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[bobbychalkers]

Probably it is just me but I am not seeing the same game.

Judging by the 720x405 resolution on some of those gifs, those are probably the ones I made last year around E3
EDIT: yep, a few straight from my abload account.
We've already gone through this multiple times in this thread. Its the exact same game. The character models are the same, you just didn't see their faces until now. Nothing has changed outside of the UI. It even has the same problems as that build with pop-in, texture loading and flat 2D grass.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

OMG OMG treehouse X in 1080p on my TV eShop

YESSSSSSSSS

 

[RPGCrazied]

OMG OMG treehouse X in 1080p on my TV eShop

YESSSSSSSSS

Is the new trailer up there too? Don't want to turn on my Wii U just to look.

 

[Usobuko]

Are the gifs in this thread or were they in other threads. The art direction and colour palette is phenomenal btw.

 

[Korigama]

I don't care for the Chronicles part any more than I did with the original, but I have no problems simply calling it Xenoblade X.

 

[Riki]

OMG OMG treehouse X in 1080p on my TV eShop

YESSSSSSSSS

Welp! I know what I'll be doing for the next three days!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Is the new trailer up there too? Don't want to turn on my Wii U just to look.

it was yesterday but don't want to stop this video to check will do in 40mins when it ends if you like

 

[Riki]

Are the gifs in this thread or were they in other threads. The art direction and colour palette is phenomenal btw.

Courtosey of onilink88

There ya go.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

dis looks so hot so hot I wanna rewind

please upload day 2 please

 

[RPGCrazied]

I can't wait to fight that level 45 dinosaur. Of course it looks so peaceful, just chilling there drinking water, kinda sad. lol

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

OMG OMG treehouse X in 1080p on my TV eShop

YESSSSSSSSS

OMG thanks for the heads up! This is sexyyyyyyyyy!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

night time is too gray for me

You have a planet with 3 moons you can't be that dark at night sheesh

 

[wsippel]

The character models aren't great, need some texture work and overall improvements, especially dat hair. I mean, Lara Craft got better hair and she on PS3

It's a work in progress though, some improvements are bound to be made though; hence the delay into 2015.

Every polygon and every pixel you add to the character is a polygon and a pixel you can't use in the environment. It's easy to say "they should make it prettier", but it's important to realize that it's always a tradeoff: More detailed characters would lead to less detailed environments. And considering the vast environments are an important part of the game's identity, I'd say they've made the right call. After all, you see closeups of the characters' faces for maybe 1% of your game time, but the environments are always there.

 

[DangerMouse]

There ya go.

Dat Xeno team.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Every polygon and every pixel you add to the character is a polygon and a pixel you can't use in the environment. It's easy to say "they should make it prettier", but it's important to realize that it's always a tradeoff: More detailed characters would lead to less detailed environments. And considering the vast environments are an important part of the game's identity, I'd say they've made the right call. After all, you see closeups of the characters' faces for maybe 1% of your game time, but the environments are always there.

I was thinking this was the case glad to read it from someone who knows these things better


anyone know what the native res is for X? 720P 900P?

this looks nice on what I play my games on so I am Happy

 

[Authority]

has a lot to do with being from a live stream than anything else
color would be one of my complaints though, would love more color in X but I don't think we are getting any unless you like purple hair

Oh right I see. Yeah now it makes perfect sense. Thanks allot.

Judging by the 720x405 resolution on some of those gifs, those are probably the ones I made last year around E3
EDIT: yep, a few straight from my abload account.
We've already gone through this multiple times in this thread. Its the exact same game. The character models are the same, you just didn't see their faces until now. Nothing has changed outside of the UI. It even has the same problems as that build with pop-in, texture loading and flat 2D grass.

Oh right thanks as well and sorry for not crediting you guys from the other thread. Didn't mean any harm...

 

[chadboban]

2013,

Monolith Soft's X 'E3 2013 Trailer

Gifs

Humans

Mecha

Images

Probably it is just me but I am not seeing the same game.

