Board 8 > So I preordered Xenoblade

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 4:47:00 PM
#1:


This game better be awesome.

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DeepsPraw
03/27/12 4:50:00 PM
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I'm a little hesitant as well. People unanimously told me that Radiant Historia was good as well.

It wasn't.

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Mik_Pick
03/27/12 4:52:00 PM
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I'm concerned that people are only claiming it's super awesome because the only other good RPG the Wii got that I can think of off the top of my head is Fire Emblem 10.

The way people have been hyping it, I'm expecting (and hoping) for Persona 4 / Final Fantasy X quality.

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 4:56:00 PM
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From: Mik_Pick | #003
I'm concerned that people are only claiming it's super awesome because the only other good RPG the Wii got that I can think of off the top of my head is Fire Emblem 10.

The way people have been hyping it, I'm expecting (and hoping) for Persona 4 / Final Fantasy X quality.


Yeah, the feeling you're talking about is kind of what I felt like happened with Tales of Symphonia. The GC heavily lacks in RPG's, then gets Symphonia, and people think it's the best thing ever.

FFX of Persona 4 quality? I really doubt It would be that good. Hopefully it will be. At least it comes with an artbook.

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Mik_Pick
03/27/12 5:00:00 PM
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I really doubt it will be that good too. But I agree with what you're saying, Wii gamers are essentially claiming that this is the third coming of Christ (The second was Symphonia). FFX / P4 quality is just wishful thinking.

Tales of Symphonia was pretty solid though at least.

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 5:00:00 PM
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I'm pretty sure I've never had more typos in a single post.

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GuessMyUserName
03/27/12 5:11:00 PM
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From: Mik_Pick | Posted: 3/27/2012 7:52:39 PM | #003
because the only other good RPG the Wii got that I can think of off the top of my head is Fire Emblem 10.


There's both Xenoblade and The Last Story coming out this year, but Xenoblade is the only that is getting such hype, because it truly is an incredible game.

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 5:12:00 PM
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Last Story didn't look very good to me.

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GuessMyUserName
03/27/12 5:17:00 PM
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Right, and The Last Story isn't getting anywhere near the acclaim that Xenoblade is. Because Xenoblade actually is a really great game.

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transience
03/27/12 5:26:00 PM
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Last Story's pretty cool. but it's not Xenoblade.

Xenoblade is better than both of those games to me, but they're all pretty good. it's funny how the people who are questioning Xenoblade are all the people who haven't played it, heh.

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MarvelousGerbil
03/27/12 5:28:00 PM
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I'm holding off. Board 8 doesn't let me down often, but when it does it's an RPG suggestion. Seriously people, why is ToS sitting on my shelf?

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DeepsPraw
03/27/12 5:28:00 PM
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transience posted...
it's funny how the people who are questioning Xenoblade are all the people who haven't played it, heh.

well duh

You'd think if someone played it, they'd have an opinion other than "i don't know".

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The Mana Sword
03/27/12 5:31:00 PM
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It's a sad day when people are comparing Xenoblade to Tales of Symphonia.

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ZFS
03/27/12 5:32:00 PM
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Yeah, Xenoblade won't be Persona 4 good, but it should be fun. Not a fan of the length I've heard it has, though.

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transience
03/27/12 5:35:00 PM
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funny how you question its length when Persona is about the same!

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swordz9
03/27/12 5:35:00 PM
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ZFS posted...
Yeah, Xenoblade won't be Persona 4 good, but it should be fun. Not a fan of the length I've heard it has, though.

What length is that?

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MarvelousGerbil
03/27/12 5:38:00 PM
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The Mana Sword posted...
It's a sad day when people are comparing Xenoblade to Tales of Symphonia.

Well when I'm using a blanket category of "RPGs that b8 seemed to like" I don't see how it's not legit.

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ZFS
03/27/12 5:38:00 PM
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80-100 hours. That's far too long, in my mind. There have only been two RPGs that felt right at that length--Persona 4 and DQ8. If it's good, it's good, but I never like hearing that an RPG takes that long to finish!

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The Mana Sword
03/27/12 5:40:00 PM
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Xenoblade hype isn't relegated to B8, though. It has universal praise from everyone who's played it.

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ZeroSignal620
03/27/12 5:42:00 PM
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Preordered Xenoblade myself three months ago. I'm not expected it to be Persona 4-good (because not many games are), but I'm thinking I'll get my money's worth.

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transience
03/27/12 5:45:00 PM
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ZFS
03/27/12 5:46:00 PM
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joke rankings

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transience
03/27/12 5:46:00 PM
#23:


greatrankings

(you like those games!)

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ZFS
03/27/12 5:47:00 PM
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Better than Mass Effect 3 I question these 2012 rankings

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Takfloyd_mkII__
03/27/12 5:48:00 PM
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I'm a little hesitant as well. People unanimously told me that Radiant Historia was good as well.

It wasn't.


Yeah if you thought Radiant Historia was bad you may as well stay away from good games in general really, because you clearly don't like good games.

FFX / P4 quality is just wishful thinking.

Haven't played Persona 4, but Xenoblade is better than Persona 3 and every other JRPG since FFX. It's not better than FFX though. As for Symphonia, I really like that game but comparing it to Xenoblade is... not something that should be done.

80-100 hours. That's far too long, in my mind. There have only been two RPGs that felt right at that length--Persona 4 and DQ8. If it's good, it's good, but I never like hearing that an RPG takes that long to finish!

