Xenoblade Chronicles X: April 10th Doll Presentation [up: video with subtitles]
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SoraanTribal
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I hope money is easy to come by in the game because after watching that translated video, it looks like the dolls will be quite pricey to maintain and buy new weapons for... especially with 4+ dolls (one for each character). Ouch.
Sable~Knight
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I'm going to have 7 personal Dolls, and maybe the rest can share one. :S
In Xenoblade the way it was resulted in story being kind of segregated from the rest of the game world. The way I'm understanding everything so far is that everything is more closely tied together, so while we'll still have an overarching plot, that plot will be driven and influenced by what we do in the world. We'll uncover story through interacting with the world and NPCs, we'll progress in NLA and help BLADE and humanity at large through the union etc. The unions seem like a key aspect in this regard, they serve as a vessel to tie story and progression more into quests. It sounds pretty intriguing personally. I mean it's hardly going to be Skyrim story levels, but it's not going to be the same as Xenoblade either. We know for fact there's a substantial story, they're telling it slightly differently but I think it sounds pretty good so far.
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TheMoon
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If you make sure to eject before a doll gets destroyed it will regenerate its damaged parts on its own, as I understood from the video. So you'll only have to pay up if you wreck it and aren't covered by insurance.
You're in the wrong thread about the wrong Xenoblade game^^
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foxuzamaki
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I hope maybe later in the story your mecha can just transform into a jet, so I can just make my Macross mech
Thats exactly how its still being done. Now its on a much larger more sophisticated scale.
Are we sure that's how it's still being done? I haven't linked this because I assumed it's been dissected in one of the Xenoblade topics, but Takahashi himself has sorta said otherwise.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xenoblade-chronicles-x-will-have-different-play-fe/1100-6426561/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xenoblade-chronicles-x-will-have-different-play-fe/1100-6426561/
foxuzamaki
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We were literally talking about that lol
I wonder if it's going to be like Xenogears where as the story went on gradually you spent more and more time in gears and only were on foot for specific parts of the story.
Obviously the game doesn't appear to be as linear as Xenogears, but they could make it so certain "missions" in the storyline you couldn't use your dolls for whatever reason. Though, with the whole doll defense thing that might not be the case, as you can still fight big monsters on foot if you have dolls present.
I just wonder how it will work for the storyline, considering the balance might be hard to pull off. Xenogears just forced you to use your gears, but again, it was a more linear story it seems than Xenoblade X.
Obviously the game doesn't appear to be as linear as Xenogears, but they could make it so certain "missions" in the storyline you couldn't use your dolls for whatever reason. Though, with the whole doll defense thing that might not be the case, as you can still fight big monsters on foot if you have dolls present.
I just wonder how it will work for the storyline, considering the balance might be hard to pull off. Xenogears just forced you to use your gears, but again, it was a more linear story it seems than Xenoblade X.
Indeed it does!! Dunno why I never thought of that.
Makes complete sense to use avatars as the mc if there will be online.
There is still a central story, if we look at the events shown, like the appearance of the alien mech in the previous trailer or the full blown war in the current one, but it seems that the pace and the running of the story pretty much depends on the faction you chose and the pace of completing the quests (probably main ones focusing on the purpose of your faction). So the progression might not be linear, but seems to be in a no way chaotic and it will lead you in the end on a common path.
Thanks a lot for the translation, it's was so much better watching the subtitled video, especially the online bits are clearer now and it all sounds so good.
Thanks a lot for the translation, it's was so much better watching the subtitled video, especially the online bits are clearer now and it all sounds so good.
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I did not know this game had multiplayer, let alone whatever the hell that was. That looks so fun
TheMoon
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If you can think of it, chances are it's in this game.
Hours Left
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I just wanted to say that this is the most exciting faux MMO/Space Opera/Fashion Show/City Builder/Relationship Simulator/Hunting/Mech Simulation/Kaiju Battler/JRPG in the past few months.
Yes, it will still be done that way. The only way it wont be done that way is if it was a procedurally generated world, with generated quests.
There is a lot more freedom, but ultimately, it is still a hand designed world (as oppossed to being generated or extruded from a height map and then littered with assets here and there), and the freedom will be the obsfucation that hides 'the path' and keeps it from being obvious.
The game will always have the same key events, and cutscenes, that will be unlocked when the player activates certain flags, and then goes to a certain place to activate the trigger. There will be multiple ways to do this (likely precisely 8 paths), however, once the player has progressed enough on a path to be powerful enough, main story events will activate, like the Growth army marching on the city.
I just have one (two?) question regarding the Dolls: how does deploying them work? Do you have to go to your 'garage' in NLA every time you want to use them, or can you deploy them to your/random location in the field? And what happens if you leave your Doll in the field somewhere and go somewhere else? Can you call it in? If you go back to NLA, will it be there waiting for you?
foxuzamaki
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Haha
That was one of my speculations when a player-created avatar is confirmed as the main charatcer. Makes me happy I was right lol.
