Xenoblade 2 took about 3.5 years to make

[Jumpin]

I want a remake of Xenoblade Chronicles X with the following additions:
1. A no-vocals option for music.

2. A redone UI.

The UI, IMO, is what keeps this game from being phenomenal; it made the entire experience a lot less enjoyable than it should have been. A lot of people were turned off by the open world approach to storytelling, but I liked it quite a bit. I also love it in Zelda. I wonder if with a better UI if the anti-openworlders would be more open to accepting the model.
Speaking of story:

3. If we're doing a remake, can we have an expansion? The story is begging for a continuation. We still don't know what's to happen to NLA or Lao.

It already uses the engine that XC2 is using, so it's not really out of date.

On the original Xenoblade, I think a remake would be excellent, but there's a lot more work IMO.

1. Redoing the character models, they look a little Dreamcasty.

2. Tweaking of the battle mechanics, I don't like the time mechanic as much as I did in my first playthrough, it's a little bit intrusive to the flow.

3. Perhaps a bit of an environmental art tweak in some of the blander locations like Valak Mountain, Bionis and Mechonis interiors. Maybe add a bit more spice to those places by throwing in a settlement here or there. Or, cut the losses and make the critical path faster to get through.

4. A revamp of the quest system; now this is hard because the quests are big. I would almost say cut them out in favour of something a little more interesting in the presentation. Perhaps a much easier way to get quests as well than looking at guides to see when characters appear. This system might be Takahashi's worst case of unfulfilled ambition (his most infamous is Xenogears disk 2, but I've grown to like that part over the years); speculation is that he intended for all of these to have cutscenes.

5. Redesign the item distribution system and trading. There must be more manageable ways to handle getting materials.

6. On additional story: I would love to have more exploration of the past events. They seemed a little underdeveloped for my tastes. I'd enjoy seeing more history.

 

 

Also, I really want Xenogears and Xenosaga. Xenogears would be big, because they're going to want to update the disk 2 section, and add a lot more open world stuff. It needs some more music too, the soundtrack, while fantastic, could use additional songs. Xenosaga needs a character model revamp on part 2. I would also love to see the UMN stuff expanded through all three parts.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 29 November 2017