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Hahaha. Yeah, it's really obvious in Xenoblade (and apparently in X as well) that there's no actual collision between individual feet and the ground. Models appear to slide around while moving their legs -- or while not moving their legs, as I recall monsters 'pivoting' in place to change targets in battle.

It's the sort of thing I didn't really think about in X footage because to me it just "looks like Xenoblade." I guess what that actually means is that the cut corners are right in your face at all times, haha. I'm almost disappointed they replaced Xenoblade's single-frame jump "animation" with something more natural-looking.

Look at the shadows to the left. It looks kind of like it's moving. Could be interpreted differently, and it could be a Telethia, though given that the Telethia are all dead...

Don't be too sure about that... They released an old adventure of Tatsu's, where he made several references to those people. One of them saying there was an old 'Hom Hom saying'.

I dunno, I don't think it will be a continuation of the story, didn't Monolith already say it wasn't a direct sequel?

That wouldn't be direct though.

This game makes my pants tight.

It seems to me a result of Monolith's inexperience with HD development. They've taken their Wii-era design, and amped it up with much bigger areas, higher quality textures and shaders, and of course HD, but left the rather basic animation system intact. We saw a lot of the same thing in early PS3/360 games.

Given that this is their first game on HD-ready hardware, I'd say they've done an admirable job, actually. Sure, the transition is never painless, and they have better hardware to work with than early PS3/360 devs did, but I'd say their first outing is an impressive piece of work.

Looks great. I wish I could play the game right now.

The presentation looks like an early PS3 game.

Show me an early PS3 game, or any PS3 game for that matter, with a world that size.