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Xenoblade Chronicles X might yet have 2015's most impressive open world | Eurogamer

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"There's always been a strand of defiance in Tetsuya Takahashi's Xeno series, projects that have never let circumstance get in the way of their ambition. Xenogears and Xenosaga were deep, complex cinematic epics that were famously compromised, while Xenoblade Chronicles was obstinate proof that Japanese role-playing games still had the ability to surprise and delight, and that Nintendo's notoriously underpowered Wii could still deliver such a grandiose vision."

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Big_Game_Hunters3087d ago

"Might"
It might as well be fact.

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PlatinumGX3087d ago

Not only the most impressive of 2015, but the most impressive ever.

MilkMan3087d ago

Looks awesome. Glad I pre-ordered it already.

wonderfulmonkeyman3087d ago

Fantastic locations and secrets to discover, items to collect, enemies to battle, and quest-related story to enjoy.
The quests connected to the back-stories of your party members are especially deep and worth exploring, and they take you to a lot of places you might not find otherwise.

Unless you go into the game looking to be disappointed, you'll never be bored running across Mira's landscape.

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago

? could this not be stated about any game though?

Example.

Fallout, can collect herbs, hunt animals, collect many items to craft, build a home etc.

The things that can be done in Xenoblade currently could have been done in many games prior and where and still are and even then they where actually still more complex and filled with features to justify their large worlds.

Can I build a home in this game? Is there anything I can do that makes traversing the world actually have a point other then to kill something or to see a setting?

Compared to other open world games, its seems bare, lifeless in terms of what you can do.

The current Open world RPGs offer just way, way more to justify the size.

Never mind how big it is, my focus is how much stuff can I really even do in the first place?

If you ask me, I'd rather have a smaller world and more things to do with that world, then a larger world and less things to do.

wonderfulmonkeyman3087d ago (Edited 3087d ago )

@ Ed
Xenoblade; can collect herbs and many other items as well, they show up as glowing diamonds on the landscape.
You can hunt pretty much anything that moves if your level and gear are up to snuff.
Many of the items you get can be used to turn in as parts for new gear via quest reward.
You can also deck out your own skell with a ton of customizable weapons and options, not to mention paint it.
You can also plant different kinds of beacons per location to readjust what info is displayed and what kinds of benefits you get from them, as well as join factions for permanent beneficial buffs and to secure more resources for various areas of New L.A. and the rest of humanity.

There's an entire huge social link chart with missions tied directly to your parties to offer more story to enjoy, and Heart-to-Hearts on top of that.
Then there's also improving gear through augmentations, and creating a new costume to wear in NG+ via the Cosmetic Gear option.

And that's not even going into the quests and party recruitment options available via online multiplayer.

Fallout's amount has no bearing on the fact that this has a lot to do, too, and in many ways Fallout is just as life-less and bare as what you're claiming here, if not more-so due to the game being based around the idea of a desolate wasteland, whereas this game has tons of really alien and interesting environments to explore.

I've been playing the import of this game at my friend's house and it's anything BUT bare and lifeless.
The world feels vast and alive.
It makes me wonder if you even own it like you claim you do.
In fact at this point I'm fairly convinced you don't own it, or that you are intentionally trying to find flaws where they don't exist.

That or it was never your flavor of game to begin with, in which case why even play it?

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago

@Wonder- "in many ways Fallout is just as life-less"

No.

"The world feels vast and alive.
It makes me wonder if you even own it like you claim you do" ??? When did I claim I owned it? I'm currently playing the Japanese import, but never claimed I bought or owned it, I don't even own a Wii U, its my friend that actually owns the import. also OT, I haven clue what that has to do with the topic as you seem to go off topic a bit too much.

"That or it was never your flavor of game to begin with, in which case why even play it?"

Nope. I play open world RPGs, I played the Xenosaga series prior and this isn't either. The game does many things wrong, is of pretty low quality and just has a very bare open world.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It just has so much filler and very little quality content, I would have preferred a liner game with quality vs this filler type fetch quest junk with no life to it.

You might like that, but I've played better JRPGs, I've played better WRPGs to the point where this fails at being both in both respects. It won't touch Fallout 4 or Witcher 3 in awards or even reviews, or clearly sales, it won't tough FFXV in neither as well. It just feels like a game that could have been better had they had more experience making such a concept.

From what I've played, you spend a large amount of time doing nothing, before doing anything and when you do something, its fetch quest or kill quest or just killing random enemies. Just seems boring and lifeless to me, almost soulless as I feel the previous Xenogear and Xenosaga games just had more character to them. Calling it now, it won't move units like other better JRPGS, it won't get many great reviews like other JRPGs, it won't get many sales like other better JRPGs, its telling when its winning less awards, getting less sales etc. Calling it right now it won't get much great reviews in the west as what I'm currently playing feels pretty bad and bland and I know its going to get slammed when it comes to the west.

