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Title: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on November 17, 2015, 11:52:33 AM
Who else is getting excited? I put over 170 hours into Xenoblade to do absolutely every single side quest; and I can easily see myself clocking in over 300 for this. I rarely buy new games these days, but I literally got a Wii U solely for this game. I've been stoked since I saw the first trailer they released, and I can't believe it's just a few weeks away now. I would have gotten a Japanese Wii U and played it back in April, but I'd already grabbed a US one on for cheap by that point. It's been such a loooooong wait.
You guys probably won't see me on here for a couple months after December 4th rolls around. ;)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: DragonmasterDan on November 17, 2015, 12:10:21 PM
Who else is getting excited? I put over 170 hours into Xenoblade to do absolutely every single side quest; and I can easily see myself clocking in over 300 for this. I rarely buy new games these days, but I literally got a Wii U solely for this game. I've been stoked since I saw the first trailer they released, and I can't believe it's just a few weeks away now. I would have gotten a Japanese Wii U and played it back in April, but I'd already grabbed a US one on for cheap by that point. It's been such a loooooong wait.
You guys probably won't see me on here for a couple months after December 4th rolls around. ;)
I'll be picking it up but no guarentee how long it will be before I have a lot of time to dedicate to it.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: xelement5x on November 17, 2015, 01:32:20 PM
I was totally excited until I heard they got rid of the boob size slider. I feel like my dreams have been ruined
In all seriousness I am a huge fan of the Xeno franchises and I have the LE for this preordered. Not sure how it will be until I get it in my hands though.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on November 17, 2015, 01:56:11 PM
It's the first game I've preordered in years, but I loved the first Xenoblade so much I really don't want to be late to the party on this one :)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on November 17, 2015, 05:35:07 PM
I have the game preorder it's one wii-u game i been looking forward to for awhile now.Sure the breast slider has been removed,no biggie to me.Still that's noa for ya there censorship dating back to the nes.Also gameXplain has a preview of for it.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on November 17, 2015, 11:16:44 PM
yup will be picking this up and playing it through december. Going to give my wallet a break from buying pc engine games since I don't trust the postal service over Christmas!
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Necromancer on November 18, 2015, 01:24:47 AM
Sure the breast slider has been removed,no biggie to me.
No biggies for anyone. :mrgreen:
Yeah just small breast how dare they :roll: Just another case of noa overreacting.
I hope there is a rad cheat code that enables the slider. Up down up down B B
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on November 20, 2015, 03:17:55 PM
Heheh. I'm glad to know some other folks on here are looking forward to it too. The boobage slider doesn't bother me too much; although I can understand why a lot of people are annoyed with unnecessary censorship. I just hope it won't hurt sales at all. I want Monolith to keep making games like this for some time to come.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: wildfruit on November 21, 2015, 07:48:30 AM
I fear it likely that keeping the booby slider would have resulted in a pegi 16 rating, which may have harmed sales. My son knows not to ask for any 16 or 18 rated games because I won't give him that.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: seieienbu on November 23, 2015, 05:28:29 AM
Sure the breast slider has been removed,no biggie to me.
No biggies for anyone. :mrgreen:
Yeah just small breast how dare they :roll: Just another case of noa overreacting.
I hope there is a rad cheat code that enables the slider. Up down up down B B
On a Neo Geo that code would be up down up down D D.
Xenoblade Chronicles was the first new RPG since the 32 bit era ended that I actually liked. I'm looking forward to buying this game regardless of protagonist breast size.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: glazball on November 23, 2015, 06:36:56 AM
I'll be picking this up too but I'm currently under the spell of Fallout 4 so I may not get to it until after the holidays. Eager to see your review(s) though!
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: munchiaz on November 23, 2015, 06:59:19 AM
im going to pre order the special edition. I played xenoblade on the wii, and then i later picked it up for the 3ds, and my plan was to play it on my trip to Japan on my new japanese 3ds, but Nintendo patched the youtube hack. But i am still looking forward to playing this game.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on November 23, 2015, 12:06:36 PM
Just saw this video a minute ago. Heehee! I'm so hyped!
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on November 25, 2015, 12:08:14 AM
Heheh. I'm glad to know some other folks on here are looking forward to it too. The boobage slider doesn't bother me too much; although I can understand why a lot of people are annoyed with unnecessary censorship. I just hope it won't hurt sales at all. I want Monolith to keep making games like this for some time to come.
I fear it likely that keeping the booby slider would have resulted in a pegi 16 rating, which may have harmed sales. My son knows not to ask for any 16 or 18 rated games because I won't give him that.
Yeah that's probably why it was removed to begin with.It's not a big deal to me but i think nintendo overreacted by removing it for it's western release.Still i can't wait it's one jrpg i been waiting for,awhile now.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 01, 2015, 08:48:28 AM
Yeah, I am getting excessivly amped for this too - haven't been excited for a game in a long time :)
This video popped up and I've been enjoying learning about the similarities and differences to Chronicles.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: xelement5x on December 01, 2015, 10:16:01 AM
I got the shipment notice for my Limited Edition version of this today, thanks again to Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked since it was 20% off.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 05, 2015, 08:26:30 AM
Just got home and it's arrived. Installing now...
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: munchiaz on December 05, 2015, 06:43:25 PM
im about 6-7 hours in so far. There's so much to learn with this game. It's going to take some time to understand it all
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 06, 2015, 01:05:56 AM
Well, I've been pretty inactive here for the last few days.... just as predicted.
