Xenoblade Chronicles

Xenoblade Chronicles is a 2010 action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii, New Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch.

Why It's Really Feeling It

 * 1) Amazing story. The premise, about two forms of life on two different colossal titans, is a very creative concept in and of itself. The worldbuilding is also excellent.
 * 2) You get to explore a deceased titan with organic life growing on it, and that in itself is a cool sentence.
 * 3) Many likeable and memorable characters, with Shulk and Dunban as standouts.
 * 4) Loads of side-quests to take that you get payment, experience points, or both for.
 * 5) Extremely vast environments.
 * 6) For a Wii game, the graphics are amazing, which are greatly improved on the Definitive Edition for the Switch, now looking like a PlayStation 4, or Xbox One title.
 * 7) No invisible walls or restrictions, you can literally explore the world as freely as you want in any way that you want.
 * 8) Fun gameplay, each character has their own benefits and detractors in combat, and there's many different abilities to unlock and level up.
 * 9) The Monado is a very useful weapon, it comes with it's own abilities and can even show visions of the future so you can prevent one character's impending doom.
 * 10) You can play as any of the main characters.
 * 11) Good voice acting in both Japanese and English.
 * 12) Great soundtrack.
 * 13) Great cutscenes.
 * 14) The Definitive Edition on the Switch gave better graphics that more match the aesthetic and extra post-game content.
 * 15) An affinity system between characters that unlocks extra conversations as it gets higher.
 * 16) Although the primary enemies, the Mechon, cannot be damaged with normal weapons, the monado can temporarily enhance party members weapons to fix that.
 * 17) Lots of extra-curricular activities, such as the aforementioned affinity conversations, extra boss fights, and challenges.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The affinity system, while it is a good addition, requires A TON of grinding in order to unlock some conversations, which could prove especially laborious when you've gotten a new character and have to do a lot of fighting with a specific member in your party for hours in order to increase their affinity with another specific character.. Luckily, the affinity system isn't required.
 * 2) The 3DS version is exclusive to the New Nintendo 3DS/2DS because it requires the extra controls and power that the original models lack.