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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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Uncompromisable
Banned
Good luck, what strategy are you planning for those?
No idea yet, as I haven't really had to strategize at all up to this point and I haven't looked at what I'm in for. I'm guessing force aggro to someone like Riki or Reyn just there to absorb blows, while having someone else focus on damage.
King of the Potato People
Member
After playing Zelda it's fair to say this is the Wii's GOTY and possibly the GOTY.
I'd love a future Zelda game with environments as detailed as Gaur Plains, with as much flora and fauna.
I'd love a future Zelda game with environments as detailed as Gaur Plains, with as much flora and fauna.
There are a lot of games I'd like to see with environments like Gaur Plains.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I've only beaten those through toppling, although two of them weren't successfully locked so they still dealt damage. Party was Shulk (Monado arts, good damage), Dunban (good damage from AI), 7th (best character in the game IMO - awesome damage dealer, will also be a near-immortal tank, good AI).
You'll really struggle beating the strongest monsters with basic tank-and-heal tactics, they just deal too much damage too quickly. It's possible though, as far as I know.
drtomoe123
Member
I totally caved in and finally placed an order for an import of this game.
I can't wait to join you guys. <3
I can't wait to join you guys. <3
BlazingDarkness
Member
Anyone prefer Zelda to Xenoblade?
I notice Zelda a notch above Xenoblade on Metacritic
but find it hard to believe the latter can be bested, it's just so good
I notice Zelda a notch above Xenoblade on Metacritic
lol
My copy arrived today, hurray 
So I modded my Wii, and booted this sucker up.
First impressions are that the environments are splendid, but the character models, specifically the faces are not very pretty at all. I know, I know, we've been spoiled by HD beauty this generation, and I know it's a Wii game which is why this isn't a complaint but merely an observation. I'm still excited as ever to play through, especially a game that the majority have actually finshed despite the long campaign. I'm even happier to see that a few others have picked this up recently so that I will have someone to discuss this with
So I modded my Wii, and booted this sucker up. First impressions are that the environments are splendid, but the character models, specifically the faces are not very pretty at all. I know, I know, we've been spoiled by HD beauty this generation, and I know it's a Wii game which is why this isn't a complaint but merely an observation. I'm still excited as ever to play through, especially a game that the majority have actually finshed despite the long campaign. I'm even happier to see that a few others have picked this up recently so that I will have someone to discuss this with
I know. It's still a long way from the point of no return to the end.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Oh my lord, this game is OCD heaven. I'm STILL trying to do quests in Colony 9 so I can feel good leaving. I sort of remember reading that the quest log will show a watch symbol if you're unable to complete it after a certain point of progression. Is this true? I want to move forward since I'm getting frustrated looking for certain quest NPC's, but I don't want to NOT be able to complete certain quests.
Also, this is a dumb question, but what exactly do Agility and Ether do? I've been gemming for strength, attack, and defense...Sort of ignoring these other two stats. I mean, I imagine it's based off of magic, but like, what IS it? The characters I have at this point
don't really have magic...I mean, light heal maybe? Blah.
Game is so good...NoA is really crazy for not choosing to port this over.
Also, this is a dumb question, but what exactly do Agility and Ether do? I've been gemming for strength, attack, and defense...Sort of ignoring these other two stats. I mean, I imagine it's based off of magic, but like, what IS it? The characters I have at this point
Fiora just died
Game is so good...NoA is really crazy for not choosing to port this over.
Got about 15 hours in this game and I really enjoy it. Curse NoA for being so short sited and not bringing it over. That being said I'd have a ton more in it, but trying to mix it with with Saits Row: The Third, BatMan, Skyrim, and Battlefield 3 I never seem to have enough hours in a day to play these games
JimboJones
Member
Some charchters use ether abilities more than some but I think most if not all the charchters have arts than are ether based.
If you look at your Arts you can see which ones are ether or physical, so I assume adding ether gems increases there effectivness.
Higher agility means you can more easily dodge attacks.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Thanks. The Agility one makes perfect sense, I guess I just didn't make the connection. I thought it had something to do with crit, until I realized there's a +% crit stat.
SecretMoblin
Member
Regarding quests: yes, there will be a watch symbol in the quest log next to the quest name if it's time-limited. You can't miss it. Also, most of the time-limited quests will have very obvious cut-off points, so you'll know when you need to finish them. You can also ask here, we'd be glad to tell you if you're close to a cut-off point.
Remember that if you do all of the quests available to you, you'll end up overleveled for most of the game, even if you don't fight many enemies.
Yes that's true. After a couple of major plot events, the game world will change making some quests impossible to complete. These quests are marked with a clock as a warning. I wouldn't worry to much though, the time outs are pretty forgiving.
The first batch of these quests are timed out by an event that's pretty obvious and can be delayed as long as you need it to be.
The rest of them don't time out until right near the end when the plot twists start kicking in full effect.
By the time the quests time out, the usefulness of their rewards will long since have passed anyway(well for most of them at least).
JimboJones
Member
For ages I confused Quick Step and Agility as the same thing, didn't understand why quickstep wasn't increaseing my stats, just assumed maybe it was some invisible stat untill I looked it up and realized it simply makes your charchter move faster... making running around to places a little easier.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Still worth it to do lots of quests for affinity, both for your party and for the areas.
