Joegrine_TT
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December 4th where are you???
Xenoblade X Eurogamer Preview: Maybe 2015's Most Impressive Open World
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December 4th where are you???
Haha, poor thing.
skLaFarebear
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brainchild
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Zero²;186279542 said:Some cool names there
So everyone, we went from Ace+Shimomura to Sawano, completely different styles to completely different settings. Now what composer you'd like for MonolithSoft next main RPG?
I'd love to see Motoi Sakuraba take another stab at a full OST for a JRPG from Monolith Soft. The Baten Kaitos OSTs were amazing!
something similar to this could work as a battle theme
and a theme similar to this would be well suited to a floating city/forest
I want Monolith Soft to make another high fantasy game. On next gen hardware it would be mind-blowingly magical!
Shit, throw in some songs from Susumu Hirasawa.
HAIIII YAI FOOOOORCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQtv43ZmRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJY1TomgkBs
brainchild
Banned
If they announce Baten Kaitos 3 as Monolith Soft's next project, I think I might just die from elation.
I guess with almost a week until these reviews appear, there won't be many thoroughly detailed impressions appearing. Definitely gonna start keeping this off my mind until then.
Got me in a good mood, thanks
Baten Kaitos collection with 3. ̶P̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶i̶t̶e̶d̶.̶ Please don't lose your mind.
Got me in a good mood, thanks
Baten Kaitos collection with 3. ̶P̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶i̶t̶e̶d̶.̶ Please don't lose your mind.
I have never wanted anything more in my entire life tbh
No there is not dual soundtrack in the game. I dont think you can just bee Line the story but someone will quickly correct me if I'm wrong you can certainly cut down the amount of questing to a minimum but I can't tell you how that would affect your experience.
Yes, you can (you will just have just a minimum of sidequests as requirements, main story is like 20+ hours of gameplay) but like Fantasy Life (3DS) the core of the game is outside of the main story. If you want to play a game on the Wii U just for the story, play Bayonneta or Wonderfull 101 or Fatal Frame instead.
Just doing the main story usually made testers (from Japan import thread) bitter.
If you hated Xenoblade you most likely won't like this game. You can pretty much ignore all side-content, but to advance certain story missions you need to have portion of the map explored, and done some "Kizuna" quests, which are quests that raise the affinity between you and your party members.
I like the way you think, friend
For me, the battle is faster than in XB. You don't need to have a healer or too many healing arts because of the Soul Voice system so you can pick more offensive/defensive arts in you palette. You can change in real time from range to melee weapons and adapt your characters to different styles and arts with the Class system. I like also the expanded commands you can give to your team with the '+' button menu so it's more difficult that the IA mess things. OC gear and double casting your arts are also a nice additions. And mechs. Learning how different position and elevation affects the attack (in a deeper way than XC) and being able to attack/destroy specific parts of your enemy is also cool.
skLaFarebear
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I bought the first baten kaitos for GC and really need to give it a try. I know its something I'd really enjoy since i love monolith's stuff
BK1 is a good game, but Baten Kaitos Origins is legit one of my favorite jRPGs. Also, one of the best localizations out there.
It'd be nice to have a remaster collection/3DS port of the first two, if only to gauge interest.
skLaFarebear
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I hear the first game's voice acting is not great, but one of my friends showed me a song from the OST and convinced me to buy it right away lol.
And i have a high tolerance for RPGs with a best last entry. Im a huge xenosaga fan after all
foxuzamaki
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Im willing to sign a petition to get baiten kaitos and orgins rereleased as remasters, games I really want to play but not sure if I want to bite the bullet on their prices on amazon.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
IGN Nintendo Voice Chat talks about X at around the 29 minute mark: http://ignwii.ign.libsynpro.com/
One of the more downer impressions so far. Mostly talking about the overall immersiveness of the world. They don't like how affinity missions lock you in. They were bothered by some of the "fight monster that appears at this time/collect item that you don't know where it is" stuff. Also thought it was a bit stiff in terms of voice acting. Quests don't "take you down a rabbit hole" like other open world games. World not as memorable as other open worlds. They don't talk much about the gameplay systems from what I listened. I didn't listen to certain parts because I don't wanna know the specifics of particular quests, so I might've missed some key details.
They praised GTA V a bit as a sort of comparison, which kinda turned me off because I was really unimpressed with that game. Couldn't care less about its world or gameplay, though the story and writing was nice. Kind of off topic but I just gotta get that outta my system lol. Their overall points seem fair but not surprising as far as the Xenoblade series is concerned. It's one of those situations where it's like, I agree that these things they're complaining about are in the game, but they probably won't bother me nearly as much as it bothers them.
One of the more downer impressions so far. Mostly talking about the overall immersiveness of the world. They don't like how affinity missions lock you in. They were bothered by some of the "fight monster that appears at this time/collect item that you don't know where it is" stuff. Also thought it was a bit stiff in terms of voice acting. Quests don't "take you down a rabbit hole" like other open world games. World not as memorable as other open worlds. They don't talk much about the gameplay systems from what I listened. I didn't listen to certain parts because I don't wanna know the specifics of particular quests, so I might've missed some key details.
