Nocturnowl
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So I just reached the marshland area and my word does that area get a lovely visual overhaul at night, i'm really beginning to get drawn into this game.
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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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UltimateIke
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I ordered on July 5th from Zavvi. It was dispatched on August 15th, and I am still waiting for delivery to Alabama.JumpingTheGun said:
But I'm not worried about it.
I got free shipping, and I've ordered enough stuff from over-seas to know when patience is required.JumpingTheGun
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UltimateIke said:I ordered on July 5th from Zavvi. It was dispatched on August 15th, and I am still waiting for delivery to Alabama.
But I'm not worried about it.
Whats been the average waiting time for you? I expected to wait a week or so. I used good ol Royal Mail.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
popped the game in suddenly an hour an twenty minutes have flown by, wow the game dropped my jaw so much too explore either this game is going to be to immense for me or one of the best rides i will ever have on the wii, i still dont have a fucking clue what i am doing rpg noob but wow this game looks and plays so smoothly, looks great on my tv with the edtv cables...
game feels like a real time hack and slash with some strategy actions a heap of exploration thrown in for good measure..wow..maye a convert to some rpg's now this and OoT are an eye opener, it has clicked more with me than MH Tri...heard the game will take a long time to complete? how long roughly just to do main quests and no side ones? game feels like it will have a lot of depth to it.
actually just thinking the game reminds me of Kotor which is a great thing
will play some more later, shit backlog is all over the place
game feels like a real time hack and slash with some strategy actions a heap of exploration thrown in for good measure..wow..maye a convert to some rpg's now this and OoT are an eye opener, it has clicked more with me than MH Tri...heard the game will take a long time to complete? how long roughly just to do main quests and no side ones? game feels like it will have a lot of depth to it.
actually just thinking the game reminds me of Kotor which is a great thing
will play some more later, shit backlog is all over the place
UltimateIke
Member
Depends on exactly where I order from, but ~10 weekdays is usually the sweet spot.JumpingTheGun said:
Big Papa Husker
Member
I have a question for those in the US who ordered from GAME and received it: Did it come USPS or UPS?
Feep said:
It would seem to be due to less lines of effective resolution. When you have your Wii set to 16:9, it is still only using 480p lines of resolution (4:3), but the pixels are rectangular in shape. The image is then stretched horizontally on a 16:9, allowing the pixels to resume their intended shape. In this way, all 480 lines of resolution are used.
When you play a game that forces letter boxing on the 4:3 setting, the Wii is "losing" anywhere up to 25% of the resolution, as it is actually rendering the black bars, leaving only a large fraction of the 480 lines available for the game image. This means less resolution for rendering fonts. So basically, the developers fucked up and used a font that is too small.
Setting your TV to 16:9 mode allows the Wii to use the entire 480 lines for the signal, since it no longer has to generates the black bars. Hell, the 16:9 mode on most TV is simply squishing the scan lines down vertically without any sort of special processing. It was designed for use with anamorphic signals, which is exactly what the Wii outputs in 16:9 mode.
It sounds like the developers didn't want to take into account 4:3 televisions, since fixed GUI/HUD elements need to be designed with both ratios in mind from the start. Most first-party games do this, and you can immediately notice it in games like New Super Mario Bros Wii, where the HUD elements are confined to the 4:3 visible area even in 16:9 mode.
CruxisMana
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jufonuk said:
40-50 hours from what I've heard. Although from my experience you definitely need to do some sidequests in order to be the right level for the area's boss.
jufonuk
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whelp, damn will e playing this for ages then or trying toCruxisMana said:
dead island coming out soon shit too many games lolwrowa said:
RPG Noob and not really OCD about 100% a game, if certain quests add to stats etc then I wlll do them..otherwise I just wish to get on with the main missions and see how the game pans out.
jump_button
Banned
lol Iam only one that think of this
when Dunban uses Electic Gustbuster!
when Dunban uses Electic Gustbuster!
