Current Events > Monthly reminder that Xenoblade X is one of the best games of the decade

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Garioshi posted...

Xenogears is a slog.

Just Disc 2 cause they ran out of money.

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I honestly wonder if the ones who drastically like Xenogears over the Blade series is for story reasons. Because I can't deny that the story in the Blade games are rather simplistic compared to Gears, but Blade has far more enjoyable gameplay to me. Especially the specific game this topic is about. Xenoblade X's gameplay is phenomenal. Great movement, great exploration, fast-paced combat, excellent build customization options...

I just wish it had a better story, but what was established was enough to make me want a sequel badly. If they can just take XCX's gameplay, with some tweaks to make it better and add even more options, and have the story missions much longer and more eventful (similar to how long XC2's Chapters get), we'd have the perfect game, IMO.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

Just Disc 2 cause they ran out of money.

Disc 2 is the less sloggy of the two because they cut out about 10 or so dungeons that would have been nothing but endless labyrintine metallic corridors with more fake doors than real ones, interspersed with bad platforming, topped off with an atrociously high encounter rate that leads to 1 of the 4 different enemy formations for the dungeon where you use the same combination of buttons until they die.

Not to say it isn't a slog, because it still is, especially the movie-length Lacan cutscene and the final dungeon, but it doesn't reflect well on a game when I liked the cliffnotes version significantly more than actually playing it.

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I dont even know enough to hate the game. But the best game ever stuck on a dead system. Gee, if it was any good youd think theyd port it to their super successful system thats currently selling out.

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VandorLee posted...

I dont even know enough to hate the game. But the best game ever stuck on a dead system. Gee, if it was any good youd think theyd port it to their super successful system thats currently selling out.

You'd think that, but apparently it's a pricey project to port such a thing over compared to something like Xenoblade 1. (Their words.)

Also a bit of a faulty claim since some of Wii U's best games still aren't ported over to Switch.
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BakonBitz posted...

You'd think that, but apparently it's a pricey project to port such a thing over compared to something like Xenoblade 1. (Their words.)

Also a bit of a faulty claim since some of Wii U's best games still aren't ported over to Switch.

Xenoblade 1 has some serious resolution issues and it's a far less intensive game than X. I just don't think it's in the cards for the Switch without a hardware upgrade.

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M_Live posted...

I honestly really hated that game, and I really wanted to love it.

Unfortunate. I've had the same experience with other games, and it's really disappointing that I can't enjoy them.

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