What does /m/ think of the xeno- series? I've only played

The original Xenoblade had the coolest mech designs. Was really bummed you couldn't play as them in some way, shape, or form. The game itself could've made a tight 12-episode series or some shit.

Xenoblade Chronicles X looks disappointing in every regard.

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>>15091213
XCX was fun to play with /m/. Inferno is my favorite model to use

>>15091226
>Xenoblade Chronicles X looks disappointing in every regard.
Have you played it? I liked it even more than XBC, which is saying something cause XBC was fantastic.

I'm a huge fan of both so here's the rundown:

XC:
-Better story
-Better characters
-More focused battle system focused around teamwork

XCX:
-Huge world
-Sidequests are many and far more interesting
-fucking mechs

So yeah, objectively the original is the better game, but X is actually my favourite in terms of sheer coolness. It's the Micheal Bay Transformers, you could say. Amazing to look at and enjoy even though it's not perfectly written.

>>15091424
And where do Xenogears and the Xenosaga games fall in your appraisal, fan?

>>15091424
I'd agree 100% except for the combat part, I loved the overdrive system and thought it, combined with classes, augments and such made the combat way better than the original, and the level cap forced you to git gud or try to break the game, which was loads of fun and made me put 50-odd hours into postgame. Grinding was hell though, I hope they lower the requirements in the next game, or at least up the drop rates.

>>15091213
I've played through three of them and none of them were better than average. I'll play the other two XS games, but XC was such utter trash that I'm staying far away from X.

And though I didn't like Xenogears as a game much, I do really like how it took influences from all kinds of different mecha shows to create a really diverse mecha setting. It's not often you see shit like Rahxephon in the same work as shit like Daizyujinn

>>15091603
Xenogears is one of those games made of pure unrealized potential. If Squaresoft had let them finish it, it could've been absolutely genre defining. As it is, it's more a promise of a game that could've been so much more than it is a fantastic game. That said, I still love it to bits.

>>15091603
To be honest, you might be better off skipping XS2. It's a rather disappointing game. On the other hand, 3 is pretty solid, though certainly not without a few issues here and there (Shion is a fucking retard, the ending is kind of a letdown, and the mecha battles, though fun, tend to get rather repetitive).

I really wanted to like XCX, but I finally finished the story mode yesterday and was pretty disappointed. Maybe the endgame would be more fun since I wouldn't always be forced to have Elma and Lin all the time now?

>>15091655
>If Squaresoft had let them finish it

It's not Squaresoft's fault that Takahashi squandered so much of the dev time/budget on disc 1.

My only regret about the Blade subseries is that there'll never be another one on 3DS, the port of Chronicles was solid and I really wish I could play a followup to that in some fashion.

It's a testament to the visual direction that even with the hit to textures the world of XBC looks beautiful on the New3DS.

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>>15091863
The main story of XCX is by far the weakest part of it. Go through the sidequests, you won't be disappointed.

>>15091863
What >>15092159 said. Coming into XCX as a fan of the story told in XC, I was disappointed by XCX's offering - especially when the ending is a blatant set-up for a sequel. I didn't really like the cast this time, why would I a second time around? The gameplay-narrative dissonance that came from the MC being a mute in cutscenes while being vocal in combat didn't help any either (this may be mostly my fault for playing with Joker most of the game, but eh).

That said the world building present in the side quests was fantastic. I was genuinely interested in these characters and their stories, especially as more races are introduced to NLA. They also contain their fair share of more controversial topics as well as most of the plot related surprises. And as an added bonus you're not locked into the MC, Elma and Lin show: You can take whoever you like!

The side-quests in combination with the sheer scale of the world you can explore are where XCX really shines outside of the cool points awarded by virtue of having mecha in it (a shame the combat isn't as fun as when you're on foot though). So yeah, give 'em a look if you haven't been diving in already.

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>>15092269
There's really two different stories going on in XCX. The main story basically has Elma as the main character, with Cross just being an observer who has the occasional interaction with the other characters. It's one of the reasons I always kept Cross decked out in full face-covering armor.

The sidequests are where your character really shows their personality and steps up as the lead. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a rewrite involved at some point, because the way the narrative handles Cross and Elma is completely different between the two types of quest.

>>15092287
>The main story is about Elma, the sidequests are about Cross.

