Xenoblade Chronicles X director says team aimed for 'the next evolution in JRPGs'

The director of the new open world JRPG game "Xenoblade Chronicles X" explains in an interview the goal the team at Monolith Soft had when producing their latest work.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I think Monolith Soft has made great strides towards that goal, at the very least.

Making a world this huge, which was formally untouched by humanity, still have so much variety in native lifeforms, that go about their days hunting each other down, foraging, etc, actually makes this feel like a living breathing world.

Running around this world feels much like a safari, although you actually fight against the animals in this case.XD

Having the Skells to use to explore the world, and making everything seamless, with no load times between continents, really pounds the point home that this world is interconnected, living, and exciting to explore.
Outside of the BLADE barracks, fast-travel, and cut-scenes, you'll never see a loading screen in gameplay, and that does add a LOT to the overall feel of the experience of exploring this vast, open world.

I'd love to see them accomplish the same thing again, but with a bigger emphasis on main story, the next time they make an RPG.
They've proven that they've got a trust-worthy pedigree when it comes to making high-quality JRPG's.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. I'd like to see them emphases depth in terms of interiors and cities with purpose on top of an epic story. Though playing the Japanese version, I'm not sure what is going on lol, my friend that owns it assures me the story is good enough.

Maybe make space flight an option for a sequel in real time, but I'm sure what ever they do, they'll be fine, this is only their first attempt. Though I'm always joking about the game being "bland" or "lifeless", I'm indeed exaggerating it, but its not to say the game is without flaws. They can do better with the next entry as this is their first time, like CDPR they where bound to run into issues that other teams have solved that have been veterans and pioneers in that concept.

I think many take don't give enough credit to teams like Rockstar or Bethesda when they talk about open worlds in games, its not as simple as it looks. Knowing the concept, doesn't mean one knows how to execute it properlly and like those otehr teams, this team and CDPR will do better by default with their sequels then with their first.

Did GTAIII's sequels not go on to fix many issues?
Did Elder Scrolls sequels not go on to become progressively better and more depth and complex?

I say before we dog on Monolith or CDPR because of some issues in design, lets remind ourselves we are also comparing them to teams that have pioneered and revolutionized those concepts.

Nothing wrong with Xenoblade or Witcher 3, merely that I'm more excited for what they might do next after their first open world games.

I would like to see more Xenosaga in Xenoblade in terms of a story lol, but that might be do to loving that series so much back in the day.

[CLOUD1983]

"..team aimed for the next 'evolution in Censoring'" ROFL

[marloc_x]

If you really are on the floor..
..just stay down.

[Chaosdreams]

*Waves over* come over to the ps4.

[Ck1x]

That makes no sense

[Chaosdreams]

One can dream.

[Nivekki]

They're owned by Nintendo, it's not going to happen.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Just get a Wii U. You can get one for $250 on Black Friday. Super Smash Bros. Wii U and Splatoon bundle.

[Chaosdreams]

I won't invest in a soon to be dead console.

Think about it this way. Gamer just buys a ps4, three years later Sony starts talking about (or word gets out) about a console they are making (of some magnitude) that will be out sooner than later.

Does it make sense for the gamer to buy the console? Or does he/she wait for when the new one comes out which will probably have those same games he/she loves on said new console.

The gamer waits.

[Darkfist]

every time i see a pic of this game, all i see is brown and gray

[R00bot]

Try this on for size. This game has its fair share of colours...

https://zarnaguamore.files....

[MegaRay]

I dont know about Xenoblade X but Tales of Zestiria was an evolution of JRPGs to me. Hope more Japanese developers take the risk and make high budget JRPGS like that and Xenoblade.