Been playing Live a Live and enjoying it so far. Hopefully whoever bought Xenoblade 3 enjoys it.

I still need to beat Definitive Edition, then might try 2 again but if it doesn't click I'll just skip it and go to 3. We'll see how that goes.

Hopefully, I will be able to start playing XC3 tonight. Couldn’t play last night because i drank two beers in celebration for the release and thus got slow in the brain and unfocused.

So far so good for Xenoblade 3.

The world is interesting enough that I'm engaged in the story right from the start. I really want to explore the world and learn more about it, which is key for an RPG.

The combat is... fine. With only three arts, and without the blade swapping mechanics from Xeno 2, it feels a bit dumbed down. I would assume some twists are going to be thrown my way. Absolutely love that they now tell you where your character is in relationship to the enemy.

Not much else to say so far.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is getting review bombed, some of them even directly say they haven't played it yet and others basically say the absolute opposite of the positive reviews and people on this site. One guy apparently already finished it. Like is that even possible in that time frame, less than 60 hours after release? Haven't seen such petty trolling in a long time.

https://youtu.be/LgXMLRRePio

I think this is the best XC3 trailer.

So far XBC3 is easily the best in the series not because it is new but the are aspects in it that will make going back to prior games difficult. Combat alone will make it harder to play the older games, just got the second hero class, the party wide management of all characters plus the hero of your choice is a lot more involving than one would think.

Did you guys hear? Lanz wants something a bit meatier.

Hard disagree the battles system is fine as the sheer dps from having seven characters not only offsets auto attack nerfs it flat out makes it a non issue, repositioning your characters is still a factor in XBC in fact it has significant effect on the outcome especially for certain classes such as the first hero class it just has other layers to go with it that can work fine in different styles of approach to that. On fusion arts you sure you are not likely wasting them as the tutorial for it does a poor job and sets people up to waste them, it doesn't explain the depth in pairing arts and their effects for example on a defender character an art that increases aggro should be paired with and AOE type art or stacking effects like knock back and blowdown. Music is an individual case tbh I've found it to be about even with the prior games.

Why nobody here is talking about the new Pokemon presents?

I liked what they've showed about Scarlet and Violet, considering to buy it if reviews are good

Pokémon will be huge af. I think it looks significantly more interesting than Sw/Sh and also visually better.