Opinions on Xenoblade Chronicles for the Nintendo Wii?

>>713100747 (OP)
just like the rest of the xeno series, it fucking sucked

>>713100747 (OP)
this is me regarding this game, took a lot of years for me to give it a chance, and then I regretted no doing earlier

>>713100747 (OP)
Shoves ten things at you in an hour, only so you can’t do shit with it yet.

>>713100747 (OP)
Haven't beaten it yet (im on one of the final bosses) but its alright. The story is cool. My only complaints are that it gets really grindy at a few spots. Most of the time you progress through an area fighting dudes along the way and thats enough experience to keep you leveled up with the enemies the game throws at you, but there are a few times where I went through an area and then the boss was a massive cockblock many levels ahead of me and I had to leave and go grind for a while.

>>713100747 (OP)
The switch version is better

>>713101117
fpwp

>>713101117
cringe

>>713101886
What makes it better?

>>713100747 (OP)
Kino
Play it with a 0.2 exp cheat

>>713100747 (OP)
Best game on that console.

>>713101721
you're supposed to do the quests in the settlements bro

>>713100747 (OP)
First game best game

What time is it?

>>713101721
>boss cockblock
The only ones that should give you trouble are unique enemies, the fuck? Only one (1) (un) story boss should be an issue, and that's near endgame.

Back in 2013, I was checking a local game store and they had a copy of Xenoblade. I'd heard the name but knew nothing of it, but since it was only $20, decided to pick it up on a whim.
Got home, put the disc in, and ended up playing for 15 hours in a row. Since then the Xenoblade series has become one of my favorites ever.

In short, the game's pretty good.

>>713101167
what made you not wanna give it a chance in the first place

>>713103007
Yeah, Gears is the best Xeno and Xenoblade 1 is the best Chronicles.

How are the other xenoblade games? I only ever played the first one. I heard one of them had gacha elements, but I have no idea what that means.

>>713103203
*Xenoblade 1 is the best Blade

>>713100747 (OP)
Better soundtrack than the "definitive" one.

I loved it for like 60 hours on Switch. But I had to take a break because even after 60 hours it was still not fucking over.
Why are these games so long??
I only finished XBX DE after 120 hours. But that's only the first ending not the actual new ending I've still yet to see.

>>713102870
QoL like costume and weapon glamour, graphics, cutscenes

>>713103363
It's only that long if you complete every quest.

>>713103117
the duration and the characters looking ugly

>>713100747 (OP)
I hate this game
>Combat plays itself, it's the same shit as FF12 where you watch the trifecta of Tank/Healer/DPS do it's thing where the tank take damage, the healer heal the tank and the DPS actually makes the fight go forward
>All side quests are "bring 5 wolf pelt" tier, extremely easy to overlevel
>If you are 5 level (not sure this was the right number) below an enemy all your attack miss unless you stun the enemy, this is the only challenge you'll find in the game
>The open world sucks and makes things take 3 times as much as they should, especially when it comes finding quest NPCs
>Lastly the plot of the game borders on parody
Genuinely think if it was another PS2 RPG instead of being published by Nintendo it would have been completely forgotten

The setting is fantastic the story is pretty good if not a little poorly paced at times, has a great cast with a fantastic dub and an incredible soundtrack combat is functional but poorly balanced, the community affinity system is an interesting mechanic the two things that really lets it down are the quests, outside a few of the longer more meaty questline the literal hundreds of basic bitch fetch quests and go to X kill Y really kill off the mid game after eryth sea and the way the game throws Exp at you its nigh impossible to not overlevel while being a completionist because of the multiple point of no returns.

>>713104671
>with a fantastic dub
Fucking this. One of the two games where I would strongly recommend dub over jap.

>>713104045
>>Lastly the plot of the game borders on parody

So, like the entire series.

>>713104045
>Lastly the plot of the game borders on parody
explain

Xenoblade 1 has the cutest girls

>>713105461
It's not garbage like Xenosaga, so it's bad

>>713100747 (OP)
The 3DS version is better

>>713100747 (OP)
KI
NO
Too bad it never ever EVER got sequels. But it is probay for the best.

>>713103341
Delusional

>>713103889
Totally get it. The OG models definitely had that crunchy early Wii look—Shulk’s face looked like it was molded from wet clay. Still, there's a charm to how jank it all appears in a “late-night GameCube fever dream” sort of way. And yeah, the length can be brutal unless you're in it for the long haul. But once it clicks, it’s like watching a slow-burn anime mixed with British soap opera energy.

>>713103889
>the characters looking ugly
Yeah, you can't really deny that the original Wii version of the game was pretty fugly on the character part.

>>713107038
I wish Sharla wasn't so wasted

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>>713103085
I remember feeling smug as a euro cus we got the game earlier than the americans

>>713115165
Didn't they have to make a petition to even get it released there or something? Never understood why the hesitancy to release the game in the US.

>>713103026

>>713100747 (OP)
-Amazing environments and music. Having the player level up just from exploring was a wonderful idea.
-Combat is a complete and utter mess, you'll still be doing tutorials for it 30 hours into the game
-Writing is atrocious, convoluted to the point of ridiculousness. Rife with anime brainrot.
-Characters designs are awful

7/10 game, worth playing for point 1. Better than the sequels.

>>713103575
It runs at a lower resolution and lower frame rate than the original.

>>713116608
No it doesn't you loon

>>713100747 (OP)
Is incredible what they were able to pull for a gamecube 1.2

So this game was actually in my top 10 games of all time, and only when I replayed it last year did it actually fall out of that because it was nowhere near as good as I remembered. Such a goddamn shame.

