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[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Skell hath no fury like an Asscave scorned

 

[wild wild rice]

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Making Noise in our Rap Skells

...for those who get the references.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Not sure why anyone is hung up over one review that hasn't even happened yet, especially when we had an import OT full of mixed impressions to mull over!

 

[popsicle_sundays]

Haven't touched my Wii U in about a year but I watched the GiantBomb Quick Look and pre-ordered the game instantly. It looks amazing, so excited!

 

[aravuus]

Does anyone care what Otero's review is???

We have tons of other ones.

Maybe big IGN fans.

Well yeah, people whose tastes are in line with Otero's. The tons of reviews might all be worthless to these people if they feel like they usually disagree with the reviewers.

 

[Gnilres]

Anyone else do a in-store pickup for their preorder at Best Buy? I hate waiting for the mail and I just find it to be less of a hassle to drive to BB. I do have one relatively close to my house though, which helps.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Well yeah, people whose tastes are in line with Otero's. The tons of reviews might all be worthless to these people if they feel like they usually disagree with the reviewers.

I personally think he should have let someone else review the game and that is not because of bitterness.

It doesn't seem to be his type of game but he's the senior review editor or whatever and seems to always review big titles.

Was hoping maybe give that female the review for this one.

 

[rhandino]

Data packs almost finished with only the Enemies and Player packs pending, 3 more days!

 

[Sylas]

I personally think he should have let someone else review the game and that is not because of bitterness.

It doesn't seem to be his type of game but he's the senior review editor or whatever and seems to always review big titles.

Was hoping maybe give that female the review for this one.

I think it's a good thing to have people review a game that isn't typically in their wheelhouse. If reviews were all done by people who were fans of a certain genre or gameplay style there wouldn't be any reviews for the people that aren't fans but are, for some reason, interested in the game.

As for the game itself, I'm gonna be keeping an eye on some NYC stores today. Got a feeling they'll get their shipments in and most of'em sell immediately rather than waiting for street dates. Here's to hoping!

 

[georly]

Was hoping maybe give that female the review for this one.

Uhhhhh. If it were the other way around, would you have said "that MALE"?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Uhhhhh. If it were the other way around, would you have said "that MALE"?

Yes, she's a she.

I didn't want to misspell her name.

Calle something.

I'm not really an IGN fan, saw her on a podcast.

I would have said that(specificially "that dude"), stop with the sexism bullshit, not going to work here.

 

[desu]

When is the OT going up ?

 

[Riki]

When is the OT going up ?

Tomorrow.

 

[LProtag]

Best Buy is still preparing for shipping. I need this game on Friday! If it wasn't the CE I would just go buy a copy and return the one in the mail, but I can't.

 

[Oxn]

My bestbuy SE just shipped

Woot

 

[Ulysses 31]

Gamemania BE broke streetdate already. =P

 

[desu]

Damn are WiiU installations always this slow? It's showing me 1,5h :|. Even Halo MCC with downloading a 20GB patch seems to install faster (and I started this after XBC).

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Damn are WiiU installations always this slow? .

Yes.

 

[KratosEnergyDrink]

Gamemania BE broke streetdate already. =P

Game is already available at Saturn, Hamburg, germany. The biggest electronic market in europe. But only the limited edition.

 

[Riki]

Damn are WiiU installations always this slow? It's showing me 1,5h :|. Even Halo MCC with downloading a 20GB patch seems to install faster (and I started this after XBC).

Depends on which server you get.
But generally, yes.

 

[StarStabbedMoon]

Curious if any reviewers who weren't fans of the first one ended up enjoying this more for whatever reason.

There were a few saying they liked this one better (e.g. Jim Sterling IIRC), but I don't know if there were any that outright said they disliked the first one.

 

[saveweyard]

Has anyone's Special Edition shipped from GameStop? Have a feeling they aren't going to ship it until Friday and I'll get it sometime next week.

 

[The Elite]

Damn are WiiU installations always this slow? It's showing me 1,5h :|. Even Halo MCC with downloading a 20GB patch seems to install faster (and I started this after XBC).

Mine took about 6 hours on a 60gb connection.

 

[Sitrus]

My limited edition just arrived, time to brush off my Wii U

That map will be very useful indeed.

 

[Jolkien]

Damn are WiiU installations always this slow? It's showing me 1,5h :|. Even Halo MCC with downloading a 20GB patch seems to install faster (and I started this after XBC).

Everything about the WiiU outside of games is laughably slow.

 

[Diffense]

I picked up somewhere (can't remember where, sorry) that it's not possible to have the game's audio come through the gamepad. As in, plug my headset into the gamepad and have all the game's audio come throught there (it's possible in all other games). Is this true?

I think the only way is to switch to off-tv play...then sound comes through the gamepad. From what I've gathered, the TV duplicates the gamepad image so you could still play on the TV but you'll obviously lose access to the dedicated map on the gamepad.

