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[Alex]

Pulse has intensely higher geometry, texture res and shading, there's a massive difference in asset quality. What Pulse does not have though, is any decent attention to detail and fairly bland art direction, something that crept into everything I saw in XIV as well (which is hilarious considering XI's world direction was so much stronger.)

Xenoblade is probably the first Japanese open world game I've played that actually seems to know what it's doing, although it's side quests are all pretty disappointing and amazingly behind the curve. I almost wish they did use a level-scaling system because then they could at least be engaging in terms of combat and map filling and wouldn't turn me into an overpowered demigod by doing chores.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

This game still isn't supply constrained at all right? I'm thinking about waiting until January to pick it up if that's the case in case it drops in price since I can't play my wii until then.

 

[CruxisMana]

I think it's said in the beginning that

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those are the only two colonies left

. Could be remembering it wrong, though.

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I remember the game tells you that 6 and 9 are the only ones remaining, I meant more in the sense of whether the game ever tells you what happened to the others/where they were on Bionis.

I'm not sure if they are mentioned in the game or not. They are in the short story (the story occurs just before you head off to the final dungeon, and so has MAJOR spoilers, but part 0 should be safe to read (although not the section in brackets)):

http://dilly-shilly.blogspot.com/search/label/Xenoblade

I need to update this story to reflect the localization, but I can't play my copy yet :<

Thanks! I'll stave off reading it just yet though, just in case.

Papercraft Nopon

http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2011/08/xenoblade-chronicles-papercraft-riki.html

I am sooooooo going to try this.

 

[truly101]

Second day in a row with no mail at all. Looking like sometime next week.

 

[TheExodu5]

This game still isn't supply constrained at all right? I'm thinking about waiting until January to pick it up if that's the case in case it drops in price since I can't play my wii until then.

It's out of stock in most places, currently.

 

[Reknoc]

Papercraft Nopon

http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2011/08/xenoblade-chronicles-papercraft-riki.html

This is the best thing. I wish I had a printer

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Anyone else find the secret back entrance to Exile Fortress that let's you do the rescue quest by skipping the boss fight?

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Hint: You need to find the key for the back door

I did God I love this game.

 

[Sadist]

Story spoiler after/during Prison Island

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I just knew Fiora would be the Fem Mechon lol

But this game just keeps on giving.

 

[Twilight Princess]

is there a stuffed riki like these?
http://www.vat19.com/dvds/squishables-stuffed-animals.cfm

 

[TheExodu5]

Pulse has intensely higher geometry, texture res and shading, there's a massive difference in asset quality. What Pulse does not have though, is any decent attention to detail and fairly bland art direction, something that crept into everything I saw in XIV as well (which is hilarious considering XI's world direction was so much stronger.)

Textures and geometry don't do much when the land feels completely lifeless. The addition of foliage and wind to Xenoblade makes it feel so much more alive than XIII ever did. The terrain in Xenoblade just feels so much more impressive. The Bionis Leg is just blowing me away at the moment. Stunning.

 

[Gvaz]

(colors corrected using GIMP...this is what it looks like on my TV)

Those look good but I can deal with the colors because

 

[Reknoc]

Anyone else find the secret back entrance to Exile Fortress that let's you do the rescue quest by skipping the boss fight?

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Hint: You need to find the key for the back door

I did God I love this game.

I couldn't find it when I did the first quest in there, in fact I found the key the cuddly Nopon told me about after I did it. Didn't bother with the boss though, just drew his guards over to me and wiped them out.

Did use it for the other quests that take place there though.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Story spoiler after/during Prison Island

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I just knew Fiora would be the Fem Mechon lol

I think everyone that didn't sleep through the cutscenes should have figured out most of what happened there in the first few hours of the game. I'm just glad most of the obvious stuff is out of the way now (just passed that same area an hour ago).

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Whelp, it didn't come today.

It really amazes me that it still takes packages so long to get delivered via USPS.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

It's out of stock in most places, currently.

Is there supposed to be more or just one printing? I'll pick it up now if it's going to be hard to find.

 

[Boken]

How is this game with just a nunchuk and wiimote?

 

[TheExodu5]

Is there supposed to be more or just one printing? I'll pick it up now if it's going to be hard to find.

Seems like they're expecting more within a few days, I think. I'm not sure with NoE's history is with print runs.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Seems like they're expecting more within a few days, I think. I'm not sure with NoE's history is with print runs.

Ah, ok. Thanks.

 

[Ledsen]

How is this game with just a nunchuk and wiimote?