Huh, now that I think about it this does make a lot of sense. I never found Elma particularly engaging either so that probably had a lot to do with my dislike of the main story too.

Also I forgot how much I loved the antagonistic responses in this game, even though I hardly ever picked them. The woes of playing a generic good guy protag.

>Almost a year after release I finally beat Telethia the Endbringer

And I still need to grind more stuff to ensure I can kill it again only more easily!

I want to play this, but I'm not buying a Wii U for LITERALLY ONE GAME.

...at least not until it hits the bargain bin.

>>15093669
Allegedly it's going to get a Switch rerelease, you could just wait for that at this point.

XCX is pretty worth it, though, and there's a bunch of other Wii U games worth getting. It's not the biggest library, but it's not like the fucking PS4 that took three years to get any decent shit out that wasn't for shooter junkies.

>>15093702
I hope it does, since I'll most likely get a Switch.

Why does the fucking Wii U even exist? No Metroid, no Zelda... christ.

>>15091213

I hate any game that asks for 30 hours of my time before I can get to the fun part.

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>>15091213

It's sad we didn't get more DLC deals. Was it because the WiiU was in its last run?

I have also head rumors about something Xeno coming in the Switch presentation in the 12 of January. But not sure what to made out of that.

>>15093813
If we get more Xeno I just hope it's not more Xenoblade.

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>>15093813
>wanting DLC

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>>15093873

I just need more Xenoblade in my life.

>>15093873
There's already DLC, it was just on-disk in the localization, Alexa, Boze, Yelv and HB along with the support missions were all paid DLC in japan

>>15093873
To be fair a lot of the content we got as standard was DLC in the original version (everything related to H.B., Alexa, Boze and Yelv iirc).

Also I don't mind DLC if it's actually new content they've worked on post-release as an expansion. None of that "we made this but decided to leave it off the disc to get an extra $10 out of you" shit. Mario Kart 8 is pretty much my go-to example of how it should be handled (reasonable price point and extends the game a bit by expanding the track selection).

>>15093702
>Switch release
Eeeeh. Not sure I'll grab it a second time if it does (I already clocked up nearly 200 hours eesh), but I'm curious about how they'd enhance it for that version if at all. Better load times is all that really springs to mind.

>>15093825
Well they flagged a sequel pretty hard in XCX, so I'd expect to see XCX2 as a Switch title at some point. If so hopefully they conclude the story rather than going for a third. Or at least step up their game for the main story and cast this time around.

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>>15091213
it's pretty damn awesome, and probably best mecha jRPG out there.

>>15091213
XCX was good, but the resource collection quests not having quest markers, the encyclopedia being useless, mech combat being slow, and the way they handled the party members really need to be fixed in the next game.

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>>15093983
>>Also I don't mind DLC if it's actually new content they've worked on post-release as an expansion.

This is what I meant and I sincerly expected some more stuff down the line after the game was released but nothing ever happened and I not really sure why was that. Maybe was the not-so-spectacular-sales or Nintendo decided to put Monolith to begin working on XCX 2 instead of 'wasting' more time in the WiiU but the case was that no more was made and that was it for XCX.

Unless, of course, a HD release or something like that is in the works for the Switch.

>>15093714

It has a nice library as >>15093702 said but Nintendo really missed the ball on many aspects of it. One example was that they really undershot the tech specs which hurt them when it came to third party ports and multi-platform releases.

Had the system more horse power along side the exclusives they got the system would have had a much more appealing case.

>>15093813
IF there was ever more DLC planned, I'm sure all plans to release it on Wii U went out the window when the Switch became a thing and Monolith started porting XCX over to it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Switch version had exclusive content (new characters, new quests, new mechs) that were first thought up as Wii U DLC and then moved as an incentive to play the Switch version if you had already played the Wii U one.

>>15091226
>Xenoblade Chronicles X looks superior in every regard.

FTFY

>>15093702

>but it's not like the fucking PS4 that took three years to get any decent shit out that wasn't for shooter junkies.

/v/ pls go

>>15095220
t. sonygger

>>15095220
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
AND YOU'RE TO BLAME
THE PS4
HAS NO GAMES

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Less shit posting, more skell posting

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>>15095560
Posting my thicc skellfu.

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>>15095567
>Calling that thick
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>>15091516

Mind you, I said it was more focused, not necessarily that X's was bad.

