I previously made a thread about playing through Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for the first time ( https://www.resetera.com/threads/lt...up-to-beginning-of-chapter-6-spoilers.209259/ ) and beat it about two days ago. What an experience that was and especially the latter half of it from Chapter 7 and onwards. Beginning of Chapter 7 was a real drag though. Good thing I just ran by most of everything.
I don't know whether I fully grasped the battle system but it was enjoyable for the most part though I did kinda get tired of fighting towards the end and just afk battled sometimes. I was glad I was pretty high leveled so I kinda just ran past enemies in the end. I kind of did the same with XC1.
There were couple annoyances though especially with the field skills, and RNG stuff. Kinda glad I didn't have to salvage stuff that much later on for quests cause trying to get a particular item was pretty annoying. And as for the rare blades, I didn't even care much unless I really needed it. I didn't even get that one infamous rare blade with the bizarre design (you know the one) and got a few of them. I hate how if you use a Legendary Core Crystal didn't even guarantee a rare blade. I wasted so much of them just to get the common blades.
The story wasn't as grand as XC1 but the characters made up for all that. Getting to know the backgrounds of each of them really help understand their motivations for doing stuff. I think the anime esque writing also helped with connecting with some of the characters though yeah, some of it was pretty bad.
Some character moments that stood out:
MAJOR spoiler now so don't read if you don't want it to be spoiled:
And can we talk about that ending. MAJOR spoilers for XC1 and XC2:
The OST is pretty damn amazing too and I find it better than XC1's OST.
Some of my favourites: (some slight spoilers for location names)
I think I might like this more XC1 -- especially that ending. Is Torna worth it for the story?
I don't know whether I fully grasped the battle system but it was enjoyable for the most part though I did kinda get tired of fighting towards the end and just afk battled sometimes. I was glad I was pretty high leveled so I kinda just ran past enemies in the end. I kind of did the same with XC1.
There were couple annoyances though especially with the field skills, and RNG stuff. Kinda glad I didn't have to salvage stuff that much later on for quests cause trying to get a particular item was pretty annoying. And as for the rare blades, I didn't even care much unless I really needed it. I didn't even get that one infamous rare blade with the bizarre design (you know the one) and got a few of them. I hate how if you use a Legendary Core Crystal didn't even guarantee a rare blade. I wasted so much of them just to get the common blades.
The story wasn't as grand as XC1 but the characters made up for all that. Getting to know the backgrounds of each of them really help understand their motivations for doing stuff. I think the anime esque writing also helped with connecting with some of the characters though yeah, some of it was pretty bad.
Some character moments that stood out:
MAJOR spoiler now so don't read if you don't want it to be spoiled:
That Nia 'I love you, Rex' moment was hilarious. And Rex's reply with essentially saying I love you back then starts just naming everyone else too like Oprah giveaways. Poor Nia lol.
Zeke being a goofy in the start then getting to become a more serious character in the end was nice.
What was even the point of that invisible third blade? It just disappeared after Rex got an epiphany and that fight with the Phantasm to get the blade was awful.
I like how this game is essentially the 'the friends we made along the way' meme
Zeke being a goofy in the start then getting to become a more serious character in the end was nice.
What was even the point of that invisible third blade? It just disappeared after Rex got an epiphany and that fight with the Phantasm to get the blade was awful.
I like how this game is essentially the 'the friends we made along the way' meme
And can we talk about that ending. MAJOR spoilers for XC1 and XC2:
That Chapter 10 was nuts. After seeing everything was pretty much wrecked in Elysium, then getting revealed that the Architect was Klaus was crazy. Then the whole back story of his two halves and essentially existing in both dimensions of XC1 and XC2 and then hearing Shulk's "Today we fell a god" line was amazing. Now I'm really now I'm really wondering what XC3 is going to be. Also, Ontos = Alvis, right?
The worst thing about Chapter 10 was fighting against Morag. It took a few tries but I finally beat her. Doesn't help that she was pretty overlevelled like me :\
The worst thing about Chapter 10 was fighting against Morag. It took a few tries but I finally beat her. Doesn't help that she was pretty overlevelled like me :\
The OST is pretty damn amazing too and I find it better than XC1's OST.
Some of my favourites: (some slight spoilers for location names)
I think I might like this more XC1 -- especially that ending. Is Torna worth it for the story?
