Brutalyst said:
Brand new to the Xenoblade series, put a good 10 hours in yesterday having made a brief start on Saturday. Here are my thoughts
Likes
I kind of like the story, its kept me interested which for me is a big part of how I take to a RPG
Love the world and finding new things and exploring it
Though the reviews I read stated the opposite, I like a lot of the characters and there have been some very funny bits
A lot of depth to the progress system
Music is amazing!
Dislikes
The combat, though I have seen worse it sometimes feels like im not doing a lot but waiting for an ability to be usable
Blades, I might not be doing it right, but all the new ones I have acquired seem pretty useless compared to the main ones
QTE parts, Im not a big fan of QTE overall, and particularly the scavenging thing I rarely get it right
Difficulty seems very up down, one moment im fighting a monster a few levels higher than me with ease, the next I get demolished by some a few levels lower - also there seems to be a lot of cross level monster, I could be in an area flooded by mobs my level (18 atm) then get attacked by a level 70/80/90+ mob and get destroyed
Biggest Dislike
The voice overs (English) are horrendous! why do so many sound Scottish? and some of the voice acting is really bad. I also hate the amount of in combat banter from enemies, I particulary noticed this when on a mission I was fighting groups of soliders who kept shouting "Think you can take me?" and they repeat this line INCESSENTLY and if there was 3 or 4 of them, its was getting said literally every other second!
Overall though, being new to this series I am enjoying it. It reminds me a lot (play style wise) of FFXV though for the flaws in combat I mentioned, I actually prefer the combat in this compared to that.
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