Nintendo Rumor: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 could possibly get announced this year - in "final stages" of development but pushed back due to production issues

[Brian]

Xenoblade Voice Actress Implies a New Game is in the Works — Which is True

T.CO

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The voice actress for Melia implied that a third Xenoblade Chronicles game is in development. We can confirm that's accurate.

Takes place in the far future after XC2 with some returning characters

 

Might as well hold off release until Switch 2 since XB2 runs like ass on OG. 

[Bacon]

Never beat XBC2 cuz I hated the random weapons and I hated Rex's design. Probably my most disliked design of any protagonist ever. 

[crispy4000]

Thoroughly enjoyed XB2 myself, flaws aside.  One of the best final few hours of a game that I can remember.  You get even more mileage if you beat the first game.

 

But yes, the performance issues are bad and, the random elements suck and the character design can be cringe.

[stepee]

1 hour ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

Xenoblade Voice Actress Implies a New Game is in the Works — Which is True

T.CO

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The voice actress for Melia implied that a third Xenoblade Chronicles game is in development. We can confirm that's accurate.

Takes place in the far future after XC2 with some returning characters

 

Might as well hold off release until Switch 2 since XB2 runs like ass on OG. 

 

Yeah, hopefully it takes place in the far future after XC2 in a world where shit doesn’t run 360p/15fps anymore.

[Xbob42]

Still haven't gone back to XC2 because it runs like such asssss. And they really hammed up the titty trash for maximum neckbeard appeal. Then the pseudo-gacha system where you're hatching random bullshit. JUST MAKE A FUCKING NORMAL GAME AND MAKE IT RUN WELL GODDAMMIT.

[Brick]

I've had XC2 in my backlog for a few years now, but given how much I hear about how it runs pretty poorly even while docked I kind of want to wait until a Switch Pro or Switch 2 with BC to play it. 

 

Still this series is pretty great, so the news of a XC3 is enticing. 

[Zaku3]

28 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Still haven't gone back to XC2 because it runs like such asssss. And they really hammed up the titty trash for maximum neckbeard appeal. Then the pseudo-gacha system where you're hatching random bullshit. JUST MAKE A FUCKING NORMAL GAME AND MAKE IT RUN WELL GODDAMMIT.

 

Another switch game for the next switch or emulation.

[Bacon]

1 hour ago, crispy4000 said:

character design can be cringe

I mean, it is just Rex really. 

[crispy4000]

5 minutes ago, Bacon said:

I mean, it is just Rex really. 

Rex is the least of it.

[Bacon]

2 minutes ago, crispy4000 said:

Rex is the least of it.

Nah, big anime titties are great. Japan really needs to work on ass tho. How they gonna make a character with a pancake ass but watermelon tits? Just ain't right. Buff dudes and hot babes is how games should be.

[Xbob42]

1 hour ago, Bacon said:

Nah, big anime titties are great. Japan really needs to work on ass tho.

The anime titties in XC2 are over-the-top to the point where it looks like a particularly slow and horny 12 year old designed them. Ridiculous balloon tits are just obnoxious bait for horny dipshits. It's not even sexy, it's just stupid looking, which means the only way you can realistically look at the character model like Pyra is that she was designed specifically to be spankbait for kids, and I say for kids because she also looks like a colorful Saturday morning cartoon/anime character. There's no sex appeal, just bad design.

[Bacon]

22 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

The anime titties in XC2 are over-the-top to the point where it looks like a particularly slow and horny 12 year old designed them. Ridiculous balloon tits are just obnoxious bait for horny dipshits. It's not even sexy, it's just stupid looking, which means the only way you can realistically look at the character model like Pyra is that she was designed specifically to be spankbait for kids, and I say for kids because she also looks like a colorful Saturday morning cartoon/anime character. There's no sex appeal, just bad design.

Here:

 

This character is the only one who fits your rant

[Zaku3]

36 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

The anime titties in XC2 are over-the-top to the point where it looks like a particularly slow and horny 12 year old designed them. Ridiculous balloon tits are just obnoxious bait for horny dipshits. It's not even sexy, it's just stupid looking, which means the only way you can realistically look at the character model like Pyra is that she was designed specifically to be spankbait for kids, and I say for kids because she also looks like a colorful Saturday morning cartoon/anime character. There's no sex appeal, just bad design.

 

*hugs KOS-MOS and Pyra figs* Take that bad. 

