Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a open world action-role playing game by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third installment in Xenoblade Chronicles and the seventh main entry in the Xeno series.

Why It's Really Feeling It, Again

 * 1) Incredibly beautiful graphics and environments, thanks to the incredible art direction from variety of artists like Tetsuya Nomura. You would even want to look at them for so long by just playing the game for a long hours, or even watching videos and stopping them on YouTube just to look at them.
 * 2) Good voice acting with certain characters from certain dubs. While the English dub isn't good, per se, it isn't terrible, as there is some decent acting (like Nia and Pyra/Mythra), and it does improve later on in the game.
 * 3) Solid and good controls.
 * 4) The game mechanic is unique, named Blade Resonance; Drivers can resonate with Core Crystals to awaken new Blades and increase their possibilities. Drivers can bond with multiple Blades and use three of them during battle. It is possible to switch Blades in order to obtain more combinations allowing more playstyles. Certain special Core Crystals obtained during the story progression or quests always awaken a specific Rare or Legendary Blade. Some of them cannot be used for a long period after obtaining them.
 * 5) The cutscenes in this game are full of action and humor. There are also great emotional moments as well.
 * 6) The settings handles well done since endless sea are covered by cloud, without any lands.
 * 7) The game takes over 100 hours to complete, with lots of story-driven experiences.
 * 8) Amazing soundtrack composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, Kenji Hiramatsu, and Manami Kiyota. It would make you want to try to get it to your head or play the levels longer to listen to the music, or even go to YouTube and download the music on your computer, phone or tablet.
 * 9) Tons of fun bosses, like Amalthus, Jin, Malos, and most of all, Artifice Aion.
 * 10) Lots of likeable and awesome characters, especially the main characters, Rex and the Aegis (Pyra/Mythra).
 * 11) * Pyra and Mythra themselves also look like they have very attractive designs.
 * 12) * And they manage to portray a split personality thoughtfully and respectfully.
 * 13) ** Pyra and Mythra would also go on to be one of the most popular characters in the franchise especially thanks to their inclusion in Smash Bros. As their inclusion in Smash led to the Game selling out massively in Japan on Amazon.
 * 14) Fun and good DLC that added mechanics to keep things enjoyable.
 * 15) * The Skill RAM “Shackle Blade Resist” I – V have been added as parts you can create via Poppiswap.
 * 16) * An Easy mode has been added through a free update.
 * 17) * The ability to acquire the Rare Blade, Crossette is now available via the Expansion Pass.
 * 18) * A core crystal is available that will guarantee bonding with Crossette. Crossette possesses the following characteristics:
 * 19) ** Weapon type: Ball
 * 20) ** Element: Fire
 * 21) ** Role: Recovery Crossette
 * 22) * The fourth and final round of DLC quests is now available via the Expansion Pass.
 * 23) * The difficulty levels “Bringer of Chaos” and “Custom” have been added to the game options as a means of supporting your adventures in the Expansion Pass content.
 * 24) ** With the difficulty level set to “Custom,” a maximum of 10 parameters related to battle such as enemy attack power and max HP and Party Gauge Gains can be adjusted as you see fit.
 * 25) ** Selecting the default settings when using “Custom” difficulty will be equivalent to playing at the Normal difficulty level.
 * 26) ** These additional difficulty levels are not available when selecting difficulty for a New Game. After beginning the game, they will be available in the game options under “New Difficulty Levels.”
 * 27) * The difficulty levels “Bringer of Chaos” and “Custom” have been added to the Challenge Battle: Nopondemonium in the Expansion Pass.
 * 28) * The ability to change the battle music when fighting unique monsters to the track “You Will Know Our Names” from the original Xenoblade Chronicles has been added to the game options in the selection “Special BGM.”
 * 29) ** To listen to this alternate music, you must first have one of the characters Shulk or Fiora in your party. (Shulk and Fiora are available via the Expansion Pass)
 * 30) ** This functionality is added automatically by updating the Expansion Pass and is set to “Enabled” by default.
 * 31) * Nopon crystals can now be exchanged for additional items in the Challenge Battle: Nopondemonium, available via the Expansion Pass.
 * 32) ** In addition to items that will slightly alter a character’s outfit, there are now also items that will improve Tora’s “Idea” level.
 * 33) ** Select “Gift from Zuo 2” then “Nopon Invitation” after choosing Expansion Pass on the Main Menu to make these additional items available.
 * 34) * Check marks have been added next to any items you already possess when viewing the item list while exchanging Nopon crystals for items in Challenge Battle: Nopondemonium.
 * 35) * The difficulty of the Expansion Pass Challenge Battle, “Attack of the Aspar” has been adjusted.
 * 36) ** Yackle Aspars, who appear when playing on Easy will get a smaller amount of HP when leveling up.
 * 37) The mercenary quests give you special bonuses after each completion.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Poor tutorial, as it doesn't do a very good job at teaching you how things work.
 * 2) Some of the English voice acting is sub-par most of the time, due to bad voice direction, despite the voice acting improving later on in the game. An example is Rex's infamous scream.
 * 3) The dialogue in the game can sound really awkward especially with its occasional use of millennial slang. This is especially in the case with English subtitles.
 * 4) The minimap can be confusing to navigate sometimes.
 * 5) Enemy placement can be unfair at times because you could run into one those rare enemies that are FAR higher levels than you and die in one hit.
 * 6) Mythra's attitude can get very annoying.
 * 7) The combat system can be boring. As a matter of fact, in comparison to the previous entries of Xenoblade Chronicles, you cannot Auto-Attack while moving!
 * 8) * In addition, while the bosses are awesome, you fight the some of the same bosses over and over again with just some buffs and debuffs, which can get repetitive.
 * 9) Sometimes the Blade Resonance mechanic can be very annoying, as it's very randomized (from a Legendary Core Crystal you can still obtain a common blade, for example).

Reception
Xenoblade Chronicle 2 received generally positive reviews, with praise directed at its story, combat, music, environments, and amount of content. At over 2 million copies sold as of November 2020, it is the best-selling title in the  Xeno  series, and Monolith Soft's most commercially successful game.

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Trivia

 * After the announcement of Pyra and Mythra in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the fighters, the game managed to sell out massively in Japan on Amazon.