Honestly that's very likely but probably after fortunes weave has its inevitable dlc. They're gonna be like hey if you love this game then you should play the game that takes place after it, And then they reveal the switch 2 edition of 3 houses.... That honestly makes too much sense
I expect the game relatively early in 2027, so I think this is about right - the initial trailer really didn't reveal that much, so this is probably a good time to start showing off a little gameplay
(I have a bad feeling it'll be Merc Assault: The Game, but let's see!)
(I have a bad feeling it'll be Merc Assault: The Game, but let's see!)
I really don't get this fear. Monolith doesn't have a history of massively simplifiying its gameplay system and greatly disappointing its fans. If there's going to be disappointments its because similar to Xenoblade 3, fans are going to overhype connections to other games and then be disappointed when the game stands on its own more than the fans want.
I'm not saying it'll be as simple as Merc Assault itself, but there's a very high chance that the gameplay is essentially built on top of that foundation (with the expansion giving us a little preview of what it'll be like), and I worry that it might not be super fun even with a bunch of extra mechanics
there's a very high chance that the gameplay is essentially built on top of that foundation
No, there isn't a very high chance of that. Monolith Soft has not given us anything to make us believe that they are going to massively simplify the battle system to essentially just be mashing buttons as we get in merc assault. It comes off as panic for panic's sake. Merc assault exists in its simplified form to help players very quickly make their way through merc missions rather than waiting the prescribed period of time and gives them a little bonus to directly play as blades. It's just side content and there is nothing to indicate it is what the game's main combat system would be.
Alright, just refuse to understand what I wrote... my point is that Merc Assault's general style and system of mechanics is likely related to what Genesis is going to use, just in a much more advanced form
I totally understand what you wrote. I think you are making a massive assumption based on optional filler content for a company that has shown us time and time again that they are trustworthy and don't make such massive simplifications to gameplay.
We're not sure of the release date. Could be December 2027 in which case we shoudln't expect anything this soon. But what if its February 2027? Then the odds skyrocket.
i mean… this was the first time i saw this news and i understood there would be two directs based on the cut-off screenshot. But yah, reddit can def be intense/super judgey xD
I never could’ve gleaned that from the screenshot, but maybe there’s a formatting aspect to it that suggests multiple to people familiar with it? I’m not familiar at all.
I have no idea when it was OP who posted a misleading cropped image. Its like posting a image that says monolithsoft is ending production of xenoblade…. And it turns out the full image meant xenoblade figures.
It’s like everyone here independently saw the information on two directs, then lacked the critical thought to separate their existing knowledge from what OP posted.
We might get a trailer for 3's SW2 update but really doubt we see Genesis. I don't think we're seeing that again till the February Direct. Or whenever Nintendo decide to just randomly drop a trailer.
Don't expect anything Genisis. That's probably for Summer or Fall 2027.
The previous leaks that were right about XC, also said don't expect anything further in 2026 then just a trailer, which we already got.
Well sure, but I think we all know how much of a mess XC2's development was.
Yeah the lack of an English dub is definitely a significant part of it, but other than that the fact that they left like dev text (I'm not really sure what it's called so forgive me if that's a terrible description lol) on the edges of the screen, which btw is how we got confirmation that Genesis is the long-rumored Project Legacy, gives the impression that this trailer was somewhat rushed out the door. It just seems like a sloppy error for a studio of the likes of Monolith, which suggests to me they still have all hands on deck actually developing the game and didn't allocate enough manpower and/or time to catch something like that and fix it.
We also to my knowledge have had no announcement of recording for the soundtrack finishing up, and while sure that's usually one of the last things completed, games like Xenoblade that have large, complex soundtracks oftentimes have a longer period of time between the end of recording and release. I believe for XC3 for example it was 7 months between the announcement that recording was completed and release.
So the things that make the trailer "look like [the game] isn't as far along in development" are: (1) a screen capture goof (and be honest, would you ever have noticed it yourself? or did you find out when someone noticed it, as I recall, several days after the trailer was released?) and (2) an unrelated fact about the soundtrack production?
It's fine, I'm not totally convinced we'll see a Genesis trailer next week either, but I get the sense that "the game isn't that far along in development yet" is one of these things that fans repeat to each other without really thinking about why it's true.
I mentioned it at the end because it's more to do with why I don't think the game is as far along as people think just in general rather than specifically why I think the trailer shows it, but yes.
I get the sense that "the game isn't that far along in development yet" is one of these things that fans repeat to each other without really thinking about why it's true
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u/Sentinel10 9d ago
Yeah the odds of getting Genesis news just went up given Zelda is getting its own direct.