I don't get the human comparisons since they all we've seen is the back of them in earlier trailers. We can't exactly compare the rest since most of them are clearly from areas we haven't seen in this build. The treehouse demo is from the beginning of the game. This is only a single area in a game that, should it's predecessor be any indication, has massive scale. Also keep in mind that time of day and whether conditions will all play a role in how the game looks. I'm certain that if we get the current build they have with the same times and weather conditions, it'll look the same as those trailers.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Oh right I see. Yeah now it makes perfect sense. Thanks allot.



Oh right thanks as well and sorry for not crediting you guys from the other thread. Didn't mean any harm...

if you have the WiiU try the eShop
not perfect since it runs on two screens https://twitter.com/NazHz/status/477589275580825600

the color is not as dull still would love more color

 

[TheGreatLugia]

I'm watching the eshop gameplay footage on my TV, and is it possible the game runs above 720p? My TV isn't that big, but I'm not noticing any jaggies.

 

[sora87]

OMG OMG treehouse X in 1080p on my TV eShop

YESSSSSSSSS

Yes yes yes! I'll be having some of that.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

dat sky wooooow
now thats color

 

[Levyne]

All these gifs/images are killing my shitty hotel internet, but I don't care

If the treehouse stream is indicative of how the game looks, I am more than fine with it. Do I wish character models were better? Sure, but I understand that Wii U is limited, and the game looks great considering everything in total.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

dat moon is huge we have to go there! we have to

please upload the second demo play

 

[bobbychalkers]

Oh right I see. Yeah now it makes perfect sense. Thanks allot.



Oh right thanks as well and sorry for not crediting you guys from the other thread. Didn't mean any harm...

No need to credit, just a gif of a game I didn't create They do hide a lot of imperfections though since they are smaller and I had access to much higher quality trailers last year. Washed out captures of a livestream don't work as well.
Just to compare though:
E3 2013:

E3 2014:

Colors are a bit muted and its not as sharp since it is a livestream capture but everything is pretty much the same look wise. You can even see the same giant monster from the 2013 trailer near the waterfall during the day on the Treehouse demo.

The character faces are very stylized and after a year of seeing them only with their backs turned, it caught a lot of people off guard.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Guys make sure the eShop video quality is running on High

going to watch this a few more times

I wonder if the clipping in the second video might stop them from uploading?

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Doesn't seem like there was any smoke & mirrors in the first bunch of trailers which is great.

 

[MilkBeard]

This game looks great. Really awesome scope. I love the more sci-fi feel and the mech riding.

 

[Cosmozone]

I can't wait to fight that level 45 dinosaur. Of course it looks so peaceful, just chilling there drinking water, kinda sad. lol

Indeed. In the reveal trailer, one of these guys was beheaded.

BTW out of curiosity, I visited Monolithsoft's home page and it looks like they're still hiring well into 2015. So they're probably undermanned for this project. Talented people from Japan, please help them out. Thanks.

Google translation for the jobs:
The Wanted: <Tokyo Location> Now, the job of following Tokyo headquarters!
<Development department>
Programmer
Planner
3DCG designer
2D designers
Effects designer
Motion designer
Project manager

Kyoto Studio: each <Location Kyoto> business expansion, the designer Wanted
<Development department>
3DCG designer
Effects designer
Motion designer

You get there by clicking on the Xenoblade pic on the top page, so the jobs are related.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

yeah the trailer is also on shop

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Just wondering, but were any voices in the trailer identified?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Indeed. In the reveal trailer, one of these guys was beheaded.

BTW out of curiosity, I visited Monolithsoft's home page and it looks like they're still hiring well into 2015. So they're probably undermanned for this project. Talented people from Japan, please help them out. Thanks.

Google translation for the jobs:
The Wanted: <Tokyo Location> Now, the job of following Tokyo headquarters!
<Development department>
Programmer
Planner
3DCG designer
2D designers
Effects designer
Motion designer
Project manager

Kyoto Studio: each <Location Kyoto> business expansion, the designer Wanted
<Development department>
3DCG designer
Effects designer
Motion designer

You get there by clicking on the Xenoblade pic on the top page, so the jobs are related.

