the best JRPG in the past 2 decades, with decent challenge and

>>387845839
xenoblade is shit tho

>>387845839
Paying over 350$ just to play a video game, you're a special kind of loser.

>>387845839

Will it ever be REYN TIME again, /v/?

>>387846637
But that's wrong tho

>>387846730
>don't pay any money and play 0 video games
>but you're superior to him
Pathetic.

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>>387845839
>he still has hope in sequels

>>387845839
I did too. Making do with Zelda for now. Thoughts on any potential special edition?

>>387845839
Me too.
>>387846637
Kys

>>387847159
I hope they'll have special designed joycons for once, dammit.

>>387846637
this
decent music, cool environments, shit eveything else

I like X better. Am I a horrible person?

>>387846637
This

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>>387846637

>>387847480
No. I can see why you would prefer X. Hell, in some regards I prefer X too. I think the exploration is more fun and convenient. It's still a bit janky with animations and knowing what slopes you can and can't run on, but overall I think it works better.
Combat is hit and miss though. It's mostly better, but the UI is downright horrible and makes it way less enjoyable than the simple flowchart style should be. Most of the tactics in the Xenoblade games comes from setting up your attacks beforehand and knowing what works in unison, so I guess it's not that bad.
I also wish XCX had better menuing. There is so much information everywhere, but some of it is hidden behind a lot of sub-menu screens and even important info has tiny text. It's a pain to read it all.

BORN IN A WORLD OF STRIFE

>>387848638
AGAINST THE ODDS

>>387846889
I'm indeed superior than him and you didn't offer any argument.

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>>387846637
Hey guys, im a contrarian just because its cool

>>387847275
>emulatorfags are the shitposters
To the surprise of noone.

>>387846730
ps3 for FF13versus
ps4 for FF7remake that'll come surely for ps5

i won't fall a third time

is this considered better or worse than chronicles x? i bought x knowing nothing about the series and it's alright

>>387850294
X is open world and weak story wise, original linear and has a strong story

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>>387845839

>the best JRPG in the past 2 decades
No it wasn't.

>>387848779
CANT HAVE A RAINBOW WITHOUT REYN BABY

>>387850620
Why do people put Dragon Quest on a pedestal?

>>387846637

I just got Xenoblade on Virtual Console. About 5 hours in and honestly I'm not that amazed by it. I just got to the "Knee" and they claim this is a huge open field. But it's really just a widened corridor. They also keep throwing so many new skills at me that I never have time to learn how to use them effectively before the next skill dump. I just want to get used to the combat, not listen to endless tutorials and character dialogue.

Convince me to keep playing.

>>387848779
I CHOSE TO FIGHT

>>387850797

Because its a good series? Also because its pretty much the only series in gaming that has gone 30 years with the same core development staff, leading to crazy consistency. Of course if you don't like DQ games, then you will think that's a bad thing. If you do like them however, the series just never disappoints.

>>387850817
I think you should stop, you won't enjoy the rest.

Honestly wouldn't disagree. First time one hasn't felt like a slog to me in years.

>>387850817
>Convince me to keep playing
No. Don't. If you're clearly not enjoying the game, stop playing it.

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https://youtu.be/jKcQ-CQX-Ik
Post your face when this song.
>You will never explore Colony 9 for the first time again

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>>387845839
>good
yes

>the best JRPG in the past 2 decades
fuck outta here faggot

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>>387851287

>You will never explore Colony 9 for the first time again
But you can.

>>387851648
What?

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My favorite game of all time. Not perfect, but boy does it just press my buttons in the right way

>>387852536

Zora's Domain in BotW is similar to Colony 9. A double level circle standing on pillars above a lake. With similar NPC quests and items to find in each.

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i remember playing this due to shulk being in Sm4sh, i got about halfway through in 20 hours and just dropped it but came back 2 years later and finished it, goddamn this game was fantastic, some of the things you can do with the combat in the lategame are amazing and the OST is orgasmic

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Replaying it with the HD texture pack currently. Doing Colony 6 reconstruction.

>>387854210
I have clocked some 50-60 hours and haven't played past Mechonis Field. I know there's plenty of game left, but I just can't help but dick around, doing nothing for hours instead of at least doing side-quests and crafting and shit.

>>387854329
yeah i really had to force myself to ignore sidequests and shit, i got so overleveled the last part of the game was a joke, go finish the story, and leave before someone spoils it

>>387854236
this game has the best sense of scale that few other games have been able to match, its amazing

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I'll just get us started

>>387854210
same holy shit, dropped this near 2013, finished it in 2015

what a great game, Zanza was a faggot boss but good nonetheless.

