedious shit. Just not a good game.

Game really should get a remake, cant believe i stopped in the last 5 hours of it, the shame.

Best bit is MAN OF THE SEA ^^

[Great Rumbler]

Best bit is MAN OF THE SEA ^^

Mitsuda

Hopefully they bring him back for X2.

[Steve Contra]

Xenogears is fucking trash, and Xenosaga is worse.  Get over it.

[Rahxephon91]

Screw you man. Greatests story ever.




Xenogears was ok. Played it while getting into Evangelion. Good times.

[Great Rumbler]

I know it's late, but:

[Diunx]

Xenosaga was fucking terrible and killed any hype I might have for this team.

[Great Rumbler]

Xenosaga was fucking terrible and killed any hype I might have for this team.

Xenoblade is the best JRPG of this entire generation.

[Diunx]

So says the sega fan.

[Damian79]

Ice burn.  Shit Oscar you are on a roll today.

[D3RANG3D]

Screw you man. Greatests story ever.




Xenogears was ok. Played it while getting into Evangelion. Good times.

[Tasty]

So says the sega fan.

WHAT A COMEBACK

[Tasty]

yeah, but at least a) i recognize that a lot of sega's stuff is terrible and will admit it and b) i don't go around shitting all over 90% of anything whether it interests me or not

like seriously, you're a more consistent poster in nintendo threads than andrex.  why don't you go grab some scripts from the worst action movies of the 1980s, mix the pages up, head into the bathroom with a bottle of lotion and a photo of michael biehn and spare us the peanut gallery comments?

#ether

[Rahxephon91]

Screw you man. Greatests story ever.




Xenogears was ok. Played it while getting into Evangelion. Good times.

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Yeah, I don't like Xenosaga at all. I tried to get into it, since coming off FFX people said to get episode 1. I finished 1 and thought the boost system was pretty cool, but outside of that it was pretty boring. Character development system did'nt really feel engaging, just busy work with no real visual reward like say the sphere grid system. Plus I just did'nt know what was going on, nor did I care.

I thought two looked cool, but the battle system just seemed overly complex for no reason. I also just didn't care about the Jr and UTV shit so I never finished it.

I got three for xmas the year of it's release. People claimed "oh this one was great". I was so far removed from this story that just seemed to be in love with itself. I finished it, but basically forgot it.

Cool music though.

[Diunx]

yeah, but at least a) i recognize that a lot of sega's stuff is terrible and will admit it and b) i don't go around shitting all over 90% of anything whether it interests me or not

like seriously, you're a more consistent poster in nintendo threads than andrex.  why don't you go grab some scripts from the worst action movies of the 1980s, mix the pages up, head into the bathroom with a bottle of lotion and a photo of michael biehn and spare us the peanut gallery comments?

I can easily do both.

[SantaC]

Yeah, and? I'm enjoying Ni No Kuni AND now I get to play Xenoblade 2. Enjoy being a sniveling runt.

whats a runt

[Lucretius]

I just finished Xenoblade Chronicles today.
Loved the ending.

[Great Rumbler]

I just finished Xenoblade Chronicles today.
Loved the ending.

How many hours did it take? I'm at about 23 hours right now, but it still feels like I'm a looooong way from the end.

[Damian79]

~ 80-100 hours i believe.  It is a long ass game.

[Lucretius]

I just finished Xenoblade Chronicles today.
Loved the ending.

How many hours did it take? I'm at about 23 hours right now, but it still feels like I'm a looooong way from the end.

My save file reads 77:36
Fought the last boss at level 81.
That's without doing many of the side quests.  I knew the game was going to be long so I pressed on... and on... AND ON!  I spent significant time grinding though.  I'd look up in a FAQ to see what level the next boss was and I'd grind until I matched levels.

Best 77 hours and 36 minutes I've spent gaming in a long long time.

Best JRPG of this gen hands down.  And it's up there with my favorite JRPGs ever.  My favorite game world to spend time in and explore.  Breathtaking in-engine vistas.  I genuinely liked the characters.  I think the voice acting was handled well (and there's so much of it!).  The story was creative and interesting.  The ending was heady but not heavy handed.  I found myself thinking later in the game that Xenoblade was in many ways what I would have wanted thematically and tonally out of a new single player Phantasy Star V.

I started the game on my soft modded Wii back in 2011 when the EU version was released got about 25 hours in.  Finally picked it back up when I snagged a US copy to play on my Wii U (I hacked the region on my old save file).  It was definitely a commitment but totally worth it.

