Your Top 50 Games: 2013 Discussion Thread (The Final Day!)

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#2. Xenoblade Chronicles

I can't explain everything great about Xenoblade Chronicles in a mere few paragraphs, but I think I know what attracts me to this RPG above all others:

1. Actual straight-up rewards for exploration. Not just the collectible and questing crap found in other RPGs (which is still very present in Xenoblade anyway).
2. The game world is damn cool. Why wouldn't I want to explore every freaking nook and cranny?
3. Lots and lots of gameplay depth that I still can't wrap my head around.
4. The sort of fantasy and sci-fi genre combination which Final Fantasy used to be great at, but now pales in comparison.
5. Similar driving themes to Xenogears, but with storytelling and gameplay ambitions actually fully realized this time.
6.  In main quest alone, Xenoblade's length and consistency shames almost everything else in the genre.
7. The soundtrack.

It's the first game to truly challenge my #1 favorite ever since, well, I first finished my #1 favorite.