As mentioned above, that's why appreciating the beauty can be hard because uh oh here comes company
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Monolith Soft has some of the best world art design in gaming
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As mentioned above, that's why appreciating the beauty can be hard because uh oh here comes company
I remember the first time I went to this lake area in one of the zones and there was this huge structure in the middle. I was curious about it so I started going towards it. The bastard changed into some huge ass monster and started chasing me. Freaked the crap out of me and I ran like hell. Gotta be careful out there or you'll end up dead...many times over. That game just made me more paranoid about exploring the place. Heh, heh.
The best part about that is when you come back later on in a skell and try to fight it, he's got a couple more nasty surprises waiting for you.
Having built-in reflect on every element is so mean.
This. Don't waste your energy on him. He is a known troll on GameFAQs.
I agree! Before release I was worried that "only" five regions would make for a limited amount of environments (compared to XB) but the exploration trailer and the game itself proved how wrong I was.
Regarding the characters... I have mixed feelings about the models. Some of them are pretty great, but others not so much. There is a scene at the last chapter, with Doug laughing in a way in which his face was REALLY creepy... but then you have others like Hope, Elma or Vandham...
Anyways, when you look at the original designs they are normally good. I mean, I would have loved an Irina 3D model more faithful to the original design:
So you can say that the designer isn't bad, but something happens in the transition from the art to the game.
PS: I'm not sure how the scans guidelines of the site apply in this case, if this isn't allowed please tell me and I will remove the image inmediately.
Regarding the characters... I have mixed feelings about the models. Some of them are pretty great, but others not so much. There is a scene at the last chapter, with Doug laughing in a way in which his face was REALLY creepy... but then you have others like Hope, Elma or Vandham...
Anyways, when you look at the original designs they are normally good. I mean, I would have loved an Irina 3D model more faithful to the original design:
So you can say that the designer isn't bad, but something happens in the transition from the art to the game.
PS: I'm not sure how the scans guidelines of the site apply in this case, if this isn't allowed please tell me and I will remove the image inmediately.
The unfortunate truth. There is so much more about Mira that needs to be explored in a sequel or expansion.
Can we get an open-world disaster game?
No because the whole point of Disaster was to rescue people from specific disasters, not to run around saving everyone in a city. Shit would get tedious fast without super powers.
Otakumegane
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Wait that was the original irina?
That's like a perfectly designed Cindy. Why the hell didn't we get this instead.
... It totally is.
Thanks for this. Now whenever people talk about alternatives to Cindy's design, this is going to be in the forefront of my mind.
Xenoblade Chronicles had a pretty awesome story, I thought.
And I think the character DESIGNS are fine.
It's the character MODELS that have always suffered.
And that's been true since at least Xenosaga. I remember those models being rather off-putting as well.
Wolfgang Jr
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So true. The animation is really poor.
Xenoblade Chronicles had a pretty awesome story, I thought.
And I think the character DESIGNS are fine.
It's the character MODELS that have always suffered.
And that's been true since at least Xenosaga. I remember those models being rather off-putting as well.
Yeah, they've been struggling with models for a long time now. Didn't Xenosaga go through three different model changes over the course of the three games?
Yeah, they had a major identity crisis throughout the series. Part 2 went into a substantially less stylized direction for the characters, while part 3 tried to split the difference between parts 1 and 2.
I don't think the models are all that great in terms of translating the art either (though for what it's worth, I do think the original game's characters did end up a lot less uncanny in the face department than X despite being low-detail, the beta image you posted is a lot worse than the final game), but the designs themselves haven't been great. Xenoblade's armour is among the ugliest I've ever seen in a game.
X isn't perfect, but that was an area it improved on considerably - especially with the addition of cosmetic and casual gear. I'd have liked the characters to have also gotten some more distinctive default designs, but the humanoid aliens generally made up for that; with designs much stronger than those of the first game's
Machina
Yeah. Episode 2 tried to go far more realistic due to the backlash of the originals.
I honestly thought Episode 3 was the perfect, happy medium of styles.
I feel the animation for people and cutscenes was a budget constraint. The beasts around Mira are largely fine though. It's a very large open world teeming with life all over the place and lots of variation in landscape and objects that reduce the patterned look you see from textures. I can't imagine all the money and work they had to put into it. I think Iwata even commented on the budget before in an Iwata asks as well.
I like to think that Mira is a character just as much as everyone else in the game. It's unique with a lot of personality and memorable places to visit.
The first game kept suprising me of the scale time and time again.
About Xenoblade X (major plot spoilers kinda
About Xenoblade X (major plot spoilers kinda
I felt was small, but when realizing the whole setting was just a according to what I've heard(game lenght) about 600h prologue, I can see this going many more interesting ways in the sequel, but its kinda hard to keep investing in the game after the main story and a little bit more imo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Another reason Im so incredibly hyped for Zelda. That scale is going to do that game wonders.. imagine walking up on a huge waterfall like in X but in Zelda with that style. Will look amazing!
efyu_lemonardo
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Superpowers it is then. I'd play it!
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