Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a game that impresses by its size and its ambition. After more than 160 hours necessary to complete 100% of the game I can say that it is a gift for any fan of RPGs, being one of the most impressive games to have in the first year of a console. With varied and very beautiful music this game will guarantee dozens of hours of fun. With so many excellent qualities, Xenoblade 2 is a must-have game in your library and will make you little by little enchanted by these incredible characters.
Monolith Soft has crafted a game in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that takes the very best of JRPG elements and mixes it with some of the open world massiveness we’ve seen in titles like Horizon: Zero Dawn and Breath of the Wild this year.
One of the best games I've ever played in my life, this is the game the introduced me to RPG's and the plot is beautifully crafted. Just buy this game already!!!!
My first xenoblade on switch. After previous parts played on Wii and WiiU, this one introduces many good changes, however graphics look a little bit worse that in X. I really like the blade system and with the little help of NSO and save backup obtained KOS-MOS.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a phenomenal RPG. It's a truly incredible piece of work that builds and expands on the series' staples, while turning into a unique and heartfelt adventure all of its own.
Without being the game of the year, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 manages to offer enough good things to be a very decent JRPG game that is worth the attention of any Nintendo Switch owner, in spite of a few shortcomings like the awful clipping and framerate drops.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 certainly isn’t a title for those looking for a quick to play RPG or an easy to learn experience, but for anyone willing to invest the time there’s a gem underneath that just needs to be buffed out.
This is my favourite game ever, so there’s likely bias, but there’s a reason it is.
The story and characters are the right blend of fun, serious, heartbreaking, and heartwarming, with a touch of cheesiness from time to time. There are places in this game that just have such a wonderful atmosphere and soundtrack that I could run aimlessly in them for hours.
The gameplay systems, while not well explained by the game’s own tutorials, has depth and a lot of customization while not ever feeling like the way your characters are developing isn’t impactful.
If you’re a fan of any RPG at all, don’t let some of the silliness of this game throw you off at the start, you’re in for a wonderful adventure.
Oh Xenoblade2 How do i deal with you? Prepares bunker for the rabid fans. Xenoblade 2 is a good game that has a lot of frustrations and decisions that simply leave me unable to fully enjoy it. On the good side it has great world design from monolith, a few great characters and music, presentation and more. It eventually tells a really good story but takes a bit too long to get going. around mythras awakening 20 HOURS IN it finally started to click in story and gameplay/ combat though that's pretty far most games it should be at the start. The opening just didn't grip me beyond a cool world. The issue becomes with the pacing for me and protagonist, i just don't connect with rex, and the sequence of events feels sort of all over: we try to go to raquaza (siren / opheon) but get blocked and go on misadventures just missing people FOR REASONS across continents till finally we just happen to get past it- it feels like the directions go and jump all around versus 1s clear :"go to mechonis". The game itself has some very weird UI in menus and good lord why are the tutorials incredibly unhelpful, not viewable all times, all text and not great? The combat clicks later and is actually great but they explain it not well. Lets address the elephant: art/ character design. For me its not as bad as i have seen WAY WORSE but its just inconsistent a ton of different artists that i appreciate but differing styles lead to a weird mix. And I'm sorry but i think its fair to say its "uncomfortable" in sexualization. Perfectly good characters made to have too much that they don't need (and none for the male blades so its not equal opportunity) plus its really the camera shots really focusing on the bodies more than needed when your taking to their faces or purposeful shots directed (rex waking up looking right down her chest). I just feel uncomfortable as someone with sisters and female friends and can't shake that feeling. Lastly: gatcha: it will eventually be fine and has merit in repeat playthroughs but its just sour with the elements. If i am able to ignore all that its a good game with some great moments, characters, etc. I rate games on overall experience, and its hard to ignore the things that hamper this game.
Solid game. Story was not as good as xc1, but I still enjoyed it. Combat was a lot of fun, better than xc2. Problem is the game has arbitrary game mechanics that seem to only hurt the player and make the game artificially longer. Such as the whole gatcha mechanic for getting new blades. Would be a solid 8/10 without these meaningless mechanics
Cutscenes and character designs are cringe weeb s**t, gameplay consists of approximately 5000 convoluted systems that fail to interlock in any meaningful way, writing and voice acting are absolutely horrendous, and the game berates you with dumb tutorials every five minutes for ten hours plus. I really liked Xenoblade DE, but this is borderline unplayable.
After playing the absolute Masterpiece that is Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition I immediately went out and purchased the sequel expecting it to be not as good as the original but still a great 80/100 time with fluid combat and an epic large-scale story but what I got was a worse experience in every way possible compared to the original. Buckle up because this is gonna be long...
First of all, if you like or even love this game and haven’t played the original on switch then I HIGHLY request you do because maybe you’ll be able to understand where I’m coming from. (This review won’t have story spoilers for the original game).
To start, combat in this game feels worse, you can no longer identify which enemies are hostile or docile until you get close and see if they attack you or not. In the first game there was a symbol that told you so.
The game punishes you for moving around an enemy in combat as you can no longer auto attack while moving and not to mention that movement speed in combat is excruciatingly slow making the combat feel sluggish. Normal enemies are complete damage sponges and since they're normal enemies, they're not hard fights. So, I always found myself in easy, unengaging and long fights. however, the boss battles seem fine to me since they actually pose a challenge (sometimes).
AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON THAT STUPID GACHA MECHANIC! this game feels like its design to be a mobile game with the slow-paced progression and gacha mechanics.
The story feels like a first draft accompanied by plot holes and unanswered questions. I would like to over them, but I want this to be a spoiler free review. Admittedly I didn’t beat the game (because I couldn’t stand the combat anymore) so I watched the rest of the games cutscenes on YouTube so I might be missing something important story wise, but I doubt it since I was over 80% done.
To start, the protagonist (Rex) is actually the worst protagonist I have ever witness, he is a reckless baby that gets bailed out of trouble MULTIPLE TIMES by other cast members and instead of facing consequences or reflect on his behavior he gets rewarded by gaining more power to use in combat. Rex’s english voice acting is cringeworthy whenever he's in combat. it would've been nice if Rex's arc was about growing up and owning responsibility but nope, a baby biggening to end with no character arc whatsoever.
Two more nit-picks about Rex, in combat he’ll sometimes UNIRONICALLY say “We’ll beat them, with the power of friendship!” Like come on. Also type in “bad character design” on google and guess who’ll show up.
Nintendo must've thought they struck gold with that design considering its in Smash and BOTW.
I also want to talk about the female lead Pyra for a bit. All I have to say is that she has a personality of a cup of distilled water and she’s the biggest waifu bait I’ve ever seen in a game and judging by the amount of Pyra profile pictures I see on YouTube comments and live streams I can say those people took it hook, line, and sinker.
I won’t be talking about the over sexualization of women in this review but I what it to be known that because of it I can’t take the majority of the female cast seriously.
So, what do I think this game did right? Some of the locations are pretty (only on docked mode) (and only some locations because a lot of them are drab looking). The OST is a banger, there are some side characters I actually like aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnd that’s it. Not to mention the numerous annoyances I decided to leave out. If you learned anything from this review hopefully it’s that you get the original instead.
SummarySearch for the ultimate paradise, Elysium, with your companion, Pyra.
Explore an endless ocean of clouds, where the last remnants of civilization live on the backs of colossal beasts called Titans. Experience the story of Rex and his new friend, Pyra, a mysterious being known as a Blade who grants him tremendous power. Together, searc...