[Ghost_MH]

1 hour ago, Xbob42 said:

The anime titties in XC2 are over-the-top to the point where it looks like a particularly slow and horny 12 year old designed them. Ridiculous balloon tits are just obnoxious bait for horny dipshits. It's not even sexy, it's just stupid looking, which means the only way you can realistically look at the character model like Pyra is that she was designed specifically to be spankbait for kids, and I say for kids because she also looks like a colorful Saturday morning cartoon/anime character. There's no sex appeal, just bad design.

 

The blades were designed by different artists. Some of them were beyond awful, but some of them were also really good.

[Bjomesphat]

XC2 runs fine docked. The resolution is bad in handheld, but it's not hard to adjust to.

 

But the game's technical shortcomings are really no reason to skip it. The world design is amazing, and the soundtrack is incredible. Better than anything in the past 10 years easily. The combat system, menus, and UI are all convoluted as hell, but it's so satisfying once the battle system clicks.

 

And I never understand character design complaints. It's an overly earnest anime story with all the tropes, who cares what these characters look like. Just embrace the cheesiness and how over the top it is. I don't think anyone made that big boobed Blade with an ounce of seriousness. Sure it's completely egregious but you have to laugh at the absurdity.

[Ghost_MH]

4 minutes ago, Bjomesphat said:

XC2 runs fine docked. The resolution is bad in handheld, but it's not hard to adjust to.

 

But the game's technical shortcomings are really no reason to skip it. The world design is amazing, and the soundtrack is incredible. Better than anything in the past 10 years easily. The combat system, menus, and UI are all convoluted as hell, but it's so satisfying once the battle system clicks.

 

And I never understand character design complaints. It's an overly earnest anime story with all the tropes, who cares what these characters look like. Just embrace the cheesiness and how over the top it is. I don't think anyone made that big boobed Blade with an ounce of seriousness. Sure it's completely egregious but you have to laugh at the absurdity.

 

You can also just not use her, like I did for like 70% of the blades in this game.

[Keyser_Soze]

A lot of Dahlia haters ITT.

[crispy4000]

12 minutes ago, Bjomesphat said:

XC2 runs fine docked. The resolution is bad in handheld, but it's not hard to adjust to.

 

But the game's technical shortcomings are really no reason to skip it. The world design is amazing, and the soundtrack is incredible. Better than anything in the past 10 years easily. The combat system, menus, and UI are all convoluted as hell, but it's so satisfying once the battle system clicks.

 

And I never understand character design complaints. It's an overly earnest anime story with all the tropes, who cares what these characters look like. Just embrace the cheesiness and how over the top it is. I don't think anyone made that big boobed Blade with an ounce of seriousness. Sure it's completely egregious but you have to laugh at the absurdity.

As someone who agrees with all of its faults, I really do wish they weren’t there, so that people would talk about everything else.  It’s a fantastic game that’s much more essential than X was, and a worthy successor to the first.

[Ghost_MH]

1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said:

A lot of Dahlia haters ITT.

 

She's awful. It has nothing to do with skin. Bridget is a great design. As is Perun and even Zenobia. Dahlia is just bad.

[crispy4000]

Has any here played Torna?  I heard the performance is a little better?

 

Considering giving it a shot now that the Switch Pro dream is pretty much dead.

[Brian]

Power to you if you can look past the technical faults in handheld. The early area where you are on the airship where you go inside and outside, it gave me such a headache.  It’s not playable to me, which is unfortunately becoming more common for Nintendo games as the Switch ages. It is why I was so hopeful for the Pro. 

[Ghost_MH]

15 minutes ago, crispy4000 said:

Has any here played Torna?  I heard the performance is a little better?

 

Considering giving it a shot now that the Switch Pro dream is pretty much dead.

 

I never finished it, but it is. It doesn't hurt that they seemed to have reigned in the scope a little to help.

[crispy4000]

52 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

Power to you if you can look past the technical faults in handheld. The early area where you are on the airship where you go inside and outside, it gave me such a headache.  It’s not playable to me, which is unfortunately becoming more common for Nintendo games as the Switch ages. It is why I was so hopeful for the Pro. 

Strange enough, the early areas are probably the worst performing.  I wasn’t nearly as bothered by the issues as the game went on.  I also played docked most of the time.

[BloodyHell]

On 8/9/2021 at 8:53 PM, Zaku3 said:

 

*hugs KOS-MOS and Pyra figs* Take that bad. 

I miss Xenosaga KOS-MOS.

Frankly, I miss Xenosaga. It was much better than this.

[BloodyHell]

On 8/10/2021 at 12:49 AM, crispy4000 said:

Strange enough, the early areas are probably the worst performing.  I wasn’t nearly as bothered by the issues as the game went on.  I also played docked most of the time.

