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[TheExodu5]

Ordered.

 

[Dartastic]

Oh hey, it's Shenmue 2 all over again. Is this any good?

 

[Arcblade]

Really? The ending for XII made me feel fuzzy inside.




.

Yeah, man.

Totally.

I wanted my characters' families avenged, their nation restored.

The way they totally changed their minds at the end killed the game like drowning a puppy.

 

[BocoDragon]

Yeah, man.

Totally.

I wanted my characters' families avenged, their nation restored.

The way they totally changed their mins at the end killed the game like drowning a puppy.

Not sure what you mean? (XII spoilers)

Spoiler

Didn't they defeat the enemy prince after he used the evil power, call off the enemy attack and restore Ashe to the throne? I assumed they got everything they wanted.

 

[Feep]

Dat AA

I have a 37 inch HDTV for my Wii, but man, it has a shitty conversion chip or something, because the jaggies from my component cable are sharp enough to cut my wrists. I actually normally use a crappy 23-inch SD set, but I hear the text in this game is small enough that I may have to use HD just to see it. = (

 

[Lissar]

I'm so ridiculously happy with all the praise this game is getting from both reviewers and gamers. Xenoblade: Smiting the unbelievers

I just hope sales will do half as well as its praise. I doubt it... but...

 

[Arcblade]

So... anyone going to shred some light on whether or not Dolphin can be run off of a good laptop?

I shall order the CE tonight, if so.

 

[Victrix]

I actually had zero problems with 12, save for the ending.

But the ending completely killed it for me.

An epic quest for vengence and reckoning for loved ones, lives, and nation lost, collapses into the chorus for "Why Can't We Be Friends", roll credits.

FF12 ended at the top of the tower, I don't know what you're talking about, I remember liking the ending!

(and yes, this game's videos initially attracted me because I totally loved 12)

 

[Arcblade]

FF12 ended at the top of the tower, I don't know what you're talking about, I remember liking the ending!

(and yes, this game's videos initially attracted me because I totally loved 12)

It ended with the Empire still on one piece, ruling the lands it had so savagely conquered, their peoples still its subjects.

That sucked, imo.

 

[Reknoc]

Hahaha, oh dear. I don't know if this makes me love the dub more or less but I burst out laughing when (late gaur plains)

Spoiler

the mechon spoke

.

 

[BocoDragon]

It ended with the Empire still on one piece, ruling the lands it had so savagely conquered, their peoples still its subjects.

(FFXII spoilers)

Spoiler

But Dalmasca regained independence...

The Empire needn't be wiped out. Just restore the one nation we ever saw subjugated to freedom. Archadia as a country should still exist... it just got a change of leadership in the form of Larsa.

If there are other subjugated peoples under the Empire, leave that plotline to Final Fantasy XII-2

Spoiler

In Space

 

[legend166]

I swear if there are people out there who would have bought it if released in America, but are pirating instead of simply importing it, I want to find them and slap them in the face.

 

[Luigiv]

So... anyone going to shed some light on whether or not Dolphin can be run off of a good laptop?

I shall order the CE tonight, if so.

Depends on how exactly how good you're laptop is really. Xenoblade is suppose to be quite resource intensive though, So I wouldn't hold my breath.

The problem with dolphin is that it does 90% of it's emulation on the CPU, with very little offloaded to the GPU. On top of that, Dolphin only supports up to 2 cores. As such your CPU needs to be fairly beefy to handle a complexly coded game like Xenoblade. I'm talking 3.5-4GHz here.

 

[Arcblade]

Depends on how exactly how good you're laptop is really. Xenoblade is suppose to be quite resource intensive though, So I wouldn't hold my breath.

The problem with dolphin is that it does 90% of it's emulation on the CPU, with very little offloaded to the GPU. On top of that, Dolphin only supports up to 2 cores. As such your CPU needs to be fairly beefy to handle a complexly coded like Xenoblade. I'm talking 3.5-4GHz here.

1.7 quad core.

So basically what you are telling me is that I either have to go ahead and mod the Wii to play EU, or else hope and pray and eventually curse their name when noa doesn't deliver on our shores?

 

[Victrix]

The Wii mod is incredibly simple and safe, the import price is about that of a normal retail release here. You know what to do.

 

[BocoDragon]

1.7 quad core.

So basically what you are telling me is that I either have to go ahead and mod the Wii to play EU, or else hope and pray and eventually curse their name when noa doesn't deliver on our shores?

Mod your Wii. It's safe and easy.

 

[Sophia]

1.7 quad core.