I put 23 hours in since getting home from work on Friday, and most of it has just been straight-up exploring. I didn't bother to finish Chapter 3 until I had finished every single mission available to me, had 98% of Primordia's collectopedia finished, and had surveyed 30% of said continent.
The game is just amazing. I literally spent the first three hours in the Prologue chapter, just going around like, "Oh, wow! Look at that!! I wonder if I can climb that? I bet I can. Yep, I'm gonna' climb it." There have only been a few places I couldn't reach on foot thus far. Unfortunately, I made several attempts to leap my way to the top of NLA, but I haven't been able to make it... yet. XD
im about 6-7 hours in so far. There's so much to learn with this game. It's going to take some time to understand it all
There's is a lot to micro-manage. The good thing is that you can muscle your way through if you want; but doing stuff like leveling up arts and skills, adjusting soul voices, upgrading classes, and raising your field skill help a lot. At only level 15 I've been able to take out level 23 mobs just by having the right set-up. Customization is a big part of the fun for me where combat is concerned.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 06, 2015, 07:29:08 AM
... The game is just amazing. I literally spent the first three hours in the Prologue chapter, just going around like, "Oh, wow! Look at that!! I wonder if I can climb that? I bet I can. Yep, I'm gonna' climb it." There have only been a few places I couldn't reach on foot thus far. Unfortunately, I made several attempts to leap my way to the top of NLA, but I haven't been able to make it... yet. XD ... There's is a lot to micro-manage. The good thing is that you can muscle your way through if you want; but doing stuff like leveling up arts and skills, adjusting soul voices, upgrading classes, and raising your field skill help a lot. At only level 15 I've been able to take out level 23 mobs just by having the right set-up. Customization is a big part of the fun for me where combat is concerned.
I was not able to play until today, and I just sat down and fought the first initial fight.
I might be quick to judge, or expecting something different, but there are some issues I've had with the fundamentals of this game.
Hearing your love and enjoyment after a good chunk of time committed makes me hopeful that I will see past the small issues I have with the game so far.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 06, 2015, 07:37:41 AM
Is there a way to adjust the size of the text on screen as I find that it's a lil' small for me to read.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 06, 2015, 08:24:44 AM
Is there a way to adjust the size of the text on screen as I find that it's a lil' small for me to read.
This is one of the two issues I have, the other being only a single save slot - I loved in xenoblade chronicles being able to keep the previous save slot open in case I do something I regret.
It's easier to read on my gamepad because I can shove it in my face, but on my 50" tv from my couch about 8' away I have a hard time reading the UI
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 07, 2015, 04:51:55 AM
As much as this game and I are pretty much a perfect fit, I can definitely find some issues with it.
The biggest one I have is certainly the size of the text. The dialogue boxes are fine; but if I'm struggling to read quest details on a 60" TV, there's something wrong there. I do have a slight astigmatism, but even from five feet away I have trouble with this text.
The other issue I have has to do with jumping. It is extremely hard to land precisely off a running jump. That wouldn't bug me so much if it weren't for the fact that the game begs you to explore it vertically even before you get a skell. Having tiny sections of mushroom-like trees in Noctilum that you can stand on, yet hardly ever land on is kind of aggravating.
I also feel mixed on the music. I like a lot of it, but the NLA music is kind of unpleasant. What stinks is that it would be servicable if Sawano just left out the "Uh, uh, yeah," bits.
The rest of the game has felt great to me, although I can understand why it would be frustrating for some. Having story progression locked behind questing is a very "MMO" thing to do, and will annoy people who aren't obsessed with doing everything possible as soon as it becomes available (like me). Some people are also going to hate the combat being wrapped around a hotbar with cooldowns, or the degree with which you have to manage tons of little details to maximize efficiency; but if you enjoyed the original Xenoblade I can't see you having a lot of trouble with this. It feels like a very natural extension of what they did there.
The biggest thing is the story, really. I think some people will love that it takes a back-seat, where others will absolutely hate how typical it is of Japanese story-telling. I've found that the better part of the story seems to be in the quests, but then again I loved the affinity and quest systems in the first Xenoblade too, so take that as you will. It just makes the world feel that much more alive and real to me.
Anyway, I'm sure the game's going to be highly divisive, but as I said before, I think it's the closest I'll get to a game that's a perfect match for me. I am absolutely loving every second spent on Mira.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 07, 2015, 06:00:59 AM
The biggest thing is the story, really. I think some people will love that it takes a back-seat, where others will absolutely hate how typical it is of Japanese story-telling. I've found that the better part of the story seems to be in the quests, but then again I loved the affinity and quest systems in the first Xenoblade too, so take that as you will. It just makes the world feel that much more alive and real to me.
Anyway, I'm sure the game's going to be highly divisive, but as I said before, I think it's the closest I'll get to a game that's a perfect match for me. I am absolutely loving every second spent on Mira.
Glad to know I am not going blind, and the text is agreeably difficult to read at times.
I put almost 100 hrs into the first xenoblade (a lot, for me, moreso than any one game of that era). And I never actually completed the main questline - I got so caught up in affinty quests I never completed the game before starting up a new game on the 3DS which I am about 30 hours into now.
That being said, this game is more and more addicting as I unlock more and more elements.
I love the offscreen play and being able to continue progress while I was watching Sunday sports, and while my fiance was watching her shows.
