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bigtakilla on 02 December 2017
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OTBWY said:
Nem said:

Theres the bashing again.

 

The characters in Xenoblade X weren't underdeveloped. Their stories were just "hidden" after alot of gameplay on the affinity missions. 

Also, the plot is pretty good and the story does have a satisfying end. It's just they decided to make a silly post credit scene that ruined that and opened things up. But if Monolith is to be believed, X is a different series and it's characters can return for the next installment, so it would be more like a Xenosaga episode. It would make sense if it was like that, to make it different from the main XC series.

I dunno why people are feeling defensive and need to bash one or the other. They are both good.

I never said Xenoblade X was a bad game. I have 422 hours in that game. I got the best Skell on all party members, all maxed out, all 5 hearts. I pretty much know every corner of the game and then some. I fucking love the game.

Having said that: The story was dissapointing. And I'm going full spoiler: The story was underdeveloped. What do I mean by that? The plot basically goes like this, humanity is dead, here's our city we have to defend it but we also have to find these fragments of the lifehold because we are all robots, find lifehold, fight bad guy, find lifehold, fight bad guy, find lifehold, fight badguy, actually find the lifehold, fight big badguy. Lifehold is dead, but we are still alive. It's.. It's this planet!! The End.

It just ends like that and nothing really happens after that.

The characters are, well, not developed at all. Most of them are one dimensional, and never really change. Elma has the personality of a wet carrot, Lin is annoying, Vandham is angry grandpa, the only character I really cared about and who I actually sympathized with was Lao. The main character being a make-it-yourself silent protagonist who is basically a spectator in/of the story was a big mistake. They should have had a set character like Shulk who you follow through the story and empathize with.

To end my rant on a good note, I still love Xenoblade X. The world is mindblowingly awesome. The skells, I find as a mech geek, are awesome. New LA is awesome. I (even the rap) adore the soundtrack. I just didn't like certain choices they made with the story and the characters.

I would say you got the story mixed up with it's driving force. The story unfolds in how everyone is dealing with being on Mira. Lao's arc (which provides the most revelations in the game) is the story of Xenoblade X contained in a bigger overall arcing story that has yet to be completed. The story is betrayal, sacrifice, and redemption.

Game spoilers ahead!!!! You have been warned.

I don't get how people have to change to be well developed. I disagree respectively. There are tons we wind up learning about Elma, and simply put she is very dynamic. She follows orders but only to the extent it fills her needs. She isn't above bold face lying to her friends, but it is to maintain order and peace. She wants to save humanity to the extent she was very willing to shoot two comrades in the face, one may have deserved it, the other one in no way did.

How about Lin, She in the beginning is only driven by her desire to fill her parents shoes. She loves to cook though (even though they don't need to eat), but it helps her comrades because it's an old familiar thing to do that helps everyones mental health. She is also a thorough believer that there are others that had survived and wants to find a way of contacting them as well as believing the Earth didn't die the day of Exodus, and she wants to one day "search for the planet we left behind". She also puts her own life at risk to save friend and foe alike. 

What about Irena and Gwen. Irena was once part of the Earth protection force with her brother originally attached with Elma. Her brother dies (Gwen's best friend) which makes Gwen join in hopes to protect Irena. The only problem is Gwen is nowhere NEAR as talented in combat as Irena, so he often finds himself in trouble. He is in love with her, while she sees him as a brother figure. Irena eventually gets promoted to lead her own task force due to the lack of crew on Mira (and she is single handedly the best member to have in your party), and becomes a strong, well respected leader. Even so, she and Gwen still holds Elma in far higher regard than themselves, commonly referring to her by title instead of name. *edit* You can often tell in the game that Irena is only barely hanging on to her sanity due to the hardships of war as well.

What about Celica and Rock?... Look I could go on and on and go through every character if that's what you need, they may not change but they are all very dynamic is the point. All very interesting to watch their personalities and goals play out before you.

You have all the character in your party equipped with the best skell? That's really not a thing. The Ares 90 is only the strongest in perspective of spending absolutely no time customizing. The only skell you can't make practically invincible is the Ares 90, I certainly wouldn't say it's the best. 

Last edited by bigtakilla - on 02 December 2017