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Xenoblade |OT| Sorry I Kept You Waiting!
- Thread starter SecretMoblin
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Truth. I put it on last night before bed, planning to play for an hour. I check my clock and 3 hours had passed. It literally felt like I'd played for an hour, but that was not the case. This game is dangerous.
Yes. In fact, you'll pick up two more members before these quest expire.
Yes.
They don't disappear for quite a while, and you have to make a specific, optional choice in order to expire them.
Trancetronic
Member
You should give some context, otherwise it's impossible for people to know whether or not they can safely highlight your post.
well geez sorry! I'll alert next time then.
Karsticles
Member
Bought the game today, but I won't be able to play it for a while.
SillyEskimo
Member
I ordered it from Nintendo about a month ago and it just arrived on my door step. Amazon Prime has spoiled me to no end, because recieving a video game a week after release is goddamn criminal!
Its stuff like this that make me glad i never preorder online. Local video game stores ftw.
Liferebooted
Banned
This was the one game I've preordered in a store for almost 7+ years because I figured this would be the first game that might be hard to get >.>
I'm sure some people ordered from Nintendo to avoid supporting Gamestop. Didn't Nintendo orders also miss out on the free art book?
If I were in that situation, I would have went to Gamestop, bought a copy on day 0, then when the Nintendo copy arrives, return the new copy back to Gamestop.
If I were in that situation, I would have went to Gamestop, bought a copy on day 0, then when the Nintendo copy arrives, return the new copy back to Gamestop.
SafeinSound
Member
The music in
Ether Mine is SO GOOD.
SafeinSound
Member
Where are you at Yoshi?
Don't believe any store still allows you to straight up return games, you can only exchange the disc for another copy assuming yours was not functional.
RedRedSuit
Member
I'm sure you can return any unopened copy, and he intends to do a switcheroo.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Only watching a playthrough right now unfortunately, will be actually playing the game eventually!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rtn2dx7LV4&feature=g-u-u&context=G29b0702FUAAAAPAAJAA
I'm currently on this part (ignore the commentary).
Spiffy_1st
Member
Hurry up guys, I want to see the late game reactions. An entire week has past and still no one has finished it.
SafeinSound
Member
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Like you said, the music in the that dungeon is ridiculous. Goosebumps just thinking of it ._.
SafeinSound
Member
Yeah, it definitely has a creepy undertone to it. Love it. Really reminds me of old school jrpgs. This game just keeps getting better,
If you haven't yet, go into the next area during the day. You'll want to be fully surrounded and immersed in that area when it becomes night.
SafeinSound
Member
Yeah, I actually am still inside. I just saved once I beat
. I'm gonna put some more time in later tonight. Playoff hockey soon!
Xord
I'm like 20 hours into this game and feel like I've already had enough. I'm just so bored. Why is this game so hyped? Does it get dramatically better or something later on?
The music is nice.
I'll be honest, I am kinda baffled why there is so much hype behind the game as well. I personally am having a ton of fun with it but it's not really doing much that hasn't been done elsewhere in the genre. Probably the most impressive thing is the affinity system as a whole which continues to impress me as I keep playing.
More of just bothered by all the reviews that are like "OMG BEST JRPG EVER SAVING THE GENRE etc."
I'm like 20 hours into this game and feel like I've already had enough. I'm just so bored. Why is this game so hyped? Does it get dramatically better or something later on?
The music is nice.
Put all your hearts into finishing the game, you will be filled with a full sense of accomplishment.
Then look at the game, look at it. Think hard about what the last 5-6 last years gave us, you'll understand the praise.
SecretMoblin
Member
The bigger bags are "rarer" items. You'll run out of inventory space for monster loot eventually, but it's good to keep ~5 of every item just in case it's needed for a quest down the line. Once you run out of space, which won't happen until much later in the game, it's probably best to sell the common drops first.
I am obviously going to finish the game since I am having a lot of fun with it, but honestly I have not enjoyed my 45 hours with the game thus far as much as I enjoyed stuff like Resonance of Fate or Last Remnant (which are probably my 2 favorite JRPGs this gen). Even if it pulls something crazy in the last part of the story I can't see my enjoyment of it eclipsing some other awesome games.
whalleywhat
Member
How do you do party commands on the CC? If I hold down L or R, I just cycle through targets.
My biggest mistake was actually doing the sidequests. It trivializes 3/4 of the game.
It's ZR i think. While ZL is for zooming the camera.
I'm lvl 39 and every monsters i come across are lvl 31-34. The only battles that are tough are the unique monsters, but even then its often not that hard.
Thats how RPGs should work though. If the game was balanced in mind with the player doing side quests and became extremely difficult without it then it would be come grindy since you can simply progress through the game at whatever pace you want, you have to stop and level up. And if you introduce scaling it really defeats the purpose of doing all the side stuff since the only reason to do kill quests is for level progression.
I would however hope there is some extremely difficult side content that is only possible when doing a good portion of other side quests. I can't confirm that exists since I'm only five hours in, but the roaming high level creatures seem to elude to that.
Agreed, but only to an extent. Just a few levels makes a HUGE difference in Xenosaga and it's very easy to overlevel even when you're kipping most of the quests. It could really stand a flat XP reduction across the board. (I had a nice Ocarina code for this but it didn't want to work in Dolphin so I gave up)
edit: Oh, you're not very far in the game. You'll find out soon, I guess.
Access the map from the X button menu instead of hitting select. It took me 20 hours to figure that out.
I know a lot of people don't bother checking out instruction manuals anymore, but the one for Xenoblade comes in handy since there's a lot of stuff to remember.
Classic controller party command orders require holding the ZR button while pressing up, down or right on the d-pad.
The Wii remote controls are Z+A, Z+B, and Z+ down on the d-pad.
Classic controller party command orders require holding the ZR button while pressing up, down or right on the d-pad.
The Wii remote controls are Z+A, Z+B, and Z+ down on the d-pad.
TDLink
Member
It is the leftmost option when you bring up the menu.
SecretMoblin
Member
It honestly never ceases to amaze me how far people can get without quick travel. It makes the game flow so much smoother when you know you have total freedom like that.
Note: you can also change the time of day!
Note: you can also change the time of day!
whalleywhat
Member
I checked the manual before I asked, but looking now, it's only under the controller diagrams. Under Battle: Basics, it only lists the Wiimote controls. So nyah.
It seems like affinity grows really slowly, is there some better way to raise it beyond just hitting the prompts in combat?
I just got through
and now storywise
I see in the achievements there's stuff tied to giving gifts, how is that done? Or is it a part of heart-to-hearts?
I just got through
Gaur Mines
I have Dunban, so a party member sits out. Then that means I can't raise their affinity? ;_;
I see in the achievements there's stuff tied to giving gifts, how is that done? Or is it a part of heart-to-hearts?
I wonder just how much the absense of knowing this has affected people's experience.
I knew you could quick travel. I didnt know you could do it from region to region.