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Momomo posted:I've only done chapter 1, but them keeping Rex in the dark makes complete sense. He's a hired contractor, why would they tell him the details about what is obviously a political stunt? As far as Rex is concerned he's working for a couple days, getting a shitload of money, and keeping his mouth shut. It's more like in that scene as rex is leaving Gramps and Pyra are like "wow we know those guys from 500 years ago and we also know each other what ambition....!" and Rex isn't like "Yo hold up what the gently caress are you talking about"
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Calaveron posted:You remember how in Xenoblade 1 characters would ask perfectly reasonable questions and they would either be answered in a way that made sense or not because the story dictated the mystery should remain for a while and gave a valid, understandable explanation as to why the question cannot be answered? I think this really encapsulates how I'm feeling about this game's writing, and why it's not pulling me in the same away that Xenoblade 1 did. The opening cutscene wasn't half bad for being pure exposition about the state of the world, but from the trade guild onwards it kind of stumbles about throwing some proper nouns at you here and there and hoping you'll figure things out along the way. There's like a two hour gap between when the game first introduces you to the terms "Blade" and "Driver" and when it actually bothers explaining anything about what those things are, despite Rex having character knowledge of them from the get go.
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The English dub is great because Rex will shout "WE WILL BEAT THEM... WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!" during battles and it makes me laugh every single time.
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Dec 3, 2017 06:05
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Ok, the game redeemed a lot of its spotty writing with the Zeke scene holy cow
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Calaveron posted:You remember how in Xenoblade 1 characters would ask perfectly reasonable questions and they would either be answered in a way that made sense or not because the story dictated the mystery should remain for a while and gave a valid, understandable explanation as to why the question cannot be answered? Everything involving the bird people was insane. Xenoblade's plot starts off strong but once you get there it implodes spectacularly.
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Dec 3, 2017 06:14
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My first rare crystal gave me a normal dork, lame. Also, is the progression in this game Break -> Topple -> Launch -> Smash now? I know we lost daze in there,
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Dec 3, 2017 06:19
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Tender Bender posted:Everything involving the bird people was insane. Xenoblade's plot starts off strong but once you get there it implodes spectacularly. I mean, to be fair the birdmen couldn’t answer any questions because they turned into horrible disfigured monsters
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Dec 3, 2017 06:22
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Shadow Ninja 64 posted:My first rare crystal gave me a normal dork, lame. Yes, once you get the Topple tutorial it will explain exactly that. Also holy loving poo poo. Get to the end of the Chapter 3 and you'll be in this loving game.
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Dec 3, 2017 06:23
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Found my first rare crystal after a boss fight. Kosmos. 
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Calaveron posted:Ok, the game redeemed a lot of its spotty writing with the Zeke scene holy cow Excuse me, but He is the Zekenator and you will address him as such  .
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Dec 3, 2017 06:38
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Saxophone posted:Found my first rare crystal after a boss fight. 
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Dec 3, 2017 06:39
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Some of these enemies are really annoying to fight. Like the wolves that keep summoning adds and that drat level 89 ape that seems to want to join in every fight.
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In chapter 1 there's a chest behind a partially opened door in the loading bay... how am I supposed to get that?
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AlphaKeny1 posted:In chapter 1 there's a chest behind a partially opened door in the loading bay... how am I supposed to get that? You can't get to it without certain field skills. Don't worry about it for now. There's going to be a lot of treasure like that.
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AlphaKeny1 posted:In chapter 1 there's a chest behind a partially opened door in the loading bay... how am I supposed to get that? Should be a door and a ramp on the lower level that winds back up around to the back of the door. There's a level 5 dude roaming there, iirc.
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AlphaKeny1 posted:In chapter 1 there's a chest behind a partially opened door in the loading bay... how am I supposed to get that? There's a path that leads to the other side of that door.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:You can't get to it without certain field skills. Don't worry about it for now. There's going to be a lot of treasure like that. Ok, thanks! edit: wait I'll try and snap a pic
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Managed another rare blade with my 5th. Adenine, the neat book-lady. She's got a bunch of skills.
