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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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When I wanted a refund from Zavvi it took them two months to pay me. Worst customer service in the business.RPGCrazied said:Yeah, but I just wanted to spend no more than $50. My Zavvi order was only $48. Before I reorder it will be after I get a full refund and waiting another 10 days.Though after another 5 I probably will just ask for a refund.
jump_button
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How well did Xenoblade Chronicles do in japan?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Very poorly. Zero copiesjump_button said:
Xenoblade on the other hand...
Lord Ghirahim
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BocoDragon said:Very poorly. Zero copies
Xenoblade on the other hand...
...didn't do anywhere as well as it should have because it's a Wii game.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
^ My computer can't run Dolphin but I am so happy knowing that this is possible.
SecretMoblin
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wsippel said:
...and then promptly refused to release their years-long megaproject in the largest video game market. :-(
Mockingbird
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michaeltraps said:
Likely no. Their September 13 event would be more likely.
Unknown Soldier
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Gvaz said:Is it bad that I have more fun dressing them up than I should?
Have you played Resonance of Fate? :3
kiryogi said:
What games has this guy actually MADE? I can see only Xenogears and Xenosaga Episode 1 where he actually has a Director credit.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Gvaz said:
Yep. You should play it more. You can also play dress-up with your party in that game. Muahahahaha.
i found one running around the chasms in the south east area of the map (abyss something and the others up from it).. Then when i wanted to find another one, I did that again.. for an hour and a half.. but never got one again <.<Alrus said:Damn Bitter Kiwis, I can't find you anywhere
Alex
Member
Personally, I've always found Takahashi to be , well, a hack, and certainly railed on him plenty on the old forums back in the day. I'm sure people more wild about the whole digital anime bit dig his past work up but his titles have always had very poor pacing and were flimsy at best in regards to combat, subsystems and area design, even while being by the books affairs. Honestly, prior to this the best thing that's ever come from his prior creations to me was probably Xenocard, which was rad.
Xenoblade is still rife with too many (somewhat janky) minor cutscenes, but the turn around in regards to the rest is pretty impressive. Not only does it take a complete 180 from his norm but it patches up nearly every last complaint I've had with Japanese open world titles in the past thus far. Lovely to see all of the fleshed out subsystems and proper emulation of a good MMORPG battle system 'sides just tossing in field roaming and auto-attack and calling it a day.
Outside of character vignettes and world/universe building, I'm not much of a plotting guy, but it's had a few cool quirks and has, most importantly, been very inoffensive thus far. Nothing at all cringe-worthy. Characters are a bit flat, at least at the moment but I'm still early in. The chatter and strong camaraderie is fun and endearing in it's own right, though.
Despite the troubles in the end with the whole localization issue, I'm really liking the voice work. I wouldn't mind EU taking more localization leads in the future, it's a nice departure from the same extremely small pool of actors used in Japanese game dubs in the US.
Anyhow, top-tier game that I didn't expect to be anything near. I've never felt the various forms of JRPGs were hurting like some folks, but there aren't really many of the traditional persuasion though other than late 90s type affairs like Radiant History or Trails in the Sky. Nice to see such a high quality, modern styled one.
I'm sure people more wild about the whole digital anime bit dig his past work up but his titles have always had very poor pacing and were flimsy at best in regards to combat, subsystems and area design, even while being by the books affairs. Honestly, prior to this the best thing that's ever come from his prior creations to me was probably Xenocard, which was rad.Xenoblade is still rife with too many (somewhat janky) minor cutscenes, but the turn around in regards to the rest is pretty impressive. Not only does it take a complete 180 from his norm but it patches up nearly every last complaint I've had with Japanese open world titles in the past thus far. Lovely to see all of the fleshed out subsystems and proper emulation of a good MMORPG battle system 'sides just tossing in field roaming and auto-attack and calling it a day.
Outside of character vignettes and world/universe building, I'm not much of a plotting guy, but it's had a few cool quirks and has, most importantly, been very inoffensive thus far. Nothing at all cringe-worthy. Characters are a bit flat, at least at the moment but I'm still early in. The chatter and strong camaraderie is fun and endearing in it's own right, though.
