Whoa! MonolithSoft is bringing it! Looks cool, but early (HUD stuff looks really basic). I hope there's a single player and a Xeno/Takahashi story in there too. I'm not really big on multiplayer RPGs. Gonna be interesting to see how this game progresses in the coming months. Regardless, will probably turn out good!
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Monolithsoft WiiU trailer - X (Takahashi x Tanaka x Sawano, Xenoblade x/multiplayer?)
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Yep. Totally ruined forever.
I do hope for a complex story again. Plus, Soraya Saga is apparently on board I hear?
Xenoblade's story started to fall apart when they went away from the Shonen elements near the last third of the game.
ZombiePlatypus
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It looks nice,but a little too MMORPG esque for my liking. Grant it they only showed battles and exploration ,but I wanna see towns and some story.
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gamergirly
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SnakeLinkSonic
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Kind of sad when you consider neither Xenosaga or Xenogears got even half of what they set out to do accomplished. Xenogears's (which was only the 5th tale in the game's much larger narrative) 2nd disc was kind of trashed by what I understand was development of Final Fantasy VIII and Xenosaga got shortened to three entries when it was originally meant to be six, so all the rush and cut corners really started to weigh it down in the end.
At best I think we'll get something that tries to thematically tie all three together in a unofficial way. I'd certainly prefer something more along the lines of Gears or Saga, but I'm definitely not expecting it. We're sure as hell not getting anything set in Xenosaga or Xenogears continuity specifically.
On a slightly related note. How did Xenoblade Chronicles sell here?
It's basically improved Xenoblade, now with multiplayer. They'll show story/towns later. Trust in Takahashi and crew to deliver the goods
"Well" according to Reggie. No hard numbers.
It's the party chat and the three bars below that somehow feels like public, private, group chats of MMO to me. But then again, this might be because I don't want it to be an MMO so I see everything like signs of this being an MMO, lol.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Eh, I don't really care for either. Surely there is a middle ground between gaudy and washed out? ;p
How dare you inject this thought into my brain
Mihael Mello Keehl
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That music..I need a full version god damn
MisterHero
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It was in 3rd place in its US debut month, so it must've done okay. That's a vague impression but better than I expected.
Areas in Xenoblade have multiple "modes". Day, night, hot, cold, rain, thunderstorm, etc.
I see it as a more obvious extension of the Miiverse shit Nintendo wants to integrate into anything tbh.
ZombiePlatypus
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Yes to all of that. Loving Xenoblade but kinda bummed out it's more shonen. I really wish they'd attempt another complex story like gears or saga.
I'm going to fully embrace the online elements in this. I love playing with other people.
Then I am hoping to play with you if there is.
encephalon
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Xenoblade was a gameplay first, story second kind of deal I believe. Maybe this time around he was more prepared for the story. But I'm guessing Nintendo dictates how the projects are handled.
I'm kind of torn. On one hand, it's great to have a Japanese dev that can contribute such a strong, gameplay experience. On the other, Monolith releasing games without a strong story focus feels like letting a strong component of Monolith's talent go to waste.
I have to imagine, if Xenosaga was released these days with the huge JRPG gap and subpar Final Fantasy performance, how would it have fared? In 2001/2002 it had to compete with FFX. This generation would have been FFXIII and all of its sequels. At this point, the only company attempting a strong story focused JRPG series is Falcom, and good luck with seeing modern Trails games ever localized.
The Xenosaga we got wasn't so much 3 out of 6 as much as it was 2 out of 6 because they stretched Episode I out into 2 episodes.
Disclaimer: I still have yet to and look forward to playing Xenoblade once I acquire a Wii U
KillerTravis
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Wait so this still exists and looks incredible? I thought I was dreaming it when I waked up.
If they have Xenoblade's long story + the amount of sidequests + online, the length/playability will be ridiculous lol. I think they're gonna cut down on the amount of sidequests from Xenoblade though.
Takahashi talked about wanting to focus on world building. I don't know what that means for the general story, but the world should be interesting, and not just from a gameplay perspective.
Probably longer sidequests to make up for the less amount. I don't worry about the story because Takahashi has always delivered on this front. Even his worst stories have been leagues beyond what the vast majority of the gaming industry puts out.
World building is like side elements to the story. Stuff that makes the world feel alive. A lot of the stuff that was in the Xenogears Perfect Works are world building elements, such as the organization of the cities, the history of the religions, etc, etc. Nowdays technology has advanced to the point that such elements can be a part of the game itself in sidquests and such.
Haint
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Pretty sure it's intentional. This is a common JP styling trend, to wash out colors and contrast. Platinum Games are probably the worst offender. It looks awful, not really sure what the appeal is for them. I think it might be a way to visually distiguish their games from western fare.
encephalon
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World building is all well and good, but you can have a pretty sparse story play out in a highly detailed world.
Look at the trailer, it does look less vibrant
Come on, awful is hyperbole, with or without the vibrancy, it still looks amazing. My preference is more vibrancy.
There should be.
You're right, they probably will do that again.
The first time i played Xenoblade, i was surprised when i stumbled upon a big monster an hour into the game, thinking that the game was somehow linear i tried to kill it, just to realize that the game throws random monsters at random levels in the world, so i got my ass handed to me and my first death, i can't wait to see what they do with this game.
Haint
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The styling trend looks awful, not necessarily the games (though they do suffer significantly). I thought this was pretty clear in the comment.
gamergirly
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Yeah, I'm at like 108 hours and counting. The sidequests have been all over the place. If it wasnt for the money.....and the experience....anyway. Yeah, they should just make the sidequests juicier and cut down some of the less meaningful ones off
Femmeworth
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I suppose I should play Xenoblade Chronicles. *looks at prices* Never mind!
Ahh, ok. Yea, I'm not a huge fan of the trend, but I can live with it.
Silent_Ocarina
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I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, but I just remembered reading this quote from an article on Siliconera:
I'm assuming this was referring to the multiplayer aspect.
Siliconera said:
I'm assuming this was referring to the multiplayer aspect.
If you are capable of doing so one really should watch this trailer on the Wii U itself. In the Wii U eShop there is a Nintendo Direct section that has the trailer. The game looks amazing but even more so once it's playing in high quality on my actual TV and not my computer screen. It's still a video but just the size of the image on the TV really shows off the scale of the game even more I think. The same goes for The Wonderful 101.
Nice find.
People don't like MMOs.
People don't like paying for MMOs.
*twitch*
Oh yeah, didn't they say something about getting a novel writer for this game? That would be interesting.
See if you can get it from Gamestop or Nintendo's site. $50 there.
Seems like most people who complain about not liking MMOs don't even know much about them. :\
gamergirly
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We got a winner!
SnakeLinkSonic
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Finally got a chance to watch the trailer. First impressions: AWESOME.
gamergirly
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We can only hope.
Alpha and Omega....
via xenoverse.xenotensei - "Takahashi said that he would like to see people on the development team who isn't a player or interested in games, but who knows art and literature well."
This could be good.
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