Board 8 > Xenoblade Chronicles - information/hype topic

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the icon ownz all
08/16/11 10:57:00 PM
#101:


i love this game.


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KamikazePotato
08/16/11 10:59:00 PM
#102:


gotta get that import

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GuessMyUserName
08/16/11 11:00:00 PM
#103:


god dammit this download is being slow as a potato

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ZFS
08/16/11 11:03:00 PM
#104:


sounds like this is the place for the impressionz

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the icon ownz all
08/16/11 11:13:00 PM
#105:


equipment changes character appearance.

i am now rocking some goggles

wii goty


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Theon_Greyjoy
08/17/11 4:26:00 AM
#106:


wii goty

Damn, now I'm convinced.

Seriously though I wouldn't recommend watching the six videos on the website. One of them looks too spoilery to me.

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Theon_Greyjoy
08/17/11 5:12:00 AM
#107:


And if you watch the videos on the main site then don't watch the one called The Abyss. Massive spoilers in that one.

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KingButz
08/17/11 7:11:00 AM
#108:


So jealous of you guys. I might just splurge and take the plunge

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Jeff Zero
08/17/11 7:14:00 AM
#109:


I'm taking the Xenepsi Plunge eventually, myself.

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Theon_Greyjoy
08/17/11 7:20:00 AM
#110:


In the chance that my PAL copy might not arrive this week, I may go ahead and take the EndOfDiscPlunge today.

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transience
08/17/11 7:52:00 AM
#111:


man, this game is massive. I triggered about 20 quests just going across a town.

I'll probably have more detailed impressions later. right now it's quite overwhelming with how much stuff is going on.

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The Mana Sword
08/17/11 7:56:00 AM
#112:


darn you

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Jeff Zero
08/17/11 7:57:00 AM
#113:


Screw this, I'm moving to Europe

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transience
08/17/11 9:01:00 AM
#114:


maaaaaaaan. this game is good.

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Theon_Greyjoy
08/17/11 9:18:00 AM
#115:


I'm an idiot, I can't even get past the first step of being getting this game.

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LeonhartFour
08/17/11 9:30:00 AM
#116:


Back to South Africa I go

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 11:44:00 AM
#117:


time to start this

but I'm scared because I might not come back


actually though I'm more excited to try out the DQ1-3 collection next month than I am Xenoblade. if anything for the DQX trailer that'll be put up on the internet anyway

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GuessMyUserName
08/17/11 11:51:00 AM
#118:


auuugh, my sister's boyfriend disconnected the router from the internet this morning so he could just plug his computer straight through againn

god dammit I might not be able to play this until tomorrow

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transience
08/17/11 11:55:00 AM
#119:


Okay, I just played for like six straight hours. whoops. I'm not even sure what to say but here goes

Xenoblade is a complicated game. There is so much going on. There are systems layered upon systems. The map is just staggeringly huge -- Dragon Quest 8 has nothing on this. It is extremely open-ended. There is an incredible amount of stuff to do. At first it is quite overwhelming. After a 15 minute opening sequence, you're just left in the middle of a huge field where you can fight as much as you want and go whatever way you want.

They explain the battle mechanics but it isn't immediately clear what the best course of action is. It's more about experimentation, and you slowly figure things out as you go. Every ten minutes you get a new tutorial explaining how to do something - techs, skills, chain attacks, quests, everything. If this were FF13, it would take like a hundred hours before you had access to everything.

Towns are absolutely massive. I think I triggered 20 quests before hitting the second trigger point. Quests are your standard fetch quests or collect xx items things, but they're streamlined: you don't have to trigger them to get the item and you don't have to return to the person in order to cash in your reward. Oh, and before the sheer size of the towns sounds like a negative, you can warp to any area of the game whenever you want. There's about ten warp points in the first town alone. You can also save anywhere and death just sends you back to the last warp point. No penalty. Towns remind me of Shadow Hearts 2 but I don't know why. I think it's the music.

The exploration is what makes it so far. I find myself just wandering all over doing nothing but fighting enemies and collecting loot. Enemies are everywhere but they don't really attack you unless you provoke them. Some do, but for the most part it's just a bunch of monsters chilling. It took me a good while before I realized that it's futile to fight everything you see. You'll come across 10-15 monsters in certain spots, move a screen and find 10 more. You're not supposed to fight them all. In addition to monsters, there are items scattered around the fields to pick up. They're literally everywhere - you can see 4-5 items on a field at once usually, and if you're like me, you have to go get them all. While doing so you'll get quest items for rewards. There are also rare monsters scattered around that are like mini-bosses. You'll get cool rewards from killing them, either gear or money or things you need to finish quests. I find these all over the place.

The coolest thing I've had happen was when I was playing around with the jump. I missed a jump and fell about a mile off a bridge into a body of water. I had no idea there was even water below me. I look around and find all these rare items along with all these tough monsters. I get a few of the items and run for my life. Battles had been super easy up to that point. Just stumbling across something like that was amazing. Another moment i had was during a climactic scene where I needed to hurry to get somewhere. I started out hurrying but got distracted by the scenery. I spent a good 15 minutes floating around the water until I made it to a foreign place. I looked around and found some level 70 monsters. I smiled and went back to where I was supposed to go, but not before getting sidetracked again and collecting more loot.

