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[mclem]

It's 2AM, and I had to consciously force myself to stop playing to go to bed. Still barely progressed in the story,

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but am now heading off to get some ether in a cave with Reyn, which looks like it'll be a bit more involved

.

Despite the lack of progress in that respect, done a ton of stuff around the colony. Assuming that

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we'll get Fiora - or at least some other third character - in the squad soon

, I've held off on doing every last quest for now. Have killed my first

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named enemy (the big caterpillar below the entrance bridge)

, though, which was a bit more involved; I'm finding the basic fights quite simple, although I'm now outlevelling them a bit.


My only real criticism right now is one I think a few people have said, that it gives you a little too much freedom too quickly. Being a bit more linear and dictated at the outset would give it a bit more room to teach concepts to you at a reasonable pace; as it stood there was a gap of something like 90 minutes between fights for me the way I played, which meant I'd forgotten a few things by the time I fought again.

 

[Dead Prince]

Did your UPS man come?

No. and it started raining real hard 30 minutes ago LOL.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I hope tomorrow is the day for both of us!

And lucky, Texas needs rain badly. It's been in the 100's since June. ;/

 

[wrowa]

7 hours into the game. I'm at level 12 and on my way out of Colony 9... I don't want to go already, but after being killed by a Level 70 monster I thought "well, fuck".

 

[LiK]

No Xenoblade from GAME yet. kinda expected it. next week then.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Fullscreen resolution: 1080p
Internal Resolution: 4x Native (2560x2112)
AA: 8 Samples (quality level 32)
AF: 16x
Per-Pixel Lighting and Force Texture Filtering Enabled

What? Dolphin can do that now? Any screens? Yes, I know there's the Dolphin thread, but don't know which ones are lit per-pixel.

 

[slaughterking]

It's 3AM here and I'm not sure how I did it, but I played 17 hours since I got the game yesterday. I think I really like the game -- and my thesis is suffering horribly because of that.

Oh, and I just left the Colony 6 area behind me and arrived at a wonderful place. The nighttime music and atmosphere there is truly magical.
There are quite a few challenging enemies, too. A fun place all around.

 

[LevityNYC]

No Xenoblade from GAME yet. kinda expected it. next week then.

You in the States or the U.K.?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

100% Bionis Knee collectapedia, feelsgoodman

This area is the biggest area I've ever seen in a single player RPG, it is amazing

 

[RPGCrazied]

States. I think that's probably who doesn't have it right now.

 

[slaughterking]

Huh, we have a new thread title. Not very charming. :I

 

[LiK]

You in the States or the U.K.?

c'mon man, lol

 

[Sophia]

Reading these posts is almost depressing. I can't even order the game until the first. :\

 

[VindicatorZ]

I actually don't even understand why the game is getting so many 9.0's and not 9.5's or perfect 10's. The reviews almost literally have ZERO complaints. It's all heaps and heaps of praise in every single aspect. So why do they knock a point? I only say it because perfect 10's would really get peoples attention even more than it already has. But it is getting great reviews as I knew it would. This game will sell on it's merits alone.

 

[weeaboo]

I actually don't even understand why the game is getting so many 9.0's and not 9.5's or perfect 10's. The reviews almost literally have ZERO complaints. It's all heaps and heaps of praise in every single aspect. So why do they knock a point? I only say it because perfect 10's would really get peoples attention even more than it already has. But it is getting great reviews as I knew it would. This game will sell on it's merits alone.

Wii graphics.

 

[Sophia]

I actually don't even understand why the game is getting so many 9.0's and not 9.5's or perfect 10's. The reviews almost literally have ZERO complaints. It's all heaps and heaps of praise in every single aspect. So why do they knock a point? I only say it because perfect 10's would really get peoples attention even more than it already has. But it is getting great reviews as I knew it would. This game will sell on it's merits alone.

I'm kinda curious that myself. Amusingly, one of the 10 point reviews had a legit complaint about the graphics of individual models, yet still tossed it a perfect score.

 

[PixyJunket]

I actually don't even understand why the game is getting so many 9.0's and not 9.5's or perfect 10's. The reviews almost literally have ZERO complaints. It's all heaps and heaps of praise in every single aspect. So why do they knock a point? I only say it because perfect 10's would really get peoples attention even more than it already has. But it is getting great reviews as I knew it would. This game will sell on it's merits alone.

