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[Drilbit777]

English interface and Japanese voices?

The dub is probably not finished yet so maybe we're getting dual audio?

 

[freeofgreed]

So this is linear again, right?

What do you mean by linear?

 

[DangerMouse]

LOL her entire back is open.

My prediction was right. Game takes place on backs of giant monsters.

Yep, cool they're keeping that.

 

[Falchion]

I'll take a wait and see approach on this one.

 

[KingSnake]

What do you mean by linear?

You go along a "path" as the game progresses. Not open world like Xeno X.

 

[cryptosporidium]

Theyre playing it on treehouse, the battle sound effects dont sound too hot

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Aaaaaaaaaaand it looks incredible. Day one for me.

 

[wmlk]

Nomura did the best design in the game. He's miles beyond the actual character designer.

 

[Mcdohl]

Is the girl really wearing a thong?

Ugh.

Hopefully I don't raise too many eyebrows when playing on the bus.

 

[Famassu]

Nomura only did one character design, and we have no idea which one it is.

Oh, I got the impression it was the main character from some of the comments here.

Nomura did the best design in the game. He's miles beyond the actual character designer.

Which one is it? Do we know or do we not know who he designed?

 

[Takat]

Weird, they just said in tree house live that they are still polishing the graphics of the game.

First time I think I heard Nintendo talking about stuff like that.

 

[freeofgreed]

Can swap out blades/partners. Awesome.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

First disappointing thing is that the creatures in the world are the same as the Xenoblade Chronicles ones instead of the amazing XCX ones.

 

[aravuus]

Main menu.

Main menu design gives me the vibe that your "party" will always be just the teen boy with his blaifu? Surely you'll be running around with a real party for most of the game, right?`

I'm really glad to see that they finally managed to make the combat a bit weightier. Auto-attack hits really feel like hits. Not sure about the art streamlining, hope they haven't taken character progression to the other extreme from XBX's millions of things to level up and collect. I love that kinda stuff.

 

[YuriLowell]

Is the girl really wearing a thong?

Ugh.

Hopefully I don't raise too many eyebrows when playing on the bus.

She looks like shes 12.

 

[CheckMate]

I still can't believe this game is coming out this year.

Probably gonna be a ~25 hours story to beat.

 

[whyamihere]

It looks fucking incredible

 

[Sophia]

Can swap out blades/partners. Awesome.

I suspected as much earlier. Glad to see I was right.

The whole blade system sounds like the Einherjar system from Valkyrie Profile 2.

 

[Jencks]

Gameplay looks really really good

 

[Beth Cyra]

As much as I dislike he Xeno franchise im in for the Nomura character.

Get comfy Nomura you can do great stuff with Nintendo when you get sick of Square's shit.

 

[freeofgreed]

First disappointing thing is that the creatures in the world are the same as the Xenoblade Chronicles ones instead of the amazing XCX ones.

This is the opening area. They'll most definitely be huge enemies.

 

[freeofgreed]

I suspected as much earlier. Glad to see I was right.

The whole blade system sounds like the Einherjar system from Valkyrie Profile 2.

Looking at the menu it looks like they'll be dozens of blades to choose from.

 

[Kyuur]

This looks way better in gameplay than the trailer did. They need to fire whoever put that trailer together :lol:

 

[nightopian]

Game looks great. Hoping it makes it out in 2017.

 

[rhandino]

Is the girl really wearing a thong?

Ugh.

Hopefully I don't raise too many eyebrows when playing on the bus.

Looks like part of her shorts but made it look like a thong because lol

 

[Stone Ocean]

Main menu design gives me the vibe that your "party" will always be just the teen boy with his blaifu? Surely you'll be running around with a real party for most of the game, right?`

They've already shown party members

 

[Iva Demilcol]

This is the opening area. They'll most definitely be huge enemies.

I didn't mean size, the monsters itself are not as cool as the ones from XCX.

In the other hand having Blade characters is great.

 

[Shahadan]

Press A to Chill

 

[Sophia]

Looking at the menu it looks like they'll be dozens of blades to choose from.

Yup. It looks incredible.

Also, doood. Multiple types of weapons. <3

 

[moustascheman]

Break --> Topple --> Daze is back!

 

[Data West]

literally the worst character designs I've seen since Star Ocean: Last Hope

 

[Hybrid897]

Kinda strange how the blades are just standing there behind two of the characters...?

 

[freeofgreed]

Main menu design gives me the vibe that your "party" will always be just the teen boy with his blaifu? Surely you'll be running around with a real party for most of the game, right?`

I'm really glad to see that they finally managed to make the combat a bit weightier. Auto-attack hits really feel like hits. Not sure about the art streamlining, hope they haven't taken character progression to the other extreme from XBX's millions of things to level up and collect. I love that kinda stuff.

There's 6 characters on screen now. Looks like your party members get their own blades as well. Hopefully you can still switch who you control.

 

[Jarmel]

This user interface is a mess.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I can already see this showing up in every worst character designs ever thread.

 

[freeofgreed]

This user interface is a mess.

Really? I think it looks much better than past entries.

 

[moustascheman]

It seems like Blade switching and abilities seems to have replaced talent arts.
RIP my hopes for a character who plays like Melia.

 

[aravuus]

They've already shown party members

Yeah, literally just saw them myself lol. I'm a couple of minutes late on the stream.

Thank god. Gameplay itself looks great, now they just gotta put my character customization/progression concerns to rest and I can go to bed.

 

[Cathcart]

So this is linear again, right?

What do you mean by linear?

Also what do you mean by again?

 

[gdt]

Damn those tiddys aren't playing around.


They look like a joke lmao

 

[papercan55]

can i change the voices in this game?
The english voice for the boy sounded awful.

 

[GreenMakoEyes]

not a fan of the character design, world looks breathtaking though.

 

[WrenchNinja]

I'm glad to eat crow on the release date. Really didn't seem believable but they proved me wrong.

 

[Lunar15]

Everything looks great except for the characters. They don't even look like they fit the world.

 

[Crimsonsky]

Looks great. Hard to believe it'll release this year though.

 

[Beth Cyra]

I can already see this showing up in every worst character designs ever thread.

Fucking hell this is bad.

At times I hate being such a Nomura fan girl that I gotta buy all his shit.

 

[Neoleo2143]

The Auto Attack Changes sound quite Intelligent.

 

[freeofgreed]

Yeah, literally just saw them myself lol. I'm a couple of minutes late on the stream.

Thank god. Gameplay itself looks great, now they just gotta put my character customization/progression concerns to rest and I can go to bed.

They showed a bit of the customization earlier. Doesn't look like you'll be disappointed. Just with the blade stuff alone it looks like there's a shit customization.

 

[ShroudOfFate]

Combat looks like it has much better feedback than Chronicles 1 or X, and the Blade system seems super cool.

This game is everything I wanted the sequel to be minus the character designs, but they're growing on me already.

 

[whyamihere]

This user interface is a mess.

This is the best that a Xenoblade interface has looked!