Official Xenoblade thread- Opinions, thoughts and questions inside! Can it hit 1mil in sales next year? Sequel coming for Wii U???

[Conegamer]

Crystalchild said:

@Cone (lecturing me i should rebuild C6 and all before finishing the game)

Yes and No. i intend to play this game a second time,somewhere in the future, and since FFVII, i did it this way: 1st Playthrough - Story, a little bit of Sidestuff / 2nd Playthrough - making a GODLY savefile

So i dont know yet if i am to farm materials for C6, but what i did now is my party reaching Level 81, and i forged Copy-3. (also, half the gems i am using a L6 Gems.)

the only thing i want to do now is getting the skillbooks for the majority of skills, but i am totally lost with this.. i've got like 1/3 of them, but mostly of the skills i dont f*ckn use.

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@Melia-playstyle:

HOW do you use her, Cone? i did it this way (most of the battles): Thunder/Fire/Ice, then using all 3 (Thunder as the last spell, since i guess it improves the other 2?.. also, the Rage that is made with a Single Thunderspell would make the Enemy's attack her, since Thunderdamage+100% is insanely helpful).. afterwards, i take 1 (sometimes 2) spells, that i keep on her, (depending) to get the Buffs, while dealing damage with Thunder. and also, i try to keep the DoT's (Fire/Ice/Earth) up, if it does not mean sacrificing a Buff i need from them at the beginning of battle. (since we all know they replenish. :P but well.. yeah, pretty much everything with her is depending on the situation lawl)

 

edit: Questions for a Xenoblade FAQ? i just feel in the need to ask them myself, even though i know the answer's :

- How long does it take to beat this game?

- Which games are similar to Xenoblade (to give me an idea of what kind of game this is)?

- How does this game perform on the Wii, are there obvious Hardware Limitations?

- Is everything predestined, or do my choices have an Impact?

- Do i have an influence on how my Characters develop? Is there any room for me customizing them?

It's up to you I suppose, it's up to you whether or not you wish to go all the way back to the bottom and claw your way back through the game to do the sidequests, but I can see the merits to it! Also, the answers to your questions, and others I've been sent, will be added to the OP, but I'll put it up anyway!

How long- 50 hours for a speedrun, 80 hours for an average run, 150 hours if you do most sidequests, 250 hours for everything really.

Which games are similar- The Last Story, Arc Rise Fantasia, Final Fantasy etc. 

How does the game perform- Surprisingly well! The Wii handles it with no screen-tearing and next-to-no slowdown, and the draw rate is incredibly impressive. The only issues are the close-up textures, but that's not so bad as the rest of the game is supreme.

Is everything pre-destined- Yes, it is, but since the side-quests detract from the story so regularly and you have such freedpn to move around the areas, you wouldn't realise.

Do you have an influence- Yes, greatly, but I'll go into more detail later.