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| Topic | SHINE's Top 10 Games, Top 5 Unplayed Games and Top 5 Old Games of 2017 |
| ninkendo 12/26/17 9:57:57 PM #71: | TOP 10 GAMES OF THE YEAR 6. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 https://youtu.be/OSoLypBhJ4E?t=1h29m35s The only game on this list I haven't finished yet so it could get higher or lower by the time I finish it, but I played through the first 3 chapters so far so I have pretty much the full battle system unlocked so I have a decent idea of what to expect to hear on out. This game came out in the beginning of December, but I was really busy this month and also dealing with strained eye muscles early in the month so my playtime was limited :( The first Xenoblade was a revelation for me. Using Final Fantasy XII as a prototype, that game took the best parts of JRPGs (story/music/characters) and combined it with the open world gameplay, quest structure and combat of WRPGs to achieve what was basically my ideal RPG. It was easily the most fun I had playing an RPG since the days of Earthbound, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger on SNES. I cared about the characters and what happened to them in the story (which is rare for me in a video game story), the music was brilliant and was used perfectly in story cutscenes, the world designed motivated me to check every look nook and cranny to uncover its secrets and provided a battle system that had systems on top of systems on top of system to keep you engaged during the fight. I ended up playing that game for a good 144 hours doing everything it had to offer from sidequests to post-game superbosses Xenoblade 2 continues this trend this time going for a more straight up anime art style instead of barely passing passing for a PS2 game. There's still massive areas to explore with tons of secrets in them and filled with monsters much stronger with you to keep you coming back when your characters are strong enough (like a level 90 dinosaur just walking around in the first area like it's nobody's business). There's still super anime cutscenes with musical scores to match (check the video I provided for the end of chapter 2 boss fight and the cutscene after to see what I mean) and there's even more systems to add to the combat that were already introduced in the first game. The only real downer with game is that it features a gacha type system of drawing rare blades which are the basis of all the skills you can use in the game both in and out of battle. You pull them at random and they have 1-5 star ratings. As far as I can tell the 5 star ones are really the only ones you want in your party while the rest collect dust until you unlock the ability to send them on mercenary missions to level up their skills. I would have preferred if all rare blades are just findable in game via the story and sidequests, but at least it seems like you can still progress even if you have lesser blades. One of the rare blades is KOS-MOS though from the Xenosaga games which is rad. Seems like people have trouble obtaining her though so I assume she's very rare to pull randomly. The scottish/welsh voice acting is also spotty at times (moreso than the first game) but they offer the japanese voice track as a free download so I would recommend going with that if you can't take the english voices for a little while. Planning on playing this game pretty much exclusively the last week of the year so hoping it has a lot more surprises in store for me. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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