What went wrong?
>>320851730
>84 isn't a good score.
When will this meme about metacritic scores go?
higher expectations as time goes on for video games
>>320851730
Didn't bash fundies enough :/
>>320851902
Anything thing less than 90 goes in the trash
>>320851902
Never.
I sincerely prefer metacritic shitposting than the >8.8 bullshit which is just taking a single dissenting score and parading it around like retards
>What went wrong?
Gamespot I'm guessing.
They weren't in Nintendo shitpost mode back when XC released IIRC.
>>320851730
Too many memes and not enough of a meme itself
I actually sank 50 hours into Xeno X in the 2 weeks after release whereas the original I couldn't continue after 20 hours and just put it in the backlog for almost 10 months now.
I understand the story the is much better in the original but the gameplay always holds me over the story.
This is the website that gave Xenoblade X a 50 (its lowest score)
https://killscreen.com/
This is the website that gave it a 60 (second lowest score)
http://www.gamer.no/artikler/anmeldelse-xenoblade-chronicles-x/219359
1 gave it 100 (Time)
30 gave it 90-99
20 gave it 80-89 (8 above median and 12 below)
8 gave it 70-79
Then there were the 1 who gave it 60 and 1 who gave it 50.
61 total reviews
39/61 rated it higher than its mean average.
22 rated it lower, only 10 of which rated it significantly lower.
I'd say it's pretty good review wise.
The average mean is 84.93 which I guess they round down to 84 rather than up to 85, despite the proximity.
The median is 90 and the mode is 90.
>>320853317
>(8 above median and 12 below)
This is a mistake this line should say
(8 above mean and 12 below)
Not median, obviously.
Censorship can hurt a game's score.
>>320853513
Can you ballpark by how many points? I'd like to think of what it'd be more or less if it weren't since I don't particularly care for censorship, I just want to play the game.
Don't get me wrong I get why people dislike it, I just think people are entitled to their own opinion and knowing this amount might be a good point for whenever bravely second comes out.
>>320853513
>OoT
Dragon Age 3 wore out people's patience with offline MMOs.
Nintendo should have released this game sooner.
>>320851730
The original came in the golden age of getting tons of money for giving good score. Now that youtubers are better source of marketing, "traditional" gaming journos are underpaid. Check yearly AAA games and their scores. You have fucking 70's where you'd get high 80's not so long ago.
A common point of people who gave the game below the average score seems to be
>It's very incomprehensible in terms of mechanics
Basically it was frustrating for them to understand it.
Just scanning over the Metacritic entries shows this pretty common criticism.
User reviewers tell a different tale.
>shitposters still trying
sad
>>320853883
No major reviewer docked points for the "censorship".
The big complaint was that
>Mechanics in the game were too hard to understand and did a bad job for new players
>>320853317
>http://www.gamer.no/artikler/anmeldelse-xenoblade-chronicles-x/219359
I haven't even played Xenoblade X but that review was god fucking awful. The man has a degree in English Literature from Columbia and gets his wisdom from a blue crayfish and he still manages to write a shit review with an idiotic allegory to Aibo, the famous Japanese robot dog.
Seriously, what the fuck did I just read?
>>320851730
sequelitis
>>320854242
I've gone to check the XCX negative reviews and you get the classical 1 game rated 0 score shit a whole lot.
It would have been better on a real console: the Sony Playstation 4.
>>320854358
I was hoping it might give more context to why somebody voted the game 35-40 points below average.
>>320854598
Come on anon, i know the scope is grand and all that, but there is gameplay involved, clearly PS4 is not the right home for it.
>>320854541
Happens all the time, but 100 voters and 0 voters typically will cancel each other out.
User scores are still a better idea of how people playing the games for NO PAY will rate them.
>>320854634
I love horse eat horse orld man. SHame he comes on 5th or he'd get a spot on my team
Standards are higher sincer masterpiece RPGs like Undertale and Dark Souls came out.
