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UshiromiyaEva
02/09/22 9:44:51 PM
#302:


When definitive was announced and I expressed interest, someone here told me that there was some side quest journal that was, like, basically the CORE of the game, and nobody corrected them. If you're saying that's not the case then I'll order right now! This is near the top of the list of games I've talked shit about without personal experience that I want to give a fair shake.

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LordoftheMorons
02/09/22 9:47:22 PM
#303:


I believe you can pretty much ignore the sidequests in XB1 if you want to

(Notably you can't in Torna since there are a few places where the game gates story advancement behind having a certain number of sidequests done, I think to pad the length of the main story which is much shorter than that of the main series games)

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GuessMyUserName
02/09/22 9:49:07 PM
#304:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
side quest journal that was, like, basically the CORE of the game, and nobody corrected them. If you're saying that's not the case then I'll order right now!
this is 100% not the case at all, the core is absolutely the main plotline whereas the sidequests are just worldbuilding among different communities throughout the world

... not to damper Torna but that game would be much more apt for that description, but it's a much shorter piecemeal game - less quantity of sidequests and better quality ratio (although not perfect)

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Bane_Of_Despair
02/09/22 9:49:11 PM
#305:


I just played through Xenoblade 1 for the first time with the Definitive Edition earlier last year and yea no the sidequests you definitely aren't required to do, but it's fun to do a good chunk of them! You can always go at your own pace

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Team Rocket Elite
02/09/22 9:50:49 PM
#306:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
When definitive was announced and I expressed interest, someone here told me that there was some side quest journal that was, like, basically the CORE of the game, and nobody corrected them. If you're saying that's not the case then I'll order right now! This is near the top of the list of games I've talked shit about without personal experience that I want to give a fair shake.


Sidequests are NOT the core of the game. I'm rather surprised no one corrected that. Board 8 is pretty big on selling Xenoblade and that doesn't seem like a statement that would normally stand unchallenged.

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mnkboy907
02/09/22 9:51:44 PM
#307:


Each character has an extra skill tree locked behind doing some of the sidequests, but unlocking them isn't at all necessary and I'm pretty sure a lot of people beat the game without even knowing they exist. The game is still very meaty even if you ignore the sidequests.

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_stingers_
02/09/22 9:52:40 PM
#308:


Xenoblade 3 <33333333333333333

I put like 200 hours in XB2. Bring it on

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tcaz2
02/09/22 10:01:52 PM
#309:


Yeah I definitely would not say the "Core" of Xenoblade's gameplay is side quests.

There are a lot of them and some of them are worth doing if you can get over how grindy and uninteresting a lot of them are, but its hardly the 'core' of the game.

I would probably recommend most people skip the majority of side quests, myself, unless they're REALLY into the game.
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UshiromiyaEva
02/09/22 10:09:45 PM
#310:


I picked it up.

Will at least give me some good personal feelings towards the fact that I'm never going to give XB2 the time of day, lol.

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handsomeboy2012
02/09/22 10:11:02 PM
#311:


Something niche from the JP direct, turns out there is going to be an English translation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGU4d9USIM

Reminds me a lot of 428 as well
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NBIceman
02/09/22 10:21:10 PM
#312:


My breakdown...

Definitely getting:
Kirby - Franchise doesn't always land with me but the games I do enjoy tend to end up as some of my favorite gaming memories, and this one looks incredibly good
Klonoa - Lunatea's Veil is one of my all-time favorite platformers but I never played Phantomile. Perfect time for it.

Maybe at some point:
Live a Live - Heard good things, looks very cool, just not sure I'm sold yet
Mario Strikers Battle League - Kind of out of my genre these days but I had some good times long ago with the first Strikers. Wish there was a baseball game coming instead
Chrono Cross - Always had interest in this, but I'm probably more likely to just play the original one day if anything
Xenoblade - Stopped and started with the original multiple times, did the same with XCX. Never touched XC2 and never will. I'll wait and see what people think of this and how I feel about the original if I ever finish it.
Triangle Strategy - I always think I like SRPGs more than I do outside of FE. Love most everything about the ideas in this game but the demo didn't grab me.

No Interest in anything else.


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HanOfTheNekos
02/09/22 10:42:45 PM
#313:


FE Heroes 3H seemed to have Conquest mode so I'm still very interested.

Also, Mythra's design is wayyyy better when you equip her with the extra thing that gives her a black undershirt and leggings (same as the design used in smash).

