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Project x Zone 2 English demo to be out in Jan 21st
- Thread starter Boss Doggie
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CragMan241
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Ah, I think I may have seen that.
IIRC, you can hold the Y button to make the cursor move faster.
It's easy to get accustomed to.
Based Yuzo Koshiro.
I don't think they're available in the demo.
Are Cross attacks harder to pull off now? I can't seem to do them as easily compared to the first game. I think the only one I can consistantly (to some extent) pull off is if I summon Phoenix Wright to use the Psych-Lock which freezes the enemy.
Are Cross attacks harder to pull off now? I can't seem to do them as easily compared to the first game. I think the only one I can consistantly (to some extent) pull off is if I summon Phoenix Wright to use the Psych-Lock which freezes the enemy.
ArclightBorealis
Member
Yeah, the timing for them definitely feels a lot tighter than before. Hell, sometimes even when you initiate a new attack on a juggled enemy that's dead, landing the first hit won't always guarantee they'll get juggled again and will hit the ground ending the combo.
Timing for everything combat related feels way more strict, especially when trying to get as many critical bonuses as possible.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I notice some attacks have long start ups before initiating, so yeah timing is a bit harder now.
You can scroll between characters too by pressing L or R.
You can scroll between characters too by pressing L or R.
They're totally available in the demo, and explained within the in-game Crosspedia. You gotta find the right topic on it, though.
MCs have huge potential to make damage ABSURD, but considering how weak the enemies in the game seem to be all around, they seem almost unnecessary after the fact...
CragMan241
Member
That's actually why she has the bunny ears. Was posted on the Japanese blog a few months back.
cj_iwakura
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ArclightBorealis
Member
Alright, went through the demo ten times so I'm guaranteed to get all those bonuses once the full game releases. I was questioning myself near the end if I was getting worse at the demo because of how much longer it was taking to kill all the enemies in Chapter 3. But then I reread the end of demo message and that loading the clear data for another run through makes the enemies tougher.
Reached a point where I couldn't get through without Jin/Kazuya or Dmitri/Morrigan getting murdered by BB Hood. Sure explained a lot.
Still been pretty fun trying out the different gameplay features and actually looking more at the specifics. Didn't realize initially that CP is earned by each individual unit, which should make upgrading moves regularly for everyone feasible. And those Mirage Cancels are interesting, though I don't see much reason for it outside of wanting to increase your hit combo just for a higher gold percentage. Learning the timings for crits the normal way seems more useful anyway.
And now to wait for the full release...
Reached a point where I couldn't get through without Jin/Kazuya or Dmitri/Morrigan getting murdered by BB Hood. Sure explained a lot.
Still been pretty fun trying out the different gameplay features and actually looking more at the specifics. Didn't realize initially that CP is earned by each individual unit, which should make upgrading moves regularly for everyone feasible. And those Mirage Cancels are interesting, though I don't see much reason for it outside of wanting to increase your hit combo just for a higher gold percentage. Learning the timings for crits the normal way seems more useful anyway.
And now to wait for the full release...
CragMan241
Member
Press the B button during a battle when you have 100XP or over. Will use up the 100XP, but you can get get 50XP back if you use it at the right frame of attack animation. You'll know you've done it right when the characters have a red aura around them, otherwise it'll be a gray aura. This is where the training mode comes in handy.
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
Damn, didn't even know that was in the demo. Will give it a shot on my next play through.
Also random question, but can/will you be able to switch which character is viewed on the map? I never though to check if that was a thing in 1, and didn't seem to be able to find a way to do that in the demo.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Nope, it's like that in 1 too, the "lead" guy is on the map.
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
Darn, seems like an easy addition since they are on the map for cutscenes anyway. Wanted Virgil as point man haha. Oh well
Okay thanks I'll try that
I also wasn't able to do Chris/Jill multi attack but I may have used up my XP without checking
Checking back in: I have now cleared the demo 5 times out of 10. Going smoothly, if a bit slowly for my taste. There's a whole bunch of shit in the beginning and ending of chapters that you have to skip, and map animations aren't skippable at all. The prologue chapter in particular is completely pointless unless you want the difference between 1790 or 1890 gold, which I can't bring myself to take care of since you might as well play Chapter 2 without equipment anyways, for how much it matters. Originally I thought the scaling on enemies would present a problem, but it's backfired a bit since the disparity in levels means you get WAY more experience for killing something like 3 to 4 levels higher than you. Combine that with Genesis and/or the Sage Fox skill and oops, suddenly my characters are getting access to basic attack #3 before chapter 3. Chapter 3 in particular seems WAY too huge for the fight that takes place on it. Never has it been more obvious that a chapter map is going to be reused later in the main game (probably).
