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[GENTLYPORKING]

I think the lesson to learn here is that an RPG fanboy is the worst kind of fanboy.

That's not directed at anybody in this thread, btw.

Say it to my face!

[Sam]

So is it really the best RPG of this generation?? Does it live up to the HYPE??

I went into Xenoblade with no expectations; I was just curious to see what the hype was about. I'm not that far in (20 hours, but most of that was spent on side quests and stuff, because that's easy enough to do in what limited time that I have had available). But so far, I LOVE this game. I am more excited about this game that I have been in a long time. The characters, the story, the music. Oh the music; I've had this one song in my head for at least a week, now (probably more), and I have no complaints.4

Maybe things take a turn for the stupid as the game progresses, but so far, I highly recommend this game to everyone.

Sam, the Neon Orange Knight

[GENTLYPORKING]

So is it really the best RPG of this generation?? Does it live up to the HYPE??

I went into Xenoblade with no expectations; I was just curious to see what the hype was about. I'm not that far in (20 hours, but most of that was spent on side quests and stuff, because that's easy enough to do in what limited time that I have had available). But so far, I LOVE this game. I am more excited about this game that I have been in a long time. The characters, the story, the music. Oh the music; I've had this one song in my head for at least a week, now (probably more), and I have no complaints.4

Maybe things take a turn for the stupid as the game progresses, but so far, I highly recommend this game to everyone.

Sam, the Neon Orange Knight

How about the story? Hopefully not generic JRPG stuff?

[Nuttz the Squirrel]

How about the story? Hopefully not generic JRPG stuff?

It may tread some familiar ground, but the most interesting aspect of the story is its setting.
The game takes place on two giant titans: Bionis, who's lifeforms are all organic, and Mechonis, which are all mechanical.
Bionis and Mechonis fought for ages until they eventually double KO'd each other and they both fell into a deep sleep.
The story then follows the game's hero, Shulk, after his home is attacked by the Mechon.
You're motivated only by revenge, at first, but you eventually learn the situation is a lot more complicated than first suspected.

[Sam]

You're motivated only by revenge, at first, but you eventually learn the situation is a lot more complicated than first suspected.

I'm sure that that's true. But right now, I am motivated my revenge. That scene had serious emotional impact.

Sam, the Neon Orange Knight

[matsunami]

I was bored and hungover yesterday so I decided to give Last Story a whirl. This is probably the best game Sakaguchi's made since he was still working for Square. The battle system is highly addictive and the story is decent so far.

[Nario]

I was bored and hungover yesterday so I decided to give Last Story a whirl. This is probably the best game Sakaguchi's made since he was still working for Square. The battle system is highly addictive and the story is decent so far.

Better than Lost Odyssey...

I need to look into this game.

[matsunami]

I was bored and hungover yesterday so I decided to give Last Story a whirl. This is probably the best game Sakaguchi's made since he was still working for Square. The battle system is highly addictive and the story is decent so far.

Better than Lost Odyssey...

I need to look into this game.

A good JRPG is nothing without an engaging battle system and I feel like LO just didn't have that. I got bored with it and never made it to disc 3. There's no annoying stereotype characters in The Last Story, the music is brilliant (Uematsu of course) and the voice acting is really well done.

[mooniniteG]

I've also heard that it's in the range of 20 hours long which is a huge positive for me. Chances are that I will pick it up.

[Juja]

So is it really the best RPG of this generation?? Does it live up to the HYPE??

I went into Xenoblade with no expectations; I was just curious to see what the hype was about. I'm not that far in (20 hours, but most of that was spent on side quests and stuff, because that's easy enough to do in what limited time that I have had available). But so far, I LOVE this game. I am more excited about this game that I have been in a long time. The characters, the story, the music. Oh the music; I've had this one song in my head for at least a week, now (probably more), and I have no complaints.4

Maybe things take a turn for the stupid as the game progresses, but so far, I highly recommend this game to everyone.

