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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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RPGCrazied said:How is that game?Believe it or not, that is my favorite anime of all time.
It's a pretty solid Diablo-ish game, dark atmosphere and your own personal Goblin army that's mostly useless but they find stuff for you. Sometimes.
I haven't seen the anime, but I do like the game. It's worth a run through.
BlazingDarkness
Member
If it means anything to you, I also ordered from ASDA in the UK and I received my game on tuesdaymeltingparappa said:
Go_Ly_Dow
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meltingparappa said:
Edit: beaten!
Blazingdarkness (also UK) copy was shipped on the same day and he received his the next day.
Was probably down to the mail service in my area.
I would say give it at least 7 days. All my orders from VGP (Canada > UK) take at least 6-7 days to arrive (10 days max). I can assume they send it via standard delivery since the price is so low.
Dead Prince
Banned
which means i should get my import faster than others lol.BlazingDarkness said:
CruxisMana
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Aeana said:
Ah, thanks! I went through that cave, but must have missed it going further.
RPGCrazied said:
From what I've gathered from watching trailers, each main area has at least 1 major settlement.
RPGCrazied
Member
Zafir said:
Big as the game is, I'm hoping for a modest amount of them. Who knows though.
Brannon said:
Do you like anime? If so, I'd say watch it. Of course it doesn't have the best animation, but the art is better than good for an anime in the early 90's.
SecretMoblin
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I'm just hoping for a big-ish snow area. I love snow in RPGs (and in real life), but for some reason most of them don't do it right.
I just want something as amazing as Phendrana Drifts.
I just want something as amazing as Phendrana Drifts.
Windom Earle
Member
Just picked up the CC Pro Edition. The wrapping is so cheap, OMG, most of the store copies were already damaged. Also the controller is pretty sexy. Didn't know you have to plug it into the wiimote, that's pretty dumb.
Installing now, can't wait!
Installing now, can't wait!
slaughterking
Member
Yo France, you really like Japanese stuff or what.
RPGCrazied
Member
SecretMoblin said:
I hope it does have a snow area too, that's the one thing I haven't seen. I did see a sandy area though.
well the fast travel isn't completely without loading. If you travel from one area to another major area, there does tend to be a little loading.Sennorin said:
Later on there will be enemies that attack on sight/sound/ether, so be wary! (Like an MMO!)
Secretmoblin
there is a snow area and its crazy!
BlazingDarkness
Member
You see a snow area in a cut-scene quiet early on, I'm not sure if that place will be explorable at all but I'd presume so
If you watch the overhead area views if you leave the title screen runningTDLink said:
there is indeed a snow mountain. Looks absolutely gorgeous at night too.
Nothing like creeping into a cave full of L70+ attack-on-sound enemies and fearing for your life if you accidentally start running.kiryogi said:
SecretMoblin
Member
Aghhhhhhhh I love snow!
Thanks for upping my hype meter, folks.
Thanks for upping my hype meter, folks.
RPGCrazied
Member
I'm going to laugh if NoA tries to release this now. I myself, unless some sort of big CE, won't be getting it.
Little to late for me.
Little to late for me.
The Return of
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That's true, but what helps is that you don't have to go back to the person who gave you the quest in order to complete it. Soon as you get the items or kill the monsters then you complete the quest.Hela said:
Dead Prince
Banned
if they do they'll probably tuck it in between their heavy release like Mario or Zelda lol.RPGCrazied said:
Melhisedek
Member
Folks who have already played this one... How is the story? I mean gameplay has impressed the hell out of me. But what can I expect from story? Deep? Cliche?
Oh and how long is the game, I mean I've played for 8 hours already and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface
Oh and how long is the game, I mean I've played for 8 hours already and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface
Dead Prince
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some say story alone is 60 hours.Melhisedek said:Folks who have already played this one... How is the story? I mean gameplay has impressed the hell out of me. But what can I expect from story? Deep? Cliche?
Oh and how long is the game, I mean I've played for 8 hours already and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface
SecretMoblin
Member
Honestly, I don't know why they couldn't have focused on the exploration aspects of the game and marketed it as "Twilight Princess with a soul".
Everyone brings up the Demon's Souls comparison because it's perfect: it's a great game, Atlus was confident in its quality, it ended up getting a ton of critical attention and love from the broader gaming community, and it ended up selling well. Now it's rightly considered one of the PS3's great games. Despite being on the Wii, I don't think Xenoblade Chronicles would be a disaster.
But all of that is moot -- for me at least. I'm done wasting energy getting mad at NoA, especially when I imported the game for (slightly) less money than I would have spent here. If I need to do this again for The Last Story, then I'll do it. I'm better prepared this time.