>>320854358
Can you read Norwegian? If not, that for auto translated
I can but im too lazy to give an obviously shit review my attention
>>320854598
This
>>320851730
I have played it for like 60 hours now. It's the score it deserves. It has way too many flaws to get over 90 and it lacks of that special feel that Chronicles had from wandering around in a giant-creature shaped world.
That doesn't keep it from being enjoyable as fuck though.
>>320854598
>no frontiernav
it would be worse
>>320854723
But they don't cancel each other. They average to 50. That's the crux, if you got 10 0 score shitposters, you'd need 100 10voters to average it back to 90. Personally, i'd like something where lowest and highest are removed in equal measure proportionnal to number of votes.
Something like, not count the 5 lowest and 5 highest per 100 voters. Removes extremes on both sides, kinda
>>320854985
They average it to 50 and then realistic graders start adjusting it (probably upward in most cases unless the game is trash).
That's still a better score than Japanese Skyrim deserves.
Weak main story and everyone is tired of open worlds
>>320854123
most of the censorship happened after reviews were released. 97% of your gold carts(first run of stock) were 1.0 which was uncensored outside of a few text changes to make sense after translation(a direct translation would have been broken english)
>>320851730
post user scores.
>>320855237
8.9 and 9.0
Don,t worry, shitposters OP knew not to include them
So does it never pick up?
I've just finished chapter 6, I thought I was just doing all the preliminary shit but it seems like it doesn't get much better?
Lacks a lot of the originality its predecessor had, one of my main gripes is that no one character has an original move set, making them all just class x with a skin.
>>320851730
Not enough cutscenes and handholding to appease the casuals.
>>320855196
>everyone is tired of open worlds
If only we could be so lucky.
It was a real RPG instead of a shitty anime.
>>320851730
came out on a terrible time of the year, sure Nintendo needed a release during the winter, but not a small IP, they should have tried releasing the same time the Japanese got it.
Splatoon probably wouldn't have sold so well if it came out in the Winter
>>320851730
more complex mechanics & systems coupled with interesting content actually being left for sidequests instead of cramming it all into the main story, both something reviewers on a schedule aren't going to appreciate.
>>320851730
It isn't as straight forward as the previous game.
Xenoblade had
>based Reyn, Dunban and Melia instead of fucking awful party members
>Shulk instead of create your own character cancer
>better lore
>better OST
>no censorship
>>320851730
Because it's a rehash of chronicles.
>>320856023
X has better party members
Shulk was a shitty protagonist.
Wrong.
Wrong.
Correct.
One out of five isn't too good anon.
>>320856023
>no censorship
>>320855485
Open world is fine when it's done welllike it is in X.
>>320851730
Shitty story, lame combat, huge barren worlds..
and it got even worse in the second one
>>320856387
You are fucking delusional.
>>320856716
Ahahah
Funny man
>>320856737
From my perspective you're the one who's delusional.
>>320856023
>create your own character
>cancer
>in an RPG
How can anyone have opinions THIS retarded?
>>320856897
>video game is the same as p&p
How can anyone be THIS fucking retarded?
>>320856897
fuck if I know. It's honestly hilarious when people say they don't want to role play in a roleplaying game.
Xenoblade was always hilariously overrated, this time the rose tinted glasses slipped a little.
nintendo
>>320855431
Honestly, not really. There are a few 'twists' but they aren't even that great. LikeLao being a traitor because he is upset his family died. It's moronic.
>>320856387
>X has better party members
kill self
>>320856387
All of X's characters are poorly executed tropes with one dimensional personalities. XC's characters may have been tropes, but they were done well and they all had good interactions with the rest of the cast. XCX has shit character interaction because 98% of the characters only talk to the mute MC, not each other.
Also, every single character has one single defining trait that gets shoved down your throat over and over. Throughout each of the 2-3 affinity quests and 5 heart to hearts for each character, you only learn one thing about them.
