| curl-6 said: Just revisited Xenoblade Chronicles X for the first time in ages last night, and I was really surprised how well it holds up. I'd forgotten how amazing it felt to pilot the Skells across the vast alien landscapes of Mira and take on massive creatures. I'd go so far as to say I think I actually prefer its combat and graphics over Xenoblade 2's. The latter does make some improvements like 3D grass meshes and real-time water reflections, but it just looks muddier overall and doesn't run as smoothly. |
The problem with X was that rare items required to build certain Skells were just too rare. Unless you fought the Global Nemesis online repeatedly it was almost impossible to get the proper stuff for your Skell builds. I don't like the idea of doing an online-only portion of a game in order to farm though. Xenoblade 2 solved this problem by introducing skills like Diving, Botanist, etc., that increased the number of items you would get from a collection point. With the right Blades you could get up to 27 items from a single farm point. So instead of running around for an hour just to get one rare drop, you could get it just from farming five or six points, and getting a ton of stuff instantly.
All 3 Xenoblade games have these missions that ask you to find some random rare item. For all 3 games these quests were a bit annoying, but Xenoblade 2's farming system made it easy in comparison to the hours of farming required in the first two games.
