To send the latest Nintendo Direct presentation out with a bang, Monolith Soft finally revealed Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It'll be arriving on the Switch this September and will connect up with the Xenoblade Chronicles 1 + 2.
We've seen a lot of evidence of it for some time now in the form of website updates and even voice actors talking about it ahead of schedule, and it's now confirmed. Here's a bit about it, courtesy of Nintendo's PR:
"A vast world awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the next game in the acclaimed RPG series from developer MONOLITHSOFT. Players will step into the roles of protagonists Noah and Mio amid turmoil between the hostile nations of Keves and Agnus. Six characters hailing from those nations will take part in a grand tale with “life” as its central theme. Explore a new world that will connect the futures of both Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, launching for Nintendo Switch in September 2022."
Are you looking forward to joining Noah and Mio on a new adventure in Xenoblade Chronicles 3? Leave a comment down below.
[source nintendo.com]
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This was the best announcement by far. Can’t wait for September to come!
Excuse me whilst I go change my undies, I just blasted a hole through the front.
I'm so incredible happy you can't imagine it
Absolute megaton. I loved the Direct but even if this was the only thing on it, I would be content. And it's coming out soon, too.
Now I'm three entries behind in this series.
XC3 being the final announcement and there being NO Zelda info really saved this Direct for me.
@ArmenianJedi13 Did you wait for this news to drop just to say that they are overrated?
I'm not sure how I feel about them smashing Xeno 1's world with Xeno 2 here but I'm definitely excited to see where the story goes after Future Connected.
I really ... REALLY need to beat both 1 and 2. They're just so pretty I keep stopping.
Yeah yeaaaaaaaah yeaaaaaaaaaaaah... 😱 I think I recognized some characters... But it's a Big Blur.... Any experts ?
Holy mackerel!
@ArmenianJedi13 I do hope you have your character maxed out before making that comment, because I feel bad for whats about to become of you friend.
Saved the show for me. I was kinda fading in and out until this. But wow, looks great. I'm currently playing thru xc2.
This is the announcement I've been hoping for the most. First two games are the two best JRPGs of all time IMO so I can't wait. Going to be amazing I'm sure.
The scene of the hill at the end gave me major Xenoblade Chronicles 1 vibes, I hope that is intentional because that game was amazing, haven't played 2 but Chronicles 1 is my favorite out of those I have played.
YES! I knew it had to be coming soon! Xenoblade's my favorite series ever and I can't wait to play this one! I'm really interested in figuring out what's going on plot-wise, there's a ton to take in here. I like that it kind of looks like a blend of all three previous Xenoblades stylistically.
I'm really feeling it!
@mariomaster96 yep
This is the highlight of the direct for me. I've played all the Xenoblade games up to this point and it's my favorite RPG series ever. So glad to see it continue.
Also my new favorite character is the dark-skinned dude with the glasses and the birds. He looks sick.
I wasn't expecting this at all! Now I can sleep peacefully whilst dreaming of Xenoblade 3.
So hyped!
My jaw dropped after seeing the release date. So soon. Perfect.
Perfect timing as I’m currently playing Chronicles 2. Loving every minute of that game too.
Now let's see xenoblade x remastered, this time with new game plus feature
feels like these games get a little less unique with each title, still, remaining hopeful its better than 2
I'm hoping this one delivers, since Xeno2 was a letdown.
I should put both games on my replay list so I can give Xeno2 another shake.
This and Mario Strikers almost double-handedly saved the direct
You can briefly see that the POV Gormotti has a flesh/blade eater core crystal, and we see Nia later in the tailer. How awesome would it be if you are playing as one of Nia’s blades? It explains how similar they look given blades take on the characteristics of their drivers.
We see high Entai, and I’m pretty sure I heard Jenna Coleman, which is consistent with her possible “leak”. When asked about the add-on for the Xenoblades Remaster, she said she thought she was recoding for a new game, not an expansion.
I can't wait.
So any news regarding pre-orders?
I'm getting strong X vibes from this trailer!
September. That's surprisingly close. And here I thought Monolith Soft would be too busy to release anything this year...
This is what elevated the direct from decent to great. Can't wait!
Xenoblade 2 is by far, imo, the best rpg game on switch. Hope 3 will not disappoint. I’m surprised it will come so soon after the initial announcement.
@Jazzoflute The whole Xenoblade community just went crazy but it looks like both Nia and Melia are in as older characters. Fans think they could be on opposite sides of the war but obviously too soon to tell
Not my cuppa tea but happy for others
Quasi hyped, I guess? I mean it's fine and looks good. Would have been far more keen on a Switch version Chronicles X.
