Neiteio stop it! My poor cousin is trying to sleep in the other room! I can't be busting out laughing like this all the time!
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Xenoblade Chronicles X English Direct April 24th
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Neiteio stop it! My poor cousin is trying to sleep in the other room! I can't be busting out laughing like this all the time!
Fair enough, but I meant it more in terms of avoiding the word "Skell". After playing the game for 100+ hours and talking about it on GAF or with friends on a regular basis, I'm sure Skell will eventually become normalized to you. You'll probably forget how much you hate the word given time.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
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Challenge Accepted.
I'm pretty sure it'll keep autocorrecting to skill every time for me anyway.
Exoskeleton?
No way. He'll never forgive. Never forget.
On his table are framed pictures of his friends and family, all murdered by the word Skell. As he does sit-ups, the pictures continually come into sight... A grim reminder.
"I'll get you someday, Skell," Sean said, rigorously training for the inevitable final battle with the word Skell on the rim of an erupting volcano.
Meanwhile, in its dark tower, the word Skell stands... waiting.
So do you pronounce like that?
TheGreatLugia
Banned
You have now.
"DO NOT CRY!" lmao
Sable~Knight
Member
Man... I just don't know about Xenoblade Chronicles X yet. I used to be excited for it, and I still want to be, but the more I learn and think about it the less happy I am with the direction they're taking this game in compared to the original.
The "create-an-avatar" main character, the lack of focus on the narrative and characters (compared to the original XC), being based in reality, the so-edgy-I-could-cut-myself rap theme for normal battles... more and more, I'm thinking this game might just not be for me.
Any other fans of the original game possibly finding themselves in this camp? Note that I'm not trying to say "this game looks crappy" or that I don't understand why others are still hyped for it. It looks fantastic, it's just that it looks fantastic in several ways that don't appeal to me personally. It seems to be even more rooted in WRPG design philosophy than the original game was, but the original still had that all-important JRPG focus on a strong, linear story and characters.
Of course it's too early to say for sure, but I don't think my feeling this way is a coincidence. Even MonolithSoft has said they're intentionally focusing less on story and characters in XCX compared to XC.
Thoughts?
These are the types of concerns we had when they initially announced that it's an open world RPG. It's definitley NOT too early to say, considering we've seen hours and hours of gameplay, hours of video presentations explaining the game, and tons of trailers etc showing off various aspects, enought to analyze the game and know tons about it. I have to ask, what have you been following in regards to the game so far?
Maybe you haven't been around the entire time, but let me address some of your concerns in brief. I think most of the Xenoblade fans who've been concerned have mostly started to be even more excited about this game, since it very honestly seems to be improving in virtually EVERY aspect you can think of. At worst, you should try the game and see, but even then, don't compare it to Xenoblade, play it for it's own merit and then weigh them against each other at the end. Don't deny yourself from enjoying the game just because you're expecting it to just be another Xenoblade.
Anyways, have you seen the infamous Famitsu review? They complained that there was TOO much story.
9 / An intricate and involved story, tough difficulty that will give you a solid challenge, and a system with high usability make this a wonderfully old-school RPG in the best sense of the term. The massive open world is crammed with countless stories, and giving them all their due takes time and hard work. The Dolls that you can pilot offer dynamic control, transformations and a rich variety of customization; enough to send any robo-head into a tizzy. Theres so much to do that it can be overwhelming at times, but it also feels very substantial.
8 / A massive title perfectly suited to the word epic. The vast game world is beautiful, with vistas changing come day or night, providing an endless source of excitement. The explanation of the world is handled with care, but movies break the action up again and again, slowing down the pacing, which is a bit of a shame. The tempo of the conversations could have done with being a bit faster, too. In terms of battle, its great that you can really go on the offensive once you have the system down. The enemies, Dolls and attacks launched from custom parts are all very appealing too.
8 / Theres zero stress in adventuring across the open world, which can be traversed seamlessly, and there are also many elements that take advantage of the size of the map, making moving around and exploring a lot of fun. Battle has a great tempo, combining an action game with command inputs, and is very strategic too. The story is told with care, and you want to find out what happens next, but it also gives you a strong feeling of just sitting there watching movies. Furthermore, a lot of details about the game system are left unexplained, leaving me with an impression of having to blindly stumble through things myself.
Lack of focus on characters? If anything, they are going way more in depth with each character, giving much more back story, delving further into characterization and devlopment than Xenoblade ever did. This short story highlights some of that: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZO8F6qMK8cWr8LYhj4g4P7Quu-_jZadkQXyFBaLm6g/pub
Watch the Direct videos to get some examples of the humorous banter, the jokes between characters, etc. Here's a couple examples: https://youtu.be/kjTzuqyQZlc?t=20m58s, https://youtu.be/E3l9Vp62KX4?t=27m1s.
The game is definitely going for more of an open world design, and yeah that has certain implications, but it doesn't mean they are foresaking the JRPG elements we love. If anything, they seem to be taking JRPGs and advancing them, by taking some of the best elements of western design, mixing them all together with the best of both. It's definitely not going to be a LINEAR game, but there's nothing wrong with an 'open' game. 'open world' doesn't necessitate a weak story focus, even if most developers haven't been able to put them both together. This game looks to do that.
I don't think you're wrong having these concerns, in fact we've had these same concerns. But I think from everything they've shown you can be confident that although this game will have a different APPROACH, it'll be every bit as enjoyable, if not more than the first game. They'll be two distinct games, but they'll both be great, and they'll both be amazing in fact.
