Xenoblade Chronicles X (former X from Monolith Soft)

[GrainWetski]

Reminds me of some Studio Ghibli movie I had to see dubbed in English with subs that were from the original. The English dub was fucking childish beyond belief.

 

[Abu Antar]

They supposedly fucked up on Tales of Hearts R. I don't speak or read any Japanese, but from what I have seen, they were very liberal with their translation. On one hand, it sucks, on the other hand, I want to play these games in English.

 

[deuxhero]

There's "liberal" and "makes random changes for the sake of it". 8-4 is firmly in the second.

Tales of Hearts R is so badly done the guy who was fan-translating the DS version of Tales of Heart managed to write paragraphs on what was wrong just from some ~3 minute promo videos then wrote another when it was actually released six months latter and they fixed exactly ONE of the problems he mentioned (after battle stuff is now subtitled). The crowning jewel is easily them changing an easily noticed piece of the battle interface already in English (actually valid English that has been there untouched in every translated game in the series to my knowledge) to be incorrect.

Again: How the fuck do they keep getting work?

 

[Abu Antar]

I have no idea. Maybe there aren't enough "professional" translation studios out there.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I have no idea. Maybe there aren't enough "professional" translation studios out there.

This is actually true. Most of them are garbage. It's not unusual to have awful translators who think they can do a better job than the original author and will start rewriting everything.

 

[Ventidius]

I've been playing this lately, and it's been pretty good so far. Are the Harriers a good division choice? I intend to play mostly offline, so I'm not sure if it makes much of a difference either way.

 

[Mark.L.Joy]

Curators get points from every action but you can change division at any time if online.

 

[Perkel]

I've been playing this lately, and it's been pretty good so far. Are the Harriers a good division choice? I intend to play mostly offline, so I'm not sure if it makes much of a difference either way.

It is meaningless choice.

 

[cruel]

Can somebody give me a quick summary for this game, in terms of strengths vs weaknesses? Is it a story-fag game, combat-fag game, or neither? Good story, memorable characters / quests, or more like MMO-tier crap? A lot of grinding? Debating emulating this on Steam Deck, but won't to make sure it's worth it before I spend 1h+ setting this up properly.

If it helps with anything - I liked Xenoblade Definitive edition a lot (characters, sense of journey, amazing music, a lot of love put into the game), didn't like Xenoblade 2 at all, and considered Xenoblade 3 decent/good (still in progress, 54h in).

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

Can somebody give me a quick summary for this game, in terms of strengths vs weaknesses? Is it a story-fag game, combat-fag game, or neither? Good story, memorable characters / quests, or more like MMO-tier crap? A lot of grinding? Debating emulating this on Steam Deck, but won't to make sure it's worth it before I spend 1h+ setting this up properly.

If it helps with anything - I liked Xenoblade Definitive edition a lot (characters, sense of journey, amazing music, a lot of love put into the game), didn't like Xenoblade 2 at all, and considered Xenoblade 3 decent/good (still in progress, 54h in).

More MMO. But beautiful world, great art. It's a massive game but story was meh. But I like XB1 and X the most. I had more fun with X than I did with XBC2 and 3. And it has MECHS!!!!

But unlike XBC 1(Definitive Edition), 2 and 3. It does not hold your hand and a lot of things you have to figure out yourself.

 

[Puukko]

It's an oddball combatfag + exploration game. Story is an afterhought. Excellent open world.

 

[cruel]

Remaster for Switch to be announced soon, according to the leaks:

https://screenrant.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-nintendo-switch-reveal-june-11/

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

Remaster for Switch to be announced soon, according to the leaks:

https://screenrant.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-nintendo-switch-reveal-june-11/

If this is even remotely true, I'll have to get it alongside SMT V Vengeance and Gundam Breaker 4.

 

[Talby]

It's about time, I don't think there's any other major Wii U exclusives that haven't gotten a Switch pity port yet.

 

[flyingjohn]

It's about time, I don't think there's any other major Wii U exclusives that haven't gotten a Switch pity port yet.

Zelda wolf and pirate hd edition are still wii-u exclusives.

 

[Talby]

It's about time, I don't think there's any other major Wii U exclusives that haven't gotten a Switch pity port yet.

Zelda wolf and pirate hd edition are still wii-u exclusives.

Those are GameCube games though. I mean actual Wii U exclusives.

 

[Ravielsk]

So was anything announced?

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

So was anything announced?

No.

 

[cruel]

Rumors intensify, potentially this will be a launch title for Switch 2:

https://gamerant.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-switch-port-rumor/

Makes sense from Nintendo perspective - they need a big impressive game to drive Switch 2 sales after all.

 

[scytheavatar]

Nintendo can release a Xenoblade Chronicles X port if they hate money and want to lose them. The game flopped in its first release because it is niche as fuck, why would a rerelease/remake do much better?

 

[flyingjohn]

they need a big impressive game

So anything except xenoblade chronicles x?

 

[Ravielsk]

they need a big impressive game

So anything except xenoblade chronicles x?

Maybe they are going for a "great in contrast" kind of a scenario. Have the "old and busted" set the benchmark and then leapfrog right over that son of bitch with ease.

 

[Jermu]

Nintendo can release a Xenoblade Chronicles X port if they hate money and want to lose them. The game flopped in its first release because it is niche as fuck, why would a rerelease/remake do much better?

it was wii u game 13.56 million sold units game system, compared to switch 143 million. also xenoblade should be more popular franchise now

 

[The Decline]

I hope they include the Japanese dub this time, the English dub was so atrocious I soft modded my WiiU just to play with the undub patch.

 

[Talby]

Almost all notable exclusives on the Wii U got ported to the Switch to give them a second chance on a console people actually bought, except XCX. Even fucking Tokyo Mirage Sessions got a Switch port. XCX is the best in the series and deserves a second chance.