@Madao Can't argue with that.
I love xenoblade games but there's always one thing that nags me and that's the overly British voices, it just doesn't sound right to me and I'm British myself 😂
Best news of the year!
This is all I need.
Nothing else matters.
My life is on pause till September.
I really really hope the continued success of the Xenoblade series will lead to a port of XCX, come on Monolith don't let that incredible game die in Wii U related obscurity! Obvs super hyped by this announcement and it gives me the incentive to catch up on the Torna DLC from XC2 that I still haven't got around to
This was the best announcement, but the chat reaction topped it.
It comes on screen, and is clearly Xenoblade. Chat: "is this BOTW2?". A British voice over starts. Chat: "BOTW 2!". More clealy Xenoblade footage and British accents. Chat: "BOTW2". Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Titles Card. Chat: "What?, worst Nintendo Direct. -10/10. Where's my BOTW2?".
No Mans Sky (provided no cloud), Portal, Live A Live, and this?!? Well played Nintendo.
I've played 1 - my new favorite game of all time, took 15 eyars for something to finally bveat out FF7 - and watched my kid play all of 2 and the DLC. And I watched thsi entire trailer wondering if it was a prequel b/c I had no idea what was going on, only that I Saw THE Mondao for half a second and a few of the voices sounded familiar.
So if anybody could explain it to me, thanks. Also, if you can explain how XCX ties into any of this my wife would greatly appreciate it, thanks. We really enjoyed XCX but the hints never lead anywhere useful.
@UltimateOtaku91 that's one of my favourite parts! I loved how many regional accents there were in XC2, you don't often hear them in videogames at all
@jrt87
The exploration scenes looked pretty smooth from the trailer though we havent seen too much combat yet.
i do hope that it doesnt suffer from the issues xenoblade 2 did in handheld though apparently torna fared better.
Nintendo and Square can we get some new Final Fantasy games?
Nintendo: we have Final Fantasy at home (or in house)
Final Fantasy at home:
Take me now
@rjejr to my knowledge XCX hasn't tied into any of the other XC games at all, but perhaps this will be the game to unify everything based on what we know from the end of XC2
Yeap I will be throwing my money on this day one, the trailer already wow me.
@jrt87 Behave.
@rjejr XCX doesn't tie into anything, it is also pretty bad compared to the other three (including Torna). Still worth playing, but don't expect much.
I think they are going to shadow drop an X remaster on us this year
I haven't yet finished 1 tbh, but 2 was one of the most engrossing gaming experiences of my life.
So stoked for this. September can't come soon enough.
@Stubborn_Monkey Monolithsoft relesed xenoblade 2 while working on botw at the same time, no reason they can't do it again
So hyped especially since the dude said it's gonna tie the worlds of both blade 1 and 2 together. But dear lord, these are some of the blandest character designs I've ever seen. I thought it was a knockoff Xenoblade game at 1st before realizing, it's an actual Xenoblade
I haven't finished 1 or 2 yet because I put down 2 for a while and then more recently picked it up and then got definitive edition so now I know what I'm playing for the next 200 hours
The Monado, Blades, Core Crystals, Gormotti, High Entia, Nopon, the "corpses" of Titans in the background, what appears to be the Mechonis' sword, what looks like Mechon used by Homs troops....XC3 is getting the best of both XC1 and XC2. Can't wait until September gets here.
Ok looks like I will have to beat 2 and Torna this summer.
@Otoemetry that's true, pretty much all dubbed anime games and JRPG's are American voice actors which is probably why I'm not used to hearing British voices in games. A bit like the Fable series as well
The cherry on top of a phenomenal direct. Man, this year just keeps getting better and better for Switch.
Definitely best announcement, thankfully it looks a lot more like the first one than the second one.
Loved XC1 on the Wii. Still gotta play the sequels first.
Well, my favourite is Xenoblade Chronicles X, actually.
As already commented elsewhere, it's not a first party game I needed for now, but it's one first party game I won't be able to resist despite the binge queue. Come autumn (possibly even September if I save up some of the summer funds), my Switch will have THREE concurrent Xenoblade playthroughs. Don't send help, I'm beyond any.
@Low yeah, No Man's Sky is a nuke on the third party front (as is Live A Live and all of Squeenix's lineup here, of course). And so far all the cloud versions [outside maybe GotG] have been telegraphed out the gate, so this doesn't appear to be one. Ancient weak hardware, they said...