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>>387845839
Persona 5, SMT 4, SMT 4:A, and Xenoblade X are all better

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>>387854606

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>>387854695
smtiv is shit tho

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>>387845839
>the best JRPG in the past 2 decades

XBC isn't even top 10 in that wide of a time frame.

>>387854847
maybe if you inhale cock for a living, which you clearly do

Yeah. I'm playing through this now for the first time and I'm not really impressed yet. It's ok, but not seeing all the praise. Genuinely not trying to bait. Just reached Alcamoth.

>Maps are huge but aren't really fun to explore. Just kind of do it to find landmarks for the EXP
>Tons of MMO tier "kill X" or "find X items" get thrown in your face every time you reach a new area
>normal battles feel like they all unfold the same way
>boss battles are just build up a Chain, Topple, repeat and limit you to playing as Shulk so you can use the Monado to dodge/block big attacks
>story hasn't really seemed to kick in yet
>characters are likable enough

I'm not hating it, but its been rather ho-hum so far.

>>387854709
>That sjw censored design

Cancer

>>387845839
i loved this game but it was just way too long. I couldn't bring myself to finish it

>>387855587

It's only long if you try to do every sidequest in every area. Main story is easily doable in about 40 hours or so, which is pretty average for a JRPG.

>>387850817
>wide corridor
?????

>>387855556
Its censored? But the boob window is there and everything

>>387855423
I had the same thing until I got to mechonis field. Here's what turned the game around for me: use melia. She's actually interesting and fun to play as in my opinion.

>>387854709
>>387854786
>>387855556
>>387856013
>covered up her skin from the waist down
>added cleavage window

What did they mean by this?

>>387856217
Aren't there several designs out there?

>>387856217
Tits > ass, clearly

>>387856217

Some guys like a girl with less showing. Sometimes a girl with a full dress but a small boob window is way hotter than a girl wearing revealing short shorts and a bikini top.

just started x fairly recently (i posted about it in a thread a week or two ago), and man i am loving it. went the mastermind class route, and the topple/servant sacrifice combos is completely broken as far as i can tell. aside from that, i finally have the skell license quests, making those a priority.

this game in a lot of ways feels like a much better mass effect.

>>387856121

How far is that from Alcamoth? I use Riki for normal encounters but Shulk for bosses.

>>387856815
Basically, two areas away. You need to go over the Valak Mountains and through a fairly long but simple stretch of land to get to Mechonis Field. It's not too far off.

>>387856815
ill spoiler it but it goes
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alcamoth > prison island > valak mountain > sword valley > fallen arm > mechonis field

it sounds like a lot but you can definitely speed through it; the four things after alcamoth are pretty short actually. riki is pretty fun, but i found i was much more engaged using melia. a bit of a learning curve, but shes extremely flexible and certain builds allow her to have absurd damage output. she also has a nearly guaranteed topple against enemies that aren't immune, which is great.

So /v/, what system did you play it on?
and why aren't you playing it on your n3ds right now?

>>387857316
wii. i only have an og 3ds, and the wii version also has dual audio which is nice.

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This is concept art for Monolith Soft's next game.

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>>387857523

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>>387857615

>>387857615
Beautiful

>>387857523
Hope we finally get a Souls-like by someone who isn't From that isn't dogshit. (Aside from Nioh)

>>387845839
>Bravely Default was filled with recycled content
>Dragon Quest 11 is apparently filled with recycled content
>Star Ocean 5 is short as fuck
>Ditto for Xenoblade X but it's bloated with filler

I think the age of the long epic rpg is over

>>387845839
chara design
what went so wrong?

>>387857997
You thought that Xenoblade X was short and full of recycled content? My opinion is the complete opposite of that.

The game had a good pace and flow going until prison island part 1 ending.

...Like...what the fuck did you have to bring seven into all of this.

Gods? Fuck that shit out of here. We coulnd't have gotten a man vs machine thing in this rpg?

>>387856121

>use Melia

My man!

>>387857523
>>387857615
>>387857730
Does it have a name yet? Or at least a code name or fan nickname?

>>387857523
>>387857615
>>387857730
Where did you find these? Is there any other info provided by Monolith?

>>387857997

The 'age' you're thinking of is clouded by nostalgia goggles. JRPGs were full of filler and recycled bosses on the SNES and PS1 as well.