[demi]

<3 I'm glad you liked it, Lucretius

[Lucretius]

<3 I'm glad you liked it, Lucretius

I LOOOOOVED it!  It's everything I like about JRPGs done super competently.  Every other RPG dev is now without excuse.

[demi]

Yea it's hard to really enjoy stuff after Xenoblade :p

[Tasty]

~ 80-100 hours i believe.  It is a long ass game.

Goddamnit. I've put in, like, three.

I'll finish it and X will finally just be localized, lol.

[Positive Touch]

  i shoulda payed money for this game

[Freyj]

i shoulda payed money for this game

Someone shouldn't have taken so goddamed long to release it.

Wish its story were more enjoyable, but it isn't.

[demi]

i shoulda payed money for this game

you shoulda payed for many copies, since it goes for $80-$100 at least on ebay

[Lucretius]

i shoulda payed money for this game

you shoulda payed for many copies, since it goes for $80-$100 at least on ebay

Or you could just import the EU version.  Still regular price on Amazon.co.uk.  Play it on Homebrew Channel.

[Rahxephon91]

The only reason i'd want a US copy is to play on the eventual Wii U I will buy.

[Positive Touch]

too lazy to hack my wiinus

[Lucretius]

I have an EU copy but was also able to find a new US copy through the Gamestop website.  Had the store hold it for me.  Regular price.  Boyfriend was able to find a used US copy through Gamestop too.  Cheap.

[Tasty]

Got it week one shipped from GS like the loyal ninthing I am.

I remember almost buying an EU copy at PAX lol.

[Diunx]

i shoulda payed money for this game

you shoulda payed for many copies, since it goes for $80-$100 at least on ebay

Damn, gotta go to the flea market and get me some cheap copies.

[thisismyusername]

Eh, guess I should track down a copy of Xenoblade but I really don't want to be assed to hook up three cables and waggle just for a JRPG. :/

[Diunx]

Dolphin.

[Lucretius]

Xenoblade is one of those games I hope gets an HD makeover someday.

[naff]

SO hot. Goddam I will finish Xenoblade one day, stopped at around 45hrs when I lost my hdd with all my pirated wii games  :'(

[Tasty]

How do you lose a hard drive?

Also if Xeno is getting an HD port I hope they announce it ASAP so I don't waste time with the SD version. If I put in more than 10 hours I'm not getting the HD version, let alone 40-80.

[naff]

I dunno, it was sitting in an enclosure in my lounge last time I saw it... We've had some big parties with a fair number of poors hanging round, my ex might have it, and I used to truck it around for work sometimes (was just a standard NTSC drive with a wbfs folder). WHO KNOWS, been too lazy to try hunt it down. Got my first ever uncapped adsl connection the other day so I'll just redownload tonight

[Tasty]

I dunno, it was sitting in an enclosure in my lounge last time I saw it... We've had some big parties with a fair number of poors hanging round, my ex might have it, and I used to truck it around for work sometimes (was just a standard NTSC drive with a wbfs folder). WHO KNOWS, been too lazy to try hunt it down. Got my first ever uncapped adsl connection the other day so I'll just redownload tonight

That reminds me I should backup my own hard drive rips to the cloud.

[TakingBackSunday]

So I'm playing through Xenoblade now for the first time, sorta.  Last time I tried I got like two hours in and got confused by the affinity shit and just quit.  Now I'm playing through it again and it really is quite fun but I still don't think I've gotten in the groove with it yet.

Is this one of those games where grinding is pretty much essential?  I don't really mind if that's the case because the battle system is pretty enjoyable, but I don't want to get through a dungeon and then get royally fucked in like ten seconds then have to go through the dungeon all over again.

[demi]

The game is pretty forward at what levels you should be at for each area. And it's super easy to grind and level up through exploration (you get XP for finding landmarks and shit), and quests. Just enjoy the game, it's going to be a long one either way. I blazed through it, and I still wound up shy of 80 hours. I did try to enjoy all that I could - I didnt do any of the super extra stuff.

[TakingBackSunday]

yeah that makes sense.  before I even got to Tephra Cave or whatever that first dungeon was called, I was already at level ten.  But before I got to the cave I was randomly curbstomped by a rare bunnit motherfucker 

And yeah a lot of those sidequests from colony 9 are a bunch of bullshit.  No bitch, I'm not fucking fixing your watch.

[demi]

The game does seem difficult early on. It will get much easier as you get better equipment or more characters. I know I tried to kill that giant bug in Tephra Cave and just said fuck it.

The game has icons showing how much stronger / weaker the enemy is as well. I think name color too.