Xenoblade Chronicles 3D and what it means for the main Pokemon games going forward.

[Player2]

spemanig said:

Player2 said:

A game where the overworld has zero impact on the combat? Why people want to make things unnecessarily complicated or expensive.

The overworld has zero impact on like 90% of open world games. Does the overworld impact Xenoblade's combat? No. Is Xenoblade's overworld the biggest reason why it's regarded as the best JRPG of the last generation? Absolutely.

It's very necessarily complicated and expensive. 

Yes, the overworld camera does have an impact on Xenoblade. Or to be more exact, it's the combat the one that has an impact on the overworld camera. Trying to hit an enemy on the side or back would suck with a fixed camera angle.

However Pokemon has a turn based combat system that is separated from the overworld so a fixed camera for the overworld don't hurt the game.