X's is good, it just provides a ton of options and very, very few of them are used for supporting teammates. Since chain attack does not exist in X, you also have no real way of getting your teammates to perform a combo with you.

I will say this though, the overdrive element IS a lot of fun. It adds so much awesome with the theme, the super fast regens on foot and the special abilities for every skell. It's not bad by any means. I just felt like Chronicles involved more strategy.

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Also, the plastic models are for the fucking win. They're identical to the in-game models in nearly every way.

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>>15095858
How is it living in Ecuador?

>>15095858
For a moment there I thought you implied that they released more than the Formula, but I was wrong.

>>15091863
The story is mostly relegated to side-quests for whatever fucking reason.

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How's farming for those those Macross missile auged Missiles coming along anon?

Started playing Xenogears the other day, going in completely blind.
Is it just me or the plot moves really really slowly?

>>15091424

Also X had better minor NPCs.

I'll link this Iwata Asks since it gives pretty good insight on the game's development:

http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/xenoblade-chronicles-x/0/0

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>>15096691
MOVE OUT! DEPLOY THAT PIZZA!

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>>15096663
Already done.

>>15095220
It's somewhat true for more niche games though, it's better than the other consoles for sure but it just didn't have any games I liked until a ton of them started showing up this and last year.

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>CritUp. THEROID
No, you aren't done.

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>>15095560

This.

>>15097035
>The girls all have armor and weapons from Grenada Galactic Group
>The Skell in the background was developed by Sakuraba Industries
I get the artist probably didn't know about the weapon developers and the Ares has the aesthetics of a Grenada product. But it still bugs me.
And to be fair, all the Human skell frames were done by Sakuraba with Grenada only developing armor and weaponry, but it would have been nice to see an Urban or Inferno with Grenada gear for the image.

>>15096675
It doesn't really go anywhere until the end of disc one. Then you get to disc two and everything happens all at once because they ran out of budget, so they resort to dropping really important information on you via extended scenes of narration over a character sitting on a chair in a void with a clockwork thing in the background broken up by a few dungeons here and there.

Figures that all the most interesting parts of the game aren't even playable.

>>15096716
I seriously did not expect to fight the fucking pizza guy in a mech

>>15096675
It starts slow but it builds quickly. Then it goes insanely quickly on disc 2 because Squaresoft released it mostly unfinished. It's better than it really should be considering the state it's in. The writing and ideas manage to carry it.

>>15092287
I played in the armour with the holes for vulcans on the helmet, it made that scene in the desert area when you save Riki v2 and learn the twist really cool. I honestly didn't see it coming either.

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>>15099067
BLADE grunt uniform or bust.

The other acceptable choice is
Using any arm that fully covers and looks robotic for your left arm to make it look like you permanently lost it when it was blown off and needed a prosthesis afterwards.

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>>15099349
Heavy Sakuraba is my jam, I used each tier but I kept the base level as my aesthetic slot. I like the gunmetal grey.

>>15098113
>with a clockwork thing

It's Fei's pendant

>>15099367
Picture doesn't seem quite right, but this was the only one I could find with the helmet. That's my favourite part anyway.

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>>15099349
>Not using exclusively Orphean gear to be a hero of justice that defies gravity and evades everything

>>15091449
They're shit.

>>15100758
Then you are too.

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>>15096823
>Using Pugliths

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>>15096700

Was there ever plans for a Japanese Audio-Track download?

>>15091213
Went downhill as they got less /m/

Absolutely abominable combat on the last two
Okay characters
Real cool transformers

I start with Xenogears right?

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Almost time for Switch presentation.

Any last predictions for Xenoblade in the event?

>>15103919
It won't be shown at all.

>>15103928
Well, didn't expect Xenoblade 2.

>>15104125
WE WUZ MONADO BOIS N SHIET

>>15099349
Are you me anon?

>>15104198
Apparently all three of us, I did the same thing.

Aw, its not Tanaka Kunihiko. Or even Norihiro Takami (xenoblade) or Tadahiro Usuda (soma bringer).
That's a shame.

I introduced XCX to my brother few months ago and now he's like glued to my Wii U. He's not a hardcore gamer and not even an /m/ guy.

I hope this means we were rused and Xenoblade X was Xenoblade 10 all along. I hope Takahashi ties it all together and Xenoblade 9 is a direct prequel following Elma's discovery of the incoming war and defection to Earth.