@Banjo- You just can't be happy about something, can you?
Amazing! It's out THIS YEAR! I can't wait!
@Troll_Decimator Yes, I actually am, about many things. Do you want me to tell you or are you just trolling? In between, your comment doesn't make any sense since I'm not complaining.
I KNEW they were gonna call it that.
Goosebumps. It looks amazing.
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@Troll_Decimator I'll keep posting my opinion and I'll keep reporting you every time you break the website rules.
That’s great. Now I can save up my money for rest of the year as I am not very interested in Xenoblade, bayonetta and breath of the wild 2. So I won’t get XC3
Will buy other games with my money too
To all people interested in Xenoblade, play 1 & 2!!! The story of 3 is going to be so much more insane!
Ok, I NEED this.
Ladies and gentlemen, the game that won over the Direct!
It's coming out sooner than what I expected, but probably makes sense if they were making it for a really long time.
With both this and BoTW2 coming out soon, Monolith Soft is undoubtely on a roll right now.
@HeadPirate I'm also so curious with the lore because there was like a younger looking Vandham with the same voice actor and I just. I need answers and I need this game now
I am interested . One is amazing X is the best. 2 ehhh.
Remind me too much of 2 so far.
Please just do X remake so I can die happy. Wasted on Wii u
@rjejr I couldn't really find anything related to X in this trailer, which isn't too big of a surprise. However, events in Future Connected could be explanations to how Telethia and Tainted creatures are in X. That's the biggest connection I've seen between the numbered entries and X.
Would definitely be down for more connections in a potential X2, or maybe in this third installment of the series
@Judal27 right? it feels like they're overcorrecting from the backlash 2's designs got
Did NOT expect this. I mean they could have reasonably ended the story with 2 (granted there is one CPU out there). I will have to see the character line up though to get this day one. I only survived 2 because of Morag...I detest Rex. Still I am happy for the fact that the series is going forward. It is becoming the Tales/FF franchise of Nintendo.
Happy for those that are excited, but for me this was the worst end to the video, especially since we probably won’t get another big direct until E3!! To me the most exciting thing was the return of Mario Strikers and that’s saying something
I'd give a ***** if I didn't think that rpg's are now the cod of games oh well good for those who like em I guess.
Xenoblade 3 before Baten Kaitos 3.... Please Bamco, give up the IP to Nintendo 😭😭😭
After watching the trailer, OMG!!! This is what PLA should've strived for in visuals
hope we get a sequel to X after this one.
Fantastic news!
Still missing F-Zero Switch.
The only thing I wanted I got. Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I am salivating. I am giddy. I’m in such a good mood about this direct that I might even get the NSO expansion pack. Those Mario Kart DLC’s look great and Switch sports. WOOP WOOP .
If it's anything close to as good as the original, I'll definitely be excited to play.
My body is ready!
@Ryu_Niiyama For the record, the missing CPU is actually in the first Xenoblade game, so that part of 2's story does have an answer
Finally we get a female protagonist!
Just noticed the final image from the trailer is one of the titans from XC2 with a huge hole in its head... I'm so excited to find out what's up with that!
Is it really an action rpg?
so technically both worlds have merge into one which ive been saying for a long time after beating both games.
Makes me wonder if this is going to round out a Xenoblade Chronicles Trilogy, and then Monolith Soft starts a new entry in the Xeno series, or ports Xenoblade Chronicles X to the Switch (or even makes a sequel to that).
I picked a VERY good time to start playing through XC2. Same month as my birthday! Can't wait! This was my favorite announcement in the whole presentation.
@UsurperKing Yeah but he wasn't entirely resolved unless I misunderstood the ending. Which is entirely possible since I haven't beaten the first game since it came out on the wii.
And this is supposed to connect the futures of both previous games...so it might be interesting. Not to be ungrateful, because let's face it, I will buy it eventually but I would have preferred a sequel to X.
@Dtl0722 I agree. I really don't understand why X is so underrated. It's my favourite Wii U game after Twilight Princess HD remaster and before Breath of the Wild. It's a big improvement over the first one, especially the side quests, graphics, travelling, UI, battle... I even liked the story and characters but this is subjective. The first one has a good story of course but the gameplay is so messy.
I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. I guess they are going to wrap this series into a trilogy, then circle back to XCX to possibly give it its own trilogy (Hey, I can dream. That saga was meant to continue dabnabit...)
Really cool for Xenoblade fans. Congratulations!
