Rumor: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 nearing final stages of development

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

curl-6 said:

Hopefully ACE+ return to do the soundtrack, their work on 1 & 2 was superb.

Also Xenoblade 2 while a good game was somewhat rushed to release in the Switch's first calendar year and it showed, here's hoping having more time in the oven will give 3 a bit more polish.

Eh, 2's soundtrack was certainly good, but it paled in comparison to 1 and to be honest from what I've heard (which is quite a bit, though I haven't personally played it) X's soundtrack is a lot better than 2's as well. 

I honestly feel like just going for the same style over and over and over again is just going to draw comparisons to the original, which has such a timeless soundtrack and shouldn't be the goal. If ACE+ changes styles for 3 that would be sick, or if they are somehow able to top 1's OST with a similar style that would be neat, but I think the latter is just super hard and the former might not happen if they just get the same group again. 

I'd agree if we were only talking about battle themes, and also the main and ending tracks, but I've always felt other songs from 2 are amazing standouts, especially the area ones. Uraya's day theme, Alba Cavanich's night, Spirit Crucible Elpys, the LEFTHERIA themes, godammit. The Leftheria songs are among my favorite video game pieces, period. Walking With You and its instrumental version, Desolation, are beautiful, too. So are various of the tracks that play just before the ending (no, not talking about One Last You). Those are memorable to me than the vast majority of the original's soundtrack, even though I do concede that it has the most bangers. Even Riki's theme is cool.