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Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Arrives May 29. New Epilogue "Future Connected"
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ValiantTraveler
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Reyn gonna ALLEY OOP while Fiora presses on and on and ON!
The UI and backgrounds are gorgeous, the faces of the characters not so much. I prefer the more grounded look of the original, but that’s the only thing I dislike about this remake.
With this and Bravely Default II, the Switch is adding two solid JRPGs to its catalogue.
Windows-PC
Banned
I will definitely get the Limited Edition for my Video Game Collection 
HaveButOneLife
Banned
Don't let competence change its meaning, remasters have become nothing more than higher frame rates and up-res ports, this is how they should be. Remakes usually have a different approach to gameplay and such, so I'd say it's like Crash and Spyro, graphical reworks with the original gameplay intact.
But it definitely looks way better than the original, reminded me of XB2's graphics.
Danjin44
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It should, XCDE is using same engine as the Torna the Golden Country which it upgrade version of XC2’s engine.
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Andyliini
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It's a shame Nintendo & Co never really gives names to their engines. Torna Engine sounds cool.
blackjon24
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Finally the xenolade game i wanted to play is on the system and looking real good
Velius
Banned
I still have the Wii version. Two things I just couldn't get past:
1) The character models. I'm sorry but they were awful. I'm not saying the character design was- I love the new remastered versions. But damn those old models were ugly, especially compared to The Last Story's.
2) The constant dialogue during battle. Jesus christ I hope they tone that down
1) The character models. I'm sorry but they were awful. I'm not saying the character design was- I love the new remastered versions. But damn those old models were ugly, especially compared to The Last Story's.
2) The constant dialogue during battle. Jesus christ I hope they tone that down
yet_another_alt
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Funny, I wish they'd add more.
Smiles and Cries
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That game was a dream to play back then, I remember 100% it every collectable thing... man
I need a memory wipe so I can go at it again not that I remember ever corner but still I wish I did not know the fragments
if the shoulder is only accessible in the epilogue I'll be heartbroken I want the cut content in my journey not after with girl number 2
I need a memory wipe so I can go at it again not that I remember ever corner but still I wish I did not know the fragments
if the shoulder is only accessible in the epilogue I'll be heartbroken I want the cut content in my journey not after with girl number 2
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Shaqazooloo
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Will be my first time playing. Thank God I didn't bite on the 3DS version.
BusierDonkey
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"I'm really feeling it!"
I almost didn't play this game despite being a huge fan of JRPGs, it looked rough on the Wii and I was already looking at other games. I still remembered the excellent field trailer from before launch and my younger brother sang it's praises when he played it. I'm so glad I did play it. It's one of my favorite JRPGs, and I absolutely loved XCX and XC2/Torna. Figuring out how all the Monolithsoft games tie into each other going all the way back to Xenogears and Xenosaga (which ties to Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2 in many ways) and Baten Kaitos on Gamecube (which ties to Xenoblade Chronicles X, namely a floating land called Mira which defies the rules of space and time, phasing between multiple dimensions, similar to the odd behavior of the planet in XCX) has been really interesting as well. This remaster was a day-one sale for me.
Now get XCX working on the Switch, and make XCX2.
On that note get working on XC3 too,
I could play a Monolithsoft game every year.
With our luck it will be. Canada + hobbies = struggle getting shit a lot of the time without either paying through the nose locally, paying brokerage through the US, or jumping through hoops setting up a proxy address. I collect and build Gundam kits, it can be frustrating to find rare ones without accepting that I'm going to pay extra for them. It's usually faster and easier to just buy them from Japan, pay more for shipping and wait a month to get it.
This special edition will be sold out online in .005 seconds anyways. I'll do what I can but I don't have my hopes up.
I almost didn't play this game despite being a huge fan of JRPGs, it looked rough on the Wii and I was already looking at other games. I still remembered the excellent field trailer from before launch and my younger brother sang it's praises when he played it. I'm so glad I did play it. It's one of my favorite JRPGs, and I absolutely loved XCX and XC2/Torna. Figuring out how all the Monolithsoft games tie into each other going all the way back to Xenogears and Xenosaga (which ties to Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2 in many ways) and Baten Kaitos on Gamecube (which ties to Xenoblade Chronicles X, namely a floating land called Mira which defies the rules of space and time, phasing between multiple dimensions, similar to the odd behavior of the planet in XCX) has been really interesting as well. This remaster was a day-one sale for me.
Now get XCX working on the Switch, and make XCX2.
On that note get working on XC3 too,
I want to see the world post-cloud layer and how things progress after the space elevator collapsed and the Orbital Platform 1 was destroyed. There are other space elevators with massive attached orbital platforms in the world as seen in XC2 on Orbital Platform 1. If you look at the road signs on the highway in the Land of Morytha, and google the number, you'll discover that it's a highway near Houston, Texas (which also explains why people of Alrest think Dhalia's southern drawl sounds like a "Fancy ancient Morithian accent" as she sounds like the ancient humans from the southen US, AKA The Land of Morytha.) It would make sense that the first orbital platform would be based out of Houston, and I like to imagine that other orbital platforms that weren't at the epicenter of Klaus' accident may not have suffered the same fate and other humans might have survived in them all this time. I would assume other nations in line with the orbital ring connecting the platforms would have their own elevators leading to the other platforms. I have a notepad full of theories on Monolithsoft's games.
With our luck it will be. Canada + hobbies = struggle getting shit a lot of the time without either paying through the nose locally, paying brokerage through the US, or jumping through hoops setting up a proxy address. I collect and build Gundam kits, it can be frustrating to find rare ones without accepting that I'm going to pay extra for them. It's usually faster and easier to just buy them from Japan, pay more for shipping and wait a month to get it.