Ck1x3086d ago (Edited 3086d ago )

Negative news is cancer and candy on N4G. Just look at this article with glowing praise for the game and little to no traffic or comments. Yet the removal of a breast slider is one of the biggest postings this game has ever gotten... Something is very wrong with the world!

That's it, it's receiving way to much praise I'm canceling my pre-order right now... /s

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N4g_null3086d ago

Well a story and giant monsters to fight in giant mech along with survey and logging every mile of it to earn money to buy your whole team mechs.

To those that feel fallout 4 is better you fight zombies vs giant monsters and rival mechs. I'm tired of zombies... that fad sucks.

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago (Edited 3087d ago )

smh what can you do with the world?

wonderfulmonkeyman3087d ago

Plenty.
But any list posted will just get ignored by you, because you were never actually interested in the game in the first place.

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago

...even though I've likely played more of it then you?

lol, you do know I currently play the import right?

Also...OT.

Would like to have a list of features that actually justifies the claims.

browngamer413087d ago

Dude we get it- you think there is nothing to do in this huge world, despite all the claims to the contrary you will not be fooled....

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago

....annnnd those claims are what exactly? Its hard to sorta say that, yet not actually list anything. I'm currently playing the Japanese import and you legit don't have much to do in the world other then kill, quest......kill lol.

browngamer413087d ago

Did you read this article? Filled with glorious claims, I'm not going to try and list them here-that's what the article is for, it's funny because this writer also seems to own the game and yet he doesn't seem to share you're concern.. wierd.

SpeedDemon3087d ago

It's oblivious from your past comments you dislike Nintendo, So I doubt you played this.

"lol, you do know I currently play the import right?"

What on? because I'm pretty sure not so long on a Zelda article you said..

"I'll get a Wii U used and get this title later next year or even the year after that."

You're only pretending to have played it so you can look like you have some credibility when comparing it to other open world RPG's, truth is you can't stand that people think this game is better than the open world RPG's on your PS4 and that makes you upset.

_-EDMIX-_3087d ago

Who said I own it? LMFAO! You do know I can play it else where right? Assume much? I hate Nintendo? Yet I own a 3DS...

I don't agree with many of their moves, but I actually don't agree with any of the 3 publishers in terms of many choices they make. You can still have an opinion on a publisher bud, I'm not sure why your expecting me to be a fanboy like you or something lol.

Also OT, I'm not even sure what any of that had to do with the topic.

"you can't stand that people think this game is better than the open world RPG's on your PS4 and that makes you upset." ??? Nope. I could care less.

Your talking to a person that owns the previous Xenosaga and Xenogears series.... I don't just huge AAA RPGs only bud, I'm use to playing niche rpgs lol

People will like what they like, nothing is wrong with that. Fallout 4 just did 12 million units and a boat load of great reviews and will get many, many awards.....pretty sure I don't care what anyone things regarding Xenoblade X as they are free to think what they like, as again....its not as if I'm not about said JRPG life as to why I was even playing Xenoblade X in the first place! lol The friend of mine who owns a Wii U and this title on Import got into the series because of the titles I actually own. They went from me preaching about how great it was, them now owning the whole Xeno series, even the 2 I never played.

Also playing Bravely Default again too btw. You know...the title on the platform by the company you claim I must hate lolz. As if I'm suppose to be honor bound to like ever last thing Nintendo does lol. I'm free to dislike their content just as much as your free to like it, me not liking it doesn't merely mean its based on the publisher...yet I own every previous Nintendo console besides a Wii U...

I have no clue why to you it must be, either your a fanboy and they are prefect, or our just a hater lol.

Could I not dislike somethings they do while liking other things they do? I don't know why you thought it was this black and white thing...its not.

SpeedDemon3086d ago

"pretty sure I don't care what anyone things regarding Xenoblade X as they are free to think what they like"

If you didn't care then you wouldn't have came here to debate on others opinions.

"I don't agree with many of their moves, but I actually don't agree with any of the 3 publishers in terms of many choices they make"

I don't think I've seen you agree with any of Nintendo's moves, it's the same with Microsoft too. If it's not Sony then it's wrong to you and your not going to convince me other wise, I've seen enough of your comments to know that your just another one of the many vocal fanboys that plague this site.

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With Chronicles Done, It's Time to Make Xenoblade X: Definitive Edition

With Chronicles finished, it's time to return to the mechs and mysteries of Mira

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jznrpg313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

Yea. I own it but don’t want to pull out the Wii U

Zeldafan64313d ago

I never unplugged my Wii U. Still play it almost daily but a definitive edition of X would be appreciated.

jznrpg313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

It’s one of the systems I have the least games for . Though there are some really good games on it. I have systems from Atari’s , Nintendo’s, Segas , TurboGrafx 16 , PS’s etc etc so I put a few in my game storage room. I do pull it out from time to time and I have a new one in a box but won’t open that .
But I’d really like to have a Chronicles X but not on Switch whatever the next console is preferably so they can add more quality to it .

