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Xenoblade Chronicles X - Twitter & Website updates thread
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Don't we know how big metal gear is?
not current gen but I heard somewhere that 400km^2 is 10 times Skyrim.
I haven't really kept up =x I'll try searching for it and see if I get any results!
Yeah, from what I've read Skyrim world is 40.0 km^2...
That's not how square kilometres work. 400km^2 = 20km x 20km.
DaSorcerer7
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Shouldn't we have a new thread the famitsu interview?
The magazine is not out yet, and these are just minor details. I am sure once the magazine is out and places like gematsu and siliconeria makes article about it, we will get a new thread I think.
DaSorcerer7
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Oh ok, cool.
Indeed. Germany and Japan each have an area of around 400,000 km² (as a square that's roughly 632km x 632km).
But the world of XenobladeX is still larger than Grenada or Malta.
strangedopamine
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Indeed. Germany and Japan each have an area of around 400,000 km² (as a square that's roughly 632km x 632km).
But the world of XenobladeX is still larger than Grenada or Malta.
I read the stats wrong. Germany and Japan are roughly 100 times larger then!
You can't quite compare the size of Xenoblade X's map to other games, since walking speed plays an important role too. The mechs in X are likely very fast, while the fastest things in your average medieval RPG are horses. The map being bigger doesn't necessarily mean that the map will also feel bigger.
Also, a 4 player party in a Takahashi game? I'm mindblown. From the top of my head I can't remember if he ever directed a game that didn't have a party limit of 3 before.
Also, a 4 player party in a Takahashi game? I'm mindblown.
From the top of my head I can't remember if he ever directed a game that didn't have a party limit of 3 before.pinkurocket
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400km^2.. that is like twice the size of the city I live in. That's interesting.
Smoothice65
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This doesn't say much, he is basically saying that the battle system is the same as Xenoblade Chronicles, with the only addition that you have 4 party member instead of 3.
They are simply still holdin details about the online functions for the nintendo direct.
StreetsAhead
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Some more details according to Shinobi (excluding ones already shared by Raven777):
Characters
Nagi (Takayuki Sugou)
-Former Captain of the White Whale and current Military Chief in the Autonomous Government of New Los Angeles.
Guin (Yuichi Nakamura)
-Worked in the same division as Elma and Irina on Earth. Was their subordinate.
Player Avatars
-Many options for customization (sex, face type, skin colour, hair style, eyes, make-up, voice, etc).
-Preset designs done by Kunihiko Tanaka
-Some famous voice actors providing their voice as options for the avatar, will be announced on the Xenoblade homepage later.
GamePad
-Will show character location, question locations
-Warping to previously visited areas
Online
-One of the intended meanings of 'X[Cross]' relates to distant players playing together.
-Not a standard online game, more 'loosely connected'
Music
-About 90 songs in the game. Sawano involved in all of them.
Battles
-Faster paced, more action-y than Xenobalde's were.
-Differentiates close and distant attacks.
-No healers.
-Healing done with new system called 'Soul Voice'.
Characters
Nagi (Takayuki Sugou)
-Former Captain of the White Whale and current Military Chief in the Autonomous Government of New Los Angeles.
Guin (Yuichi Nakamura)
-Worked in the same division as Elma and Irina on Earth. Was their subordinate.
Player Avatars
-Many options for customization (sex, face type, skin colour, hair style, eyes, make-up, voice, etc).
-Preset designs done by Kunihiko Tanaka
-Some famous voice actors providing their voice as options for the avatar, will be announced on the Xenoblade homepage later.
GamePad
-Will show character location, question locations
-Warping to previously visited areas
Online
-One of the intended meanings of 'X[Cross]' relates to distant players playing together.
-Not a standard online game, more 'loosely connected'
Music
-About 90 songs in the game. Sawano involved in all of them.
Battles
-Faster paced, more action-y than Xenobalde's were.
-Differentiates close and distant attacks.
-No healers.
-Healing done with new system called 'Soul Voice'.
So it's not a mute protagonist after all.
So the player's character isn't a mute?
I think we already knew that at least the battle cries were voiced. The big question is if the avatar will talk in any cutscene.
mrmickfran
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Monolith, wat are u doin? Oh god, it's time for me to say farewell to the outside world.
Sharla nooooo.
I don't get "loosely connected" and "not standard online game".
People float in and out of your world like Journey or something?
StreetsAhead
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Yeah, we knew you could select a voice for your avatar from E3. I'm going to guess it's going to mostly be battle cries and random grunting. I mean, even Link isn't technically mute, he just never says anything.
I wouldn't take that as confirmation. It'll probably just be battle grunts or yelling art names.
Thanks a bunch for the translations, StreetAhead and Raven77!
I made the new thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981056
Please switch to this one for Famitsu-related discussions. This one is for the Twitter / website updates (wouldn't want to risk a lock).
I made the new thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981056
Please switch to this one for Famitsu-related discussions. This one is for the Twitter / website updates (wouldn't want to risk a lock).
