This is probably the most consistent Persona game of the modern Persona era. Dungeons aren't as good as in Persona 5, but they are wayy better than what 3 did. The cast is excellent, my favorite cast probably. The story is great, it definitely has more flaws than P3's story but it's overall more intriguing and I think I prefer that. Combat is obviously a bit dated but I don't really mind as the combat has never been something I cared too much about in Persona.

So yeah, my favorite story and cast of the series. If they ever remake this it's probably going to be my favorite without a doubt, and a possible 5/5. For now it still isn't quite as good as Persona 5 Royal, but it's close.

Whew. This review is long overdue. Words cannot express how much I love this game, but I'm gonna try my best.

This game is truly something special, it encapsulates the feeling of a grand adventure with the most impressive world building I've ever seen. Something I've always loved about all three Xenoblade games is that their worlds make sense, it doesn't feel forced. It's happened a lot to me when playing different games, that the level design sometimes is not fully immersive, and while that may be a silly thing to most people, it really isn't for me. It partially kills my immersion while I'm playing, it isn't a deal breaker, but it's pretty bad. I like when there's a logic explanation of why you can't keep going on this path, or about why you can't climb this mountain, or why is there a mountain there in the first place. This is something that the Xenoblade trilogy does a great job at explaining, again, the best world building I've seen in a game by a mile. It is THE fantasy world.

Now, with that out of the way, let's talk about the gameplay because that's probably the best part about this game when compared to the other two entries. The combat of this game is absolutely top tier, it takes what the previous entries did and expands on it to the absolute limit. It's the definitive form of the Xenoblade combat system. Chain attacks are better here than in any other game, it quite literally is like a game of chess, and there is a move for every situation. You can play with arts a lot more in this game due to the way the Kevesi and Agnesi arts are handled (cooldown and recharge on hit). Fusion arts are a great adition to make the whole art system a lot more dynamic. They FINALLY implemented changing characters mid fight as well, which is really useful for tough fights and just really fun overall if you want to play around with it. And well... there's the whole ouroboros system in play as well, which sadly I'm not gonna really talk about because I don't wanna dive into spoiler territory.

The soundtrack of this game is also mesmerizing, boasting a duration of 11 hours. A lot of motifs from previous games comeback to some tracks, which is so cool and it doesn't feel forced. The choice of assigning a main instrument (that being the flute) and tying it with the story just for it to be more powerful in certain moments is also really great.

The story is the culmination of both Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2. Everything was for this moment right here, and while it may not have the highest peak story wise, it's the culmination of it and it's a damn good one. It takes the themes of the previous games and ties everything together into a grand conclusion. It has the best cast out of all the three games as well, my favorite mc, and overall just my favorite dynamics.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is definitely the best possible way they could've ended the trilogy, and while it's not perfect, I'm just glad it happened.