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Xenoblade Chronicles X: big website update (chara. creation, field, new music)
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What a blessed day, let me go trough all this info =D
Baka! Its not like we wanted you to see the information or anything!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Well, I kind of assume it's the only way, from my gaming experiences, but now that you mention it, I'm hoping we will be able to do both. I have a thing for going to the npc's to accept and complete quests.
Aaronrules380
Member
I mean, from the overview video it definitely seemed like you could still receive quests directly from NPCs as well
Diddy Kong
Banned
Those screenshots are jaw dropping.
Right now I'm all like:
My dream to create Space Rihanna or Shulk X is looking good, all those options!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Really? I didn't get that sense. But good, if so.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Betting they'll have it XP
SoraanTribal
Member
Hmm, the more they show off the "field" stuff, the more I'm pretty certain that there are only 5 areas in the game which bums me out a little. I'm sure there will be at least 1 more area not accessible at the beginning of the game (maybe the final area?), but 5 feels small. I know the areas themselves are huge and much larger than than individual area in Xenoblade, but... I don't know... I think I would have preferred smaller areas but having more diversity in them. Going from one area to another in Xenoblade was always so fun to see what it looked like. The first area in Xenoblade X looks pretty same-y all over. I know there will be some variety in the individual areas as evident by the pictures/videos released, but we'll see. I'm sure once I get my hands on it, I won't give a shit about the number of areas and will just be excited to play it. It's going to be a long wait after the JP version releases. 
Sable~Knight
Member
Hmm, the more they show off the "field" stuff, the more I'm pretty certain that there are only 5 areas in the game which bums me out a little. I'm sure there will be at least 1 more area not accessible at the beginning of the game (maybe the final area?), but 5 feels small. I know the areas themselves are huge and much larger than than individual area in Xenoblade, but... I don't know... I think I would have preferred smaller areas but having more diversity in them. Going from one area to another in Xenoblade was always so fun to see what it looked like. The first area in Xenoblade X looks pretty same-y all over. I know there will be some variety in the individual areas as evident by the pictures/videos released, but we'll see. I'm sure once I get my hands on it, I won't give a shit about the number of areas and will just be excited to play it. It's going to be a long wait after the JP version releases.
I think it'll be a complete non-issue with the final game. If you want to you could say Xenoblade only has two areas: Bionis and Mechonis. And still we got lots of variety. The continents will undoubtedly be as varied. But like you I certainly hope there is a nice variety.
Even if there are only 5 areas remember to take into account the size, time of day and climate and then it appears that inside those areas there are hidden sectors live that crystal cave or the inside of the mountain in the Valley of Ashes from the live stream...Hmm, the more they show off the "field" stuff, the more I'm pretty certain that there are only 5 areas in the game which bums me out a little. I'm sure there will be at least 1 more area not accessible at the beginning of the game (maybe the final area?), but 5 feels small. I know the areas themselves are huge and much larger than than individual area in Xenoblade, but... I don't know... I think I would have preferred smaller areas but having more diversity in them. Going from one area to another in Xenoblade was always so fun to see what it looked like. The first area in Xenoblade X looks pretty same-y all over. I know there will be some variety in the individual areas as evident by the pictures/videos released, but we'll see. I'm sure once I get my hands on it, I won't give a shit about the number of areas and will just be excited to play it. It's going to be a long wait after the JP version releases.
It's going to be ok me thinks =D
Precisely. Add in the vertical aspect along with canals and that sort of thing... Swimming. Lots of diversity there too.
Since it's sawano, we will probably see an album release ^^
Interceptor
Banned
Its like the artists modelled every character after some dolls and not real people with real physics.
Judging what we've seen for their first HD game, there seems to be this recurring theme of "Monolith is on point!" and "Monolith is kind of new to this..."
Thankfully there are more instances of the former than the latter, but that makes the latter stick out all the more.
pinkurocket
Member
The Bankslammer
Member
Given that Shulk's Japanese VA is the default Male character, I wouldn't be surprised if we get Adam Howden as the default here. I'd bet on getting at least some British VA.
edit: oh my god and the hot-blooded voice is reyn
PLEAAAASE LET OUR CREATED CHARACTER USE REYN'S VOICE
oh also melia is the high-class female voice
edit: oh my god and the hot-blooded voice is reyn
PLEAAAASE LET OUR CREATED CHARACTER USE REYN'S VOICE
oh also melia is the high-class female voice
pinkurocket
Member
omg y
It just strikes me as something like Girls ignoring the ethnic diversity of NYC. If we're getting british voices, I hope we get voices reflective of people who actually live in LA first. But I doubt we will.
pinkurocket
Member
There's an American flag on the ship in the trailers IIRC. It's an American ship. Not that there aren't Americans with British accents, but if the ship is evacuating Americans, British accents are probably in the small minority.
I am also just generally tired of most fantasy games using British voices. It's tired at this point. America has a wealth of accents that are rarely utilized in these types of games.
I thought there were multiple ships so there's a Neo London and a Neo Stockholm and a Neo Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch flying around up there.
Captain Smoker
Member
This would be so obvious the best implementation of the Shulk amiibo so it won't be used,
pinkurocket
Member
Oh I don't play a lot of fantasy games, you're right that British voices usually fill that 'fantasy' feeling. I'd love variety beyond a British accent as well, but I loved the all-British cast of Xenoblade Chronicles.. ):
Hopefully they will deliver some different accents, probably not as much as the JPN version.
There's a ton of eye adjusting tools so I think we'll be able toI believe those faces would look better if the eyes weren't so glossy:
Environments are [drool***] and those concept arts look phenomenal.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
I believe those faces would look better if the eyes where'nt so glossy:
Environments are [drool***] and those concept arts look phenomenal.
There are several eye options
EDIT:Beaten
I'm getting some major Halo 3 meets Shadow of the Colossus vibes from this one.
There it is.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Guys, it's Space Erk!
SoraanTribal
Member
Yeah, you two are probably right. It was just a concern I thought about upon seeing the layout of the world map. I'm sure the world will still be massive. Are we expecting X to release this year worldwide? I'm going to be so jealous when the JP version releases... And afraid of spoilers.
Also we don't even know if the terrain will be altered at any point due to story reasons. That could happen. I imagine that the construction we see in Neo LA could be completed at some point. As different story events are completed I could see more and more of that area being finished. That leaves things open for other areas to be built up or just outright destroyed an revealing something else.
Then there is the entire underground. What if we have that ala Final Fantasy 4/2(US)?
What is this, PriPara?
On another note, that's a lot of options. I might end up spending the first few hours in the character creator alone. Can't wait to try this game out!
threelights
Member
That artwork though.
And man, the armors in this game look so great. I loved every one of them so far.
And man, the armors in this game look so great. I loved every one of them so far.