Hard disagree. Framerate was terrible throughout, start to finish. It made BotW look like it ran well.

[BloodyHell]

On 8/9/2021 at 10:01 PM, Bjomesphat said:

XC2 runs fine docked. The resolution is bad in handheld, but it's not hard to adjust to.

 

But the game's technical shortcomings are really no reason to skip it. The world design is amazing, and the soundtrack is incredible. Better than anything in the past 10 years easily. The combat system, menus, and UI are all convoluted as hell, but it's so satisfying once the battle system clicks.

 

And I never understand character design complaints. It's an overly earnest anime story with all the tropes, who cares what these characters look like. Just embrace the cheesiness and how over the top it is. I don't think anyone made that big boobed Blade with an ounce of seriousness. Sure it's completely egregious but you have to laugh at the absurdity.

No, it absolutely does not run fine docked. And its damn hard to get past its horrible character design. And yes, I did beat it.

[Zaku3]

25 minutes ago, BloodyHell said:

I miss Xenosaga KOS-MOS.

Frankly, I miss Xenosaga. It was much better than this.

 

Had a 1/4 KOS-MOS resin statue that my dog ruined. 

[Keyser_Soze]

27 minutes ago, BloodyHell said:

I miss Xenosaga KOS-MOS.

Frankly, I miss Xenosaga. It was much better than this.

 

Xenosaga is trash.

[BloodyHell]

50 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Xenosaga is trash.

Nah, it isn't.

[BloodyHell]

52 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

 

Had a 1/4 KOS-MOS resin statue that my dog ruined. 

I have a statue of her i got with a collectors edition. It's in a box somewhere.

[Ghost_MH]

1 hour ago, BloodyHell said:

I miss Xenosaga KOS-MOS.

Frankly, I miss Xenosaga. It was much better than this.

 

No. I loved Xenosaga for what it was at the time, but these Xenoblade games simply play better. That doesn't take into account that Xenosaga 2 felt like the longest game ever made. I know these Xenoblade games are actually longer, but the old Xenosaga games felt longer with the way they were padded out. There are some aspects of older JRPGs that make then hard to go back to and Xenosaga sort of rubs them all in your face.

[crispy4000]

2 hours ago, BloodyHell said:

No, it absolutely does not run fine docked.

 

2 hours ago, BloodyHell said:

Hard disagree. Framerate was terrible throughout, start to finish. It made BotW look like it ran well.

 

Runs much better docked than portable.  Performance that way was roughly equivalent to my experience of BoTW on the Wii U.  Which is about the edge of what I can tolerate.

 

For reference, I quit Hyrule Warriors because I couldn't take it.

And yes, I'll stand by the framerate / resolution dips / sharpening issues at the beginning being the worst.  There's places later on where the resolution can dip in a big way (ie: lots of battle effects), but nothing is as consistently ugly as Torigoth.

[BloodyHell]

11 minutes ago, crispy4000 said:

 

 

Runs much better docked than portable.  Performance that way was roughly equivalent to my experience of BoTW on the Wii U.  Which is about the edge of what I can tolerate.

 

For reference, I quit Hyrule Warriors because I couldn't take it.

And yes, I'll stand by the resolution dips / sharpening issues at the beginning being the worst.  There's places later on where the resolution can dip in a big way (ie: lots of battle effects), but nothing as consistently ugly as Torigoth.
 

I played docked. Except for when im away for work, i have no use for handheld gaming. And yes, HW is 100% worse, but that doesn't make XBC2 any better. It was terrible throughout the whole game. It's an otherwise good game, but it runs terrible.

[BloodyHell]

15 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

No. I loved Xenosaga for what it was at the time, but these Xenoblade games simply play better. That doesn't take into account that Xenosaga 2 felt like the longest game ever made. I know these Xenoblade games are actually longer, but the old Xenosaga games felt longer with the way they were padded out. There are some aspects of older JRPGs that make then hard to go back to and Xenosaga sort of rubs them all in your face.

I played the trilogy a couple of years ago (along with Xenogears), and again, hard disagree. Yes, of course it has problems inherent to the era, but overall they are better games than XBC, which are merely good games, imo.

[crispy4000]

8 minutes ago, BloodyHell said:

I played docked. Except for when im away for work, i have no use for handheld gaming. And yes, HW is 100% worse, but that doesn't. Ake XBC2 any better. It was terrible throughout the whole game. It's an otherwise good game, but it runs terrible.

 

I was more disappointed in how much of a step down it was technically from X on Wii U.  That didn't make much sense at all to me.
 

I beat it too.  The later locations were definitely more attuned to the hardware.  It also gets more corridor heavy granted.