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Waluigi1
02/09/22 10:53:03 PM
#314:


mnkboy907 posted...
I should really get around to actually playing Future Connected. I wanted to do it after my replay, but I never ended up finishing.
Same

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Mac Arrowny
02/09/22 11:00:55 PM
#315:


Hmm. If you get XB DE can you just play Future Connected right away? Is it worth playing?

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_stingers_
02/09/22 11:01:56 PM
#316:


handsomeboy2012 posted...
Something niche from the JP direct, turns out there is going to be an English translation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGU4d9USIM

Reminds me a lot of 428 as well
This looks a bit different from 428, but still pretty cool. This reminds me more of Death Come True

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Team Rocket Elite
02/09/22 11:06:01 PM
#317:


Future Connected is okay. It's not really anything special. IIRC you can play it right away.

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paperwarior
02/09/22 11:27:52 PM
#318:


I've never played Live a Live but I'm familiar with its premise and cult popularity. What they're doing with it is certainly a full remake, obviously not with the production values of FFVII Remake, but presumably with fewer differences from the original. Voice-acting, some all-new graphics, things that take time and money. I'm just concerned that it might be seen as a collection of a handful of short, lightweight RPGs for $50. But I don't know if the original already surpasses that idea.

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GuessMyUserName
02/09/22 11:28:51 PM
#319:


You can Future Connected play it right away, I liked it but general reactions are middling I think. It's definitely not on Torna's level as far as DLC extra stories go.

just being on the originally cut bionis shoulder is already a dream come true for me though since I played that hacked map ages before XB:DE was announced

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LordoftheMorons
02/09/22 11:29:55 PM
#320:


paperwarior posted...
I've never played Live a Live but I'm familiar with its premise and cult popularity. What they're doing with it is certainly a full remake, obviously not with the production values of FFVII Remake, but presumably with fewer differences from the original. Voice-acting, some all-new graphics, things that take time and money. I'm just concerned that it might be seen as a collection of a handful of short, lightweight RPGs for $50. But I don't know if the original already surpasses that idea.
Theres more to the game after youve finished the seven scenarios

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paperwarior
02/09/22 11:34:02 PM
#321:


So I hear. Come to think of it this problem can be solved by critics and word of mouth once the remake is out.

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GuessMyUserName
02/10/22 12:13:45 AM
#322:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/4/5/AAN7AaAAC6JN.jpg

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ninkendo
02/10/22 12:35:35 AM
#323:


So based on past comments about Xenoblade 3 it likely takes place far into the future after where both worlds of Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 have merged and Homs have long since died out as a species

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UshiromiyaEva
02/10/22 2:08:25 AM
#324:


I've played just under 2 hours and have like 20 sidequests in my log lol.

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Team Rocket Elite
02/10/22 2:25:24 AM
#325:


I'm not sure if anyone told you this already but it's a good idea to turn on "Expert Mode". Despite the name, what it really is is an exp management system that helps protect against getting overlevelled. It lets you moved earned exp to and from per character reserve pools with no penalty. So if you ever find yourself 10 levels above everything, you can take some exp out of your characters. If you feel underlevelled later on, you can move the exp back. It also automatically transfers exp earned from quests and I think some other things to the reserve pool. Doing a bunch of quests can lead to getting way overlevelled although maybe this won't be a problem if you are skipping most of them.

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ninkendo
02/10/22 2:27:51 AM
#326:


You always want to be within 5 levels of the enemies you're fighting

too low and you'll be unable to hit them without very specific gem setups, too high and you'll just instantly one shot them

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Mewtwo59
02/10/22 2:33:15 AM
#327:


ninkendo posted...
So based on past comments about Xenoblade 3 it likely takes place far into the future after where both worlds of Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 have merged and Homs have long since died out as a species

If that's true about Homs, then what's the main guy supposed to be? Leftherian or Tantalese?

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ninkendo
02/10/22 2:49:22 AM
#328:


Maybe he's suddenly the first one to pop up in ages!

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GuessMyUserName
02/10/22 2:55:54 AM
#329:


ninkendo posted...
Maybe he's suddenly the first one to pop up in ages!
i know these animes

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MoogleKupo141
02/10/22 4:11:39 AM
#330:


he probably wakes up in a pod or some shit

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Ryokles
02/10/22 5:42:20 AM
#331:


Chrono cross yesssssss Im so happy

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neonreaper
02/10/22 6:44:26 AM
#332:


CaptainOfCrush posted...
Am I really gonna have to play XC2 to get the most outta 3

they came up with major aspects of 3 before they started 2 so it will be interesting to see. If you can stomach chapter 2 and parts of 4 then I think the back half of 2 is really good, gacha be damned.