Zeldafan64312d ago

Lucky, you didn't need to explain that.

Zeldafan64313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

Playing X at 1080/60 would be great so waiting for the Switch successor would be ideal but it wouldn't be smart to make it a launch game. It would suck waiting til 2025 to get X definitive edition but I think that's what will happen.

I know people say Wii U has no games but I've got over 100 games for it.

luckytrouble313d ago

I mean, when people say a system has "no games" they aren't saying the system literally had no games released on it. They're more commenting on the state of games that make the system worth owning. For many the Wii U never had a game that made the system worth owning, or if it did, it has a Switch port or successor at this point anyways so they were effectively proven correct to have never purchased a Wii U in the first place.

Yes, depending on the individual the Wii U remains worth owning for the handful of games still locked to it, but for many they'd rather just wait to see what else gets ported in the future at this point. There is exceptionally little you can only play on a Wii U these days though, especially with the eShop dead so anything that may have existed only on it is no longer of consequence to non-Wii U owners.

chaos999313d ago

They said it cost too much time to remap controls unfortunately

luckytrouble313d ago

In all fairness, that's probably a reason they're passing on a few of the still Wii U locked games. Starfox Zero, among the reasons you may not want to port it, would need its entire control scheme reworked from the ground up. Chronicles X may not be as extreme of a case (I don't know, I've never played or watched gameplay), but often unless a game is going to sell really well, it can be hard to convince a company to do more than the basic expected remaster work. Heck, a lot of people figure the only reason we got Galaxy 1 in the 3D All Stars collection for example is because they had already done the work for the Nvidia Shield port for China, which subsequently is likely the major reason they didn't include Galaxy 2. They simply did not want to remap the game controls. It may sound silly since it sounds so simple just by the words, but you have to figure more goes into it than you're probably thinking if it's that much of a sticking point.

DefaultComment313d ago

Yes, I agree. We definitely need to retake Xenoblade Chronicles X which btw it left us on a cliffhanger suggesting there wiull be a XCX2 .... and im up for it.

isarai313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

I put so many hours into X, just please ad a music volume setting was going crazy walking around base and hearing

"UH UH... YEAH!.. YEAH!...YEAHYEAHYEEEEAAAAH!..U H UH!"

FinalFantasyFanatic312d ago

I can't believe they haven't done it yet, it's the Xenoblade game I'm most excited for, I would buy it in a heart beat.

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Operation Rainfall: 10 Years On

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ZeekQuattro751d ago

I wish The Last Story would make a comeback.I played it years before I got around to Xenoblade. Mainly because of the scalping going on because of Xeno's limited run. It took me a few tries to get into it but once I did I couldn't put it down. A Wii hidden gem for sure.

pietro1212750d ago

As much as I love Xenoblade, Last Story was the better game IMO. I wish Nintendo would remaster or simply port the game onto the Switch.

porkChop751d ago

Xenoblade went on to be a really successful franchise too.

pietro1212751d ago

I wish the Last Story get a Switch remaster or remake. That game deserves a second chance

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The 3DS and Wii U eShop is shutting down in 2023 - download these games before they’re gone

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MadLad793d ago (Edited 793d ago )

If they're not important enough to be held on their own official storefront then they're not important enough to give your money to Nintendo.

Buy these, physically, used or simply emulate them.

This article comes off as nothing more than advertising games that Nintendo, themselves, don't care to offer you... buy now!

ocelot07792d ago

Wait hang on where all the outrage? I swear when Sony tried to do this with PS3 last year. There was outrage from all corners of the gaming universe.

Why does no one care Nintendo is doing it?

MadLad792d ago (Edited 792d ago )

There has been.
A lot of it.

Simply type in "3DS" in Google and tell me what you see.

ocelot07792d ago

Oh I have a fair few websites reporting on it. But where is the outcry on here? I remember their was 2-3 approved top voted articles when Sony announced they where closing the PS3 store. All slating them and not caring about customers.

I should of worded it better. Where is all the outrage on n4g?

MadLad792d ago (Edited 792d ago )

N4G is a fanboy site, mainly frequented by only Sony.
Microsoft is their direct competition, so you'll typically only see articles that are made to rile up those fanbases.

Nintendo does it's own thing, so they're rarely brought up, aside from their fans. The most you get is the same typical two or three posters claiming Nintendo is only for infants.

If you come to N4G for educated discourse and reasonable discussion, this isn't the place. Sad as it is.

pietro1212792d ago

It's lame that it is shutting down. Now I feel rushed buying all the rpgs I missed out on the system.

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