Some people prefer it since you can move and pick skills in battle at the same time.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

How is this game with just a nunchuk and wiimote?

That's actually the best control scheme. Unlike the CC Pro, you can use art moves while moving at the same time (which is invaluable in this game!)

Since you have to lift your thumb off the analog stick to reach the D-pad on the CC/CCPro, you have to stop moving before you attack.

Plus even ignoring that, the Wiimote/Nunchuck is more comfortable anyway and it's easier to move the camera while fighting than the CC Pro as well.

 

[D23]

How is this game with just a nunchuk and wiimote?

pretty comfortable i must say!! im like 10 hours in with nunchuck n wiimote having no problem whatsoever.

 

[CruxisMana]

Story spoiler after/during Prison Island

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I just knew Fiora would be the Fem Mechon lol

But this game just keeps on giving.

I think everyone that didn't sleep through the cutscenes should have figured out most of what happened there in the first few hours of the game. I'm just glad most of the obvious stuff is out of the way now (just passed that same area an hour ago).

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The game doesn't exactly shy away from the fact that the Faces have Hom operators/souls, especially in retrospect. It's quite clear that Silver Face has an operator inside her from one of Shulk's early visions and you can find out Xord's history from quite early on in the game. Metal Face's being Mumkhar is, in retrospect, quite obvious as well since they both use the same 'weapons' and the voices are similar.

 

[Sennorin]

Wow, I really have to remind myself to save more often. Just finished playing and, well, didn´t save for over 2 hours. Nothing happened, but that´s a recipe for future frustration

Btw. anyone know there that unique monster Jerome is? It´s supposed to be on reef 5 in the

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Eryth sea

-area. I´m there, but can´t find it. Maybe wrong day time? What does it look like?

 

[Robobandit]

Just got my copy from GAME..

It arrived yesterday, but I got home after the apartment office was closed.. so I couldn't pick it up until today.

I'm in florida, btw.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

It's a shame Reyn gets outclassed by other party members because I love his battle quotes.

I'm running around with Reyn/Sharla/Melia doing quests in lower level areas and that combo has my favourite bit of banter so far. Not the exact quote but the gist of it is like this.

Reyn - 'See, Brawn is better than Brains'
Sharla - 'Oh I'm not having that'
Melia - 'In the head, shoot him in the head'
Reyn - 'What?!'

 

[Alrus]

I couldn't find it when I did the first quest in there, in fact I found the key the cuddly Nopon told me about after I did it. Didn't bother with the boss though, just drew his guards over to me and wiped them out.

Yeah for some reason the boss isn't linked to his guards, so you don't have to fight him with all the other mobs at once (and thank god for that, that boss was a real bitch to beat when I tried).

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Wow, I really have to remind myself to save more often. Just finished playing and, well, didn´t save for over 2 hours. Nothing happened, but that´s a recipe for future frustration

Btw. anyone know there that unique monster Jerome is? It´s supposed to be on reef 5 in the

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Eryth sea

-area. I´m there, but can´t find it. Maybe wrong day time? What does it look like?

Some of the floating reefs have sea level reefs below if you fall through the middle of them. It might be down there.

 

[Alrus]

Wow, I really have to remind myself to save more often. Just finished playing and, well, didn´t save for over 2 hours. Nothing happened, but that´s a recipe for future frustration

Btw. anyone know there that unique monster Jerome is? It´s supposed to be on reef 5 in the

Spoiler

Eryth sea

-area. I´m there, but can´t find it. Maybe wrong day time? What does it look like?

You have to jump down the middle of the floating reef, it'll be there when it's not raining.

 

[AceBandage]

Just ordered from Zavvi.
Hope I get it this year.
X_X

 

[Yuterald]

Played this for 8 hours yesterday, lol! It's impossible to put down. There isn't much else to be said since most have already covered what is so glorious about this game. I will reiterate the fact that it is ABSOLUTELY INSANE we did not get this game in NA. Now that I'm actually playing the game it's completely crazy town that NOA wouldn't bring this over, for whatever reason!

By the way, did anyone else immediately think about Xenogears when you picked up that collectible wedding ring behind Dunban's house in Colony 9? It's like Midori's Ring behind Citan's house. Probably just coincidental, but it's the first thing that came to mind when I picked it up! =)

 

[Kjellson]

I have a question about trading. I heard that you can get Fossil Monkey from a Nopon called Rasha, but you have to have a good item to trade it for. Does the item only appear on the list when you have an item that's good enough or something?

