Damn, what a trip. The WiiU has been taken to a place where it has never been before, where few Japanese and Western games have gone. If you put aside all the annoyances, this game is not that different from a trek. It's engrossing, hypnotic and the sights are so sublime that you have to stop from time to time to take a snapshot. You have to prepare well and arm yourself with patience. [...] It depends a lot on your interest in that pleasure of discovery, in the beauty of your surroundings.[...] Even then, it doesn't mean everything is perfect. But on top of that world, you will feel so free...
PROS:
- An unforgettable game
- Addictive level design
- Well made robots
- Environments are incredibly good looking
- The feeling of exploring a new world
- Some epic music tracks
- Customization possibilities
- Resource prospecting provides steady income
CONS:
- Some characters are as charismatic as a vegetable
- Some quests are mindnumbing
- Multiplayer is worthless
- Some of the rap tracks
- The guy who at one time sings "I Need A Bigger Gun". That guy.
Xenoblade Chronicles composer Kenji Hiramatsu reflects on his work and feels that it's "time for a fresh start."
There is no together at the top. There is only one top jrpg series. Xenoblade Chronicles series is alone at the top
I like the Xenoblades series but my ‘top’ series would be either the Trails series or Persona series. Just too many good games for me to just pick one series though, so I say play them all lol.
I'm not huge into JRPGs, but my favorite is easily the Persona series. It's all opinion though. Xenoblade is a great series.
Tetsuya Takahashi has revealed his plan to make the next Xenoblade vastly different from previous games.
I liked the Xenoblade X formula. It takes awhile, but opening up Mechs was amazing. Especially once you can fly them, and use them in battle. You have to put some time into the game to do it, but it's worth it!
Also, the graphics were more realistic than the other games. Still looks good today, just a lot more pop-in than is acceptable today, hell even too much for back then. It wasn't game breaking though.
Xenoblade 1-3 and X are so great. That said, I'm ready for them to do a big change up.
Some of the best Switch JRPG games out there include the epic Xenoblade Chronicles to the hard-as-nails Dark Souls Remastered.
Me being a Playstation guy and a huge JRPG fan, I can say that the only franchises I actually miss that are on Switch are The Fire Emblem series and The Xenoblade Chronicles series. I've played neither but I've heard good things. I've seen people play Xenoblade Chronicles games on youtube, and it seems like they think it's a big deal so I'm curious.
As someone who doesnt like jrpg’s that much these days I went into Xenoblade Chronicles blind and had a blast. Reminded me of that golden age of 16-bit and 32-bit jrpgs. If thats the era you liked then it should hit the spot.
I only have a Switch for the games that don’t come on PlayStation . There aren’t a ton but there are some good ones.
I agree with top 1, for me xenoblade chronicles 3(and 2) is one of the greatest jrpg to date. It's like the feeling of playing ff7 on ps1 for the first time again. Imagine if XC3 was done with ps5 graphics, that will be magical. I might get the xc remaster before the year ends or after I got the platinum trophy of GoW ragnarok.
I didn’t care for 2 as much . It’s good but 3 is sooo much better than so is the first one imo .
Strange, this might be the first time I've heard someone take issue with the multiplayer component.
Sure, it might not be super deep with the way the Squad Quests work, but participation is entirely optional, and you get rewards once it's cleared even if you don't participate.
Who can complain about free rewards?
Regardless, a good preview. I do agree with their criticism against some of the music. Thankfully there's more than a few great tracks to replace the bad ones, and the bad ones aren't so ear-gratingly horrible that we won't eventually be able to tune them out as insignificant white noise in the background.( that's how it is for me, anyways. For the sake of your own enjoyment, I hope the rest of you out there can learn to do the same...)
Ive downloaded the entire score, id say only about 25% is vocal tracks. Personally though, i love the vocal tracks. after hearing every song i mut say X has a better overall ost than xenoblade.