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The best part of Tales games is being able to play them coop with My Wife. They should copy that part in a Xenoblade game. Of course, then they'd need to do what Tales does to help compensate for the added help over AI, which is to add "grind your balls into mulch and eat them for lunch" difficulty modes. Which, come to think of it, they should do that too anyway.
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the plot was awful but it was also pretty painless, it moved along fast and there weren't even long cutscenes, even major plot developments were kind of blitzed past. id certainly take an awful plot that gets out of the way over a mediocre plot that drags on forever. and there were some decent jokes in the main arc. like mwa-mwa-hanky-panky. or pretty much all of the post-bttle quotes.
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Durr durr I’m Asbel my best friend for life of a week when I was 8 years old is obviously possessed by an ancient evil and is running around stabbing corpses and cackling maniacally and doing poo poo to ensure the destruction of our moon durr hurr I should do everything to help him further his goals
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Dec 1, 2017 00:33
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'the plot is awful' 'but the plot is awful!' 'the plot is bad.' 'the plot is bad, though!"
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Dec 1, 2017 00:36
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Endorph posted:'the plot is awful' The plot is terrible man
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Calaveron posted:Durr durr I’m Asbel my best friend for life of a week when I was 8 years old is obviously possessed by an ancient evil and is running around stabbing corpses and cackling maniacally and doing poo poo to ensure the destruction of our moon durr hurr I should do everything to help him further his goals Man I'm not going to claim that Graces' plot is good but this goes from half-right to not remotely true.
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Caphi posted:Man I'm not going to claim that Graces' plot is good but this goes from half-right to not remotely true. Caphi posted:Man I'm not going to claim that Graces' plot is good but this goes from half-right to not remotely true. See the thing is that I’d have to play Graces again to remember all the details and pfffff nothin doin
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Dec 1, 2017 00:42
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Calaveron posted:See the thing is that I’d have to play Graces again to remember all the details and pfffff nothin doin I mean, yeah, go ahead and only sorta remember only the first three hours of Graces and be at peace for the rest of your life, but then don't battle on the hill of the details of the remainder.
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Dec 1, 2017 00:44
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Caphi posted:I mean, yeah, go ahead and only sorta remember only the first three hours of Graces and be at peace for the rest of your life, but then don't battle on the hill of the details of the remainder. The first three hours is the children arc and I remember details at least all the way up to the stupid stupid stupid wall city dungeon So Xenoblade 2 huh. Is there a moment as cool as entering Gaur Plains in XB1
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ImpAtom posted:Both. Fair enough, though for future reference, did you mean the former or the latter? I assumed it was the latter cause thats what I mostly see the Tales series as, but maybe that's because I'm going anime-blind these days
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Dec 1, 2017 00:51
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Endorph posted:'the plot is awful' You need to say its worse. Really get mad about it. Maybe make an angry youtube rant video.
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Dec 1, 2017 01:02
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Starting to read reviews and I'm getting the impression preordering might have been a bad call (as usual). Some of the sticking points might be genuine showstoppers for me. Guess we'll see tonight/tomorrow 
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Dec 1, 2017 01:32
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Endorph posted:cockney accents in jrpgs were pioneered by dq8 Yet another reason that game was bad.
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Dec 1, 2017 02:10
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All animes are trash but I play them any way because I am a trash man
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Dec 1, 2017 02:14
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Anime is good, Tales is a better series than DQ, I preordered this game let's gooooo
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Dec 1, 2017 02:15
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This going playable at midnight est?
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Dec 1, 2017 02:17
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Anyone with the game already feel like going over the battle/game mechanics at all? from the OP and the direct video it doesn't seem all that bad at first blush but the reviews I've seen plus the news that the tutorializing is crap leaves me wondering
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Dec 1, 2017 02:22
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Ciaphas posted:Starting to read reviews and I'm getting the impression preordering might have been a bad call (as usual). Some of the sticking points might be genuine showstoppers for me. I'm in your same boat. It's going to take a lot to overlook the extreme anime tropes.
