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Kenri 05/04/22 3:48:05 AM #227:	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch) This game is still so good. It's so good. I think the thing that struck me the most replaying this for the first time since its Wii release is just how much better it handles the ideas of life and death than other JRPGs, and other video games in general. Characters and the world are actually impacted when people die, and they grieve and it changes them. It's such a contrast from the typical JRPG attitude of "oh no, my hometown! Anyway." I think this is why the ~~High Entia genocide~~ in the late game doesn't land well, it very much IS an "oh no, my hometown! Anyway" situation. There's also a lot of weight given to the very few times the heroes actually kill anyone, which is helped by a complete lack of random encounters against bandits or knights to butcher by the dozens. (Uh, as long as we don't count tirkins, and hodes, and ignas, all of which are clearly intelligent species yet get massacred freely, but, well. The game isn't flawless.) The game's plot goes a little off the rails in the last 15% but for the first 85% where it's a story about loss and revenge, it just nails it. I 100%'d the game this time, or at least 99%. It was a questionable decision. The grind to level 99 to kill the superbosses did not have terribly much payoff. On the other hand, I think the first time I played this game I got all of like 5 heart-to-hearts all game because they're locked behind an absurd amount of party switching and affinity grinding, so it was nice to see all of them this time. The biggest strength, and weakness, of the definitive edition is definitely the updated graphics. I've come around on it to the extent that I'll admit it definitely looks way nicer, but I still really dislike the character redesigns. All the characters look about seven years younger and 40% more anime, and a few of them are definitely whiter too, and overall I'm just left wanting for the more mature and muted-color look the cast had originally. The rest of the world looks great, though. Overall it's a trade up, I'm just being picky. It's on to Future Connected for me next, and then probably a break before I try to squeeze Xenoblade 2 in before 3 comes out. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:964778271] in Post Each ... [t:79834838]...</cite> <quote>Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (Switch) This game is still so good. It's so good. I think the thing that struck me the most replaying this for the first time since its Wii release is just how much better it handles the ideas of life and death than other JRPGs, and other video games in general. Characters and the world are actually impacted when people die, and they grieve and it changes them. It's such a contrast from the typical JRPG attitude of "oh no, my hometown! Anyway." I think this is why the High Entia genocide in the late game doesn't land well, it very much IS an "oh no, my hometown! Anyway" situation. There's also a lot of weight given to the very few times the heroes actually kill anyone, which is helped by a complete lack of random encounters against bandits or knights to butcher by the dozens. (Uh, as long as we don't count tirkins, and hodes, and ignas, all of which are clearly intelligent species yet get massacred freely, but, well. The game isn't flawless.) The game's plot goes a little off the rails in the last 15% but for the first 85% where it's a story about loss and revenge, it just nails it. I 100%'d the game this time, or at least 99%. It was a questionable decision. The grind to level 99 to kill the superbosses did not have terribly much payoff. On the other hand, I think the first time I played this game I got all of like 5 heart-to-hearts all game because they're locked behind an absurd amount of party switching and affinity grinding, so it was nice to see all of them this time. The biggest strength, and weakness, of the definitive edition is definitely the updated graphics. I've come around on it to the extent that I'll admit it definitely looks way nicer, but I still really dislike the character redesigns. All the characters look about seven years younger and 40% more anime, and a few of them are definitely whiter too, and overall I'm just left wanting for the more mature and muted-color look the cast had originally. The rest of the world looks great, though. Overall it's a trade up, I'm just being picky. It's on to Future Connected for me next, and then probably a break before I try to squeeze Xenoblade 2 in before 3 comes out. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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