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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 April 2009

Wtf is Xi?



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Xxain on 08 April 2009

FF XI



Aj_habfan on 08 April 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Wtf is Xi?

Devil Dice, a very popular game in Japan:

http://www.vgchartz.com/japweekly.php?date=35967&console=&maker=&disp=Japanese+Name&boxartz=1

 



Gilgamesh on 08 April 2009

I don't know what people are complaining about, I always thought Home was interesting?



shams on 08 April 2009

So HOME ==> World of HOMEcraft?



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NanakiXI on 08 April 2009

Home! Something I do in real life everyday. :P



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greenmedic88 on 08 April 2009

Xi is a mystery, investigation game that exists primarily within Home, with clues and tasks that sometimes cross over into the real world.

The basic premise is that there is a world beneath Home called the Alpha space (accessed through the Hub), involved in the Alpha testing of Home. The characters within Xi are tied to the development of Home and one of them has disappeared for reasons unknown to the rest of the team.

Everything is task oriented, with new tasks and clues being released on a regular basis. Additional background information is provided through blogs (made by characters within the game), text message conversation logs and additional web sites.

Some are as simple as finding objects within the Hub (the underground Home space in which the game takes place) to following up clues on the internet (often within Home using the PSN browser) and even relying upon other players to physically track down clues placed at real world co-ordinates provided through the resources within the Hub.

Other tasks are games within the game (timed flash type games, motion controlled racing game) that your avatar plays, so there is a mix between investigation and traditional game play elements.



papflesje on 08 April 2009
twesterm said:
ssj12 said:

With the addition of the online adventure game, Xi, Home has evolved into something that is quite fun. I just spent an hour messing around in the hub of Xi and helping nubs solve the beginning part as it is kind oif annoying and there is a very annoying bug where even if you complete the task it doesnt allow access to the full game making it so you have to unregister, re-enter the hub, and redo the quest.

Past that it is really quite fun.

 

Annoying unclear beginning?

People running around calling you a nub for not getting the unclear beginning?

Bugs that make you re-register?

I know I'm not the biggest Home cheerleader but you're really not selling Xi very well...

 

Or maybe SSJ is just being honest in that the beginning just throws you into the game without actual hints about where to find things => unclear beginning

Re-register: apparently some people have had this, SSJ explained this in order to make sure people know about a possible error.

The "game" in itself is quite fun, but I thought it was good if someone was just objective and told about the good and the bad.  Guess it's more fun to cherrypick against something from Home again :)

Guess that Fallout 3 must really suck monkeyballs since their DLC was broken twice. Let's ignore the possible good game behind it and focus on the evilness...



Seraphic_Sixaxis on 08 April 2009
greenmedic88 said:
Xi is a mystery, investigation game that exists primarily within Home, with clues and tasks that sometimes cross over into the real world.

The basic premise is that there is a world beneath Home called the Alpha space (accessed through the Hub), involved in the Alpha testing of Home. The characters within Xi are tied to the development of Home and one of them has disappeared for reasons unknown to the rest of the team.

Everything is task oriented, with new tasks and clues being released on a regular basis. Additional background information is provided through blogs (made by characters within the game), text message conversation logs and additional web sites.

Some are as simple as finding objects within the Hub (the underground Home space in which the game takes place) to following up clues on the internet (often within Home using the PSN browser) and even relying upon other players to physically track down clues placed at real world co-ordinates provided through the resources within the Hub.

Other tasks are games within the game (timed flash type games, motion controlled racing game) that your avatar plays, so there is a mix between investigation and traditional game play elements.

Now that sounds Innovative, yet over complicated.

 



Cthulhu on 08 April 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
greenmedic88 said:
Xi is a mystery, investigation game that exists primarily within Home, with clues and tasks that sometimes cross over into the real world.

The basic premise is that there is a world beneath Home called the Alpha space (accessed through the Hub), involved in the Alpha testing of Home. The characters within Xi are tied to the development of Home and one of them has disappeared for reasons unknown to the rest of the team.

Everything is task oriented, with new tasks and clues being released on a regular basis. Additional background information is provided through blogs (made by characters within the game), text message conversation logs and additional web sites.

Some are as simple as finding objects within the Hub (the underground Home space in which the game takes place) to following up clues on the internet (often within Home using the PSN browser) and even relying upon other players to physically track down clues placed at real world co-ordinates provided through the resources within the Hub.

Other tasks are games within the game (timed flash type games, motion controlled racing game) that your avatar plays, so there is a mix between investigation and traditional game play elements.

Now that sounds Innovative, yet over complicated.

 

+ it sounds really interesting. Im gonna give it a try today