>>15104592
It's somewhat sad, but that honestly seems like something he'd do.

>>15091213
>xeno- series?
they're good

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>>15104125
I'm really not sure how to feel about this one. The more anime styled direction is jarring and I'm not keen on the apparent protag's design at all. It also looks to me more focused on typical fantasy magic stuff which has me wondering about the /m/ content, But I'm quietly hopeful that the cast of characters will be interesting as well as the main story line.

If I had to hazard a guess the game takes place x amount of years after the new world is created during Xenoblade's conclusion. At least 100 years or so. I'm actually pretty keen to see the result of Shulk's actions and how much, if anything, is intact from what we experienced in the first game. Should be interesting if this is what they're going for.

Honestly expected X2 when I saw the Monolith logo though.

>>15105130
I hope we see some ties to X's lore and mythos. Maybe the creation of Zarubagons to take care of pollution problems or something.

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>>15105130
>Xenoblade 2
>No mecha in the trailer. At all.

Literally uplayable

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>>15104125

Yeah, I was expecting a 'Deluxe' kind of thing like the Mario Kart 8 thing they are trying at the very best.

>>15105130

I think this is a relatively quick follow up to Wii's Xenoblade aimed at the beginning of Switch life and XCX 2 will come later but it will come to the Switch.

We may be facing the remnants of Faces forces or whatever is left of them so there may be hope for a more m/ development in the future.

>>15105656
They're not gonna show that off in the first teaser.
besides this is a Takahashi game, there's no way there isn't mecha.

Tetsuya Takahashi gave up on story after he got fucked over with Saga.

Everything after is to generic for my liking. XCX initially seemed like it was going somewhere but it went nowhere.

>>15105811
Some people do have hints of mechanized armor and clothing already in that trailer.

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>>15105130
>Improve and refine your shit over the course of some games
>Revert to step one after XCX

Monolith is a weird company.

>>15106006
The Xenosaga III faces are some of the best 3d models for anime artstyles I've seen implemented in a game.
And they threw all that progress away for dot nosed moeshitchrist, I hate using that word, but this is the only way I can describe it.
everything else better be pretty high quality, because this is gonna be hard to overlook and adapt too, and I'm not usually one to call out stuff.

>>15105791
Or...it might feature the other 2 scientists that were missing who were also reincarnated as world titans.

>>15106830
>implying anyone else reincarnated

>>15106830
Or, it's not related to the other two at all except for a few vague references to the other games.

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>>15106672

>>15098098
Skell in the background is replicated by Sakuraba, but not developed by them

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>>15106924

Not enough.

This is not nearly enough Xeno games.

We're getting XCX-2 after XC2, right? Because XCX left on a giant cliffhanger.

>>15098914
A lot of the side quests especially ones from some of your party members had some crazy ass plot twists

>>15110273
>>15104592

>>15110275
Yeah, the side quests stole the show, I'm honestly wondering if some of them were supposed to be part of the main story but were cut and scaled back for whatever reason.

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>>15110269

It's sad that there is so little skell fanart out there.

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>>15110273

Reggie recently said that Nintendo wants to have a much shorter window between key releases in franchises so maybe they talked to Monolith and managed them to have a game early in the Switch life, aka, Xenblade 2 and then we may have XCX2 down the line in the later part of the console life cycle.

>>15110535
>Nintendo wants to have a much shorter window between key releases in franchises
Cool. So when's my new F-Zero?

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>New main character has an ass/thigh window

>>15095232
>SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
>AND YOU'RE TO BLAME
>THE WII U
>HAS NO GAMES

fix'd

>>15106006
Money happened.

>>15105130
>No other Xenogears game ever
>Xenosaga isn't allowed to talk about Xenogears yet was supposed to be a sequel
>Xenoblade 2 actually has a shot at being real.
The fact that any Xeno game has any probability of any direct sequel at all is amazing.

I don't care if it's good or bad, the dude deserves to put a 2 on a game that isn't the second part of the same game.

>>15111073
>Implying nintendo even remembers it has franchises besides Mario, Zelda and the ones it owns because of deals with other companies

New F-Zero and new good Metroid never my dude.

A new F-Zero or Metroid would actually make me consider a switch to be honest despite my other concerns and shit about it's hardware. (Battery life, decent power to attract third party, etc.)

