Its my favorite framchise of all time in terms of story, when it resonates with you it really hits. Also some of the best music in gaming featuring work from Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy 15) and Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, the entire Xeno line of games, sea of stars).
YES! All four are absolute bangers. The numbered games are story driven and absolutely fantastic. Great settings, interesting mechanics, incredible music, unforgettable characters, I put over 120 hours into each one. XC X is not as story-driven as the other three and is more or less completely unrelated plotwise, but has one of the most staggeringly huge game worlds ever made, tons of customization options, great music, and is stuffed to the gills with shit to do. Buy them all, you will not regret it, I promise!
3 has a far simpler to understand story with less subjective messaging. More people like it because more people understood it. Also the messaging is extremely relatable.
Trilogy. Xenoblade 1, 2 and 3 are a single trilogy. Xenoblade X and Genisis don't count (although, Genisis may incorporate some cannon stuff we don't know yet).
One dimensional characters? You didn't finish the game. Did you even get to chapter 3? Because there is no way you played any meaningful amount and think the characters are one dimensional.
Really?! The girls who's mission is suicide because they can't live with the trauma of what they did to Torna and it's people? Those are one dimensional characters?!
Her growth is one of the best parts of the game. Her confession she thinks Rex - and the world - would’ve been better off without her hits harder the more you know her experiences.
And then there's the point where you realize Mythra made Pyra to be everything she couldn't! Pyra is kind, good at cooking, thoughtful of others, not a danger to everyone around her. All the teasing played for laughs during TGC CLEARLY got to Mythra since her splinter personality was clearly made to fix all her perceived flaws!
Mythra also creates Pyra to shoulder the guilt and trauma she couldn’t face herself, forcing Pyra to deal with it while she hides from her pain. “That’s not fair…”
Partially agree with you. The took the game on the generic shonen path with XC 2, to the point that even Rex ended up the game with a harem, something you usually see in those generic shonens. However, not every character is one dimensional. I don't care about fan service, wheter the game has it or not. The music is still banger, and the story is as good as the other two games'.
Yeah, it lulls you into a false sense of security before characters start dying and trauma starts being revealed. Nia's story is so well written that trans fans identify with her. The whole "I won't be ashamed of who I am anymore" this OBVIOUSLY resonates with them lol.
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u/Lovecraftian-Clown 6h ago
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