I have mixed feelings about the changes to the combat. I love how active you need to be position ally (more so than before because of the appendage focused attacks), but the camera doesn't feel like it keeps up unless it's way zoomed out, and when I am constantly adjusting the camera my thumb is out of position to hit the B prompts accurately. I really like the soul voice system, and I really like how it encourages you to use specific arts based on the other character's call outs.
I am curious, is there a chain attack system, or was that removed?
This one is definitely getting more fun as I play it, and the environments keep me enticed to trudge through it to see more.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 07, 2015, 10:31:45 AM
Yup it's gotten better. It might be a little early saying this but although I have only spent about 5 hours in this game it's like they took bits from Bioware Mass Effect game meets Star Ocean with a little settlement building sim all into one game.
EDIT
Now to decide which Division to join.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 07, 2015, 11:32:15 AM
Should we make a PCEFX Squad? :D I don't have any Wii U friends, maybe now's the time to start? :P What is the benefit of multiplayer in this?
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 07, 2015, 11:40:22 AM
Should we make a PCEFX Squad? :D I don't have any Wii U friends, maybe now's the time to start? :P What is the benefit of multiplayer in this?
Ooh! That's an excellent idea. The benefits aren't too great, but you get tickets that let you purchase droppables so that you don't have to farm them. Also, we can work together to take on special missions that are outside the scope of the normal game if we want.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 07, 2015, 11:58:13 AM
Should we make a PCEFX Squad? :D I don't have any Wii U friends, maybe now's the time to start? :P What is the benefit of multiplayer in this?
Ooh! That's an excellent idea. The benefits aren't too great, but you get tickets that let you purchase droppables so that you don't have to farm them. Also, we can work together to take on special missions that are outside the scope of the normal game if we want.
I posted that and immediately realized I'd be the weakest link, so I doubt I will be a desireable team mate for the multiplayer missions, but I'd still be interested to see what the multiplayer offers overall :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 07, 2015, 12:40:41 PM
sure I'm in although I probably lag behind you guys
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 07, 2015, 01:17:14 PM
sure I'm in although I probably lag behind you guys
Maybe we'll be on the same pace then, I move through all games at a snails pace :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 08, 2015, 04:31:15 AM
I take my dear sweet time too, so no worries. :D I'll post up my friend code after I get home.
As a side note, don't buy from Newegg. I got my collector's edition of the game in last night and the box was damaged beyond belief. It was sitting on my front step and you could clearly see the game through the rips and tears. The CE box was also heavily damaged. I've contacted them about a replacement, but had to wait an hour for online support to talk with me. Still not even sure if they'll be able to replace it.
If you're wondering how I've already been playing, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a copy as soon as I found out the CE was going to arrive late. :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 08, 2015, 05:35:04 AM
I take my dear sweet time too, so no worries. :D I'll post up my friend code after I get home.
As a side note, don't buy from Newegg. I got my collector's edition of the game in last night and the box was damaged beyond belief. It was sitting on my front step and you could clearly see the game through the rips and tears. The CE box was also heavily damaged. I've contacted them about a replacement, but had to wait an hour for online support to talk with me. Still not even sure if they'll be able to replace it.
If you're wondering how I've already been playing, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a copy as soon as I found out the CE was going to arrive late. :P
Nice! I got the CE too after regretting not getting the original's CE. It is disappointing that I can't rip the OST songs to a device I'd listen too - only having them on a pc with the usb plugged in is less than desirable. I love the art book, and the packaging though, so at least I have something cool to post up at my desk to stare at while I "work" :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: xelement5x on December 08, 2015, 06:17:41 AM
I take my dear sweet time too, so no worries. :D I'll post up my friend code after I get home.
As a side note, don't buy from Newegg. I got my collector's edition of the game in last night and the box was damaged beyond belief. It was sitting on my front step and you could clearly see the game through the rips and tears. The CE box was also heavily damaged. I've contacted them about a replacement, but had to wait an hour for online support to talk with me. Still not even sure if they'll be able to replace it.
If you're wondering how I've already been playing, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a copy as soon as I found out the CE was going to arrive late. :P
I got my copy from Best Buy and it wasn't that bad, but it was pretty dinged up too. Going to see if I can get it fixed. At least the LE is still in stock and appears semi-plentiful.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 08, 2015, 09:53:06 AM
Oh, whoops. I forgot that Network IDs replaced Friend Codes. Mine's just Shawnji if you want to add me.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 08, 2015, 10:13:54 AM
Piggy-Digichan
I already caught a Shawnji on there XD
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 08, 2015, 10:27:17 AM
I don't know if this has been mentioned but if you goto the eshop and on the Xenoblade Chronicles X page. On the right select the Add-on content you can download packs to speed up things like loading and textures.. Altogether it is a huge ass pack to download.
We are talking about 15.3 gigs. If you have the digital download version then don't bother with this as it is automatically included. It's only for those with retail discs.
copied from another website..
Basic High-Speed Data Loading Pack - for greatest impact on your experience, download this pack first
Quote from: Basic High-Speed Data Loading Pack - for greatest impact
High impact to load times Installs frequently used data, such as terrain to speed up load times in the city and field. For greater load-time improvement, use in conjunction with one or more of the other data packs below. Size: 2011.0 MB
Enemy High-Speed Data Loading Pack - for players who like to explore and fight enemies
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Medium impact to load times Installs frequently used data in the field, such as enemy data. For greater load-time improvement, use in conjunction with the Basic data pack. Size: 2937.5 MB
Player High-Speed Data Loading Pack - for players who like to complete lots of missions
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Medium impact to load times Installs the data for character graphics and equipment to speed up load times in the city and when you change equipment. For greater load-time improvement, use in conjunction with the Basic data pack Size: 3867.1 MB
Skell High-Speed Data Loading Pack - for players who own and like to customize Skells
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Low impact to load times Installs data for skell graphics to speed up load times in the city and field as well as when loading skell data. For greater load-time improvement, use in conjunction with the Basic data pack Size: 1675.1 MB
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 08, 2015, 11:57:09 AM
I pre-downloaded all of those before getting my copy, hoping it would help, and haven't noticed bad load times so I suppose it has.
