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[BlazingDarkness]

This trailer suffers from the No Man's Sky Syndrome: Just what the fuck do you do in this game besides walking/flying around in huge gorgeous environments? Dear developers/publishers: That is NOT motivating.

Clearly you haven't played Xenoblade.

 

[Floridian]

This trailer makes me want to purchase the game. Do I have to play xenoblade on the wii to get the full experience of the sequel? Or is the story not connected?

 

[random25]

This trailer suffers from the No Man's Sky Syndrome: Just what the fuck do you do in this game besides walking/flying around in huge gorgeous environments? Dear developers/publishers: That is NOT motivating.

wat

 

[Philippo]

I'm still pretty conflicted about this game: the enviroment and kaiju-level monster are amazing, but the gameplay feels more of the same, the graphics are mostly hideous (animations and character models, eugh), and the story premises doesn't inspire me much confidence, feels to much like some over the top anime like TTGL (which is a bad for me imho).

I don't see this topping, or even gettin par with, Xenoblade.

Also, the name is still ridicolous.

 

[DagnastyEp]

I don't own any current Nintendo consoles, and I don't know anything about Xenoblade. But I just watched that trailer, and the game looks fucking awesome!

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Is that also the same person who did Guilty Crown?

Yes. Kill la Kill and Gundam Unicorn as well

 

[orochi91]

This trailer suffers from the No Man's Sky Syndrome: Just what the fuck do you do in this game besides walking/flying around in huge gorgeous environments? Dear developers/publishers: That is NOT motivating.

There will be a plot(s) and missions that involves traversing/interacting with the world at large.

Are you you new to video games?

 

[HawthorneKitty]

I don't see this topping, or even gettin par with, Xenoblade.

Well you haven't seen a ton of the game, so don't be a Debbie Downer.

 

[Blunoise]

Clearly you haven't played Xenoblade.

This must also be his first time hearing about this game or even seeing any previous trailers of it.

 

[Malus]

Now THIS is a world I am eager and feel very compelled to explore!

Hey WRPG devs. Show some creativity in your worlds! Take a break from trying to make everything look "realistic" (ie. inspired/influenced by some real-life locale). Sometimes a bit of imagination goes a long way! It looks like it will be time again...

Seriously, I couldn't care less about Seattle or Los Santos or Middle Earth or whatever (yes I do own the games). Give me floating islands and giant monsters and all that crazy shit.

 

[GatticusFinch]

Clearly you haven't played Xenoblade.

Correct. If he had, he would know the walking around is broken up by releasing powers, beating jokers, and feeling it.

 

[TwistedFate]

Yes

Yes. Kill la Kill and Gundam Unicorn as well

Nice, big fan of their style.

Also what's the best way to play Xenoblade chronicles before this game comes out without playing that ridiculous price tag? No I do not plan to get the New 3DS so thats out

 

[BlazingDarkness]

This trailer makes me want to purchase the game. Do I have to play xenoblade on the wii to get the full experience of the sequel? Or is the story not connected?

Not connected. But play Xenoblade anyway because it's the best game of the last generation.

 

[qizah]

Holy crap.

It looks like Monolith Soft did a better job creating a massive open world than any PS4/XBO dev has done on current gen hardware. Seriously, that's super impressive. I'm hyped.

 

[SuomiDude]

Unbelievable!! Could be the best RPG ever if Xenoblade Chronicles is anything to go by.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Xeoblade spoilers-

Spoiler

Unless there some kind of absurd connection like the planet they land on in X is actually the newly created Xenoblade world from the end of Xenoblade.

Again,

Spoiler

when the old Earth and universe died and the universe was rebooted, all that was there was the ocean and titans. When they reboot the universe again you clearly see multiple galaxies being created and then later on Alvis mentions that there's more life forms out there. It's ambiguous enough that it's not impossible for another Earth to have been recreated/reborn.

 

[dancrane212]

Would be amazing, but don't hold your breath. My birthday is in July, so that would be awesome to release around then.

Well, as long as we don't get it two years after Japan I guess we should consider ourselves lucky!

 

[Ovek]

wat

Indeed, it make no sense at all.

