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Will Xenoblade Chronicles X ever get a sequel?
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Well, the game was never designed to be played solely for the main story. If you had done the entire collection of all the missions (main, side, and affinity), you'd realize that it does a good job of telling a coherent story of what the game is all about.
I don't think Takahashi will ever return to the theme and concept of Xenosaga which was the IP that killed his and his staff's confidence. Nintendo had to bring back Takahashi's confidence with Xenoblade.
As much as Xenosaga Part I sold decent the other parts were failures in Takahashi's career they bombed hard.
XBX2 is not even plausible in 2020 if they are working on a new ambitious project with a medieval setting. They are looking for staff who have interest in Western entertainment.
Oh that's right. I keep forgetting about that project. Yep, well ports of the first two games are the best we can hope for Xenoblade in the near future. 2020/2021is probably the earliest that game you're referring to will release, so any more Xeno seems pretty far off.
It isnt that X has less story, its that the many sidequests have a ton of story, so much infact that you'll literally be missing out on huge content by not doing them, like there are hidden aliens on the planet that if you find them in sidestories, will join NLA where you'll get more sidequests and neq armor and gear as Well.
Ofcourse there are also aliens that are your enemies like shapeshifting ones that kill people that you actually talk to in NLA and masquarade as them for who knows how long before you find out, thats how deep it goes bruh
Yeah, they really need to do something new at this point. The core battle system needs a break, and IMO, if TT is going to give us yet another iteration of the Xenogears story, he needs to go whole-hog like he did with Xenogears and Xenosaga. While the original Xenoblade 1 story was another good retelling, it's getting played out at this point.
That's the beauty of open-world design. The story is like an open book with pieces. You have the freedom to build your own story. Your character don't talk but he/she is intelligent enough to make choices and impact the story.
Coherent story is in the side-quests whereever you go in the world/galaxy.
This is pretty much the case with X. It's a good game, but not what I was looking for in a Xeno game which is usually mostly focused on Story.
I'm a new fan of the series. XC2 is one of my favorite RPGs ever, the cast was too good. I'll buy whatever else they bring out.
Japan Studio producer Teruyuki Toriyama doesn't agree with you. He was amazed by the concept of XBX.
"In the background that I'm a JRPG game designer from the ground up, I pay attention to the major works of JRPG as a first priority, but among them is vast open world where one planet of Xenoblade X can be adventureous in its entirety. I was impressed with thoughtful game design that I played.
This is an ambitious title that you can see the future of JRPG, built with the spirit and guts of the staff, so I'd like all JRPG fans to play it immediately."
If I even recall LocoRoco creator at GDC 2007 said he wanted to do something similar as he doesn't want to make games where you have direct control over the characters. But his setting was much different from XBX he had in his mind.
I'm all open for more games like this and Zelda BOTW. The side-quests flesh out the story.
The concept of X is brilliant. The execution just wasn't there for me, though. The story of all the other Xeno games are far more entertaining to me. The fact that I can barely remember any character or the story beats of X is not a good sign since I can all other Xeno games (my favorite series tbh). I appreciate what they were going for with X, but the story ended just when it was getting somewhat interesting, so my impression overall isn't great. It had good sidequests, though, yes and the world itself was fantastic.
I think it's rather an issue of character choice/design/setting than the concept itself for you.
Like you said the concept of X is genius but the content didn't live up to it. Let's hope someone else does. Maybe in space next time.
I really hope not. Really hated X compared to the other two Xenoblade games, so I'd be a bit bummed if MS was spending time making an X sequel.
Spoilers dude.
Anyway it's not a traditionally presented linear JRPG story like XC1/2
I'm sure it'll get a Switch port.
They're supposed to be making an action RPG now aren't they? Maybe if X does extremely well on Switch they'll greenlight a sequel to be made after the new IP.
They're supposed to be making an action RPG now aren't they? Maybe if X does extremely well on Switch they'll greenlight a sequel to be made after the new IP.
