Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

@JaxonH Oh yeah, I heard the game really seems to dip big time in the resolution department in the really open areas. Maybe they'll improve this aspect of the game with patches.

@Ralizah You could do first person in X

@YummyHappyPills Cool. I need to test that out the next time I play XCX.

@Anti-Matter dude, you are really going to be at a disadvantage if you don't try to get the rare blades.. no you don't have to open core crystals but the game will probably be really hard.

Also, i love KOS MOS more than anybody in the world, but i wish they didn't put her in this game because it doesn't make sense.. the most conflicting thing is that KOS MOS is a fighter.. like she should be a driver, not a blade.. she's just going to stand back and power Rex when she herself is like the ultimate killing machine? Really bothers me.

I was surprised when Gramps flew, thanks for the rescue Gramps. Now 4 hours in and Nia got captured, my poor besty

So, I am thinking of picking this up in the next few days. However I never played the first one so before I pick it up would I need to play the first one to understand or enjoy this one?

Replayed all of my lost progress and now in chapter 3. Got a different Blade from that crystal this time.

@Tasuki: No, you don't need to play any game in the series to understand and enjoy Xenoblade 2.
The "Xenoblade" is something completely different in each game, but somehow fits everytime.
The world and the characters are also different from each game and there's no story connection (as far as I can see, I'm not that far into Xeno2 yet).

There are some old enemies and a certain race in Xenoblade 2 that were already part of XenoX and Xeno1,
but other than that and the similiarties in gameplay, every Xenoblade game stands on its own. Pretty much like Final Fantasy.

@Kingkasper I personally don't have a problem with the handheld mode. I've played Xenoblade on TV once to see how it looks. Sure it looked a bit nicer but the gameplay is still the same. Playing on handheld doesn't effect my experience negatively in any meaningful way.

Anyone else experiencing controller issues with XC2?
Sometimes the joy con stick gets "stuck" so the character keeps running even when I've stopped pushing it, and overall seems very sluggish in response. It was working fine until I was in a cut scene for a story quest I think and when I came out the controller response was off. I may try restarting the system, but wondering if this has been discussed here, or in another thread.

@SKTTR @Knighty_IX Ok that's good to know. Unfortunately I don't have any means of playing the other 2 games since my Wii is packed away and my Wii U is at my brothers place so he can play Zelda. As for Gears and Saga, yeah don't really what to pay the high price those games call for.

@Tsurii the baby amu or whatever they're called? I saw it was targetable and started attacking it just to see but then ran away so i didn't kill it?
I was wondering what would happen though.

@Tasuki what kind of price do the xenosaga games fetch? I have all 3 and all this time i never even thought about how these are a bit of a rarity now.
These are practically my favorite games ever but it's so long since i played them.. at most I've only played through the series like twice... you know, i think after i finish XC2 im going to have the itch to play through them, but i will definitely play them on an emulator to see them higher quality than i ever have.
Whatever price people are asking for them, it is worth it..
Actually what is gears going for now days as well? I also have a copy of that stashed away, except it's not in basically new condition like my saga copies.

@Kingkasper Yes, I know what it looks like on handheld. I've ran around that town for couple of hours while playing in handheld mode. And no, it doesn't bother me. I also never addressed the part about if it could look better. I just said that it doesn't bother me personally. I'm currently studying programming and working as an intern in a gaming company. Yet, I can't say if it's possible to make this game look better in handheld mode without making other sacrifices. It's not that easy.

@Inertiacreep Ok well after looking it up they don't seem to be going for too much now. I know a few years ago they were going for a pretty high price. Now it just seems maybe you can get $50 the most for them.

@Tasuki yea i had to take a minute at work and look that up and all of these games, gears included, can be found for less than the price of a new game.. on average looks like you could find all of these games for $20 ea.
Gears is good, but i don't think it's as good as the hardcore fans do.. however, i can't emphasize enough how much of a must play the xenosaga series is for any JRPG fan and anyone who disagrees has NO taste.

@Kingkasper Not Once has it looked like the picture you posted, that is just a bad out of focus picture taken by a phone, or something odd going on...

Now could it look better? Maybe, but nobody here is a developer or worked n the game so who knows. It doesn’t look offensive, last night I went from playing Forza 7 on PC at 4k, to playing this in handheld mode and it looked fine. From what I’ve seen, it seems to mostly be people that don’t have the game that are moaning about it.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. NintendoLife is an important platform and a lot of different people meet here

Can anyone post a good screenshot/photo showing the handheld mode in better looks?

Alright, some of those enemy AI is just hilariously stupid. (Spoilers for later Chapter 2) I was fighting through a few soldiers on the empirial vessel in one the soldier quarters. Another one comes in through the door on the other end of the room and goes to sleep right in front of his fighting comrades. When I saw him go in and lay down on the bed, I burst out laughing so hard. Couldn‘t take any of the other soldiers serious after that. The soldiers in the cantina and the bridge couldn‘t care less either if I fought others right in front of them.

@Kingkasper

Dude you're off your rocker.

Aside from that open grass area I saw it looks fine. Idk if the whole world is going crazy but it sure seems like it.

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On my way to work now. Going to be playing in tabletop mode today since I won't have much to do. I love it. I would have killed to play XCX on the go. Xenoblade 3D was cool but, that's an example of an actual compromised portable experience. Playing Xeno2 in tabletop with split controllers is the dream... livin' the dream!