timetokill
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Despera said:This game is fucking awesome. Glad that everyone is having fun playing it right now
Not EVERYONE is having fun, JERK
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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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Not EVERYONE is having fun, JERK
a posh hammer
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Despera said:You guys are probably tired of hearing this line, but...
This game is fucking awesome. Glad that everyone is having fun playing it right now
Will be me this weekend!
Yeah, I had a feeling she'd be like that. I looked over her starting arts and I could see that she'd either be useless or broken with arts like that. Didn't see a Topple attack, but do you mean an attack that sips break and goes directly to Topple? That's nasty.kiryogi said:Melia is the only character that has an instant topple attack that works on nearly any enemies including bosses. Its why she's the cheesiest character and best
I'd try to control her myself, but I really don't trust the AI with the Monado. That thing has too many skills that needs to be used at the right time to win or die horribly. Not that the AI is bad, but it doesn't know restraint. I really don't want to see Shulk do a Monado Buster just before we really wanted a Shield up during a vision against a boss.
Also, thought of another little trick about the game that I like. Your lead character gets KOd. The AI teammates will use Revive on you. Compare to Final Fantasy XIII and laugh.
I'm interested in playing this through Dolphin. I was poking around the Dolphin site, and I didn't see any info on creating an ISO from the disc. Can I just put the disc in my DVD-rom drive and it will recognize it? Do I have to rip the disc on my own? Is there some special program I need to transfer a retail Wii disc into a Dolphin ISO?
SecretMoblin
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FlyinJ said:
Only a very small number of DVD-rom drives are able to correctly read a Wii (or a GameCube) disc.
The way to get an ISO of your game to your PC is a bit complicated. It involves ripping the game from your Wii to a USB drive (or an SD card/flash drive). This requires you to install the Homebrew Channel on your Wii, as well as a few more programs.
Here is the GAF Wiki for installing Homebrew. The program you will want is called Configurable USB Loader. The entire process for installing the programs on your Wii should take you less than an hour at most, and probably closer to a half-hour. I just installed Configurable USB Loader last week to be able to play Xenoblade -- a side benefit is that I will have the ISO on a drive for whenever I eventually get a Dophin-capable PC.
SecretMoblin said:
Ah, ok, yeah I read all about the Homebrew Channel. I'm a bit leery of modding my Wii as I'm afraid I'm going to brick it. I have a very powerful PC though, and was hoping to be able to import it and just play it through Dolphin. Seems like Hombrew is the only real alternative then... thanks.
God damn this game owns. Tankin, DPSn, Healan, good graphics, an utterly predictable story, quests, a great combat system, drops, customization, absolutely enormous levels for a wii game, aggro'n mobs, rare tough mobs, light/day cycles, skill trees, upgrading skills, gemming special armors, etc
God damn.
God damn.
So far every single element of the story I predicted happening happened.
"oh he's playing off how injured his arm is look at him lol he's trying to make her leave so he can be an invalid in private....yep can't even hold the spoon"
"yep the nerdy Shulk who's handled the Monado before is gonna get controlled just like the dumb guy,...yep"
"oh he's playing off how injured his arm is look at him lol he's trying to make her leave so he can be an invalid in private....yep can't even hold the spoon"
"yep the nerdy Shulk who's handled the Monado before is gonna get controlled just like the dumb guy,...yep"
Android18a
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I died horribly against a unique monster in the
. Just got mobbed by normal enemies as I was fighting it! That was a very tough battle, but luckily I just scraped by the second time I tried. Currently level 22 and just got to the
Colony 6 pits
central pit
AlphaDragoon
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Eusis said:
Or maybe that unlike all of Xenosaga and some of Xenogears, Xenoblade's story actually makes sense? XD
It is kinda odd to hear "predictable" and "Monolith Soft" in the same sentence though.
Smiles and Cries
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I'm broke so no import for me for at least a few months if not next year.
do you guys playing this game think its good enough for an HD Wii U remake?
the game just sounds so awesome to me
do you guys playing this game think its good enough for an HD Wii U remake?
the game just sounds so awesome to me
iAmMaximus
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So in all seriousness, how does this game stack up to the classic gen JRPG's?
SecretMoblin
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FlyinJ said:
I was extremely nervous about bricking my relatively new Wii, but honestly the hardest part of the whole process was that mental roadblock. There is no chance of bricking the Wii if you follow the guide precisely, and there are several benefits.
I'm glad I did it.
DarknessTear
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The Int3rsect said:
I don't really know why you'd compare a game that kinda freshens it all up, but it's as good or better than older JRPGs.
SecretMoblin
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Those should be linked in the OP. Wonderful!
Awesome wallpapers!
So now that I have reached Frontier village, I have decided to tackle some old areas with my Sharla/Reyn/Melia team, and there are still some mysteries I haven't resolved in Tephra caves :
So now that I have reached Frontier village, I have decided to tackle some old areas with my Sharla/Reyn/Melia team, and there are still some mysteries I haven't resolved in Tephra caves :
Just before the underground lake, Villa Lake, the tunnel forks and there is an unreachable Mine Ore, never found how to get there.