>>15112251
I'm still more than a little upset with how Nintendo decided to "celebrate" Metroid's 30th anniversary.

>>15112260
How did they? Haven't really kept up with nintendo news lately.

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>>15112263
They "celebrated" it with a C&D to the team behind the first good Metroid game in nearly a decade.

>>15112260
>>15112263
>>15112269
>tfw goddamn Konami is giving Bomberman a better 30+ anniversary than Nintendo gave Metroid
Did I land into a parallel universe and no one told me?

>>15112230
It helps that Xenoblade is far more generic from a character and story standpoint.

Japan loves what it knows these days.

>>15091424
>XC
>-Better story
>-Better characters
But they were all generic JRPG shit?

>>15112358
Thing is XCX barely had a story.

Only thing it had going for it was the project noah ep 1 hints at the end.

>>15111073
Nope. You got two wannabes instead, Fast RMX and Redout (that you can play in other system).
>>15112251
>Battery life
People concerned with Switch 2.5-6.5 hours battery life seem to forget that the original 3DS has 3-5 hours. Face it, we can't go back to the days of double-digit battery life like the Game Boy. Unless the power is downgraded so much but that wouldn't fly in the time when handheld must compete with mobile devices.
I'm disappointed with it as Wii U successor, but I'll take it as 3DS succesor. They should just release new Love Plus on it and we'll see news about otakus marrying their Switch in Japan.

>>15112476
Technically, Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe) has F-Zero stuff, to boot.

>>15112485
It also has Zelda and Animal Crossing stuff, it's about as much a Zelda game as it's a F-Zero game.

>>15112358
>But they were all generic JRPG shit?
I haven't played it yeat but from what I heard XCB starts out with cliches and subverts them.
For example the cute furry thing that would usually be relegated to a Haro mascot character is developed into a proper one.

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>>15113637
>and subverts them.
Not really. Riki is really the only one that subverts (a tiny bit) his animu niche, literally everyone else plays it as straight as humanly possible to the point where this caricature ALMOST translates 1:1 to Xenoblade..

>>15098113
>It doesn't really go anywhere until the end of disc one. Then you get to disc two and everything happens all at once because they ran out of budget, so they resort to dropping really important information on you via extended scenes of narration over a character sitting on a chair in a void with a clockwork thing in the background broken up by a few dungeons here and there.
Truly the Evangelion of anime.

>>15113616
Now a Splatoon game, too (even though 2 is coming already).

>>15113652
At least Squaresoft can be blamed for that, since VIII was getting the brunt of the focus at the time.

>>15094329

I like the designs in Xenogears way better than all this 'nu-modern' stuff a lot of series are going with.

>>15095560
>>15095567
>>15095598

Skell is still a stupid name.

>>15112485
>250cc class
>anti-gravity sections in the courses
We can pretend Mario Kart 8 as some sort of cartoony F-Zero
>>15114143
Mario Kart is more like Nintendo Kart now, which isn't a bad thing but I do remember that one time the dev said they don't want to bring characters outside Mario series because it's Mario Kart not Nintendo Kart.

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While on the subject of XCX, What's the best Skell/Skell Configuration in your personal opinion?

>>15095560
saying "skell" counts as shitposting

>>15098098
That art was probably made early in development.

>>15117235
Mastema with the big gun

What else do you need

>>15117235
Lailah with G-Buster in Temjin color

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I think the real question for /m/ is, would you put yourself in a robot woman's body.

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>>15120563
And what sort of toys will Celica get?

>>15120563
I really like having a dick, but I'd give it a go at least once.

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>>15120574
What about Christmas cake pussy?

>>15120563
If it comes with immortality, other than weirding out my friends and family I can't see many downsides.

>>15120563
depends, can i be a futa?

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>>15120681
Only if you agree to no testicles, that shit's gay.

>>15112230
I'm kinda pissed, Xenoblade (Not X Normal Xenoblade) Had ZERO Mechas and no playable mechas at all. For fuck sake I hate the combat system either, I'd rather have a game with Xenogears or Saga's combat...but THIS will be the one that'll get endless sequles, the generic scifi fantasy story with laser swords.

>Tfw I haven't gotten my first Skell yet because I keep getting my shit pushed in

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>>15107066
Replicated meant they only had the basic data of Ares and thus had to develop their own version of it. In fact, we don't even know if the original 2 seater Elma and the ace pilot used wasn't developed by Sakuraba. Unless you are privy to information that says otherwise.