I should say though, this is when my Wii U HDD said no, and I had to hook up an external. I was lucky to have a spare from college that still seems to work, so I downloaded everything onto that, but now I have this ancient large external hdd next to my tv and my fiance is not super pleased with the aesthetic :P Maybe santa will bring me a more modern and slim hdd to expand my wii u's limited storage capacity
I haven't had a chance to play again this week, nor will I tonight, already falling behind!
I think my name on there is Gredler, but I'll need to check to confirm for sure :)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 09, 2015, 11:44:19 AM
that New LA music... >___>
Everything about this game is almost impressive except NLA... I couldn't believe seeing cars drive through me....
Just done Chapter 4 and taking time out to do other quests.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 09, 2015, 04:13:59 PM
I've got 55 hours in now, and I think I may be overdoing it a bit. Kinda' got sick of exploring and decided to progress the main plot a bit further. Of course, after spending so much time on Chapter 3, I had already completed all the prerequisites for Chapters 4 & 5, so I blew right through them. I really want to get through Chapter 6, because I know that's when I'll finally get to take the Skell license exam. I'm holding off on doing much of anything in Sylvalum and Cauldros until I get one. I've already surveyed over 40% of Primordia, and 35% in both Noctilum and Oblivia, so I've definitely done my share of on-foot exploration...
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: wildfruit on December 09, 2015, 05:40:37 PM
I'm hoping Santa brings me this. One save sucks though. I wonder if logging in with a different profile yields a second chance?
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 10, 2015, 12:57:54 AM
I found these to be great exp from level 17+ (https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/WVW69ipT38geencZ3J)
also does anyone have a quick reference guide to what those alien icons at the bottom right screen are when you join a squad? (https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/WVW69ipSn0QvFgQ41R)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 10, 2015, 06:23:48 AM
You guys are making me want to play, I might be coming down with a cold and need to leave work ;)
I am about level 9, and have been exploring around in town trying to get as much affinity and quests as I can before moving out into the world. I am a bit confused about the automatically engaged conversations, what is the yellow light that shoots out from the npc to my character, does that represent affinity?
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 11, 2015, 04:46:20 AM
I got my skell last night and sat around for about two hours just seeing how many new places I could make it to that I couldn't manage on foot. I actually have a probe at every location that doesn't require the flight module now. :D I also have 65+ hours in already... I might need an intervention. :P
I have answers to a couple of your questions:
1) You can get specific information on the squad missions by holding the "R" button and then pressing "L" to cycle through the icons. Most of them are just to either kill a certain number of indigens or tyrants.
2) The yellow speech bubbles represent the activation of a "note," which is just a piece of info about one of the many areas in the game. Usually, you'll see an update saying that such-and-such area has been updated on your mini-map. Often there will be a check-mark or some other indicator added to one of the hexagonal segments.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 11, 2015, 11:15:37 AM
2) The yellow speech bubbles represent the activation of a "note," which is just a piece of info about one of the many areas in the game. Usually, you'll see an update saying that such-and-such area has been updated on your mini-map. Often there will be a check-mark or some other indicator added to one of the hexagonal segments.
Dang, so there is that much stuff being adding to the map? the npc's with a green speech bubble and a ... in it seem to spawn those yellow glow energy transfers every time I get near them, over and over.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 11, 2015, 01:30:47 PM
Well, they turn yellow again, but you can only obtain the note once. There are definitely a ton of them, though.
Oddly, I haven't played at all yet tonight. I think I needed a little break. I'm going golfing tomorrow, so I won't get to play much again until Sunday... hopefully I'll get far enough on Sunday to get the flight option and then my life will finally be complete. :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 12, 2015, 05:37:09 AM
Wow it really opened up a lot last night after finishing the third mission. I got a ton of quests now and I think the addiction is real. It's been a long time since I was urged to get home and play a game like this, it's gotten perpetually more enoyable
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 12, 2015, 06:02:20 AM
Wow it really opened up a lot last night after finishing the third mission. I got a ton of quests now and I think the addiction is real. It's been a long time since I was urged to get home and play a game like this, it's gotten perpetually more enoyable
Yeah, after the third mission they get rid of that darn green border preventing you from leaving Primordia, and you can swim all the way to Cauldros if you want.
In other news: man, do I ever suck at golf. I got a lot better on the back nine, but even a birdie wasn't enough to save my terrible score. :P
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 12, 2015, 09:52:49 AM
1) You can get specific information on the squad missions by holding the "R" button and then pressing "L" to cycle through the icons. Most of them are just to either kill a certain number of indigens or tyrants.
Thanks for that.
Just in the middle of doing Chapter 5. I love the night time slow groove music of Oblivia plains. It along with the music played in the BLADE barracks has a 70's retro feel to the music.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: gj-16 on December 16, 2015, 04:42:22 AM
How would I fare with this game if I only had small bursts of time to dedicate to it? I mostly play arcade games these days because I'm so time strapped but the game looks really good.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 16, 2015, 11:34:19 AM
How would I fare with this game if I only had small bursts of time to dedicate to it? I mostly play arcade games these days because I'm so time strapped but the game looks really good.
