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Xenoblade Chronicles X: big website update (chara. creation, field, new music)
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I imagine so. I hope you get your own house. That would be sweet.
Third-Drifter
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1st post ever on GAF.
Currently this is my most anticipated game for 2015. I put over 190 hours into the original and seeing how X is receiving more attention is great. The artistry of the environment is jaw dropping and far makes up for the technical limitations.
The translations are very welcome. Although I also wonder if the MC will be silent or not, I trust that Monolith knows what they are doing. I hate to bring it up again, but if the faces are the only thing that will keep some from picking this up they have shoddy priorities.
Currently this is my most anticipated game for 2015. I put over 190 hours into the original and seeing how X is receiving more attention is great. The artistry of the environment is jaw dropping and far makes up for the technical limitations.
The translations are very welcome. Although I also wonder if the MC will be silent or not, I trust that Monolith knows what they are doing. I hate to bring it up again, but if the faces are the only thing that will keep some from picking this up they have shoddy priorities.
Third-Drifter
Neo Member
NLA is the new Colony 6!
Welcome to gaf and this is the first game in at least 4 or 5 years that has me legitimately hyped so I agree it's my current most anticipated game.
Yas, welcome to GAF!
And yes, apparently the protagonist will be silent and the voice selection will be mostly for battle grunts BUT I would like conversation options.
Lol that boob slider is great, I was expecting weight and then only the boobs changed. Hope they patch in a bulge slider too. I want my guy to be packing.
bobbychalkers
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If my extremely limited Japanese vocabulary means anything, Kizunagram is the list of NPC bonds.Screencaps from the translation video.
That's the thing. No need for that slider, it would always be max for everyone.
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
Seemed fairly obvious to me seeing the huge digital percentage sign along with the fact that NLA is only partially complete and that a big part of your quest is recovering pods with survivors in them
Third-Drifter
Neo Member
Thanks for the welcomes!
TBH, I don't think I mind that there is a character creator. With the depth it's hinting at, it seems I'm going to be experimenting in there for at least half an hour. I teased my girlfriend that I was going to create her so that she could go around packing military rifles and ride in a robot, hehe.
She was not amused...
TBH, I don't think I mind that there is a character creator. With the depth it's hinting at, it seems I'm going to be experimenting in there for at least half an hour. I teased my girlfriend that I was going to create her so that she could go around packing military rifles and ride in a robot, hehe.
She was not amused...
So "Social" could be the online stuff then?
Welcome to the Xenohype!
My opinion is that the character creator is actually reasonably limited. Though some of us believe that the dozen or so face options are presets you can tweak, I think they're more like a base for minor changes. You can change the hair style and some eye texture/make-up options, but there doesn't seem to be any way of adjusting eye size, position, nose, etc.
So the face geometry you choose in the first option can't be adjusted. And it also looks like everyone is more or less model figure. No fatties.
Orakio Rob
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Those screencaps with English text are making me dream...
Said the same thing a page or two back. I love how it leads you to your waypoint without the need to add more to your UI with a spinning arrow.
Sable~Knight
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They look way better, but some have flat smooth female faces, and combined with Tanaka's style it looks a little weird. Have you checked out Elma? Her armour is pretty hot, and well designed. Her pointy toe armour boot heels are kind of weird, but they're kind of cool by the same token. Lol, she's pretty amazing, and the only thing I can hold against her is her skin is flawlessly smooth.
Welcome Welcome! You will be a full member in no time just like me from a few months. But yes this is a GOTY game for me this year!
Welcom! I'm as excited as you with this game and can't wait for an official release date for us EU mortals.
I'm not just talking about our character, just the overall feel about them. I mean, look at this.
The characters look like they are from a damn PS2 game.
I'm trying not to judge based on what I've seen. I'm really hoping they look better in the game. If not, it's a major disappointment to me because we'll be spending a lot of time looking at these characters.
Samurai_Heart
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Should probably use a proper PS2 image instead of an "HD" emulation the image below is probably a much better representation =/
Or:
Or:
Should probably use a proper PS2 image instead of an "HD" emulationm the image below is probably a much better representation =/
Or:
I literally just googled "rabanastre ffxii" to find that image. Didn't realize it was an emulated version. But still, you can't tell me that those models are all the Wii U is capable of.
The problem (for me) is that I've seen what the Wii U is capable and it's frustrating to see them come out with those models which people are just going to shit all over and disregard the game because of. There's already articles on the web saying how bad they look and the game isn't even out yet. People always talk shit about the Wii U because it can't do "nextgen" graphics and it is answered with that? It's disappointing.
StreetsAhead
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It literally is Colony 6+. You're finding Life Pods to 'rescue' people in stasis that will grow your population and the data probes can gather resources to, presumably, help expand the city. You can see in some shots that roads and things just stop and/or have cranes working on them.
Yep, that's it.
That would be my guess, yes.
threelights
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Currently playing FFXII on an emulator with downgraded quality over the PS2 original (I don't even think my laptop can do much better), and yes, it aged wonderfully.
With the art direction this game (XCX) has, I wouldn't even complain if the rest looked like a PS2 game too.