They praised GTA V a bit as a sort of comparison, which kinda turned me off because I was really unimpressed with that game. Couldn't care less about its world or gameplay, though the story and writing was nice. Kind of off topic but I just gotta get that outta my system lol. Their overall points seem fair but not surprising as far as the Xenoblade series is concerned. It's one of those situations where it's like, I agree that these things they're complaining about are in the game, but they probably won't bother me nearly as much as it bothers them.
I hear the first game's voice acting is not great, but one of my friends showed me a song from the OST and convinced me to buy it right away lol.
And i have a high tolerance for RPGs with a best last entry. Im a huge xenosaga fan after all
IIRC, the bad voice acting in BK1 was a choice
related to one of the better JRPG twists.
I'd be happy with a Baten Kaitos HD collection! Give the first game a new localization and clean up some of its other rough edges, many of which are easily fixable.
There's the recording quality and then there's the acting itself. With the sound quality, there's a hollow cardboard-tube sound that gradually improves as your character (a guardian spirit) becomes closer to the main human character. Sort of an interesting idea, but not really a good one. You can fix this by switching to surround sound in the settings though, so it's not a big deal.
Unfortunately, it doesn't fix the issues with the actual acting, which ranges from okayish to dreadful. Actually Mizuti and some of the villains are pretty good, but that's it (Kalas is decent about 90% of the time, but the remaining 10% tends to be in the most critical story moments!).
Honestly, I've grown to enjoy the cheesy fun that the VA brings to the battle chatter. Though it definitely brings the story down combined with a somewhat tepid English script and some pacing issues in the first half.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
@Malus : from what you're saying they seems didn't played much the game.
The gameplay mechanics are part of the core of the game and if they kinda skipped it... then instead praised other AAA open world games...
I've serious doubt about their reviewer.
Same
brainchild
Banned
Glad to see so many Baten Kaitos fans in here!
To be honest, I'd rather have a full blown re-imagining of the series (with fully traversable 3D environments) than a few remasters. Of course, that's about as likely to happen as us getting a Baten Kaitos 3. Oh well.
To be honest, I'd rather have a full blown re-imagining of the series (with fully traversable 3D environments) than a few remasters. Of course, that's about as likely to happen as us getting a Baten Kaitos 3. Oh well.
@Malus : from what you're saying they seems didn't played much the game.
The gameplay mechanics are part of the core of the game and if they kinda skipped it... then instead praised other AAA open world games...
I've serious doubt about their reviewer.
Yeah but the gameplay systems are pretty complex so it's understandable that they wouldn't get into it during a podcast. I'm sure in the review they'll touch upon that aspect.
To me the prerendered environments (which were a retro throwback even in the Gamecube days) are one of the things that make Baten Kaitos great. I'd want to keep them, especially if they could find a way to make more dynamic cutscenes work with them.
brainchild
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I know there's a lot of people who like pre-rendered backgrounds, but I'm not a fan. It really limits how you can explore a game world.
I will admit though, the art for the backgrounds was absolutely stunning!
Zero²;186279542 said:Some cool names there
So everyone, we went from Ace+Shimomura to Sawano, completely different styles to completely different settings. Now what composer you'd like for MonolithSoft next main RPG?
GALNERYUS or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.^_^
Those two produce scarily great music.^_^
I mean, don't this music pump you guys up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsi9HEmZl9Y
and this one too.^_^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-SQqppuGvc
It is finally the time we get Power Metal music for Jrpg.^_^
And a bit of topic here. To all who have downloaded the pack here. I am currently using the HDD Docking system. This is not going to ruin my Wii U here right?T_T
I cannot find any single Y cable in my country here.T_T
Completely agree. Prerendered would set it apart from most other RPGs of this gen. It's part of why I loved Bravely Default so much. I wouldn't want a fully 3D BK, which is why I think 3DS would be a good fit for the series. A fitting swan song to the 3DS like Origins was to Gamecube
mrmickfran
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I'm soooo excited to explore Sylvalum and Noctilum.
I'm still waiting for NoA to put Xenoblade Wii on the eShop... I wonder if it will ever happen
Vincent Grayson
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Zero²;186331433 said:I'm still waiting for NoA to put Xenoblade Wii on the eShop... I wonder if it will ever happen
Probably just in time for it to be pointless. Like, a couple days before XCX.
Andyliini
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With so many people talking about Baten Kaitos, maybe I should go back and replay it. I played it a few years ago but got stuck in some dungeon, and couldn't proceed (the one with a retro-style area in it). I quit and never went back, altough I like the game.
Then again, I don't have a GameCube anymore, and Baten Kaitos Origins was never released in Europe anyway. Hopefully, if they ever make 3, they release a collection.
Oh, and I still want that Xenosaga HD Trilogy I've been asking in Miiverse E3-communities since 2013.
Then again, I don't have a GameCube anymore, and Baten Kaitos Origins was never released in Europe anyway. Hopefully, if they ever make 3, they release a collection.
Oh, and I still want that Xenosaga HD Trilogy I've been asking in Miiverse E3-communities since 2013.
Dice//
Banned
Honestly really hoping they do that HD remaster one day.
The 3DS is hella convenient, but not what that game deserves.
Joegrine_TT
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The Girl who is talking should review it >.>