Someone actually said that in one of the No Man's Sky threads.

 

[xenorevlis]

The game is probably amazing - and the scope looks massive - but visually it's honestly not that impressive. I'll still day 1 it because I'm craving a new jrpg, but this trailer did nothing to make it shine graphically.

Agreed. I remember people going nutty over the initial reveal which had some nice visuals, most of which is missing here. I loved Xenoblade Chronicles, but looking at this I can't help but feel annoyed that the jump is just a tiny bit more than Wii to PS360 levels of visuals (plus nicer shaders). Ah well, if there is any game I would actually get a Wii U for, aside from Metroid/Starfox/maybeZelda, it's this one.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Well you haven't seen a ton of the game, so don't be a Debbie Downer.

Actually reminds me of when Xenblade was revealed and people were laughing at the graphics the whole time - wasn't until the impression thread people realised how good it was.

 

[Blues1990]

Man, I didn't think that Monster Games would be doing development duties for porting Xenoblade Chronicles to the New 3DS.

 

[T.O.P]

this fuckin game nghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[wmlk]

well there we fucking go haha. I swear he's also doing the Aldnoah. Zero soundtrack which also sounds identical. It's very similar. I don't mind because hey I own the OST's but I'm sure somebody more critical would point out that the sound is a bit too similar

Samesong Sawano amirite?

 

[Firemind]

Nice. Not sure I like the Sawano music used here, but everything else is ace. Takahashi :bow

 

[rjinaz]

I'm still pretty conflicted about this game: the enviroment and kaiju-level monster are amazing (agreed), but the gameplay feels more of the same (that's a good thing if you like Xenoblade IMO), the graphics are mostly hideous (animations and character models, eugh) (looks better than Xenoblade), and the story premises doesn't inspire me much confidence, feels to much like some over the top anime like TTGL (which is a bad for me imho).(how much did we know about the story before xenoblade released released? Let the story unravel before you judge it, it's going to be amazing with the talent behind it)

I don't see this topping, or even gettin par with, Xenoblade.

Also, the name is still ridicolous.(eh, love it that my favorite game of last gen is now a series but to each their own.)

My responses in bold. I don't know if this is going to be better than Xenoblade or not, and I don't really care, it looks amazing and that's all I know.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Wow, this is still really impressive considering we didn't get many JRPGs with this level of scope last gen aside from the very pretty but questionably playing FFXIII games.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

This trailer suffers from the No Man's Sky Syndrome: Just what the fuck do you do in this game besides walking/flying around in huge gorgeous environments? Dear developers/publishers: That is NOT motivating.

Not nearly the same situation; XCX is a sequel to a known commodity, it's by a developer with a proven pedigree in the genre, the trailer itself is called an exploration trailer and was introduced as such in the direct, and we HAVE seen unbroken live footage of combat and questing in the E3 tree house steam. I'll admit to being a bit underwhelmed by the trailer myself, but this is not at all in the same situation as NMS

Nice, big fan of their style.

Also what's the best way to play Xenoblade chronicles before this game comes out without playing that ridiculous price tag? No I do not plan to get the New 3DS so thats out

If Nintendo was smart they'd release a digital Wii u VC version in the month leading up to the game's eventual NA release.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

This trailer makes me want to purchase the game. Do I have to play xenoblade on the wii to get the full experience of the sequel? Or is the story not connected?

Themes may be linked, but the story isn't connected.

but you never know if Takahashi might flip the script at the end

Wow, this is still really impressive considering we didn't get many JRPGs with this level of scope last gen aside from the very pretty but questionably playing FFXIII games.

your forgetting about one game with a Xeno in the title (If we are counting Wii as last gen)

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Themes may be linked, but the story isn't connected.

but you never know if Takahashi might flip the script at the end

If the story is connected, it'll likely be revealed end game. They wouldn't want to be spoiling anything big so we wouldn't hear anything about it.

 

[random25]

This trailer makes me want to purchase the game. Do I have to play xenoblade on the wii to get the full experience of the sequel? Or is the story not connected?

There's no clear connection as of the moment. But gameplay wise I recommend playing Xenoblade, just so you can judge whether you'll like it or not.

