Well, you know it's a Xenoblade game for sure. Chatty party members in combat is about as much a hallmark of the series as stunning vistas, Nopon and level "you're already dead" enemies in the first area roaming about.
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Xenoblade 2 official Japanese twitter account and website thread
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Well, you know it's a Xenoblade game for sure. Chatty party members in combat is about as much a hallmark of the series as stunning vistas, Nopon and level "you're already dead" enemies in the first area roaming about.
tonyh24613
Member
That's an unique monster IIRC.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
I wish this could "switch" release dates with Mario. I'm ready......I been ready to play.
DangerMouse
Member
More music, atmosphere, and environments looking so good. The wait's getting rough!
Yeah. I remember that being mentioned as well.
Agreed.
Overall I really liked the music. Yeah a couple of tracks could have been placed better by the sound director or updated for new ones more over time, but there's a lot of amazing tracks.
Yeah. I remember that being mentioned as well.
Agreed.
Overall I really liked the music. Yeah a couple of tracks could have been placed better by the sound director or updated for new ones more over time, but there's a lot of amazing tracks.
James Scott
Banned
He spend about an hour of XC2. Walked through the belly of the titan level and one of the towns.
"What I played was amazing"
"I loved what I played"
Mentions a concern about the UI being cluttered, but they didn't play with the simplified UI option.
I wonder how the game will turn out. I imagine it's not going to sell well since Nintendo doesn't seem to know how to sell it.
It's going to need stellar word of mouth/reviews which I'm not entirely sure it'll get just yet.
"What I played was amazing"
"I loved what I played"
Mentions a concern about the UI being cluttered, but they didn't play with the simplified UI option.
I wonder how the game will turn out. I imagine it's not going to sell well since Nintendo doesn't seem to know how to sell it.
It's going to need stellar word of mouth/reviews which I'm not entirely sure it'll get just yet.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
oh snap
I thought Xeno X already had tons of Kaijuu lol.
These games are usually chatty, but goddamn, that second clip is just taking the piss.
Also, love that Nomura character scan on the last page. Those thick outlines...
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
For a sec i thought it was rogersbase and was like dude, he's really blowing up lol
ChasingComets
Member
Of course they would get Cloud to voice the Nomura-designed Cloud-esque character.
DangerMouse
Member
James Scott
Banned
...it is him, though?
Neoleo2143
Member
Glad to see so few trash mobs in this area. Enemies are more than capable of killing you. Just gotta build your blades properly and combo them well and manage the mass of information while timing everything well. The Town looks great too which seems to be a trend here. The secrets looked great. Jumping seems a bit fiddly without grabbing ledges.
It really looks like they took the lessons from Xenoblade X, the lessons from the original and combined them both here.
And god is Uraya and Fonsa Myma's day and night themes so good.
Plus now that I'm hearing the voices, they're growing on me which is good. It's adorable that Poppi has a monotone voice with the speech pattern of a Nopon.
It really looks like they took the lessons from Xenoblade X, the lessons from the original and combined them both here.
And god is Uraya and Fonsa Myma's day and night themes so good.
Plus now that I'm hearing the voices, they're growing on me which is good. It's adorable that Poppi has a monotone voice with the speech pattern of a Nopon.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
He has a second channel with such a generic name?
Man this game looks visually so attractive. I hope the combat lives up to the franchise name. I've been, not worried, but maybe....interested?....in some of the videos I've seen so far and it has me wondering.
Hopefully I have time to try this game out before the end of the year. Such a crowded few months for gaming.
Hopefully I have time to try this game out before the end of the year. Such a crowded few months for gaming.
James Scott
Banned
He had too for income stuff because of YouTube's policy on what is ad friendly or not.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Man he really is,and i knew all that for a while now, he should probably change the name to somethjng likes rogersgameplay or something to better connect it and get his fans to also subscribe
Damn, this game looks great visually. Everyone who said this game looked bad graphically has it wrong. And yep, this definitely looks like a Xenoblade game. Can't wait to play this, this area in particular looks great at nighttime.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
i see, and that video james posted has even more xenoblade gameplay
James Scott
Banned
Yep, looks really nice. The rendering and shading on the enemies and characters is a big step up from the first two and the lighting in the environments and colors are a nice step up from X which had baked lighting and dull colors.
Hoping for a late resolution bump like Odyssey.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I really loved how much more involved the town is, speaking of which, since previews are coming out, shouldnt we make a thread for it?
whyamihere
Banned
Probably.
James Scott
Banned
I've only seen Roger's.
Maybe wait for 1 or two more.
Really nice to hear those pieces without chatter. Shame about the voice acting, though.
Smiles and Cries
Member
am I seeing fall damage in these videos?
Yes it's back.
Uukhhhh.
Smiles and Cries
Member
guess we are human again and not robots that could deal with falls
I still like to explore the highest points on maps for the views
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We can still do that. Just be careful not to fall to the ground.
CGiRanger
Banned
Hmm, well visually the game looks so much improved over the course of the year. Anyone who thinks this game looks worse than the previous installments needs to get their eyes checked.
As for the voices, they sound fine to me. The only one who I guess could start to get annoying is Tora's (his "Spiniiiiing Cutterrrr!" for instance is highly repetetive), which I guess makes sense given that seems to be the main trait of Nopon characters (yes, I thought Riki got annoying too at times).
My one big pet peeve is that they seem to have indeed changed the unique monster music. I much preferred the previous version that was heard at Gamescom, which I felt was more energetic and felt like a good successor to "You will know our Names". The current music sounds subdued in comparison.
foxuzamaki
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For what it's worth, to me at least it feels like fall damage is more forgiving this time around, in the demo they are like level 17 or so? So by late game YOU should be able to jump off airplanes and still survive.
RampagingSoul
Member
That footage looked good and the music sounds amazing! This is definitely a Xenoblade game alright by the chatty battles (for better or worse), outstanding music and great looking vistas.
Can't wait for this game!
Can't wait for this game!
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
God yes or else it ain't my xenoblade
We had some out-of-context parts of cutscenes on the last E3 trailer. We'll probably see a bit more but that will probably of the same format.
RampagingSoul
Member
For better or worse.
I actually enjoyed the banter, but I can see others hating it easilyI was more saying that battles with a bunch of banter and chatting are well known to be in Xenoblade games. That's why certain lines from past games (mostly Xenoblade Chronicles) became memes like "Reyn Time" and such.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Xenoblade got even more popular at least online because its chattiness made it into a meme
yeah that's why I said start to finish.
Just to see an average not major cutscene. Xeno X's basic cutscenes were static at times. In a jrpg you're always going to have them, but still.
Darn, almost forget how colourful XCX combat was LOL