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Xenoblade Chronicles doesn’t really pick up. In fact, it’s a lot slower at certain portions in the later half of the game. There are some great moments ahead, but you have a giant snow field maze, and an even more giant robotic-like area ahead. Granted there are some great moments ahead, but also some incredibly dry ones that are very time consuming.
The game has a fairly interesting last bit, but it’ll feel a little unoriginal. If you’re familiar with Xenogears, you’ve already seen basically the same plot done with much more inspiration, much more detail, and in a shorter timeframe. Also, it’s not done in a way that is really a homage to Xenogears either, it’s more like they used the plot structure as a template.
In short, the part of Xenoblade that really excels is its explorative gameplay, and the beautiful Bionis section and Fallen Hand. The exploration of those portions. I played it a few times, because despite my post above sounding like harsh criticism, I actually really like the game. But my favourite portions are in the earlier portions. If you haven’t done so, I recommend trying to play through until you reach a part of the game called Frontier Village, if you like that, then you know how charming this game can be. I am not going to lie, there are a bunch of really desolate and long portions ahead after this, but what you can do is go to more pleasant regions of the game and level up + do quests to get by them more quickly.
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