Pellegri Testament
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Who cares? If you haven't noticed, quite a few sites out there only give a shit if your game is ps4/xbox/high end pc and if it's not then they'll gut it for not being on any of those. Most of those articles are done by sites that hate the WiiU in general, and outside of Smash of Zelda, aren't about to praise the visuals in a game that is clearly pushing the hardware, just because it's a jrpg that isn't called Final Fantasy.
Best advice, stop creating your opinion of a game based on which sites shit on it. Look at and play the game yourself to find out whether it's worth mentioning, don't base everything off reviewers who wouldn't care anyway because it's not on the highest end system.
pinkurocket
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Uhm, these designs aren't designed to be 'next-gen' models where you can see every pore of the face like some Naughty Dog title. This game sticks to an artstyle and isn't trying to push the limits, it simply does what it does...
The 3D models are 3D representations of the designer's Kunihiko Tanaka vision. Lots of people don't like the look in 3D, but the point is that these models don't look like that due to the Wii U not being able to present a 'next-gen' face, it's because of an artistic choice.
Anyway, woah an autorun button!
I care. I want this game to succeed. I'm not basing my opinion on what an article tells me. I'm looking at the footage myself and seeing crappy character models. I don't have an expert eye for any of this stuff, which should be obvious by how I couldn't tell that FFXII pic I posted was a HD emulation and not the real thing. I'm just calling it how I see it. It's frustrating when I tell my friends about how awesome this game is going to be and show them a trailer just to have them laugh at how dumb the red headed guy looks. Even when I'm like "oh but you can customize that one however you want" they're still like "if so then why are they promoting the game with such an ugly fool?"
I'll play it when it's out. And I really hope that the models don't clash with the artstyle of the game as much as I've seen so far. And no, I don't want the character models to look like a PS4 game. I want them to look like a fucking Wii U game.
Smoothice65
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Reminds me of Zelda U, just sit back relax and enjoy the environment while the CPU is automatically gets you to your quest destination.
Looks like they really optimized the quest process.
THIS game just seems to get better and better.
pinkurocket
Member
Just don't fixate so much on those faces!! Look at the environments, all that great design. Usually when you're playing you're looking at the backs of the characters running around. There are a bunch of customization options for the outfits that really make a visual impact, the faces are such a minor thing. I just don't think they look that bad... ):
I also hope they make it a bit easier to scout for random drops (like the orbs in the first game), because I'd spend waaay to long searching for specific items. Like let me scan if an item is definitely in my vicinity, rather than hopping between the spots where it might have spawned (but probably hasn't).
Your friends sound dumb
And considering wii u is technically last generation, the character models look entirely appropriate
Well, no, the character models don't look like they're pulled from a PS2 game and that's hyperbole at its worst, and given the scope of the game/world, this is not a hyper realistic game where these NPCs will ever be seen close up.
What are we talking about? The NPCs? Elma? The art style? Whether or not you like the art style, given the world and the WiiU's technical limitations, sure, that's about par for the course for character models. The art style? Not necessarily the best (#faces, etc), but yeah, I wouldn't really expect MonolithSoft to prioritize NPC character models if such a choice had to be made.
And the playable characters all look appropriate (as in, not the art, but of character models/textures/everything else) in terms of what I'd expect from a 360/PS3-level JRPG. Now, if you have an art style issue, that's different. But you seem to be implying that these main characters look the way they do because of the WiiU's technical limitations, not really. It's just a not great interoperation of the art style.
ShadowSoldier89
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character creation looks like PSO2, in a good way. Still makes me even more nervous that this game will be even worse with the shitty mmo questing and item collection
All my friends are too excited about the brilliant environment/monster design and MECHS to care about the faces.
I have awesome friends
Either that or I always hype the environment design and if there is any mention of faces I just tell them it was a design choice, show them one of Tanaka's Xenogears designs, and say that you'll be spending ten times more time exploring the landscape anyways so who cares YOU GET TO FLY AROUND IN A MECH.
Seems to work pretty well.
But then again I have awesome friends
foxuzamaki
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You must be blind.
The game is out in 2 months in Japan. It's probably almost finished. Stop being concerned about how well it will sell because the character models as they won't be changed. And that's it. Play it or leave it.
Edit: and instead of using a screenshot from a video stream, how about showing some PS2 models like this:
Edit: and instead of using a screenshot from a video stream, how about showing some PS2 models like this:
Samurai_Heart
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjTzuqyQZlc
iYakku has hardsubbed the non-direct video in English as well now, so another translated video but no need to turn on CC
iYakku has hardsubbed the non-direct video in English as well now, so another translated video but no need to turn on CC
Thanks for the link! I'm so glad we have people this dedicated, willing to put in the time and having the patience required take on a task like this.. I'll always be grateful for that.
I swear this dude is my hero. Always on top of stuff when it comes to translating all the info about this game.
For sure. What's interesting is that there seems to be quests available for every area. Maybe this was done later in the game? It seems early though.
Probably been asked (haven't checked the whole thread), but is this a crashed city-ship or part of the planet's existing environment?
Or a certain shoulder:
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net...echonis.png/revision/latest?cb=20111013120518
I don't think monado hairpins are the only Xenoblade tease in the game.
keisuke999
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lol Amazon Japan email I just got:
that does look remarkably similar.