So basically what you are telling me is that I either have to go ahead and mod the Wii to play EU, or else hope and pray and eventually curse their name when noa doesn't deliver on our shores?

Don't even bother with emulation. Go ahead and mod your Wii, as it's extremely easy, and impossible to brick.

 

[C-Jo]

Alright, fuck it. Ordered.

You guys better be right!

 

[CoolS]

I love how this actually lives up to the Hype of everyone so far. Because it's just THAT good!

 

[Codeblue]

I swear if there are people out there who would have bought it if released in America, but are pirating instead of simply importing it, I want to find them and slap them in the face.

They deserve to be slapped for ruining the thread title, piracy warrants a kick to the shins or something.

 

[Luigiv]

1.7 quad core.

So basically what you are telling me is that I either have to go ahead and mod the Wii to play EU, or else hope and pray and eventually curse their name when noa doesn't deliver on our shores?

Well you'd have to mod your Wii anyway in order to play it on Dolphin in the first place, so go ahead and mod.

Breaking the region encoding requires less modding then ripping the ISO does anyway.

 

[Arcblade]

Impossible to brick?

Sounds like more money leaving the U.S. economy.

 

[Sophia]

Impossible to brick?

Sounds like more money leaving the U.S. economy.

Yup. As long as you follow instructions, the basic mod of Homebrew Channel + Gecko OS is impossible to brick. Even my computer illiterate mother could do it if I linked her the GAF Wiki. >_>

 

[Feep]

Impossible to brick?

Sounds like more money leaving the U.S. economy.

I was a little worried myself, man, but the new LetterBomb technique makes it INSANELY IMPOSSIBLY easy.

Getting CFG working (to rip/play Wii games from a hard drive) is a bit tougher, and when I say a bit tougher, I mean fourth grade level shit. But just region unlocking? SO EASY.

I am so ready.

 

[slaughterking]

You know what's a great game? Xenoblade is. :0

 

[Arcblade]

Yup. As long as you follow instructions, the basic mod of Homebrew Channel + Gecko OS is impossible to brick. Even my computer illiterate mother could do it if I linked her the GAF Wiki. >_>

Awesome.

I've been itching for a good party of characters type RPG since the PS2's swansong, Persona 4.

 

[Victrix]

We'll know in a week or two, but this is increasingly looking like another Demon's Souls situation

(this is a good situation)

 

[sdornan]

I'm new here, so don't bite my head off if this has already been thoroughly discussed but...

Is there a reason that Nintendo isn't releasing the game in the US?

 

[Diffense]

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/videos/interview_videos/ia_xenoblade_vol3_video_13_uk.flv
(scenery changes)

I should have seen this before but the level of care still floored me for a moment.
What did they leave out of this game?

I'm new here, so don't bite my head off if this has already been thoroughly discussed but...

Is there a reason that Nintendo isn't releasing the game in the US?

It was on the release list for years and shown at E3 in 2009.
It disappeared after last E3 and the few media questions about it were met with "no comment".
When pestered (by OpRainfall) NOA simply said they had "no plans" to release it.
As for the reason: your guess is as good as mine.

 

[donkey show]

I'm new here, so don't bite my head off if this has already been thoroughly discussed but...

Is there a reason that Nintendo isn't releasing the game in the US?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Do the EU versions all have english language options or is it just the main language for that country?

 

[jufonuk]

just a quick question:

I am not an RPG lover at all, I did buy Zelda OoT as was told it was more Action based (really loved it)

I never seem to gel with RPG's or JRPG's (except Shenmue, the first disc I played of Panzer Dragoon saga) I usually find them not to my tastes and take too long to get going (well for me)

but I'll be dammed if this game doesn't look awesome, what I am asking is, for a complete RPGphobe/Newbie, would this game even be worth picking up? (also not looking into alternative games or RPG games to cut my teeth on, just asking about this game)

I want to take the plunge but I know if I buy it I will give it a quick once over then shelf it, ala MH Tri.... what to do?

maybe I'll rent it from lovefilm if they have it or wait until it drops enough in price to pick up for cheap...I am in two minds one part says give it a go the other is saying you wont like it, dont buy it.

so GAF yay or nay??

 

[Luigiv]

I'm new here, so don't bite my head off if this has already been thoroughly discussed but...

Is there a reason that Nintendo isn't releasing the game in the US?

JRPGs don't sell well in the West any more. The heydays are long gone. On top of that, the American Dollar is piss weak yet the price of games remain the same as it's been all generation. Because of that NoA has simply come to the decision that Xenoblade would not be profitable in the US. I don't blame them. In fact, I'm surprised NoE is as game as they are. Guess the exchange rates and possibly cheaper localisation costs make the difference.

