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Review: Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) |GLG

Fight for survival while exploring the vast expanses of an unknown planet where anything you see is reachable in Xenoblade Chronicles X. In this epic sci-fi RPG, adventure through a seamless open world, and pilot giant robotic exoskeletons known as Skells to explore the planet and fight against threats of all sizes.

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Takwin3398d ago

I'm about 6 hours into the game, which is seriously basically the very beginning. Lin, one of the characters from your party, has a hilarious line, "Well, that's about it for the basics" ... 6 hours into the game. It does a decent job explaning the basics with gameplay, but you will NEED to read the manual (on the gamepad) AND almost definitely mess around in the menus and submenus for an hour or so AND probably read up online to figure out arts, skills, class, party, divisions, online play, and more.

It's all totally worth it and after chapter 3 and about 6 hours I feel I can really dig into it. I've probably explored less than 1% of the total map at this point.

It's insanely huge and living world and it is a work of art. The story seems very good, the graphics range from ok to amazing, which is odd in a game, but I'm fine with it. I'm playing this game for its immense world building and freedom of play and the game has just nailed to many aspects of being a truly amazing game.

9-9.5 seems just right, and no doubt one of the 10 best games of 2015. Under no circumstance should an unbiased reviewer give it less than an 8, and it definitely could get valid 10s from people.

cindychapman3398d ago

I totally agree with you. This is one of my favorite games. I'll give it a 10.

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9 Reasons to Play Xenoblade Chronicles X

The ill-fated Wii U sold very few units, so it is understandable if you missed out on Xenoblade Chronicles X, here are 9 reasons why you should play the Definitive Edition.

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franwex5d ago

Reason number 1 why I haven’t played yet:
Cannot commit the time. :/

GotGame8184d ago

The nice thing about X is you have a Follow Ball. If you haven't played for a few days it will help you jump right back in! Fantastic game! You should at least have 5 initial hours over 2 days or so to invest. I also suggest grinding to at least level 14 before chapter 3.

Zeldafan644d ago

It's nice that definitive edition makes level grinding easier. Quite a bit quicker than the original release.

PRIMORDUS4d ago

I bought it thinking it was like the trilogy and expansion on Switch. I played it for 15 or so hours and stopped. Couldn't get into it, the gameplay was not like the previous ones, it was not what I expected.😕

Dhika4d ago

I bought it on the Wii U years ago and couldn’t get into it too 🙁

PRIMORDUS4d ago

I feel ya, sucks cause I wanted to like it, I tried.

TFdwnunder4d ago

Greatest RPG ever except end game makes it impossible to complete for anyone who focused on mech battles. Do not focus on mechs or you will be disappointed

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Are The Xenoblade Games Connected?

Netto's Game Room explains how the Xenoblade titles are connected to each other; from Xenoblade Chronicles, to the newly released Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, and even Xenogears and Xenosaga.

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Zeldafan6431d ago

1 - 3 are connected. Idk if X is connected since I haven't beaten the epilogue in X yet. X will probably be connected.

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With Chronicles Done, It's Time to Make Xenoblade X: Definitive Edition

With Chronicles finished, it's time to return to the mechs and mysteries of Mira

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jznrpg676d ago (Edited 676d ago )

Yea. I own it but don’t want to pull out the Wii U

Zeldafan64676d ago

I never unplugged my Wii U. Still play it almost daily but a definitive edition of X would be appreciated.

jznrpg676d ago (Edited 676d ago )

It’s one of the systems I have the least games for . Though there are some really good games on it. I have systems from Atari’s , Nintendo’s, Segas , TurboGrafx 16 , PS’s etc etc so I put a few in my game storage room. I do pull it out from time to time and I have a new one in a box but won’t open that .
But I’d really like to have a Chronicles X but not on Switch whatever the next console is preferably so they can add more quality to it .

Zeldafan64675d ago

Lucky, you didn't need to explain that.

Zeldafan64676d ago (Edited 676d ago )

Playing X at 1080/60 would be great so waiting for the Switch successor would be ideal but it wouldn't be smart to make it a launch game. It would suck waiting til 2025 to get X definitive edition but I think that's what will happen.

I know people say Wii U has no games but I've got over 100 games for it.

luckytrouble675d ago

I mean, when people say a system has "no games" they aren't saying the system literally had no games released on it. They're more commenting on the state of games that make the system worth owning. For many the Wii U never had a game that made the system worth owning, or if it did, it has a Switch port or successor at this point anyways so they were effectively proven correct to have never purchased a Wii U in the first place.

Yes, depending on the individual the Wii U remains worth owning for the handful of games still locked to it, but for many they'd rather just wait to see what else gets ported in the future at this point. There is exceptionally little you can only play on a Wii U these days though, especially with the eShop dead so anything that may have existed only on it is no longer of consequence to non-Wii U owners.

chaos999676d ago

They said it cost too much time to remap controls unfortunately

luckytrouble675d ago

In all fairness, that's probably a reason they're passing on a few of the still Wii U locked games. Starfox Zero, among the reasons you may not want to port it, would need its entire control scheme reworked from the ground up. Chronicles X may not be as extreme of a case (I don't know, I've never played or watched gameplay), but often unless a game is going to sell really well, it can be hard to convince a company to do more than the basic expected remaster work. Heck, a lot of people figure the only reason we got Galaxy 1 in the 3D All Stars collection for example is because they had already done the work for the Nvidia Shield port for China, which subsequently is likely the major reason they didn't include Galaxy 2. They simply did not want to remap the game controls. It may sound silly since it sounds so simple just by the words, but you have to figure more goes into it than you're probably thinking if it's that much of a sticking point.

DefaultComment676d ago

Yes, I agree. We definitely need to retake Xenoblade Chronicles X which btw it left us on a cliffhanger suggesting there wiull be a XCX2 .... and im up for it.

isarai676d ago (Edited 676d ago )

I put so many hours into X, just please ad a music volume setting was going crazy walking around base and hearing

"UH UH... YEAH!.. YEAH!...YEAHYEAHYEEEEAAAAH!..U H UH!"

FinalFantasyFanatic675d ago

I can't believe they haven't done it yet, it's the Xenoblade game I'm most excited for, I would buy it in a heart beat.