Sam, the Neon Orange Knight

Heh, I love that you got the same song stuck in your head. Of course, I spent like 10 hours doing quests on the Bionis leg, so it's not a coincidence that I got it stuck in my head, but it's a great song, so I don't mind. That game has a pretty amazing soundtrack overall.

I'm 90 hours in so far, I've done over 200 quests, and I just got my last party member (at about 85 hours in). It seems like I might maybe be approaching the end of the game at this point, but I think I'm nowhere near done with the quests and other side things you can do. Almost everybody loves Shulk, though (I'm talking about the party affinity).

Anyway, I would also recommend this game highly to anybody that's even remotely interested in RPGs and owns a Wii.

[Nuttz the Squirrel]

I'm 90 hours in so far, I've done over 200 quests, and I just got my last party member (at about 85 hours in). It seems like I might maybe be approaching the end of the game at this point, but I think I'm nowhere near done with the quests and other side things you can do. Almost everybody loves Shulk, though (I'm talking about the party affinity).

I put almost no effort into completing any sidequests when I was playing and it still took me over 80 hours to beat it.
Pretty much any quest I did complete was either mandatory to progress the story, or I finished it completely involuntarily.
Now I wonder how much longer it would have taken to complete the game if I had tried doing as many quests as possible?
I suppose the next time I play it I could put a bigger focus on doing sidequests.

Now that you have your last party member, you are pretty close to the end.
Even so, that may take another 15 to 20 hours.
I used Shulk, Reyn, and Sharla almost exclusively, so they were the only ones that had boosted their affinity at all.
Again, next time I ought to focus more on other characters.
I hear Dunban and Melia actually work well if you play as them rather than let the computer control them.

[Juja]

I'm 90 hours in so far, I've done over 200 quests, and I just got my last party member (at about 85 hours in). It seems like I might maybe be approaching the end of the game at this point, but I think I'm nowhere near done with the quests and other side things you can do. Almost everybody loves Shulk, though (I'm talking about the party affinity).

I put almost no effort into completing any sidequests when I was playing and it still took me over 80 hours to beat it.
Pretty much any quest I did complete was either mandatory to progress the story, or I finished it completely involuntarily.
Now I wonder how much longer it would have taken to complete the game if I had tried doing as many quests as possible?
I suppose the next time I play it I could put a bigger focus on doing sidequests.

Now that you have your last party member, you are pretty close to the end.
Even so, that may take another 15 to 20 hours.
I used Shulk, Reyn, and Sharla almost exclusively, so they were the only ones that had boosted their affinity at all.
Again, next time I ought to focus more on other characters.
I hear Dunban and Melia actually work well if you play as them rather than let the computer control them.

Considering I'm kind of a completionist and I plan to finish all the side quests, it might end up taking me another 30 hours or more before I beat it. I've played with every character in the lead, and I have to say that Dunban and Melia can be pretty awesome to control directly. Melia actually ends up doing a lot more damage if you control her directly. Most characters work better if you control them, though. Like, when fighting monsters that are a higher level than me, I usually play Sharla so I can control the distribution of her healing.

I think I'll sort of the do the opposite of what you plan. I'm doing everything I can the first time through, so whenever I decide to replay it, I'll probably just stick to the storyline and not bother with side quests.

[MichaelTheCrow]

Glad you guys have been enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles as much as I have(or more).

Spoiler

I got stuck at the fallen arm, got stuck and haven't given it a decent playthrough since then, was at 65 hours. I plan on finishing it during my time off

[matsunami]

Finished Last Story in just over 30 hours ( the perfect RPG length IMO). What a fantastic game. Loved the story, battle system, voice acting, pacing and of course the music. Waaaaayyyyyy better than anything Square is putting out these days.

[mooniniteG]

Pre-ordered. I miss the SNES era days where RPGs were routinely in the 20-30 hour range. Last Story should be a nice change of pace after playing through FFXIII-2 and Xenoblade.