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[jett]

Those character models were just hideos, calling them PS2-quality would be too good for them. I was expecing more from this game graphically after the initial trailer.

 

[Vaiim]

Xenoblade Chronicles was the best JRPG in years, and X is a sequel to it... truly awesome news!

Yay

Edit:
Seriously all the salt over the graphics... no wonder we get games like Final Fantasy XIII -.-

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Was really, really looking forward to this game, but that trailer was awful. Also, pushing back to 2015? C'mooooon. Wtf is going on with all the delays? This E3 is really pissing me off.

 

[Stormbringer]

I was hoping sooooo much that the franchise would get back to its Xenogears/Xenosaga roots, universe-wise, as I have fond memories of these games. Looks like it's... actually happening.

 

[Wilsongt]

Man there is so much bitching... It's Monolith Soft. The faces look like they are right out of Xenosaga.

 

[Mihos]

They went for the awesome classic RPG gameplay of the old PSX, and managed to get the PSX graphics as well

 

[Damaniel]

Wow, am I the only person excited for this? Xenoblade is easily my pick for best game of last gen, and I'm way more interested in this than another Zelda game.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Holy shit is this even the same game that was originally revealed?

 

[Abstruse Moose]

Someone needs to make a gif of all the characters doing the quick head nod.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The tone of it feels like it has changed a lot. But at least we know a bit more of the tone of the story.

 

[Mesoian]

Really interested to see how, if it all, this fits into the Xenoblade story.

Spoiler

I mean I guess it could be in the remade universe where the people of formerly of Bionis and Mechonis have spread out, but they mention Earth and stuff so maybe it takes place in the previous universe? But there are Nopons so... no? I don't know.

I bet there will be no salient link between the two games. The fact that they didn't come hard to the paint with this game with "XENOBLADE TWO!" makes me think it's a re-imagining of the universe which allows them to tell a new story that's not bound to Minado.

Which I think is for the best, because Xenoblade gets REAL sloppy towards the end and what everything actually is, and how it relates to the things we know.

 

[Rich!]

They went for the awesome classic RPG gameplay of the old PSX, and managed to get the PSX graphics as well

Clearly you haven't played Xenoblade.

 

[Soriku]

What did BLADE stand for again?

Beyond the Logo Artificial Destiny Emancipator?

Come on Japanese developers... come on.

Takahashi as fuck.

Those character models were just hideos, calling them PS2-quality would be too good for them. I was expecing more from this game graphically after the initial trailer.

The world will still look great. The character models will just be OK.

So basically like the first Xenoblade.

 

[Renekton]

The character models are what turned me off the first game. It's disappointing that they are still so bad. They look like models created via the character creator of a grindy Korean MMO or something.

Seems okay to me. I care more about the environments.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

ugh I knew it wasnt a 2014 release

damn you GAF for hyping it as such

 

[UtterlyPerplexed]

I spot Nopon!

Has it had a downgrade? Possibly, maybe, who knows. Are the character model faces ass? Yes they are. Will it impair my excitement for this game? Unlikely.

Story trailer means this isn't going to be some MMO-like thing I was initially fearing, which is good.

 

[SoraanTribal]

Wow, am I the only person excited for this? Xenoblade is easily my pick for best game of last gen, and I'm way more interested in this than another Zelda game.

You certainly aren't the only one excited. This is still my most anticipated game for the next year. I'm just so happy to see a story trailer finally. I was worried it would be light on the story which is silly considering who is making it, but still... lol.

 

[Asd202]

The character models looks bad but I believe in Takahashi in terms of gameplay, story, music. This game will be good.

Spoiler

I hope.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Wanted to see more gameplay :/

 

[dermannmitdemcolt]

I was hoping sooooo much that the franchise would get back to its Xenogears/Xenosaga roots as I have fond memories of these games. Looks like it's... actually happening.

Seriously, i cant stop smiling. I will now get ready to watch the trailer at least a dozen of times today. And i really dont mind the ugly chardesign, the tone of this trailer is exactly what i want from a takahashi-game. It looks a billion times more epic and ambitious than the last xb...

 

[onilink88]

Like, seriously, what downgrade?

 

[Formless]

They showed a lot of zoomed in faces etc which didn't look nice. They didn't show anything similar to the other footage we've seen though (not-cutscene, not up-close character models).

 

[Mesoian]

ugh I knew it wasnt a 2014 release

damn you GAF for hyping it as such

The people doing that were legit crazy.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

They went for the awesome classic RPG gameplay of the old PSX, and managed to get the PSX graphics as well

This is just straight up trollin'.

