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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Fusion combos were the best in XC2 because the disembodied voice of a British man would shout out the name of the combo. ICE LAUNCH! or whatever. And then he would compliment you a lot. The chain attacks in 3 would’ve been a lot better if a random person was shouting things and complimenting you. thanks to my farming crystals just to have every blade i will never forget "I AM ROC! ALWAYS [SMASH STEAM BOMB] ALWAYS WILL BE!" I also wish xc3 had a combat announcer but at least the actor voices Triton
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Dirk the Average posted:When the combat system gets going (a good 20+ hours in, mind you) it is very flashy and has lots of numbers that make my brain happy. It's also a lot better integrated into the flow of combat as compared to chain attacks in 3. I like the concept of 3's chain attacks, but the execution takes forfuckingever and the novelty wears off quite quickly. oh for sure. us gamers need that precious time to go online and talk trash about great video games. get real
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CharlestheHammer posted:I think Xenoblade 2 is just better than 1 in every single way Character design is much worse. Noah and Shulk have infinitely better designs than Rex. Torna is XB2 but better. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Nov 11, 2022 |
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Nov 11, 2022 23:37
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That also suggests 2 has a better OST than 1 and I absolutely can't agree with that.
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I liked the character designs in xenoblade 2 myself. The clashing artstyles of the various rare blades is something I quickly fell in love with as I saw them. Seeing the sheer design contrast from Vess to Wulfric and other rare blades is a treat for me.
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Sylvian Wastes posted:I liked the character designs in xenoblade 2 myself. who hurt you
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I think xenoblade 2 had better uh... action cinematics? Like xb3 had good stuff early on where you had the characters fight each other but that was pretty much it. Oh and the finale. But in xb2 you had so many incredible moments where you had the main part fight the antagonists. Torna then takes it up to another level. Think 2 had better ost as well. But xb3 by deisgn was more subdued in terms of ost and locale so
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XB2 had the villains actually matter, a feat no other Xenoblade has successfully accomplished outside Metal Face
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ImpAtom posted:Character design is much worse. Noah and Shulk have infinitely better designs than Rex. rex's design is very bad but i like a lot of the other designs. there's a lot of good rare blade designs and morag and brighid are excellent.
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I like Mythra’s design a lot post tights, Morag, Brighid and Zeke are really excellent too Plus there’s the pope and god
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Pandorrrrriaaaa
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Vess became one of my early favorites because of the sheer contrast she has with everyone else. Her 1990's artstyle draws your eye in gormott.
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TheKingofSprings posted:XB2 had the villains actually matter, a feat no other Xenoblade has successfully accomplished outside Metal Face Wait what? 1) Egil, Dickson and Alvis* absolutely matter *Borderline if he counts as a villain 3) Z X and Y should matter way more, but N matters and carries his part in the script perfectly. I agree that villains should have mattered more in 3, but there are villains that matter.
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TheKingofSprings posted:XB2 had the villains actually matter, a feat no other Xenoblade has successfully accomplished outside Metal Face Uh 1 very much flips the script with villains 3/4ths of the way through the game with badass betrayals. 2’s villains came off more as antiheroes except for Malos, who spent 80% of his time screaming lines, which is a shame since he and Jin had a lot of unused potential most of the game. I desperately wanted to love 2 but even after sinking 200+ hours it didn’t reach the highs it deserved. Having to swap out Blades just to overcome idiotic attribute checks to progress parts was beyond annoying.
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Louisgod posted:Malos, who spent 80% of his time screaming lines yeah he was great
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Oxxidation posted:yeah he was great Yeah he owns, the VA was so over the top at times to the point where you appreciate their effort and clearly it’s memorable. The villain cast in 2 was infinitely better than the heroes.
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TheKingofSprings posted:XB2 had the villains actually matter, Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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XB3 has a pretty lame ending and XB2 has a fun bombastic one. XB3 is the better game for sure until it gets near the end game and it kinda fumbles the big reveals
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Looking for some help in XB3: I know from exploring the Erythia Sea that there are 6 or 7 hidden accessories spread around the area that are supposed to belong to the Founders. I've found 4 and I'm fairly certain another is up on the raised temple in the sandbar but I cannot find a grappling hook or climbable wall to access it. I've been spoiled that there's some post-game quests, is that location locked to post-game? Vague hints are appreciated.
