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[random25]

That spoiler...makes me more intrigued!

 

[Dice//]

Y'know, I kinda had inkling about this spoiler with

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the character creator...
Anime style or not, the eyes just looked so damn anime-robotic with the use of a bunch or circles around the pupil and in the iris.

.

Hello!

 

[GDGF]

Kinda more spoilers on the subject:

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It works like Avatar right? I'm guessing the rescue missions work where you get/activate the bodies and that lets the people transfer into them.

That's pretty freaking meta right there.

Makes the online implementation brilliant IMO.

 

[Zero²]

So wait:

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when you rescue people in the Life Pods, are you actually rescuing real people, or robots? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE

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I think the real people are on that huge Zohar-like structure. Those you rescue on the pods are just robots

 

[kuroneko0509]

BANNED GIF NOW!

lemme find the one i did after making that rock throw gif

EDIT: found it

 

[tariniel]

I really want a new Wii U game and visually this looks great but I just don't know about the combat. I played Xenoblade on the Wii and didn't like it very much, never played it more than about 3-4 hours.

 

[Jpop]

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It seems every human in NLA is actually a host robot, being remotely controlled from the Life Units. Think how Surrogate, Avatar, and even Ghost in the Shell had characters control their "bodies" through a safe place.

Wut!? Why did I read this, lol. Tell me more.

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So, the characters are actually dolls, lol. Now no one can complain about them looking like dolls.

 

[theprodigy]

http://www.twitch.tv/sollocat
Beware. But perhaps the scene is already over.

don't care about spoilers lol

but is he farther along than narumi or no?

edit: definitely not, based on his level

 

[ivysaur12]

Wut!? Why did I read this, lol. Tell me more.

That's Aidy Bryant doing a fantastic Christina Guterriez impression in SNL's Serial spoof.

 

[Cosmozone]

don't care about spoilers lol

but is he farther along than narumi or no?

Dunno. I'm really on the edge now of going black. I'm deliberately only paying half attention to those streams, but I just can't get off completely yet.

 

[Firework]

Flying looks great but the theme that plays while flying is so bad...

 

[anaron]

That's Aidy Bryant doing a fantastic Christina Guterriez impression in SNL's Serial spoof.

lmao, I need to rewatch that.


also, is there any formal confirmation of Soraya's involvement with the game?

 

[Vena]

So wait:

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when you rescue people in the Life Pods, are you actually rescuing real people, or robots? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE

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The people are all on/in NLA, you're rescuing their, effectively, nueral linked bodies out in the field. NLA doesn't have the resources or manpower to spit out endless new bodies (it may not even be possible as a body may well be uniquely linked to a host) and so you're off recovering them.

The total destruction of the host body likely, setting game mechanics aside, results in permanent death of the host as we can see from the pain recoil when your arm gets blown clean off. If your body gets shredded, the feedback would kill you.

Built in late game expectations:

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I think its fairly evident to say that something about the player character is wrong. Fundamentally he doesn't work as per the system that everyone else expects, which leads me to believe that they are either an "Iron Giant" type unit (look it up) that has forgotten its purpose or that you are a disembodied human in a robot body in totality and that body is effectively your real body.

 

[Chaos17]

don't care about spoilers lol

but is he farther along than narumi or no?

edit: definitely not, based on his level

No.
Narumi is chap 8 and Sollocat is chap 4 or 5.

 

[Jpop]

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The people are all on/in NLA, you're rescuing their, effectively, nueral linked bodies out in the field. NLA doesn't have the resources or manpower to spit out endless new bodies (it may not even be possible as a body may well be uniquely linked to a host) and so you're off recovering them.

The total destruction of the host body likely, setting game mechanics aside, results in permanent death of the host as we can see from the pain recoil when your arm gets blown clean off. If your body gets shredded, the feedback would kill you.

Built in late game expectations:

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I think its fairly evident to say that something about the player character is wrong. Fundamentally he doesn't work as per the system that everyone else expects, which leads me to believe that they are either an "Iron Giant" type unit (look it up) that has forgotten its purpose or that you are a disembodied human in a robot body in totality and that body is effectively your real body.