 

[Diffense]

jufonuk:

With MHTri the gameplay mechanics are the main thing.
Xenoblade, from what I've gleaned, is a lot more about exploration and story.
But in the end only you can decide if you might like it.

 

[Sophia]

just a quick question:

I am not an RPG lover at all, I did buy Zelda OoT as was told it was more Action based (really loved it)

I never seem to gel with RPG's or JRPG's (except Shenmue, the first disc I played of Panzer Dragoon saga) I usually find them not to my tastes and take too long to get going (well for me)

but I'll be dammed if this game doesn't look awesome, what I am asking is, for a complete RPGphobe/Newbie, would this game even be worth picking up? (also not looking into alternative games or RPG games to cut my teeth on, just asking about this game)

I want to take the plunge but I know if I buy it I will give it a quick once over then shelf it, ala MH Tri.... what to do?

maybe I'll rent it from lovefilm if they have it or wait until it drops enough in price to pick up for cheap...I am in two minds one part says give it a go the other is saying you wont like it, dont buy it.

so GAF yay or nay??

This game's pretty RPG beginner friendly. Probably a good choice. It sounds like you're in the UK, so I'd go ahead and rent it if I were you.

It's not anything really like Monster Hunter Tri at all.

 

[slaughterking]

Do the EU versions all have english language options or is it just the main language for that country?

They all have an English option.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

They all have an English option.

Cool, I'll probably pick it up in the next few days.

 

[KarmaCow]

After reading all the stuff about the MMO style 'kill X rats' style quests, this sounds like a good podcast game. Can you turn off the in battle chatter?

 

[Windom Earle]

For once there is nice weather outside, but all I want is play this game. And yes, thread title is horrible, great idea to actually warn the pirates! Doh.

 

[Thoraxes]

I spent like... 5-4 hours in the first zone just exploring and doing sidequests. I finally just got

Spoiler

Monado for Shulk and am doing spider thing now.

 

[slaughterking]

After reading all the stuff about the MMO style 'kill X rats' style quests, this sounds like a good podcast game. Can you turn off the in battle chatter?

No, you can't.
And I would say distracting yourself with a podcast is not how this game is meant to be played at all. But that's, of course, your decision.

 

[vitacola]

Erm, somebody else still having problems with the download of the soundtrack or any word about this from Nintendo?

?

 

[jump_button]

So about 2 hours in and I take it that

Spoiler

the face robot that kill her is the guy at the start that try to run away the give away was his weapons

ill be shocked if Iam wrong on this

 

[Oxx]

?

Yeah, it still quits about a third of the way through. Still, we have until the end of September to download it.

 

[PumpkinPie]

As much as I'm enjoying the game I'm quite pissed off that after 5 years of the Wii they couldn't make a game that rivalled FFXII's graphics. Xenoblade is nowhere close, maybe budget makes a bigger difference than I though.

 

[Ledsen]

So... what's the deal with this game, exactly? I've read a ton of hullaballoo, but being in the US I can't try the game out for myself. From the gameplay videos I've seen, it looks like a sort-of-ok-looking, jankily animated JRPG. Is there something I'm missing, or is the hype simply due to the Wii having a bit of a drought at the moment?

The hype is due to most people finding this to be one of the best games this generation. And you can play it, quite easily too.

 

[zlatko]

So what's the word Gaffers? Is this game worth all the hype around it, and the sadness of us from NA that we didn't get it?

 

[Peff]

So about 2 hours in and I take it that

Spoiler

the face robot that kill her is the guy at the start that try to run away the give away was his weapons

ill be shocked if Iam wrong on this

If you thought that was obvious just wait, it gets worse.

 

[zoukka]

As much as I'm enjoying the game I'm quite pissed off that after 5 years of the Wii they couldn't make a game that rivalled FFXII's graphics. Xenoblade is nowhere close, maybe budget makes a bigger difference than I though.

Err, there are only a few dev studios in the world that could match what was accomplished with FFXII.

 

[Luigiv]

As much as I'm enjoying the game I'm quite pissed off that after 5 years of the Wii they couldn't make a game that rivalled FFXII's graphics. Xenoblade is nowhere close, maybe budget makes a bigger difference than I though.

Huh? There are plenty of games on the Wii that shit all over FFXII's graphics. From a technical perspective Xenoblade slaughters FFXII too, even if individual character models are worse. The priorities in how to allocate resources were just different.