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Xenoblade Chronicles X: website update (March 12) - New music, alien races and more
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Otakumegane
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Wait are all the treehouse live games being actually done by treehouse?
foxuzamaki
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Im not sure what your asking.
tonyh24613
Member
It feels like a useless mechanic to me, if I need to escape from enemies, most of the time it means they can kill me in 15 secs.
LMAO. Didn't noticed them. Yep, that's definitely a pair of balls :^)
Same thing, though against enemies with ridiculous range like the Territorial Hayreddin from last battle video it maybe is the best option rather that withdrawing weapons and run.
This video confirms that Elma and Lyn don't always have to be party members. There was some confusion in a previous thread, but in the video you can clearly see a party with neither of them.
Makes me happy. Though I don't share the Lyn hate, I might replace her with Serika very quickly. (If I can)
Makes me happy. Though I don't share the Lyn hate, I might replace her with Serika very quickly. (If I can)
Yeah, I saw that. Thank god.
EDIT: The Xenoblade Wikia makes a distinction between "recruitable playable character" and "playable character". Is this the case with Ru/Serika/Fry/Mardeth where they're different than the normal playable characters? Like, fixed level? Or do we just not know? Or is there no difference and that's just what's on the wikia?
I doubt they have the bandwidth to handle a game as huge as Xenoblade X.
I'd guess they're outsourcing it.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Not you too
I like Elma so I'll be keeping her around, but I'm removing Lyn asap.
keisuke999
Member
This game look absolutely gigantic
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I personally think your guys reaction to lyn is a bit too strong for a character you know so little about. Theres a possibility by the end of the game that you will just end up loving her and eating your words.
Dr. Buni
Member
I don't get all hate Lynlee is getting. Then again, I think the hate for the characters model is hilarious (it is almost like people didn't play the original Xenoblade). Back to Lynlee, the only thing I dislike is her cutesy voice, but there still hope she will get a better on in the English dub.
But you don't have to think "Xenoblade", this isn't Xenoblade, this is Xenoblade X.
agreed. I never disliked her, but her friendship with Tatsu has already endeared her to me. Still, Serika looks pretty cool, as do Irina, Lao etc. So I am just happy to have the option of choosing my mates.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
People just ended up loving the entire cast of OG xenoblade, I suspect the same here.
Tidbits about the races:
Nopon: theyre natives from planet Mira, you can do business with them.
Ma Non: an alien race with really advanced technology. Theyre pacifists.
Baias: they're totally NOT pacifists. Theyre hostile to Humanity, and theyre one of the main enemies in the game.
Nopon: theyre natives from planet Mira, you can do business with them.
Ma Non: an alien race with really advanced technology. Theyre pacifists.
Baias: they're totally NOT pacifists. Theyre hostile to Humanity, and theyre one of the main enemies in the game.
I like Lyn a lot, though some of that does come from the terrific unofficial translations we've been getting - lines like "you're not a banana, you're a potato", "we should use you as bait" and that evil laugh in the battle video are really endearing. Plus, did I mention, she wields a GE mini gun.
StreetsAhead
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That is just the Wiki guessing. We don't really know what is up with those characters, although Serika being in the new art points to them just being later game additions to the main party that hadn't been announced before the last video.
Fixed that for ya, ha ha.
U mean music very rainbow Unicorn-y
pinkurocket
Member
Lyn's weapon going full minigun, TF2 Heavy style, is pretty cool. (in that video)
I think the rap IS done by a native English speaker.
It's the singing that isn't... I could be hearing it wrong though.
The_Intruder
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I think at this point the music has become some kind of a meme. Even when a song is good or at list not bad it's cool to complain about it anyhow. The music from the new battle video for example is very fitting to the content and it's a good background music for a battle.
pinkurocket
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I learned to stop comparing the new music to Xenoblade since this is a different game with a much different atmosphere. Xenoblade's ost being so GOAT makes it difficult to warm up to the new direction of X. However judging it without prejudice, its pretty awesome. I do like the vocals and almost j-pop style of some tracks. Very futuristic, electronic, TWEWY-ish (aka contemporary but in the future).