Doug is reliable generic army guy.
Irina is rabid man-hating strong womyn
Elma is Colonel Mary Sue who can do no wrong
Yelv lost his partner in the crash
Lin is young, smart, and makes food jokes
Alexa loves Skells
Boze loves Buddha and hates xenos
Gwin is cowardly fag and wants to get stronger to impress Irina
Etc
The only characters in this game who have meaningful character devlopment and good affinity quests are Nagi, Hope, Phog, and to a lesser extent, HB.
>>320856890
Yeah but he has the high ground.
Whatever more people remember Christensen's performance than MacGregors.
>>320854884
>LIAR
Everytime
>>320857797
Don't forget Murderess who is a rich cunt and is mean just to be mean.
>>320851730
- Xenoblade Chronicles was innovate and pushed the Wii hardware to its limit, while Xenoblade Chronicles X is just more of the same
- XCX is a game made with PS4 and XBone in mind instead of Wii U. They created a huge world with more pop-in than Fallout 4 at minimum spec. Also, data packs that fail at trying to mitigate the loading of textures are so terrible they require at least half of the Wii U's HDD space (digital version literally requires you to delete everything else from your Wii U and it can't be downloaded on a Basic system)
- Censorship all over the game
- offline MMO progression and gameplay
- Worst UI in videogames (pic related)
Frankly, it should have scored even lower than that.
>>320857797
Nagi, Elma, and Lin alone are better than any of the unlikable shitters from the original Xenoblade. If it weren't for Xenosaga Ep. 2 Xenoblade Chronicles would be the worst Xeno game.
>>320858369
>Game literally made by a Nintendo studio and in development before the system was released
>Made with other consoles in mind
I've seen retarded bait, but this takes the cake
>>320858369
X pushes the Wii U far more than the original pushed the Wii. It also plays much better, and looks fucking amazing considering the hardware. Try harder next time you decide to shitpost.
>>320858674
>Colonel Mary Sue
>Lol lets eat Tatsu HUE HUE HUE
>Better characters than Reyn Time, Melia, Dunban, and Riki
I didnt know it was possible to have such a godawful opinion.
>>320858738
I don't mean they want to port it to the PS4 and XBone, I just meant it's too much for the Wii U system to handle.
>>320858826
>I didnt know it was possible to have such a godawful opinion.
And yet here you are.
>>320858929
X's characters are objectively dog shit m8. They're flat as fuck and completely one dimensional. X's characters are bigger anime tropes than anything in XC was.
>>320858369
The UI insn't that bad, since you can remove shit you don't want or need.
As a guy that plays MMO's this looks pretty barebones to me.
>>320851902
Same score as FF13
>>320853513
More like being a Nintendo exclusive aimed at a specific niche doomed it from the beginning
Only mainstream Nintendo games with lots of advertising get high scores
The only reason the original got such high scores was to make NOA look like the bad guy.
X is a much better game all around.
>>320860256
The only reason it got a high score was because Nintenyearolds were starved for JRPGs on Wii and overvalued any JRPG on Wii, it is a mediocre as fuck game that is overvalued for that reason and that reason alone
The only thing deserving of high praise from the game is the OST
>>320851730
Why indeed.
>>320860552
That's hardly the only reason. There were barely any jrpgs that came out last gen that are any good. It sits at the top because the competition is dogshit.
>>320860552
Then why did The Last Story score significantly lower despite being a better game?
>>320851902
dude metacritic scores and sales numbers are the only way to judge whether or not a game is good
this is /v/, we dont actually play everything before forming an opinion on it
>>320860983
>Tales of Vesparia
>Resonance of Fate
>Lost Odyssey
>Blue Dragon
>Eternal Sonata
>six fucking Atelier games
>Ar nosurge
>Final Fantasy XIII-2
>Lightning Returns
>The Last Story
There were plenty of great JRPGs other than Xenoblade.
