- One of the aspects the developers are particularly proud of is that the world is built over giant robots or something; it was nice, I guess, but the game is so big you never notice that, you can scrap the robots and do a new world, I don't think anyone will miss that.
Go play FFXIII, don't ask to streamline something like this.
Yes, they take hours; holy shit actual cities on a RPG this generation. It's a dying breed, don't kill it.FF has lost prominence, you can trust S-E to kill themselves/it.
Alcamoth was crazy, I can't believe no playtesters told them to put more skip travel points in there. Especially with the quests that ask you to talk to NPCs spread all across the city :/
But that is because it was an open hub and people would teleport "there" from the dormitories. If anything, Xenoblade cities seemed more empty the further we were in the game, I'm sure they were running out of time, for instance, the city in mechonis should actually have population.
As for alcamoth, it seemed disjointed; we were pretty much calling the palace gardens a city.
Alcamoth was crazy, I can't believe no playtesters told them to put more skip travel points in there. Especially with the quests that ask you to talk to NPCs spread all across the city :/
i just got that furball monchichi furby thing. i was happy with the game and this guy....really? am i just over reacting and the game still maintains its greatness?
If people changed places it would be there, not exactly where they are, but an area to search for. This is specially frustrating on Frontier Village, I mean they're all basically the same thing the city has like 10 levels, and yet I can't even get a ballpark for their location; floor numbers please? stuff like "0.00 to 6.00 near the plaza" would make a huge difference.
you'r doing it wrong...
I said this many times in the XB OT, but I'll gladly say it again: you don't look for npc where they could be at specific times. you look for them where they spawn. its always the same place, always the same time. I don't get why this is so hard for most people. spawn locations are even displayed on the map by a small blue dot. It's the easiest and fastest method to find npcs (at least in alcamoth and frontier village).
you'r doing it wrong...
I said this many times in the XB OT, but I'll gladly say it again: you don't look for npc where they could be at specific times. you look for them where they spawn. its always the same place, always the same time. I don't get why this is so hard for most people. spawn locations are even displayed on the map by a small blue dot. It's the easiest and fastest method to find npcs (at least in alcamoth and frontier village).
90% of ALL npcs spawn at either 6 or 18 o'clock
100% of all npcs in alcamoth spawn at 6 or 18 o'clock
only 2 npcs in frontier village don't spawn at 6/18 o'clock. both of them live in the same house and spawn at 9/21 o'clock.
granted, it's harder in the colonies, but I never heard complaints about finding npcs there anyway
A Xenoblade sequel would be really forced. I mean, the ending arguably left an opening for something to come afterward, but there aren't really any remaining plot threads open or any reason for a sequel other than "because."
I don't think there's much doubt that's going to happen, but the title doesn't really work as well for a franchise since it actually has some implications.
Weird swords in Xenoblade = crystals in Final Fantasy?
- One of the aspects the developers are particularly proud of is that the world is built over giant robots or something; it was nice, I guess, but the game is so big you never notice that, you can scrap the robots and do a new world, I don't think anyone will miss that.
i just got that furball monchichi furby thing. i was happy with the game and this guy....really? am i just over reacting and the game still maintains its greatness?
Personnally, I did all quests on my own, but I don't know if many people had trouble finding them. The social links were useful to know who was going to interact with each other.
I barely used him. He definitely has useful skills though so don't ignore him forever but I just meant to say that you don't need to bother with him if you don't want to.
Couldn't stand the voice either. His weird speech style is kinda funny in text form but that VA was terribly annoying.
- One of the aspects the developers are particularly proud of is that the world is built over giant robots or something; it was nice, I guess, but the game is so big you never notice that, you can scrap the robots and do a new world, I don't think anyone will miss that.
I mean, I'm fine if "X" isn't a sequel to Xenoblade and the world isn't two giants (in fact, if it is a new Xeno-world/IP, it would be lazy to do something similar), but... That was one of the best and most original things about Xenoblade! Besides, the story was completely built around it.
I barely used him. He definitely has useful skills though so don't ignore him forever but I just meant to say that you don't need to bother with him if you don't want to.
Couldn't stand the voice either. His weird speech style is kinda funny in text form but that VA was terribly annoying.
I don't think there's much doubt that's going to happen, but the title doesn't really work as well for a franchise since it actually has some implications.
Weird swords in Xenoblade = crystals in Final Fantasy?
I think there's a better, more abstract way to look at it:
Shulk created an actual world at the end of Xenoblade. An actual universe, even. Why not consider it a prologue and base future games around exploring and experiencing stories in that universe? The whole concept of a newly created universe without gods has a lot of potential. Because most people in the game world probably don't even realize that "god is dead" after Mayneth and Zanza actually died and Shulk decided that gods are no longer needed. The hypothetical Xeno-franchise wouldn't be about superfluous stuff like strange swords, it would be about a strange universe without gods or fate.
A bit off-topic, but I feel the need to share this with Xenoblade fans, anyway.
Not sure what I was looking for when I found this, but good thing I did. It's a Xenoblade GMV. ...Now, you might be conjuring thoughts of tacky collages of ill-fiting music and poorly-edited video when that term springs up, but I assure you: this one is good. Really good, actually. The chosen dialogue and footage mirror the emotionality of the theme brilliantly, and it does an exemplary job of underscoring the poignancy of Shulk and Fiora's relationship.
Huge spoilers, so I suggest not watching unless you already have the seventh character in your party.
A bit off-topic, but I feel the need to share this with Xenoblade fans, anyway.
Not sure what I was looking for when I found this, but good thing I did. It's a Xenoblade GMV. ...Now, you might be conjuring thoughts of tacky collages of ill-fiting music and poorly-edited video when that term springs up, but I assure you: this one is good. Really good, actually. The chosen dialogue and footage mirror the emotionality of the theme brilliantly, and it does an exemplary job of underscoring the poignancy of Shulk and Fiora's relationship.
Huge spoilers, so I suggest not watching unless you already have the seventh character in your party.
i hope to own PW one day. and learn japanese haha. i remember playing the demo on the FFVIII demo disc at age 12 and being captivated by it once i got the actual game.
i hope to own PW one day. and learn japanese haha. i remember playing the demo on the FFVIII demo disc at age 12 and being captivated by it once i got the actual game.
apparently most people on gaf either haven't played monster hunter and/or xenoblade.
I've played both for more than 200 hours each and I can't find any connections whatsoever. Is it because there is a huge dinosaur? monsters in monster hunter aren't actually that big... they are quite small in comparison. even the original xenoblade had uniques that where bigger than anything monster hunter has to offer (apart from elder dragons but those don't count)
apparently most people on gaf either haven't played monster hunter and/or xenoblade.
I've played both for more than 200 hours each and I can't find any connections whatsoever. Is it because there is a huge dinosaur? monsters in monster hunter aren't actually that big... they are quite small in comparison. even the original xenoblade hat uniques that where bigger than anything monster hunter has to offer (apart from elder dragons but those don't count)
you are right!! it was the PE demo disc, which had the FFVIII demo, xenogears demo, and brave fencer musashi demo!
in all honesty, playing xenogears at the age i did left a huge impression on me. fei's dissociative split and the whole id, ego, and super-ego stuff got me interested in psychology itself and now im currently finishing up a degree in psychology.
