Only abandoned because I'm starting over on DE.
This game rocks, and I played a lot of it back when it originally came out. At this point a lot of the memories I have of this are really fond ones and the music is absolutely fantastic (like most of the night themes are on a sleepy playlist or two)
This game rocks, and I played a lot of it back when it originally came out. At this point a lot of the memories I have of this are really fond ones and the music is absolutely fantastic (like most of the night themes are on a sleepy playlist or two)
she xeno on my blade til i...i already made this joke
GooeyScale: 75/100
GooeyScale: 75/100
Rare perfect storm of a brilliant game externally enhanced by 2010s internet.
Remastered is better but Wii one is still perfection in my eyes
الافضل في السلسلة
Its okay now
When you think of a game that makes you fall in love with an entire genre, Xenoblade Chronicles 1 is one of the first that comes to mind. A game so good that literally lead to a fan petition to make Nintendo port it to the west, that is probably responsible for making me fall in love with JRPGs as a whole.
It is able to present a world you want to immerse in, with an imagination and a vibe that feels immaculate to this day despite the slightly outdated graphics.
A combat system that is really odd for jRPG standards, being more keen to a single player MMO. But it's still able to feel entising and fun, with really smart gimmicks that fits in the context od the story.
SPeaking of the story tho.... my god, the highs of this game are probably some of the best momnts I have ever experienced in a videogame. The narrative of Xenoblade 1 is able to convey so much emotions at once while able to narrate a story of war and revenge of man that struggle to change the his future. The narrative also features a large amount of twists, that creates a masterpiece of cinematic levels.
Incredible and phenomenal. A must play for everyone!
It is able to present a world you want to immerse in, with an imagination and a vibe that feels immaculate to this day despite the slightly outdated graphics.
A combat system that is really odd for jRPG standards, being more keen to a single player MMO. But it's still able to feel entising and fun, with really smart gimmicks that fits in the context od the story.
SPeaking of the story tho.... my god, the highs of this game are probably some of the best momnts I have ever experienced in a videogame. The narrative of Xenoblade 1 is able to convey so much emotions at once while able to narrate a story of war and revenge of man that struggle to change the his future. The narrative also features a large amount of twists, that creates a masterpiece of cinematic levels.
Incredible and phenomenal. A must play for everyone!
monolith soft you will pay for your crimes
the presentation was amazing but i wasnt into the MMORPG elements
It's Xenoblade Chronicles, come on! THE Best RPG franchise of the modern generation imo.
Great game for the time, but play the remaster. It looks much better and has an epilogue segment you can play.
No one reads this reviews so I'll just say Sharla can step on me
Starting my account with this, the absolute pinnacle of gaming. This is one of the greatest pieces of media ever made, and the bar that all games need to meet. It is by no means perfect, it has tedious sidequests, some issues with the narrative, and annoying enemy types. But the universe, characters. the narrative, the voice acting, the music... Just every aspect of this game is just on another level. This is one of the most magical experiences you can ever have. I played this for the first time in 2015 and to this day nothing has topped it.
Still gotta replay it through Definitive Edition but I still feel pretty confident in saying this is great. I do think it's a little safe for the greater Xeno lineage, but it's still pretty great. I do wish more of the primary cast had proper main story presence, because some like Sharla get shafted pretty hard.
the first kinoblade
Excellent. Gameplay gets stale after a while.
Favorite of all time JRPG as a teen (played for the first time around 2014) and its still special to me. I prefer the wii version for nostalgic reasons, for me the aesthetic just looks right on this system in a way that it doesnt on the switch, otherwise im sure its superior.
The biggest reasons for my enjoyment of this game came down to environmental and overall visual design, music, voice acting, directing of the cinematics and, on my initial playthrough at least, pacing.
The environments and music speak for themselves, every area is beautiful, some have a size and vastness that inspire wanderlust just by stepping foot in them and the music underlines every areas theme, serene, stern, adventurous, mysterious etc.
The music is also incredibly varied in battle themes and story moments.
The english voice acting is incredible, Adam Howdens portrayal of Shulk being the standout but other characters also shine.
Maybe an overlooked strength of this game is its careful attention to cutscenes. The way the camera captures action scenes with dynamic movements, the way characters are animated so vividly, the way music hits the perfect notes at the perfect time. It is all done with an incredible amount of care.
This game also manages to hold its tone most of the time and doesnt include weird comic relief or fanservice characters. There is only one joke character and he rarely speaks! Can't say that about the sequels.
All in all its not an untold story in the world of JRPGs and it has its share of corniness and mechanical flaws but to me this game is a gem and sets itself apart from other games in the genre and even its own sequels.
The biggest reasons for my enjoyment of this game came down to environmental and overall visual design, music, voice acting, directing of the cinematics and, on my initial playthrough at least, pacing.
The environments and music speak for themselves, every area is beautiful, some have a size and vastness that inspire wanderlust just by stepping foot in them and the music underlines every areas theme, serene, stern, adventurous, mysterious etc.
The music is also incredibly varied in battle themes and story moments.
