Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch JRPG Official Thread (84/100 Metacritic)

The first one was hands down my favorite game on the WiiU. I loved everything about it from the customization to exploring the universe they built, to the fighting. Every aspect of it.

As i get older, i enjoy these games alot more than a fast paced shooter. It a fun game to spend hours on. Just running around and exploring the world they created is worth buying the game if you're into massive open world exploration games.

I have this one pre-ordered and will be picking it up from Gamestop at 11 tonight.

Can't wait. In full Nintendo fanboy mode.

Put another notch into the "reasons the Swtich is the best console out there for me" belt.

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Chrono Trigger, FF6, Secret of Mana

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That is about as high praise as you can give a JRPG. I never played the first one, but I just got a Switch this week and once I beat Zelda I'll be looking for something new.

I should post some negative reviews to be fair though:

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Xenoblade 2 consistently displays a frustrating lack of respect for the player’s time. Everything takes significantly longer than it needs to, in part because the game contains such an overwhelming number of features. It can take dozens of minutes to navigate the clunky menus, sort through all of the characters’ upgrades, and manage a collection of Pokémon-like Blades. The mini-map is vague and often feels like it’s withholding information. There are no larger maps to be found, so you’ll have to rely upon UI markers to figure out where you need to go.

Battles are long and tedious, and many of them dragged on even after I’d fully learned how the combat system worked. The otherwise satisfying battle combos became much less interesting after I had to repeat them on every bullet-spongey trash mob in my path. And when I wasn’t grinding levels or taking care of some of the game’s menial sidequests, boss fights often prevented me from making any progress, especially during those moments when Xenoblade 2 arbitrarily decides to limit the party to two characters as opposed to the standard three.

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On this and many other levels, Xenoblade 2 exhibits admirable depth. Adventurous types that enjoy complex combat systems can easily spend more than 100 hours uncovering Alrest's secrets and developing their team of Blades, provided they can come to terms with a handful of unavoidable shortcomings. It's equal parts pleasing and frustrating, but the struggle to keep up with everything thrown your way is more of a hurdle than a roadblock. It will be a tough pill to swallow for people who aren't accustomed to the typical cliches found in many Japanese RPGs, and its often clumsy nature keeps it from being the next groundbreaking Switch game, but Xenoblade 2 is worth pursuing if you've got enough patience to let it blossom.

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So I get to Indol... notice it's full of core crystals, has a bunch of refugees, notice there are like no merc missions attached to it, and very few quest...

needless to say, after playing Lost Odyssey years ago I pretty much learned to take context clues and have raised indol's dev level to 5 and completed all the quest and done a whole lot of salvaging at the salvaging point

They really made you stay in Indol a long time, about to head out, you will be missed ol' prince



ETA: I literally just finished all of the Indol stuff... (running back in forth, finishing chapter 5, etc.) and am about to head to the home of Adamm, how much longer does Indol have?