But yeah, anytime you have quests that will expire, you'll also get a dialog box asking if you're sure you want to continue. In fact I'm not even sure there are times when that pops up and quests don't expire.
Quickstep is extremely useful for accessing a certain area, I think that's the only time I ever used it. And agility is the most important stat in the game.
Yeah, just doing some random things before I tackle the 4 hard bosses. Killing UM's for art books, gotta grind for some AP/Skill stuff. Used up all my collectibles trying to get everyone's affinity maxed, still have like 4 "purples" that have yet to become "hearts". Just trying to use those characters in battle in the mean time while I build up more.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
However, the increase is still very notable.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
You can also link up skills to increase it more. Don't remember if there is more than one or not, and whether or not it's a party or individual skill. At the very least it's an extra 5% though.
magicalsoundshower
Member
I too felt similarly about this at first and was like "why the hell are they speaking at all? They're big demonic robots, stop making them look less threatening!" Not sure if you've already played this far, but you learn that this actually makes sense later on in the game.
The Hermit
Member
I am actually surprised I am going to say this, but Xenoblade beated SS as my GOTY...
BlazingDarkness
Member
Is there any way to manually put markers on the map for sidequests? I'd like to be able to know which direction and where to go when I'm trying to look for something
Unfortunately not!
Bummer. Do you guys just remember where the landmarks are?
BlazingDarkness
Member
Yeah, and remember you can quick warp to the locations you discover throughout the map
Sweet! Haven't gotten far enough for them to explain that feature so that should help with the questing.
They don't really ever explicitly explain that feature, if I remember right. You can use it basically right from the get go.
SecretMoblin
Member
Yeah, would be boss if that were possible. Highly doubt it though.
If anything, I learned so much new stuff about the game as I played it, that a replay is inevitable
Wait, what? You can buy the red CCPro separately? Cool.
I was a bit surprised when I just found it.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
After Zelda SS, I felt like I needed to give more love to my Wii, so I popped in Xenoblade and started playing.
3 hours in, and the game looks mindblowingly HUGE. Can't wait to grind and explore. The fact that dying isn't severely punishing, and you can pass time and teleport makes the whole experience really great, without all the classic inconvenience which come with JRPG in general.
Also (SPOILER)
3 hours in, and the game looks mindblowingly HUGE. Can't wait to grind and explore. The fact that dying isn't severely punishing, and you can pass time and teleport makes the whole experience really great, without all the classic inconvenience which come with JRPG in general.
Also (SPOILER)
Fioria...and I started to like her...T_T
Tears For Fears
Banned
So I finally got this game, and I can't understand the love for it.Sure it's beautiful, and massive, but the combat is really archaic, and the characters aren't likable at all. Maybe it's because I just scratched the surface of the game, (Only at the beginning of
it's most certainly 7/10 right now, but there have been better jrpgs this gen. It's just that combat man...
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Elfforkusu
Member
How is the combat archaic?
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Damn, the news about Xenoblade being released in America next year and everyone's praise of the game, I'm hyped to play this game finally this weekend. I live in the US so I'll have to use a region canceller, and since I would like the game to appear on the disc channel when I put the CD in, that means I'll have to use Tiny Load right? Is it a good thing to use that? Does this game benefit much from being ripped to a hard drive? In that case I might go that route and use the USB Loader.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
You can use a launcher if you want (I've never heard of Tiny Load, but I know Gecko OS), but ripping games to Hdd is just cool. It helps, in the sense that it works worry free on NTSC consoles, and you don't have to do a silly loader step each time. I play more of my Wii games when I don't have to get up and switch discs, lol.
Sometimes I drunkenly stumble into NMH2 thanks to the usb loader, and it's a damn good time
Yeah, out of all of the complaints I've heard about the combat system (like poor AI decision making for your allies or elaborate spell effects resulting in notable slowdown), I'd say that calling it "archaic" makes the least amount of sense. You can choose to run away from almost any battle, experience is evenly distributed among all party members (making it easier to experiment with party compositions), and there's even a gem crafting system that reminds me of modern MMOs. Throw in all of the skill link options and the ability to invest in whatever arts you want to and the room for customization in this game becomes staggering.
You're just sad there's no yuri
Do you mean Shadow Hearts Yuri? If so, then I am sad as well. He was one of the best RPG protagonists ever.
Anyway, I agree with the previous posters. Xenoblade's combat might not be your thing, but criticising it as archaic is not justified in the least.
ach, I am just so happy that America will get Xenoblade as well. When following that OT, I assume they get a new one, I can relive the game once more.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Archaic?! LOL! Xenoblade is about as progressive as JRPG combat gets! It's FF12 done right! (and the visions mechanic is completely original)
Never mind the whole host of other new ideas that it brings to the genre (positional attacks, completely seamless combat without any transition, HUDless party communication, pack mentality AI etc. The list goes on and on)
Never mind the whole host of other new ideas that it brings to the genre (positional attacks, completely seamless combat without any transition, HUDless party communication, pack mentality AI etc. The list goes on and on)