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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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Go_Ly_Dow
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Need some advice Wii-GAF!
Just got my component cable hooked up and it looks great on my HDTV.
In the Wii settings what's the best settings to choose, from:
-50Hz (576i)
-60Hz (480i)
-EDTV / HDTV (480p)
I assumed it would be the bottom option for my TV since its HD, but I just want to make sure.
Just got my component cable hooked up and it looks great on my HDTV.
In the Wii settings what's the best settings to choose, from:
-50Hz (576i)
-60Hz (480i)
-EDTV / HDTV (480p)
I assumed it would be the bottom option for my TV since its HD, but I just want to make sure.
InternHertz
Member
Does anyone know when the 4 sidequests at a place mentioned early that you get to visit afterwards [MIDGAME AND BEYOND SPOILER] (
) become impossible to complete?
Is it the end of the next dungeon (
) or still a bit further? The Japanese wiki says the latest but Kouli said the former in is flowchart.
Sword Valley
Is it the end of the next dungeon (
Galahad Fortress
Shouldn't it have been obvious just from the fact that the 480p option is exclusive to component cables?M_Night said:
But anyway a brief explanation so you know what you're getting.
i = Interlaced: Each frame gets drawn in 2 fields, each field drawing only half the total number of rows in a pinstriped fanshion. So first field is [Row1;Skip;Row3;Skip;...] whilst the second field is [Skip;Row2;Skip;Row4;...]. As such, interlaced mode leads to additional flicker and in 50/60fps games you effectively get half the resolution as the the TV only refreshes at 50/60hz in the first place.
p = Progressive scan: Draws ever frame whole. Less flicker, and since you get a full frame with ever Hz you get proper 60fps support.
480/60hz: Output resolution is 640x480 and the refresh rate is 60Hz. Similar to an NTSC set though with slightly different colours.
576/50Hz: This is the old PAL standard. You only get 50 fields a second but in exchange the resolution is bumped up to 720x576. While this may sound like a fair trade on paper, unfortunately since most video games are not made with the PAL teritories in mind, they usually abysmally done PAL conversions. Instead of retooling the game to run at full resolution with omitted frames to retain speed most PAL conversions have black boxes filling the extra pixels and all the original frames intact (making the game run about 17% slower).
So yeah. That's why 480p is your best option.
donkey show
Member
I'm tempted to tell my wife to take a train back home from Stafford to Sheffield so I don't have to pick her up after work and play more Xenoblade. xD
jump_button
Banned
donkey show said:
Do it just dont tell her that why, its been a long time a rpg made me feel this way want to keep going
26thletter
Member
Just got the email that my copy shipped from 365! Between this and 3sOE, I'm set for the rest of the year.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Really enjoying the game now. I'm about 12hrs in on lvl 22 and just hitting
. The game really looks gorgeous, especially on first entrance onto Bionis Leg. Stunning site. Reminded me a lot of Pulse in FFXIII. This area is absolutely huge!!
Two things that do irk me about the game though are the camera and not letting me know if the item I picked up is a new item. Save me checking the collectables screen most times if I'm unfamiliar with a item name.
But I'm still missing one item on the Bionis Leg. It's the 4th one along 'Strange' item. I've pretty much searched the whole grounds and still haven't come across it. Any ideas where I can find this?
Colony 6
Two things that do irk me about the game though are the camera and not letting me know if the item I picked up is a new item. Save me checking the collectables screen most times if I'm unfamiliar with a item name.
But I'm still missing one item on the Bionis Leg. It's the 4th one along 'Strange' item. I've pretty much searched the whole grounds and still haven't come across it. Any ideas where I can find this?
Finally got the game and put in 40 minutes for now. Looks great in Dolphin. The battle system seems good enough. Need more time plus a full part etc to judge it.
Voice acting is ok, music is great, but I already knew that.
It's a positive start and I think it will only get better from here.
Voice acting is ok, music is great, but I already knew that.
It's a positive start and I think it will only get better from here.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
26thletter said:
Same here!! I'm excited!!
Can anyone tell me typically how long their shipments take to arrive? I've never used them before and they didn't supply a tracking number... :/
Picked-up a copy yesterday and played it after work.
