Xenoblade 3 is the best entry in terms of gameplay, exploration, and cast of characters. Each of the characters feel unique in design and personality that it's iconic to remember every single one of them.
The game does a great job of having the plot be consistent and captivating, it does suffer a bit of issues in terms of having areas drag out.
I think the ending is beautifully flawed in terms of both context and decision making from Monolith Soft, beautiful in the sense the characters will one day meet again, but given the game explained that both worlds from Xenoblade 1 and 2 collided to form a new one... why not just keep the world unified, the Origin devise was made so that people could transfer over safely in the new world, but of course thanks to Z and Moebius, it gets taken over and it causes and endless life and death cycle in this new world. But I don't understand why the developers essentially pressed an undo button, like the characters have little/vague recollections of what happens in 3, but it really can be a disatisfying ending if you don't like that the world's separated again.
The game eliminates the ludonarrative dissonance that 2 loved to parade around as if it made the game better, when if anything was annoying on how pathetic of a protag Rex was early on, (though he took a Major W by the end of this Game) or making boss fights that clearly had the characters winning in gameplay, but not in story. Xenoblade 3 has little of that, and even when it does it, it does it well that it doesn't annoy the player.
The game is an emotional Rollercoaster with beautiful moments, sad moments: Shania (Ghondor Ascension), Jumbo Turkin (rest in peace you innocent big boi), Miyubi, Joran, etc.
The game does an amazing job of making every hero and villian feel unique, you can go from hating an antagonist, to understanding their reasons for doing that.
All characters are well written, except for Mobieus (not counting M, N, C, Triton, and J) the rest are your run of the mill overly campy and stereotypical villians, which are essentially life force stealing vampires. Really wish that they showed all the Moebius faces, as the ones who aren't involved in the main story, but in side quests, always have their masks on, which is really difficult to actually see how they look like or why they became part of Moebius in the first place. I'm assuming the reason most members have their faces kept hidden as it mightve taken a long time to make unique moebius faces, who aren't prominent in the story.
Weird how there is no Moebius/Consol A, I wonder who that was or if it was something Monolith purposefully did for a future expansion.
Noah and Mio are lovely friends and lovers. Lanz is hilarious, and has a great dynamic with Sena, Eunie and Taion are really great opposites in personality but are really sweet to eachother.
I feel while their inclusions was great for both a nostalgic and storywise decision, I feel Nia and Melia should have been in the story much earlier like chapter 4 or 5, since their presence, while amazing is still lacking.
I had such a good time with this game seeing everything it had to offer, and completed it 100%.
Now all I have left to do is wait for expansions 3 and 4 which hopefully one of them takes place after the main game, adding a more happy ending than what's in this game.
Keep in mind I'm saying that I loved the ending here, but felt like it could've been more satisfying.
If i have to rank the games (including Torna, not X as I haven't played it, and apparently it has a cliffhanger ending that still hasn't been resolved yet, hopefully X-2 one day lol)
1. Xenoblade 3
2. Xenoblade 1
3. Xenoblade 2
4. Torna
Absolutely recommend this game. But I suggest playing 1 and 2 first though take your sweet time with them, don't try to rush through or else you won't enjoy everything these games have to offer.
Also i suggest taking 2-3 week breaks between each game after completion, because or else you'll start to feel fatigue and oversaturated jumping on from one to another.
Xenoblade 3 is a great game I absolutely recommend. 😁🙏🏻❤️
The game does a great job of having the plot be consistent and captivating, it does suffer a bit of issues in terms of having areas drag out.
I think the ending is beautifully flawed in terms of both context and decision making from Monolith Soft, beautiful in the sense the characters will one day meet again, but given the game explained that both worlds from Xenoblade 1 and 2 collided to form a new one... why not just keep the world unified, the Origin devise was made so that people could transfer over safely in the new world, but of course thanks to Z and Moebius, it gets taken over and it causes and endless life and death cycle in this new world. But I don't understand why the developers essentially pressed an undo button, like the characters have little/vague recollections of what happens in 3, but it really can be a disatisfying ending if you don't like that the world's separated again.
The game eliminates the ludonarrative dissonance that 2 loved to parade around as if it made the game better, when if anything was annoying on how pathetic of a protag Rex was early on, (though he took a Major W by the end of this Game) or making boss fights that clearly had the characters winning in gameplay, but not in story. Xenoblade 3 has little of that, and even when it does it, it does it well that it doesn't annoy the player.
The game is an emotional Rollercoaster with beautiful moments, sad moments: Shania (Ghondor Ascension), Jumbo Turkin (rest in peace you innocent big boi), Miyubi, Joran, etc.
The game does an amazing job of making every hero and villian feel unique, you can go from hating an antagonist, to understanding their reasons for doing that.
All characters are well written, except for Mobieus (not counting M, N, C, Triton, and J) the rest are your run of the mill overly campy and stereotypical villians, which are essentially life force stealing vampires. Really wish that they showed all the Moebius faces, as the ones who aren't involved in the main story, but in side quests, always have their masks on, which is really difficult to actually see how they look like or why they became part of Moebius in the first place. I'm assuming the reason most members have their faces kept hidden as it mightve taken a long time to make unique moebius faces, who aren't prominent in the story.
Weird how there is no Moebius/Consol A, I wonder who that was or if it was something Monolith purposefully did for a future expansion.
Noah and Mio are lovely friends and lovers. Lanz is hilarious, and has a great dynamic with Sena, Eunie and Taion are really great opposites in personality but are really sweet to eachother.
I feel while their inclusions was great for both a nostalgic and storywise decision, I feel Nia and Melia should have been in the story much earlier like chapter 4 or 5, since their presence, while amazing is still lacking.
I had such a good time with this game seeing everything it had to offer, and completed it 100%.
Now all I have left to do is wait for expansions 3 and 4 which hopefully one of them takes place after the main game, adding a more happy ending than what's in this game.
Keep in mind I'm saying that I loved the ending here, but felt like it could've been more satisfying.
If i have to rank the games (including Torna, not X as I haven't played it, and apparently it has a cliffhanger ending that still hasn't been resolved yet, hopefully X-2 one day lol)
1. Xenoblade 3
2. Xenoblade 1
3. Xenoblade 2
4. Torna
Absolutely recommend this game. But I suggest playing 1 and 2 first though take your sweet time with them, don't try to rush through or else you won't enjoy everything these games have to offer.
Also i suggest taking 2-3 week breaks between each game after completion, because or else you'll start to feel fatigue and oversaturated jumping on from one to another.
Xenoblade 3 is a great game I absolutely recommend. 😁🙏🏻❤️