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[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Plies]

I feel that this game has the potential to blow Tales of Arise out of the water.

 

[Danjin44]

I feel that this game has the potential to blow Tales of Arise out of the water.

This mostly my taste and enjoyed Tales of Arise but that game is no where near as good as XC1&2.

 

[YukiOnna]

Definitely need to give it a shot. There's not enough quality JRPGs out there anymore. Can't believe I slept on this for so long

Takahashi, the one behind xenogears is creator of this so it might definitely hit the right spot for you.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'm looking forward to the cutscene in the prequel expansion of this where Rex explains polygamy to Shulk.

 

[NanaMiku]

The discussion about character designs in this game (and other jrpgs) reminds me just how good Tetsuya Nomura actually is as a character designer. People like to make fun of his penchant for belts and zippers, but his characters always look unique and are easily recognizable without being too silly or over the top, and almost never look 'generic' (this recent Stranger in Paradise thing being a rare exception). It probably helps that most of his characters are done in a semi-realistic style, which makes them stand out in a sea of Japanese shonen Anime designs.

I really hope Monolith goes the semi-realistic route with future games (probably on the Switch 2 and beyond); it would be much more fitting for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

In case you forgot, The Torna member in Xenoblade 2 is designed by Nomura, no belts and zipper.

it isn't Xenoblade thread without character design debate lol

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Accurate:

 

[darth.shrimp]

Went out yesterday to buy some USB cables I needed... saw they still had XB1 DE on display, so I gave in and (finally) bought it.
I probably won't have time to play it before XB3 releases though, what with my huge backlog and pharmacy exams coming up, but at least I have it.

 

[Nautilus]

As someone who has missed out on the Xenoblade games...how good are they as RPGs?

I used to be a big JRPG fan, but I kind of go in and out of favor with them. I had never played DQ until the latest one but ended up enjoying it. I enjoyed Persona 4 but couldnt get over the massive amounts of text of Persona 5, so idk...I kind of have to be in the right mindset sometimes.

This looks intriguing but I don't know how much I'd be missing without playing the first two.

They are masterpieces.

 

[TidusYuna]

This is not a FFX OST Besaid Island stealth post.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Zeke being Vandham with Vandham's exact voice just makes no frikk'n sense

Not that it is the same Vandham since that's a recurring, changing character like Cid in FF

 

[Kataploom]

Zeke being Vandham with Vandham's exact voice just makes no frikk'n sense

Not that it is the same Vandham since that's a recurring, changing character like Cid in FF

What I think makes no sense is that he's older... can those hybrid get old?

 

[Mister Wolf]

What I think makes no sense is that he's older... can those hybrid get old?

Yes. We see from XB2 and its expansion that hybrids can live for centuries but they do age and die.

 

[Mildudon]

REMEMBER TO TURN DOWN THE AUDIO IT GETS LOUD. The hype is real. Just look here.

 

[Danjin44]

REMEMBER TO TURN DOWN THE AUDIO IT GETS LOUD. The hype is real. Just look here.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

REMEMBER TO TURN DOWN THE AUDIO IT GETS LOUD. The hype is real. Just look here.

Well I almost managed to watch 2 minutes of that. Hope I didn't miss anything good that comes later

 

[Jsisto]

Not as good as my reaction to xenoblade definitive edition. I was watching the Nintendo direct in the break room at work and had to walk outside because I didn't want people to ask me why I was crying.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Andyliini]

 

[Mister Wolf]

What's strange to me is even though they are opposing nations with completely different technology being used they both share this same important custom of soldiers on the battlefield "mourning the dead" with a flute. They had to have been united as one before.

 

[Labadal]

Freakin' cat ears...

 

[Danjin44]

Freakin' cat ears...

Dont be raciest, I'm full supporter of cat ear people.

 

[Danjin44]

What's strange to me is even though they are opposing nations with completely different technology being used they both share this same important custom of soldiers on the battlefield "mourning the dead" with a flute. They had to have been united as one before.

Really? in our world most nations mourn for the dead same way, even during worldwar 1&2.

 

[gradient]

Freakin' cat ears...

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Jsisto]

spoilers for XC1.

 

[Andyliini]

Well, Malos was right. It seems like mankind is destined to fight each other, even without the dark Aegis.

I somehow hope they could being Malos back, he was such an awesome villain. Especially with that charisma David Menkin brought on him.

