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Looks amazing.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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something about this trailer makes the game looks really cheap. you'd think since they're showing a triler for the game that they'd make it a bit more presentable. it really seems like they don't care enough about the game to present it well, at least that's what i'm getting from this trailer (blurry textures, bad face animations...etc)

totally not up to other Nintendo games' standards



I don't know why you guys are all complaining about graphics. As you may see from my username, I'm only playing on Nintendo consoles usually so all you that are complaining are probably just used to HD graphics.

I haven't seen enough of FFXII or other PS2 rpg's to compare Xenoblade's graphics to them, but I can compare it with Gamecube games, and I tell you it looks better. Baten Kaitos which is from the same developer was a pretty game, but this goes a step further. Of course the character models are a weak point, but they're also not as bad as some of you make them.

Anyway, as I'm currently playing Skies of Arcadia and liking it a lot it actually doesn't even matter to me how good these graphics now are, but I still get annoyed by some people here in the forums so I wanted to point that out.



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Some textures look like N64's =/, and the characters like an early PS2 game :-|, horrible graphics!



lolita said:

Well the only issue with the models is that I think they sort of look blurry. The textures don't look neat and clear, and that's what makes them look strange. Hopefully this will be fixed although I don't mind if it's not. It's not like it will make the game any less good.

Good trailer though. The environment looks quite good, especially the waterfalls area. :)

Exactly. Also, the facial expressions are near non-existent. The lips move, but there is no curvature in the cheeks when they speak or wrinkles in the brow, etc. The faces look really plain, like 8 polygons deep (I know there are hundreds more than that but still). If you want to see a good GC game with facial expressions, look at Day of Reckoning 2, or Resident Evil 4.

The textures seem muddy/blurry; it really is like FF12 in terms of facial fidelity.

I still believe in the bolded despite all this though.



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Imo some people are over reacting, I actually like the graphics. Well ok the characters don't look so hot and some textures do indeed look blurry, but I'm happy as soon as the world you explore is imaginative and to me it seems like it is.



miz1q2w3e said:

something about this trailer makes the game looks really cheap. you'd think since they're showing a triler for the game that they'd make it a bit more presentable. it really seems like they don't care enough about the game to present it well, at least that's what i'm getting from this trailer (blurry textures, bad face animations...etc)

totally not up to other Nintendo games' standards

Yes, it does look like Nintendo's hart isn't in the game. It looks not fine tuned like that.

I hope i'm wrong.



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Looks pretty good. The graphics are better than about 95% of Wii games, so that's a plus. The art direction's nice.



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nintendo_fanboy said:
I don't know why you guys are all complaining about graphics. As you may see from my username, I'm only playing on Nintendo consoles usually so all you that are complaining are probably just used to HD graphics.

I haven't seen enough of FFXII or other PS2 rpg's to compare Xenoblade's graphics to them, but I can compare it with Gamecube games, and I tell you it looks better. Baten Kaitos which is from the same developer was a pretty game, but this goes a step further. Of course the character models are a weak point, but they're also not as bad as some of you make them.

Anyway, as I'm currently playing Skies of Arcadia and liking it a lot it actually doesn't even matter to me how good these graphics now are, but I still get annoyed by some people here in the forums so I wanted to point that out.

No, we are comparing the graphics to other Wii titles and 5-8 year old PS2 titles. These are NOT HD games.

The fact is, Monolithsoft developed Xenosaga, and the Xenosaga series looks a lot better than this one. Monolithsoft also has Nintendo backing them this time around - there isn't a reason why they should be providing a lower quality product as their flagship title.

 

Saying games like Skies of Arcadia or Chrono Trigger look beautiful despite being on older hardware doesn't really apply:

A. Both Skies of Arcadia and Chrono Trigger had very talented artists working on them, and they created very nice art styles ; Xenoblade does not have as interesting of an art style as either of those games - Xenoblade more resembles the bland WRPG style.

B. Chrono Trigger and Skies of Arcadia made VERY good use of their respective hardware ; Xenoblade's models look very outdated, and not in a stylistic way like other retro games. In a way that looks like they just cut corners.



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