>>320860983
There was a ton of JRPGs across DS, PSP and PS3 in 7the gen
Wii had like three fucking JRPGs
>>320855405
>thinks a user difference of 1 is enough to offset a reviewer difference of 8
I picked up this game, and can't understand /v/'s obsession over it. Nothing about it grabs me, and I'm considering trading it in.
Convince me otherwise, anons. Why does this game deserve a chance?
>>320861761
It doesn't. It's Japanese Skyrim.
>>320861757
>caring about "professional" reviews at all
I bet you think Fallout 4, Her Story, and Gone Home aren't garbage.
>>320861761
If you don't like it you don't like it. Like every other game ever made, it's not for everyone.
>>320861761
Well personally I like exploring, dig giant robots, and being able to make my character a cute girl is a plus.
But if you don't like it already you're probably not going to be convinced otherwise.
>>320851730
The game sucked. After pitting 55ish hours into it, I can honestly say it has barely anything on Xenoblade Chronicles other than mechs, which are boring to actually use.
Seriously my biggest disappointment all year.
They made some bad choices with interface and game progression. The fact that their is now mode that is Pro Controller only sucks big ones.
Also thing the game could do a better job explaining things. I hate having to google things to figure out in vidya.
>>320860256
The characters and story are much worse. The characters are even bigger anime tropes than XC, which is quite a fucking accomplishment. And unlike XC, they don't have good interactions because all of the characters, save for 2 or 3, interact solely with the mute protagonist, and never with the other characters.
>>320862510
>it sucks
>trust me I put DAYS INTO IT.
If my keyboard wasn't being gay id fucking tear into you right now
>>320862510
It also has better combat (and better gameplay in general), more interesting environments, and more content.
>>320862595
>storyfags
I beat Chapter 7, got my mech but haven't really found any other party members, where are they?
>>320851730
scores aren't from the same people, and are from different times with different trends. even mario tennis would be a 90 in the first xeno's time, remember how people shat their pants at 8.8. Now people are afraid of giving nintendo good scores because it makes the competition mad and it's bad for the ads.
>>320862656
Its honestly the worst game I played this year.
>>320862658
Nope. Overdrive breaks the game easily for one. Late game mech fights are much much worst, waiting on constant cooldowns.
There are minimal interior areas, like the mechonis places, theres much much less areas, and the only interesting place is Sylvarium.
More content doesnt means its good, most of it is a mix of forced grinding and mandatory fetch quests with shitty drop rates. If they were designing a mediocre MMO, they accomplished it.
When everything is fucking bad, what redeeming factor is there? Again, it has almost nothing on XC and is shitty in comparison.
Not enough lesbians.
> XBOXHUEG UI
>Potato face
to think i was going to buy a mario machine for this one game
>>320862510
See now wouldn't it be slightly better if the potato had a bikini? Fuck.
>>320862758
Its an RPG dipshit. Of course people care about the story
>>320862656
Not him but I put a similar amount of hours into Diablo 3 and hold a similar opinion ie. it's shite
>>320863201
The censorship i didnt care for, but it wouldnt make the game less shit honestly. The game feeds you constant bullshit, its just a poor game and im convinced very few reviewers even got far. You can experience most of the game in the first 15 hours because it hardly gets better.
>>320862762
You have to do an affinity quest for most party members. Usually one with Lin and Elma.
>>320863424
Where do I find the party members though?
>>320863506
What, you mean after unlocking them?
You should get a sector recon in NLA that shows where you can pick them up.
>>320858826
>I AM SILLY
you blew it
>>320853513
>no boob-slider and some localized/cut text
I'm sorry for your horrific loss.
>>320861215
>>Final Fantasy XIII-2
>>Lightning Returns
I'm disgusted to share board with such low tier plebe.
>>320863024
protip : your feelings aren't argument. try again.
