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Xenoblade Chronicles X (former X from Monolith Soft)

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I guess the aliens motives are a bit more understandable now. Also, the whole thing seemed to give of a vibe that the story will deal with a society at the brink of extinction, and its impact on society and individuals. That could lead to an interesting plot if done right.
Well it's certainly more interesting than the usual fantasy settings. Hoping this game justifies my impulse purchase of Wii U last year. Used that thing for less than 5 hours so far.

... then why did you buy it?
 

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Xenoblade Chronicles Review Exerpts here

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1tfO-elYLCSqnqk81vvPcXPGaMEG7o8qZIg8w-JVpZO0/pub

Too messy, there is a NeoGAF link (do not click if NeoGAF gives you cancer)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1034896

Clearing quests grants access to more party members.

After clearing a certain quest, you’re able to freely re-customize your avatar. You can even change genders, perfect for moody people who think “I don’t want to look like an old man again today.”

We left NLA and walked from one end of the continent to the other, and there really were no load times. I was surprised that the game didn’t run choppily due to the disc seeks.
However, there are three points where there are some small loading: when you go in and out of the BLADE Home, use skip travel, or view cutscenes.
And since this preview version is disc-only, the textures and character assets would sometimes take several seconds to load in when we’d drive around with the Doll at high speeds, or immediately after those load points. I’m interested in seeing to what extent the ‘load time reduction data packs’/digital version can reduce this delay.

Rock faces and lakes are usually impassable boundaries in games, but if you try hard enough you can continue past them in this game. You can jump up some rocky platforms to scale cliffs, or stealthily swim[by sea] around tough enemies guarding the entrances to continents, which make finding paths through the world very fun.
The direct path isn’t the only path. If you try going down a path that made you think “maybe I can get there from here,” you’ll find that you will in fact be able to. This kind of accommodating map design is just what you’d expect from Nintendo and Monolith Soft.

No matter what height you jump from in this game, you won’t take any damage. You can jump all the way down from the top of the Upper Strata in the BLADE Area to the Lower Strata. And the game won’t have to stop and load at all, totally seamless!

If you don’t plan out your strategy and manage your arts and equipment, the bosses are quite difficult, even for people who are experienced with RPGs.
But don’t worry, it’s still a Nintendo game. They allow you to lower the difficulty on a boss if you lose to it several times. There’s no penalties for lowering the difficulty, so people who don’t play RPGs often can still enjoy the story.

When you defeat native creatures, they’ll drop equipment that was used by members of BLADE they defeated/killed. Drops obtained from enemies have different abilities and affixes attached to them, some even have unexpected ones! Searching for equipment with amazing abilities by killing enemies can give it a bit of a [loot-focused game] feel.

You don’t get money for buying equipment from killing monsters. You can sell the materials you get from them, but that doesn’t net you much cash. So, how do you get money on Mira? The Frontier Net, of course. It’s not just for gathering info on the planet. The person who placed the probe receives payments regularly(fixed intervals), from the citizens of NLA who pay a fee to view images and information recorded by the probes. The more Data Probes you set, the more money you make.
The moneymaking occurs in real time, so you’ll make a lot if you just leave the game there and space out!

There are tons of Doll weapons and armor as well, that you can freely customize.

Dolls turn into vehicles when dashing. The frame series don’t just differ in vehicle design, their handling and engine sounds change as well.

I played this review copy for much more than 100 hours, but there was still so much left to see in the game. There were many things we were unable to fit into this review, so we hope you play it yourself to experience all of its limitless fun!

1. Approved

2. "You can even change genders" So Progressive!!!

3. Are there load times between entering and exiting cities? I really hope not.

4. Sweet

5. Blegh

6. I highly approve of difficult bosses. And I am totally fine with them allowing you to lower the difficulty of boss fights if you fail enough times. As long as it aint forced upon you.

7. Fucking random drops.

8. Looks like I will refrain from placing probes then. There is something strangely appealing about being starved for money the entire game.

9. Weapon customization too? Looks like Mech gameplay got even more appealing.

10. As expected.

11. 100 hours worries me. Quality, not quantity is what I like. And they may very well have spread their resources too thin.
 

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I guess the aliens motives are a bit more understandable now. Also, the whole thing seemed to give of a vibe that the story will deal with a society at the brink of extinction, and its impact on society and individuals. That could lead to an interesting plot if done right.
Well it's certainly more interesting than the usual fantasy settings. Hoping this game justifies my impulse purchase of Wii U last year. Used that thing for less than 5 hours so far.

... then why did you buy it?

Because I thought owning a Nintendo console for the first time in almost 20 years would be fun, which it was for couple hours. Plus I got a really good deal on used Wii U and some games.

11. 100 hours worries me. Quality, not quantity is what I like. And they may very well have spread their resources too thin.

I just hope this isn't a Skyrim/DAI wannabe where the main content is mindless fetch quests, and "exploration".
 

