Something went wrong here at some point after XC or XS3

Something went wrong here at some point after XC or XS3.

>that XS2 Shion

JUST

Its almost as if the devs for what happened to the Valkrie Chronicles game took over Monolith

They kept getting complaints about the faces not looking anime enough.

I'm just upset that Kunihiko Tanaka isn't the character designer again

Is this true or just shitposting

me too, I know he didn't work on XC, but his styled would've worked way better than what we've been given.

I'm not joking, Monolith got so many fucking complaints over the first two Xenoblades it was unreal.

Don't know how anyone can think Chronicles is good if they have finished Gears or Saga.

Oh, thats right. They never touched those games. Chronicles only seems good because modern JRPGs are absolute garbage outside Bravely Default/Second.

I kinda like the animu style a lot better.

Xenoblade is okay, but Xenoblade X is just fucking terrible with potato faced shits.

Fuck off with your Xenogears shit.

I knew Japanese fans are usually said to have "shit taste" but if this is what they wanted then it's true.

I'm not much of a fan of the previous two game's artstyles, but they looked a hell of a lot better than what we've gotten for XC2.
They may have not been the best in terms of graphical use or design, but they were very distinct and memorable.

When I saw XC2's trailer I couldn't help but be reminded of Tales of, Trails of Coldsteel, Valkyria Chronicles, etc

I know that's probably not true but XS3 had a good balance if you ask me.

It was Americans who complained.

>not playing all the games in the Xenoseries
You're the type of person to start playing persona with 4

No this is like telling me to play Persona before playing SMT
Xenogears is dead and not relevant to modern Xeno

Chronicles has a pretty generic story and characters but its not a bad video game.

Oh wow, I'm an idiot for assuming that, well then casuals have pretty shit taste too.

This I think that Chronicles is generic, but it does that well

>Xenogears is dead and not relevant to modern Xeno
I guess if you're just an end consumer it wouldn't matter.

I'm just a fan of Tetsuya Takahashi so I've played most of his games.
I like going through certain game director's portfolios because it kinda allows me to see how their ideas have developed and where they're going.

It also can give you a bit more insight to understand why games end up the way they do.

you meant "new" anime
right?

>Tales

Fuck not even
Some (like 3 of them) have far better character design than XC2

Thing is XC2 went for the most generic of generic niggers Masatsugu Saitou.

When I said tales I didn't mean to knock on it that badly.
I mean a good amount of those designs go into generic anime territory, but I don't think they're too bad.

It's just that this doesn't fit Xenoblade for me.

You should know Tetsuya gave up on story after Saga's disastrous production killed his soul.

I know, but I don't think he's necessarily given up on story.

He's probably just focusing on gameplay now and if the last 2 games are anything to go by he's been doing pretty well.