Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Hooo....
Is Xenoblade 2 really complicated ?
I think i agree with your opinion about Battle System.
The Battle System seems very Complicated to me , even until latest trailer i still don't really understand how to Maximize Character development. Is it like FF X or FF XII or FF XIII ? I still have no idea.

About Blades, after i saw from Youtube, some of them has very boring design, some of them are interesting but still Too many Moe Girls. Only KOSMOS (from Xenosaga) that really made me Shocked.

The music at Argentum was pretty good but boring after several minutes. The dialogues filled with Very Unusual texts, took longer time for me to understand their dialogues.

Last part that i still wonder, where is the MECHA like Xenoblade X or Xenosaga or Xenogears ? Will they use MECHA on Last Chapter ?

@YummyHappyPills you finally got your copy I should be playing it right now if my local store isn’t a one big mess! Somehow they managed to order just 8 copies for whole city where I live. 2 per store. Games didn’t even arrived at stores and were sold out. They hold my reservation (I hope) and will call me later today.

After so much complications I hope game won’t disappoint me like @SKTTR. His post was a bit let down for me so it’s time to stop reading reviews and this thread. Thoughts about XC2 are so mixed about everything from graphics to gameplay.. and all in between.. It’s so confusing. Now I’m even more pumped for getting my hands on game. Not because of hype but now more of curiosity.
I mean.. it can’t be that bad.. graphics in Xenoblade 1 were bad, and I still have nightmares about those fugly faces, and while Xenoblede X was great, I never managed to get much futher from obtaining skells because I couldn’t stand anymore those tiny little text size that caused my eyes bleed. That was a real game breaking point for me. I hope I won’t find game breakers in this one 🤞

How can anyone complain about the music? That just makes me think you are trying to not like the game if you're telling yourself these outstanding musical compositions are anything but.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the best game on switch, one of the best RPGs ever, the best game of 2017 and in the top 3 best video game soundtracks of all time.

Played for a good two hours now and I gotta say - I‘m loving it! Like REALLY loving it. It‘s already off to a way better start than X, and maybe even XC1. The music is just bombastic! Though, I must admit I changed to japanese VA as soon as I was given the chance.

So I'm just done with the first chapter. I'm absolutely loving it so far!

I still don't understand some base mechanics like blade combos, as I only get the one special attack and nothing else. And how to get that affinity up... Just nothing you can do to steer it so it seems.

I'm not seeing the added complexity yet that everybody is talking about. I mean, three arts and auto stuff should be less of a deal right?

Oh well I'll see when I progress. Brilliant game for sure

@Inertiacreep Ain‘t it a bit early to say that? I mean, I‘m preeeeetty sure you‘re not even close to being done with this game. Don‘t get me wrong, though, I applaud your enthusiasm. Over-Enthusiasm is a whole different beast entirely, though ...

Count me among those that got scared away hearing about the low resolution in handheld mode. Will likely wait around longer and see how things settle. I generally do about 70% of my playing in handheld so it’s kinda a big deal to me.

@GoldenGamer88 although i haven't finished it, not even close, people who have and love the game said the quality in the beginning lasts the whole way through and i have no reason to doubt the rest of the game.. if i change my mind ill certainly admit it.

This game is 2017s equivalent of what FF7 was when it released.. or FF6 or Chrono Trigger when they released... any JRPG fan not playing this is missing out on JRPG history.

From the trailers I was one of the people who didn't like the voice acting. After getting the game I decided to hold off downloading the Japanese audio to give English a try.
The voice acting itself isn't bad. It just seems like no voice fits with the character. I'll keep at it but I think now if anything will make me switch to Japanese it's not the main story but the random chatter during and just after combat. I've already heard these lines so many times.
I'm still not far in. But I'm enjoying it so far. And can't wait to have a day off and get properly into it

@cadaver138 i think all of the voices are just a perfect fit, even rex is great.. but Pyra.. idk her voice just does not fit Pyra to me.. they should have pick someone with a ditzier voice.

That may be true but I‘d rather finish (or in my case complete) the game first and form my own opinions from there rather than jumping prematurely onto bandwagons.

@SKTTR How can it blurrier than XCX when it runs at a higher resolution than it. Must be your TV, looks sharp to me and the graphics look lovely. I run my PC games at 4k now, but still think this game looks great.

I’ve actually grown to really like the English voiceover. I did actually download the Japanese ones, but stuck with English and I’m glad I did, I especially like Pyra’s voice.

I liked this battle theme. Probably not gonna spoil myself with other battle music as I know there is better than this one.

I think people are having issues with resolution detection for this game on their TV. They must, because it looks sharp and crisp to me. I actually heard someone saying something of the sort. Try forcing 1080p instead of automatic. Idk.

Combat doesn't seem any slower to me than any other Xeno game. And the UI is like the opposite of messy. Compared to XCX the UI is a dream!

I do agree about the map though.

I played the mission on the ship where you meet pyra on my TV and it looked pretty bad. But this is the first switch game I've played on the new 4k TV since I got it so I put it down to me not finding the best settings for displaying 1080p on it yet

The game quite clearly runs above the 720p of X

I played for like an hour in handheld yesterday.. in the open fields depending on the camera position, the dynamic resolution can drop a little low, but the framerate stays smooth all the time and considering it's just a little handheld screen, personally if i wanted to play this game i wouldn't be hung up about it.. especially considering you get 5 hours playtime in handheld.... most of the time the resolution is going to look good... if it looks bad just adjust the camera a little.

Ya. It runs 900p same as Skyrim.

I mean, Switch isn't that powerful. It is- it's a beast. But compared to other consoles not so much. I think people are still coming to terms with what Switch is capable of. I play on a 4KTV and it looks fine.

Maybe that'll change, but Idk why it would. I spent my first 4 hours doing sidequests and salvaging and the like. Just got on ship to leave before I passed out.

I enabled Full RGB on the Switch (it was on auto until now) and dropped the sharpness down to 30 from 50 on my Samsung KS7000. Does seem quite a bit nicer as a result.