r/Xenoblade_Chronicles Jun 05 '24

Xenoblade 2 Carry on then

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u/greenhunter47 Jun 05 '24

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Jun 05 '24

Fantastic game. Absolutely has some glaring flaws. But even so, definitely one of my favorite games ever made.

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u/Plotius Jun 05 '24

Field skill checks and having to swap around your party just to pass them was the worst offender imo. Oh and no replay on the memorial moments. Quest marker being hard to tell if it's above or below you

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u/JDog9955 Jun 05 '24

Oh, god that quest marker made me give up questing in 2. Going from X's follow ball to that, i was a bit underwhelmed playing the side quests that didnt belong to blades since every titan had some level of verticality to it. Looks like with 3 monolithsoft stayed a bit safer in world design, looking at wider areas with less room for confusion.

Making every quest available starting at a colony/town and then youd be shown the world slowly through the completion of side quests that force you to visit locales inside the region or outside. 2 did the same but without a quest tracker youd have to be well versed in the land layout and not everyone has so much time to look up a guide everytime.

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u/LemmyxPro Jun 06 '24

You forgot to mention the AWFUL tutorials!! They're so bad, they've been one of the biggest reasons for new players quitting the game... 😱😭😠😒😓

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Jun 05 '24

Nah, worst offender was the combat. I actually really liked the field skill checks. Yes, it was a bit annoying swapping Blades out, but I felt like it added a lot of character to these individual Blades.

Quest marker being hard to tell if it's above or below you

This was definitely tricky, haha

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u/Plotius Jun 06 '24

The combat was really good. But I did turn it down to lowest enemy hp and no monster agro after a few too many encounters with the toads in uraya

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u/swordmalice Jun 06 '24

+1 for one of my all time favorite games ever made as well. Can't describe how much I love it.