The only thing that might end up letting the OST down are the engrish vocals (the rap of this new track is good though). If you have a fully voiced English localisation and they keep the original tracks with the awkward English, it might be a bit jarring. Should've gone with our perfectly bilingual Sarah Alainn for the vocals like the ending track of the first Xenoblade. (I'm just a huge Sarah Alainn fan)
The only thing that might end up letting the OST down are the engrish vocals (the rap of this new track is good though). If you have a fully voiced English localisation and they keep the original tracks with the awkward English, it might be a bit jarring. Should've gone with our perfectly bilingual Sarah Alainn for the vocals like the ending track of the first Xenoblade. (I'm just a huge Sarah Alainn fan)
Huh that's crazy. Well I think the rap sounds strange like it's a little off beat
Yep and well, I prefer this music to the Xenoblade one.
TheMoon
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Mitsuda didn't do any music for Xenoblade aside from the ending theme.
Thanks, that's pretty cool. It still sounds off because of the lyrics though, rhythmically some of the rap just doesn't work. Maybe doesn't sound too bad to a Japanese listener.
Music. Faces. Lyn. Graphics. This game is a walking hate magnet.
Orakio Rob
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I'm not into rap, so I'm not entirely sold on a few of the tracks, but I like most of what I've heard. I guess even the rap will fit the game nice, to be honest. Xenoblade's OST is my favorite gaming soundtrack ever, but as some have said, it's a different game, with a different vibe, and I'm very happy with Sawano up to now. His tracks have a good sci-fi feel and are very dramatic, which I think fits the "lost in a dangerous alien planet" theme.
Kubera Leez
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I'm liking these new updates aside from the battle music which I'm still indifferent to. I like the two named alien species. The dog like one is very Star Wars-ish while the other seems like it is from Metroid or something.
Hey, there's no need to make an issue of it, I think people were just mentioning the similarity in the stance/layout of the image. I think we can agree both games have their pros and cons, for instance TLG wishes it existed as much as XBX.
Vampirolol
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Yeah TLG looked so good and played so well on that non existing ps3. It was also totally the same genre.
TheMoon
Member
What if TLG is now just an 8 hour sidequest in XenobladeX? lol
Damn, this is actually pretty darn epic, vocals and all!!! I don't get why people are complaining, downloading this ASAP
I love the original xenoblade soundtrack, I get this one is different but it definitely gives that sci-fi, alien world, mech vibe, which I'm sure it's what they are going for. I'm surprised how much I like this song. And the original xenoblade soundtrack is still there, people can still listen to it. I'm glad with this game we have two very different but great soundtrack
Plus I'm sure while playing the full game and with the full soundtrack it will make sense and 'click' for most people
true. But to be fair, it's impossible to look as good as a pipe dream
The Hermit
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If this game is even just half of what xenoblade was, then it will already be a masterpiece, and probably one of the best rpgs of this gen.
Edit: if anyone writes the lyrics of the battle theme plzz post them here
And can anyone post the previous songs up for download? This is xeno_sound4 so the previous 3?
Edit: if anyone writes the lyrics of the battle theme plzz post them here
And can anyone post the previous songs up for download? This is xeno_sound4 so the previous 3?
Starwolf_UK
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Sounds the exact same to me. In the video uploaded uploaded 11th March 2013 the lyrics kick in fairly late into the song and in the videos you've shown the battle ends before it reaches the lyric part.
There is also the possibility that is is like a 6 sound channel track and the lyric channel will only kick where certain conditions are met (Mario Kart 8 does this with first place and location variants of track BGM and NSMB does this with the Yoshi drums).
Because everyone knows that a games soundtrack is the first thing to be completed and never undergoes and adjustments or revisions so yeah it won't like the videos uploaded yesterday but like it did at the trade nearly a year ago...