GwyndolinCinder
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Xenoblade Chronicles X - Review Thread
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You watched Kill La Kill with the rest of us. You should have known exactly what you were getting the moment you heard the lyrics.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
That sounds weird. So they just moved stuff around?
TheMoon
Member
Just on/off.
What he said is actually pretty clear and "just moved stuff around" is what sounds weird.
Admiral Woofington
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Aldnoah. Zero never had a chance to show me his music again because I dropped that faster than a sack of hot potatoes
orthodoxy1095
Banned
If the terrible story hadn't made you drop the show, the music would have. Awful.
I like his music lol.
Rebel Leader
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And...
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
GwyndolinCinder
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Just on/off.
What he said is actually pretty clear and "just moved stuff around" is what sounds weird.
Is it quick and easy to do? like the press of a button, or menu only stuff?
i'd like to flick it off for screenshots
I love this because really if anyone tried to pick Twilight Princess GC or something like Xenoblade after WiiU's release you would know that some stuffs never even try to see the bin.
Leatherface
Member
Thanks for the video recommendations you guys.
Space Medafighter X
Member
Man, I still can't believe this game is comming out finally.
The music that I've heard so far from the game sounds awesome. It really is akin to marmite, you love it or hate it however there's a lot of traditional music that you'd usually find in a game like this too, so it's not all exotic but being stuck on a whole different planet, that fits with the theme.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Oh I think he's actually a very talented man. Some of his lesser known and older stuff is really on point. I just think that the Aldnoah OST in particular is a damn abomination.
Vampirolol
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Sawano can be formulaic with his tracks: "song starts slowly... it's still slow...gets a little emotional NOW IT'S LOUUUD HOLY SHIIIT I'M SO EPIC! END."
Or: "song is just slow and boring but there's this strange instrument/tune and it's catchy, damn it".
Or: "song is just slow and boring but there's this strange instrument/tune and it's catchy, damn it".
TheMoon
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It's in a menu, you can select which elements are shown. I don't have the game, it's all second hand info so I can't check in detail. Most of it fades out when you're not in battle anyway, just like in Xenoblade.
FullMetalx117
Member
It's a Nintendo game. Bargain bin won't happen for several years.
Sawano has been extremely lazy the past few years. He needs to take a break and mix up his output.
flatearthpandas
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Not bad. Can't wait to play it this weekend.
Rebel Leader
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Hey blumenkranz is great
Hero_of_the_Day
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Awesome. I've been really unsure about this game, glad it seems to have turned out well. Gotta finish Assassin's Creed Syndicate by Friday, I suppose.
Translation: Thank god I don't speak German though.
Exentryk
Member
Oh well. High prices will only make my decision of buying it harder.
I'm kind of glad the vision system is gone. In Xenoblade, it felt like for most of the game they designed enemies around giving them these super powerful attacks that felt like they were there for the sake of the vision system to have a use. In the late game it felt like it popped up too much, often when it didn't really need to and just slowed everything down.
SaintMadeOfPlaster
Member
For real. January 2013 is so long ago. I was still in college...
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Woofington lost his waaaay.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Most people don't care about the actual lyrics to songs just that if it sounds good, and it sounds good to you, than you like the song, it's really as simple as that
Vampirolol
Member
It is, and Kill la Kill is awesome. I can't remember more than 2 songs I liked in AoT instead... btw he's very good and I'm happy he worked on this game, it's just that ACE+ was the best thing ever and it makes me sad to see them gone.
Newtype-001
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Unicorn is Sawano at his best for me, part of me wishes he just copied that entire ost for XCX.
Sawano is generally much better when no lyrics are involved.
This should be one interesting read. This game seems to be like the antithesis of modern AAA releases, it's polished, optimized for performance while still managing to look impressive and bugs-free.
Smiles and Cries
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I don't know where to ask this
How do you get your avatar to be the same height as Elma?
just want to be ready :3
How do you get your avatar to be the same height as Elma?
just want to be ready :3
SuperCambot
Banned
Man, the wait is going to be painful! I am glad is getting review so well
Yes, thank God for Just Cause 3 which I will play for years, so it's cool.
Ooccoo
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If you can understand French, my review is up (4/5)
+ Beautifully crafted world
+ LOTS of content
+ Music (except vocalized songs)
+ Rewarding if you invest time in it
+ Combat is fun and allows for various tactics
- Bad quests for the most part (fetch quests, kill this, retrieve that)
- Not as engaging as Xenoblade on the Wii (storywise)
- No sense of danger (only consequence of dying is paying your Skell repairs)
+ Beautifully crafted world
+ LOTS of content
+ Music (except vocalized songs)
+ Rewarding if you invest time in it
+ Combat is fun and allows for various tactics
- Bad quests for the most part (fetch quests, kill this, retrieve that)
- Not as engaging as Xenoblade on the Wii (storywise)
- No sense of danger (only consequence of dying is paying your Skell repairs)
orthodoxy1095
Banned
This thread probably isn't the place to have this discussion again, but you've said this before and I vehemently disagree.
Perhaps you can argue that lyrics to popular music have just gotten increasingly shitty over the past decades, something Sawano has all too happily joined in on, but I don't think you can argue that's a reflection of general human preferences. People care about songs that have stories that speak to them.
Ugh truth. So good.
Newtype-001
Member
True, but RE: I AM and StarRingChild are both pretty dope. It's mostly 75% <<ehhh 25% good> for his lyrics stuff.
wild wild rice
Member
"Ran out of time to grind for the finale" oh god please no. Throwing a late game grind as a final barrier is absolutely terrible game design.
I don't think that's just a late game thing lol.
Kinda glossed over this bit from Nintendo news: "Gone are the days of treasure chests falling down mountains; battle spoils are now presented to the player as soon as the fight ends."
Probably not news to you guys who've been watching footage, but I hadn't considered this. I gotta admit it was pretty funny watching LPers drop their chests off cliffs in Xeno Wii.
Visions were good for items and knowing if they'll be of future use. RIP
Rebel Leader
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I don't speak GermanFtfy
Your edit is therefore invalid
I don't need to understand the language to like it
I like baba yetu and I have no knowledge of Swahili
Aaronrules380
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If it's anything like the original Xenoblade, grinding will be pretty unnecessary if you've been doing sidequests throughout and exploring, rather than heading straight through the story as fast as possible
I mean those games they make are 'short' and the combat is built to encourage replayability to get a higher score for a stage. Their action is made to be a spectacle and over the top. Not many developers with that kind of mindset.
I don't know about that. Unless a game can constantly keep throwing new things for you to fight that will change the way you play, I'll get bored no matter how tight and well done the controls are for the combat. And after 70 hours, I would say you've seen most of what most games have to offer. I'll keep playing because of the story, the game world, and uncovering other secrets. Which is what happens to me with the Souls games. Unless I change my character build, the combat becomes more of a 'going through the motions' kind of thing.
CertifiedFP
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REYN TIME BABY.
I wouldn't put too much stock in Kotaku's opinions on anything Xenoblade related. They've got a contrarian hate-boner for the series for some reason.
That was a nice feature but only because your inventory was limited. In this game you can hold 99 of every item.
Well I guess it would still be nice for the collectopedia.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Are you sure? I have to move or copy everything to do with a game (i.e. saves AND updates) making backing up saves to the internal (if internal breaks all external is useless anyway) a tedious and slow copy and delete non save parts cycle (it takes several minutes for Splatoon so will take half an hour or so for Xenoblade). If there is some way to copy only a save I'm all ears.
Aldnoah hat a good soundtrack, if anything. Then again, I also really liked S1.
Then S2 happend.