Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

@GreenTea I Hope they do make a part two to 3 eventually. Maybe now the worlds are split we could have sequels to the first and second games too, though I don’t know if they would do that for us.😅

@Mrkittyhead Gosh I would do anything for a Xenoblade 3-2, come on pull a Final Fantasy on us Monolith Soft I want more from these characters! 😭
I hope having a few returning characters for new games becomes the norm, even though I feel Melia and Nia were underutilised (haven't done the post-game though so hopefully I'm proven wrong) seeing them again was the HYPEST thing I had seen, it was too cool for it to be a one time thing

Anyway, whatever Monolith gives us next, if it's as good as XC3, I'm on board, that game was Fantastic.

There is definitely potential for a prequel and a sequel. XC1 got a sequel, XC2 got a prequel, so it will be interesting to see what they go with for the expansion.

@GreenTea, @Mrkittyhead You're welcome! Your posts indicate that you've both mastered spoiler tags.

I too would hope to see the DLC story be either a prequel or a sequel....There's plenty of potential both ways. Not sure on a full XC3-2 sequel, but I wouldn't complain as long as it would be handled sensibly.

I’d very much welcome another protagonist, just like XC2’s DLC, or a returning character taking charge but in a brand new context. Just… anything but Noah or Mio. I really liked the rest of the cast but I do not need more of those two as main characters. Kind of just like how I found Rex ‘just okay’ and really liked Lora.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika It's unfortunate that they lock the feature where you can raise or lower your characters' levels to post-game and NG+. It'd be a really useful feature on the first playthrough.

Dare I say this but if you're so over-leveled that you can't find enemies to level up your classes against, you should probably just make a beeline for Origin and finish the game. Attempting to knock off all of the side content first is just going to make the ending an anticlimax.

If you absolutely must max out a class before then, you could always seek out a high level unique monster to farm.

I don't think Xenoblade 3 should have a direct sequel. At least, not with these characters. I like how the ending is uncertain on if they'll meet again, and it goes well with the game's theme, so I don't want them to compromise it with an epilogue.

The DLC is most likely going to be a prequel, given how there's quite a bit of stuff that happened in the history of Aionios that feels like a teaser.

I still need to play this but it scares me because of how long it is. That and I don’t have much motivation for it. Why play xenoblade when I can play my weekly play though of deltarune instead (I have a problem just can’t get enough of that [hyperlink blocked])

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika you can level down after reaching the end and loading your final save, you don’t need to do a NG+. As recommended above, just go for the ending then enjoy all the side content jumping between whatever level you want at your leisure.

@VoidofLight Yup. I really want them to preserve the melancholy uncertainty of the ending.

I'm MUCH more interested in stuff that takes place prior to the game. What's the deal with Noah's kid? Or the Founders? The Founders feel like they should be important. There's a lot of background lore to patch up.

@Ralizah I actually noticed too that N's sword is left behind when he dies in the scene where he leaves his kid. Usually, the weapons generally disappear with the death of the person, but for some reason it remained.. which makes me wonder if the DLC is going to be a proper explanation on what Lucky 7 is, and if the sword N had was passed down to Noah years down the road.

So with teaser for the expansion having dropped. That is grown up Rex with Shulk isn't it?
Maybe a pre-world merge story-line?

Edit: But wait, there is also grown up Noah in there? What is going on. We might actually see the end of this storyline then.

Surely nobody thought that they'd just got Adam Howden back to voice the Nopon Archsage?

That teaser had me more interested than 3’s entire plot so far (in terms of xenoblade as a whole). But yeah, that was probably a grown up Rex.

And Alvis too! He was holding the Monado, and seem to be an antagonist. In one of the shots you can see Gaur Plain, and it looks almost exactly like it did in DE!!! I’m so excited!

Having played/finished all the main Xenoblade titles, the story teaser made me so SO glad I decided to wait on the DLC. A lot of the extras up to now have been nice, but nothing screamed "buy this!" at me. Mind officially changed.

I didn't get to type up anything since I had to go to work immediately after the direct but OMG man!

I love XC3 on its own, I think it's a fantastic stand alone game. But I'm not gonna lie, considering that so many people were talking about XC3 being the conclusion of Klaus's story I was surprised at how small the references were for XC1 and XC2. This story expansion though.... omg...I genuinely can't wait!

@Madao The one dude isn't Noah. It's one of the founders. This is a prequel DLC that takes place before the main story of 3, and it seems to be right after the two worlds combined

The story expansion footage was pretty disappointing, not gonna lie. All 15 seconds of it, lol. They just feel like they're pandering to fans of the original game again. Might give this a pass if future trailers aren't improved.

I'll be forcing my way through XCDE this year anyway, because I own the game and might as well try and complete it for a third time.