>>320856387
>X has better party members
>Shulk was a shitty protagonist.
>>320864115
You never actually played them after 13 was so shit, right?
First one was reviewed far too high
>>320864115
They were both great. Especially Lightning Returns.
>>320863206
Only casuals who think JRPGs are movies with interactive DVD menu sequences think this way.
This game isn't for casuals, but for people who actually like RPGs.
So?
When did everyone start caring about reviews and metacritic scores?
>>320864562
I don't mind the story-focused approach but it's kind of sad that so many people will instantly reject any rpg that puts the narrative on the back burner in favor of focusing on the gameplay. I hate to just label them as casuals but in this case I think you may be right.
>>320864250
take a dick
>>320864250
Not really my feelings, plenty of facts though.
Grinding is required, the story is poorly written and executed, the combat is MMO like, the areas ARE less varied. Its an overall poor game.
>>320865527
>plenty of facts
>fails to list a single fact
I haven't had to grind once in my 70 hours of playing. The story is fine and just de-emphasized, the combat is an improved and more involved version of the original game's, and the areas have just as much variety while also being much larger in scale and having more things to do in them.
>>320866756
>never had to grind
So you are lying and you're a deluded fanboy. You're done.
>>320863942
How do I unlock them?
>>320864562
>for people who actually like RPGs.
>can't roleplay at all
Wew lad
>>320865173
Xenoblade X is a casual game, stop pretending like it isn't
>>320867070
not him, but i'm 60 hours in and haven't done any grinding at all and havent had any trouble
sounds like you've either been trying to fight everything or are just bad at the combat
>>320864006
What?
>>320867070
Sounds more like you are just shit at the game.
>>320862758
Did you even read his post. He was mostly talking about the characters, you fucking imbecile. If an RPG doesn't have interesting/charming characters theres no reason to play it
Don't pretend like XCX has good gameplay, either.
>>320861215
>>Resonance of Fate
>>Blue Dragon
>>Eternal Sonata
>>six fucking Atelier games
>>Final Fantasy XIII-2
>>Lightning Returns
Are you fucking kitten me hair
>>320869669
All of those are great. What's the problem?
>>320863024
>waiting on constant cooldowns.
Have you considered not using overpowered weapons with long cooldowns on all your weapon slots? You're meant to balance it to increase soul voice and cockpit chances.
Xenoblade didn't have many interiors either. Most of the interiors were cave-like which X integrates into the world seamlessly. There are way more areas in X, it just doesn't hold your hand to get to them. X is about exploring on your own whereas Xenoblade is more story-driven. They have different goals in mind.
You can have your opinions, but you should know that they're wrongly justified.
In general, X's gameplay and exploration trumps Xenoblade in every way. Xenoblade however has the better music, world/setting, story and characters.
>>320868579
>If an RPG doesn't have interesting/charming characters theres no reason to play it
I want underage faggots to leave.
>>320869915
Your standards are the problem.
>>320870278
Tell me what reason there is to play X. It doesn't have interesting characters. Doesn't have good gameplay. Has shitty Engrish rap for an OST. The world is very forgettable. What redeeming factors does this game have?
>>320870096
>Xenoblade however has the better music, world/setting, story and characters.
>music
Shimonura at her worst and a rag tag group of composers turned in a very unfocused soundtrack
>world
No way
>setting
No way
>characters
They're all anime ass tropes that are one note as fuck. Sharla and Reyn are 2 of the absolute memiest characters with one note personalities I've ever seen.
>>320851730
both games are shit, the second one just didn't have the push of LE JAPANESE MASTERPIECE and sandbox fatigue
>>320870519
>They're all anime ass tropes that are one note as fuck
So are XCXs characters you fucking biased fag. They all literally have one defining trait.
>>320857797
>>320870631
X doesnt shove that shit in my face.