BTW, in case anyone ever wondered the blue crystals around NLA are a kind of impact gel deployed during the crash. True story.

 

[Riki]

All these people getting the game early will earn my eternal scorn.

 

[desu]

Mine took about 6 hours on a 60gb connection.

Holy shit? I kind of restarted it and it seems to go faster now (at least faster than 90 minutes).

 

[Z3M0G]

Still no IGN review?? And no article about why??

 

[Jolkien]

Still no IGN review?? And no article about why??

Reviewer has not finished the game.

 

[Riki]

Still no IGN review?? And no article about why??

Poor Otero!

https://twitter.com/jose_otero/status/671930444124844034

^_^

It's apparently taking him forever to beat.

 

[smashballTaz]

I'm so sorry for everyone who is having shipping problems. The game is amazing. Technically it's my first JRPG. I love it!

 

[Z3M0G]

It's apparently taking him forever to beat.

Um... judging by the tone of his tweet... he really doesn't want to finish it...

Has he spoken about it in a podcast at all?

 

[Celine]

I'm so sorry for everyone who is having shipping problems. The game is amazing. Technically it's my first JRPG. I love it!

Well it's not a common JRPG

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

No copy today, should be here tomorrow since simply dispatched 9am this morning.
Really jelly of all those with it

 

[Zero²]

Reviewer has not finished the game.

It's a IGN policy that he needs to finish the game to review it? I wouldnt want a rushed review, specially of a 50+ hour JRPG.

 

[SuperCambot]

Has a subtitle been chosen for the |OT| yet? May I suggest "Sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles IX"?

How about "Pop-In And Stay A While"

 

[TriBlade]

I'm so sorry for everyone who is having shipping problems. The game is amazing. Technically it's my first JRPG. I love it!

Oh, you're just rubbing it in. You're not fooling anyone.

 

[Jolkien]

It's a IGN policy that he needs to finish the game to review it? I wouldnt want a rushed review, specially of a 50+ hour JRPG.

Nah but I guess they decided it would be better to have completed the main story, I don't think many reviewers did ?

 

[ys45]

Woohoo amazon.ca has charged my cc and my order changed to shipping today !

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

It's a IGN policy that he needs to finish the game to review it? I wouldnt want a rushed review, specially of a 50+ hour JRPG.

If it is, how did they review Animal Crossing???

 

[Kevin Shields]

So some reviews say this game has fantastic combat. Is that compared to other RPGs or games in general? Is it the strategy, the weapons? Because most RPG combat bores me to tears but if I knew this would really keep me engaged I would buy this game in a heartbeat.

 

[nictron]

There are none.

Unless you fast travel or enter the BLADE building. And then they're a handful of seconds. Not worth mentioning.

With the exception of fast travel and entering a certain building, there is no loading time for going around the map.

I'll be picking this up next week then!

 

[Riki]

So some reviews say this game has fantastic combat. Is that compared to other RPGs or games in general? Is it the strategy, the weapons? Because most RPG combat bores me to tears but if I knew this would really keep me engaged I would buy this game in a heartbeat.

It's mostly that you can customize the skills you use and you have to strategize their use.
Like chaining certain arts together will effect the entire battle. Plus there's height and position changes that boost damage.

 

[Firemind]

It's apparently taking him forever to beat.

Seems more like he's trying to meet a deadline than actually playing the game.

Incoming bad score.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Reviewer has not finished the game.

Are IGN reviewers contractually required to finish the game though?

Several reviewers like GameXplain admitted they hadn't finished the game at the time of publishing the review.

 

[Jolkien]

Are IGN reviewers contractually required to finish the game though?

Several reviewers like GameXplain admitted they hadn't finished the game at the time of publishing the review.

They finish some games and don't finish other I can't make out how they switch around. I guess they coin toss or something.

 

[Diffense]

So some reviews say this game has fantastic combat. Is that compared to other RPGs or games in general? Is it the strategy, the weapons? Because most RPG combat bores me to tears but if I knew this would really keep me engaged I would buy this game in a heartbeat.

It's hard to tell if you'd like it. You can move around but your basic attack comes out automatically though you switch between melee and ranged weapons or board or disembark a skell/mech if you have one. Your special techniques operate on a cooldown so that you have to wait a while after using one to cast it again. Sometimes they're sensitive to your position relative to the enemy (you may gain special effects if you're behind, for example).

 

[Dineren]

Seems more like he's trying to meet a deadline than actually playing the game.

Incoming bad score.

Or he just doesn't like the game and still has to beat it in order to review it.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Are IGN reviewers contractually required to finish the game though?

Several reviewers like GameXplain admitted they hadn't finished the game at the time of publishing the review.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to review a game like this without finishing it because of how huge and long it is.

More conventional games...I wouldn't like that but this should be an exception to the rule.