First thing first : I'm quite amazed that they left the Japanese voice-over on the disk. I really enjoy playing games in their original language. Subtitles are big enough to make the read-through "pleasant" without losing to much of tha action.
Second surprise : the game looks rather good for a Wii game. The world is wide, richly textured, with free camera and a splendid art-design. I wish Monolith would get their hands on a more powerful hardware here to make it shine.
The combat system is pleasing so far. The real-time aspect coupled with positioning makes it more tactical than expected. It almost feel like a Stat-heavy Monster Hunter.
Might actually be one of the scarce J-RPG worth playing this gen, putting Square-Enix to shame for sure.
First thing first : I'm quite amazed that they left the Japanese voice-over on the disk. I really enjoy playing games in their original language. Subtitles are big enough to make the read-through "pleasant" without losing to much of tha action.
Second surprise : the game looks rather good for a Wii game. The world is wide, richly textured, with free camera and a splendid art-design. I wish Monolith would get their hands on a more powerful hardware here to make it shine.
The combat system is pleasing so far. The real-time aspect coupled with positioning makes it more tactical than expected. It almost feel like a Stat-heavy Monster Hunter.
Might actually be one of the scarce J-RPG worth playing this gen, putting Square-Enix to shame for sure.
RPGCrazied
Member
I'll use this one. Thanks! 
Dead Prince
Banned
Did you get your copy? lol.RPGCrazied said:I'll use this one. Thanks!
RPGCrazied
Member
DMPrince said:
Nope. Not last night anyway. It's only 7am right now. Long time before mail comes.
Did you??
=GabrielKnight=
Member
the courier delivered
4 hours til I'll go home
4 hours til I'll go home
mocolostrocolos
Member
After 6 hours of gameplay I've reached the next big area.
The knee of Bionis.
What a beautiful place.
Stupid Juju, but Sharla is Waifu material. Now I'm looking for the brat, who has left the camp.
I'm in level 19.
What a beautiful place.
Stupid Juju, but Sharla is Waifu material. Now I'm looking for the brat, who has left the camp.
I'm in level 19.
Dead Prince
Banned
nah. if it doesn't come in i'm spending my time with Deus sEx instead.RPGCrazied said:Nope. Not last night anyway. It's only 7am right now. Long time before mail comes.
Did you??
_Alkaline_
Member
M_Night said:
If you have a sharpness option of your tv, turn that shit down.
RPGCrazied
Member
_Alkaline_ said:
This.
If you have an option called Edge Enhancement, turn that off too.
=GabrielKnight=
Member
RPGCrazied said:Nope. Not last night anyway. It's only 7am right now. Long time before mail comes.
Did you??
you can't sleep waiting for your copy?
I don't understand why regular mail still hasn't a tracking system, it's so annoying
RPGCrazied
Member
=GabrielKnight= said:
Nah. I just went to bed early last night!
Europe doesn't get Deux Ex till Friday, partial payback for Xenoblade. Hah!
My copy shipped today though, so maybe tomorrow. Doesn't matter eitherway, I'm still no where near finishing Xenoblade.
Edit:
is pretty impressive as well. Wasn't expecting another city so close to
My copy shipped today though, so maybe tomorrow. Doesn't matter eitherway, I'm still no where near finishing Xenoblade.
Edit:
The Imperial City
Frontier Village
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Luigiv said:
Thanks for the explanation.
_Alkaline_ said:
RPGCrazied said:
Turned Edge Enhancement off earlier. It kinda takes away the detail but everything looks so much smoother.
Will take the sharpness down as well.
I'm now playing the game 16:9 instead of 4:3 and it looks so good.
Gaur plains is insane @_@
Overclock that sucker to at the bare minimum 3.2 and there will be a huge improvement.Zafir said:
I play on 4x native with AA and AF and all those goodies enabled and rarely ever go below 30fps. Sometimes I get crackling all over the place but I just save and restart.
Then again I have this system:
Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.7GHz (stock was 2.8), 8gb ddr2, and a stock ATI HD4890 1GB
Which is completely out of context? Oh no you get a pretty girl later, whoopdie doLedsen said:
DarknessTear
Banned
Gvaz said:
Honestly, if you encounter the character, there's a chance you might not normally think they would join your party, so in that sense, it kind of is a spoiler.