Everyone brings up the Demon's Souls comparison because it's perfect: it's a great game, Atlus was confident in its quality, it ended up getting a ton of critical attention and love from the broader gaming community, and it ended up selling well. Now it's rightly considered one of the PS3's great games. Despite being on the Wii, I don't think Xenoblade Chronicles would be a disaster.
But all of that is moot -- for me at least. I'm done wasting energy getting mad at NoA, especially when I imported the game for (slightly) less money than I would have spent here. If I need to do this again for The Last Story, then I'll do it. I'm better prepared this time.
I've also restarted learning Japanese, because I fear for the future of Japanese games in the West.
RPGCrazied
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DMPrince said:
I am looking forward to Skyward Sword, that's all that NoA is offering.
slaughterking
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After 13 hours I personally think it's a rather ordinary JRPG story with some cheesy dialogue and an amazing setting. I like it, but it's not what makes this game so excellent imo.Melhisedek said:Folks who have already played this one... How is the story? I mean gameplay has impressed the hell out of me. But what can I expect from story? Deep? Cliche?
Oh and how long is the game, I mean I've played for 8 hours already and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Ok, been playing it for a few hours now. I love it already. The music is godly, the environments are massive AND detailed with a strong sense of craftmanship (nothing is placed just for the sake of it)
Combat is fast paced and original and I can already tell that it's gonna get a lot deeper.
Also, maybe best of all, the voice acting is ridiculously British! Feels good man
Best RPG of this generation? Seems like it so far (and by a landslide!)
Combat is fast paced and original and I can already tell that it's gonna get a lot deeper.
Also, maybe best of all, the voice acting is ridiculously British! Feels good man
Best RPG of this generation? Seems like it so far (and by a landslide!)
Its got tried and true elements, but its also a Tetsuya Takahashi title. So if you've played xenogears/xenosaga/soma bringer, that's what you can expect.Melhisedek said:Folks who have already played this one... How is the story? I mean gameplay has impressed the hell out of me. But what can I expect from story? Deep? Cliche?
Oh and how long is the game, I mean I've played for 8 hours already and it feels like I've barely scratched the surface
RPGCrazied
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I have a feeling this might bump Tales of Vesperia off the #1 spot for me. That's no small feat.
Yeah, what I tend to do is try and accept as many quests as possible, and particularly with regards to the kill X monster or get X item quests I tend to do half of them while exploring without even going out my way. Go around fighting enemies, looking for landmarks, filling in the map and you bump into those monsters and get those items anyway.Tguy said:
The only ones you really have to go out your way for are red quest items or talking to people, and sometimes you can get the red quest items before talking to people anyway, so as soon as you find the NPC you can finish it.
Not having to report back really does make a difference.
Nuclear Muffin
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RPGCrazied said:I have a feeling this might bump Tales of Vesperia off the #1 spot for me. That's no small feat.
From my experience with both so far (I've finished TOV 360 BTW), Xenoblade takes a giant dump on TOV from a massive height.
Of course it's still really early days, but it does seem to live up to all the hype so far (we could be talking SNES RPG levels of awesome)
JumpingTheGun
Banned
The waiting game seems like it will take eons. I got my dispatch email on Wednesday, and although it says Ill get it the day of release, Im sure I probably wont get it until the 22nd or 23rd.
I havent been chomping at the bit for an RPG like this since fucking Chrono Cross. It's been a looooonnnnng time.
I havent been chomping at the bit for an RPG like this since fucking Chrono Cross. It's been a looooonnnnng time.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
That's what the unboxing video showed. It was kind of falling apart...Chanser said:
Interesting article on Joystiq if you're American.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/19/how-to-play-xenoblade-chronicles-if-you-live-in-america/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/19/how-to-play-xenoblade-chronicles-if-you-live-in-america/
Arpeggio23
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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/19/how-to-play-xenoblade-chronicles-if-you-live-in-america/
So confused....
I thought the ONLY thing that we needed to do to play Xenoblade on our NA Wiis was the Letterbomb portion of that Joystiq article. But then the article goes on to say that we'll also need IOS236 and D2X. Is that true?
So confused....
I thought the ONLY thing that we needed to do to play Xenoblade on our NA Wiis was the Letterbomb portion of that Joystiq article. But then the article goes on to say that we'll also need IOS236 and D2X. Is that true?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
The article goes on to mention the Configurable USB Loader. I assume those steps are to enable that.Arpeggio23 said:
If you just want to load from disc, letterbomb + region free loader (ie Gecko OS) should be all you need.