I am in your boat and have the game. I've put probably 10 hours in the two weeks I've had it into this game, and it's a slow go. It's easy to save mostly anywhere to stop and start, and it's pretty well documented within itself for remembering where you picked up. There is a lot that can be accomplished with under 20 minutes played in a single session, and the startup and get into action time is pretty short. I'd say if you like JRPGs and dont have a lot of time, but want to grind on a game off an on, this is a good candidate. I usually pick it up before I go to bed, and play for about 30 minutes completing a quest or two.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: gj-16 on December 16, 2015, 01:12:25 PM
Thanks for that detail, sounds like it might be something I'll get after the holidays then.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on December 17, 2015, 07:15:28 PM
Just started the game finally it did take about two weeks to get here.I really have to relearn the game,since i never got around to completing the first one.I downloaded the basic data pack since i wasn't sure about having enough internal memory.For it's graphics i think there fine nothing to special from what i've seen.I don't get the complaints i've heard for the voicing acting,it works though it's lip syncing is off a bit at least.Now it's online multiplayer left me confused for it how works at all.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 18, 2015, 04:54:02 AM
Installing all the data packs, while resource heavy, really does enhance the load times significantly. Graphically, the character models are somewhat rough around the edges, but the vast landscapes rendered at a consistent 30fps are something of a technical marvel on a system like the Wii U. The biggest trade-off is all the pop-in, but I've never been bothered by that.
I also think the voice-acting is handled really well. The problem is in the sound mixing. Some scenes are fine, but in others it's like trying to talk to someone at a rock concert. If anything needs to be patched, that's definitely it.
The online is very different, but it's less complicated than you may think. Honestly, it can mostly be ignored if you want. I've been joining missions here and there, but mostly I just stick to the main game.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: xelement5x on December 18, 2015, 01:25:17 PM
Ya'll gonna hate me but I returned my Limited Edition of this to Best Buy today. I finished the first game just barely and I'm not sure I will ever play this one, so I'd rather have my $80 back.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: shawnji on December 18, 2015, 02:24:38 PM
Ya'll gonna hate me but I returned my Limited Edition of this to Best Buy today. I finished the first game just barely and I'm not sure I will ever play this one, so I'd rather have my $80 back.
Nah. Better to get your money back and use it on something you enjoy rather than forcing yourself to "like" it. I can completely understand why people wouldn't go crazy for it like I do, as there are plenty of valid criticisms.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on December 18, 2015, 07:32:52 PM
Ya'll gonna hate me but I returned my Limited Edition of this to Best Buy today. I finished the first game just barely and I'm not sure I will ever play this one, so I'd rather have my $80 back.
No shame in that it's not for every body in terms of a rpg.How i see it if you enjoy the first one then it's great,if you didn't then you will be disappointed.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Digi.k on December 20, 2015, 11:37:07 AM
I don't have that much time either but I can play for short bursts. Some missions can be done around an hour once you know how and where you can fast travel.
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Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on December 21, 2015, 04:55:20 AM
I am stuck on a lin affinity mission "the repair job", I've explored like crazy and can't find any of the items requested, and the follow orb does not send me to any specific spot :/
I've gotten my levels up to about 14, and have revealed about 20% of primordia. I've gotten a lot of the blue and green quests done, this will be the first yellow quest I've attempted and it was going well until I got to the need to repair something stage where I gather supplies :/ The vague directions make it a bit confusing. I attempted to start the next story mission step, but it doesn't allow me with an active affinity mission.
I will be playing it more and more over the next few days, as time away from work increases :)
Update:
After four 30 min to 1 hour play sessions later, I have not completed "The Repair Job" and I believe this is a notorious quest, if the reviews I've recently started reading and watching are any indicator. All of the reviews say how "some quests require you to fetch collectibles, which aren't indicated as to how except for the continent they're on" which is my exact blockage right now.
I am going to keep at it, because it's still fun to grind and explore, but I am certainly blocked by this quest still, and probably will be for the rest of the year :/
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on January 04, 2016, 10:44:50 PM
I am stuck on a lin affinity mission "the repair job", I've explored like crazy and can't find any of the items requested, and the follow orb does not send me to any specific spot :/
I will be playing it more and more over the next few days, as time away from work increases :)
Update:
After four 30 min to 1 hour play sessions later, I have not completed "The Repair Job" and I believe this is a notorious quest, if the reviews I've recently started reading and watching are any indicator. All of the reviews say how "some quests require you to fetch collectibles, which aren't indicated as to how except for the continent they're on" which is my exact blockage right now.
I am going to keep at it, because it's still fun to grind and explore, but I am certainly blocked by this quest still, and probably will be for the rest of the year :/
I was stuck on that quest for awhile.Then i check the index and i found out what enemy drop the item i was looking for it didn't take long to complete the mission either.Often,basic mission or affinity there are just mostly fetch quest for npc like in the original.I'm in the middle of having to completing a affinity mission to unlock the game next chapter.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on January 18, 2016, 01:21:44 PM
Am I the only one who is hopelessly addicted to this game? I can't remember a time where I got this obsessed with a game before. I have almost 35 hours into it, and just hit level 25. I haven't gotten my scale yet, but hope I get the quest soon.
