Xenoblade | Definitive Edition (NSW)

[Kaylia]

oh and I love the freedom the game gives you... I jumped off one edge of the Colony and fell like 50 feet into a giant lake... then swum to the shore and got my ass handed to me by some frog monster. for some reason, that just made me love the game even more.

And people on ffxiv board get mad when you say that "jump" add a lot of fun to the game. I loved the the freedom as well, and pretty much every area had fun stuff like that make you love the game (like that rare spawn area in Mechonis Field where you jump into a small pool of oil 200 meter under, or the slide in valak mountain)

[Yuri-G]

resurrecting this thread because holy shit Satorl Marsh. I have been playing videogames for two decades and I have never - NEVER - been more impressed with the art design for a particular location in a game. it's not just the fact that it's beyond beautiful, nor the way the music complements the atmosphere perfectly. it's the fact that I came here during the daytime and thought "ug-ly!" only to be absolutely, positively blown away once night fell. the effect was so astounding that I actually feel bad for anyone who stumbled across Satorl Marsh during the nighttime before seeing it in the daylight.

and then to have a heart-to-heart with Dunban and Shulk that reflected exactly what I was thinking... icing on the cake!

[Elcura]

Yeah, Satorl Marsh is amazing and beautiful, and the music is good too.

[Kaylia]

I remember skipping daytime to hear the night track. Not that I hated playing during the day, but Satori night was one of the better track in game

And yeah, this area is really pretty with all the light everywhere, I liked it a lot.

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And if you like breathtaking scenary, wait until the next two areas. They are amazing as well.

[Yuri-G]

can't wait. although I am caught up in all the sidequests and stuff as usual so it will be a while, lol.

this is the second time I've used the time-skipping function to change the music/scenery - I preferred Bionis Leg's daytime music, but I make sure Satorl Marsh is set on perma-night.

[Kaylia]

While I'm here, I'm going to repost this in case anyone is playing the game

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...er=true&gid=10

This spreadsheet is the most handy thing you could have while playing Xenoblade. It contain a few spoilers sady, but you can see every quests there is, the location of every npc, the location of every rare spawn..etc

If you're not a completitionist, i would recommend against reading it, but it made my life much easier. Especially when i was trying to complete "timed quest" before they dissapears.

[Yuri-G]

not gonna use it now but it might come in handy if I do a new game+, thanks. I've already resigned to the fact that I'd rather experience the story to its fullest and not complete everything 100% this time around.

also, with timed quests, I'm under the impression that they're not actually "timed," but rather are influenced by progression of the plot and completion of other quests. so you could sit there doing nothing for the next ten hours and none of the timed quests would actually go away, correct? but the moment you complete a quest that conflicts with it or advance the story too far, the timed quest will be gone. I think that's right anyway...

[Kaylia]

Well, the only spoiler are the character you get on your team, and what zone become unreachable..but the game does a pretty good job at spoiling you when every quests are timed (like that camp on bionis legs).

Classing the quest per zone and comparing it to your logs is a great way to get everything. It's possible to miss a few quest line otherwise.

[Yuri-G]

I hear the seventh character is a spoiler, is that the one you mean? it's funny; on the xenoblade forums on gamefaqs no one will use that character's name. s/he is simply referrered to as "7." it's killing me because now I really want to know who it is, lol. I can only think of one person who could be a spoiler character... but we'll see if I'm right.

[Qalbert]

via kotaku

Xenoblade Chronicles Coming to North America From an Unlikely Source
Despite heavy fan demand for Monolith Soft's role-playing masterpiece, Nintendo of America still has no plans to bring Xenoblade Chronicles to North America. Who will step in and save U.S. role-players from missing out on what is arguable one of the best RPGs of this console generation? Would you believe GameStop?

Talk about your unlikely rescues. While publisher Nintendo still has no plans to bring the game stateside despite loud, organized protests from role-playing fans, it looks as if retailer GameStop has picked up the RPG ball and is running with it. Spotted by NeoGAF and verified with several GameStop locations this morning, the store's computers now list Xenoblade Chronicles for an April 3 release as a GameStop exclusive.

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That means eager North American role-players can walk into their local GameStop right now, plop down a fiver, and reserve their own copy of what people are saying is the greatest RPG since waiting your turn to slice people.

We've reached out to Nintendo of America to see if they're involved in this turn of events, and will update should we hear back.

huh

[Doombear]

Well shit. If this is true... Power to the Gamers indeed.

[Levin]

Well I woke up and was on facebook, and NoA is already posting art from the game in their album.

[Atreides]

yeah, but of course now that everyone has given up on an American release and either imported it from the EU or pirated it, no one will buy the US version, thus proving NoA's point that no one buys the games that fans demand they localize lol

[Doombear]

I will still buy it!

[Correction]

You can also directly pre-order from Nintendo if you don't feel like giving Tekki or izembo any of your money.

[Pharaun]

yeah, but of course now that everyone has given up on an American release and either imported it from the EU or pirated it, no one will buy the US version, thus proving NoA's point that no one buys the games that fans demand they localize lol

I have done neither of those things so I will most definitely be buying this.

[Kaylia]

Why didn't they release the game when everyone was hyped about it? It's better than no release, but they are still stupid

[Yuri-G]

huh. this is no good. the game won't sell well due to everyone having already played it and NOA will have another reason not to bring games over here.

not sure if I'll buy it or not; having played with upscaled graphics I don't know if I could go back to crappy regular Wii resolution. but I haven't gotten too far yet and it would be nice to have it on a console... hmm.

[Correction]

That we're getting it at all is fantastic news. What's truly disappointing is that this news came from completely underground channels, further showing how few fucks NoA give about their one-time hardcore JRPG fanbase.

[Hitoshura]

Well shit. If this is true... Power to the Gamers indeed.

IIRC it's power to the players, but the players are fucking powerless in this case if the only place you can get Xenoblade is GS. NoA = fail.