>>320870519
>Shimonura at her worst and a rag tag group of composers turned in a very unfocused soundtrack
Finally someone that doesn't suck XBCs OSTs dick
>>320870631
>>320870631
>All of X's characters are poorly executed tropes with one dimensional personalities. XC's characters may have been tropes, but they were done well
Holy fuck be more biased. In truth they were both fucking awful
Can you fucking autists stop arguing about which game is better? It doesn't matter in the slightest. Just enjoy whichever you like.
Potato face
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>>320851902
I think it was more about how Xenoblade X technically fell short compared to XBC
Honestly, I felt Xenoblade Chroncles had a special charm to it, mostly with its story and characters with the gameplay being the glue that kept it together. Also, the OST was amazing.
Xenoblade X is great, but I feel like the gameplay got a bit too much focus for its own good. The scale is fucking ridiculous but almost just for the sake of being ridiculous, and the story/characters are just sorta there.
I really hope that, if Monolith makes a spiritual sequel, they go back to how XBC did things, but still doing enough new to make it fresh
>>320851730
Game has waaaaaay too many grinding barriers.
>>320856387
>Shulk was a shitty protagonist.
You best be fucking with me
>>320851902
Compared to its predecessor, it's a huge let down.
Game is filled with dull missions, which for most RPG's I can forgive if the story makes up for it.
Unfortunately the story is rather dull.
As a result of both a bad story and boring missions I really have zero motivation to pick this game up again.
>>320856897
It's like those idiots who think Zelda is an RPG since you "play the role of Link"
>>320853513
>all these dramatic flamboyant faggots haven't killed themselves yet
>>320871120
XC's characters had good interactions with the entire cast. XCX characters only interact with the silent MC
XC's character development >> XCX's character development
>>320860805
The rabid defense of shit like this will never not be funny.
>>320870797
>HEY LETS COOK TATSU
>lets do three fuckig quests about how much Alexa loves Skells
>MUH PARDNER DIED IN THE CRASH WAAAHHH MUH PARDNER
You can't be fucking serious. X's characters shove their single defining trait in your face way more than XC does. You're biased as fuck
>>320854669
For this type of game. Any home would be better than a region-locked Nintendo console.
>>320872593
It's bizarre that Nintendo/Monolith Soft thought that Alexa, Boze, and Yelv were actually worth paying extra for.
>>320873118
It really is bizarre. HB is a pretty good character but the rest of the DLC ones suck ass. Its a good thing they were included, I wouldn't have bought them otherwise. And we especially deserved it after that fucking 8 month gap.
>>320870432
It has excellent gameplay. The combat is an improved version of the original's and much more involved. The game offers tons of customization options with which to improve your character and party. The world is huge and visually appealing, and the game gives you plenty of incentives to explore it. Also the characters are plenty likeable and the OST is much better than the overrated original's, even with the out of place vocals.
>>320856387
>shulk was a shitty protagonist
Opinion discarded.
>>320872465
Meaningless banter =/= character development you dumbass.
>First 30 levels of the game
>Afraid that I will be overleveled if I sidequest too much
>Second 30 levels of the game
>Afraid that I will be underleveled for the story boss
>>320871805
It's predecessor is the second worst Xeno game,. Only Xenosaga Ep. 2 is worse.
>>320873730
For me I was at a good level 100% of the time until I unlocked Skells, and then it was pretty much exclusively over or under.
>>320865158
People only care about reviews and metacritic if games they like get high scores and games they don't like get low scores. If a game they like gets low scores or a game they don't like gets high scores then "reviews don't matter"
>>320873534
XCX doesn't even have banter, it has awkward half-conversations with the characters basically talking to themselves because the MC doesn't respond
>>320864356
>>320871738
>>320873412
Smash memers please leave. Shulk makes Teedus seem likeable.
>>320873996
The two Xenoblade games are the only ones in the Xeno series worth playing. They're the only ones that have good gameplay.
>>320874240
>Xenoblades
>Worth playing
Then again all the Xeno games are shit, so.