I'm just playing now to see how high this shit will go.
I'm just playing now to see how high this shit will go.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
I'm teaming him up with everyone.gif!
How long into the game is it before you get to use him?
CragMan241
Member
Doesn't the game release next week in Europe? Is there gonna be an OT?
Chapter 5.
Chapter 5.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Apparently that's just on the 19th: http://gonintendo.com/stories/247726-eu-project-x-zone-2-getting-same-preorder-bonuses-as-north-amer
I can still find no solid info on the preorder bonuses, like a special stage - if it applies to preordering physical, digital or both, and where...
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Yup, the 12th, and exactly one week after in NA.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/project_x_zone_2_eu_release_date_brought_forward_demo_coming_in_january
cj_iwakura
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Of course, yours truly and BlackJace are responsible.
I had no idea EU was getting it early, though.
I don't know if this applies to the US version, but in the EU e-shop it says that you get the preorder bonuses if you buy it digitally (you also get a theme).
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So US gets it earlier than EU right?
cj_iwakura
Member
Seems to be the opposite.
manfestival
Member
that actually looks pretty freaking awesome. Almost makes me wish i had a 3ds
I'm in Europe (got my 3DS in Portugal), and the eShop page for the demo mentions the preorder bonuses, but there's nothing to buy or preorder yet - so it's an odd way to implement it.
I wonder if having the demo installed would include the bonuses for the physical version upon detecting the demo or something...
I really wish we'd get that game too, but they explicitely left it out off all western promotional materials...
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Oh wow, I didn't know Lucina, Chrom, and
were on the back of the box. Should really have been on the front, not that there's much space. At least they're on the box as they should be.
Also, debated linking this but Smash fans might get a kick out of it:
Project X Zone 2 WOMBO COMBO
Edit: Not my vid.
Fiora
NintenDaan already has his copy as the game releases this Friday in Europe.
Also, debated linking this but Smash fans might get a kick out of it:
Project X Zone 2 WOMBO COMBO
Edit: Not my vid.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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When are KOS-MOS and Fiora controllable in the game? I went into the first Project x Zone thinking KOS-MOS would be available early but she was in one of the further chapters. It was so boring trying to get to her.
CragMan241
Member
Chapter 6.
And just throwing this out there, X & Zero joins in chapter 7.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
I'm only on chapter 21 of the 1st game, not gonna make it to the end by Friday :'(
I wonder if they fixed the pacing problem of "okay, you met the last new unit that joins new, now enjoy fighting the same bosses & getting nobody else for 20 more chapters." That sense of "oh boy, can't wait to see who I get/fight next" was one of the main reasons to keep playing, but then after that, that's when the pacing really got bad.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
That sounds neat. Thanks for the info. How long would it take to get there on average? PXZ was so slow and I'm guessing this one is improved. Will the story be interesting?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wow, X & Zero now that early huh, I remember them in PxZ joining roughly half of the game.
It was like that for Megaman Volnutt and Roll as well NxC.
I can't speak for the story...yet (only played the Japanese version) but I've beaten it on Normal and Advance Mode, it doesn't feel like it takes too long. Plus you see some of the more...crazy things happen in the beginning. Anyway, I would say it takes less than 3 hours, possibly faster depending on how you play.
CragMan241
Member
Probably an hour, hour and a half. The game feels nowhere near as long as the first thanks to enemies not being damage sponges and being ridiculously easy.
Second to last, I think. Vile stole their spotlight though thanks to him having his MHX persona, which I really miss in PXZ2.
To be precise, they were the second-to-last pair unit to join in PXZ1. That being said, you got all your pair units then about halfway through the game, and you didn't get EVERYONE until
chapter 27/28. The slash is because I consider the Gespenst to be a pseudo-character that joins...
On another note, I finished running the demo to my satisfaction a while back.
Really, the demo started to push back around runs 9 and 10. The problem wasn't even THAT huge: just the Mishima and Darkstalkers units that join in Chapter 3 are severely underleveled compared to your other three units, and the Q-Bees are right next to them so if they get bound then they start to struggle.
Of note is that all my runs for the demo past my first one (which I spent 3 hours on reading everything I could) took 50 minutes to complete. Every single time. So as far as I can tell, difficulty doesn't make the game take unnecessarily longer to play, which is cool. Also, hearing people say they cleared the demo in 30 minutes and that I wasn't able to hit that mark when actively trying to bums me out....