Well, Xenoblade certainly managed to save me some money. Will buy Deus Ex: Human Revolution when it´s on Steam for 10 bucks
Anyway, could some tell me the following without any specific spoilers, just yes or no: I´m at the beginning for some forest. Is there going to be another BIG, gorgeous open area like the Gaur field between colony 9 and 6?
Anyway, could some tell me the following without any specific spoilers, just yes or no: I´m at the beginning for some forest. Is there going to be another BIG, gorgeous open area like the Gaur field between colony 9 and 6?
Electivirus
Member
All this talk about TV troubles have me worried that I won't be able to play it on mine either.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Time to explore
Eryth Sea
Hard to answer. Are there areas just as big, or maybe even bigger? Yes. Is one of them like Gaur Plains? No. And that's actually a good thing in my book. Colony 9 and Gaur Plains are rather similar. Everything after that is very different. Not necessarily smaller, definitely not boring, but different. It probably would become boring if all areas were the same.Sennorin said:Well, Xenoblade certainly managed to save me some money. Will buy Deus Ex: Human Revolution when it´s on Steam for 10 bucks
Anyway, could some tell me the following without any specific spoilers, just yes or no: I´m at the beginning for some forest. Is there going to be another BIG, gorgeous open area like the Gaur field between colony 9 and 6?
CruxisMana
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Sennorin said:
I haven't had time to explore it yet, but the sea I've just got too
Eryth Sea
Ledsen said:
Accept that with GAME you pay for shipping and it explicitly says 4 to 6 business days. If it is going to take 3 weeks they need to tell me before I buy stuff from them. If it takes that long there won't be a very happy customer sales rep that will have to hear me complain to.
Now in his case I think he went with Zavvi, so he's kind of screwed because I don't think they specified a time. Needless to say in my case if it doesn't show up on the 6th business day (tomorrow) I'm not going to be a fun person to be around.
Out_Of_Ammo
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I've been playing this game for 13 hours now and it's AMAZING. I guess there is 1 positive thing about the whole "no release in USA" thing because I didn't even know this game (and the other 2 RPG's) excisted before Operation rainfall was all over the place
Still hope NoA decides to release this game if they see how well it sells.
There is 1 thing I need to ask though... Is it normal that al the NPC's disappear if you talk to someone and reappear when you finish talking? Not that it's a big deal but it looks kind of stupid.
Still hope NoA decides to release this game if they see how well it sells.
There is 1 thing I need to ask though... Is it normal that al the NPC's disappear if you talk to someone and reappear when you finish talking? Not that it's a big deal but it looks kind of stupid.
BlazingDarkness said:Time to exploreEryth Sea
Shit is so huge and gorgeous, Im just starting there myself. Each new area somehow tops the last in scale and beauty.
I really take back everything I said in BK3 threads about wanting to keep the hand drawn 2D backgrounds. Give me BK art style and combat in a huge insanely gorgeous Xenoblade open world in HD on Wii U please. I know you have it in you Monolithsoft.
shadyspace
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No. I picked it up second-hand so I don't know how old it is but it's flat glass. The menu is sparse. There's no setting for video beyond brightness and shit like and a "Game Mode" whatever the hell that is.Ledsen said:
BlazingDarkness
Member
Enduin said:
That first view you get as you first enter is absolutely mind blowing
flat glass means its fairly new. It definitely has aspect ratio changing. I'm 100% you just havent found the button yet. It's usually not in the menu but its own button on the remote. Try finding one that looks like a square being squashed be two arrows, that should be the aspect ratio button.shadyspace said:
shadyspace
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I didn't get a remote with it. Found a random one in my house and paired that to it.Ledsen said:
SecretMoblin
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So many sidequests......
Dead Prince
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Sure. Its just to show that RPGCrazied wont get his lolTorillian said:
chris121580
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Was it regular mail or UPS? Still waiting patiently for mineTorillian said:
Corleth the Fey
Member
Time to buy another TV, shadyspace. Also try sounding a little less pissed off with people trying to help you out.
Lord Ghirahim
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Dead Prince
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Because this is what hardcore gamers been asking forAlrus said: