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

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Should I pick this up? I'm about to 100% both Mario and Zelda.

I'm a traditional jrpg fan grew up with Chrono, ff6-10, mana, eathbound, and loved persona 4 golden.

I've never played a Xeno game so not sure what to expect.

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Yes.

Consider watching the cutscenes for at least Xenoblade 1. I think there's like an hour of them. Not critical, but it helps.

However, just know that it's even more anime than XC1. I said it earlier in this thread, but it pushes my limits as I'm not into anime at all. And there are certainly some Japanese eccentricities throughout. If you can put up with that everything else is rock solid. Great JRPG.

I like the story in XC1 more so far, but I like all of the gameplay elements in this one more. I love the Blade system.