100% - Both quests cleared, Inoswap maxed, Ino LVL 99, Ouroboros Rank 20 Noponic Champion, all Challenge Battles cleared on all difficulties
While not as in-depth as the challenge mode in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, this one provides good challenge for those who believe themselves to have mastered combat in Xenoblade Chronicles 3'
The new hero quest is an enjoyable enough piece of additional content
While not as in-depth as the challenge mode in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, this one provides good challenge for those who believe themselves to have mastered combat in Xenoblade Chronicles 3'
The new hero quest is an enjoyable enough piece of additional content
It's alright. Challenge battles lack a bit of depth that I'm hoping Wave 3 will improve on that. Ino is a fun new character! I like the callbacks to Xenoblade 2 and Poppi. I did finish the Inoswap and the side quest in only a couple hours, and got most of the costumes from Challenge Battles super easily. I was hoping for a bit more variety in costumes.
Finally decided to go back and do the challenge battles. Most of them are entirely forgettable, with a couple of waves of nondescript enemies. Only the 5-star challenge battles pose any real challenge, and in reality it's more like 2 in particular (Four Devas and Heroes Frontline). These two require a complete understanding of the combat system and how to build your characters (which nothing in the base game ever really pushed you to do), and were the most enjoyable part of the challenge mode. You also get swimsuit costumes for beating them which were whatever. Definitely a downgrade from XC2's challenge mode.
The new hero Ino was also pretty disappointing. Her exclusive Inoswap feature was pretty much just a glorified soul tree that requires collecting a new type of ether found in the overworld. Her class is also pretty bad, although the concept of a tank becoming stronger as they die more could be interesting if it was actually done well.
The new hero Ino was also pretty disappointing. Her exclusive Inoswap feature was pretty much just a glorified soul tree that requires collecting a new type of ether found in the overworld. Her class is also pretty bad, although the concept of a tank becoming stronger as they die more could be interesting if it was actually done well.
This added enough to somewhat be worth revisiting but not enough to actually be exciting or keep me playing for extended periods of time.