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CD Keys have got the game in their "get ready for summer" sale for £39.
That's me sorted!
CD Keys have got the game in their "get ready for summer" sale for £39.
That's me sorted!
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Xenoblade: Definitive Edition |OT| It's Reyn Time, again!
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This is what I was waiting for:
I will never understand how Monolith envisioned this game on that hardware.
I will never understand how Monolith envisioned this game on that hardware.
Just running around the first town doing scrub quests and I'm so glad I waited to play this game. It feels and looks great on Switch. I also love how much control you have over the camera, either zooming all the way out or getting a tight over-the-shoulder angle, and everything in between.
It was that fast at launch, but it was causing crashes (in a game without autosaves), so they slowed it down considerably.
In the launch XC2, you'd blink in faster than things loaded, so you'd see void and skeletal frameworks before textures and objects properly appeared. It was amazing.
Received my collector's edition today...
I was supposed to sign for delivery but they decided it would be a good idea to just... Throw it over the fence while I'm not here.
Thankfully the package (and most importantly the Vinyl) weren't damaged too much but... Wtf man
I was supposed to sign for delivery but they decided it would be a good idea to just... Throw it over the fence while I'm not here.
Thankfully the package (and most importantly the Vinyl) weren't damaged too much but... Wtf man
I tried to use the 7-day trial, but it didn't work, needs to be a paid subscription. Subscribed for a month, but it seems i have to wait the trial to end so I can redeem the voucher.
I have to wait a week to download the game with a code I've already purchased.
Removed the post as I admittedly hadn't seen the message about FC and jumped in, will locate the thread for it and reply there.
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Usually it means you're not close enough. I don't recall the fact that the feature is initially locked, and I used yesterday in my first hours at Colony 9.
I think they imagined the game first, and then had to find a way to cram it all on to the Wii! What a challenge.
Some people think it's fine and looks like the Torna expansion. I got horrible headaches with XC2 undocked back then (Docked is fine), but I have the same problem with XC1 now. I also don't think it looks good, but it's playable for sure for most people I might think.
It's a slight improvement over Torna, not bad at all. Maybe you'll see the characters' faces a little blurry, but the environments and pretty much anything else is great.
It's way better than XC2 in comparison.
Lol I was confused at first, I hit fast travel and was waiting for some sort of loading screen for a few seconds before I realized I was already at the location.
generally unique enemies are tough unless you are a good 3-4 levels above them. If you are fighting one that is say level 10 and you are like level 12 or something it will still be a good challenge.
I'm happy for all of you who are experiencing this gem with its beautiful character design, its monumental landscapes and its various twists for the first time.
I'm also tempted now due to the QoL improvements since some bosses in the last 10% became too difficult for me as I didn't focus on training certain mage characters. Good to see that most people seem very happy with the result although they didn't go for full HD docked / HD handheld (I wonder whether we can expect a graphics update?).
I'm also tempted now due to the QoL improvements since some bosses in the last 10% became too difficult for me as I didn't focus on training certain mage characters. Good to see that most people seem very happy with the result although they didn't go for full HD docked / HD handheld (I wonder whether we can expect a graphics update?).
Ah, OK. Thanks! I managed to just about kill the unique lizard thing in the first dungeon.
I wanted to play this when it came out but never got the chance, and my friend who owned it loved it. I tried XC2 and hated the boring combat system, the fanservice, and the gacha - is there a chance that I'll like this?
EDIT: I know this one doesn't have gacha
EDIT: I know this one doesn't have gacha
That's a normal occurence. I remember that caterpillar unique rekt me the first time. You will know their names!
I'm debating showing this game to my daughters, (they loved DQXI) to see how they take to this game. (2nd grade and 6th graders)
I feel like this game has a lot of systems and complexity for a young JRPG player, I don't know if it will be accessible to them or they'll find things frustrating. I'm mostly just curious as an experiment what they'll think of a JRPG like this.
I feel like this game has a lot of systems and complexity for a young JRPG player, I don't know if it will be accessible to them or they'll find things frustrating. I'm mostly just curious as an experiment what they'll think of a JRPG like this.
A good chance.
I'm not sure if you mean letting them play or watch you play? Gonna assume play in which case It will likely be too complex for the 6th grader (just my hunch but idk) but yeah forget about it for your 2nd grader.
Combat is not that different, there is less fan service but its still there, and yeah no gacha.
50/50
The combat is somewhat similar, but there's no fanservice or gacha.
