This is my first time experiencing a Xenoblade game and i’m glad I started with this one. I’ve wanted to play it for a while, as it’s my partner’s favourite game of all time and after 59 hours I can see why.
There is two things that bug me about the game:
First - the combat system - it’s always jarring adapting to an ‘active’ battle system that requires shuffling through abilities while having an auto-attack by default and I found it clunky at times to get to the right one, this, coupled with cerain abilities requiring you to position yourself beside or behind an enemy to get the maximum damage from an attack were at times frustrating.
Secondly - the last third of the game is such a steep difficulty curve that if you didnt do absolutely everything in the game prior you’ll end up like me having to grind (in a game that really isn’t built for grinding) to get to the level you need to be.
Moaning aside, the story, the characters and the world are superbly detailed and developed to the point beyond most other rpgs i’ve experienced - with such detail that there’s an ‘affinity’ system not only a bond between your party but a vast majority of the NPC’s and locales in the game couple that with a whole town-building side questline it makes it hard to believe this was originally a title for the wii.
Lastly, the landscapes and score are worth playing to experience alone so damn beautifully crafted i can understand fully how this game became such a loved title - so much so that it got a ‘definitive edition’
There is two things that bug me about the game:
First - the combat system - it’s always jarring adapting to an ‘active’ battle system that requires shuffling through abilities while having an auto-attack by default and I found it clunky at times to get to the right one, this, coupled with cerain abilities requiring you to position yourself beside or behind an enemy to get the maximum damage from an attack were at times frustrating.
Secondly - the last third of the game is such a steep difficulty curve that if you didnt do absolutely everything in the game prior you’ll end up like me having to grind (in a game that really isn’t built for grinding) to get to the level you need to be.
Moaning aside, the story, the characters and the world are superbly detailed and developed to the point beyond most other rpgs i’ve experienced - with such detail that there’s an ‘affinity’ system not only a bond between your party but a vast majority of the NPC’s and locales in the game couple that with a whole town-building side questline it makes it hard to believe this was originally a title for the wii.
Lastly, the landscapes and score are worth playing to experience alone so damn beautifully crafted i can understand fully how this game became such a loved title - so much so that it got a ‘definitive edition’