 

[Pejo]

Now that I've had a few days to stew on the character designs, I'm mostly over it. I just hope the outfits are interchangeable like in XB1, because every outfit they've shown so far has been booorrriiiing. I still opine that the main characters feel like background npcs from XB2, but I digress, nothing I can do about it. Hopefully it's well written and we get some playable mecha suits or something.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Well he did say "this world".

 

[Danjin44]

Do you guys thing we might get Xenoblade 3 focus Direct like we got with 2nd game?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Do you guys thing we might get Xenoblade 3 focus Direct like we got with 2nd game?

Expect it for E3 Treehouse.

 

[Danjin44]

Expect it for E3 Treehouse.

Also curious to see if 3rd game going to have season pass like 2nd game did.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Also curious to see if 3rd game going to have season pass like 2nd game did.

I would count on that. Expansions bring in additional revenue and we all loved Torna plus the additions to the base game. I played through Xenoblade 2 twice because of the season pass. One of the few times I've ever done that with a long JRPG.

 

[kiphalfton]

Hopefully that means Nintendo will do a second print of Torna. Since I think that one and Xenonlade 2 are now out of print.

 

[Danjin44]

I would count on that. Expansions bring in additional revenue and we all loved Torna plus the additions to the base game. I played through Xenoblade 2 twice because of the season pass. One of the few times I've ever done that with a long JRPG.

Yeah, loved how well Monolith soft supported XC2.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Finishing up XCE now, does the dialogue get any better? There is a great story in this game but it gets easily overshadowed by tropey bullshit. Morally grey motivated characters that for some reason just spout never ending evil villain monologues about their plan and ideology, grand standing while important things happen all around you in slow motion that seems to affect nobody. I like the game but I want to love it, the plot deserves better than this delivery.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Finishing up XCE now, does the dialogue get any better? There is a great story in this game but it gets easily overshadowed by tropey bullshit. Morally grey motivated characters that for some reason just spout never ending evil villain monologues about their plan and ideology, grand standing while important things happen all around you in slow motion that seems to affect nobody. I like the game but I want to love it, the plot deserves better than this delivery.

The villains and their motivations are better in Xenoblade 2. Xenoblade 2 is a better game all around.

 

[Maestr0]

Is it september yet ????

 

[Danjin44]

Is it september yet ????

 

[Dream-Knife]

I'm just really glad they announced it for this year. Bonus points that it isn't a December release again. I'm guessing BOTW 2 will be the big holiday title this year, although that would take it out of the running for the awards.

Xenoblade always gets snubbed at those, so it doesn't matter.

 

[digital_ghost]

RIP character design

 

[Jsisto]

The villains and their motivations are better in Xenoblade 2. Xenoblade 2 is a better game all around.

 

[SirTerry-T]

Oh right without the god-awful British voice acting (I'm British, it's fucking awful ... not quite as bad as the main character voice in XC2) it actually seems like a good game.

I don't mind the voices, it's nice to hear accents I'm a bit more familiar with Not sure about that gruff, Brummy sounding guy in the trailer though, it comes across as somebody who has watched far too many episodes of Peaky Blinders. The Welsh accent suits the cute cat girls down to a tee.

 

[RoboFu]

I'm just surprise at how " hardcore " the series is. It's not nearly as easy as DQ11 or Tales of arise .

 

[NanaMiku]

Now that I've had a few days to stew on the character designs, I'm mostly over it. I just hope the outfits are interchangeable like in XB1, because every outfit they've shown so far has been booorrriiiing. I still opine that the main characters feel like background npcs from XB2, but I digress, nothing I can do about it. Hopefully it's well written and we get some playable mecha suits or something.

In Miiks analysis, he said that you can see different outfit for Noah and Mio in the trailer, basically confirmed you can change the outfit

Do you guys thing we might get Xenoblade 3 focus Direct like we got with 2nd game?

Most likely, Xenoblade 2 is currently the best seller in all Xeno series, finally surpassed the sales of Xenogears.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[digital_ghost]

Kat cute tho

any negative talk about Xenoblade is forgiven. I could never get mad at you Goo.

 

[Danjin44]

any negative talk about Xenoblade is forgiven. I could never get mad at you Goo.

 

[Fake]

2022 will be the best. Finally, at last.

 

[digital_ghost]

I'm sorry for betraying you. I didn't want to argue with Goo. Hope you can forgive me. ill buy you the Xenoblade 3 collectors edition to make up for it.