The english voice acting is incredible, Adam Howdens portrayal of Shulk being the standout but other characters also shine.
Maybe an overlooked strength of this game is its careful attention to cutscenes. The way the camera captures action scenes with dynamic movements, the way characters are animated so vividly, the way music hits the perfect notes at the perfect time. It is all done with an incredible amount of care.
This game also manages to hold its tone most of the time and doesnt include weird comic relief or fanservice characters. There is only one joke character and he rarely speaks! Can't say that about the sequels.
All in all its not an untold story in the world of JRPGs and it has its share of corniness and mechanical flaws but to me this game is a gem and sets itself apart from other games in the genre and even its own sequels.
After nearly a decade of knowing about it, playing a bit of the Wii version, playing a good amount of 2, and then taking two years to finish it for some reason, I finally finished it and its incredible. See you in 10 years when I log Xenoblade X.
This game is a masterpiece.
Everything is amazing, the combat is very fun and developed, you unlock skills in combat as the story goes on and those abilities really reflect what the characters have learned narratively, it has really tough fights that I had to repeat many times but they are kinda tricky and doable once you understand them.
The customization is pretty nice, you have normal itemization but you also have affinitties between characters which allows you to choose between skill trees from those characters to share them with the rest, giving you the possibility to try many different viable builds.
Graphically it's outstanding, pushed the Wii to its limits and the Switch remake is truly good, the artistic design is awesome, it's kinda what I wanted for an hypothetical FF XVII haha. The game also has a nice exploration and backgrounds, and the whole idea of the world as we know it, being over massive titans was just mindblowing.
The music is a real banger and absolutely majestic and iconic, this game (and saga) has one of the best current soundtracks in gaming.
Characters are also really interesting and what they teach you is lovely, but especially, the story is absurdly good, it has an amazing pacing, incredible well thought plot, lots of foreshadowing, philosophy, sociology, science and politics, and an incredibly hooking narrative. God, what a story!
Go and play this game, guys!
Everything is amazing, the combat is very fun and developed, you unlock skills in combat as the story goes on and those abilities really reflect what the characters have learned narratively, it has really tough fights that I had to repeat many times but they are kinda tricky and doable once you understand them.
The customization is pretty nice, you have normal itemization but you also have affinitties between characters which allows you to choose between skill trees from those characters to share them with the rest, giving you the possibility to try many different viable builds.
Graphically it's outstanding, pushed the Wii to its limits and the Switch remake is truly good, the artistic design is awesome, it's kinda what I wanted for an hypothetical FF XVII haha. The game also has a nice exploration and backgrounds, and the whole idea of the world as we know it, being over massive titans was just mindblowing.
The music is a real banger and absolutely majestic and iconic, this game (and saga) has one of the best current soundtracks in gaming.
Characters are also really interesting and what they teach you is lovely, but especially, the story is absurdly good, it has an amazing pacing, incredible well thought plot, lots of foreshadowing, philosophy, sociology, science and politics, and an incredibly hooking narrative. God, what a story!
Go and play this game, guys!
Xenoblade Chronicles was the first JRPG i gave a fair chance and i absolutely fell in love with this game. I'm not really into this genre but Xenoblade absolutely sold me and i became a fan of this franchise.
A great JRPG that punches above its weight visually considering the power of the console it was on. It's got a lot of the fun story beats you'd want out of a Xeno game, some fun characters, a good battle system, and a killer soundtrack. The game really succeeds at conveying size and scope. The end of the intro scene where the camera continues to pull out further and further, traveling through a ton of the areas you will eventually travel through is extremely cool.
A game can, in fact, have too much content.
Best Game ever made
A phenomenal, one-of-a-kind RPG. The narrative gets a little lost in the sauce, but has tremendous highs along the way. Tactile and unique party-based combat makes the 100-hour runtime fly by.
Peak worldbuilding, this game is pure sex. Shulk is one of my favorite characters of all time!
i love xenoblade (this one looks funky though play the remaster)
This game made me a significantly worse person
possibly the worst game ever ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️
no redeemable gameplay qualities
story is interesting at the start and then they introduce the nopon
impressive stuff
no redeemable gameplay qualities
story is interesting at the start and then they introduce the nopon
impressive stuff
The story, music, world and characters be so good then boom, you have to do ten tedious fetch quests with no real directions half the time to keep up with the main story level jumps just so you can get back to fighting cool bosses with a combat system that is simultaneously quite deep and yet it plays so shallowly. Every encounter is a glorified stat check with a LOT of waiting around, and while Xenoblade 1's combat system can lead to some hype moments, generally it was something I tolerated for the sake of the 10/10 narrative rather than actively enjoyed. Also the AI in this game SUUUUCKS! Play definitive edition instead if you are interested in experiencing kinoblade the way it was meant to. Riki is the best character in fiction.
This review contains spoilers
It's really good. It took me a while though to realize that it does the thing where they rely on side content to develop party members. So in the main story, the XC1 party is just there after their 'arc' is done. Shulk, the story (even though the final section is somewhat half-baked, world, and gameplay (even though it barely has any variety compared to XC2 or 3) is what kept me going.