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Xenoblade 2 Announced (Not XCX, new sequel to XB, ACE music, 2017)
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You might feel that way (I feel the same way, kinda), but not everyone is happy with how the characters look.
J
Jpop
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Yes, XB desperately needed a good character designer for the series.
Way better than whatever this shit was
GravityMan
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Looks rough overall. I have a hard time believing that this game will hit a 2017 release date.
The world looks great, especially that giant tree part near the end. I'm not fond of the way the main character looks (particularly his face). Some of the other characters look pretty good though...easily better than XCX.
The world looks great, especially that giant tree part near the end. I'm not fond of the way the main character looks (particularly his face). Some of the other characters look pretty good though...easily better than XCX.
mrmickfran
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Amazon has it up for preorder in the US.
I don't know why I was worried about a localization, but yay
I don't know why I was worried about a localization, but yay
Conrad Link
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Really excited for this, as someone who loved Xenoblade but couldn't get into X... I'm hoping for a return to form.
PLEASE BRING BACK THE BRITISH VOICE ACTORS!
PLEASE BRING BACK THE BRITISH VOICE ACTORS!
Sawano did the entirety of the XenoX soundtrack.
And_Gignac
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The music is heavenly. Chrono Cross-ish.
Hopefully we get a tie in between X and original Xeno.
Hopefully we get a tie in between X and original Xeno.
Finally some appealing character designs.
I'm a bit iffy on the character designs as well, but that's no different from how I felt about the designs in Xenoblade (especially in-game) and XCX, so... yay, more of what I'm used to with the series? And I appreciate the characters look crisp and clean, as compared to the muddy messes in Xenoblade on Wii.
it was always anime.
The first game's plot is pretty much stock shonen plotting. What did people expect?
Except it should have better writing.
And I'm not sure there's monado or anything.
What makes people think it has to be related ?
After seeing the trailer in HD, the faces are fine. I think that shot of the protag running at camera is just particularly bad. The other faces shown are fine, it's just standard anime style I guess, but not over-the-top anime which I have a small tolerance for.
The actual character design of the protagonist is quite questionable though...
The actual character design of the protagonist is quite questionable though...
chertipros
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The main character's pants are an abomination
Fulminator
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Holy shit
Holy shit
Please be as good as the first game
Holy shit
Please be as good as the first game
PancakeBurglar
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Appealing characters...... maybe the girl but the main male isn't appealing at all to me. Best thing about the trailer was the tiger mount and sky whale.
Well I would have rather seen something new from Monolith. But this is looking better than X already. The composer list alone makes it better than X already.
I want to see a return to the class system in the original Xenoblade where each character was unique but versatile and there were no duplicates or class switching. Hopefully they focus on making decent scenarios and a good story rather than making the entire game sidequesting...
I will miss Tanaka as character designer though. Great character designer with his own style, but Monolith fucked it up in X. The Xenosaga 1 models looked better. The new character designs just look like generic modern anime to me
I want to see a return to the class system in the original Xenoblade where each character was unique but versatile and there were no duplicates or class switching. Hopefully they focus on making decent scenarios and a good story rather than making the entire game sidequesting...
I will miss Tanaka as character designer though. Great character designer with his own style, but Monolith fucked it up in X. The Xenosaga 1 models looked better. The new character designs just look like generic modern anime to me
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There will be plenty of other terrible choices to choose from if it's anything like the previous two games!
Ah ! I'm not the only one !
Actually, I would not be surprised if the red girl is actually the human form of that blade.
Holy fuck. I did not expect anything Monolith. When that logo vame up I screamed. Was legit shook.
Looks nice so far, and more importantly, farther along than X when it was first shown. Holy shit, a sequel to the original Xenoblade, one of my favorite games of all time, I still can't believe it. I'm so in.
Looks nice so far, and more importantly, farther along than X when it was first shown. Holy shit, a sequel to the original Xenoblade, one of my favorite games of all time, I still can't believe it. I'm so in.
Hey, X costume designs are rad for the most part!
I don't really care for the designs. I don't like this artist much tbh, but I think there is no question that the designs translate better to 3D. Previously Monolithsoft has always struggled with weird looking models because they were taking detailed 2D designs which seem to be too challenging for their modelers to naturally adapt into 3D.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Would have preferred sequel to X but I'll take it..
LOL yeah the armor pieces have never been too aesthetically pleasing for these games. In a way I actually find it kinda charming how janky the clothing looks lol
Mockingbird
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Man that moment the monolith logo popped up during the presentation. then the music hit! Did NOT expect Xenoblade 2. And never could've thought 2017!!! Hype level at max!
StormBrute
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So it looks like the glowing Zohar appears three times: once on both of the girls' chests, and also on the main character's sword.
The game looks really good! I hope they take the new mechanics they added to XCX and implement them; I imagine they'll take some, but try to simplify it a bit from XCX.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I love this series so much.
The game looks really good! I hope they take the new mechanics they added to XCX and implement them; I imagine they'll take some, but try to simplify it a bit from XCX.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I love this series so much.
It does look kind of awful lol. Still, unless I get immediately laid off when I hopefully graduate this summer, I might just go and grab a Switch and this game when it releases. Even if everything else is awful, as long as the on-foot gameplay is as fun as it was in XBX, I'm good.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Wonder why Hiramatsu broke off from the +.
SporeCrawler
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Nice, still curious if we will see xenoblade x port
Also 2017???
Also 2017???
Yabberwocky
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Oh, wow, I always wondered who did XC's dub, thank you. Side UK have done a lot of great work, sheesh. TW3, AC:S, SOMA, Everyone's Gone to the Rapture - I had no idea they were from the same company.
Uh... did you see it? Looked like a 2009 game.
Otakumegane
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I doubt it.
Game looked good. Way better character design than XCX. Felt very Megaman Legends / Skies of Arcadia to me. Looked really good and a nice surprise.
I think he worked with them before on an MMO independently so maybe they just tried it with Xenoblade because they got him in? They haven't used it since so it could be that it didn't stick.
Master, the batteries in your Nintendo Switch™ system are nearly depleted.
It was a lot less terrible than the original for the most part; though while the actual costume and armour designs themselves were improved, the cosmetic gear system, wider range of options for each character and casual clothing options helped as well. Hopefully at least the former makes it in here - it'll be interesting to see if they return to character-specific clothing like the first game.
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