What about XC2's combat did you not like? The combat in XC1 is generally considered to be simpler, since there's no switching Blades or stacking elemental orbs - your characters have all their moves on a bar and you click on them. The characters are more differentiated in their abilities, though, and often don't fit neatly into DPS/tank/healer archetypes, so there's a greater focus on mastering particular characters than on mastering the battle system as a whole.
The fanservice and gatcha are gone, so there's that. The writing is across the board better (imo) and the English voice acting is much better.
Only sticking point is the combat. It's not the -same- as the combat in XB2 but it's in the ballpark. I think it's overall better - It's less convoluted and snapper - but if you don't like MMO style combat at all it's not going to change your mind.
Is it less
- Regular attack so you can do special attacks
- Special attack so you can do...whatever the hell the next level ones were called
- Chain elements
- lather, rinse, repeat
See above, but that honestly sounds a lot better.
MMO-style combat is fine, it was more just how tedious combat was with filling gauges just to get the orbs.
Well, I know the story is going to FLY over their heads. But they enjoyed walking around/exploring in Breath of the Wild. This is my favorite exploration game, I LOVE filling out that map!
But yeah, I wonder if the combat system has too much shit going on for them to understand. I'll let them watch me play and see if they're interested. They keep wanting me to play more of that dreadful Kingdom Hearts III, and I hope this will distract them away from that.
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Yes, I don't like it. It's always bothered me and it only exists for the Western release. It's a tradition to leave it out of OT titles.
Again, generic place and character names that mean nothing to anyone. It's a track list anyone who has the soundtrack will see. I really don't think it's a big deal presented without context.
The fast travel was already quite fast on Wii where it was arguably more impressive.
You're too far away.
Don't make me ask a mod to put a mod note into the title or something. Literally the first thing in the OP is a HUGE sentence about not posting any FC content in this thread.
posted this non-spoiler collage in the review thread yesterday (click for full size):
There is so much less gratuitous fanservice in this game and I'm not being hyperbolic.
Yeah doesn't have that. Simply pick an ability when its off cooldown and use it.
You will probably like XB1 a lot more then. Everything in Xenoblade 2 relating to chaining different types of cooldowns to eventually get the chain attack/bursting orbs is not in XB1.
It's regular/auto attack. Then wait for some meters to fill up(timed) to do attacks. Position yourself to do some more damage or do some status inflictions like toppling, daze, etc. Then you can choose to do chain attacks when your party meter gauge fills up.
It's simpler than XC2 but that's not really a bad thing. There's a lot more options for Arts/special attacks than the 4 of XC2. It's gets pretty tedious though IMO
I think there is a Casual mode that streamlines the experience if it helps.
yeah man, it's like MMO combat. You do auto attacks until your bar fills fill up so you can do super duper moves... I mean more/less that. There are interesting mechanics here like "You can see a deathblow coming! You have to prevent the future from happening" which means you need to pull off a certain move or warn your ally before the bar time drains down.
I personally think this combat system is "simpler" (less going on at once) than XBC2, but also... it's better. XBC2 fights can drag on... I feel like this game does a better job of being concise.
I think the strength of this game is exploration. My BIGGEST bummer of XBC2 was that the map was already filled out. This game is more BoTW-style whereas you move you uncover the map and you hit Landmarks that fill out the map in a radius of that area. And there's also hidden nooks and crannies in each map. Why this matters for the combat system is that exploring and filling out the map gives you something FUN to do instead of just fighting monsters.
Conceivably, you can play this game for HOURS without needing to fight any monsters. You get EXP rewards for exploring and collecting stuff, this game allows you to take long breaks from battling. I think that HELPS the game out a lot, the combat system stays fresh with each character you play as, and you can "take breaks" from it and still make EXP/level up progress away from it.
XBC1 is the best JRPG man. It's worth it to give it a try. Buy it physical and sell it if you don't like it. I wouldn't judge this game too hard based on XBC2, it's quite different.
... Now lets talk about Xenoblade X. MASTERPIECE!!! (Narrator: it wasn't a masterpiece at all.)
Yeah, the dragging on was really the big hangup, having to do so much before actually getting to the point where you start doing *real* damage.
And I've heard great things about the exploration, that was one of the main reasons I wanted to play it back when it first came out.
Cheers.
Agreed. I LOVE XBC2, like 9/10 game for me. But yes, that was a valid criticism of the battle system.... you had to "work" a lot before you do *real damage. Not great, they cleaned that up a bit in the Torna DLC.
XBC1 is way better in that regard and yeah, I would say come to this game for the story and exploration and stay for the battle system.
Posted this non-spoiler collage in the review thread yesterday (click for full size):
Thanks! Looks pretty good 🤔