Board 8 > Xenoblade Chronicles - information/hype topic

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From: Uglyface2 | Posted: 8/30/2011 2:54:30 AM | #400
Is there a chance of this coming to another console? I realize it just hit the Wii, but I've got no room to put another console so I could play this.

it's a Nintendo game >_>

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I do change people around, but it's mostly for affinity- Shulk is still the most fun character for me by far for me,, and at this point I'm purposely underlevelled so I stop steam rolling everything which means I tend to have to roll tank/sharla/dps.

When go back to doing side quests I'll change it around, maybe after I get the last party member.

As for voices, I don't think it's so clear cut- Reyn's pretty bad in both languages, but Dunban's british voice edges it out. Shulk is also probably better in chav-speak. Riki and Metal Face are clear winners in japanese though!

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I really don't understand why Nintendo purchased Monolith Soft when they don't even think their RPGs sell well enough >_>

I mean I guess a company that makes story-heavy games is the #1 thing Nintendo was missing, but they really don't put the company into any good use



anyways, Riki and Metal Face have A+++ English VAs imhhho

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Metal Face's english VA is alright, but he'd have to be brian blessed to compete scenery chewing wise with the japanese one.


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god i wish they'd hired brian blessed for all the roles

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holy **** at what I just happened

This so much. I'd been seeing the plot twists coming all game long and feeling pretty smart about it, and I knew something was going to happen involving certain shady characters, but no way was I prepared for this.

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You guys are making me want to cut back on the questing and continue with the story.

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I was into the questing until the story picked up. now I barely quest.

I'm like 40 hours in and still trying to unlock the portable gem thingy augh

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40 hours in I was still trying to get all the missable quests on the Bionis' Leg done before anything happens, I think. Of course, it turned out I had more time than I feared.

It's all about balancing the questing and the story so you don't end up with hundreds of quests on the backlog. That would be a chore. At the same time you don't want to be overlevelled, so doing ALL the available quests as soon as you get them is not a good way to play IMO.

I usually put off the generic quests and focus on the ones from named characters. Some of them have very important rewards.

Also, Colony 6 is a priority for sure.

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how else will I challenge Immovable Gonzales if I'm not overleveled

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The dude at the spiral on Bionis Leg? You don't have to challenge him to get past him.

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but if I don't beat every unique monster I won't be satisfied

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immovable gonzalez is one of many. level 90 not even notable.

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You sure as heck won't until you've beaten the game. Isn't he over level 90? You simply don't get enough EXP for that anywhere if you're not at endgame. Remember, you get less and less EXP depending on your level. I'm level 66 now which is about 6-7 levels below the bosses at this point, and just going one area back means getting like 80 EXP from the enemies that gave thousands of EXP a couple hours ago.

Besides, is beating some random monster really worth ruining all the epic boss fights in the game?

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yep

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oh yeah I should totally try to play some before having to work again all day :(


currently level 30 and doing those quests for the Nopon merchants at the beginning of the swamp

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SHINE doesn't like challenge, he likes completion

that's where he's at

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totally!

like I said earlier I just can't bring myself to go on with the story until I'm certain I've re-checked every area 2-3 times to make sure every quest possible has been completed at that time. Moving ahead with the story so carelessly like that would just make me nervous and unable to enjoy my experience

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like I said earlier I just can't bring myself to go on with the story until I'm certain I've re-checked every area 2-3 times to make sure every quest possible has been completed at that time. Moving ahead with the story so carelessly like that would just make me nervous and unable to enjoy my experience

Now this I can agree with. Like I said before, all the missable quests make me really anxious about continuing the story sometimes. But as long as I'm sure I get all the quests in each area, there's no rush to actually complete them as long as there's no clock symbol on them. As for the places with missable quests... better make sure to re-talk to everyone after completing quests, since new(also missable) stuff pops up for practically every quest you finish, and a lot of it doesn't put exclamation marks on the characters in question!

Even though I've been so careful I've still missed a few things though, stuff you don't get any warnings for, like

NON-STORY RELATED SPOILERS



pingaspingaspingaspingas
Heart-to-hearts.
pingaspingaspingaspingas



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There are missable heart-to-hearts?

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Well, I still haven't beat the game, but all signs point to yes. Without going into detail, it should be obvious which ones are missable based on their location.

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Interesting. Well I did one in Bionis Leg where

SPOILERS I GUESS




Reyn and Dunban stood at the old refugee camp and talked about the refugees, however they had already moved to Colony 6 by that point.