I'd imagine most places are knocking it a point simply for being a Wii title.

 

[bhytre]

Feels good mang

 

[Dachande]

Just got to the end of the mines, beaten

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the security robot things

- taken me nearly 3 hours so far. I wasn't sure the first time I played, but tonight I've really got into it. The battle system feels very FFXII to me, minus the Gambit stuff, and I really like it so far. The 'boss' battles are hectic and busy, it rarely feels hands-off.

 

[Sianos]

Wii graphics.

Yep, you hit the nail right on the head.

 

[LevityNYC]

c'mon man, lol

wow...didnt recognize the avatar, didn't look at the name. Thats funny.

 

[mclem]

I'd imagine most places are knocking it a point simply for being a Wii title.

I think there are valid reasons to deduct a point (animations, some ropey texturing, the slight pacing issues I mentioned earlier), but I'm wondering if this is one of those games that makes you want to wax lyrical about the good in it that maybe you omit the negatives.

 

[epmode]

I'm kinda curious that myself. Amusingly, one of the 10 point reviews had a legit complaint about the graphics of individual models, yet still tossed it a perfect score.

It's almost as though you think a 10 means a perfect game.

 

[SecretMoblin]

Huh, we have a new thread title. Not very charming. :I

To be fair, it was getting out of hand. Why people continue to advocate (or even admit to) such an awful thing is beyond me.

Wii graphics.

This is obviously true.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Wish I had a better camera but man, DEM VISTAS.

 

[Zane]

I actually don't even understand why the game is getting so many 9.0's and not 9.5's or perfect 10's. The reviews almost literally have ZERO complaints. It's all heaps and heaps of praise in every single aspect. So why do they knock a point? I only say it because perfect 10's would really get peoples attention even more than it already has. But it is getting great reviews as I knew it would. This game will sell on it's merits alone.

That's not how it works. You don't start at 10 and remove a point for every flaw. The lengths GAF will go to discredit games journalism is astounding.

It is a perfectly reasonable prospect that the reviewers thought it was an incredible game with little to no big flaws. But maybe that's not a 10 for them. And that's OK.

 

[slaughterking]

I would say it's partly due to the whole Operation Rainfall ruckus that Xenoblade even got a fair share of reviews and very sporting ones at that. "Demanding" perfect scores to make a point and come down on NoA is maybe a bit much.
If Xenoblade came out in NA like any other game its outstanding quality would've probably gone overlooked by a lot of magazines.

To be fair, it was getting out of hand. Why people continue to advocate (or even admit to) such an awful thing is beyond me.

Well, but this thread title is essentially assisting the pirates so they don't accidentally reveal themselves and get banned. I wouldn't mind it if those jerks got banned and we can have a nicer thread title.

 

[Eusis]

I'd imagine most places are knocking it a point simply for being a Wii title.

There's plenty of games on PS3/360/PC they'd talk about in the same fashion and still only give a 9 or 9.5, and didn't Bebpo's impressions list enough (relatively minor) annoyances that you could easily rationalize knocking down a point from "perfect"? Hell, they may find it really good but not quite greatest game ever, nothing you can really say to rationalize it.

 

[Sennorin]

I'd imagine most places are knocking it a point simply for being a Wii title.

Sadly, most likely this.

But who cares, really. From my 7 hours of playing so far, this is the definitive JRPG of this generation of consoles. Scores don´t matter. Who doesn´t play this game, misses out. Simple as that.

Edit: I wouldn´t take Bebpo´s impressions as very representative. He made the mistake of forcing himself to do all sidequests, which, honestly, is dumb. The key to enjoying this game is to play the way it is the most fun to you. Doing all sidequests...I can see how that could ruin the game a bit.

 

[epmode]

FELLOW AMERICANS

If we ordered from GAME, will the package show up via UPS or USPS? Or or or?

 

[LiK]

FELLOW AMERICANS

If we ordered from GAME, will the package show up via UPS or USPS? Or or or?

USPS. they ship via Royal Mail.

