I literally cannot figure out how to attack things in this. I target on to them and press everything but my character won't fight.
How the fuck does this work
Are you close enough?
>>342001249
On top of it. Is combat supposed to be automatic?
>>342001351
If you're targeting it and close enough, you should be auto-attacking it.
>>342001647
Is it possible that I turned that off somehow? I'm definitely targeting and on it and I'm just standing there.
>>342001875
To be honest, my experience relates only to XC, but I wanted to help, can another anon weight in?
>>342001875
All I can think of is you're too far away, been hit with a sleep de-buff or something, the game should be auto-attacking outside of skills.
Maybe you haven't initiated battle, or are holding the flee button, but I can't think what else it could be
hit A and make sure your weapon is "drawn" and you're close enough.
>>342001124
Read the manual you fuck. The game doesn't explain shit to you.
>>342001124
Did you pull your weapon out?
>>342001124
Holy shit, you must be stupid as fuck.
Fucking kill yourself.
>>342001124
i really wished the game played like FFXV
>>342002307
Hitting A just seems to change my target and not attack. I don't know, now I'll attack once in a while. Haven't really figured out what's different when I do.
Are you able to attack everything that says its level above its head or no?
>>342001124
Go towards an enemy. Lock on. Press A. I think the bumpers or pad are for choosing skills. You dumb baby.
Git gud
>>342002487
Changing targets happens if you have the R button held down and hit A
You target what you want to fight by hitting R and then release R and hit A to initiate the fight
You should be able to fight everything with a level yes
Is it possible I have a shitty copy or something? I'm not able to talk to npc's with speech bubbles above their heads either.
>>342002680
The speech bubble means that they will just tell you something when you walk near them via a little popup thing
You can talk to everyone with a name
>>342001124
retard
first, lock on with R button
then, the battle menu pops up. from there, you choose how to start the fight. you navigate it like a menu
protip: hold R for a second, then press LT/RT to switch between targets
you can't target specific bodyparts like that, you have to move next to them
This thread make me want to kill myself.
>all those anons spoonfeeding that massive retard
>>342002768
Oh okay yeah, I'm definitely a moron on that one. Combat still seems like it's being weird, I'm sure I'll realize I'm doing something wrong at some point. Thank you anons.
Anyway, how is this game overall though?
>>342002984
there's no way this isn't bait
>>342001124
If you skipped the early game tutorial pop-up or if you are at any point confused about something, the game has a guide built into the menu that will explain everything.
Just open the menu in the game and go down to guide, it's near the bottom.
>>342003017
Main story sucks dick, a lot of the sidequests are pretty good, exploring the world is fun, the two characters they basically force on you for most of the game are boring
>>342001124
Base melee and ranged are auto attacks, and go on CD depending on weapon type
You have to manually input for special attacks, to chain them and trigger things like Overlimit
No its not skill based combat its tatics based on what class you and your NPC partners pick and WHEN you choose to trigger special attack, also position is a factor, some moves are better suited for front, others back, others side, some from above
>>342003017
Story starts out with promise but ends up pretty weak
Side missions are actually really entertaining and can be pretty funny in places.
Exploring the world is amazing and it has some of the best designed geography in a video game, truly justifying its size.
You'll love or hate the music, same with the combat really.
Menu and UI can be clunky in places.
It ticks a lot of personal boxes for me so it was my game of the year.
Most people who actually play it hang out in the general on /vg/
The majority of times it's brought up on /v/ is to troll.
Enjoy anon!
>>342003017
In case others haven't mentioned it, read the in-game manual for anything you might have questions about.
The manual covers practically everything you need to know about combat, upgrading skills, augmenting your gear, etc.
I've been playing through this game for the first time recently too. Really enjoying it so far, but man are there so many little annoyances.
>Mute main character, but has personality and talks during battles
>Awful audio balancing despite great music
>Unreadibly small UI text
Seriously, was this at one point going to be a PC game? I can't play this unless I'm close to my TV like I would be a computer monitor. The text on the menus is just so damn small.
>>342004153
the audio and small text issue is a problem with the localized version unfortunately. The japanese audio was much louder with the character's voice.
But luckily most of the unique battle dialogues and character responses have already been compiled and uploaded.
>>342002056
XCX is the same just that there is melee max distance and range max distance.
Both are able to attack if you are standing ontop of the enemy.
>>342004573
That, along with a few other things, are really what are preventing me from really loving this game. If only they would patch this kind of stuff.
>>342004153
>Unless I'm close to the screen like I would be a computer monitor
Or a tablet
>>342005332
personally I don't have the text issue since I play on a giant tv but I still overall love the game.
>>342005449
Please. It's just as bad on the gamepad, and you gimp yourself because you lose functionality playing on the gamepad. No access to maps, probes, fast travel, etc.
I've started a second playthrough doing a tank build a few days ago. Having a lot of fun.
>>342006142
>>342005997
mods are great for 2nd playthroughs
>>342006242
how do?
>>342005332
I personally find just navigating the menus to be a bit of a chore.
I also wish that gathering quests would give you more of a hint, or at least planting a node would let you know what resources are in a given area.
But damn if I don't love the game to bits.
I can't tell if the seemingly poor reception it got on /v/ was because of all the retarded "X vs FFXV" threads or if it really just is that polarizing of a game.
It deserves more praise than it gets anyhow.
>>342006984
It's a polarizing game. Honestly, it would have been a perfect MMO if one or two things were changed, but outside of that it's just a convolutedly put together RPG with a shitty story that has combat that seems like a worse Xenoblade Chronicles when you look at it objectively.
I hate the fact that since I can't play online (dorm wifi blocks any gaming functionality) I get that "Offline" text in the top left constantly, even during cutscenes. Literally why?