>>15120749
>I'm kinda pissed, Xenoblade (Not X Normal Xenoblade) Had ZERO Mechas
>Had ZERO Mechas

>>15120756
Zero Playable or good Mechs.

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>>15120749
>Had ZERO Mechas

>>15120759
PLAYABLE

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>>15120760
A robot isn't good enough?

Also you don't get to play as a face due to the balancing and size (in world, not memory) issues.

>>15112230
>The fact that any Xeno game has any probability of any direct sequel at all is amazing.
You know there were 3 Xenosaga games, right?

>>15120749
While it's true there was no pilotable mecha the abundance of mechon and especially the face models not to mention the entire goddamn mechonis slowly made re-evaluate it as at least a fringe /m/ game.

That being say I was sad the new game is not more of X. That game made me buy a Wii U.

>>15120766
She's kinda not my type, It's a nice design and all but I never cared much for Xenoblade or it's characters.

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>>15120775
>but I never cared much for Xenoblade or it's characters.

Xenosaga 2 had the best battle system in the series and nothing you casuals say can convince me otherwise.

>>15123206
I never played X sadly, I wish I had my Wii U at the moment.

>>15091213
I'm about to beat XCX (story) and had a lot of fun. I want more RPGs where I can fly a mecha everywhere.

>>15092287
I put him in a cadet uniform and all the girls in sexy outfits.

>>15123808
>where I can fly a mecha everywhere.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE IT'S ALRIGHT

>>15123808
>>15123870
So pretty much everyone did a complete flyover of Mira at some point, right? I knew fast travel was quicker but I just couldn't help it with that music and the amount of freedom it afforded. That first takeoff was so memorable too.

For all the gripes I have about XCX it still provided plenty of fond memories. Not a single regret purchasing it.

>>15093813
I'm extremely late so you might not even be here anymore but the DLCs came included in all versions that weren't the japanese, originally Yelv, HB, Bozé and Alexa were DLC

>>15113645
You can finger that one on the hero's journey framework, shit's older than old anyway.

I personally think Blade benefits from not being an insane multivolume magnum opus of JRPG development, though. It's kinda an achievement within the Xenofranchise that it could, in a single game, cover the entirety of "Gnosticism for Dummies" without shitting itself in development setbacks.

In fact, it so thoroughly handles that without shitting itself that I remain confused as to what XB2's purpose is. Blade just feels too thoroughly wrapped up to warrant a sequel in any form other than thematic.

>>15123883
I keep finding new caves and secluded places long after the story is completed. It is a memorable game for sure.
>>15124712
Maybe they want to make Xenoblade franchise like Final Fantasy or Tales Of where each game is unrelated with only general theme and mascot animal makes appearance.

>>15125852
I was 90-something% done with the game (only had a couple quests and giga tyrants left) when I found the cave in Sylvalum under the big stone arches with the flying squid monsters inside. That this game still had locations I had never seen before to wow me with so late into it is one of my favorite video game related memory, I feeling I hope I'll feel again in Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade 2.

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>>15129834

wait what

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>>15130060
You heard me.
http://xenoblade.wikia.com/wiki/Saltat

>>15130101
I had a bitch of a time getting past those guys in Primordia to plant data probes

>>15130101
I love reading database entry on the indigens, especially when it described stuff that isn't really necessary like their mating behavior.
>>15130213
I remember most of them become non-aggro during the night, but then some variants don't

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>>15130504

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>>15135027
What the fuck...

Going into the final battle of XCX and thinking of bring Alexa or Celica. Any tips?

>>15141022
Make sure you have at least one level 50 skell, then you don't need to worry about the rest of your party.

>>15141124
I got 4 cause why not.

>>15120760
>PLAYABLE
>>15120749
>Had ZERO Mechas and no playable mechas at all.
He (You?) Said "Zero mechas and no playable mechas" Doesn't matter how you read that, it reads as a claim that there are no mechas which >>15120759 proved wrong. You don't get to ignore half a fucking statement you made just to weasel out of being wrong.

