It's something you're just going to have to try for yourself. Both methods have drawbacks, so it's a matter of comfort and about how important easier camera control vs. easier ability selection is to you.
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Xenoblade |OT| Sorry I Kept You Waiting!
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It's something you're just going to have to try for yourself. Both methods have drawbacks, so it's a matter of comfort and about how important easier camera control vs. easier ability selection is to you.
samus4ever
Banned
The opening and the music at the end of the opening is so epic. I know I'm going to love Xenoblade just by the first 15 minutes I got to play so far. Time to dig in some more.
SafeinSound
Member
Was just about the post the same question! I've been holding on to most of my stuff, but will sell when/if we get a definitive answer.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Alright. Firing it up now. I literally just blew a layer of dust off of my Wii.
Fucking hype!
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Brawl solution works.....
I am so damn confused... is it the disc? Is it the Wii? I can't seem to understand why this works.
I am very well enjoying the game..... while I can play it
I am so damn confused... is it the disc? Is it the Wii? I can't seem to understand why this works.
I am very well enjoying the game..... while I can play it
Whoa, I just Marathon this game and so far I already logged in 16 hours into the game. So far I'm loving it! The battles system is a breeze and I love the exploration of this game, I just couldn't stop doing side quests because I was obsessed with getting the best equipment for my party.
I was kind of let down with the story so far because right now it's just a revenge plot, but man did this game had an awesome intro! And the music, oh my god the music! I need the OST for this game! It's amazing so far and it really adds to my enjoyment of the game. Right now I'm in
I'm taking a break from the game now since I couldn't stop playing it all day, it's so goddamn addicting @_@
I was kind of let down with the story so far because right now it's just a revenge plot, but man did this game had an awesome intro! And the music, oh my god the music! I need the OST for this game! It's amazing so far and it really adds to my enjoyment of the game. Right now I'm in
Bionic Legs and I'm gonna rescue Juju and I just met another faced mechon, man that mechon has a badass voice!
I'm taking a break from the game now since I couldn't stop playing it all day, it's so goddamn addicting @_@
Phoenix_Apollo
Member
Ahhhh this game is so good. MonolithSoft is still amazing.
Why NoA ever doubted them is beyond me. If this game sells well enough, I hope they'd at least consider releasing Disaster over here at budget price or something. FFS, the English has been done twice.
Why NoA ever doubted them is beyond me. If this game sells well enough, I hope they'd at least consider releasing Disaster over here at budget price or something. FFS, the English has been done twice.
Unconditional
Member
I did my part. Got me a copy. The music is really good so far. Only got into the colony. I hope it sells well and gets a couple more runs.
NoA never doubted Monolith, they doubted the fanbase's willingness to buy the game.
DarkChronic
Member
Finally home with my copy. What a long day.
Reverse cover is beautiful. Can't wait to dive in.
Reverse cover is beautiful. Can't wait to dive in.
Mortrialus
Banned
Picked up the game. Cleaning my room atm (I always clean my room before diving into a new game), and this game was packaged very well. Nice, fully colored instruction manual, reversible cover. Quite nice. I can't wait to jump into it.
Going to Gamestop suuuucked. I preordered it, brought my receipt. That went fine. But there was one guy in front of me and the cashier literally spent over 10 minutes telling him about DLC he can buy for his purchase and signing him up for shit.
Going to Gamestop suuuucked. I preordered it, brought my receipt. That went fine. But there was one guy in front of me and the cashier literally spent over 10 minutes telling him about DLC he can buy for his purchase and signing him up for shit.
Liferebooted
Banned
Finally, the first game worth buying since I got my wii at launch 
5 hours in and having a blast. It really does feel like the Xeno series.
5 hours in and having a blast. It really does feel like the Xeno series.Mortrialus
Banned
Yeah this is the first game I've bought for my Wii since November 2010 aside from Skyward Sword. Kind of a bummer now that I think about it.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Yeah that's what I love about this game. Seeing an awesomely big enemy that's like 10 levels above you, and just being like "YEAH, I'M GONNA COME BACK FOR YOU LATER, BITCH."
... and then, coming back later!
LES NOT LOSE OUR HEADS DOUGH!
One of the best parts about this game is this.
For the most part, you can just sell off common drops. Or you can use them for Affinity with party members. You should probably hold on to rare drops though (i.e. rare items from Silver/Gold chests).
Most of the time, the game will usually tell you if x item is used in a quest. But it's no big loss no matter what you do. If you're really paranoid, just sell off a bunch of an item, but keep a few around.
When their name goes from red to yellow, it's like... GAME ON.
Low quality and common materials like bunny meat or ant legs or whatever. They're denoted by a small bag icon.
Low quality gems. Lvl. 1 and 2 gems are generally not worth crafting.
Duplicate weapons and armour.
Keep collectibles and use them in the collectopedia to receive rewards.
Keep items with exclamation marks. White denotes current quests. Orange denotes future quests.
theres an achievement for defeating a monster when it's still red im proud that i got it by accident and luck
Yeah. It's an amazing pain in the ass to attempt to kill enemies in red. Lots of MISS and ineffective attacks if the level difference is too great.
Killing them is possible, but it takes forever depending on the enemy.
But once they hit Yellow...they got no chance.
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
Just bought this and about to fire it up. Any missables I should be aware of?
There are missable quests which you can see by the clock icon next to the name in the quest log. Fill your collectopedia as much as you can since collectibles in certain areas may not spawn after specific events.