And then in Villa Lake itself, there is this Warehouse door behind a waterfall, but I never found the key...
And then in Villa Lake itself, there is this Warehouse door behind a waterfall, but I never found the key...
Mojojo said:Awesome wallpapers!
So now that I have reached Frontier village, I have decided to tackle some old areas with my Sharla/Reyn/Melia team, and there are still some mysteries I haven't resolved in Tephra caves :
Just before the underground lake, Villa Lake, the tunnel forks and there is an unreachable Mine Ore, never found how to get there.
And then in Villa Lake itself, there is this Warehouse door behind a waterfall, but I never found the key...
Endgame.
Thanks, I suspected something like that, because I have inspected every nook and cranny of this damn place, expecting some secret passage I could have missedkiryogi said:
similar to the sliding wall in Exile Fortress or the very tight passageway in Ether cave after the explosion
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Let's just say, it's up there.The Int3rsect said:
You can't really compare to the SNES/PS1 era. 1) Those games are too drenched in nostaliga to ever be fairly compared to anything and 2) Xenoblade is so technically beyond anything on those platforms that I'd be tempted to say it's way better in terms of gameplay, but that isn't really fair given the generational difference.
I'd say that it only truly compares to the PS2 generation and onward, and in that sense, it's one of the best games. Many people thought XII was one of the best last gen, and this takes that formula and just might give it a run for its money, depending on the individual.
I don't know how well it compares on intangibles: ability to make you cry, motivation to make fanfics, or dress up in cosplay, or make you FANBOY THE HELL OUT.... but technically, as a game, it's one of the better jRPGs ever made. Don't let that overhype you, it's just a good open-world adventure game, but sure: it's a jRPG must-play, no doubt about that.
=GabrielKnight=
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It's coming!!!
Well Im gonna call it quits for the night. Close to 40 hours in
. I really hope the plot will start to ramp up big time here cause honestly ever since I left Colony 6 the story has been just slogging along without much zeal, I mean the most interesting and major plot event so far in the game was within the first 5 or so hours in the starting area, everything after that has just been coasting along on its wave.
Its almost as if there's too much to do outside the main story, which feels wrong to say with how short so many games are these days, but I kind of feel like the early plot isnt strong or meaty enough to bare the weight of 200 or so sidequests that took up literally 60% of those 40 hours Ive played. Right now Im not exactly chomping at the bit to advance the story so much as I am compelled by my OCD need to collect items, level and explore the incredibly gorgeous environments that keeps me going.
just arrived at Eryth Sea
Its almost as if there's too much to do outside the main story, which feels wrong to say with how short so many games are these days, but I kind of feel like the early plot isnt strong or meaty enough to bare the weight of 200 or so sidequests that took up literally 60% of those 40 hours Ive played. Right now Im not exactly chomping at the bit to advance the story so much as I am compelled by my OCD need to collect items, level and explore the incredibly gorgeous environments that keeps me going.
Vangu Vegro
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Why anyone'd want to ruin such a great game with shitty controls and even shittier graphics is and always will be beyond me.
This has been a post by your resident too-big-controller-and-HD-visuals-hater.
Windom Earle
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jediyoshi said:
Do you have a Shulk avatar for me?
donkey show
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Hello fellow Nopons! I have a couple queries about some Colony 9 quests...
Mega thanks in advance! And this game is such an awesome fusion of RPG mechanics added with great accessibility from the get go. =)
Played til about 0330 this morning and am feeling it at work. ;__;
Where do you find King Squeeze in Colony 9 for the "impersonable critic" quest and where do find the Light Skeeters?
Mega thanks in advance! And this game is such an awesome fusion of RPG mechanics added with great accessibility from the get go. =)
Played til about 0330 this morning and am feeling it at work. ;__;
donkey show said:
The credit shark is from 9pm onwards in the corner of the business district you can only reach by jumping down a ledge behind a building. Its the top left spot in the business disrict, you can get there a bit to the east.
Additionally:
Light Skeeters can be found outside of the business district to the right, on the shore.Not sure which time.
donkey show
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Cool, I'll check there around that time. I swear I ran by, but it probably was slightly earlier than that.Toma said:
And that brings to mind another great addition to the game, switching time of day on the fly. So good. =)
kiryogi said:
Sweet. Just past that part so I'll head back and check it out. Thanks for the quick replies! =)
Question myself!
There is a guy called
who gives you a quest in colony 9.
I dont know whats it called in english, but where the hell am I supposed to find that? Cleared every other available sidequest I found.
There is a guy called
Dionysos
He is old and needs something for his back.
donkey show
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Have youToma said:
jumped down near the beach under the main entrance bridge and fought the Brog down there? They drop some brog item that you need for the quest. Then you truck your way back to the residential district and give it to him.
EDIT: Beaten >__<