>>15091689
To be honest I had more fun with XS2's battles than many of the other games, the difficulty and combo system made it so that there were a lot of battles you had to work at to win. that having been said, without some of the tricks I'll lay out it can get too difficult or boring on account of huge health pools:

-In particular I find that MOMO has crazy damage output with proper (element) sword and full stock at the end of an air/down combo. Doubly so if she has Ether burst and EP half skills equipped, so much that many bosses can go down in 1 or 2 instances of the combo from 1st point. If you can deal with here tremendously low HP count

-There will be a section of the game where you have just Shion playable. It's crazy easy to grind her up to level 40 or so in this dungeon (2 hours or so in my experience, totally doable if you're going back to the game from XBX), doing this makes the enemies less damage sponge-y and enables the next bit.

-At Ormus stronghold's boss, it switches between two modes. Every time it switches back to starting mode, the stealable double tech manual respawns in it's inventory. steal it again and again, build of 20 extra, and sell em off to pay off Mattews' debt easy. This unlocks aforementioned Ether Burst skill. Note that his is easier with level grinding from previous point, easier still with EP Regen skill, and you MUST do the sideqest to unlock psycho pocket (lady with a love letter on second miltia) before entering MOMO's subconsious domain.

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>>15141924
(cont'd)
-At some point in the ballerina shop on second miltia there will be a sidquest telling you to go look for some dude in the encephalon. Don't kill the boss for this sidequest, steal it's Skill Upgrade E item, escape (because unlike most bosses you can for some reason), re-enter battle, rinse and repeat. Shitloads of easy skill points, this in particular helps to make the game more interesting because it speeds along the process of getting major skills like EP Regen, EP half, Ether Burst, Focus I, etc.

-Despite it's fragility I find that ES zebulun is a must-have for the ES boss encounters as it can cast spells, namely healing and (element) sword for damage. Put shion as co-pilot in Asher (as Shot Buster has no element and can thus be manipulated by sword spells, making for quite a bit of damage with not a lot of setup.

In general I find that the game plays out as long-winded encounters with enemies that have way too much health unless you use the break, boost, stock, and element systems together to spend time setting up huge high-damage boost combos. Combine this style of play with the tricks I mentioned earlier and you'll have a fairly easy time with the second half of the game and won't get the wind knocked out of you when the 2nd postgame dungeon hits.

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>MFW when I have 5 posts in the miiverse message feed right now and didn't need to resort to L+A bullshit for any of them.
Nothing like a good old fashion scrap.

>>15141149
Is XCX the only mecha series that also features humans and aliens living among each other and swapping technology? I can't think of many mecha series with aliens at all or ones where they aren't evil multicolored humans.

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I hope Xenoblade XI has playable cats.

>>15147010
>Xenoblade XI
>Not Xenoblade XX

>>15147010
denka!

>>15147010
I hadn't considered this, but yeah I'd be alright with the sequel featuring a playable cast including some of the other races introduced to NLA. Would give them a chance to include some more unique fighting styles.

But wouldn't be surprised if they just gave us the original cast again anyway.

>>15152703
Hey, it's that pink shirt meme mim.

>>15120756
Read the Japanese artbook sometime

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Can we all agree Alexa is best girl?

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>>15153316
That's not how you spell Ga Buidhe.

>>15153520
Can you romance her?

>>15153543
No, the MC has no romance options, but he does have a pair of shapeshifting ayylmao groupies aiming for his or her dick in one path of a branching sidequest.

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>>15091213
>>15095560

A xenoblade thread on /m/!? Oh my!

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>>15153576

It happens from time to time.

>>15155012
Flithly alien.

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Left or right?

>>15155066
Filthy chikyuujin dono!

>>15155149
Irina, obviously. Literally every Murderess character quest is about her fucking you over in some way.

>>15153316
>>15153520
>>15155149
Yeah, but does any of them ever wrote skell fanfiction?

>>15155364
The one where you are in a skell as it keeps transforming over and over?
That was hot

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>>15155149
My main party now is Lin and Celica in the blue vestis, xeno form Elma in the yellow, and Alexa in the green one. I'm also fond of the miniskirts and hot pants.

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>>15155149
Both.

>>15155364
No, but the upside is that none of them are saddled with an annoying, useless comic relief character that should've been written out of the plot before the game was half over.

>>15153520
>there was no option to rape her after you beat her

FUCKING NINTENDO

>>15093717
>to the fun part.

mech combat is objectively worse than on foot combat

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>>15158920
What did they mean by this?

>>15158955
Saltats are sentient, they're just too advanced for Mira's translation field to work.

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>>15153316