Thats great , wish i could play X before 3 tho
Cannot wait, I've loved most everything Xenoblade so far, immediately my most anticipated game of the year.
Time to replay X1 and X2!
Monolith is really the modern Squaresoft. Everything they make is amazing. Hoping for a collectors edition or some preorder bonuses.
@UsurperKing
A lot of the conversation seem to focus on confusing over identity, who is who, and who is on what side. With the Nopon Sage, anything is possible and this could just be an alternate reality, but for some reason the more and more I watch this I'm getting an X vibe, like they are all in new bodies trying to figure out who is who.
Story sounds a lot like XC1 (lol @ "Bionius") which almost made me think it was goin to be a "reimagining" of the first game.
Anyway, cool trailer. Love the more restrained character designs. Is it still too mich to hope for the return of playable mechs?
This is the announcement we needed, but ouch my wallet.
(Please please let there be a North American special edition that somewhat matches the XC2 SE.) OUCH, my wallet!!
@HeadPirate Spoilers for XC1 and XCX in this post:
That is not something I had even considered, but I like it. To me, the "I refuse to believe you're him" line, felt like a desperate, "no, you can't be Zanza!" type thing. Though now that I've written that, it feels quite off.
However, I do like your idea a lot, considering what mimeosomes are capable of. Heck, the Vandham look-a-like seems to have Zeke's eye patch for some reason. You might be onto something here!
Alas, we won't know for sure until it's out, but what an exciting trailer! I'll add that I feel like having it all just be an alternate reality or something the Nopon Archsage concocted can be a bit of a cop out, but still technically a possibility so I won't rule it out
Should really finish the first but ugh...SO grindy..
As a massive Xenoblade Chronicles fan, I couldn't be happier with the character design and voice acting in this trailer. Goodbye my life in September.
The protagonists in Xeno 2 instantly turned me off and I skipped it, but I’ll consider trying out Xeno 3.
THANKFULLY the character designs here are much better than the ones for xc2. I hope the story is more serious kinda like how xc1's was.
Looks great! As long as original Japanese language is included in all in!
@UltimateOtaku91 I feel the same way about the voice acting. I always switch it to Japanese with subtitles. I cant handle the English dialogue haha.
Already GOTY for me.
XC 3 in Sept means there's no BotW 2 this year. A Zelda game at the end of the year or before it in Summer will killed the sales of this game - so Nintendo either release Zelda next year or in Spring this year. Since the Direct showed nothing, that means it's next year.
@Aurumonado so can I just start with this game instead of playing Xenoblade 1 and 2? I would just read the plot for those games and get the 3rd one later on.
@anoyonmus If you care about the story then I would advise against doing that. The story of the first game is really quite good and reading a wiki article won't do it justice.
Wonderful news! I'm looking forward to this, but I'm also slightly anxious about it. I really hope the combat is more like 1 than 2. Either way, I'm sure the story, music, characters, and exploration will all be up to Xenoblade standard if not even more awesome, and can't wait. 😁
@Aurumonado ah ok. But is this game story oriented? Do I have to play XC 1 and 2 as well?
MONOLITHSOFT... take my wallet effective immediately!
Still waiting on a port of XCX
@anoyonmus Ya the story is a big part of it. I would highly recommend XC1 first and see how you like it.
I might need to cut away a lot of time from my playthroughs of the other games just to experience this.
I still hope they port X. It was my favorite of the he's so far.
@Judal27 Eh, to me they look more akin to Xenoblade 1 while taking elements of 2's character design. It's just more grounded like 1 instead of sexual like 2.
@Teksetter I was like you and I am glad that I bought it! First, I didn't like the characters and that "chibi" cute anime faces but after a while, you will forgot it and you will enjoy this fantastic game! It was one of my best JRPGs. You may find it used at lower price. The only that I disliked was the performance. It was 20-30 fps and I was playing at dock at TV but then again, I did enjoy it! If you liked Xeno Chronicles 1, please reconsider it.
I hope it is more like 1 than 2. But the first game is amongst my favourite all time games so this is extremely welcome.
It looked good, and makes me wonder what we get for the rest of the year as the last 3 months remain empty.
Definitely the best of this Direct! Bring it on!
This was the Direct's saving grace for me, I'm super happy, yet...that trailer felt so dull...I still get goosebumps even thinking about the reveal trailer for XCX and this just kinda felt...lackluster. Not a fan of the character designs we're seeing either...
Game's still a Day 1 Purchase for me though, I'm sure it'll be great! Now where's that CE with soundtrack and artbook
Holy moly!!!!
