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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Releases December 1st 2017
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CopperPuppy
Member
Ugh, I'm already nervous for NA preorders...
JershJopstin
Banned
Or just an actually pretty limited edition.
It'll sell well.
Just got my NA CE preorder in, but the fact that only Best Buy has it up makes me nervous they put them up before they got their allotment. Hopefully I'm nervous over nothing and it won't get cancelled.
Edit:
Here. GCU applies.
tonyh24613
Member
Looks great, hope they made a proper tutorial in game this time, so we don't need another XB2 direct to explain the whole battle system again.
Also Nia seems like the new Sharla, a healer that aggros too much at early game.
Also Nia seems like the new Sharla, a healer that aggros too much at early game.
Amazon will almost certainly sell out quick. Not sure if the prime savings apply since this is a collectors edition instead of a "special edition". No idea how that works now.
Aizo
Banned
I get you. For me, I felt like I was sitting in cute grandpa's charming countryside cabin and listening to a story. I won't be playing the game in English anyway, but I liked some of the voices more than a lot of other JRPGs English casts I've heard.
Stiler
Member
So, bit new to this series since I didn't own a Wii for the last game.
However I saw videos of the previous game and how amazing it looked with the flying mechanics and mechs, etc.
I know this one was coming for the Switch and I was looking forward to it after what I saw of the previous one.
However upon looking at videos and things for this one.....where are the flying mechs and things? Don't tell me that they are ditching what looked like the most fun aspect of the game and making it a more traditional jrpg?
However I saw videos of the previous game and how amazing it looked with the flying mechanics and mechs, etc.
I know this one was coming for the Switch and I was looking forward to it after what I saw of the previous one.
However upon looking at videos and things for this one.....where are the flying mechs and things? Don't tell me that they are ditching what looked like the most fun aspect of the game and making it a more traditional jrpg?
Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U (the one with the mechs) was a sort of spinoff. This is a sequel to the original Xenoblade Chronicles (the Wii one), which is closer in atmosphere and setting to what you see in this trailer.
They're all separate games even though they all have the "xenoblade" name.
There might be a couple of references to previous games but they're mostly just for fan service.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
The person in charge of the franchise considers Xenoblade and Xenoblade X to be separate series. Xenoblade 1 and 2 are more linear, story driven, and in more fantasy-based settings while X focuses more on open world exploration in a sci-fi setting with mechs.
Oh my god please
So 2017 back in January, Holiday 2017 back in June, and now December 1st less than three months away will not convince you?
Mercador
Member
Can I ? Sure, it would be nice, but it seems so fast considering the X release on WiiU. I won't be surprised if it is pushed back to Q2 2018. Well, we'll see.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
It looks so fucking good I'm finna cry
Yeah, holy shit.
I'm sure it'll be back up before long though. The same thing happened with Splatoon 2.
I think some of it is definitely down to how we process expectations of voices in our heads. The Xenoblade 2 voices just don't click for me at all. Every line feels like it's going for something and missing completely. I didn't even have issues with the Zelda voices at all, I liked what they did with it. So.... YMMV.
I'll avatar-bet you that it doesn't get delayed.
When you consider X released in Japan 2.5 years ago, it's not that short of a development. Plus we don't know how long it was in development during X.
X had them make an entirely new engine, which they're now reusing here along with other assets. Pretty big difference in development there.
During OT2 there will still be people uncertain!
Considering Monolithsoft is a ~100 person studio, and they worked on X and BotW at the same time, I would say the turnaround is very impressive for a RPG.
KZXcellent
Member
This better be the title, or something similar.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Just preordered the special edition its like X all over again, I love it
That's a good point, I forgot about the help on Zelda.
It's why everyone expected XC2 to be delayed. They do all this art work for other big games and just got off making a meaty RPG that itself was delayed.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Why does Nintendo insist on lying about Xenoblade 2's release date
Neoleo2143
Member
I'm really really happy it's indeed in 2017, guys we are in for a treat
I'm quite happy too. It's not every day a console gets a huge JRPG in the first year of its launch. The first year of the Switch is kinda nuts.
Why won't they finally fess up about releasing Splatoon HD mistakenly as Splatoon 2?
No ARMS love? :-/
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 |OT| Why is NeoGaf lying about this game's release date?
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
To be fair though, a lot of people are comparing when XCX released outside of Japan (December 2015) to now, when really we should be thinking about when XCX released in Japan (April 2015) to now. It's not two years, it'll have been a good two and a half years, actually a bit more than that since it went gold.
Oh Q2 even, is that so. Hahaha.
2017 has always seemed logical when you consider that this doesn't seem like a technological leap like Xenoblade and Xenoblade X were. It's much less ambitious in that regard.
That's not to downplay how great they are. The fact that this is releasing this year is a testament to their skill.
That's not to downplay how great they are. The fact that this is releasing this year is a testament to their skill.
Really has to be something along these lines.
AAA RPGS take at least three years. Even if you consider this AA+ or something like that (which is fair) two and a half years is a great turn around. It's going to take Atlus 6 years to do Persona 6.
Cow Mengde
Banned
That music!!!
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Yes the two and a half year turnaround is amazing, especially considering Monolith's quality being up there with the best in the business. I'd say it's AA but really the only AAA JRPG's in the budget sense come out of Square Enix (and maybe Ni No Kuni from Bamco). So for what it is compared to a Tales game, it's pretty amazing.
But this 2 1/2 year timeframe couldn't have happened without the work they put in making the engine for XCX. Looks like they have a great engine for HD assets.
That said...more time put into making games is always good, so it's not like I'm amazingly thrilled that this took less time than XCX. I didn't even run into a single glitch while playing XCX, the polish showed there. Long waits for games are good if the extra time goes to improving the game.
archreaper93
Member
Fresh crow here!
Come get your fresh crow here!
Come get your fresh crow here!
Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced June 2013.
malikhaing_bayag
Member
I said this before in the direct thread but wow, Nintendo went from hiding Monado from the E3 press site to featuring this in one of their biggest directs of the year. Too bad the narration is quite a miss.
And there are still some people doubting the release date??
And there are still some people doubting the release date??