 

[KaneU]

I hope they are already working on localisation for this so it can come out in summer in Europe...

 

[Rebel Leader]

this fuckin game nghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I need a bigger screen 32"is too small. Hahahah

 

[Teletraan1]

The OP or a mod can just update the post or title to mention that it's an exploration/environments trailer.

+1 for this. The NOA Direct was pretty clear "...that showcases various locations from around planet Mira." It is a very deliberate trailer. No need for "barren", "lifeless" "running simulator" concern just yet.

 

[thisisvlad]

Again,

Spoiler

when the old Earth and universe died and the universe was rebooted, all that was there was the ocean and titans. When they reboot the universe again you clearly see multiple galaxies being created and then later on Alvis mentions that there's more life forms out there. It's ambiguous enough that it's not impossible for another Earth to have been recreated/reborn.

Spoiler

I beat the game a couple weeks ago and that was my exact same reaction. It was like an "aha!" moment, where I fully understood how they were connecting to a more sci-fi world. In fact we may run into Shulk who's off to explore all of these new life forms. Would be really cool if we got to go to the "titan world" for a bit; or at least I would really enjoy that.

 

[Verger]

Seriously, I couldn't care less about Seattle or Los Santos or Middle Earth or whatever (yes I do own the games). Give me floating islands and giant monsters and all that crazy shit.

Those who know me probably figure I was taking some not-so-subtle dig at Dragon Age Inquisition. Those environments just were not compelling at all to explore for me. Skyrim/Oblivion were the same (Morrowind did it better)

So yeah, WRPG's with more creativity would be nice in their environments. The Torment Sequel seems to be aiming for that at least.

 

[rjinaz]

Again,

Spoiler

when the old Earth and universe died and the universe was rebooted, all that was there was the ocean and titans. When they reboot the universe again you clearly see multiple galaxies being created and then later on Alvis mentions that there's more life forms out there. It's ambiguous enough that it's not impossible for another Earth to have been recreated/reborn.

Well honestly I'm not that invested in whether the games or connected or not, I just think it's not impossible, especially with the scifi theme the game has. Parallel universes? Who knows. I would love it if a character from the last game made an appearance sure, but eh, I'm also perfectly fine with this being a completely new and unconnected game.

 

[Ahnez]

This has the potential to be one of the best games of the generation, just like Wii Xenoblade was

 

[anaron]

When people say the graphics for this game are now hideous ...


what is wrong with you

 

[theSlacker]

They hire Tanaka Kunihiko for character design and makes the main character customizable character like mmorpg...also doing bad job at bring the art to 3D.

The biggest and only real disappointment for me is still the customizable main character. Will see how it works out in the end I guess.

 

[Pinko Marx]

When people say the graphics for this game are now hideous ...


what is wrong with you

I think the characters models are about as fugly as I've ever seen in a game.

 

[Ricky 7]

The game looks so good but I don't think I'll like the music as much as Xenoblade. It's too different.

 

[cafemomo]

they need a new character designer

 

[Smellycat]

What this gif doesn't show, is that the player can call the mech and fly in it right before he crashes.

 

[DarkLegion]

What this gif doesn't show, is that the player can call the mech and fly in it right before he crashes.

I'd be down for that, Skyward Sword style.

 

[That Dude John]

What this gif doesn't show, is that the player can call the mech and fly in it right before he crashes.

Iron Man style?

 

[Vyrance]

Very tempted to pick up a WiiU to play this, though I still need to play Xenoblade =x

 

[SoulUnison]

I'm getting Phantasy Star Online + Final Fantasy XII vibes.

In other words, I'm super interested.

Character designs look pretty terrible, though.

 

[Cow Mengde]

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I'm getting Phantasy Star Online + Final Fantasy XII vibes.

No Xenoblade vibes? ;P

 

[MDSVeritas]

well there we fucking go haha. I swear he's also doing the Aldnoah. Zero soundtrack which also sounds identical. It's very similar. I don't mind because hey I own the OST's but I'm sure somebody more critical would point out that the sound is a bit too similar

Yeah, Aldnoah is Sawano's music as well. The man gets around.