If Rex doesn't make it in I'm breaking my Switch in half

I wanted Byleth to make it in eventually and their reveal was so bad it still managed to upset me

A gorgeous and fluid game which, at least in its first half, fixes many of its prequel's most detrimental flaws. I say in its first half because I went for sequence breaks whenever possible and ended up unknowingly softlocking my playthrough about halfway through the game. I'd say it's a joy to play, but the inexcusable performance issues prevent me from wholeheartedly doing so. Despite the constant stuttering, I was very immersed in the game and trying to go for 100%, so it was a real letdown.

I dumped 900 hours into Ultimate when this game existed

This game literally began building the house from the roof, no foundations whatsoever

The base game's character writing left so much to be desired they had to make an epilogue to give much-needed closure to its only decently-poised (no offense to bestest buddy Reyn, that's my boy), now fully fledged character, by means of a plot and cast that, unlike the main narrative, don't do the appropriately different themes a disservice along the way. The nod to Xenosaga is pretty neat, but future instalments in the series wouldn't be predestined had the base game truly been definitive.

The subtitle is as good as devoid of meaning: 'tis but the same shallow, contrived mess the original was, the substance of which rests on the shoulders of the true Xeno series titans, for this game's can't stand on their own feet. Its breathtaking beginning and stunning setting get you hooked into an ultimately vapid odyssey which could've been the classic of the genre fanatics oversell had it been rewritten so as not to appear as vacuous as it does. Shulk's blade did not cut deep enough at all.

A Xenoblade to surpass Xenogears. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 resonates with me to the core.

I LOVE MOTHER 3