Those graphics are really amazing. Looks even better than breath of the wild! Hyped about this game.
I'm not gonna lie, when this dropped, I busted a nut. The game looks SO good.
Looks like I need to finish that remaster of xenoblade. Mostly the new content. And I still need to play the story dlc for 2.
Finally some good news!
At last! Almost finished XC1, and will watch XC2 cutscenes on youtube just to get the entire story. I absolutely love how they introduced music to this new chapter.
Soiled my undies when this ended the direct. Can’t wait!
I bought the collector's edition of XC2 back when it released and only played it for a couple of hours. I really should get XC1 for Switch and play through all of them... I know they're regarded as great JRPGs, but for some reason I couldn't really get into them as much as I had hoped, but I know that when I finally take the time, I'll really enjoy them
@Savage_Joe The Pokemon Company should really get Monolith to help them out.
@Arnold-Kage This was a Direct focused in the first months of the year (and we got things until September lol). Don´t worry, in the E3 Direct we´ll get the release dates for the big hitters of the end of the year (basically Zelda and Bayonetta, but count also with Mario & Rabbids 2, Sea of Stars, and any surprise like the rumoured DLC for Pokemon Legends).
@Zverik You gotta play XC2 as well. It´s a fantastic game! Even Torna is wonderful, highly reccommended too!
This left me speechless. I can't get over the scope, clean look, and gorgeous art style. The music is epic as usual.
I bought XBC2 when it launched, but kept stopping at chapter 3, several times. Then about 2 months ago I tried again and absolutely loved the game, playing through New Game Plus and Torna expansion. This past weekend I hooked up my WiiU and paid full price for Xenoblade Chronicles X on the eShop.
Next will be XBC1.
God the characters looks so much better… thank god. I actually skipped 2 cause I was too embarrassed 😳 These kids look like hip crew tho. Might come back and buy Xenoblade game again.
WE'LL WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!
AHHHH. XBC The Definitive Edition is one of the only games I've ever bought Day 1 because of how amazing XBC 2 and Torna were. This will likely follow that entry, and hopefully it performing well gets XBCX ported over.
@Purgatorium Four if you count Xenoblade Chronicles X, not even counting XC1/3D, unless you've already played those
Ok, i need to get 1 and 2 right now
I'm hoping I'm right in assuming they got rid of the gacha mechanics from two and made the game easier to understand mechanically. 2 was arguably a better game battle mechanics wise than 1, especially torna, but it was the game didn't explain how to play it at all and how you were supposed to play it was counter intuitive. The gacha also really turned a grindy game into something ridiculous. I honestly didn't really like 2 because of its story and gacha and 1 was a little over long, but I'm definitely still going to get this.
@Edwirichuu Hmm.. should I count it?
These games are always on my list but I always put them off because of the time commitment. They also keep making them and so the task gets greater the longer I wait.
Adding another collectors edition to the shelf. Still hoping for the Xenoblade Chronicles X re-release too!
I really need to play one and two before I get on the hype train. JRPGs are just so daunting.. I also have DQ11 and SMT5 waiting 😩😂
Is Xenoblade really an action RPG? Isn't it more an ATB style like FFXII? Is this calculated reporter language to prepare us for XC3's more actiony combat, or just a presumption on NintendoLife's part?
Hopefully it plays NOTHING like XB1 and XB2. Both those games have their flaws that hopefully get fixed with this game. Also the character designs are very plain and boring this time around.
They don’t need to be sexual like XB2, but wow very boring MC and heroine look like as if they were NPCs. Went the complete opposite end of the spectrum compared to XB2 which isn’t a good thing despite how some people complain about XB2 sexual designs.
@UsurperKing by younger I think you mean Older perhaps? And I'm pretty sure the old man that looks kinda like Vandham is Zeke. Out of the two games only three main characters(minus their blades) would still be alive at this point. At least one of them is in the game, and that's Nia, at the end of the trailer, its not Mio there. The other masked one, the High Entia is very likely Melia. And then the old man, Zeke, same eyepatch and everything.
Looks interesting, but I wish it had fanservice like 2 did.
@Dexeronstarsurge Nah, the Vandham look a like seems younger than the original to me. Vandham is a pretty old guy and his hair is gray in XC2. Hair doesn't usually get more color the older you go. But that's just how they look to me.
I agree that the hair color and the eye patch are more Zeke like, which I brought up in an earlier comment. Definitely Melia and Nia at the end, we can hear their respective voice actors as they appear on screen, and that's just so nuts!
