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Barenziah on 12 June 2014

like it,looks good,go WiiU,it is putting up some good stuff



  

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Skidonti on 12 June 2014
osed125 said:

Some of you guys never played the original Xenoblade... that game is the true definition of frightening faces.

Yeah, it's a little tough to play the original Xenoblade in the states... how about let's give X a second print run if it sells out okay Nintendo?
I'm looking to pick it up cheap as possible this summer however.



Chevinator123 on 12 June 2014

omg i need this game, looks like im getn a wii u next year



TK14 on 12 June 2014
osed125 said:

People are focusing waaaay too much on graphics and are ignoring the most important thing...story and gameplay.

The story sounds really promising, the setting itself is pretty awesome from what I understand. I however do not like the main character being silent, but it probably won't affect the story much (if at all). And the Nopons are back!!! best news ever!!!

For the gameplay, a lot of interesting things to talk about. First, thank god for the inclusion of knowing where you are facing an enemy (front, side or back), that was a small annoyance in Xenoblade because you sometimes thought you were behind the enemy but you hit the side instead, much needed improvement. The addition of what it looks like a "double cooldown" (for greater power and special effects) sounds interesting, this will add a whole new level of strategy. And what it looks like to be biggest thing is the inclusion of TP; it seems like TP will be used for arts (along side cooldowns) and some other stuff like reviving characters (basically replacing the party gauge from Xenoblade).

In the fact sheet for the game, as well as on Nintendo's official E3 site, it says you can customize the main character (as they showed) including the voice. In the gameplay snippet they showed in February, the "main" character was clearly speaking his attack names (Burning Sword, etc.). I wouldn't assume that it will be a silent protagonist just yet. :) 

FEATURES:

  • Riding and controlling a weaponized mech, players can explore every inch of the massive open world displayed in gorgeous high-definition graphics. The world is filled with strange and imaginative creatures, from small bugs to giant dinosaurs.
  • As characters improve in different classes, they will learn new combat and defensive skills, or Arts. Players can customize the Arts palette as their characters learn new Arts. All Arts have a “recast" time – once cast, the player must wait out a “cooldown" period before that Art can be used again.
  • Players can customize everything about the main character's appearance, including gender, shapes, height, skin color, voice and tattoos.


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Mystro-Sama on 12 June 2014

Just throwing it out there but X's premise reminds me a lot of the anime Suisei no Gargantia which was an amazing anime with a pretty huge twist towards the end.



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animegaming on 12 June 2014
Mystro-Sama said:
Zekkyou said:
Sure is a mixed bag of visuals.

+ (good)
Over-world detail/diversity.
Enemy models (nothing special, but surprisingly well made)
Render distance/scale.
Art direction (durp).
Lots of foliage (yay grass).

+- (okay)
Textures (some good some... bleh).
A lot of pop-ins (relatively forgivable given it's open world).
Inconsistent AA (hard to say how much in compressed video).
Inconsistent movement/battle animations for both enemies and players (likely since the game isn't finished though).

- (oh god why)
Character models (i feel like i'm in 2002 again).
Facial animations (an extension of the previous point).

Overall it's a good looking game (especially given the hardware), but needs some work before release.

Regardless of its visual inconsistency, it's going to be an amazing game. Will be interesting to see if it can live up to the standards of its predecessor.

 

I wonder if they can fix some of this stuff before release?

well they have another 6 months at least to polish up



animegaming on 12 June 2014

since we can create our own character wonder if we can make our own mechs?



Maraccuda on 12 June 2014

I havnt really compared the trailers with the gameplay stream but the graphics dont seem to be that huge of a downgrade. The earlier trailers showed 2D grass and to memory didnt show a face close up.
In saying that, the faces look crap BUT not as bad as the faces in Xenoblade.

I was hoping the graphics to be like FF13 (still one of the best looking games in my opinion), but obliviously will be bigger and better.



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Roma on 12 June 2014

there is no downgrade its just the crappy video quality


people these days >_>



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snowdog on 12 June 2014
Zekkyou said:
Sure is a mixed bag of visuals.

+ (good)
Over-world detail/diversity.
Enemy models (nothing special, but surprisingly well made)
Render distance/scale.
Art direction (durp).
Lots of foliage (yay grass).

+- (okay)
Textures (some good some... bleh).
A lot of pop-ins (relatively forgivable given it's open world).
Inconsistent AA (hard to say how much in compressed video).
Inconsistent movement/battle animations for both enemies and players (likely since the game isn't finished though).

- (oh god why)
Character models (i feel like i'm in 2002 again).
Facial animations (an extension of the previous point).

Overall it's a good looking game (especially given the hardware), but needs some work before release.

Regardless of its visual inconsistency, it's going to be an amazing game. Will be interesting to see if it can live up to the standards of its predecessor.

The thing is with the character models is that anyone that has played the first game should have expected it. People (including your good self) are exaggerating how bad they are though. The original game on the Wii had PS2 quality characters but X's character models are a considerable amount better.