Ended up putting 10 hours into it so far but don't think I am that far into the story,
. I am absolutely loving just running around exploring and fighting stuff.
As someone who has spent the past month playing a lot of Final Fantasy 14 since it was cheap and Yoshida's art is amazing I am baffled by the similarities to the combat in this game. Similar isn't even the way I'd state it, the games literally have the exact same combat except for the group combo stuff Xenoblade has going on. Everyone making the Final Fantasy 12 comparisons were right, this certainly feels like an evolution of that (which 14 does as well)... Bottom line is it's awesome and I love just fighting things constantly.
I hope I don't over level myself because I want most boss and unique mobs to be a challenge the whole way through. I am hoping not doing a lot of the more boring sidequests (Go out and kill x generic mobs/find items) will keep my level balanced.
Either way this is exactly the game I thought I was getting myself into and have not been let down in the least which has me excited to keep going. There is nothing quite as amazing as the feeling of fighting a giant dinosaur thing only to get in the killing blow when all your heals are on cooldown and your tank has 100 HP left... love it so much.
off to save JuJu atm
As someone who has spent the past month playing a lot of Final Fantasy 14 since it was cheap and Yoshida's art is amazing I am baffled by the similarities to the combat in this game. Similar isn't even the way I'd state it, the games literally have the exact same combat except for the group combo stuff Xenoblade has going on. Everyone making the Final Fantasy 12 comparisons were right, this certainly feels like an evolution of that (which 14 does as well)... Bottom line is it's awesome and I love just fighting things constantly.
I hope I don't over level myself because I want most boss and unique mobs to be a challenge the whole way through. I am hoping not doing a lot of the more boring sidequests (Go out and kill x generic mobs/find items) will keep my level balanced.
Either way this is exactly the game I thought I was getting myself into and have not been let down in the least which has me excited to keep going. There is nothing quite as amazing as the feeling of fighting a giant dinosaur thing only to get in the killing blow when all your heals are on cooldown and your tank has 100 HP left... love it so much.
Missables? Hmm...there are Timed Quests that go away eventually.
A few areas also get locked out later, so it's possible to miss out on Unique enemies and/or Secret Areas.
You don't have to worry too much about the Collectibles in those areas though, since you'll be able to trade for those after a certain point (if you missed any the first time through).
They pretty much all are. I know there were one or two collectibles that I was no longer able to get from their proper zone late in the game that I was still able to obtain in other ways.
Just one thing to be aware of is that regional affinity affects the items that NPCs are willing to trade. Many potentially "missable" collectibles can only be traded for with 4 or 5 star region affinity.
Also, I would say that you should probably hold onto any drops you find as long as humanly possible without selling them. The fact is that you're not going to run out of inventory space for a very long time, and I seem to recall that some common drops actually do get used for quests even if they're not marked. Money isn't really all that huge an issue in this game either, and quickly clearing a few side quests is a more efficient means of acquiring money anyway. Later on in the game when you're starting to run low on space, then you can start clearing out your low quality items.
I recall some NPCs didn't offer specific collectibles anymore after the town affinity went up, but I'm too lazy to check.
DO NOT SELL COLLECTIBLES. Firstly, you should fill in the Collectopaedia for each zone, which requires one of each. After that, collectibles are used as gifts for your party members.
You can have one character give a collectible as a present to another party member, and based on whether they like the item or not, they will either gain or lose a certain amount of affinity. The best items give you three hearts of affinity between those two characters, so if you've got a lot of a collectible that a certain character likes, you can give them (one at a time) to relatively quickly boost the relationship between your characters.
This equates to more opportunities for burst affinities, chain attacks, and other beneficial attributes in battle, as well as access to more Heart to Heart scenes. Also, some collectibles are required for certain trades.
You also have more inventory space for collectibles than there are actual collectibles, so on your first playthrough you will never run out of inventory space.
Welp, that'd help a bunch. Thanks for reminding me!
Thanks for the info. Luckily I haven't sold anything yet.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Fuck me, the graphics...
I don't know if I can do this.
I don't know if I can do this.
Aww yeah! It's ripping now, and I should be playing on Dolphin here in the next hour or so!
what controller you gonna use?
How did I clock 90 hours without ever knowing this?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Most of the good affinity raising items are rare. If you need some cash for an Intermediate Art Book or something, selling some collectables isn't a bad idea since they tend to be worth quite a bit more than junk armor, gem shards, etc.
It's pointless to sell them on a whim though since you have plenty of space for them.
SafeinSound
Member
Seriously, the combat in this is so good. How it is just fast paced and fluent makes me want to keep fighting every monster in every dungeon. I finally think I'm done for the day. Put in almost five hours.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Splash Wave
Member
God, this game looks like garbage on my LCD. I'm loving the game, but the image quality is sooo poor (I have component cables). I blame my monitor more than the game/Wii.
EDIT: Should I sell or keep collectables/materials? Is there anything I should avoid selling that isn't obvious?
edit 2: the question has already been asked and answered already
EDIT: Should I sell or keep collectables/materials? Is there anything I should avoid selling that isn't obvious?
edit 2: the question has already been asked and answered already
ipitydatfu
Member
i dont think i can get far into this game. so much selling loot/ crafting gems
I tried doing this with my PC but the FPS was awful and the sound was messed up so I just gave up and played it on my Wii
Thanks!