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Manoueverable posted:Looking for some help in XB3: I know from exploring the Erythia Sea that there are 6 or 7 hidden accessories spread around the area that are supposed to belong to the Founders. I've found 4 and I know another is up on the raised temple in the sandbar but I cannot find a grappling hook or climbable wall to access it. I've been spoiled that there's some post-game quests, is that location locked to post-game? Vague hints are appreciated. Not postgame exactly but it is locked to just before the final dungeon. There are a couple of spots like that.
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TheKingofSprings posted:XB2 had the villains actually matter There's several you don't forget
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God, Malos was so good, his VA killed it
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Chronojam posted:There's several you don't forget gotta link to the greatest thing that came out of XC2: https://youtu.be/rmnZ0R8quWM
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Finally rolled credits with 175 hours on the clock. I shouted when Melia and Nia joined the final battle, I howled with laughter at Nia's photograph, I teared up as they ran so hard to catch each other. Honest to God, that second part is one of the funniest things a video game ending has ever given me. Monolith Soft really went, "Oh, y'all talked all that poo poo about Rex and his harem ending, huh? Well, let's validate Nia and put her in there too, and then let's throw in a dash of *checks notes* breaking the Blade life cycle as we understand it, see how you like those spicy implications." There's some small things I would have changed about it or some detail I would have added, but I'm more than happy with the ride they took me on 
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https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1592203204242071552?s=20&t=hNo3rZJlyc1ge76o3c7yGQ itshappening.gif
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Reik posted:https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1592203204242071552?s=20&t=hNo3rZJlyc1ge76o3c7yGQ That's wild. I thought it was a really good game but shocked to see it on any GOTY list.
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The real GotY is Vampire Survivors but the MAN doesn't want you to know that.
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ImpAtom posted:The real GotY is Vampire Survivors but the MAN doesn't want you to know that. It's too cheap. A game ANYONE can get for a mere 3 dollars?!?! UNACCEPTABLE! *flounces richly over video game land with $70 games and $600 systems*
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Didn’t GOW come out a week ago? How is it on there
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The time limit's Friday, so technically a game that still hasn't released could've been on there. It's because they're dumb
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Supremezero posted:The time limit's Friday, so technically a game that still hasn't released could've been on there. Are you insinuating that The Game Awards are actually just an extremely long advertisement?
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Look, we all know the awards are bullshit but I'm legit annoyed that Harry McEntire didn't get a nomination for Best Performance, he did such a spectacular job and deserved to be recognized for it on a big stage. Kitty Archer also deserved one because Eunie loving rules. Manoueverable fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Nov 15, 2022 |
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Manoueverable posted:Look, we all know the awards are bullshit but I'm legit annoyed that Harry McEntire didn't get a nomination for Best Performance, he did such a spectacular job and deserved to be recognized for it on a big stage. I would personally help fund a trophy for Kitty Archer.
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Mind_Taker posted:That's wild. I thought it was a really good game but shocked to see it on any GOTY list. it's the best rpg to come out this year so it makes sense
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Manoueverable posted:Finally rolled credits with 175 hours on the clock. I shouted when Melia and Nia joined the final battle, I howled with laughter at Nia's photograph, I teared up as they ran so hard to catch each other. Honest to God, that second part is one of the funniest things a video game ending has ever given me. Monolith Soft really went, "Oh, y'all talked all that poo poo about Rex and his harem ending, huh? Well, let's validate Nia and put her in there too, and then let's throw in a dash of *checks notes* breaking the Blade life cycle as we understand it, see how you like those spicy implications."
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Think I'm almost at the end, at the start of chapter 7 doing a fetch quest for the deluxe ship or whatever. Is there a point of no return, or is it pretty easy from the final save point to go back and side quest? I have a bunch of ascension quests to do, but I kinda feel like I should just finish the story before I burn out, and then go do the quests for classes I like.
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Tender Bender posted:Think I'm almost at the end, at the start of chapter 7 doing a fetch quest for the deluxe ship or whatever. Is there a point of no return, or is it pretty easy from the final save point to go back and side quest? I have a bunch of ascension quests to do, but I kinda feel like I should just finish the story before I burn out, and then go do the quests for classes I like. You can continue to teleport all the way to the end.
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ImpAtom posted:You can continue to teleport all the way to the end. Thank you, posterpon.
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Once you enter the final dungeon you will be blocked from using two characters for a while, so probably complete their Ascension quests first. Those heroes are Monica and Ghondor
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Once you enter the final dungeon you will be blocked from using two characters for a while, so probably complete their Ascension quests first.
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