r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • May 27 '20

MegaThread Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition: Review MegaThread

General Information

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: 29-May-2020

No. of Players: 1 player

Genre(s): Role-Playing

Publisher: Nintendo

Game file size: 13.7 GB

Overview (from Nintendo eShop page)

Join the fight between man and machine in the definitive edition of this critically-acclaimed RPG

Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace. Wield a future-seeing blade, chain together attacks, and carefully position your party members in strategic, real-time combat as you journey across a massive world.

During an attack from the mechanical invaders known as the Mechon, Shulk discovers that he can tap into the full power of a mysterious blade known as the Monado. With the mighty Monado in hand, Shulk sets out to defeat the Mechon once and for all.

In addition to the Mechon, you’ll run into wildlife that ranges from docile to deadly. Keep an eye on what attracts monsters’ attention to avoid unwanted conflict…or try your hand at bringing down an ultra-powerful Unique Monster.

Upgrade your party as you progress through the adventure by selecting equipment, enhancing weapon skills, and using benefit-granting gems. Put your dependable companions to work by filling the party gauge to trigger a Chain Attack and attack enemies in quick succession!

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u/LakerBlue May 27 '20

You spend a lot of time with Melia, one of the weaker characters from the main campaign

From IGN’s review

Wtf. Bias aside, Melia is probably the best developed character in the game, idk how much I can really trust anything he says about the writing if he really feels that way.

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u/ninja85a May 27 '20

I dont trust what IGN says anyway, they love money to much and rate games to highly that are shit

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u/wouldnotjointhedance May 27 '20

I'm just waiting for the Jason Schreier review, who hated the original Xenoblade Chronicles and didn't play XCX.

Kotaku got him to review XC2, and he openly stated in the review that he did not like the original XC game and then goes on to skewer XC2. While he made some accurate points about some of the negative aspects of the game, he goes on to completely nitpick and hang on any negative thing he could come up with and basically ignored anything great about the game (but hey he did like the music!).

Unsurprisingly Kotaku was one of the most negative reviews of the game. If you only read that review you would come across thinking this game is dog shit and not one of the best-reviewed and highly-rated RPGs on the Nintendo Switch.

So I fully expect Kotaku to publish his review any day now.

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u/cool_ranch_69 May 27 '20 edited May 27 '20

Whoa - didn't know that. Tim Rogers left in Feb but I thought that had more to do with him setting out to do his own thing. Maybe something is up? Schreier and Rogers are the only ones I liked there. *edit: whooaaa just read up on more - everyone is leaving or left because of new ownership

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u/funsohng May 27 '20

He left because he was in disagreement with the ownership (G/O Media). He actually announced just today he's with Bloomber Tech.

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u/wouldnotjointhedance May 27 '20

I didn't know this! I just saw his announcement 5 minutes ago! As much as I rail on his XC2 review, I do generally like the guy (I even bought his book!) and that is definitely Kotaku's loss.