#36 - Xenoblade Chronicles X - Nintendo Wii U
I should put this game higher on the list.
I wasn't expecting much from this game, I thought, I'll probably like this as much as the first Xenoblade, a solid game. What I got instead was a very special game with one of my favorite worlds ever, the immersion I got out of Mira, between the crazy humans and all the fun alien species that live in it, the perfect soundtrack by Hiroyuki Sawano that sells the alien feel of the world, all the interesting side stories that made me super attached to it, the beautiful art direction that only I like, is just a fantastic experience, within its scope lie a good number of issues, like the pacing of the main story in isolation, and a lot of systems that aren't always very well explained, or fully work, but is not something that dwells much on my mind when I think of this game, I just think about all the memorable moments of the journey that is Xenoblade X, and a game that I was crazy enough to 100%.
The direction of the series most likely won't steer back to this, but I can always boot up the Wii U, let the title screen music take me back, and spend a good handful of hours again just playing around on Mira, and getting them feels all over again.
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