ShadowSoldier89
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Xenoblade's combat was awful, making it actiony probably will help since an action combat can get away with being a bit shallow, unlike the shallow system from XB1. Differentiate range is cool though, as long as AI isnt braindead, or if I can swap characters at will.
none of this sounds good to me...Xenoblades mindless questing sounds like its going to be ramped up to a new level of terrible...There is the answer about swapping characters in battle too it seems...
I really wanted to like xenoblade, because of my love of Xenosaga, but the shallow combat and horrible questing dragged it down. Im hoping Xenoblade X is amazing, but this new info is really making me fearful
SatoAilDarko
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Really happy about the 4-player party if true. Though why hasn't that be shown in any trailer considering there have been 3 characters revealed for the party already? Maybe the fourth slot is for guest party members?
There was one poster who was only interested in the game if it had 4-person parties. He/she should be pretty happy.
What I like about 4 player-parties is simply being able to use more characters as once. Hope they keep the total party members aside from the protagonist at max 6.
There was one poster who was only interested in the game if it had 4-person parties. He/she should be pretty happy.
What I like about 4 player-parties is simply being able to use more characters as once. Hope they keep the total party members aside from the protagonist at max 6.
Orakio Rob
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EDIT: Sorry L~A, moving my comment to the new thread.
nintendoman58
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I really don't want to say: "so it's like Skyrim with Mecha", but honestly that's kind of what I'm getting from this.
The story will probably still be a big part of the game, but I imagine that you'll have a lot of the world to explore from the start, and that you may not necessarily need to progress through the story as much just to simply reach new locations.
InternHertz
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WTF I don't even... I think I'll take a faster shipping for this game even though I'll more than likely end up with import taxes (I want a physical disk for this game so I'll pass on the eShop version)
Sable~Knight
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Yeah, I think they mentioned something like each alien species has it's own unique designer, to make them all entirely different. They also mentioned wanting to flesh out the individual cultures of each alien species... so much depth. It's killing me.
I kind of agree that the faces look somewhat flat and awkward. Especially Lyn's. We'll see how it ends up in game.
Sable~Knight
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Skyrim was estimated to be around 37.1km^2 -(http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/39338/how-large-is-skyrim)
Xenoblade Chronicles was placed somewhere between 30-35 km^2 of explorable area. If we multiply by 5 we get around 175km^2. It's not clear if Xenoblade X is around 5X (which they said in the scan) compared to earlier when they said MORE than 5X larger... But there is something off about 400km^2. Not sure if we can take that at face value, or if they're measuring differently somehow (or measuring it relative to the total size of Bionis and Mechonis, which were together about the size of Japan [Surface area presumably?] (but the explorable area in the game is only a fraction of that of course).
I'm rambling a bit, but expect somewhere around 5 times the size of Skyrim for a fair comparison imo. There are definitely bigger games out there. If the rest of the world is as dense as Primordial Wilderness is, then we're in for a huge, and well designed world down to the details.
Of course we can't, it's not gonna be 400km^2 of explorable ground. There's no doubt the world's gonna be massive though, and I honestly can't wait. I'm wishing so hard it has lots of secret areas and chests and loot and shit to find, I LOVE that kind of stuff
Sable~Knight
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Ahh, sorry. Moving on over!
StreetsAhead
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Site updated with Nagi & Guin:
http://xenobladex.jp/character/chara06.html
http://xenobladex.jp/character/chara07.html
http://xenobladex.jp/character/chara06.html
http://xenobladex.jp/character/chara07.html
TheMoon
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That is one bizarre blade he's wielding there!
threelights
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reminds me of a more tame version of the Gods Eater weapons actually...
I like it (I also wish they would post the 2D art along in the website).
I like it (I also wish they would post the 2D art along in the website).
I know I may be asking for too much but... can I have a translation of their profile? So I can add the info in the OP. There's some additional info, apparently.
I really like both of their designs. Better than all the other characters so far, except for Elma.
PS: I wonder how many people will costumise their player character as Space-Rhianna because of Treehouse.
StreetsAhead
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Of course
Nagi (Takayuki Sugou)
Former captain of the Interstellar Emigration Spaceship - 'White Whale'.
Currently the Military Chief of the Autonomous Government of NLA.
He's working his hardest on day-to-day government tasks to ensure the survival of the people living on Mira.
Guin (Yuichi Nakamura)
Member of the mercenary 'B.L.A.D.E.' group.
On Earth, he was a member of the Unified Government's Special Vehicle Operations Corps (known as the 'Doll Corps'), where Elma and Irina were also his superiors.
While, in his youthful ways, he'll accidentally end up saying the wrong thing, he has a sincere personality and a deep admiration and affection for Irina.
On another note, I realised that I had a brain fart the other day and translated it as 'General Government', but really it should probably be 'Unified Government', so if you want to edit that L~A in the OP, that's probably better.
Zenaku
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I'll be getting both versions. The eShop version being pre-loadable just makes it irresistible, along with faster loading of course. The physical copy will sit nicely on my shelf. Might even get two copies just to keep one sealed; a first for me.
StreetsAhead
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Gonna bet money on some sort of install from the disc being implemented.
kuroneko0509
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Hmm... what's the size of Wii U disc again? 25GB right?
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