Katamari Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 14 hours ago, Chiidish said: Thankfully XC2 passing the torch the better combat system won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiidish Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 7 minutes ago, Katamari said: the better combat system won This is tea, the fact that we are getting an improved version so that everyone can go find out what they missed with XC2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 16 minutes ago, D.Va said: XC1 > XCX > Torna > XC2 XC1 : I'm just so attached to the story and the characters. Experiencing this world as a 12 year-old, randomly picking a game to pass time on the Wii was a mindblowing experience and reliving this ride with DE during the pandemic was just what I needed to keep going. XCX : The world is just ******* fantastic and all the possibilities that the gameplay offer to the player (without any tutorials explaining them sjflrhehdkdodi) are insane. I've been replaying the game lately and I'm so impressed that my 15 year-old self at the courage to build an Ares 60 and an Ares 90 The main story is not good but the side quests post-game/towards the end of the game are what narratively drive the game for me. XC2 : The gameplay can be clunky at times with the A.I getting lost, I was not impressed with the main cast (especially Rex, what an awful protagonist to drive a game, Nia is queen tho) and overall I was kinda upset that some scenes were carbon copy of stuff Takahashi has already done (mainly XC1 and Xenosaga). It goes without mentioning but the awful designs also turned me off so much and to this day, I am still upset that XC2 brought to the community people who only seem to care about r34 fanarts (even tho I'm still grateful for the exposure XC2 brought to Xenoblade). I must mention that the Blade side quests were very cute and the post content was crazy good. If only XC2 was just like Torna for 60 hours, maybe this could have been my favorite game in the series. However, it is still an AMAZING game. Not me writing a whole thinking piece, I just love XC so much they way i get things set up for a blade combo only for the dumbass AI to switch off to another blade for no reason they are good at topple combos i'll give them that I still say XCX is my fav but not sure where the 1 or two goes. I want to say 2>1 but there are some really obvious QOL features that I personally would have loved in two but that's just me being picky. i know launch X2 was quite a bit different that the current iteration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 super mario world looked so good wonder how big it will be in america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Just now, Katamari said: super mario world looked so good wonder how big it will be in america The one in Hollywood is tiny. The one in Orlando is going to be the biggest in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Va Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 28 minutes ago, Chiidish said: Rex is literally a better and more compelling written character than Shulk. He is purposefully written as the standard annoying MC but given such depth of character that rises to the occasion of the variety of dark mature themes that proliferate throughout the series. Shulk is comparatively a rather static character that starts off higher than Rex in terms of maturity. Whereas Rex has genuine development that drives his growth but also the growth of his surrounding cast. Honestly from my experience Rex-antis just hate him because of his annoying early start and the earlier bad voice acting, but if you actually empathize with his arcs of dealing with grief, imposter syndrome, hero syndrome, war, love, etc. you will see that he’s a much more complex character than Shulk. Now if you acknowledge all that and still call him a bad MC or say you like Shulk more maybe that’s a just a straight up preference thing. No comments about Rex fashion I have no defense for that. See I get that but, to me, purposefully writing Rex as a dumb character... doesn't make him any less dumb and annoying. The intention was to make him endearing and relatable (which usually works for shonen protagonist of that sorts) but Rex just pissed me off so much. I swear everytime he talked about the salvager code I wanted to scream And I think you're right, it's totally up for preference because I do agree that on paper Rex sounds way more interesting than Shulk, but in practice it was clearly the opposite for me. Even worse than his design, his English voice actor was truly the last straw. I don't know if he was that bad or if he was poorly directed but those screams and the delivery on some his lines were atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeadream Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Chiidish spilled Rex >> Shulk Also, Pyra/Mythra >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fiora And Nia and Morag >>>> Sharla and Reyn I love the XC1 cast in the context of the game (except Fiora, who is objectively awful), but it's clear Melia is the only real star of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchofmyhand Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) Dunban is the only interesting character in XC1 and eclipses the husk that is supposed to be the game’s hero. The only material Shulk gets are the plot twists the game throws at him. He doesn’t develop as a character at all. Fiora is okay too, I guess. Dunban has more history with a lot of the game’s villains and his emotions are simply more believable and impactful to me. Melia is the most useless character of all time, possibly. She serves no purpose whatsoever. It doesn’t help that she’s never shown to be a decent fighter in any of the cutscenes. She’s not funny, she’s not