I'd love to hear some spoiler free updates to people's openions. This one is a slow burn for me, with the enjoyment only increasing as I put more time in.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on January 18, 2016, 08:31:35 PM
Am I the only one who is hopelessly addicted to this game? I can't remember a time where I got this obsessed with a game before. I have almost 35 hours into it, and just hit level 25. I haven't gotten my scale yet, but hope I get the quest soon.
I'd love to hear some spoiler free updates to people's openions. This one is a slow burn for me, with the enjoyment only increasing as I put more time in.
I am i have elly at level 31 currently.I also have a skell now after i completed the exam.Right now i'm just trying to clear out more side missions,before i tackle chapter 7.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on January 19, 2016, 02:38:50 AM
https://youtu.be/TA0TUeZ7rjE
I've uploaded a whole slew of gameplay hours onto our youtube channel if anyone is interested in checking out our progress...
IT'S SO HUGE!
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: NightWolve on January 19, 2016, 12:46:55 PM
Sounds and looks awesome! Sucks to be backlogged. :/ I loved Xenogears and bought the first 2 Xenosaga PS2 titles, but those are on the backlog and I need to pick up the third one as well some time.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on January 19, 2016, 12:58:17 PM
Sounds and looks awesome! Sucks to be backlogged. :/ I loved Xenogears and bought the first 2 Xenosaga PS2 titles, but those are on the backlog and I need to pick up the third one as well some time.
I also loved the original Xenogears so much, but really did not care for Xenosaga. I skipped 2 and 3, and picked up Xenoblade Chronicles on wii and adored it. I think these games very barely relate to gears/saga, they hardly relate to each other outside of the similarities in the anecdotal race robots and combat system.
I would highly recommend picking Chronicles X up if you don't care for a story and want to see what the combat and world are all about, and if you enjoy it go back to the original. I think the original is the better game, but the graphical presentation and refined combat of Chronicles makes it almost an easier entry point than the first one, which has gritty graphics in comparison due to platform differences - I certainly enjoy the first game's art design as much if not more.
Join us sir! Plenty of room on this tiny bandwagon!
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: NightWolve on January 19, 2016, 01:43:19 PM
Excellent, persuasive pitch! :)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on January 19, 2016, 08:19:25 PM
I've uploaded a whole slew of gameplay hours onto our youtube channel if anyone is interested in checking out our progress...
IT'S SO HUGE!
Yeah it's a very big game so much to explore.Also why i haven't look into getting back into pso yet.Xenoblade cx is keeping me busy for the time being.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on January 19, 2016, 08:26:23 PM
Sounds and looks awesome! Sucks to be backlogged. :/ I loved Xenogears and bought the first 2 Xenosaga PS2 titles, but those are on the backlog and I need to pick up the third one as well some time.
This being,tetsuya takahashi latest one it's worth checking out if you enjoyed the last one for the wii.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on January 26, 2016, 05:47:24 AM
Well on Friday night I got my first skell, and apparently have over built my wallet expecting to not be afford to buy a skell, and ended up having enough money to buy one of each skell and try them all out.
My favorite is the most exspensive light weight frame - the attack with the sword seams to one hit most monsters that are not huge, or are lower level than me.
Getting my skell did what most reviews has said, and set fourth a new era of addiction to this game. Being able to quickly escape combat by driving away - and the increased jump range - has encouraged me to explore and reveal most of the first 3 continents.
The added damage I do makes me try my hand at various higher level beings, and it's crazy how much more I can take on. I took out a level 50 mob while I was still 34 yesterday - it was mind blowing.
I've been putting lower level characters in my party and grinding them up to level 30 to allow them to use skells, but it's so fast to level them up with the power of the skells that it now feels easy to get characters to a powerful state fast.
This is the game that just keeps on giving, 60 hours in now, easily the most I've played a wii u game and probably the most I've put into a current generation game. What a blast, thanks Monolith and Nintendo for giving us this experience :)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on January 26, 2016, 07:48:25 PM
Well on Friday night I got my first skell, and apparently have over built my wallet expecting to not be afford to buy a skell, and ended up having enough money to buy one of each skell and try them all out.
My favorite is the most exspensive light weight frame - the attack with the sword seams to one hit most monsters that are not huge, or are lower level than me.
Getting my skell did what most reviews has said, and set fourth a new era of addiction to this game. Being able to quickly escape combat by driving away - and the increased jump range - has encouraged me to explore and reveal most of the first 3 continents.
The added damage I do makes me try my hand at various higher level beings, and it's crazy how much more I can take on. I took out a level 50 mob while I was still 34 yesterday - it was mind blowing.
I've been putting lower level characters in my party and grinding them up to level 30 to allow them to use skells, but it's so fast to level them up with the power of the skells that it now feels easy to get characters to a powerful state fast.
This is the game that just keeps on giving, 60 hours in now, easily the most I've played a wii u game and probably the most I've put into a current generation game. What a blast, thanks Monolith and Nintendo for giving us this experience :)
Half way point for me.Completed chapter 8 recently and the mission to get the flight module,reached areas that i couldn't before.It seems light skell use less fuel but weaker defense.Heavy skells better defense but use more fuel instead.This point in the game for me the difficulty really ramps up.I changed class recently,try a different attack for a change.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: glazball on January 28, 2016, 06:44:03 AM
Finally picked this up today for $40 from someone on Craigslist. Can't wait to get home and finally check it out. There goes my February spare time (at least!)