And I'd rather a PSX caliber JRPG than anything we got last generation.

 

[ZSeba]

It's a shame they didn't show any environments now, but I'm going to assume they remain as originally revealed and they wanted to show more of the story and characters with this one

 

[emb]

A really poor trailer followed by a delay. The name was even confusing. At least it has a name now, and it has 'Xenoblade' in it. Less hyped now for sure though....

 

[Gotdatmoney]

What happened to the graphics? This looks terrible in comparison

 

[Freeman]

Are we really in 2014?

 

[jgwhiteus]

That trailer hit all my buttons - it's definitely a Takahashi game in the Xenogears / saga mode.

Random acronyms, nonsensical dialogue (and probably an even more nonsensical plot), huge space fights and giant robots? I love it and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Pair that with the gameplay improvements they made with Xenoblade, and I'm there day one.

 

[Dark_castle]

This is crossing too much into Gundam mech territory for my comfort (really don't care for them), and the character model looks PS2-ish?

 

[paolo11]

Damn, I am so happy. This is the game I'm waiting for in E3.

The visuals are actually great. The character models are just like Xenosaga's models. Of course, just my humble opinion.


I'm just a bit sad there are no other gameplay info.

 

[Flying0Dutchman]

ya that first initial reveal looked a LOT better then the e3 trailer. The player models look really awkward.

 

[Espi]

this game got Ubisoft'd hard

 

[ivysaur12]

My pants exploded after the trailer.

Mine too. Hype times a million.

 

[Meier]

Character's facial designs were not good which is a shame because I thought the models were pretty damn good on the original. Still pumped regardless.

 

[Vashzaron]

I spot Nopon!

Has it had a downgrade? Possibly, maybe, who knows. Are the character model faces ass? Yes they are. Will it impair my excitement for this game? Unlikely.

Story trailer means this isn't going to be some MMO-like thing I was initially fearing, which is good.

MMOs like FFXIV have stuff like this.

 

[Android18a]

Oh man this... This is my wants. Xenoblade is my favourite Wii title by far, so I'm all over this. Looks like an interesting story!

 

[maquiladora]

Holy shit is this even the same game that was originally revealed?

Yeah WTF happened.

 

[Soriku]

ya that first initial reveal looked a LOT better then the e3 trailer. The player models look really awkward.

That's because in the initial reveal they didn't show the character models (face) outside of the very end.

 

[Dead]

Yep, that's a Tetsuya Takahashi game.

Cant wait!

 

[Zeyphersan]

So this is definitely NOT a remake, right?

I haven't played the first one yet.

 

[Griss]

Heropons confirmed - take all of my money. Delighted that this is a Xenoblade sequel.

However the trailer was really poor, and their inability to improve face models in any way is hugely disappointing. Looked like SD era facial modelling.

Oh well, I'm sure it'll be incredible. From what I can tell the story looks like it'll be a mess, though.

 

[warheat]

dat textures, what the hell is wrong with this game, it looks nothing like the early footage. This is just high res PS2 games.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Game looks amazing, characters look absolutely hideous. Xenoblade was the same and it was the best JRPG in a decade, too bad it's 2015 only.

 

[Taruranto]

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2PTVi7fl8

sdfsdfsd

I don't care much about textures and stuff, but the characters face looked like SO4-level of nightmare.

Should look more like ep.III models.

 

[- J - D -]

Characters look too anime for me. And the bad kind of anime.

 

[Sakura]

While it's true the character models are kind of ass, I don't really get the people saying downgrade. What has been downgraded? It's not like they had shown awesome looking character models a year ago or something and now give us this. There is no reason to believe the environments or mechs have been downgraded.

 

[SkyOdin]

How can people people talk about a downgrade when we never even seen the faces of these characters before now is rather silly. The game still looks the same to me.

We saw an uncut chunk of raw gameplay footage previously. Was that faked? I doubt it. That is still what the game looks like. Up till now, the biggest worry about the game people had was wether or not it would have proper characters and story. So we got a trailer dedicated to story and showing off the game's characters. This trailer just gave us a look at a different side of the game: its characters and snippets of the large-scale cutscenes. All of that giant world full of large creatures is also still part of the game.

This game is still exactly what I have been expecting, and I'm hyped for it.

 

[warningjab]

Hyped !

Is that Riki at the end of the trailer?!

 

[silenttwn]

Graphics haters be damned, this game will be awesome.