X's open map isn't what did that. The mid-development shift from a narrative-focused game with a voiced main character to an MMO-style squad-based game with a silent protagonist is what did that. The team even admitted they scrapped a bunch of story when they decided to make the MC a simple player avatar. An open-map Xenoblade can still work just fine with a heavy narrative, I believe.
That's true, but you can always limit to some degree where the player can go (enemy level, natural barriers, need to use X vehicle...) while letting the player go from one side of the world to the other freely and without loading times once they have all the required tools and have advanced through the story. In fact, XCX has clear entry points for most areas until you get the flying module for the mech.
that's not true at all
I mean, it kind of is. X's story is abysmal and is easily the weakest part of the game. Not that it's IMPOSSIBLE to have a good story in an open world game, but it's very very difficult (especially pacing-wise). The only open world game that I can think of that I actually thought had a good story is Witcher 3, due to how incredibly narratively-focused it is. BOTW does as well, but it gets around the open-world problem by having the story told in memories and flashbacks, and that works pretty well there.
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Following Xeno 2 ending, would be strange thay your prediction is truth and Xeno 3 world is open style but with some barriers at the beginning so you can’t go anywhere at early story, it opens up little by little and at the end you are getting a full open world.
I would put money on that.
#Believe
Probably after because it will have its overview trailer and all that beforehand anyway, id expect the marketing for it to start pretty soon, it'll get a spot in the montage + maybe dlc discussion in the direct
99.99% chance of this happening imo, likely with a subtitle reveal.
I think they go back to the Zelda II style of naming thing and get everyone mad with whatever number they pick.
I think they will reveal gameplay and the title later this year, on September or so, when all the XC and Hyrule Warriors and so on have been released and Nintendo has marketed them enough.
Yep. Would match of with timeline of BotW's title reveal and gameplay blowout.
you people said that in 2020 already lol
quote them
Umm that was the year of the pandemic. Plans obviously changed.
We didn’t have a release window for the game in 2020.
botw2 is like a jack in the box
Kirby's an exception too
The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Mummy
I forgot about the little pink fluff ball, that's another good possibility! A mouthful mode Game & Watch would be fun.
Those games have been a 'guarantee' since like 2019, they'll come when they come
I kind of feel like the time for teasers has passed for BOTW2, now that they've done that twice and also shown multiple delay/"BOTW won't be shown here" videos with Aonuma. I think the next time we see the game, it'll be a full proper trailer and title reveal, and the summer Direct makes the most sense to me to do that. If it was usual E3 this year, I'd say it was pretty much 100% guaranteed; even without that though I still think it's very likely.
It's guaranteed to be there if it's launching this year, as has been rumored recently. A summer Direct reveal for a fall release, almost exactly the same as Dread got last year, makes a ton of sense (assuming it is indeed launching this year, of course)
I think the Metroid Prime Remaster will be there because we will also see our first trailer of Prime 4 there.
Metroid Prime doesn't exist really it's all famiboards dreams , Retro Studios exists only for tax reasons nowadays.
I think we could get some kind of trailer for Prime 4 too with the 2023 release.
Now that's a little spicier! But I think it could definitely happen. At the very least, I don't think they'll show off Prime 1 Remaster without at least mentioning Prime 4 in some way, maybe with a small teaser or something.
I was thinking “how far is too far” for big game announcements. I know the February direct had alot of first party announcements.
Yoshi is the new boss too
I was thinking this is possible. There’s a lot to reveal with BotW 2 and I also believe they have a good amount of stuff to reveal like Metroid Prime Remaster, DK/Mario game, show MP4 trailer, Mario Kart pass, new trailer for Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3, Mario + Rabbids.
After the Ouroboros of Summer are Gone.
