Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: "Monolith Soft has had a storied history of fascinating role-playing games, and while they’ve worked on various projects, one of their franchise remains most sought after. The Xeno series has been around for just under two decades now, and while it has had its ups and downs, remains a staple in company’s strong catalog of games. Looking at 2017 in general, it has been one heck of a year for not only the industry as a whole, but for Nintendo as well. They didn’t succeed with the Wii U, but the Nintendo Switch has taken off in a big way thanks to an absolutely stellar lineup of games. In just nine short months, we’ve gotten Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, ARMS, Fire Emblem Warriors, and various ports and remasters. There’s one game left before the end of the year, though: Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It’s exactly what Nintendo needed to even things out, bringing an RPG of colossal size to a portable platform. An immense game with seemingly infinite potential, is this the closer Nintendo needed or does it put a damper on one heck of a year?"