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Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Released On: Jul 29, 2022
8.5
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,523 User Ratings
8.5
83% Positive
1260 Ratings
1260 Ratings
6% Mixed
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
11% Negative
165 Ratings
165 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,523 User Ratings
8.5
83% Positive
1260 Ratings
1260 Ratings
6% Mixed
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
11% Negative
165 Ratings
165 Ratings
XC3 is my first experience into the Xenoblades franchise. Currently, I am only 10 hours into play and cannot praise this game enough. Its complexity gives the game a mature feeling with plenty and learn and do, while the beautiful, open world exploration blends wonderfully with the quality soundtrack music. Some have mentioned the music was too loud to hear the voices, but I have yet to adjust any of the sound parameters. Already, I am interested in buying the Expansion Pass! XC3 is one of the best games on my Switch Lite.
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Nintendo Switch
XC3 is quite possibly the best game of all time. It was perfect all around the board. The cutscenes made you feel the same emotion the characters were feeling in game, the characters were all dynamic and had incredible backstory’s, and development that really allow you to understand each character on a higher level. adding to the perfect blend of emotion character development is the visuals, breathtaking graphics also help you really feel what’s going on in the game. The graphics also help enhance the amazing and expansive world that monolithsoft has created, filled to the brim with cool areas to discover, and if your a veteran, areas from the previous games as well. Even just looking across the land from a high peak will put you in awe of the beautiful world. The combat is also amazing, with complex systems and mechanics that allow you to have your own style of combat, and hit clips on all the enemies. The boss fights are amazing, which most bosses having a backstory just as good as the protagonists, it allows for truly amazing fights. The gameplay in XC3 is also amazing, it is easily picked up by anyone and allows for an experience that anyone can enjoy. Xenoblade chronicles as a series has one of the best story’s any game has to offer, and XC3 completely wraps up the story from the other games, alongside having a mind blowing story of its own. Overall the story is flawless, and will leave anyone in awe after completion of the game. Should you finish the game, which would take a long time due to the sheer amount of content (40-60 hours of main story and plenty of side content to keep you busy as well), you can purchase a DLC that does nothing but improve upon what is in the base game. And the cherry on top is the amazing soundtrack paired with the game, the music fits perfectly with all the environments that it’s played it. All the music in the overworld perfectly pairs with your surroundings, and the other music does the exact same. Overall a flawless game, and would 10/10 recommend.
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Nintendo Switch
This game did everything a jrpg needed to be to be an unforgettable journey… and the music rocks.
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Nintendo Switch
Um bom jogo, longo, com belos gráficos e exploração envolvente, os personagens nãosãotãoinfantis quanto na maioria dos JRPGS, o jogo como um todo tem um tom mais sério.
Outro dia escrevo maissobre o jogo, inclusive seus defeitos.
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Nintendo Switch
I need to preface this by the fact I've played and essentially completed every Xenoblade Chronicles game to date. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the most polished the series has been, but unfortunately did not live up to its ambitions and may even do "dirty" its previous numbered titles by mischaracterizing beloved characters at times with underdeveloped plot elements. It leaves far too many plot elements unanswered and feels undercooked in its execution toward the end unfortunately.
-The world itself leaves much to be desired from a gameplay standpoint compared to its predecessors. It has an ambitious combat system that drags players back to the more simple gameplay of Xenoblade 1 and mixes it with some elements of 2 in ways that make battles drag out longer than they probably should.
-The gameplay gets too repetitive compared to much superior combat system of 2 (or Torna).
-I think the developers really went out of there way to present well animated cutscenes that are the best in the series in terms of production, but sometimes it is a bit too much and re-treads too much on the previous games in ways that are not productive at all for advancing the story. I don't need 3 cutscenes when I'm running down a hill that takes three times as long as they need to, just present one cutscene that does it all then take me back to the gameplay.
-I think in terms of feedback, they over-corrected on potential flaws of previous games. The tutorials are way too long and drawn out for repeat plays. On the other hand, it is easily the most accessible the series has been since 1.
-It never resolves plot threads that it should be considering, and leaves much to be desired for what it is trying to execute. Don't bring previous games into your game if you don't make it worth it. As a huge fan of the 2nd game that loved it to bits, to leave many core elements unsettled was strange.
-The game could have existed without needing to bring 1 & 2's universes into this game, it felt totally not merited. The actual story it was trying to tell got dragged down as a result.
-The event system for quests are a bit confusing at times. You try to find out how to activate an ascension quest sometimes, and it depends on a quest, but the game doesn't inform you of which quest you're on. This happened at least 3 times on my playthrough and left much frustration on where/what I was to do next.
-The hero system, which is this game's "equivalent" to the blade system of 2, can lead players to become over-levelled for many parts of the game, making the gameplay far too stale too quickly. This is because unlike the blade system, the hero quests provide a ton of EXP up front through required quests you can at many times do at any time, rather than earning it. You can essentially just do side-questing with hero quests, and be way too overlevelled for the main story that you are walking through main quests not fighting any regular enemies. It breaks the immersion of the game considerably. Also the hero system, unlike the blade system, does not encourage replays in NG+.
-At this time, there's little reason to do a NG+.
The game, while a step forward in production, was definitely a step backwards in storytelling and gameplay from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which is arguably a better game overall. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a very ambitious title, and I respect the developers for their attempt, but they need to remember to focus on making the plot stronger and not re-use previous games in the way they did, it could have been much better. Without spoiling anything, the entire plot of this game could be rewritten out of existence if the previous games ended in a better way (that this game confirms didn't happen, unfortunately).
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Nintendo Switch
+ Soundtrack is nice, though it still pales in comparison to XC1, XC2 and even XCX
+ World and enemy design are exactly what you would expect from a Xenoblade title
- Storytelling and dialogue is absolute drivel that makes no sense
- Protagonists and villains alike are utterly unlikeable
- Character class systems are too malleable, making every character play the same
- Chain attack system breaks boss fights in an unforgiveable manner
- Graphics and abysmal draw distance somehow look worse than XC2
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Nintendo Switch
Just One Word: BORING.. nothing more than boring.. silly story/dialogues, totally unrewarding gameplay and terrible graphic quality (on TV)
let me go to play another Yakuza..
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Nintendo Switch
Summary "Fighting to liveand living to fight" - A brand new RPG adventure awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Bringing together the futures of Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, this title will take players to the world of Aionios, home to two hostile nations. Keves: a nation where mechanical technology was developed. Their armies a...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Jul 29, 2022
Developer:
- Monolith Soft
Publisher: Nintendo
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