Official Xenoblade thread- Opinions, thoughts and questions inside! Can it hit 1mil in sales next year? Sequel coming for Wii U???

[Conegamer]

Smeags said:

Conegamer said:

Nice! How would you rate it so far then?

Well first thing you should know is that RPGs aren't usually my cup of tea... in fact if I were to rank the genre it would definitely be closer to the bottom than the top.

However, I'm definitely enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles. The main storyline is very compelling thus far (just added Riki to my party) and most of the areas are quite gorgeous. There's a few areas that look quite muddy and bland, but other than that, the overworld is quite awesome. The combat system is pretty fun as well... although it took me a while to get used to (when I was fighting Metal Face for the first time I didn't know how to do a Chain Attack ).

Like a lot of RPGs now-a-days, the game throws so much at you right off the bat that it's a bit overwhelming. I'm 22 hours in and I'm still getting used to the menus, tactics, items, gems, skill, and everything else. But I'm getting more comfortable with it as time goes on.

So like I said, it's definitely not my favorite game of all time, but it's very solid thus far (although Riki is quite annoying). Right now the game is around an 8 (Great) or 9 (Incredible) for me. I gave Skyrim (the only other major RPG I've played outside of Pokemon this generation) an 8 by the way.

You got Riki then (30%)? Hmm. That's all the playable characters met now then. You're about to reach, quite possibly, the most amazing looking area in the game, and that's saying something! Also the biggest with some pretty epic music. But the Forest is cool. It has 4 hidden areas, and plenty of secrets for later in the game (noticed the lv. 95 dinosaurs? )

I'm glad you're enjoying it. The story sorta picks up in the next area as well, as you'll be up against the main story pretty soon again. And don't you say Riki is annoying! He's the best character! "You can do it!", for example, is the best Art in the game...and he can steal ANYTHING (exp., TP etc...)

As an aside, been doing many of the sidequests? Some people seem to have taken a distaste to them, which is a shame. But you'll likely find that you're filling up skill trees now, so...