In regards to music, I wasn't too crazy about all the vocals, but everything else we've heard indicates some very on point instrumentals, awesome cutscene music, charming and unique area themes, tons of variety, even many of the vocal tracks are good, even if we don't necessarily ALL love every track. Maybe try listening to some of the other music in context to get a better feel for how good it is. (https://youtu.be/4UwJbZIFOTU)
I didn't remember that part, my native language is spanish so probably didn't notice it =P
I have a gif request
Around the 56-second mark, in the Direct, where Bill looks up, someone should shop in the NeoGAF logo appearing above him, with "Believe"
We need it for E3
Around the 56-second mark, in the Direct, where Bill looks up, someone should shop in the NeoGAF logo appearing above him, with "Believe"
We need it for E3
MrSaturn99
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This and some of the concerns Ash raised are why I haven't been that excited. Mira and the mechs look incredible but I'm not sold on everything else just yet.
I guess I'm kinda okay with Skells. "Dolls" always confused me whenever I'd walk into a Xenoblade X thread, especially considering the faces of the characters LOL
Also, whenever you get into the mech, this song will play
October release confirmed...holy crap Hibiki was right :O
Man I love the treehouse crew and all but sometimes I wish they'd be quiet for a sec. I'm trying to take in those wonderful sounding flutes during this part https://youtu.be/YSgf283mmd4?t=1h9m32s
Well I guess it's less than a week til we get full OST songs anyway. Just need to be patient.
Well I guess it's less than a week til we get full OST songs anyway. Just need to be patient.
Wha Waht!?
That was just a joke. About the whole skeleton and halloween thing xP
Nah october is Fatal Frame V release
Oooof, forgot to go through this. Gonna watch then call it a night, thanks!
That bit you linked gives me strong XC1 feels
The flutes, the forest, the magical atmosphere
SO GOOD
That is what I'm assuming as well. But I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to put game releases really close to each other.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Skell, huh?
Well this awkward...
Well this awkward...
Sable~Knight
Member
To be fair the sampler is focusing on the louder bits, and the vocal songs. The environment themes are amazing.
https://youtu.be/MHZlEKSU9Zs small cut of the White continent theme. Magically charming. You've heard the forest one, that sounds amazing too (and has a few different versions apparently).
https://youtu.be/hwVXpmrfPsY, main theme. There's also piano reprises of this, along with a vocal reprise (The song in the latest story trailer).
There seem to be way more 'side stories', but the side stories also seem to be way more complex, detailed, significant and meaningful. The overall plot is going to be crazy too. Read the short stories yet? Fills in the premise with some background, and adds details, hinting at a deep plot again. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZO8F6qMK8cWr8LYhj4g4P7Quu-_jZadkQXyFBaLm6g/pub
Customizable character obviously for online purposes. It's going to change the way the story will be told, along with the open world structure, but it's still going to be there.
You do know about the changes/improvments to questing right? RIGHT? Damn. I don't want to go off again... but here.... no I can't do it. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow after my exam and give an overview of the improvements to the questing. Or maybe someone can jump on it for me. Tag-team.
RampagingSoul
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Yeah, I really like it too!
I actually don't mind the soundtrack as much as most people since I'm used to bombastic, anime scores and Sawano's stuff as well. I got used to the first Battle Theme after a few listens even with the rap. Then again, I'm very tolerant of most music and I like all genres, even if I have preferences.
QuixoticNeutral
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This may in fact be a serious problem if you speak New Zealand English.
names2hard4you
Member
Xenoblade on the n3DS had me sold, but this footage is just so awesome. I'll make sure to buy a Wii U before this drops!
"Shit, I busted my skell."
"Oh man, your skull?! Do you need to go to the hospital?"
"I bought a new skell."
"Human slavery is illegal."
Hmmm I just realized that in the Direct itself the woman described Sylvalum ("The Land of White Ash" for my Xenobros who've been following translations with me) as a "dry tundra" which seems to indicate that is more of a cold region rather than a second desert like a lot of others were saying.
"Well that's swell"
"No, they're skells"
"That's what I said"
"You said swell"
"Yeah, about the skells"
"I thought you called the skells swells"
"Well, skell does sound like swell"
"Makes my head swell"
"Yeah, you don't look well"
Tundra is frozen earth, and by appearances it looks both dry and cold.
People in New Zealand don't speak English, they speak Pseduo-Australian, and/or Elvish
Don't you mean Pseudo-Australian? Speaking as a New Zealander, though not born and bred here, it shouldn't be too much of a problem differentiating between skell and swell.
But of course, we've adopted Tolkien's form of Elvish as an unofficial language.
It's all swell.
Sadly it seems there's no snow falling =(
Speaking of which, I wonder why they decided to call it "Sylvalum" since sylva means forest/woods and lum means "light." The name essentially means "forest of light." I suppose it does have auroras, but it doesn't quite evoke "forest."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvan
It's probably too cold for snow to fall. Perhaps hail?
I was also wondering if they'll have seasons in addition to the day/night cycle? Has this been seen or mentioned anywhere?
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I just assumed it was because the name sounds like "Silver."
Yes, you caught a rare Neiteio typo
theprodigy
Member
I prefer RagnarokX's explanation
Seems an interesting take on the usual snowy areas we're presented with in games for sure. Plus it's absolutely gorgeous at night!
Nah, Pennsylvania, Transylvania, Sylveon
I like those glowing trees.Seems an interesting take on the usual snowy areas we're presented with in games for sure. Plus it's absolutely gorgeous at night!
It's like a forest of light or something.