>>713100747 (OP)
Xenoblade X is better

>>713103575
Best part, by far, is being able to adjust your level.
It actually makes it worth playing as a real videogame instead of deleting all the content.

>>713118679
What do you mean "adjust level"?

>>713119983
In DE they added a thing called Expert Mode, where all the XP you get from non-combat activities, like exploration and quests, is saved instead of being instantly applied. This means you don't become massively overleveled just by doing side content. You can also use that menu to level down at will, or use any of that saved XP to quickly level up.
This is particularly important in XC1 since the game has a system where if you're over 5 levels above an enemy, they basically can't hit you at all, removing any challenge from the combat.

>>713100747 (OP)
Impressive for its time.
Outclassed by Definitive Edition.

>>713118519
Not story-wise

>>713112794
I still like the models more than the new ones. I guess I'm the kind of guy who likes a halfway between anime style instead of full anime style

>>713100747 (OP)
What prevented it from reaching the level of success that Clair Obscure game is having?

>>713120825
Old models are fine too. I just prefer the new ones.
Ideally, the new models would follow a similar style of the old artwork. The closest I can think of is Shulk's rendering in Smash, although that could still be improved.

>>713100747 (OP)
The anniversary was the perfect time to add this to Nintendo Music, but they picked Splatoon instead, then TOTK, then skipped a week before adding the incredibly lame 51 Clubhouse Games, why did they skip the perfect time to finally add Xenoblade 1 to Nintendo Music?

>>713120192
So you sort of set your own difficulty? Interesting way to do it.

>>713120312
OST and character-wise, neither.

>>713122053
I don't know what nintendo music is

>>713121616
Cringe anime and Nintendo exclusive, I know /v/ hates it but yes normies take things more seriously with realistic graphics

>>713118316
What changed for you?
>>713120303
Faggot.

>>713122092
There's a secondary bonus to it as well. Skill points and art points are earned from enemies based on your level relative to them. In the wii version this would mean that eventually your level would get too high for monsters to give meaningful amounts leading to skills trees and arts taking a lot longer to level. In DE since you can level down you'll always be able to get the appropriate amount.

The best version of this game. I dunno how anyone tolerates that doshit cellshitted version

>>713100747 (OP)
if i already own the 3ds version should i play it or just wait till i can buy the switch version?

>>713101167
I have a friend that's so weird that has this rule of "I don't play older games, only newer games." Like he believes that games that are only 10 years old are suddenly outdated and obsolete. And yet he'll basedface over FF Tactics remaster and wants to play that asap.

>>713100747 (OP)
I wanted to emulate this since my own Wii makes an annoying buzzing sound when playing discs, but I couldn't flipping find a rom that worked.
So I played through the remake. Love the game. Would love to replay the original.

>>713121616
him

>>713121616
You are talking about two completely different times and worlds with this question. Are you being stupid on purpose or something?

>>713103256
The gacha one is Xenoblade 2.
You summon blades, blades are characters that follow you, have their own designs, personalities, powers, quests, etc, and they lend you their weapon during fights.
You summon blades by using crystals, and you have a very low chance of getting a rare 5 stars blade. Otherwise, you are likely getting generic blades.

I made it 4 minutes past the intro and quit

>>713121616
A relentless shilling campaign. You have to remember that back when this game came out, influencers didn't even exist as a concept yet. Now, every couple of months we have to see some new game get spammed by shills and shouted out by internet personalities as the second coming of Christ and single greatest thing ever created, despite being utterly mediocre. E33 is one such mediocre title that will be forgotten.

>>713100747 (OP)
It's got a good rhythm going. Still have my cases for it and the Switch version somewhere.

>>713121616
It got 3 sequels

>>713100747 (OP)
Kino, ludo, soul.

>>713123496
You could always hack your wii and just play it from an external ssd. Zero noise.

>>713124098
>I'm an ADHD-riddled zoomer
OK.

>>713100747 (OP)
I enjoyed the music a lot.
The opening menu screen displayed a very pretty, scene changing display 720p (HD) on my television. I really liked that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQQ096Ze9U

>>713123693
this unironically, if it released in 2010 in NA with the british dub there would have been a lot of talk over Xenoblade and FF13

Why do people say "it's easy to over level"?
I'm in the Snowy Area against a lvl 48 boss, I'm level 45 and it's taking me ages to level up, I keep doing side quests but they only give money

>>713126108
There's two types of sidequests. There's the generic "kill x enemies/bring y materials" that are just called "Collection Quest" or things like that, those just give money.
The other sidequests that have actual names do give EXP. You also get EXP just by discovering locations and landmarks in the map.

>>713122053
Maybe Monolith dont care too much and are hard at work on their new RPG for Switch 2?

Move on.

>>713126108
I have no idea what they're talking about either desu. The final bosses kicked my ass.

>>713126497
Maybe they should care about it, seeing it's one of their finest games.

>>713126108
>>713127495
Did you play the HD version or the original Wii version? There's a big difference here. The original Wii version showered you in so much exp if you did even 1/3 of the side quests available. Bosses would be hitting you for double digit in damage while your party's HP would be in the thousands. You'd be that over leveled if you did your side quests.

>>713100747 (OP)
soulful version

>>713100747 (OP)
Beautiful game, even if the remaster downgraded it visually

When do you think Xenoblade 1 will be added to nintendo music if even the 15th anniversary wasn’t a good enough occasion to add it?

>>713100747 (OP)
It was amazing, and by far the best out of the three rainfall games
Looking at the franchise nowadays it's fucking crazy to think that NoA was going to completely ignore this game

>>713100747 (OP)
switch version fixed its flaws
its also ugly af