Kinda broody over personal problems. Can't really be helped, but is an annoying situation that needs to be navigated. (Might elaborate later.)
Played about seven to eight hours of Xenoblade Chronicles. It's pretty fun - I see why people compared it to an MMO. The quest system could be a bit more elegant (a sidepane would be great), but it could also be a hell of a lot less elegant (hello ME3), so I'm happy with what I've got. Lost interest in the actual storyline awhile ago, but it's a fun enough game to mess around with and grind. It satisfies my primal need to faff about in a nicely-rendered environment completing endless fetch quests. Though I must say, it makes a stellar case for why equipment shouldn't be individually rendered. I've gotten to the point where the best equipment makes everyone look incredibly stupid all the time.
So yeah, it's fun. I'm not sure if I'll ever actually finish it, depending on how long it goes, but definitely good fetch quest fodder. I wish it was on something other than the Wii - it'd be great to see those graphics in proper HD. The environment design is great!
Played about seven to eight hours of Xenoblade Chronicles. It's pretty fun - I see why people compared it to an MMO. The quest system could be a bit more elegant (a sidepane would be great), but it could also be a hell of a lot less elegant (hello ME3), so I'm happy with what I've got. Lost interest in the actual storyline awhile ago, but it's a fun enough game to mess around with and grind. It satisfies my primal need to faff about in a nicely-rendered environment completing endless fetch quests. Though I must say, it makes a stellar case for why equipment shouldn't be individually rendered. I've gotten to the point where the best equipment makes everyone look incredibly stupid all the time.
So yeah, it's fun. I'm not sure if I'll ever actually finish it, depending on how long it goes, but definitely good fetch quest fodder. I wish it was on something other than the Wii - it'd be great to see those graphics in proper HD. The environment design is great!
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Date: 2012-04-11 12:10 pm (UTC)From:The bathing suits? Please say you've gotten the bathing suits. And the trucker hat for Shulk. Because topless Shulk in a trucker hat cracked me up for a good hour til I got something better for him.
Lost interest in the actual storyline awhile ago, but it's a fun enough game to mess around with and grind. It satisfies my primal need to faff about in a nicely-rendered environment completing endless fetch quests.
I see you're me. The lack of a sense of urgency on the plot is a little off-putting, I have to admit, but I know I'll get back to it, I just have to finish onemorequest...
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Date: 2012-04-11 12:25 pm (UTC)From:And yeah, the plot is kinda... so-so. It's not bad or anything, but aside from a couple of things, it feels very formulaic. I think you're ahead of me, but just to make sure, you've encountered the second Mechon with a face, yeah? I found that really underwhelming. D:
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Date: 2012-04-11 12:30 pm (UTC)From:Yeah-- I'm supposed to be going through a mine to rescue Juju, but I got kinda annoyed after falling to my demise for time no. 345934857 and just went to do quests for like four hours yesterday. So we're maybe in about the same spot?
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Date: 2012-04-12 04:06 am (UTC)From:Ughhh yeah I think that's what I'm doing, I kinda zoned out on the main plot. I'm playing in English, and after the Mechon started talking... while I appreciate that I'm fighting English Thugbots, it kinda drained the tension a bit. I think I preferred the Mechon as voiceless inscrutable machines of death than Eastenders likely lads.
The quests are fun, though! ...some of them less so. I swear I have been looking for this one goddamn Nopon for like two hours. DX
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Date: 2012-04-12 04:10 am (UTC)From:Yep! We're in about the same spot and yeah, English as well because hey, a British dub is a novelty here and I'm easily amused.
Before looking for anyone, I've found it insanely useful to check their 'card' on the character relationship chart and see what time they're active. Some characters are only active at really odd hours of the day, so I've found myself warping all over the place to take care of everyone in the course of a 'day' instead of wasting time swimming around like I had been...
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Date: 2012-04-12 04:14 am (UTC)From:Yeah, that chart thing is such a godsend ~_~ I keep forgetting about it, but it's so helpful. I'm just stuck on this quest to find this guy somewhere in the lake, and even the strat I used was completely unhelpful. The lake is really, really big. ;;
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Date: 2012-04-12 01:21 pm (UTC)From:Is it one of the Colony 9 ones? I can always see if I've cleared it and maybe try to remember specifics.