Monolithsoft staff are incredible really. always been =) its why whenever their studio logo alone pops in a direct or such, I scream with excitement.
Tons of very experienced and excellent workers in there, from a loong time.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Staff Analysis
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Monolithsoft staff are incredible really. always been =) its why whenever their studio logo alone pops in a direct or such, I scream with excitement.
Tons of very experienced and excellent workers in there, from a loong time.
The rest of the studio is obviously working on their online fantasy game.
Not that surprising.
Their "B Team" has always out out amazing games on the DS and 3DS, so making an amazing game for Switch seems logical.
Not that surprising.
Their "B Team" has always out out amazing games on the DS and 3DS, so making an amazing game for Switch seems logical.
If dealing with large time skips like Xenogears' greater episodic plan this is a possible if unlikely scenario.
according to Takahashi, numbered games focus on story (and are unrelated) while the X line is open world/online focused. the medieval game can easily fit in the X line. especially with XC1 and XC2 not being related
Freaking wizards, all of them. Xenoblade 2 has been awesome so far, and it's impressive that such a big world with so much detail was done in so little time by a relatively-small group of people. And writing and producing so much GOOD music in the amount of time they did is no small feat.
"Monolith worked on the BotW Engine" believers BTFOBOTW programming team lend some support
I suppose this is an attempt to say "this is why XB2 sucks so much compared to the other games" but what I played yesterday was overall fantastic. If anything, the game starts slower than the other two, but it does feel like Xenoblade.
What I'm gathering from this is it's believable that Monolith could have another project out in 2020, then.
'Feels/looks like a PS2 game' should be a bannable offense at this point
And by banned I mean banned from society altogether
Anyway, Monolith has gone beast mode for a while now and they've turned me into a fan
in Handheld mode it looks like a 3ds game at times, its embarrassing from a first party studio
I don't think this necessarily has anything to do with the quality of the game (haven't picked it up myself so I wouldn't know), but just that it's of interest of some people to know how Nintendo's resources are allocated. The fact that there are so many at Monolith who didn't work on XB2 probably means the new game they're hiring for isn't five years away, for example.
Except it really doesn't. At all. At any time. In any way. Go on.
Huh. Clicked expecting to find something about the staff themselves analysing the game. Disappointed, would love to have bookmarked that for when I'm done.
For me they are exactly this. The games are aa, no tripple a, but the quality, the fantasy, the scope of the games, it's there. I would be happy if SE was still this good, doesn't matter if they have higher budgets. Also Monolithsoft is essentially a part of the old Square that broke off if you look at the people that work there :)
It's low resolution, yes, but no game on 3ds looks this good, especially taking into account the semi open world elements. So yeah. I can't agree at all.
Looks like a 3ds game
Can't really tell for less known stuff, Honne (the director of BK) was working on Xenoblade 2 as well. Koh Kojima was the lead writer for Origins and is the producer of Xenoblade 2. For the Tri-Ace Stuff i don't know who worked on both games.
Right. The main thing I'm taking from this is that Monolith has two top tier teams, and that these folks stepped up.
Word. Many developers would kill to have two teams of this caliber.
I really do not think there are two "teams" of Monolith the way people seem to be thinking of here. As was said here:
I mean, this is a Takahashi and K.Kojima directed game, so it's definitely not being done by a second "team".
come on dude...it doesn't look like a 3DS game in any way at all.
This definitely supports the idea that the new action game and future Xenoblade games can coexist with them being able to work on both games side by side. I'd guess that a lot of the X to Breath of the Wild staff are on that game.
I mean, I'm just going by the OP's thrust that the main folks didn't work on the game and/or the assertion of B team. We can reword it as production group or whatever, it's still a group who have proven they can put together an amazing project, be flexible in working with teams elsewhere to outsource etc and apparently without a lot of the talent Op expected. It's impressive however we specifically slice it.
Yeah that was hyperbole, but the dynamic resolution is not good drops really low
Purchasing Monolith from Namco has to be one of the best business decisions Nintendo has ever made... I'm looking forward to whatever they do next.
And one of the best things that could happen to Monolith is being bought by Nintendo considering how they were being handled by Bamco.
It seems with the new management their studio was kinda throw to the way side, Bamco new focus didn't align with what Monolith wanted to do.
Yeah the dynamic nature of the way the production units at Nintendo work means that those groups aren't as defined as some seem to think. The only formal and persistent distinction at Monolith is Tokyo/Kyoto.
If there was a real distinction, "Fantasy team"/"Sci-fi team" sounds better though, even if just jesting.
If there was a real distinction, "Fantasy team"/"Sci-fi team" sounds better though, even if just jesting.
Full Blade Staff, two other square enix designers helped nomura with the Torna Clan
Where are you looking to it? A video? If so, can you send to me?
Pretty amazing effort for the B team from what i can tell.
I look forward to the medieval fantasy they r making
I look forward to the medieval fantasy they r making
Reread the thread and you'll see that it's not really what the OP is saying.
Then what is he saying? Sounds like it was a reduced team that was heavily outsourced. What am I missing here?
Well, tere's no character designer in Monolith since Takahashi said it in a interview this week.
There's a motive for how they get guest character designers for each Xenoblade and now they're using Saito for the party, Nomura for the villains and guest artists of different areas for the rare blades