>>387854695
That's some shit taste right there

>>387856979
>what is the fallen arm, galahad fortress, and sword valley

>>387858689
fucking this. People forget how much recycled palette swapped monsters there are in the old games.

>>387858473
>>387858530
No name. The concept art was posted today or yesterday in an announcement of Monolith Soft hiring more people for their current project that is getting developed by their main team. It seems to be a big project. Just google it, the news should be in many places.

>>387858420
honestly melia changed the game for me. before i really dug into her mechanics i enjoyed the game, but was definitely getting bored. i would play occasionally and take huge breaks. using her made me fall in love with the game in a whole new way.

>>387858203
To be fair, it's chock full of copy pasted assets, but Monolith said they were challenging themselves by limiting the amount of assets they used for that title.

>>387858873
Main team... Then who's in charge of XC2?
Thanks for the heads up!

>>387858985
That's their main team, they're already developing another game. The secondary team is the one that helped with BotW.

>>387859232
I fucking love these.

>>387850797
why do people so hate DQ

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>>387859239
Sorry, you kinda lost me there. I knew the secondary team helped with BotW, even Splatoon 2, but wasn't the main team working on Xenoblade Chronicles 2? Or is their work with it already done and they are now moving to a new project?

>>387859426
>Or is their work with it already done and they are now moving to a new project?
Yeah, that's the case.

>>387859616
I see, thanks for clearing that out.

>>387859426

It is very likely that the 'main' team can work on two games at once. For example, they may be done with all the design work for Xenoblade 2 and the artists/programmers are just finishing it up. Which leaves the designers to start work on the next game. Then they'll come back in post production to check Xenoblade 2 before release.

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>>387845839
My favorite from Monolith.

>>387859426

If the 'secondary' team is the one that worked on BotW, then they should become the main team. Or just join the Zelda team permanently and keep Aonouma in check.

>>387845839
should I play the first one before I play the second one? they won't really be related, right?

>>387860503
I was just listening to the soundtrack. Really good.
It's a shame the combat system is so fucking slow. Even regular encounters can take several minutes to get through, making it a pain in the ass to go through some areas.

>>387859616
No it isn't. They're HIRING, they're not working in it yet.
>>387860063
Don't listen to that anon.

Perhaps it was the best nintendo jrpg in the last two decades

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>>387847398
>shit everything else
>implying the story and characters were bad

>>387850850
BLOSSOM DANCE

>>387847545
samefag

>>387861087
There is already concept art, so they at least started working on it. The don't need to hire a complete new team for every project, just the extra people they need.

>>387850294
First one is considered for having better story and music, also is just semi-open world.
X has shit music for the most part and boring mains story bisides the side quests.

Also both games are technical marvels taking their respective systems to the limit without severe framerate issues, specially X since it's full open wolrd with almost diamond solid 30FPS on a console with a 1997 processor.

>>387861539
Concept art doesn't mean they'be started development.

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>Riki giving fatherly advice to Dunban.

>>387846637
BORN IN A WORLD OF STRIFE

>>387861743
One of my favorite moments

>>387861705
Development is more than making assets and programming, the early designs stages of a game are still part of the project.

>>387862260
either way, work on xenoblade 2 isn't finished, which is what you said

>>387862636
There is probably a lot of polishing and testing to do, but a big part of the team is probably already working on the next game, big developers usually operate like this.

>>387846637
So is your taste, but that's never stopped you.

>>387862858
This worries me. A game of this size needs a ton of polish and them releasing it so early probably means there will be a lot of issues.
I know they can patch the game, but it will still hurt it to see an unfinished or rushed version come out.

>>387863452
Anon it's been said that Monolith Soft big enough where kinda need to be work on the there next project.they also said XC 2 began about halfway through xcx.

>>387861743
I prioritized maxing out affinity between Melia and Riki because I wanted her to have a good father figure

Is it worth getting on a 3ds xl? I generally dislike mmo combat but I hear nothing but praise for this game. I've been hankerin for a good jrpg anyways

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>>387864218
while the combat is definitely modeled after mmo systems, it has more flexibility because it is tailored for a single-player experience. essentially what this boils down to is that you can use certain characters to crack the game wide open, which can actually be pretty entertaining (since it takes some level of thinking to do this). in fact, i tend to dislike mmo combat but i did enjoy both xenoblade and xenoblade x. but overall, the systems are still very mmo-inspired so they could drive you away, especially since it starts out relatively simple.

>>387864218
3DS version is alright. Huge sacrifice in visuals, but the smaller screen makes up for it.

>>387847398
also decent characters.