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 I'll look for a ramp below, guess I'm just impatient. Thanks everyone!
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Also holy loving poo poo. Get to the end of the Chapter 3 and you'll be in this loving game. Yeah the end of ch. 3 + begining of ch. 4 started ticking all the JRPG story boxes that I've been looking for.
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Dec 3, 2017 06:55
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Excuse me, but He is the Zekenator and you will address him as such See the knowledge that at some point a character like this will grace me is what's keeping me on ENG
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Dec 3, 2017 06:56
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AlphaKeny1 posted:
For future reference, doors that you can break down have a symbol on them when you approach. In the future, such things will be possible, but if there's no symbol, then there's just another path that will lead there.
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AlphaKeny1 posted:
Oooooh, I thought you meant on the Argentum. My bad. You'll find it easy. No field skills required for that one. Also hell yeah, finally have a use for all of these common blades.
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Ciaphas posted:See the knowledge that at some point a character like this will grace me is what's keeping me on ENG Like legit his intro scene balances on a razor sharp knife’s edge between obnoxious tryhard funnie and legit actual funny and it succeeds at being funny
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Ciaphas posted:See the knowledge that at some point a character like this will grace me is what's keeping me on ENG I'm actually inclined to switch when I get him because I know that his arts in JP are amazing but I'm going to give the translation a chance first.
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Not my choice of rare, but I'll take it since I can finally use that 3rd slot. https://twitter.com/digitaldiatribe/status/937201059449094144
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I have zero idea what sort of element combinations I want, what classes combo together best, or what weapon types to pursue I used to be a lot better at analyzing this stuff 
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It is vaguely annoying to win a boss fight only for the following cutscene to go, "Actually, you lost that fight."
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Pyra is cool, even if her accent is weird
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voltcatfish posted:Pyra is cool, even if her accent is weird Her accent is weird in that she doesn't have one. While the rest are British as gently caress. Which owns
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Not my choice of rare, but I'll take it since I can finally use that 3rd slot. Lol, literally the same group I have Rex rocking right now. Nia's gotten all the cool rare blades so far; the little girl+Polar Bear, the creepy giant round puffball who opens like a clam and a rad earth blade with a huge axe.
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Ornamented Death posted:It is vaguely annoying to win a boss fight only for the following cutscene to go, "Actually, you lost that fight." It keeps doing this and it's driving me up a wall. Game is still great, though.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Not my choice of rare, but I'll take it since I can finally use that 3rd slot. Kora's a healer, right? Any particular reason you're using her besides "is rare"? (e) oh wait i guess you implied 'no'
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Ciaphas posted:Kora's a healer, right? Any particular reason you're using her besides "is rare"? Nia is my main healer, but I still gave her a Tank blade for offensive skills (swapped out the one aggro skill) and element variety. Extra healing is never bad and Kora is one of the few electric blades I have. Also rares have way more affinity slots so you're just leaving benefits on the table otherwise.
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Ciaphas posted:See the knowledge that at some point a character like this will grace me is what's keeping me on ENG Caphi posted:I'm actually inclined to switch when I get him because I know that his arts in JP are amazing but I'm going to give the translation a chance first. In all seriousness, keep it on English if only for when you encounter that character. Do share your thoughts after it  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:In all seriousness, keep it on English if only for when you encounter that character. Do share your thoughts after it You better not be baiting me here In voice related matters, turns out Game narration volume is what you use to silence the battle chatter, not Battle narration. Unfortunately(?) Game narration is tied to e.g. traveling, collection, post-battle, etc. So what is Battle narration? 
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Ciaphas posted:In voice related matters, turns out Game narration volume is what you use to silence the battle chatter, not Battle narration. Unfortunately(?) Game narration is tied to e.g. traveling, collection, post-battle, etc. So what is Battle narration? Battle Naration is Gramps saying things like "Topple Burn!"
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So Poppi is loving adorable. Her walk cycle is a treat to watch. Its all very Astroboy.
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ConanThe3rd posted:So Poppi is loving adorable. Her walk cycle is a treat to watch. Its all very Astroboy. Her dance is cute as hell.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Her dance is cute as hell. Idle Animation?
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