Xenoblade Chronicles X made me think about NGS

[Buzzword]

Been playing the re-release/definitive edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X and while playing I just kept thinking this is sort of what I wanted the NGS expansion to be. The open zones/large map areas to be like this, the larger space the freedom to wander about quite far with no barriers, cause NGS zones have those walls they block wandering to the edges and makes me feel confined when I see them coming up.

While I wish NGS can take some notes, dunno if the ones in charge would go that direction.

But it'd be cool. Make those static animal props in the world interactive. More verticality design landmarks like the Retem mushroom but with more floors and more holes. M.A.R.S. allowed to fly or bring back A.I.S's as replacement/upgrade.

[tvtoon]

No, go away, NGS needs less Nintendo, enough of this jumping and racing and whatever mushroom appearing... Back to the "-mates", multiplatform era!

But I do agree with the constraints, NGS used to be more free, now due to the influence of people that think PSO2 is the best version, we have bad camera all over, fake difficulty, red walls with dark crimson Masquerade you barely can notice the movements, stuff like that needs to go away and bring back the world idea before moving from Dark Falz Aegis.

[Luxaeterna]

old PSO2 was so good and popular it only had max of 20k on launch month on Global servers.

[Hermit]

Originally posted by Luxaeterna:

old PSO2 was so good and popular it only had max of 20k on launch month on Global servers.

It was an 8 year old game and was released on the Xbox One and then the Microsoft Store before it came to Steam. 20k in those circumstances is really good. You won't find many games under similar circumstances get 20k players.

I'm not sure what your post even has to do with this topic to be honest.

[Luxaeterna]

Originally posted by Hermit:

Originally posted by Luxaeterna:

old PSO2 was so good and popular it only had max of 20k on launch month on Global servers.

It was an 8 year old game and was released on the Xbox One and then the Microsoft Store before it came to Steam. 20k in those circumstances is really good. You won't find many games under similar circumstances get 20k players.

I'm not sure what your post even has to do with this topic to be honest.

My brethren in Susanoo,

The early betas and trailers for Phantasy Star Online 2(2011), Final Fantasy 14(2010), Elderscrolls Online(2013), and Black Desert(2013) are from the same era of early 2010+ MMOs.

[Hermit]

Originally posted by Luxaeterna:

Originally posted by Hermit:

It was an 8 year old game and was released on the Xbox One and then the Microsoft Store before it came to Steam. 20k in those circumstances is really good. You won't find many games under similar circumstances get 20k players.

I'm not sure what your post even has to do with this topic to be honest.

My brethren in Susanoo,

The early betas and trailers for Phantasy Star Online 2(2011), Final Fantasy 14(2010), Elderscrolls Online(2013), and Black Desert(2013) are from the same era of early 2010+ MMOs.

None of those games were in the same situation as PSO2. They all came to Steam much earlier in their lives for a start. You were also essentially playing a different version of the game to the one available in Japan for 8 years. They also never got the opportunity to bring their old accounts over from JP. So you either stay on the JP's server, or you start all over again on an inferior version of the game.

Another important detail. Before the game even released on Steam, NGS was announced. So anybody jumping in at that point knew they were jumping in to a game that would reach end of life in less than a year.

[Luxaeterna]

Without Hatsune Miku, PSO2 (Monster Hunter clone) would not last 2013+.

[Killance]

Why did you make 2 threads?

[Buzzword]

Seems steam bugged out when posting. I didn't realize a 2nd post of the exact same was made.