Nintendo Direct - Feb 9

[JWeinCom]

Mar1217 said:

Dulfite said:

I've enjoyed all three Xenoblade games, but I find 2 to be my favorite. The story was awesome, and the ending connects with the ending of both 1 and X, so that cliffhanger did get continued from X. X was great, but it was FILLED with a horde of redundant and unimportant side quests/missions, and I was extremely bored with the gundum combat. I found the combat to be more enjoyable and engaging in 1/2 than in X by a long shot. 

2's world is just simply stunning and beautiful. I find it more visually striking than even Botw. Again though, I loved all three games.

*Disclaimer, I only ever played 1 on New 3ds, never original Wii or Switch HD versions, so I probably don't have the bets opinion on it's visuals.

It's actually the side-content and side quests that made the world Mira and NLA so engaging personally. A lot them sidequests had more than enough interesting stories that were building on the principal themes of the game + they were important for the evolution of city, character relations could change depending on your action in certain cases. You could even have other species join the city to add more quests, characters, lore, weapons/ clothes and such. It's really an expansive game the further you plunge into it and it rewards you for doing so.

A scope that is actually really mostly unmatched in the industry to be frank appart from few exceptions.

JWeinCom said:

2 just didn't float my boat. The story eventually got good, but it took a loooong time to get it. And alot of stuff throughout the game didn't track logically and was explained by "Well they're the Aegis, they can do that".  Also not a fan of the gatcha mechanics. 

I liked X's structure, where there was a tangible goal that you were working towards and to a large extent you got to focus on the tasks you wanted to help reach that goal. I feel like it was a sort of prototype for Breath of the Wild. I see the connection between 1 and 2, but not between 1 and X. 

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I know they added an alien attack to the scene where they create Bionis/Mechonis/Alrest, and there was an alien attack in Chronicles X, but I don't see how they could be the same. I thought Alrest was the original world of Zanza/Klaus, so that can't also be where Chronicles X is happening. 

 

I mean people tend to overshadow some stories elements in the first few chapters of 2 that make all their senses once you play Torna the Golden Country. In that sense, the overarching story accomplished what it set out to do. Everything did make sense eventually so I don't understand the misused logic you're speaking here.

Anywoo, I appreciate both games in-spite of their inherent different experience soooo I'm just awaiting Monolith next project now 

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Just a couple of examples...

Nia uses her powers on Malos. He shows up recovered. Why? Cause he's the fucking Aegis, that's why. Then in the ending, Pyra and Mythra are not just not dead, but also split into two different people so Rex can have a threesome. Why? Cause they're the fucking Aegis.

Just a couple of examples. Maybe it's explained in Torna... but 2 is like 60 fucking hours long. I should not have to play another 30 hour game for things to make sense. And, really, the game didn't have to be 60 hours in the first place. A lot of it was very dull.