Story and characters are good so far, but not really the focus. My favourite character so far is this Vanderkaum wannabe with a handlebar mustache. The story is progressing pretty slowly so far -- though really that's my fault because I keep getting sidetracked into an hour of doing dumb stuff.

I think my biggest complaint so far is the equipment system. It kinda reminds me of Mass Effect 1 but not as dumb. It's just cumbersome to navigate through the menus and there's so much stuff that you collect.

so far it's really good though. rpg of the generation blah blah blah

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the icon ownz all
08/17/11 11:59:00 AM
#120:


From: transience | #119
The coolest thing I've had happen was when I was playing around with the jump. I missed a jump and fell about a mile off a bridge into a body of water. I had no idea there was even water below me. I look around and find all these rare items along with all these tough monsters. I get a few of the items and run for my life.


same thing happened to me. gotta love a jump button in a jrpg, I've just been spamming it.


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The Mana Sword
08/17/11 12:00:00 PM
#121:


AUGH

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transience
08/17/11 12:07:00 PM
#122:


how far are you?

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the icon ownz all
08/17/11 12:11:00 PM
#123:


not very. I put a couple hours into it before bed last night. I just added Reyn (I think?) to my party.


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transience
08/17/11 12:11:00 PM
#124:


oh okay. cool stuff coming.

I just got to the leg!

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SunO0
08/17/11 12:15:00 PM
#125:


Just got my copy ordered.
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TheKoolAidShoto
08/17/11 12:16:00 PM
#126:


From: the icon ownz all | #105
wii goty


You realize this means jack-all, yes?

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LeonhartFour
08/17/11 12:16:00 PM
#127:


From: TheKoolAidShoto | #126
You realize this means jack-all, yes?


Hey, there's still Skyward Sword!

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TheKoolAidShoto
08/17/11 12:18:00 PM
#128:


Oh right, that game nobody's played

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transience
08/17/11 12:19:00 PM
#129:


everyone realizes this yes

cool, I just got an achievement and some bonus exp for jumping off a cliff to my death. fun game

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the icon ownz all
08/17/11 12:21:00 PM
#130:


qualifying that by saying all it took was equipable goggles would, in most circumstances, convey that i am joking. kidding. being facetious.


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transience
08/17/11 12:32:00 PM
#131:


don't joke about goggles dude

those goggles are sweet as hell

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the icon ownz all
08/17/11 12:36:00 PM
#132:


I know! I put them on Reyn too!


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dragon22391
08/17/11 1:20:00 PM
#133:


This game is really, really good.

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ZFS
08/17/11 1:30:00 PM
#134:


did someone say achievements

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transcience
08/17/11 1:35:00 PM
#135:


there's hundreds of em. all Wii games have them now.

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ZFS
08/17/11 1:38:00 PM
#136:


really? when did this happen? is there a system-wide tracking system for it?

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 1:38:00 PM
#137:


XD come on now

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transience
08/17/11 1:56:00 PM
#138:


nah, this is just in-game.

the cool thing with Xenoblade is that exploring and getting achievements gives you exp. explore a new area, get a level up!

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the icon ownz all
08/17/11 1:58:00 PM
#139:


fallout chronicles

it feels like monolith looked west and said "you know, they're doing a lot of smart things over there."


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LeonhartFour
08/17/11 1:59:00 PM
#140:


From: SHINE GET 64 | #137
XD come on now


LOL Shine acting like anyone but he and GMUN play Wii games anymore.

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ZFS
08/17/11 2:00:00 PM
#141:


I don't think I've bought a Wii game since...2008? Been a while!

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 2:09:00 PM
#142:


it was more like what games other than WSR, FFCC:CB and Xenoblade have them

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GuessMyUserName
08/17/11 2:09:00 PM
#143:


From: SHINE GET 64 | Posted: 8/17/2011 5:09:04 PM | #142
it was more like what games other than WSR, FFCC:CB and Xenoblade have them


conduit 1 and 2 have them


>_>

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 2:10:00 PM
#144:


never played them and thank god for that! First Person Shooters no thx

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transience
08/17/11 2:10:00 PM
#145:


mm9/mm10, which are Wii games to me

I feel like something else did. like everyone else in the world, I stopped playing Wii games a while ago!

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GuessMyUserName
08/17/11 2:11:00 PM
#146:


you're missing out on a game that has president John Adams as the main villain, and Abraham Lincon and George Washington coming out with gunz to help you!

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 2:12:00 PM
#147:


oh because they're 8 bit they're Wii games

I see how it is

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Theon_Greyjoy
08/17/11 2:13:00 PM
#148:


And....my download just tanked at 90%. Damn.

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ZFS
08/17/11 2:16:00 PM
#149:


Towns remind me of Shadow Hearts 2 but I don't know why. I think it's the music.

I like this.

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SHINE GET 64
08/17/11 2:19:00 PM
#150:


anyway the version I acquired was all messed up. I think it was the one that only worked on modchipped Wii's. Anyway I'm acquiring the correct version right now and in the meantime I decided to give DISASTAHHHHHHHHHHH a try


Ray is having one bad day. I dont' see what would make Reggie say it's a bad game though. Maybe because there's blood, swearing and death he meant it's a bad game 'for kids'.

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