Oh man. This game is so good I wanna shout it from the rooftops!
I’m pretty far. Feels like the end has to be close.
DO NOT READ unless you’ve made it to near the end Beat Egil, watched the cutscenes of Mechonis reawakening, then Zanza coming back, the Bionis awakening and destroying the Mechonis (freaking EPIC), just fought Dickson on a dinobeast telethia, and Alvis in space with Shulk, who came back and now has an awesome new green Monado... and that’s where I’m at
@JaxonH You're so close. But a lot of new quests and stuff pop up after that crucial lockout point that is the core. You might want to check them out, because they offer ridiculous amounts of experience.
That final boss was hard as heck in the second round, I actually died and came SO CLOSE to dying the next time too. 2 party members down, and I go get Reyn up, then I die immediately within seconds of getting him up, so he comes and gets me up, then I get Sharla up, and somehow, SOMEHOW, we came back and won that fight.
It’s official. Best JRPG I’ve ever played. And I loved the tie in. Makes sense now that everything has come together between the games.
This is one of the few series I have beaten 3 games in. I’ve done it for Metroid, and Zelda, and... that’s about it. I’ve beaten 2 Final Fantasy games, and well, I suppose Mario would also count as I’ve beaten more than I can remember, same for DKC if you count the old games. But I guess I mean GameCube onwards.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@theJGG@Heavyarms55
Think I’ll just do Future Connected quick and move on. Was trying to get this game finished before Trails of Cold Steel III, which releases tomorrow.
But... since it’s gonna be another 9-12 months before Cold Steel IV, and I doubt I’d finish before Paper Mario/Catherine anyways, I suppose it can wait a bit.
Never did jump into Xenoblade 2 NG+. But it’s nice having it unlocked just in case.
That ending though. Learning Klaus, who had half his body stuck in the XC2 world from creating a new universe, his other half is Zanza from XC1 is too awesome. I love how XC2 expanded on the origin story of how the universe was destroyed. Also, Alvis had the same blade symbol as Pyra/Mythra and Malos. Interesting.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@NintendoByNature
I was level 75 on Casual Mode. And it was a fight to the bitter end. I can see how hard this game gets if you don't use Casual. My bro said he stopped playing late game on Wii because it got so hard at the end requiring so much grinding. I feel like activating Casual Mode once you're in the Mechonis rounds out the difficulty and at least makes it feel more doable without excessive grinding.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH I did so many quests that I beat the game at LV89, evaporating any kind of challenge. But considering I spent two months in 2016 trying to beat the final boss I think I earned some respite.
@NintendoByNature I managed to beat the final boss at level 83 and it was challenging (didn't use casual mode). Overcoming the difficulty spike without casual mode really relies on doing quests where you can, especially those ones that expire after a certain point.
My guess is there wasn't a difficulty spike before the Bionis' Shoulder was cut from the original game and cutting the content introduced the difficulty spike. Either that or something to do with all those limited time quests.
@JaxonH sounds like I'm on pace. Just started Chapter 14 and level 61 or 62 across the board. I have really only died 3 or 4 times at most on specific sections so I believe I'm at a good level thus far. @GrumbleVolcano dang 83 and challenging huh? I pretty much do any side quest I can in every area. Barring any ones that rely on a thunderstorm. As i mentioned prior, if I get to the final boss and I'm truly stuck, ill flip to casual. Especially after hearing what Jaxon said about being and casual and still being difficult.
I loved how they connected XC1 and XC2 together as well. Also, yes....
Alvis/Monado was the third Aegis core from XC2. It was called the "trinity core processor" in XC2, and if you go back and watch the last chapters, Klaus does explain that the third core "Ontos" disappeared into another universe. He obviously hadn't realized it was Alvis, which is why Zanza didn't entirely understand it either.
@Dezzy
I wonder if the 3 aegis cores were evil (Malos), good (Pneuma) and neutral (Alvis) and those 3 components comprised the full artificial intelligence. Just a thought. I also can't quite piece together how Alvis had the power to create but Pneuma and Malos did not.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
They're all just supposed to be good. Malos only turned bad because the blades take on some of the traits of their driver in XC2, and he was driven mad by the nihilism of Amalthus. That was explained at the end XC2 when you meet Klaus. Also, the reason Alvis had the power to create (and had superior powers to Pyra or Malos in general) was because he was part of the creation of that new universe, so he had essentially god-like powers in that particular universe. Whereas the other 2 aegis cores weren't in that situation. They weren't existing within the universe they'd created. They were in the original universe where they were just superpower AIs, not gods.
Some seriously tough enemies in central factory. I keep dying against the giant 65 level mech when im at 63. I literally just got to level 64 and I saved the game. I'll give him another try later. Hes not apart of the quest items or enemies i need to beat, but I need to annihilate this fool after about 5 deaths. Problem is I'll have him against the ropes and only 1/5 or so of HP left and some other mech strolls in and screws everything up. Did a little side quest in a room off the beaten path killing a unique mech that was for 23k exp.. Those are the quests i need to hunt down. Defeat an enemy and grab a ton of exp lol.
The enemy levels don't fully account for the difficulty difference. There are some you can beat when you're 5 levels lower than them.
Those massive walking fortress mechon you need to be like 2 or 3 levels above really.
@Dezzy makes sense since they're absolutely huge lol. I almost beat him twice though. I might try 1 more time now that I'm at level 64 to see what happens. I was so close.
Also i just noticed recently that reyn is at 9999hp. I didn't notice until today and i dont know when that kicked in. It's not like he's at a higher level than anyone, but maybe it's his armor? He isn't equipped with many gems or anything. The strange part is that it's not like he outlives the other two even though he has double HP than them. I guess what i am saying is how did I get him up to 9999 and why isn't anyone else..
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