helpful… she’s just.. there. I would call her background noise but she’s mostly mute, especially towards the end of the game. Thankfully, the entire XC2 cast is fleshed out very well. Edited June 23 by touchofmyhand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeadream Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 Random thought, but I wonder when Nintendo will try to revive Star Fox. There's usually 4-5 years between releases and the last game was in 2017. Maybe a strong release on the Switch is what the franchise needs to come back from Star Fox Zero Sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 47 minutes ago, feelslikeadream said: Random thought, but I wonder when Nintendo will try to revive Star Fox. There's usually 4-5 years between releases and the last game was in 2017. Maybe a strong release on the Switch is what the franchise needs to come back from Star Fox Zero Sales Remastering Assault and giving it online capability would be a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeadream Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 I think I might skip Luxin's 2.5-hour analysis of the XC3 Direct He's too good at guessing stuff and I'm starting to worry I'm gonna know too much going into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rence Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 I did not expect that final twist in XC1 at all Also I finally snatched a copy of XC2 hopefully I can finish Future Connected before it arrives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alak96 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) Kotaku remains a OXH The way they can't help but mention Persona 5 when it comes to any JRPG And the fact that they talk about Xenoblade being excessively long when P5 can be trimmed by at least 30 hours! Edited June 24 by Alak96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiidish Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 6 hours ago, Alak96 said: Kotaku remains a OXH The way they can't help but mention Persona 5 when it comes to any JRPG And the fact that they talk about Xenoblade being excessively long when P5 can be trimmed by at least 30 hours! The lashings and ratios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeadream Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 Lmao their XC2 coverage is why I stopped going to Kotaku, so it's funny to see them still being an OXH Losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop pop123 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) Ethan Gach (the author) is like an OG fan . Kotaku is dying and they keeps pumping out trash articles for clicks. They thought they were being funny mocking Xenoblade but the humor isn’t coming across very well . Also actually looking at the author tweets now he’s probably just a 1 stan and nothing else . Edited June 25 by Pop pop123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternium Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 XC2, BOTW and Odyssey are the Switch’s trinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erreur2 La Nature Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Apparently, the rumored direct on the 28th/29th is… a Partner Showcase There’s no general Nintendo Direct planned. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-nintendo-direct-will-focus-on-third-party-games-its-claimed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poxy Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 I don’t even remember how to play XC. I beat it, but I don’t remember how. Rex, Nia, the queen with the hat, and Zeke were fun though, but Mythra annoyed me so much with that deep voice of hers Anyway, how we enjoying Three Hopes?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 persona 5 kind of ruined rpgs for everyone else tbh. it was That much of culture reset i fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 18 hours ago, Pop pop123 said: Ethan Gach (the author) is like an OG fan . Kotaku is dying and they keeps pumping out trash articles for clicks. They thought they were being funny mocking Xenoblade but the humor isn’t coming across very well . Also actually looking at the author tweets now he’s probably just a 1 stan and nothing else . drag em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiidish Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 11 hours ago, Poxy said: Anyway, how we enjoying Three Hopes?!? There is so much content to do between three routes again and the game itself enables the warrior style mechanics in a novel way and it truly highlights why I adored three houses. Another immersive game to sink a huge chunk of hours into. Being Claude on a wyvern >>>> my only fear is that because im playing classic and hard mode I don’t know if my super cautious playstyle will manage to squeeze out one route before XC3 comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiidish Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, Katamari said: persona 5 kind of ruined rpgs for everyone else tbh. it was That much of culture reset i fear It kind of is. I’m playing it now for the first time, and it’s impossible to deny the overwhelming quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Kirbs Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 5 hours ago, Katamari said: persona 5 kind of ruined rpgs for everyone else tbh. it was That much of culture reset i fear Atlus set the bars too high with P5, I fear they’re never gonna reach that height ever again even with their high quality games on the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rence Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Three Hopes is sold out everywhere in our country the demand is too high I fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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