Most disappointing game i ever played, for me. XB1 was one of the best RPG's i ever played. One of the best games even. And XCX looked so good from the trailers, people kept insisting that there was no way the story would take a backseat. Ugh. I couldn't play further than 45 hours. Just got my Skells, hoping that would make the game better, but it didn't. Honestly, i'd rather have them putting the time and money towards a XC3. Or, they can add a true story mode to XCX and rerelease it the way i hoped it would have been from the start.
I think one of the problems for me personally was my expectations. I was a hugeeee Xenoblade 1 fan, and from the first reveal trailer, I was soooo excited. But in my mind, I thought that last character they showed in the first trailer was Shulk, so my mind was going crazy thinking this was a sequel with the same type of awesome story. But that wasn't what I got, so.... yeah. :/ On the other hand, Xenoblade 2 was exactly what I was wanting.
It sure played a big part. Expectations were so high, but i just couldn't commit to the game and the game never really clicked for me. The repetitive NLA soundtrack also didn't help, and the fetch quests became tedious very fast.
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I'm pretty sure there's no confirmation that it'll be open-world.
Yeah, I know some people love the soundtrack, but it just didn't feel very Xenoblade to me, in particular the awful NLA themes. On the other hand, Xenoblade 2 had an amazing soundtrack (imo). I actually did think the sidequests were decent, but I wasn't a fan of any of the ones that requested random items you get in areas (the blue orbs). Hated those.
I hope they rerelease X first before a sequel, and I think 2019 is a pretty good chance it will happen if not a surprise port in q4 2018. They can gauge more interest from the port sales if necessary. Hopefully X is 1080p on Switch.
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I was originally going to make a new thread, but then I realized I already made this thread. Sorry for the bump!
Now that most people had time to digest Torna ~ The Golden Country, it's time to start thinking about the future.
In October 2017, Monolith Soft posted a recruitment update for a new RPG project by the Xenoblade team (headed by Takahashi). Assuming this is yet another entry in the Xenoblade series, do you think this upcoming project will be Xenoblade Chronicles X2?
First of all, we got some additional minor lore details via Elma in her recent appearance in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. She was also among the last of two DLC Blades to be released for the game. Could her appearance indicate that Monolith Soft are still interested in making a sequel?
Next, here's an excerpt from US Gamer's interview with Takahashi regarding the future of the series:
Do note that the above interview actually predates the announcement of their new RPG project. If they decide to go with the third option, could it still be a continuation to X, just in a different format (not completely open-world, more story focus, etc.)
If the third option is something else entirely unrelated to Xenoblade Chronicles X, could we even expect to see a direct sequel down the line?
What are your thoughts, Era?
Now that most people had time to digest Torna ~ The Golden Country, it's time to start thinking about the future.
In October 2017, Monolith Soft posted a recruitment update for a new RPG project by the Xenoblade team (headed by Takahashi). Assuming this is yet another entry in the Xenoblade series, do you think this upcoming project will be Xenoblade Chronicles X2?
First of all, we got some additional minor lore details via Elma in her recent appearance in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. She was also among the last of two DLC Blades to be released for the game. Could her appearance indicate that Monolith Soft are still interested in making a sequel?
Next, here's an excerpt from US Gamer's interview with Takahashi regarding the future of the series:
Do note that the above interview actually predates the announcement of their new RPG project. If they decide to go with the third option, could it still be a continuation to X, just in a different format (not completely open-world, more story focus, etc.)
If the third option is something else entirely unrelated to Xenoblade Chronicles X, could we even expect to see a direct sequel down the line?
What are your thoughts, Era?
With XC2 being the best selling game in the series, I think another Xeno game is a given, and it would probably tie into the X series and the Chronicles series. Although I def would prefer to be on Mira again and using a skell.
XC2 combat system+XCX world and exploration and skells+XC2 story and characters would be the best of the best
XC2 combat system+XCX world and exploration and skells+XC2 story and characters would be the best of the best
Would love for a port of X first. Higher resolution and maybe a proper dynamic day night cycle for visual improvements and maybe an overhaul of the awful UI.
Xenoblade X 2 is my most wanted sequel. I thought Xenoblade 2 was ok but after having time to settle on it I really did not like the direction they took the series with that game and hope that they go back to what they did with X next time. X is such a unique game, there needs to be more of it.
