Good god we did. Game is moving up the ranks of the greatest games ever
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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition launches May 29, includes new epilogue "Future Connected"
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Good god we did. Game is moving up the ranks of the greatest games ever
While not the same, this probably started with the Xenogears and FF7 pitch connections and the character ChuChu, who were their own unofficial interpretation of Moogles and could have even been Moogles if Xenogears actually had been a mainline Final Fantasy game instead of a new IP, similar to how Moogles were represented in FF6. ChuChu remind me also quite a bit of Star Wars-Ewoks.
This just makes me hope Monolith's next game doesn't have character designs as goofy as XB2's, because the engine they have looks REALLY good
I hope Saito comes back as character artist for XB3.
Me too. Addam, Lora, Haze, Morag, Brighid, Nia, Dromarch, Zeke, Myhtra, so many top tier designs
If there's one thing that's good about Xenoblade 2's graphics, its that the artstyle is amazing when Saito isn't shoving in his terrible character designs.
Same here.
Yep they're amongst my favourites as well.
Although as nice as would be to bring him back I don't think they will. They'll probably keep the designs in house next game.
And it somehow inspired Nomura to create some of his best character designs in YEARS between Jin and Malos
Malos is a bit basic but Jin is 10/10
The other members of Torna are so so
To be fair Jin is just Marluxia and Sephiroth's secret love child. =P
Malos' design is great. He's got the slicked up douche bag hair and everything.
Paltroka's design is great.
Akhos and Mik are boring.
Saito's designs are good. The game just needs a constistent tone. Compare the consistency of the Torna cast with the main game cast.
Paltroka's design is great.
Akhos and Mik are boring.
Saito's designs are good. The game just needs a constistent tone. Compare the consistency of the Torna cast with the main game cast.
As they should! :O XB2's mix mash of character designs was a travesty.
The guest artists were great. I enjoyed the diversity brought. Some of the designs just sucked but I will accept it when we get dope shit like Finch, Zenobia, Perceval and Kassandra
He says that there's no requirements for heart-to-hearts but I think it's just speculation, it isn't said anywhere in the video, and the heart-to-heart shown in the video is the first one you encounter and which doesn't need a specific requirement to unlock.
I mean, they're still huge in the artwork, but yeah, the modelers apparently had a field day.
The shittiest elements of Pyra's original design are the booty shorts that somehow show ass cleavage top and bottom at the same time.
I'd love it if there was no requirement but thank you for pointing this out before people get too excited, we'll have to wait and see if it's confirmed.
That's why Mythra is best girl.
Yeah, I was watching the video myself wondering where was he getting that from. My Japanese is pretty rusty, though, so I wasn't sure.
Zenobia(and Godfrey) were designed by the Minoru Iwamoto who is now in charge of Art Direction and Character Design for Tales of Arise.
Yeah. Pyra especially. Her breasts are modeled in such a ridiculous way. She'd be so much better if they made her look more like the hoodie outfit
Yeah this is the worst specific incident of the character designs in the whole game lol. So stupid.
At least they eventually gave alternate costumes for the main blades.
What else are we supposed to do for the next 4 weeks of not being able to play the game considering they're not exactly releasing tons of info...
Neither game ever tried to be serious lol this is a new take
you say this the day after the biggest information blowout the games gotten?
But still not enough to hold me over for another 4 weeks, though that's subjective. :p
Going strong since 2017 haha. Remember when they were doing the Blade reveals? Some of the most fun I've had on this site.
Yep. Who else has a shit take they want to get in? Please, we're all waiting.
And on the same day we got loads of new footage too.
War never changes... but it does get more boring...
Xenoblade 2 is goofier but I think the fact that a lot of the goofier stuff in Xenoblade 1 is in Heart to Hearts, and thus isn't dubbed, makes it looks even more lopsided.
Still Riki exists so it's not exactly without goofiness.
XB2 has extremely high highs for characters and writing. It's just bogged down by other elements. I would argue the highs of XB2's writing match those of XB1.
Several moments will last with me a long time.
The moment Pyra reveals she wanted to go to Elysium just to ask her Father to die.
The moment Poppi freaks out about Blades being dangerous and Mythra makes a promise with her.
Almost everything from Morytha onward as you see what became of the old world.
Reaching Elysium and finding the beautiful tree and meadow in your dreams is nothing but an empty, barren wasteland.
Pnuema's sacrifice.
Almost all of Torna: The Golden Country...
The moment Poppi freaks out about Blades being dangerous and Mythra makes a promise with her.
Almost everything from Morytha onward as you see what became of the old world.
Reaching Elysium and finding the beautiful tree and meadow in your dreams is nothing but an empty, barren wasteland.
Pnuema's sacrifice.
Almost all of Torna: The Golden Country...
Xenoblade Chronicles is far more consistent and has far fewer cringy elements, but when XB2 excels it really soars.
Xeno2 is marred by its consistent unevenness. We just talked about the character designs and they're just the most in-your-face aspect of that.
I mean, to each their own, but was this one that big a deal when they were fine not 5 minutes later? I actually wish the game went all in on that but they went with a super duper happy ending.
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speaking of character design, do we know if the person who's doing these new art pieces the in-house character designer?
I mean, to each their own, but was this one that big a deal when they were fine not 5 minutes later? I actually wish the game went all in on that but they went with a super duper happy ending.
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It not OK... Poppi can not... Poppi made promise...
Ehh...
The other artwork was much better. I don't like their faces here at all. They don't even look like the same characters, rather someone else dressing up as them
He's probably not employed as an artist. They've been featuring art from different employees.
The Shulk breaking the future art is from a UI designer for instance.
I'm curious what aspect of Monolith's next big project will get discussed to death. Like X has Sawano's music and 2 has the character designs, so they have got to keep the streak going somehow.