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Dec 1, 2017 02:30
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I mean sure when you think about it XB1 was pretty cliche because The protagonist is a hot blooded young adult genius with a magic sword who swears revenge after his hometown is ravaged and his girlfriend murdered by an enemy and is accompanied by a very cliche ragtag band of adventurers including a childhood friend, a princess, a cute mascot and a mentor war veteran It's a simple us vs. them story You're meant to go on a simple journey from point A to point B (I actually forgot why and where Shulk and Reyn were travelling. They wanted to get help from Colony 8 to fight the mechons or something right?) BUT The protagonist's murderous rage is super well justified and presented very well, and his realization that his anger is robbing him of his humanity and that there might be a better way to fix things flows very naturally and the other party members are a lot of fun and their relationships feel organic The them is a super inscrutable, alien, and scary force with a strong presence throughout the entire game with their mysteries unraveling in a satisfying way You're traveling along the carcasses of two gigantic titans who died fighting on their feet with some incredibly creative settings All those things and a couple more made XB1's story feel refreshing And I'm not saying all the other modern jrpgs are bad but XB1 was such a combination of good things it stands out so much
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Whats the skill that blocked reviewers so I can make sure to grab a blade that has it?
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Zore posted:Whats the skill that blocked reviewers so I can make sure to grab a blade that has it? It's the skill that allows you to speak with pretty girls
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Calaveron posted:It's the skill that allows you to speak with pretty girls I can't tell if you're serious, and that is legitimately terrifying.
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Dec 1, 2017 02:54
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Ciaphas posted:Starting to read reviews and I'm getting the impression preordering might have been a bad call (as usual). Some of the sticking points might be genuine showstoppers for me. Watching this https://kotaku.com/xenoblade-chronicles-2-is-a-super-nintendo-game-microw-1820863338 made me chuckle, but also gave me that same feeling.  At least I can return it to Amazon? I'll read a few more reviews.
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lol at people preordering this and then getting disappointed just somehow loving finding out now that this is a game from Japan. like what the gently caress were you expecting
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DLC Inc posted:lol at people preordering this and then getting disappointed just somehow loving finding out now that this is a game from Japan. like what the gently caress were you expecting
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Dec 1, 2017 03:04
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Game is a JRPG and is everything I expected it to be. 10/10.
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I'm honestly confused how you watch 3+ trailers and still surprised at what the game is.
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yeah i can get not liking the art style change or the mishmashy blade designs or whatever, but like, all of those things have been plainly obvious
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Dec 1, 2017 03:23
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I think those people may be fixating on things like “10 hours of not particularly helpful tutorials that you cannot even review” than “Injects anime into your eyes”.
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Dec 1, 2017 03:46
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Some Discord friends and I are gonna have a fun game. Post their first rare blade and see who gets the most embarrassing one.
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Dec 1, 2017 03:51
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socialsecurity posted:This going playable at midnight est? Midnight PST.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Midnight PST. Midnight EST actually. http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12968/~/nintendo-eshop-pre-purchase-and-pre-load-faq
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Some Discord friends and I are gonna have a fun game. Post their first rare blade and see who gets the most embarrassing one. That sounds fun. I'll try to remember to do that here, too.
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my body is ready for the most anime game
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Calaveron posted:I mean if XB2 is like a Tales of Vesperia or Berseria then that’d be super cool but if it’s like Tales of Graces or Zestiria just burn it all down What about Tales of Rebirth, literally the best Tales game?
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Unlucky7 posted:I think those people may be fixating on things like “10 hours of not particularly helpful tutorials that you cannot even review” than “Injects anime into your eyes”. That's fair but after Xenoblade X everyone should of been wary of this game having obtuse mechanics. That game was such a ridiculously bloated mess. Its weird since the first Xenoblade Chronicles is pretty easy to understand. I dunno what changed to make them decide that explaining stuff wasn't important.
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Aren't Gamespot and Kotaku notorious for hating JRPGs that aren't Persona?
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LostRook posted:Aren't Gamespot and Kotaku notorious for hating JRPGs that aren't Persona? Jason Schreier's a JRPG fanboy but he absolutely hated XBC1.
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Badingading posted:Jason Schreier's a JRPG fanboy but he absolutely hated XBC1. the gently caress
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Unlucky7 posted:I think those people may be fixating on things like “10 hours of not particularly helpful tutorials that you cannot even review” than “Injects anime into your eyes”. Yes this is what I meant, thank you
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