Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

@iLikeUrAttitude I‘d say it‘s pretty similar to the first game, just with some added elements like salvaging or the Blade mechanics, which are more or less the very core of combat. The story is an absolute rollercoaster ride of emotions (you‘ll laugh, you‘ll cry, you‘ll cheer). The facial animations and the music really bring the characters to life for me and some definitely have the most depth out of all three XC games. Speaking of the soundtrack, wait, there are no words that justify the grandness of this soundtrack. I will give my final thoughts on it once I‘m done, which should be done this year, but just saying that this is already ranking higher than Splatoon 2 and BotW in the 2017 rankings and definitely higher than XC1 and XCX for me.

@Ralizah Thats good to hear, although I heard a lot of opposite opinions on the art style and imo I prefer the art style of the original, but this isn't bad.
Did you notice a lot of a performance issues in docked or portable mode? Does the game look alright in portable mode? Is the fanservice in the game all up in your face throughout the game? And finally are there a decent amount of male blades? From what I seen it's mostly or all females.
Sorry for all the questions.

@GoldenGamer88 I'm glad to hear the story is good, I was worried it would be mostly fanservice judging from what I seen. That brings me to ask; is the fanservice all up in your face during your playthrough of the game?
I expect the soundtrack to be nothing short of a masterpiece considering this is monolisoft we're talking about.
Thanks for your thoughts

@iLikeUrAttitude Generally 720p docked, although it can dip somewhat lower in stress areas, I believe. A few framerate hitches here and there, but nothing game-breaking. The worst aspect of the performance is how low the resolution can dip in handheld mode in certain areas. It generally looks fine most of the time (definitely not native res, but okay enough), but there are a few busy areas where the resolution drops like a rock. The worst drops happen in the first big open area a few hours in.

So not the most polished game in the world, but none of the issues have ruined the experience for me.

Pyra's outfit is a bit revealing, and there are some moderately risque looking blades, but it's hardly a fanservice fest.

Even at its worst, it still looks better than any version of Xenoblade Chronicles 1.

@Ralizah I see. Are there a decent amount of male blades available in the game?

True, even when Xenoblade Chronicles first came out, the graphics already looked outdated. Still love it though.

@iLikeUrAttitude I've seen a few. Common blades are kind of alien looking, though, so their gender didn't really occur to me. The first non-story rare blade I generated was a guy.

@Ralizah Okay, thanks for your opinion.

@iLikeUrAttitude there must be a decent amount of males because i only got 1 sexy lady blade so far and then boring females and a few guys.. and all the guy blades i got look like total cornballs.

@Inertiacreep That's probably just RNG for you. Etika got a rare blade on his first try in one of his streams.
But it's good to know that theres variety in the game.

@iLikeUrAttitude Gotta agree with @Ralizah there. It is far from a fanservice festival. It is a japanese game so you can expect some revealing clothing but that‘s about it. As for res and fps undocked, it looks good. Some irl friends told me it looked fantastic for a handheld game, though, they aren‘t really accustomed to the concept of a Switch. For fps, the only real problem area I‘ve noticed is the first big city, particularly when it rains. With the minimap fixed, my only real issue is the fact that when teleporting from one Titan to another, you get there pretty much instantly but see how everything is slowly rendered in. It just breaks the experience a bit constantly seeing textures load in and stuff. Could‘ve done away with that with a few extra secs of loading imo.

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@GoldenGamer88 I was under the impression that the new patch fixed a lot of the texture and geometry loading issues that occur when you fast-travel somewhere. Is that not the case? I haven't really played since the patch hit.

@Ralizah Hmm... neither have I with all them holiday shopping. But from little time I've played post-patch, the load times have been increased but there's still texture loading going on, just at a much faster pace than before.

Loading times got longer after the update.
I prefered the instant travel that took 3 seconds instead of the 10 seconds it's now.

I liked the texture loading. It didn't bother me, because I was able to jump from one titan to the next instantly.
With 10 seconds now the loading times are still fairly quick... but man, if there was an outstanding feature that topped all other openworld games it was the superfast turboloading in Xeno2 that now is gone.
I'm disappointed the game got a bit worse, but thankfully the map system is now updated.
A small trade-off, now time that's added in loading is saved somewhere else.

Does someone here know about Poppi's agility augment(s)? I only have Agility Boost I listed, which is strange because other augments listed their superior versions (even if you didn't have the technical manuals for them). Is that all she's allowed?

I am like 70 hours in still in chapter 6.. i am backtracking doing a bunch of side quests because i finally found a part in the story where i felt it wouldn't break immersion too much to stop and do side quests.. i am still not over how good this game looks and how awesome Nintendo switch is.. honestly the switch is the best console since super Nintendo.

Same here, 70 hours in chapter 6. I was doing some side quests and filling up the affinity charts for Zenobia, Wulfric and Kora (I really like these blades). I know I'm way over leveled now due to fighting all the unique monsters for Zenobia. I finally got bored of doing this last night and am now in position to continue the story.

So, I'm not that far into the game, I'm just below level 20 and...I'm kinda low on money. I can't buy any shops for bonuses can I? (besides that one quest) What's the best place to salvage for money?

@Joeynator3000 You can trade in item sets in the first town, and I believe you can sell extra accessories you get from Tiger! Tiger! in the Poppiswap menu.

I don't get the Tiger game...I get like, very little from it. >.>
Anyways I meant does it matter where I salvage in Gormott?