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While it doesn’t have a cast/ party nor soundtrack that quite measures up to other JRPG greats, it more than makes up for it with its incredibly interesting world, interesting combat system, and story that continues to get much better as the game went on
Note: Shelved for a good bit around ~10 hours in before picking it up again recently finally finishing it.
Note: Shelved for a good bit around ~10 hours in before picking it up again recently finally finishing it.
Check point for the first 10 hours:
- Chapter 2 (just got eaten by the big whale dude after running from purple spaghetti dude).
I find it pretty similar to XC1:DE’s opening this far ngl. The story is a little more engaging and it generally looks a lot better (combat especially) and running around the world is just mad relaxing.
Character design is very hit and miss for me thus far. Characters like Poppi, Nia, Morag, and Jin look incredible, but others like Malos, glasses dude, and especially Rex look pretty bad in comparison.
Unfortunately and surprisingly, the thing I’m most disappointed in this far has been the music. None of the music thus far has hit that hard for me. Ive done the whole “turn it up during dialogue, listen to podcast during gameplay”
Uhhhhh anyways, see ya later
- Chapter 2 (just got eaten by the big whale dude after running from purple spaghetti dude).
I find it pretty similar to XC1:DE’s opening this far ngl. The story is a little more engaging and it generally looks a lot better (combat especially) and running around the world is just mad relaxing.
Character design is very hit and miss for me thus far. Characters like Poppi, Nia, Morag, and Jin look incredible, but others like Malos, glasses dude, and especially Rex look pretty bad in comparison.
Unfortunately and surprisingly, the thing I’m most disappointed in this far has been the music. None of the music thus far has hit that hard for me. Ive done the whole “turn it up during dialogue, listen to podcast during gameplay”
Uhhhhh anyways, see ya later
Definitely still remains as the best all around Pokemon game in my opinion. A very good main story followed by probably the best postgame in the series.
THE REST OF THIS REVIEW IS MORE ABOUT POKÉMON AS A WHOLE
However, when not being compared to the rest of the series I still think it’s pretty good but not incredible. While it doesn’t innovate at all when it comes to the gameplay, I’m not going to dock it much since it was still on the DS and it was more of them optimizing the style they’d had since the beginning of the series.
I think people need to stop the whole “well _____ is good for a Pokemon game” line of thought because this is a series that hasn’t even been able to scratch the surface of what it could be. Their stubbornness to tell the same kind of story over and over to maintain its kid friendly tone has seriously hampered its legitimacy in the industry in my opinion.
There’s a reason why fans of Pokemon often criticize these games differently from how they criticize other big franchises. It’s not even a matter of “make Pokemon edgy”, I just wish they’d be able to tell a real character driven story.
THE REST OF THIS REVIEW IS MORE ABOUT POKÉMON AS A WHOLE
However, when not being compared to the rest of the series I still think it’s pretty good but not incredible. While it doesn’t innovate at all when it comes to the gameplay, I’m not going to dock it much since it was still on the DS and it was more of them optimizing the style they’d had since the beginning of the series.
I think people need to stop the whole “well _____ is good for a Pokemon game” line of thought because this is a series that hasn’t even been able to scratch the surface of what it could be. Their stubbornness to tell the same kind of story over and over to maintain its kid friendly tone has seriously hampered its legitimacy in the industry in my opinion.
There’s a reason why fans of Pokemon often criticize these games differently from how they criticize other big franchises. It’s not even a matter of “make Pokemon edgy”, I just wish they’d be able to tell a real character driven story.
I’m now around ~30 hours in and it’s gotten much better since I initially shelved it. The characters are starting to grow on me and being able to get unique blades makes things so much better.
Also, Zeke was my goat till he was racist to the anti-war protesters lol.
Also, Zeke was my goat till he was racist to the anti-war protesters lol.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has cemented itself and the franchise as a whole as one of Nintendo’s best modern series and the flagship of JRPGs for the company.
From top to bottom it’s a near complete improvement from the first one. While I think the story and villains from 1 are generally better than 2’s, the main party as a whole are huge steps up from Shulk and the gang. Combat is a lot more cleaner and exploration is somehow even better.
I think my one and only small knock on the game is that the music never really hit for me. Like, there’s some good tracks in there no doubt, but I think the soundtrack didn’t have much of an effect for me choosing the score of the game. I had the same “issue” with the first’s soundtrack, but neither actively take away from the games themselves.
I’m also a fan of how both of these games ramp up in quality as the game goes on, but I definitely like it rose much quicker than it did in the first (which I think can be attributed to me simply being more attached to 2’s cast).
TL;DR: Incredible game with a great and lovable cast (outside of Tora sadge). The music didn’t quite hit for me, but it did not take away from my experience. Cemented itself as Nintendo’s flagship JRPG franchise.
From top to bottom it’s a near complete improvement from the first one. While I think the story and villains from 1 are generally better than 2’s, the main party as a whole are huge steps up from Shulk and the gang. Combat is a lot more cleaner and exploration is somehow even better.
I think my one and only small knock on the game is that the music never really hit for me. Like, there’s some good tracks in there no doubt, but I think the soundtrack didn’t have much of an effect for me choosing the score of the game. I had the same “issue” with the first’s soundtrack, but neither actively take away from the games themselves.
I’m also a fan of how both of these games ramp up in quality as the game goes on, but I definitely like it rose much quicker than it did in the first (which I think can be attributed to me simply being more attached to 2’s cast).
TL;DR: Incredible game with a great and lovable cast (outside of Tora sadge). The music didn’t quite hit for me, but it did not take away from my experience. Cemented itself as Nintendo’s flagship JRPG franchise.