So, is the game worth finishing? I enjoyed just exploring in the world and not necessarily focused on endgame. I played more for combat and exploration and that's what I took away from it. Is the story a MUST experience or should I just read a synopsis or youtube movie? Cutscenes are prettey bleh.
BaD 07: So I finished Xenoblade Chronicles
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 On 02/07/2015 at 09:34 PM by Captain N See More From This User » |
I'm Really Feeling It!
Hello Pixlbit, how are you? I wasn't going to write this one anytime soon, but I didn't want to write too many similar blogs after another since the last one was Smash related. So as the title implies, I reccently finished up Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii. Last saturday actually, but I've been working on a post since because I didn't want to say I beat it so I can have something written in case someone wanted me to write about it. But here's that post, I'll write a much more detailed blog on it in the near future but here are my thoughts so far now that I've beaten it. And don't worry, I wont spoil a thing for those who haven't played, or beaten it yet.
First off, I'll talk about the characters. The playable characters you meet up in the game are great, some of the best written characters I've ever seen. Each character joins you for a reason due to the events of the story, but they all share one common goal. Each character has their very own unique personalty and their own special sets of skills. You can clearly tell how they are in battle depending on their personalty and you learn more about these characters through special dialouge options in the game.
Next off the combat, the combat is really good actually. The game plays like an action-rpg when you initiate a battle with an enemy and you and your teammates each have a special role in those fights. I actually don't think I've ever played an action rpg, besides Fallout 3/New Vegas but that one you can turn into a turn-based rpg or an action-rpg at will. You have to pick your party members wisely because depending on your party setup can mean victory or defeat depending if the enemies or bosses are a few levels higher than yours. You can also set your party members with new equipment, gems that enhance stats, new weapons, and set up their special attacks known as arts. So there really is alot of strategy involved depending on how you set up your team.
Next off the world map. It's huge. There's plenty to explore and alot to see. The world map is divided by sections which each having a specific theme to it, like a grassy plain, to a marsh, and so forth. Plus, it looks really good for a Wii game, especially from a distance. And along with each location carries it's own enemies as well. Most areas even have their own settlements or towns. Heck, there's even merchants out in the wilderness selling stuff. But you really have to keep an eye out for enemies. Alot of the times they don't do anything to you if you leave them alone, but some enemies do attack you on sight. But the biggest problem here are the enemies that are a ton of levels higher than you. Like you may be at level 20 but you might encounter an enemy at level 80-90. One thing that's cool is that when you're near an enemy, you can see the level it is before you initiate combat or not. That's neat and incredibly useful, that way you can avoid biting more than you can chew.
Lastly the story. Where to begin? I can't say much without spoiling it or giving away too much, all I can say that it's one of the best stories I've ever seen. I don't think I've ever played anything like this before, or if there's a game with a story like this out there. All I can say that it was really great and glad that I finally got to finish it after nearly 2 years of putting it off. Now I'm ready to play Xenoblade Chronicles X despite not being related to this game whatsoever. But the question is, how long did it take me to finish it? According to the hours, around 101 hours or so. Only because sometimes I was too stubborn to try and take down the bosses when I was clearly outmatched. And trust me, you're going to be level grinding alot. By them time I reached the end, I was at level 90, well all my party members too.
Final conclusions: It is an amazing game, and that's something I don't say often. It's a fantastic game, with a great cast of characters in an interesting yet cool world, with an amazing story with addicitve combat. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it. Though finding a copy isn't easy, if you're willing to spend around 40-50 used, then go ahead, unless you want to spend around 250 to get a New 3DS and a New 3DS copy of the game new.
That's it for now. Did you play Xenoblade, if so, what did you think of it? If you haven't, would you like to? Thanks for reading and later.
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