The Xenoblade Chronicles Series Thread: Definitive Edition (All Spoilers in Tags)

[HoangNhatAnh]

curl-6 said:

HoangNhatAnh said:

Then she just needs to finish Melia alone, she had a plenty of times to kill Melia when she wasn't in Shulk's group yet. Mumkhar is just a bad guy for the sake of it.

"cringey and annoying" but XC2 also has a lot of touching moments for many villains, even the most hated one or the final boss, unlike Zanza - a completely a***ole. I could feed bad and sympathy (more or less) for any XC2 villain, but not XC1, outside Egil and perhaps Dickson for a bit, all are tra** to me.

Spoiler!

She does try to kill Melia alone, Shulk and co show up to save her, there's a whole boss fight around this.

Zanza may not be sympathetic, but ultimately, a villain does not necessarily need to be. He's ultimately acting out of self-preservation combined with his tendency to see the inhabitants of this new universe like ants in a jar due to him being its creator.

In both games, a lot of it ultimately boils down to how people deal with being given great power; whether they allow themselves to be corrupted by it, or whether they try and use it constructively.

I just find XBC1's characters to be more charming and likable, and they never made me cringe or roll my eyes the way XBC2's sometimes did. (Looking at you Tora/Zeke)

Bolder: I know, but why is too coinciding? What about the time before that?

Second bolder:

Spoiler!

Zanza is a jerk compared to Malos, so is Mumkhar compared to Amalthus

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Compared to Riki who is a husband and a father, Tora is still considered a young adolescent, so it's normal.

Zeke is a funny character, and still young (25 only), still fine. If he was 35 - 40, then yeah, would agree with you.

Last edited by HoangNhatAnh - on 10 May 2020