Ninjabunny
1998
If only this game's gameplay was in any way bearable
Xenoblade Chronicles is a pretty good game until 2/3rds of the way through when it becomes the most boringest game ever.
It's also peak anime fake deep. Like in the way that it names characters after figures in Gnosticism and other religions and then just expects that to mean something on its own.
It was pretty great before it became super super boring though. The characters were all fun and they (mostly) played off each other well, the gameplay was super fun and interesting, and the game looks fantastic. It's in that category of wii games alongside twilight princess and last story and pandora's tower and some others that go for a semi-realistic style, but with some anime stylings and some really muddy graphics. It's definitely a look and a vibe, and it's a shame it was ruined by the incredibly ugly remaster that came out recently.
As for this port it's very bad. It runs well and is technically impressive, but god this game shouldn't be experienced on a handheld. This is a tv game and only a tv game. You lose so much out of the experience of seeing it on a large screen while sitting on a couch or whatever. So much that it ruins the game in a lot of ways. It really gets rid of that classic grand epic rpg feeling the story has.
Just emulate the Wii version and hook up your computer to the tv or put a rom on a hacked Wii instead of trying to play this port.
It's also peak anime fake deep. Like in the way that it names characters after figures in Gnosticism and other religions and then just expects that to mean something on its own.
It was pretty great before it became super super boring though. The characters were all fun and they (mostly) played off each other well, the gameplay was super fun and interesting, and the game looks fantastic. It's in that category of wii games alongside twilight princess and last story and pandora's tower and some others that go for a semi-realistic style, but with some anime stylings and some really muddy graphics. It's definitely a look and a vibe, and it's a shame it was ruined by the incredibly ugly remaster that came out recently.
As for this port it's very bad. It runs well and is technically impressive, but god this game shouldn't be experienced on a handheld. This is a tv game and only a tv game. You lose so much out of the experience of seeing it on a large screen while sitting on a couch or whatever. So much that it ruins the game in a lot of ways. It really gets rid of that classic grand epic rpg feeling the story has.
Just emulate the Wii version and hook up your computer to the tv or put a rom on a hacked Wii instead of trying to play this port.