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So in reality the player is possibly the ultimate mech, excellent excellent.

I'm in too deep now. Time to fish for more spoilers.

 

[Firework]

How is the story? Not expecting much since it's a video game, but it'd be nice if it was decent.

 

[Zero²]

Built in late game expectations:

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I think its fairly evident to say that something about the player character is wrong. Fundamentally he doesn't work as per the system that everyone else expects, which leads me to believe that they are either an "Iron Giant" type unit (look it up) that has forgotten its purpose or that you are a disembodied human in a robot body in totality and that body is effectively your real body.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA the huge

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GitS

nerd in myself is screaming of joy with this plot. It's better than anything I could imagine.
In fact, the fact that I cant even imagine the ending is what makes me even more excited haha

 

[ivysaur12]

Takahashi, you beautiful bastard.

 

[Vena]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA the huge

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GitS

nerd in myself is screaming of joy with this plot. It's better than anything I could imagine.
In fact, the fact that I cant even imagine the ending is what makes me even more excited haha

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Gits

is jargon laden garbage at least after

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the original movie

.

 

[Zero²]

How is the story? Not expecting much since it's a video game, but it'd be nice if it was decent.

If you like Sci-Fi, Philosophy and a deep plot, you will have your mind blown. But try to keep spoiler free I'd say.
Takahashi must be home laughing at everyone saying this game would have a weaker plot than xenoblade lol

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Gits

is jargon laden garbage at least after

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the original movie

.

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Ehhhh, the 2 GIGs are really well done, specially the first one. The second movie and specially Arise are weaker, but still good.

 

[random25]

Takahashi, you beautiful bastard.

And people worry that it will not have a decent story lol.

 

[Fandangox]

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So does that mean Lu is the only who is actually in danger during all of this lol

 

[Zero²]

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So does that mean Lu is the only who is actually in danger during all of this lol

And Tatsu lol
Now everything makes so much sense,

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that long jump, the no fall damage, everything.

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Fuck, re-watching the last story trailer is now sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo great.

 

[anaron]

Takahashi, you beautiful bastard.

goddamnit ivy

HYPE

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

It's just not fair! I want this game right now!

I guess The Witcher 3 and The Elder Scrolls Online will have to tide me over til this Game of the Year comes to North America!

 

[Vena]

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So does that mean Lu is the only who is actually in danger during all of this lol

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No. You're still in danger, if your surrogate dies (possibly before clear activation), seemingly so do you. Otherwise the dead explorers or pod-people wouldn't matter and what reason would we have for being in a hurry to find them?

 

[Fandangox]

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No. You're still in danger, if your surrogate dies (possibly before clear activation), seemingly so do you. Otherwise the dead explorers or pod-people wouldn't matter and what reason would we have for being in a hurry to find them?

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That's true, but the robotic bodies seem to be able to receive substantial damage, Cross losing an arm and easily replacing it, something I doubt Lu would be able to do.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Nah, just just dont click on spoilers and dont watch streams on Oblivia onwards.
Noctilum is fine

I forget which continents are called what... Which are those? xD

 

[Gusy]

The world is completely open and seamless. You can fly anywhere. There was footage in the Doll Direct of people flying their skells all around NLA. But I didn't see them fly out. I have seen someone drive from the field staight into NLA in their mech and it was seamless. The only building I've seen load times to enter is the BLADE home.

I'm fairly certain you'll be able to fly in and out of NLA though. We just don't know because none of the streamers have gotten their flight gear yet.

Thanks man.. Sounds beyond awesome.

 

[Maebe]

These spoilers are too intriguing.

 

[Yushi]

I am really happy to see some of you really getting into this story. I'm only getting bits and pieces so i cant really follow it too well. But it's really exciting to see that the story will be stronger than expected.

 

[skLaFarebear]

If this story is even near the quality of Xenogears/Xenosaga then I'm gonna lose my shit. GOD I NEED THIS SO BAD.