This special edition will be sold out online in .005 seconds anyways. I'll do what I can but I don't have my hopes up.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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I'm all over this
Once I've replayed it I will start Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for the first time as well.
Hey, do you think they will remove the girl's swimsuits and leave the guy's swimsuits in? That sounds like a thing that would happen in this day and age. They might even do that in the Japanese version like with Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Or maybe it won't be a thing at all?
Game looks amazing. See at 2:57 where they were showing Shulk, Reyn and Riki getting their gear equipped, user interface looks very clear and pretty.
Collector's editon looks dope, but I probably won't even try to get it, lol
Once I've replayed it I will start Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for the first time as well.
Hey, do you think they will remove the girl's swimsuits and leave the guy's swimsuits in? That sounds like a thing that would happen in this day and age. They might even do that in the Japanese version like with Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Or maybe it won't be a thing at all?
Game looks amazing. See at 2:57 where they were showing Shulk, Reyn and Riki getting their gear equipped, user interface looks very clear and pretty.
Collector's editon looks dope, but I probably won't even try to get it, lol
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Naibel
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Finally ! Looking forward to this beauty. I already played this game on the 3DS but I'm ready to play it again ! It's that good !
What I'm also looking forward is the resolution. XC2 was graphically impressive but pretty subpar resolution-wise, especially on portable mode. I hope they've improved on that front, now that they've got a better understanding of the hardware.
What I'm also looking forward is the resolution. XC2 was graphically impressive but pretty subpar resolution-wise, especially on portable mode. I hope they've improved on that front, now that they've got a better understanding of the hardware.
HaveButOneLife
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Hnm, cool, I figured they were, just didn't know for certain.
IbizaPocholo
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German Hops
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Ach, now I have to buy a Switch
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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i hope so...
EightBit Man
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I'm not really a big fan of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but can't deny that I really liked the stylistic aspect of the game's visuals. It is one of the game's strongest points. Both games look amazing in their own right I think.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
This'll be the fourth time buying it. No regrets.
EightBit Man
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You'll be in for a treat. Believe me, that's an understatement.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Good luck with that! The damn things are out of stock everywhere! :/
German Hops
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Well, I guess I'll have to switch my plans. (get it?)
Manji Uzuki
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I missed the original release of this game (I really disliked the Wii controller for RPGs) but I'm a big fan of Monolithsoft games . So really looking forward to this one and then maybe jump to XC2. Now nintendo should port XCX and we can have the complete saga on Switch
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EightBit Man
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A lot of the music has been touched:
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Holy shit, 90+? I was thinking it'd be like.... 5. Well, that's cool. Loved the remastered Gaur Plains theme.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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Really?
Bigrx1
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So Xenosaga is my favorite video game series ever but I actually never tried these. Can anyone clarify for me are any of these other Xenoblade Chronicles games tied in together or are they all separate stories and so forth? I thought I heard years ago they just added the Xeno title to the west to help sell it and that it really isn't at all connected with the original Xenosaga series?
Danjin44
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Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I wonder if they've done anything to tighten up the battle mechanics beyond the presentation/menus, that would be nice.
All stand alone really but XC2 does tie to 1, but I think it does so in a way that it doesn't matter which one you play first (or if you just play one of them in that case).
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gtrwll
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I wish they'd use proper terms for the music. Remastered means working with the original mixes and doing a new master, but the new stuff that's posted sounds like rerecorded, either with live instruments or new samples.
I really hope they've rerecorded them all, since the OST for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is probably the best ever done, and the old samples that the original XC used aren't nowhere near as good sounding as the music in XC2.
I really hope they've rerecorded them all, since the OST for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is probably the best ever done, and the old samples that the original XC used aren't nowhere near as good sounding as the music in XC2.
EightBit Man
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The official Xenoblade soundtrack has a 91 number of tracks it seems. They have redone all of the tracks I guess. I agree with the issue of used terminology; it is technically an arranged one.
Atleast I got a definitive edition pretty order in at Amazon yesterday.
I haven't touched my switch since I finished links awakening. So this will give me a reason to fire the bitch up and make that system feel a bit less like a waste of money.
Although I fucking hate that north America gets shafted compared to Europe everytime there is a collector's edition. We get a bulshit mini book of some sort, a box and Europe gets way cooler shit. Oh well not that it matters, I'll play this and my switch will go back into hibernation for another 8 or 9 months till something else comes out I want to play on it.
I haven't touched my switch since I finished links awakening. So this will give me a reason to fire the bitch up and make that system feel a bit less like a waste of money.
Although I fucking hate that north America gets shafted compared to Europe everytime there is a collector's edition. We get a bulshit mini book of some sort, a box and Europe gets way cooler shit. Oh well not that it matters, I'll play this and my switch will go back into hibernation for another 8 or 9 months till something else comes out I want to play on it.
EightBit Man
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More screenshots of the game:
EightBit Man
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UltimaKilo
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This game was a masterpiece; far better than XC2, which was no slouch.
I hope that for XC3 they go back to this style.
I hope that for XC3 they go back to this style.
EightBit Man
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nicktwilight
Neo Member
I hope they add some options so that you can change the battle ui or the hud.It always seemed to me that too many information was on screen at the same time.The game and its world is beautifull so let us see it without all this stuff keeping it hidden from our eyes.
Danjin44
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They vastly improved the UI.
nicktwilight
Neo Member
Yes they seem to be on the right track.It still seems a bit cluttered to me though.