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on January 29, 2016, 06:28:11 AM
Finally picked this up today for $40 from someone on Craigslist. Can't wait to get home and finally check it out. There goes my February spare time (at least!)
That's a steal for this game. This is in the top 20 lifetime "most played" list - it's draining my free time every day - and I am loving it still. Just finished mission 8 last night, and the fun keeps rolling.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: glazball on January 29, 2016, 07:12:44 AM
Yea I see what you guys were saying about the small text! We wanted 1080p games, and now we've got em, fine print and all! It's really not too bad though, but there is a lot to take in. It will take me a while to really get comfortable with all the numbers/bars/icons/etc.
I didn't get to spend much time last night with it, but I agree it does strongly resemble Star Ocean. It does give me pause to think that (if true) this game is bigger than Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 combined (I just finished FO4 and it took me months to finish). I'm worried I might get burned out. Such a timesink and I know I'll never see a lot of the content even if I put in 200 hours.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on January 29, 2016, 10:46:25 AM
Yea I see what you guys were saying about the small text! We wanted 1080p games, and now we've got em, fine print and all! It's really not too bad though, but there is a lot to take in. It will take me a while to really get comfortable with all the numbers/bars/icons/etc.
I didn't get to spend much time last night with it, but I agree it does strongly resemble Star Ocean. It does give me pause to think that (if true) this game is bigger than Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 combined (I just finished FO4 and it took me months to finish). I'm worried I might get burned out. Such a timesink and I know I'll never see a lot of the content even if I put in 200 hours.
To make matters worse this game is 720p, just poorly designed UI - must look fine while sitting at a desk but from a couch it sucks.
I am at 80 hrs (20 has to be from idle, I fall asleep playing this game every night, and have left it on while cooking dinner etc often) and just hit 8/12 on the missions, I can imagine I'll hit at least 120 if I finish this game, if not 200. Fun, but certainly a time sink
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: SkyeWelse on January 29, 2016, 11:55:18 AM
I'm also playing Xenoblade Chronicles X and I'm loving it so far. I just wish I had more time to play it! That and my wife tends to hog the Wii U for to participate in squad-based Splatoon battles daily. I've never seen such an addition to a video game before! Oh wait, that was me with Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II...
I just watched that video explaining how large the world of Mira is in comparison to Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Witcher. That's a really impressive size! 4 times the size of San Francisco!
-Thomas
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on February 02, 2016, 06:18:05 AM
I'm still enjoying the game, but I've stalled again for the first time since the collection affinity quest (repair job) I got stuck on.
The characters that have affinity quests still available have very low affinity with me, because I mostly use Lin and Elma, and then I raised Doug and a couple others, but there are so many characters that require 3+ hearts of affinity to do their missions, but I have less than a heart of affinity with them, I've just been doing basic quests (Boring and repetitive) to try to raise their affinity.
Is there a faster way to raise affinity?
Also, I've been better about placing mining probes and getting miranium, so now I am constantly maxxed out on miranium (~20k) I have all my storage probes placed and linked, so that's the max I can harvest. I also have all of my money/resource/research probes linked efficiently, getting about 50k credits every time it ticks.
What do I do with all the miranium? I've been dumping it into random arms dealers, but have no idea which to focus on and which to bolster/ take to the end game. What arms dealers are you guys using, and why? I change class whenever it maxes to 10, but I hardly every fight without my skell now so it seems like character class matters significantly less.
I have the top line, and the bottom line, maxed out and need to change class next time I play, not sure which to pick next - probably a high def class, since I have a high dmg, and a healing/debuff class, maxxed and available.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on February 02, 2016, 06:16:58 PM
I'm still enjoying the game, but I've stalled again for the first time since the collection affinity quest (repair job) I got stuck on.
The characters that have affinity quests still available have very low affinity with me, because I mostly use Lin and Elma, and then I raised Doug and a couple others, but there are so many characters that require 3+ hearts of affinity to do their missions, but I have less than a heart of affinity with them, I've just been doing basic quests (Boring and repetitive) to try to raise their affinity.
Is there a faster way to raise affinity?
Keep playing basic or normal missions to up the affinity.Myself all ready completed chapter 10 two more left i think.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on February 03, 2016, 09:07:20 AM
Keep playing basic or normal missions to up the affinity.Myself all ready completed chapter 10 two more left i think.
Yep, I've searched the nets and the consensus appears to be grind basic missions. Also, soul voices increase affinity so some people suggested grinding on low damage mobs with weak weapons and high potential (which increases chances of soul voices occurring.)
I might just move on, the grind is kinda tedious. I just want to get my flight module, and haven't figured that out yet - no spoilers please! ;)
I haven't even seen the fifth continent yet, barely scractched Sylvalum, what a game.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on February 03, 2016, 10:09:19 PM
Keep playing basic or normal missions to up the affinity.Myself all ready completed chapter 10 two more left i think.
Yep, I've searched the nets and the consensus appears to be grind basic missions. Also, soul voices increase affinity so some people suggested grinding on low damage mobs with weak weapons and high potential (which increases chances of soul voices occurring.)
I might just move on, the grind is kinda tedious. I just want to get my flight module, and haven't figured that out yet - no spoilers please! ;)
I haven't even seen the fifth continent yet, barely scractched Sylvalum, what a game.
Beware,syvalum is when the difficulty ramps up.I never did figure out how the soul voices worked out.I did keep playing basic and normal mission until i got enough affinity for doug.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: Gredler on February 04, 2016, 05:57:34 AM
I did keep playing basic and normal mission until i got enough affinity for doug.