Despite the troubles in the end with the whole localization issue, I'm really liking the voice work. I wouldn't mind EU taking more localization leads in the future, it's a nice departure from the same extremely small pool of actors used in Japanese game dubs in the US.
Anyhow, top-tier game that I didn't expect to be anything near. I've never felt the various forms of JRPGs were hurting like some folks, but there aren't really many of the traditional persuasion though other than late 90s type affairs like Radiant History or Trails in the Sky. Nice to see such a high quality, modern styled one.
Hi, I just had
join the party, and now we're heading to
I still have some doubt regarding combat, namely:
Sharla
Colony 6 in order to rescue her brother.
I still have some doubt regarding combat, namely:
- The "B" button quick-time. I know when you start a battle it appears and if you time the button press correctly it gives you a boost, but what does it boost?
- Why does the "B" button sometimes appear in the middle of a battle? What triggers it? I'm not talking about helping your allies, but the same quick-time action as above.
- Regarding Monado and it's power to
. As soon as I see the action that harms an ally, what should I do? I believe you have to advise him/her with the "B" button, but what then? I believe you get to choose one of his/her arts, but sometimes I don't get to choose one of theirs so I'm left simply helpng them with Shulk's curing art.predict the future
Ulthwe said:
The B button quicktimes increase tension during battle. Each character has a certain amount of tension which has an effect on their chances to miss or score critical hits. The portrait gives an indication how much tension they have, if they look sad it's low, if they look fired up it's high. The quick time prompts that appear during battle are triggered by party members missing or scoring a critical.
For the future prediction
monado shield
TheExplodingHead
Banned
As I play more and more of this game (at the end of the Wii's life) I'm amazed by the overall graphical quality/art direction and scale for a Wii game... Too bad really more developers didn't invest more into the platform, Nintendo too, to a degree.
Level 21 now and so far it's my current GOTY.
Only thing that sucks about Dolphin now (for new users) is that it can be a pain in the ass to setup the 360 controller button mapping. The CC/GC works great though.
Level 21 now and so far it's my current GOTY.
Jintor said:
Only thing that sucks about Dolphin now (for new users) is that it can be a pain in the ass to setup the 360 controller button mapping. The CC/GC works great though.
All it is, is aUlthwe said:
prediction on what's going to happen.
I'm only at level 9 or 10 roaming around Colony 9 with
.I'm about to enter a
The one thing I will say that I enjoy a lot is the level of freedom given to the player. You can just do whatever you want at your own pace. Want to explore? Go ahead. Want to focus more on fighting monsters? Sure. Want to do quests/find stuff to collect? You can do that. Want to make progress to the story? Hey, whenever you're ready.
I'm enjoying the game and when it gets even better I will feel like sending NOA a picture of my middle finger.
Shulk, Fiori and that orange- haired guy
cave as part of the story to get some fuel. It comes after the cut scene at the weapons lab when the Monado sword showed Shulk a glimpse of the the future. Speaking of swords, I sure hope I can get a better one for Shulk soon. The first one he has is a piece of crap but I haven't been able to buy a new one for him yet.
The one thing I will say that I enjoy a lot is the level of freedom given to the player. You can just do whatever you want at your own pace. Want to explore? Go ahead. Want to focus more on fighting monsters? Sure. Want to do quests/find stuff to collect? You can do that. Want to make progress to the story? Hey, whenever you're ready.
I'm enjoying the game and when it gets even better I will feel like sending NOA a picture of my middle finger.
Just got up to the three hours mark and wow, what an awesome game.
I've a question though. What do I do when I have trouble locating a quest giver or quest objective? I don't see an option to track them on the map or anything.
I've a question though. What do I do when I have trouble locating a quest giver or quest objective? I don't see an option to track them on the map or anything.
I'm looking for the girl whose watch I was supposed to fix and for the lake monster at overlook park. In search of the latter I even jumped into the water at day and night time, but I was unable to find it
The quests are pretty annoying in that way. If you're looking for someone, check out the affinity chart to check out what times they are active and then just wander around until you see a red exclamation mark on the minimap. For other stuff, listen to what the NPC says when giving the quest because sometimes they give you an idea where to look. And other times they just say find something and you're screwed.
HiddenAway
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gamingeek said:
Pause the download about 70MB in - then start it up about 5 seconds later.
