I had a similar response - as irredeemably terrible as Tatsu is, I could accept it if he were the only character that grating with any sort of focus. I don't want to have to mute cutscenes on account of two characters...
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I had a similar response - as irredeemably terrible as Tatsu is, I could accept it if he were the only character that grating with any sort of focus. I don't want to have to mute cutscenes on account of two characters...
So I got my skell at around the 45 hours mark. Been having way too much fun just going around the world doing random stuff instead of sticking to the story. The upside is that I got most quests already completed the moment I took the License quest. The only thing left was getting two of the bugs from Oblivia which were promptly collected (I do not want to use guides but I made an exception for this quest).
Then I could finally look at the skell gear I had obtained until then and there was a freaking megabeam saber sitting in my inventory. 7.7k damage and has a huge AoE. 32 secs recharge and takes both back weapon slots, so there's downsides (it's a fast cooldown for swords though, most others have 40 secs cooldown). That thing is a monster. I hadn't even noticed the fact it hit multiple enemies until I went to fight some enemy mechs and started killing the soldiers in the background every time lol.
I had to run to work so I'll take my sweet time tomorrow to check all weapons/gear and come up with a good loadout. Also made it to 30 so now I can start buying skells for the rest of the team. Lin will be the first!
Then I could finally look at the skell gear I had obtained until then and there was a freaking megabeam saber sitting in my inventory. 7.7k damage and has a huge AoE. 32 secs recharge and takes both back weapon slots, so there's downsides (it's a fast cooldown for swords though, most others have 40 secs cooldown). That thing is a monster. I hadn't even noticed the fact it hit multiple enemies until I went to fight some enemy mechs and started killing the soldiers in the background every time lol.
I had to run to work so I'll take my sweet time tomorrow to check all weapons/gear and come up with a good loadout. Also made it to 30 so now I can start buying skells for the rest of the team. Lin will be the first!
Yeah, Tatsu is just aweful. They made him talk way too much.
NeonZ
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You're forced to take her to most story missions and many affinity quests though (at least up to the point of the game I've seen)... I wanted to keep my party mostly using secondary characters, but it seems like the game just doesn't want that.
Edit: Also, it's kind of odd how the mute protagonist here is basically a secondary character so far. Everyone generally interacts with Elma, rather than the avatar, even for long speeches and such. There was a mission where the party reunited afterwards and everyone was randomly saying that they won only thanks to Elma, even though she didn't do anything special there in the cutscenes aside from being a party member.
But then in some sidequests, like H.B.'s 1st Affinity Quest, the mute avatar is suddenly the protagonist and people actually mostly interact with them in the cutscenes...
SolicitorPirate
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An open world RPG is going to do better in America (and most likely Europe) than in Japan, quick everyone pretend to be shocked!
In fairness, this is an INCREDIBLY Japanese game, in a market where a reasonable portion of the audience has grown up not playing a single Japanese game.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Does the map suck?
There's no detail in it. Doesn't save location of unopened treasure or even locations...
Also annoying that bestiary does not give u locations
Things like this force u to use a guide.
There's no detail in it. Doesn't save location of unopened treasure or even locations...
Also annoying that bestiary does not give u locations
Things like this force u to use a guide.
theprodigy
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not really? also what do you think the Wii U's market is
SolicitorPirate
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I have to admit, I forgot how niche the Wii U is compared to the nigh universal Wii.
Xenoblade is still Japanese as fuck however. There is no way you can look at the character designs, especially characters like Lin and Tatsu or listen to the dialogue and mistake this game for a western release.
Only an asscave would mute Glorious L.
SolicitorPirate
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Tatsu is my favorite character, and I love the voice acting.
While I don't like Tatsu as much as Legendary Heropon Riki, I do like how he continues the proud nopon tradition of being an asshole braggart.
Add the lack of info on where camps are to change time of day...
MichaelFassbender
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You are more wrong than someone without a helmet in space wrong.
theprodigy
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(Tatsu sucks)
The character design is where it starts and ends, open world games are also far more in tune with the west.
You have games like Fire Emblem: Awakening also doing better in NA and EU separately, and that's in theory more favorable for Japan for a variety of reasons, Nintendo games are not nearly as Japan-centric as people think they are outside the obvious exceptions.
The character design is where it starts and ends, open world games are also far more in tune with the west.
You have games like Fire Emblem: Awakening also doing better in NA and EU separately, and that's in theory more favorable for Japan for a variety of reasons, Nintendo games are not nearly as Japan-centric as people think they are outside the obvious exceptions.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Yeah i dont get it....
