Poll of the Day > I finally beat XenoBlade Chronicles 3

(+) Yeah! (+)

Took like 100+ hours. I really enjoyed it, especially the beginning. Might be my Game of the Year, but that's gonna depend on FF16 and REemake4

Minor Pros
- I like all the main characters, and there aren't any Heroes I dislike
- Exploration is enjoyable. There's a lot less empty space and reaching areas and finding stuff remained good throughout the whole game
- The game, locales and characters look good in motion
- Less fetch quests, and less generic quests in general

Major Pros
- Lot of Class Options, most of them are good and fun to play
- Eunie and Riku are the best
- I liked pretty much every Hero/Ascension Quest, except maybe 2
- 1st 3 chapters are amazing. Actually better than Xeno 1s
- All the major boss fights are fun as hell
- Soundtrack is amazing, I like it a bit more than Xeno 1 soundtrack.
- LOVE the use of flutes in this game. Love the main theme

Minor Cons
- Juniper is a cool character, but their Hero Quest came on too strong at the time, and the Stalker class sucks/ was disappointing.
- Despite it being enjoyable exploring on foot, They should have put in a Levnis you can drive around in, like the ship. Also the ship was disappointing cuz you can't fight on it.
- Chain attacks eat up a lot of time
- Status effects vs enemies feel weak, especially Daze.
- Locking the level down feature behind game completion is dumb, but at least I managed very well
- Im greedy, I wish you could have 2 heroes on your team, one Kevesi, one Agnian.
- The Weight of Life does not play often enough

Major Cons
- Pretty much all the Consuls/Mobius (Excluding T, M, N) are one-note, and lame. Reminds me of Tales of Arise
- The menu song, while good, cuts into every field song, and brings the soundtrack down cuz the other songs can't shine as much. This also can apply to the Chain attack theme. It's a shame that issue is prevalent in all the Xeno games I've played.
- The Story pacing and beats is pretty good for the 1st 3 chapters, but 4 and beyond aren't as good as I had hoped. Combined with bad villain's, the game peaks early

- I feel like the ally AI is pretty poor in this game, at least compared to X1. With 6 AI party members, wish there were some AI options or Team strategy beyond what they give you.
- The game does pretty well at worldbuilding, but I feel a lot of important stuff is never mentioned. Made the ending feel a little...rushed.

Overall Score: 8.5

I loved the game but it did start falling earlier than expected and never quite got back to the first few chapters levels. Pretty much everything was a 10/10 at the start, then it hovered around a 7/10 with the occasional good story beat.

For comparison. Xenoblade is a 9/10, great from start to finish, and one of the most consistent jrpgs I've played.
Xenoblade X is a 8.5, based sorely off soundtrack and gameplay/exploration alone. Story and characters mostly suck, tho.

Favorite Heroes: Riku/Manana, Valdi, Ashera
Favorite Classes: Full Metal Jaguar, Zephyr, Troubadour
Least Favorite Classes: Stalker, Tactician, Lone Vanguard

And now for the Best music in the game:

Keves Battle
https://youtu.be/ysGNjCXzrYw

Alfeto Valley (Day)
https://youtu.be/JQuJDaj5Rys

Eagus Wilderness (Day)
https://youtu.be/YZcLpQv2g5Y

The Weight of Life
https://youtu.be/YoR1Y1Nc2F0

Tactical Action/ Origin Battle
https://youtu.be/-AeZDrOtiZs
https://youtu.be/GRapVOvCj6I

Moebius Battle
https://youtu.be/1vHUr6HOtDk

Words That Never Reached You (Battle)
https://youtu.be/zMwUEe-nSeQ

A Life Sent On
https://youtu.be/YNYXLWYcu-A

where the heck is M 2

Neat version, but I didn't like it as much as the original