Sable~Knight
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Pretty much right?
Heeeeey JeffZero!!! You use the same name on GameFAQs' RPG boards? (I'm usaa)
I think before the Extended Cut DLC came out for ME3, the EMS requirement of 4000 for one of the endings was unattainable in the vanilla game even doing every possible sidequest, so multiplayer to raise your readiness rating was required - but then Extended Cut lowered that requirement to 3100, which is doable with single-player.
But back to this game, I thought from the video the implication was that some of the better Dolls and weapons are only available as rewards for fighting the "World Enemies" (basically raid bosses), which only appear after your network squad has cleared a certain number of missions / quests:
In that way going online might be "required" to have access to some of the Dolls and equipment, and it's unclear whether you'd have similar access in the offline single-player game. But even if you have to go online to fight World Enemies, it doesn't seem like the game is going to force you to do live co-op vs. doing squad quests with AI members.
...! Hi there, usaa! Yep, I'm a very recent arrival to NeoGAF, but I've had the GameFAQs account for 11 years, haha. Nice to see you!
Sable~Knight
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Lailah's my favourite so far, looks sleek and sexy. Formula is pretty nice too though, since it's the one on the boxart. The one they showed off is the AD0130 Formula model... and there's rumors of AD0150 Formula.ST models... will they upgrade sometime during the game?
Elfforkusu
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Creativity can wait until after I explore another world in a Gundam.
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Formula/Lailah. Sleek and pointy da bess.
From the menus in the video, it looked like you could choose between three different types of squads. One for "Life Points," which seems to be solo-oriented, one for "Conquest," probably for people who want to get notifications constantly and fight all the world enemies, and one for "Friends," which I would guess means you and your friends can gather into the same squad in some capacity.
They haven't shown anything yet, but I would imagine they've included some way to either skip travel to them, or have them warp to you. Or call them back to the garage/hangar somehow.
theSlacker
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Lailah and Formula look the best to me from what little we have seen.
I am willing to bet they will utilize solutions to these problems similar to the way they handled them in Xenogears.
Which pretty much means the anwer is yes, that is an option to all of the above.
Seems like everyone is going to look like Formulas and Lailahs lol. I may just go Inferno to be one a kind
I think I'll start with a yellow, orange, and red urban, with a green visor.
Yes, yes there will be.
PlumCantaloupe
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Wow, so many features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMmE6bsl_c
The sample of the OST is just too divine to not link even if it's been linked before.
The sample of the OST is just too divine to not link even if it's been linked before.
I thought the video said not to worry because Elma and Lyn could help you on the fights if you didn't want to do them with other people, including World Enemies.
Well I'm on my phone atm, but if you watch the subbed video Iyakku uploaded on YouTube, it should be there
I'm in love with the Wels, looks so agile and it's Elma's favorite ;DSeems like everyone is going to look like Formulas and Lailahs lol. I may just go Inferno to be one a kind
theSlacker
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A picture comparing all the shown dolls. Can even make out some stats and what not. What is interesting to me is the price difference of the complete dolls, with the heavier ones being more expensive by a lot. I wounder what justifies that added cost.
Zero²;159880426 said:I thought the video said not to worry because Elma and Lyn could help you on the fights if you didn't want to do them with other people, including World Enemies.
Well I'm on my phone atm, but if you watch the subbed video Iyakku uploaded on YouTube, it should be there
Oh yeah, I don't think you'll have to do co-op with other people and you can do the squad quests with AI, but will the World Enemies appear for you if you stay offline and never log onto the network? It seemed like the World Enemies appear once a network squad has cleared a certain number of missions, and some also only appear at certain times (like "event" bosses that are only available for a limited time?), so it didn't seem like they were regular bosses you'd encounter in the single-player game. But maybe they have single-player equivalents.
They have higher stats across the board, and obviously the most durable of the bunch.
On another note, is that a level cap on the stats? Does that mean that Dolls can be obtained once you reach Level 30 (normal progression through story, no ridiculous grinding or questing)?
ActStriker
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Amdusias is pretty much The O.
Especially the all-yellow version they had in the video
Especially the all-yellow version they had in the video
theSlacker
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Funny, that is exactly what is keeping me from wanting to use that one.
Well it would be odd to me if the bigger ones are just a direct upgrade over the smaller ones.
theSlacker
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Just jump in it's mouth, it'll be fine.
When that beat drops and you aren't ready for it.... Preordered the soundtrack, let's freaking go.
Upgrade most likely in terms of durability and firepower, but you sacrifice mobility and agility that the lighter ones offer. I'm not sure, but my speculation as another reason why heavy types are more expensive is because they probably have higher fuel capacity, which can be crucial in battles as arts consume them.
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