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Just reading the first few lines of these posts makes Xenoblade sound very enticing. Honestly, I still think NoA will release this next year, where it will serve as the Wii's swan song in the US. I'll buy it then.

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so, is xenoblade all its cracked up to be B8?

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_stingers_ posted...
so, is xenoblade all its cracked up to be B8?

We all love it.

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aight then =D its done.

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There's japanese wikis like http://www35.atwiki.jp/xenoblade/ which have the numbers of quests that are timed per area; admittedly you need an auto translate tool like google/rikaichan, (or even better speak japanese lolo) but it's a good site for information. There's another one that has the "drop" rates and co-ordinates of stuff for the collectopedia, but I can't remember the link.

(23 quests possible timed in the camp btw)

also: clipping issues are great. Heartfelt reunion, hugger disappeared into a fluff of feathers.

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One thing I wondered: Can all cutscenes in the game take place any time of the day? Like, the initial Mechon attack happened during the night, and I wouldn't have it any other way, but could it have happened in daylight?

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One thing I wondered: Can all cutscenes in the game take place any time of the day? Like, the initial Mechon attack happened during the night, and I wouldn't have it any other way, but could it have happened in daylight?



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mine happened during sunset

and Dunban's return after the Central Pit happened during a thunderstorm at night

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and Dunban's return after the Central Pit happened during a thunderstorm at night

Same here. Maybe at least that one is scripted? In any case, once I realized the weather and time of day affected the cutscenes, my instincts as a film maker made me start to set the time before cutscenes to create the most appropriate mood... like sunsets at potentially romantic occasions and night whenever Mechon showed up(Tron lines work best at night, said captain Obvious).

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When I got to the Colony 6 area and then after the mines, it wouldn't stop storming for the longest time, and that scene happened at night for me as well.

What about Bionis Knee when you first look at the two gods? It happened at sunset for me, and the video I saw on youtube a while back was at sunset as well.

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Daytime for me I think. That one wouldn't have worked well at night.

Man, the experience must be quite different depending on such a simple factor. Some of the cutscenes I can't imagine at any other time than the one I saw them. It's like having the Zanarkand scene in FFX take place during a dark stormy night - it wouldn't have been the same game at all!

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I first saw the Mechon attack on Colony 9 at night, but I think it looks just fine at day.

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I hope some Colony 6 items aren't missables >_>

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I hope some Colony 6 items aren't missables >_>

I made sure to stock up on the stuff I got told I would need when at potentially one-time locations. I still missed a couple of collectibles from one area, but I don't think it will be a problem to trade for those.

Definitely stay on top of the restoration there, though. Pretty sure you can miss some invitations if you don't get high enough levels within certain points in the story. Then again, there's only room for half of the potential visitors anyway so you'll likely still get a full town no matter how long you delay.

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Yay, seems the Heart-to-hearts aren't missable after all! So no need to worry about that.

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ice cabbage ice cabbage

highest drop rate 6% why

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got my last party member

now I've got a decision to make

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holy crap did I just do that

I used a chain attack, got a combo going, every single attack missed except my final attack (Melia's Elemental Discharge), but that one attack did 36k damage


I had no idea comboing one colour of arts to Max did that much of a boost

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jesus this boss is insanely hard

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anyways




hell yeah, switching my Goldeneye CCP out for my new Monado CCP

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man, the multi-language manual is a 158 page booklet

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I couldn't get the Gecko thing to work so I'm still using the USB.

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woah, I just saw a Mechon that was Lvl 105

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jeesh this game is difficult to get, went to 5 stores in Limerick yesterday all of them sold out of it saying there was "unprecedented demand". Had a look on ebay ireland and they're selling for 70-100 euro each which is up to double the market price. Finally ordered it on cd-wow and today I get an automated "out of stock" e-mail from them. ffs.

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according to rumours from retailers, Nintendo regarded Xeno etc as fanservice games. Apparently they didn't realise "wait people actually want this game" until it was too late.

I think there was supposed to be like 38k copies shipped for western europe or something...?

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yeah, it's really hard to find right now.

if you want an online copy, you can try this site - http://www.gameseek.co.uk/productdetail/VideoGameschv88810z8/

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woah, I just saw a Mechon that was Lvl 105

Think that's something do you? I just found a ginormous monster behemoth that's level 115. I wonder if the party caps out at 100...

Also if anyone knows, don't tell me.

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I'm just amused it's probably a higher level whoever the final mechon boss is (don't tell me that!)

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