Friggen DOUG... hahaha I had some friends from highscool visit last weekend, they were going to a wedding in town and I offered to let them stay at my place. We used to play JRPGs on together late highschool early college days, so I was excited to show off Xenoblade Chronicles X to them. While playing the game Doug's affinity buildup was my focus, and they kept asking "who is this Doug guy, and why is he always dead" and he became a running joke for the weekend. I just got a text yesterday from one of them "is doug dead" hahaha
Soul voices seem pretty straight forward once you have a few classes available, but it's a lot of work to setup. Basically when you use a art , there is a chance that art will trigger a soul voice of that color. The chance to trigger is based off the potential stat. If you trigger a soul voice, the quick time event occurs, and if you're successful there is a bonus associated to the soul voice and your team recovers some HP. When setting up soul voices you want to select ones that you have available - so if you don't have any blue arts you do not want a blue soul voice set because you wont be able to trigger it. What's weird and kinda confusing is that your soul voices are based on party member arts, so if you use a orange art, and the party member has a orange soul voice setup. Basically, match soul voices with the colors of the arts of all of your team members, so that when you're using arts you have a chance to trigger a soul voice. Also, some soul voices bonus's are really great, some are kinda worthless, so just check them and make sure you have the beneficial and potentially trigger able soul voices selected to match your arts selected for each character in your party.
I spend a lot of time in the menus trying to wrap my thick skull around this game's systems, and am not sure I even have this correct so I hope a smart person can clarify if I am wrong ahahah
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on February 08, 2016, 11:14:04 PM
I did keep playing basic and normal mission until i got enough affinity for doug.
Friggen DOUG... hahaha I had some friends from highscool visit last weekend, they were going to a wedding in town and I offered to let them stay at my place. We used to play JRPGs on together late highschool early college days, so I was excited to show off Xenoblade Chronicles X to them. While playing the game Doug's affinity buildup was my focus, and they kept asking "who is this Doug guy, and why is he always dead" and he became a running joke for the weekend. I just got a text yesterday from one of them "is doug dead" hahaha
Soul voices seem pretty straight forward once you have a few classes available, but it's a lot of work to setup. Basically when you use a art , there is a chance that art will trigger a soul voice of that color. The chance to trigger is based off the potential stat. If you trigger a soul voice, the quick time event occurs, and if you're successful there is a bonus associated to the soul voice and your team recovers some HP. When setting up soul voices you want to select ones that you have available - so if you don't have any blue arts you do not want a blue soul voice set because you wont be able to trigger it. What's weird and kinda confusing is that your soul voices are based on party member arts, so if you use a orange art, and the party member has a orange soul voice setup. Basically, match soul voices with the colors of the arts of all of your team members, so that when you're using arts you have a chance to trigger a soul voice. Also, some soul voices bonus's are really great, some are kinda worthless, so just check them and make sure you have the beneficial and potentially trigger able soul voices selected to match your arts selected for each character in your party.
I spend a lot of time in the menus trying to wrap my thick skull around this game's systems, and am not sure I even have this correct so I hope a smart person can clarify if I am wrong ahahah
Doug a cool guy well not really :roll: Funny how i never used him early in the game,until now but it didn't take to long for the leveling.Now i've run into the same problem again ](*,) I gotta get gwin affinity up and complete his mission before i can play chapter 11.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on April 17, 2016, 07:21:06 PM
Great! Lol... As an almost exclusively retro gamer, though, I am well prepared for that. :lol:
I will say that this game at times has the absolute worst music I have ever heard. Like, seriously offensive to the ears. It isn't all bad all the time, but holyshit... I hate going back to NLA.
ahahah wait until you get stuck doing a lot of in town tasks, finding missions, building affinity, doing economy and gear stuff, general exploration for opening things in the overworld map. The song might eventually grow on you, like it did to me. One two three ooohhh ooohhyyaaa, dbt dbt dbt dbt ooohhh ohhh ya
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: DQ187 on April 19, 2016, 05:27:27 PM
Great! Lol... As an almost exclusively retro gamer, though, I am well prepared for that. :lol:
I will say that this game at times has the absolute worst music I have ever heard. Like, seriously offensive to the ears. It isn't all bad all the time, but holyshit... I hate going back to NLA.
ahahah wait until you get stuck doing a lot of in town tasks, finding missions, building affinity, doing economy and gear stuff, general exploration for opening things in the overworld map. The song might eventually grow on you, like it did to me. One two three ooohhh ooohhyyaaa, dbt dbt dbt dbt ooohhh ohhh ya
Hahaha! The music grew on me a little and i liked alot of the music when you're out n about but man, the skell music while flying has to be the worst!
"Just like our Dreams, They Gotta Be Free! Anyway, Lets Move On!" Uhhgg ](*,) i couldnt of said it better!
Overall i was kinda disappointed with the music. The first Xenoblade had one of my favorite soundtracks and i think Sawano fell short in X.
Title: Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Post by: TR0N on April 19, 2016, 07:54:23 PM
Great! Lol... As an almost exclusively retro gamer, though, I am well prepared for that. :lol:
I will say that this game at times has the absolute worst music I have ever heard. Like, seriously offensive to the ears. It isn't all bad all the time, but holyshit... I hate going back to NLA.
You probably thought jarjar was great, too. Lolulolulz
If jar jar wore zonk glasses I'd have liked him, but I don't remember him rocking rad sunglasses... What can I say, early 90s attitude marketing appeals to me!
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