Nooooooooooo. Hope this doesn't get delayed to 2016. :/

yeah the trailer is also on shop

Thanks for looking!

 

[Ragnarok]

I don't think it's been downgraded. Looks the same to me. Perhaps it's just because the more powerful systems had better looking games at this year's E3 that this has lost some if its luster.

 

[Rarity]

Ahhh I wanted to see some mecha action.

 

[Shun]

Apparently this game is confirmed to not be a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles.

It's more of a spiritual successor, so no Monado or anything directly related to the first game?

 

[random25]

The water in first party Nintendo games looks so drinkable.

Jump out of the water? Swim out on the sea? Yeah...I'm excited about the possibilities.

I still remember walking towards the beach in Xenoblade, think that there will be an invisible wall like any JRPG I've played. Then boom, I'm already swimming toward the nearby island.

 

[wsippel]

Apparently this game is confirmed to not be a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles.

It's more of a spiritual successor, so no Monado or anything directly related to the first game?

There is a Monado:

No, you're right, it's a spiritual successor. There's still a XenoBLADE, but the BLADE is no longer a sword. It's an implant or something, and BLADE is an acronym. Other than that, it shares concepts and mechanics with its predecessor. Monolith is basically going the Final Fantasy route.

 

[ugoo18]

Could someone please capture the Eshop footage, the previous Eshop trailers have been of much better in terms of visual quality compared to what's been available on Youtube.

 

[Kandinsky]

Any good quality video of the second demo at TreeHouse out there?, I missed it D:

 

[Chaos17]

 

[kobe(beast)]

Apparently this game is confirmed to not be a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles.

It's more of a spiritual successor, so no Monado or anything directly related to the first game?

Spoiler

At the end of the first game, Shulk decided to create a new world. I think this is earth from the second game

 

[Rebel Leader]

I can't wait to fight that level 45 dinosaur. Of course it looks so peaceful, just chilling there drinking water, kinda sad. lol

Could we jump on top? Like... my god

 

[MagiusNecros]

Spoiler

At the end of the first game, Shulk decided to create a new world. I think this is earth from the second game

Spoiler

Well it didn't last very long

 

[kobe(beast)]

Spoiler

Well it didn't last very long

Haha, I am not complaining ! We got a new xeno game.

Spoiler

I really hope they gonna connect the first and the second with some type of lore through secret missions.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Haha, I am not complaining ! We got a new xeno game.

Spoiler

I really hope they gonna connect the first and the second with some type of lore through secret missions.

Kinda hoping they make some mind boggling crossover thing that meshs Gears, Saga, and Blade together in some weird Philosophical way.

 

[Usobuko]

The gifs and reveal from Treehouse does so much justice than the story trailer.

 

[DangerMouse]

This is the game I'm getting a Wii U to play. Everything else is icing on the cake.

Yup, it's the biggest reason I have mine.

 

[moolamb]

If it's anything like other anime mecha stories, we're definitely going to space. See you guys on the moon.

spoiler for another game -

Spoiler

Even in W101 we got a freaking epic mecha battle up in the heavens. I highly doubt they'd hold back in a game of this scale.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

two more Treehouse Live videos where added to the eShop

still waiting for the second 40mins vid of X to show up

 

[Elfforkusu]

If it's anything like other anime mecha stories, we're definitely going to space. See you guys on the moon.

spoiler for another game -

Spoiler

Even in W101 we got a freaking epic mecha battle up in the heavens. I highly doubt they'd hold back in a game of this scale.

Can remove the mecha part, some obscenely large percentage of JRPGs end up in space at one point or another.

Mecha just boosts it up to 100%.

Rewatching it. The colors from 2013 look more vibrant to me and the clarity in the footage seems higher.

Guess I need to check my eyesight again lol.

Eh, the video feed was higher quality on the initial two trailers. I don't think it's been downgraded. Don't think it's much better either, but OTOH it's pretty awesome so no complaints.

That said, I do think the story trailer sucked. Would've preferred another music video like last time.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I think its about time I subscribed to this thread