 

[epmode]

So there's a chance I'll see it tomorrow! Omgomgomg.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

If you haven't yet you

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should go get Sharla before taking another break from the story since she's your healer.

Yeah I've figured this out, there's a quest from that Sesame guy that requires me to kill a unique mob, which spams me with debuffs even though i'm several levels higher, so i'm going to get

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Sharla

and go and kill it

I discovered about 8 landmarks on the Bionis Knee, and killed several unique mobs. So good <3

 

[Airgetlam]

Wow. Thats huge. While it will sharpen up the image, it won't get rid of the jaggies I'm afraid. Having a low sharpness helps, and if your set has a dynamic contrast, having it off helps some too.

I'll try that out. I was actually thinking of playing on my old 19" HDTV after getting the HD component cables. Maybe it would look better on a smaller screen?

 

[Nephix]

I wish there was an option to limit or entirely shut off levelling for awhile because it's getting to the point where my characters are somewhere around 10+ levels above everything else in the current area.

And that's without actively looking for quests, just activating them when I see an exclamation mark, which usually means a finished quest because I already have all the required items. I guess the only option is to downright ignore any and all exclamation marks and rush through areas to avoid levelling too much.

Nothing to complain about except that though since it's a pretty solid game and probably the most fun I've had with an jrpg in quite some time.

 

[iAmMaximus]

Turns out I had a bit of free time at work today, so I decided to write a simple piano arrangement of the main theme and record it:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3941665/test_piano_2.wav

Yeah, I'm THAT hyped about the game!

Wow very well done. Such an amazing theme.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I'll try that out. I was actually thinking of playing on my old 19" HDTV after getting the HD component cables. Maybe it would look better on a smaller screen?

Much better.

I kick myself all the time for getting rid of my flat CRT 26" TV.

 

[creid]

Yeah, but I downscaled the image size from the full 16:9 widescreen to 4:3 (I think).

Decreases the jaggies and improves the image quality a lot. I'm fine with the smaller viewing size.

? How did you accomplish that?

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

I think buying less than two copies should be bannable.

 

[RPGCrazied]

? How did you accomplish that?

I have a picture size button. I have a 4:3 mode too, but then leaves big horrendous black bars on the left and right side.

 

[Keasar]

I am positively surprised, the writing have been really good so far (5 hours), I have yet to smack myself on the forehead for something the characters say. Lovely visuals, the combat feels good and challenging and the music is absolutely marvelous.

I am enjoying for once a JRPG properly.
And my Wii for the first time in over half a year, damn thing was really dusty when I took it out.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Two hours, forty minutes in and I'm loving it, game feels immense already, plus the dialog is GREAT for a modern JRPG. The moment I realized I could swim was wonderful. Also, the music is amazing, I find myself humming along a lot.

 

[MYE]

I bet this game will be expensive as hell in a few years. If there is no US release then oh boy, grab them now people.

 

[dacuk]

Reading all the nice comments of the game from Euro/Import-GAF makes me hate even more NOA...
Importing it from PAL-land will be definitely prohibitive for me (3-way post trip)

 

[Dmax3901]

Just to clarify, no-one in Australia has their hands on this right? We're still getting it in September or something?

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Feels good mang

why is Monado spelled Monade in italian? That's odd

 

[seady]

Wii graphics.

I still don't understand why dock a point off for Wii Graphics. They are suppose to rate it based on the system strength.

I don't take 4 points of a DS games because it doesn't do PS3 graphics.

 

[Krev]

Well, but this thread title is essentially assisting the pirates so they don't accidentally reveal themselves and get banned. I wouldn't mind it if those jerks got banned and we can have a nicer thread title.

This this this!
'Piracy is still bannable' is such a terrible OT name for such a great game. And isn't it general knowledge on GAF that piracy is bannable?

 

[Victrix]

This this this!
'Piracy is still bannable' is such a terrible OT name for such a great game. And isn't it general knowledge on GAF that piracy is bannable?

Seriously. Let stupid people get themselves banned, don't taint the awesome with a terrible title

 

[Zwei]

why is Monado spelled Monade in italian? That's odd

and there also appears to be two variants of the Spanish language.. what the hell is that?