>>320851730
I really don't get how XC managed to get such a high score.
If it had come out during the PS2 era it would have gotten a 70 at most.
>>320874387
Xenoblade and Xenoblade X are the least shitty though
>>320874213
>implying i haven't played XC myself
Nice assumption, nigger.
I'll admit I first found out about him from Sm4sh, but I am playing through his game and watching videos of it too.
>>320874240
Like I said like a billion posts ago, I enjoy both narrative-focused and gameplay-focused approaches. The older Xeno games were primarily worth playing because of their stories and characters. X is the only one worth playing because of the gameplay.
>>320874493
>Like I said like a billion posts ago,
Sorry for not keeping track of your anonymous posts, you pretentious fuckwad
>>320874240
>Xenogears
>not worth playing
>>320875459
>second disc is a DVD selection menu with bosses
>the story board is literally placed in the game because its unfinished
>>320874213
Except Shulk actually had a personality in XBC. He wasn't LE FEELINGS MAN outside Sm4sh
shulk was very likeable but he did some really fucking retarded "muh fiora" shit
>that part on the fucking mountain
>There are people on /v/ who prefer story over gameplay
>>320877894
Good story sticks with me. Good gameplay does not.
>>320877894
X has neither good story or good gameplay
>>320874750
I never said I wanted you to keep track of my posts. I was simply acknowledging that I posted something similar in the thread earlier. Calm down faggot.
Nothing went wrong, XBC is an example of a perfect game, it would have been impossible to have topped it. The fact that a formerly obscure weebshit game broke 90 on a normalfag central like metacritic is a testament to this.
>>320877067
Yeah but his personality sucked.
>>320878458
You picked the wrong hobby then.
>>320878972
You're right, it has excellent gameplay.
>>320879503
>waiting for cooldowns and QTEs
>excellent gameplay
>>320879503
>You picked the wrong hobby then.
Nah. You feel games should not be about story but what you feel is irrelevant.
>>320851730
The first is a decent entry into a genre that's nearly dead at this point (JRPG), while the latter is an open world game when the market is saturated with them and people are getting bored.
>>320856023
>no censorship
Oh yeah, no one remembers Black Face
>>320851906
No one ever says this, but it's often this coupled with series veterans being terrified of changes that are outside the realm of their expectations.
>>320879783
>topplelocking and flowchart: the girl
literally anything is excellent compared to that shit
Why does this game deserve anything higher than a 70? It doesn't do anything new and the stuff that's been done a hundred times before it doesn't do any better
>>320856387
>the year of our lord 2015, any party member in any game ever considered better than Dunban
Fuck you
>Shulk was a shitty protag
His JP VA was only slightly annoying for a few attacks, otherwise he was a very solid MC, Dunban was better but the party dynamic was better with him as a side character, a peerless MC is boring
>THINKING ANY GAME HAS A BETTER OST THAN XBC
o p i n i o n d i s c a r d e d
>>320851730
easy way to explain this
>Nintendo of Europe
>Nintendo of America
>>320882787
The VA in X isn't terrible but the writing isn't up to snuff. XC had loads of fun bants during battle and varied cutscene scenarios that called for a good performance, while X has boring soul voices and the constant potatsu gag.
NoA really did screw the pooch with costumes though by ruining lyn's swimwear instead of replacing it with something that still looks relatively good.
>>320851730
People expecting XC2
Despite having the best open world and gameplay
It had a basic as fuck story
I like it better than Shulk's chronicles though
>>320882357
>Stuff that's been done hundred times before it doesn't do any better
Actually it does
That's the focal point positive of this game
It's open world, skells and gameplay is the best in the series and is incredibly as every reviewer noted and best made
The story is just weak as a compensation for gameplay focus
>>320883732
Except the gameplay is actually worse than an mmorpg. The open world is shit since there's nothing to do and it doesn't even look exciting.