 

[Zero²]

I forget which continents are called what... Which are those? xD

Oblivia is the desert-like continent
Noctilum is the dense forest one.
Primordia is the first one where NLA is located.

 

[GDGF]

Those new armor pieces look like they're from Voldo INC.

 

[ivysaur12]

If this story is even near the quality of Xenogears/Xenosaga then I'm gonna lose my shit. GOD I NEED THIS SO BAD.

I dunno, I'd prefer a story that's finished

 

[SoraanTribal]

Oblivia is the desert-like continent
Noctilum is the dense forest one.
Primordia is the first one where NLA is located.

Gotcha okay. I saw a little bit of someone playing in the desert, so I should probably avoid that one. xD

 

[skLaFarebear]

I dunno, I'd prefer a story that's finished

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[Zero²]

I dunno, I'd prefer a story that's finished

Xenoblade X² for NX, holiday 2020, mark my words! /s

Gotcha okay. I saw a little bit of someone playing in the desert, so I should probably avoid that one. xD

I mean you can watch, but the first huge spoiler happens there. Specifically on the fight with the alien mechs.

 

[Zero²]

double post~

 

[ivysaur12]

Xenoblade X² for NX, holiday 2020, mark my words! /s

Listen, I'd love nothing more than if Xenoblade became a true RPG franchise for Nintendo. We'll see how XCX does.

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:-\

 

[VindicatorZ]

The story is sounding intriguing from these spoilers. Hopefully it's Xenogears quality.

Too bad the music isn't. What the hell were Takahashi and Sawano thinking ?

 

[GDGF]

Nice examples of first person mode in the sollocat stream on Twitch.

 

[GrandHusk]

SolloCat is back online : http://www.twitch.tv/sollocat
He is at chap 4.

edit : will follow him for now, since Douyu lag for me.

whoop whoop
FP view?!

 

[Fandangox]

its funny how what could be considered such a huge spoilers happens so early in the game, I wonder what else will be waiting near the end? Xenoblade Chronichles Spoilers (Not X)

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Kind of like how the first big "revea" was that the faces could talk, then followed by that they were people, hen EVERYTHING thereafter.

 

[Diffense]

Gotcha okay. I saw a little bit of someone playing in the desert, so I should probably avoid that one. xD

In addition to what Zero said, Sylvalum is the continent that looks "snowy/ashy" and Cauldros is the lava wilderness with metallic structures. I've seen streams get as far as Syvalum but nobody I watched got to Cauldros yet (It's the only continent you can't get to directly from Primordia where you start out).

 

[Zero²]

What the hell were Takahashi and Sawano thinking ?

You cant understand how the mind of Gods work. Sorry.

its funny how what could be considered such a huge spoilers happens so early in the game, I wonder what else will be waiting near the end? Xenoblade Chronichles Spoilers (Not X)

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Kind of like how the first big "revea" was that the faces could talk, then followed by that they were people, hen EVERYTHING thereafter.

Well you could say that the XCX big "spoiler" at the beginning is that the earth is blown off heh
Fiora who? The fucking earth blew off!

Listen, I'd love nothing more than if Xenoblade became a true RPG franchise for Nintendo. We'll see how XCX does.

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:-\

I wonder what Monolith Soft will make after Xenocross. Well be what it may be, I surely wont be for the WiiU
I think they are a important piece to Nintendo software development team, regardless of how their games sell. Their games are often the most impressive ones on the platform, and we are talking about a company that funded Bayonetta 2.

 

[Chaos17]

whoop whoop
FP view?!

Yeah, you can zoom and dezoom at will

 

[SixMachine]

Those new armor pieces look like they're from Voldo INC.

So codpieces and assless chaps for everyone!?!?!?

 

[Dice//]

Listen, I'd love nothing more than if Xenoblade became a true RPG franchise for Nintendo. We'll see how XCX does.

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:-\

I'd love that...so very much.
I'll be happy if there's at least ONE more Xenoblade game, balance out the fact 3 FF13 games were made.

 

[Adam Prime]

Man theres soooo much bullshit all over the screen during battle lol. Damn can't wait for this game!