Though what do you mean that only three characters would be alive from the two games at this point? Do you just mean because of their age? I know that Melia, Nia, and Zeke have longer lifespans. Depending on when this game happens though, I can easily see older versions of both casts appearing. Or maybe the ones who don't live as long are in mimeosome bodies a la XCX (credit to Headpirate for giving me this idea).
@Ryu_Niiyama I just finished replaying XCX and gosh man, we really need an X2 at some point! I'll still take any Xenoblade over no Xenoblade, but still keeping my fingers crossed for that.
As for the third CPU, it does indeed have a complete resolution in the first game.
@UsurperKing it looks like quite a while has passed, this technology is far more advanced than Xenoblade 1 or 2's societies ever had. Mio is theorized to be the daughter of, or a descendant of Nia, and the other is theorized to be a descendant of Shulk, based on information we were given from leaks about the announcement and everything, original characters would be returning, but the leakers said "at least the ones that would still be alive" as a lot of time passed between the first two and this one. If that old man IS Zeke a very very long time has passed as their aging process is slowed down a lot.
@Ulysses Nah, it's more like an adjusted mmo style. The attacks are auto attacks, but the skills aren't and they all come up so often that the idea is to keep up the skills and use them as often as you can. By the midpoint of the game, you'll rarely if ever use an auto attack. You do use them. More in 2 but the way it's set up it's meant for you to just hit the first hit of a auto combo and reset because the first hit is faster and gets your skills back up faster. You can play it like it's atb, but not only does that make the game harder, it's super boring.
@Dexeronstarsurge well, since the world's are merged, it should be only the near immortal characters in 2 (and 1 technically) should be alive. And maybe Shulk. I don't know if that's a spoiler because I can't remember if that's how it works or not. The ending of that game is weird. It makes since for it to be in the car future to give the new world at the end of the games time to sit instead of coming up with a conflict immediately after which would feel a bit more forced.
@UsurperKing it's also unclear if characters like fiora and Shulk age after the end. I don't remember how what happened to fiora worked. If you told me she didn't age now I wouldn't question it. And Shulk, well, I'm also unclear if he got a wish or if he became a god or if he's even capable of aging after the ending in the first place. If you told me Shulk doesn't age I wouldn't be surprised. The humans from 2, I think it's fair if they're dead. I can't really remember what happened at the end of 2, but half of the cast should be alive in some form, shouldn't they?
@progx @AstroTheGamosian @Banjo- @dustinprewitt All that's left now is Xenoblade Chronicles X, surely we'll get a port announced this year with a 2023 release window?
compared to the previous three games, the designs of both characters and environments seem a bit... muted here.
A good bit less fantastical, if you will.
Perhaps they're just keeping a few secrets for now, to focus on the story instead? I hope so!
I have all XBs except 2 but the series has yet to grab me by the dogs Crown Jewels. I played 1 for 30h and got stuck and then distracted. And X was too overly complicated for my tastes.
So I must give XB1 definitive edition a try after finishing my current playlist. I really wanna dive in before 3 is released.
I've just ordered 1 on amazon as I had a voucher covering most of the cost.
I tried it on 3ds bit didn't get into it and, like last story, I missed it on wii.
If I like 1, ill def pick up 2 and then 3.
@Boldfoxrd 2 doesn't play much at all like 1 and the story is pretty much objectively worse. Where 1 has a lot of episodic plot arcs that all sort of connect well, 2 is a lot lighter to the point never really feels like it matters until 2/3rds through the game. The only bad part about 1 is that it's slightly grindy and somewhat overly long. 2 has a lot of narrative and gameplay problems and doesn't explain it's battle system at all. It's also a lot more grindy than 1, which already was grindy. But, the expansion of 2 is a huge improvement and so 3 should be better because they already fixed the many problems with 2. I would honestly skip 2 and look up the plot summary. 1 is a classic and kinda a must play though. It's really not bad, but the grind and the gacha kills it and the story just is made of interesting elements while lacking a real plot. Like, parts are cool, but nothing actually happens for most of an 80 hour game.
Not gonna lie, I’m more excited for this than any other game this year!
@Xansies Thanks for the tips, I certainly will not rush into buying 2 then, and certainly not at the ridiculous price it currently sells for
@Serpo I'm sure that would be if XB3 were a holiday title sometime between October-December, not September. If Zelda launches in Late November-Mid December with Xenoblade in September, that might be enough space.
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