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neonreaper
02/10/22 6:45:01 AM
#333:


https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/2022/an-introduction-to-xenoblade-chronicles-3-from-executive-director-tetsuya-takahashi/

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swordz9
02/10/22 7:53:50 AM
#334:


Whats up with the Xenoblade 3 girl with the small bird wings on the back of her head? They look silly and theres no way those small things let her fly or anything. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone put wings on a characters head before.
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neonreaper
02/10/22 7:59:58 AM
#335:


swordz9 posted...
Whats up with the Xenoblade 3 girl with the small bird wings on the back of her head? They look silly and theres no way those small things let her fly or anything. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone put wings on a characters head before.

okay man great post!

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tazzyboyishere
02/10/22 8:00:35 AM
#336:


swordz9 posted...
Whats up with the Xenoblade 3 girl with the small bird wings on the back of her head? They look silly and theres no way those small things let her fly or anything. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone put wings on a characters head before.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/8/8/AAPyH_AAC6NA.jpg

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_stingers_
02/10/22 8:05:13 AM
#337:


neonreaper posted...
https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/2022/an-introduction-to-xenoblade-chronicles-3-from-executive-director-tetsuya-takahashi/
Flute motif oh man Takahashi is such a visionary inject more Xeno into my veins please

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andylt
02/10/22 8:06:40 AM
#338:


I love XB1 and I'm happy 3's characters look much closer to that style than to 2's. I know I should probably play 2 before 3, but it still looks so unappealing to me with all the... 'anime'ness from the bits I've seen and the gacha. I know many here highly recommend it but ugh.

Really want TriStrat to be amazing, the prologue demo should help me decide if it's worth an early pickup or not. Happy about all the PS1 remasters/remakes of games I've never played, but it is weird how much of this direct was just ports >_>

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swordz9
02/10/22 8:15:25 AM
#339:


neonreaper posted...


okay man great post!

Not as great as this responding post!
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FFDragon
02/10/22 8:15:31 AM
#340:


swordz9 posted...
I dont think Ive ever seen anyone put wings on a characters head before.

Let me introduce you to a concept called TJF

https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Morrigan_Aensland

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HanOfTheNekos
02/10/22 8:18:20 AM
#341:


XBC2 protip - the gacha is optional and easily ignorable

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MrGreenonion
02/10/22 8:34:17 AM
#342:


swordz9 posted...
I dont think Ive ever seen anyone put wings on a characters head before.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/2/AADKToAAC6NO.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/3/AADKToAAC6NP.jpg

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swordz9
02/10/22 8:37:03 AM
#343:


Those arent actually part of their heads in fairness, but Caps looks weird to me too. I guess there are more examples than I realized though.
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ninkendo
02/10/22 8:47:12 AM
#344:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAB6RfAAC6NV.jpg

But my Melly Melly

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andylt
02/10/22 8:48:50 AM
#345:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/1/AANyLIAAC6NX.jpg

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_stingers_
02/10/22 8:50:25 AM
#346:


Literally
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MercurysWings

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shane15
02/10/22 9:28:02 AM
#347:


Glad they're not bothering with new characters for MK. The tracks are all that matter at this point. Just save the roster update for the next main entry.

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masterplum
02/10/22 9:30:26 AM
#348:


What are the chances xenoblade 3 has no side quests

I would buy it then >_>

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HanOfTheNekos
02/10/22 9:33:34 AM
#349:


Basing your purchase decision on the lack of presence of optional content is silly.

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MoogleKupo141
02/10/22 9:33:35 AM
#350:


shane15 posted...
Glad they're not bothering with new characters for MK. The tracks are all that matter at this point. Just save the roster update for the next main entry.

theres at least a few characters in the mobile game that arent in 8 that I would think would be relatively easy to just bring over, that wouldve been nice

but also theres a ton of characters already and its not a big deal. Unless they added Funky, Id probably still just play as various Koopalings all the timr

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masterplum
02/10/22 9:38:02 AM
#351:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Basing your purchase decision on the lack of presence of optional content is silly.

Except xb1 locked skill trees behind hours of fetch quests.

Honestly I would have liked the game if 80% of them didn't exist

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