It's much longer than that. When I beat the game, slightly underleveled and without doing even a third of the sidequests, clock was at 130 hours I believe. By the time I stopped playing, it was something like 240, and there were STILL multiple optional bosses and sidequests left.

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 5:48:00 PM
#26:


Chrono Cross
SquareSoft/Square EA, 2000 92.18%

Chrono Trigger
TOSE/Square Enix, 2008 91.82%

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The Mana Sword
03/27/12 5:49:00 PM
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The Real Truth posted...
Chrono Cross
SquareSoft/Square EA, 2000 92.18%

Chrono Trigger
TOSE/Square Enix, 2008 91.82%


Excellent rankings, indeed.

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Takfloyd_mkII__
03/27/12 5:49:00 PM
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^That's the DS version. Look again:

http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=71&year=0&numrev=1&sort=0&letter=&search=

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 5:50:00 PM
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Does Xenoblade have a pause button? FFX has a pause button, but the timer would still go. I think that's the only time I've seen a fake pause button there to artificially boost the amount of time you've been playing the game.

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transience
03/27/12 5:50:00 PM
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ports and ports and ports

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GuessMyUserName
03/27/12 5:51:00 PM
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From: MarvelousGerbil | Posted: 3/27/2012 8:28:10 PM | #011
I'm holding off


there's no such thing as "holding off" when it comes to Xenoblade

you either buy it now or you're never going to be able to buy it

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transience
03/27/12 5:52:00 PM
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I love how every Pokemon game gets basically the same score.

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ZFS
03/27/12 5:53:00 PM
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something something same game something something

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transience
03/27/12 5:53:00 PM
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why do people think this is going to be a rare game? Nintendo isn't Atlus

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MarvelousGerbil
03/27/12 5:53:00 PM
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GuessMyUserName posted...
From: MarvelousGerbil | Posted: 3/27/2012 8:28:10 PM | #011
I'm holding off
there's no such thing as "holding off" when it comes to Xenoblade

you either buy it now or you're never going to be able to buy it


I could for highly inflated prices... Though I guess it would be nice to use my Wii for something besides a Netflix machine...

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Sorozone
03/27/12 5:57:00 PM
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From: transience | #034
why do people think this is going to be a rare game? Nintendo isn't Atlus


Rumor(I think? it might be confirmed) is that Gamestop is only going to order enough to cover the pre-orders.

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ZFS
03/27/12 5:59:00 PM
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Why Nintendo went through GameStop still confuses me.

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Sorozone
03/27/12 6:01:00 PM
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Wasn't it because Gamestop came to them? Nintendo of America originally had no plans for localization until Gamestop said they would help fund it or something. Well, I may be way off, but I recall someone or something saying that.

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DeepsPraw
03/27/12 6:02:00 PM
#39:


Where do you even buy this s***? I don't see it on amazon

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swordz9
03/27/12 6:03:00 PM
#40:


transience posted...
that's it, time to invoke gamerankings

http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=71&year=0&numrev=0&sort=0&letter=&search=

damn


FFXII at 90% huh. Not a good indicator of quality game rankings imo.

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ninkendo
03/27/12 6:07:00 PM
#41:


other than Mother 3, literally the best jrpg I've played since the SNES days

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GuessMyUserName
03/27/12 6:09:00 PM
#42:


From: DeepsPraw | Posted: 3/27/2012 9:02:20 PM | #039
Where do you even buy this s***? I don't see it on amazon


It's for sale on GameStop / Nintendo's-website only

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ZFS
03/27/12 6:13:00 PM
#43:


ninkendo posted...
other than Mother 3, literally the best jrpg I've played since the SNES days

here's a surprise

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foolm0ron
03/27/12 6:22:00 PM
#44:


Yeah I'm also only getting this game due to B8 hype. And the fact that it will undeniably be hard to find if you don't preorder.

But yeah if this game is FFX/Persona 3 (haven't played P4) quality, then I will be floored. If it's even as good as like... Seiken Densetsu 3 (I had a hard time thinking of a meh RPG that I've actually finished), I will be surprised.

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ninkendo
03/27/12 6:28:00 PM
#45:


yeah I know I was surprised too! Wasn't expecting a top 5 RPG of all time going into it.

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The Real Truth
03/27/12 6:31:00 PM
#46:


So it gets the SHINE stamp of approval? But you approve of everything.

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ninkendo
03/27/12 6:32:00 PM
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well I am a man who enjoys many games I can't help that aspect of myself

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Takfloyd_mkII__
03/27/12 7:13:00 PM
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FFXII at 90% huh. Not a good indicator of quality game rankings imo.

FFXII is by all critical standards a great game. The problem is that most of the time, it's just boring.

Also, again, the list becomes a lot better if you remove the minimum reviews filter, like this:

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ninkendo
03/27/12 7:19:00 PM
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that is a lot better!

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swordz9
03/27/12 7:20:00 PM
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Takfloyd_mkII__ posted...
FFXII is by all critical standards a great game. The problem is that most of the time, it's just boring.

Also, again, the list becomes a lot better if you remove the minimum reviews filter, like this:

http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=71&year=0&numrev=1&sort=0&letter=&search=


Doesn't really look all that different or better. Also I probably hate FFXII more than anybody so I can't view it as anything other than completely awful in every aspect aside from graphics I guess, but those don't matter.

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