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Xenoblade (Wii, Monolithsoft x Nintendo) Information Thread
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B.K. said:
Was that before or after the Maiden of Mary died in front of her eyes, leading to the power of Yeshua's (not the Messiah, apparently) anima divided by Mary? You know, after Wilhelm persecuted them due to the potential to activate the universal failsafe and ruin the eternal resurrection?
I'm real glad I stopped paying attention to the story in Xenosaga :lol
Let me in said:
There is a relationship "system" in the game. All party member characters are linked to each other in the form of their relationship bonds. At different spots around the world, there are "bonding spots" where you can initiate optional conversation between characters to increase their relationship strength. In doing so it will also allow characters to share or connect with passive skills that other characters have I believe. This is covered on the official site, but not detailed too much.
The other chart is the relationship chart for all NPCs. Around the world in various towns and so on, the NPCs you talk to will offer you quests and stuff to do. By talking to them and completing quests you will see their connection to other NPCs in the game. By solving their problems and so on via quests, you will open up more quests and stuff available from other characters connected to that quest giver, and so on.
B.K. said:
Sure, if you like convoluted, rushed bullshit layered with a weird faux-Jungian world view and kinda-sorta-maybe Gnostic inspired mythos. Maybe you can understand it after pouring over article after article on the games. Otherwise, the plot turned into a complete mess by the 2nd act (and there's a reason for that).
charlequin
Banned
B.K. said:
I give this post :lol :lol :lol :lol and 1/2 out of five :lol s.
duckroll said:
I appreciated aspects of the Xenosaga story, that's true. I loved Shion and KOS-MOS' relationship. I really enjoyed the first game's plot a ton. And Wilhelm was a great villain and the idea of eternal resurrection was very cool.
Still, I don't think that saved the game from aiming way too high. I've played all three games in the series and am still shaking my head in confusion at some of the concepts introduced. It doesn't help that a six series story revolving around the human subconscious and imaginary numbered universe planes was condensed into three parts (even though Shion's story probably-maybe-I-heard-it-once was supposed to end after part 3).
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
duckroll said:
Wow, this sounds really interesting and different. I like the idea of having relationships between characters reflected in their battle abilities to a certain extent. NPCs having relationships with other NPCs also sounds pretty cool. I hope this stuff is really well realize.
Xenosaga really is absurd. :lol
Shit on the presentation of plot in his games all you want because hell, they're not exactly well utilized in the videogame format; but the depth put into the worlds and history created by Takahashi make them standout in a pretty special way.
It at least appears like the guy has finally succeeded in properly designing that around a videogame and the result looks great.
Shit on the presentation of plot in his games all you want because hell, they're not exactly well utilized in the videogame format; but the depth put into the worlds and history created by Takahashi make them standout in a pretty special way.
It at least appears like the guy has finally succeeded in properly designing that around a videogame and the result looks great.
RpgN
Junior Member
duckroll said:
Exactly. Gameplay-wise it looks really good and fun to play, there is no doubt that it's going to be a fun and long ride now. But the only thing left that I'm not convinced about so far is the story. I like the prologue of 2 gods fighting and having 2 different species living on their bodies or something but the dialogue and cutscenes look so cliché, been there and done that to me. I hope it will get better from what we saw so far and if that's not the case, then we still might get an awesome and fun game out of it
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Im really surprised how good this game looks. Regardless of echoing the character art and graphical complaints, the actual gameplay looks....well, amazing. There really seems to be a ton of stuff going on in the statistics, powers, and relationship departments, heaps of loot, a huge open world, as well as the little things like advancing time, teleportation to checkpoints, etc.
It looks right. The kind of game you can sink into for hours and hours and always have something to do.
It looks right. The kind of game you can sink into for hours and hours and always have something to do.
Xenosaga was The Matrix of video games.
The first one had some unanswered questions, but ended up being a decent action romp with likeable characters and an enjoyable climax regardless.
The second one sort of fell off a cliff, but still left some sort of remote possibility for viewers to continue believing that everything could somehow, theoretically still wind up making sense by the end of the trilogy if they played it just right.
The third one crushed all dreams of the story being anything but laughable tripe, and retroactively made the entire series shitty with terrible writing that left no room for doubt that the entire series was poorly thought out bullshit, surviving merely on good will and mystery, rather than genuine direction or purpose.
In short: one of the worst long-winded stories I've witnessed in any medium.
The first one had some unanswered questions, but ended up being a decent action romp with likeable characters and an enjoyable climax regardless.
The second one sort of fell off a cliff, but still left some sort of remote possibility for viewers to continue believing that everything could somehow, theoretically still wind up making sense by the end of the trilogy if they played it just right.
The third one crushed all dreams of the story being anything but laughable tripe, and retroactively made the entire series shitty with terrible writing that left no room for doubt that the entire series was poorly thought out bullshit, surviving merely on good will and mystery, rather than genuine direction or purpose.
In short: one of the worst long-winded stories I've witnessed in any medium.
timetokill
Banned
I wish that video was translated, but just from watching it the game looks very impressive.
ShineALight
Member
EatChildren said:
I feel the same way, the more I see of this game the more impressed I am by it. It seems to be exactly the kind of modern take on the JRPG genre that'll reignite my interest. If the exploration and gameplay in general are as good as they seem, it should be one of the best entries in the genre this gen.
But have we have anything that indicates heaps of loot? That would put my hype levels into overdrive.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Game looks great, HUD looks hideous. Wish they didn't have the full head portraits in giant boxes on the left side of the screen like that....
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
ShineALight said:
Okay, maybe not heaps of loot, but the 3:30 minute mark of this video shows loot and an inventory.
duckroll said:
A.Sang just posted a Summary article on the update.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/05/27/xenoblade_yarikomi_and_kizuna/
Cow Mengde
Banned
duckroll said:
That would be awesome.
Endless
Member
There is a new commercial: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/tvcm/index2.html
Does anyone know how can I rip the .flv from that site?
Does anyone know how can I rip the .flv from that site?
AceBandage
Banned
Endless said:There is a new commercial: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/tvcm/index2.html
Does anyone know how can I rip the .flv from that site?
Uh, what?
Is that a character? A transformation?
The heck does it have to do with Xenoblade?
AceBandage
Banned
B.K. said:
Lies. KOS-MOS can never have anything less than long blue hair.
AceBandage
Banned
B.K. said:
Which seems to be partially in English, at least.
Also, the 360 veiwer on that model is pretty neat.