I actually like their VA. It's just not the sort of voice I expected >.>
If you go to map view they're labeled by the clocks.
Otakumegane
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Riki>>>>>Tatsu
The former actually teaches the party life lessons. Tatsu is there to get members into trouble and offers nothing.
The former actually teaches the party life lessons. Tatsu is there to get members into trouble and offers nothing.
GwyndolinCinder
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Got my skell how do I change colour?
They're not bad characters, necessarily, and their actual dialogue is mostly fine - I just really don't like the direction they took for the actual voices. Tatsu voiced by Riki's actor would be far more endearing.
I think my team is ready for a skell. Please give me one soon game.
Same. Sure I don't like Tatsu as much as Riki but he's fine.
Same. Sure I don't like Tatsu as much as Riki but he's fine.
Neuromancer
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How do I check how many credits I'm earning from a survey return? Also is there anyway to speed it along? What does the survey rate percentage even mean?
Also do I have to manually accept the money or is it automatic?
Asking because I'm on a mission where I have to earn 3K credits and I have no idea if I even can or how long it will take.
Edit: got it
Also do I have to manually accept the money or is it automatic?
Asking because I'm on a mission where I have to earn 3K credits and I have no idea if I even can or how long it will take.
Edit: got it
KuwabaraTheMan
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I finished up with Chapter 3. I've been spending a lot of time scouting out random locations, installing probes, etc. This game remains absolutely absorbing. I looked over at the clock and it was at least an hour later than I thought it was. I'm excited to get to mess around with my party a little more now.
patrickthehedgehog
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On chapter 5 taking out the three targets. I'm loving this game and can't really stop playing! I can only imagine how much I'll love it once I get a skell because I'm having so much fun just auto dashing and hopping through the landscapes!
I think this is the most graphically impressive game I've seen on the Wii U from a technical standpoint.
Maybe it's stockholm syndrome but I've even beginning to get used to the NLA music.
I think this is the most graphically impressive game I've seen on the Wii U from a technical standpoint.
Maybe it's stockholm syndrome but I've even beginning to get used to the NLA music.
Swap to the frontiernav view in a field on your gamepad and it'll display bottom right.
Jugendstil
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Tastu is okay, but he's no Heropon.
TheMoon
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Just a quick update on the Discord link for those that want to use it. Some folks in the Xenoblade Discord room have provided me with a new invite link that people can use that shouldn't expire. If TheMoon could add it to the OT as an updated link, it would be greatly appreciated.
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I'll let everyone get back to their XenoX discussions now. Promise. ^_^;
Updated OP. Thanks!
Because (spoilers for when you first meet him)
he was in a food storage can, along with other giant vegetables that look very much like nopon and he keeps insisting that he's not food.
Edit : I do agree it's slightly overdone though, it may seem as borderline obsessive but it's also true that she's supposed to be 13. I could see a kid constantly making the joke.
Ulysses 31
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I think my team is ready for a skell. Please give me one soon game.
Same. Sure I don't like Tatsu as much as Riki but he's fine.
What's the name of the left armor?
I'm curious about skells in the future. Is there a point in the game where you basically have to always use a skell to fight everything you need to?
Is it ultimately your decision whether to use it or not? It feels like once you unlock them and outfit your team with them, you wouldn't have much reason to leave them.
Is it ultimately your decision whether to use it or not? It feels like once you unlock them and outfit your team with them, you wouldn't have much reason to leave them.
I know, the joke was sort of cute at first. But after a while, I'm starting to think she just wants to kill him in the most non-discrete way she can.
Palculator
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Make it fly.
TheMoon
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Both covered in the OP. Short version answers for both: Soul Voice and "not at all."
Ulysses 31
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Explore places you couldn't reach before. >.>
Admiral Woofington
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Does the game seriously expect you to jump from low-mid 10's to level 50ish for chapter 5?
Because there's a whole FUCKING area in chapter 5 as you're trying to
that's filled with enemies that are way too high level.
I mean I went to a different one and enemies were low 20s, so fuck it having me grind 3 levels I can live with. But the fuck is up with the level 50ish enemies.
Because there's a whole FUCKING area in chapter 5 as you're trying to
destroy the turrets
I mean I went to a different one and enemies were low 20s, so fuck it having me grind 3 levels I can live with. But the fuck is up with the level 50ish enemies.
No. There's a backdoor path to each of the targets. Look along the ridges of the cliffs, you see tunnels and paths.
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