 

[Twilight Princess]

I have a question about trading. I heard that you can get Fossil Monkey from a Nopon called Rasha, but you have to have a good item to trade it for. Does the item only appear on the list when you have an item that's good enough or something?

it doesnt. she throws it in as a bonus

 

[timetokill]

Just ordered from Zavvi.
Hope I get it this year.
X_X

Mine shipped on the 15th and it's still not here, so ....

 

[Diffense]

I'm at level 26.
Just went

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through the Ether mines and can go on to Satorl Marsh

but I'll be going back to do more sidequests.

This game is amazing and so satisfying to play its easy to lose track of time.
The world's combination of scale and detail would be overwhelming if weren't so fun.
Huge scale and minute detail applies not only to the world geography but also to game mechanics.
There's a ton of optional tasks that you could get sucked into for hours only to scratch the surface.

For example, while many quests have simple contexts others have deeper meaning within the lives of the townsfolk.
As you get these quests, uncovering all of the subplots becomes a meta-quest in itself.
The depth that exists in that aspect of the game caught me completely by surprise.
I pissed away several hours in the first area because of that and I'm nowhere near done.

But the designers wisely made it all optional so you never feel buried in extra tasks.
You can do them whenever you feel like taking a break from advancing the main storyline
(and there's a story memo to remind you of your next goal in case you get distracted for an extended time).

Anyway, as hyped as I was, Xenoblade Chronicles is exceeding my exceptations.
If you have a Wii, like these kinds of games, and you were on the fence about Xenoblade Chronicles, just get off and get it.
This game has made large strides towards redeeming the Wii in my eyes.
If I didn't have to jump through hoops to play it all would be (almost) forgiven.
[Crazy NOA is crazy]

 

[Ledsen]

it doesnt. she throws it in as a bonus

Wow, that is such bullshit.

 

[Laekon]

I'm from the US but will be in Zurich next week. I take it there is just one version in Europe and it has English voice acting? I hope I can find a copy.

 

[HiddenAway]

Anyone else find the secret back entrance to Exile Fortress that let's you do the rescue quest by skipping the boss fight?

Spoiler

Hint: You need to find the key for the back door

I did God I love this game.

I waltzed right through the front door and no-one batted an eyelid as I talked with the hostage and then subsequently left out the back door I was supposed to go through ^_^

I've been overlevelled for a while because of the side-quests, so I'm just endlessly walking past all the enemies and not fighting until they start to catch up

 

[AceBandage]

Mine shipped on the 15th and it's still not here, so ....

Blah.
Oh well, it'll give me a chance to play more of by backlog.

 

[iAmMaximus]

anyone ger their copy in the mail today?

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

BTW, I know it's been mentioned 1000 times by now, but Reyn is fucking boss! Just felt like saying that, hope he becomes a meme

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ha ha, in your face!

 

[[Nintex]]

Sidequesting is pretty awesome, I'm just strolling around, collecting those lights and items and stuff and then bam a level 77 dino in my face

 

[Sadist]

BTW, I know it's been mentioned 1000 times by now, but Reyn is fucking boss! Just felt like saying that, hope he becomes a meme

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ha ha, in your face!

We already have Reyn Time

 

[Kandinsky]

I was playing Smash Bros with my kids and man cant wait for the inevitable Xenoblade stage on the Wii U one.

 

[AceBandage]

I was playing Smash Bros with my kids and man cant wait for the inevitable Xenoblade stage on the Wii U one.

Would it be a giant field where random mobs come up and destroy everyone?

 

[Bel Marduk]

I was playing Smash Bros with my kids and man cant wait for the inevitable Xenoblade stage on the Wii U one.

Inevitable you say?

 

[MicH]

I was playing Smash Bros with my kids and man cant wait for the inevitable Xenoblade stage on the Wii U one.

You just blew my mind. I keep forgetting about the fact that a Smash Bros for Wii U has been announced.

 

[Reknoc]

Would it be a giant field where random mobs come up and destroy everyone?

Reyn will show up and knock everyone off screen and declare them to be a bunch of jokahs.

 

[Kandinsky]

Reyn will show up and knock everyone off screen and declare them to be a bunch of jokahs.

I expect a Riki assist trophy to show up!

 

[meppi]

Just ordered from Zavvi.
Hope I get it this year.
X_X

Why even use them at all at this point? :-/

 

[AceBandage]

Why even use them at all at this point? :-/

Which one should I use? Not to late to cancel.