So, you just named the three most important things for a JRPG admit it's great at those but then call it shit.

Doesn't make sense.

>>387864218
3ds version is the least good way to play it, emulate it or download on the WiiU shop. If you don't mind paying some more the wii version is an option too

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>Game gets a sequel
>Even better OST
What's her name? Pic very much related.

>>387864816
Or, just pirate it. Either use Dolphin or USB Loader if you want the original experience.

>>387864878
while the x soundtrack gets a lot of flack, i do genuinely enjoy it. some of the rapping/singing in english is a bit grating at first, but if you let it happen it can be enjoyable. that being said, i have yet to hear a single track in x that holds a candle to mechonis field, agniratha, or satorl marsh. i have not beaten it yet though, so who knows.

>>387864878
*unrelated
Sorry, guys. Fingers slipped a bit there.

>>387865117
>have yet to hear a single track in x that holds a candle to mechonis field, agniratha, or satorl marsh.
Easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbh3lLi1ZY

>>387865418
Sounds like something out of an anime. A movie soundtrack. It's well composed, but it's better suited to go along some emotional scene, rather than a landscape.

>>387846637
Foopity boopity

>>387864218

The combat in Xenoblade Chronicles feels more like Phantasy Star Online. As well as the general design of the game.

>>387865418
probably the best track i've encountered in the game so far (i have in fact explored at least a little of all 5 areas idk if there are more later), but have you sat and listened to mechonis field for 30 minutes? after hours of walking around agniratha, i didnt get bored of that music. the sylvalum night track is great, but it has nowhere near the staying power of those tracks from the original.

i should also clarify i meant satorl marsh at night, the day one is weaker.

>>387864878

Plenty of games. Suikoden II and Dragon Quest II come to mind.

>>387865642

>Sounds like something out of an anime.
And Xenoblade is basically watching an anime with some open world combat in between cutscenes.

>>387857523
>doesn't look like the needed sequel to XCX.
Man, I'm heartbroken.

>>387867259
>tfw you will never create a qt in a new monolithsoft game character creator
xcx was received too negatively and monolithsoft heard those complaints. it's unfortunate since x is a really great game, despite its shortcomings.

>>387857774
Bait.

How is the english dub of Xenoblade X? Is there anyway to get JP voices? Does it run well on Cemu?

>>387845839
SMT IV/Final were better.

>>387867435
It's unfortunate how devs tend to interpret complaints. Most of the time it's people saying fix this or we didn't like this. They interpret that as, "well, they hated the whole thing and we should drop the franchise."

>>387867591
Better OST too.

>>387866126
It feels absolutely nothing like PSO

>>387862035
AGAINST THE ODDS

>>387867574
I've yet to find an undub. It runs on cemu well enough. I'm not sure if it still crashes on the latest one but it's crash free on 1.73. The only issues are the opening and ending films don't play which means having to watch them on youtube.

>>387867669
>>387867574
You can mod the files and play on cemu.

>>387867739
Where did you get the jp voices?

>>387867574
its serviceable, and unfortunately not to my knowledge (legitimately). they did try at least, and that's worth something. tatsu sucks because american voice actors can't pull off that kind of thing, and the humor can be quite stilted, i imagine partly because of script translations. but it's not enough to tank the game.

>>387867593
i completely agree, but to be fair a lot of the voices talking about x were extremely negative. it makes sense, since they were expecting something completely different from what they got. most fans of the original seemed to be not too fond of x from what i saw at least. it's especially sad because it was also nice to see monolithsoft be flexible with their design.

>>387867669
>>387867771
https://nyaa.si/view/765211

>>387867867
>0 seeds
>0 leeches

Well, thanks anyway.

>>387867962
It works I just finished downloading it at 1mb/s

>equip new armor as it drops
>after an hour everyone just looks like frankenstein monsters and it ruins cutscenes

>>387867995
It does! I guess their announce is still broken. 2 seeds.

>>387845839
I agree that its best jrpg of the last decade.

SMT4 is really good but came out after so gets no props

Its a better final fantasy than final fantasy

>>387868170

>Its a better final fantasy than final fantasy
Any JRPG is better at Final Fantasy than Final Fantasy is. Suikoden, Dragon Quest or Chrono are better Final Fantasy than Final Fantasy is.

>>387868170
It's nothing like Final Fantasy tho

>>387869206
Neither is Final Fantasy, to be honest.

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>>387868043
That's probably why they added fashion mode to XCX.

>>387869374
It was nice of them to give that option to us without having to complete the game first like the Japanese.