GameInformer - Why Xenoblade Chronicles Makes Me Want To Punch A Kitten

GameInformer's Chris Warcraft writes, "Xenoblade Chronicles is an amazing game. The characters are engaging, the storyline is epic, and the fresh combat blends MMO style cooldowns with the feel of an old-school, turn-based RPG.

However.

The graphics. Dear god, the graphics. I can’t decide whether the technical capabilities of the Wii make me want to projectile vomit or take a 12-gauge to my television, and it makes me angry enough to mail a severed unicorn head to Nintendo’s main office because this game deserves better."

[mike1up]

I said a bad word in my last post, so I have to becareful. Here it goes...

You sir, are a Wraphics Ghore! See what I did there?

[jacksonmichael]

Hm. There appears to be a palm attached to my face. Wonder why that is...

[Thepcz]

Ha punch a kitten

but bad graphics? Uh no! They are just low res. Only an idiot would think the graphics were actually bad.

[Megaman_nerd]

FF12 looks better and the game's on PS2.

[NiteX]

Wow and I thought 12 looked horrible when it first came out.

[Godmars290]

Yeah, like the game, but its sad to note that it doesn't look better by last gen standards.

[Drazz]

U were prolly already punching kittens before u played this..

[Thepcz]

Thing is, i dont care if you guys give me a trillion disagrees. Doesn't change the fact xenoblade has excellent graphics- only in a relatively low res. Big deal. Go and punch a kitten if it makes you happy.

Fact is, none of you strike me as nintendo gamers. Clue number one being, if you were a nintendo gamer, you wouldn't give a monkeys about the graphics.

Giveaway number 2 is, you must be either blind and/or stupid to think the game has bad graphics. In fact, i own a ps3 and xenoblades offered moments of visual pleasure i had never experience on the sony console. Fact of life. Rolling landscapes as far as the eye can see? Check. All covered in lush vegetation and wildlife? Check. Incredible lighting and overall ambience? Check. Brilliant? Check. Crap graphics? You idiot.

My conclusion is people hating on xenos graphics are people who have most likely never played the game, only having seen it on tv or youtube. That, or just idiots.

Ignore the fact its probably the most incredible game this gen, or just ever, and bitch about its low res graphics. Good idea.

[Xof]

I'm really sick of people using a super-generalized term like "graphics" to discuss very specific things.

Xenoblade's problem, if it has one, is a lack of fidelity coupled with very, very detailed art design.

As humans, we have developed very complex verbal systems so that we can communicate clearly with one another. Those who are unable of saying what they mean are incapable of meaning what they say.

Specificity, folks: it MATTERS.

[Wolfbiker]

Are you guys really going to say the visual quality (not art direction or environmental atmosphere) didn't leave something to be desired?

Play Xenoblade on a 42 inch LCD and tell me you don't think to yourself..."man this game is amazing... if only it was presented in HD..." its not about style but quality....just look at this game running on the Dolphin Emulator...it looks amazing.

Still a great game, but there is something to be desired still there.