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I guess the aliens motives are a bit more understandable now. Also, the whole thing seemed to give of a vibe that the story will deal with a society at the brink of extinction, and its impact on society and individuals. That could lead to an interesting plot if done right.
Well it's certainly more interesting than the usual fantasy settings. Hoping this game justifies my impulse purchase of Wii U last year. Used that thing for less than 5 hours so far.


What games do you have for it? I got mine about a year ago, and I've gotten quite a bit of use out of it. It's definitely not the system for RPGs, but there are plenty of very good games available on it.

This game is looking pretty good to me. I never got to play the original Wii game, and I can't justify dropping $200+ for a New 3DS (I have an XL) just for one game. The combat does remind me somewhat of FF 12.
 

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I guess the aliens motives are a bit more understandable now. Also, the whole thing seemed to give of a vibe that the story will deal with a society at the brink of extinction, and its impact on society and individuals. That could lead to an interesting plot if done right.
Well it's certainly more interesting than the usual fantasy settings. Hoping this game justifies my impulse purchase of Wii U last year. Used that thing for less than 5 hours so far.


What games do you have for it? I got mine about a year ago, and I've gotten quite a bit of use out of it. It's definitely not the system for RPGs, but there are plenty of very good games available on it.
+1

If anyone doesn't have it already, get The Wonderful 101. Criminally underrated game by Platinum, it's a shame it sold so poorly.

As for Xenoblade X, I'm pretty hyped. It will probably be one of the few worthwhile JRPGs for the system but that's expected from Nintendo's home consoles at this point.
 

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If anyone doesn't have it already, get The Wonderful 101. Criminally underrated game by Platinum, it's a shame it sold so poorly.

I got it with my Club Nintendo points a couple of months ago, but I haven't had a chance to play it yet. It was one of the games that interested me before I bought the system.
 

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Wonderful 101 is pretty good, at least when its focusing on core gameplay. When it turns to bad shump you can feel Kamiya obsession.
 
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Mario 3-D World is really good, too. I like it and 3-D Land more than the classic NES games, I'm starting to think.

Plus, you can download the Metroid Prime Trilogy on the eShop now. I'd imagine those games are pretty fun with full Wiimote aiming, RE4 certainly was.
 

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Mario 3-D World is really good, too. I like it and 3-D Land more than the classic NES games, I'm starting to think.

Plus, you can download the Metroid Prime Trilogy on the eShop now. I'd imagine those games are pretty fun with full Wiimote aiming, RE4 certainly was.
Metroid Prime Trilogy's motion controls take a little while to get used to, but after repositioning the Wii Mote sensor for the 3rd time, I finally hit the sweet spot. I could even fight without using lock-on.
 

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Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is pretty fun, if you want a platformer that would be my first recommendation after 3D World. Bayonetta 2 is another good one if you like ass shots spectacle fighters, also comes with the first game if you didn't play that one.
 

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Looks like english version is still not ready since showed gameplay was from japanese one during direct. Its supposed to be released this year so hopefully they are just saving it for e3. Looks like doing localization it was decided to change dolls into "skells" (its supposed to be short of exoskeleton, like they couldn't just call them mechs).
 

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Some streams of the game have been shown off, that provide far more interesting tidbits than whatever Nintendo were trying to show off. All while offending SJWs on NeoGAF with some underboob.

http://www.hitbox.tv/BSpowerx

I bought mine for Bayonetta and drunk Mario Kart so far 10/10 would drunk mario Kart agian.

I challenge you to a drunken mario kart race. 200cc, Rainbow Road, with minimized handling.
 

Martius

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Hm, I wonder if Nintendo will change something during localization. In english version of Bravely Default characters are bit older than in japanese. I guess same thing could happen to Lynn.
 

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I think they will be older and there might be less revealing clothes. It is stupid, but you know how the American Puritans are "That one is shown her ankle the slut" and so on.
 

Ayreos

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Fetch quest simulator 2015. On an unpopular console. With characters so forcefully extracted from the uncanny valley they might as well be Chtulhu's abortions. Finally, it is set to have the worst of MMORPG mechanics without any of the socialization.

And it will be a smashing success. What does that tell you about JRPGs?

Well, it tells ME them big fukken bots and "YAR A HERO, MAH BOY" might be THE answer to the human question!

(That setting and opening are pretty cool though. Unoriginal and unrealistic, but cool.)
 

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Remember when we said nothing was going to be censored? We lied!
http://www.gonintendo.com/stories/2...les-x-character-dlc-to-be-free-lin-s-age-chan
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How are these people still employed?

Look at this shit! I'm a native English speaker and I barely understand this. I can't imagine how unreadable it must be for the many non-native speakers on the Codex.
ahldtfizpi.png
 
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Lin Lee is now 15-years-old. She is 13-years-old in the Japanese version.
No, you're doing it wrong. You just lost a whole demographic (albeit a seedy and potentially criminal one). What dummy is in charge of marketing at this company?
 
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Wow, that's the worst kind of translation. Completely fucks with the personality of the characters.
 

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