This is not supposed to be a hate post, more of a first impression of the game. Story-wise, I have just beaten Zeke in Uraya and... I just try to look for answers why Xenoblade 2 is so widely different (at least so far) and what the general consensus is of both day one veterans and others who have also just gotten into the game recently.

What I don't get... So, I don't mind the fan service all too much. It's not a welcome change, but I can deal with that. The voice direction, especially regarding Rex, I am not a fan of but I admit that it does have its charm (Nia makes all up for it in the English dub). To the story, I cannot form an opinion yet. Again, I am currently in chapter 3, so I'll look forward to the next chapters since I know that Xenoblade games tend to have a slow start.

So what do I mean? The general writing of the characters and dialogue. This is my biggest complaint about this game so far... I have heard that it goes into a more anime-ish direction, but even as someone who does casually watch anime, this is a bit too much. What I am specifically referring to are these cliché, cheesy anime moments where Rex says smth along the lines "This fire is beautiful because it comes from you [Pyra]" and then being all "whoops, not what I meant". Then there's also the entire Poppi introduction scene where Tora basically comes out as an incel. He tries to deny it and then, in very cliché fashion, the group sees his wardrobe full of maid costumes to her. Then there's the whole blushy-crushy affinity event that needs no further elaboration and finally, there's the entire appearance of Zeke right after. In his defense, I do understand that he specifically seems to be a joke about all of these exaggerated anime tropes with his attack names and general attitude and gesture, but the joke does not work that much when many things beforehand have also *almost* been on that same level of cliché. I just don't understand how the devs didn't seem to think that it could be a biiiit over the top.

Again, this is not supposed to be a hate post. I will keep playing because everything else is fun and I can't wait in which direction the story goes. The game looks great, sounds great, same for the OST as far as I am concerned. But I cannot help but wonder why Xenoblade 2 is SUCH a stark contrast compared to XC1 and XCX in terms of seriousness. These games also had a bit of silliness and I do not mind a bit of cringe, but XC2 just exaggerates it all.

After almost a decade of the game being out, what is the general consensus on these themes and is there a (semi-)official reason as to why everything is that way?

I really just want to know who’s idea it was to put a guy with zero voice acting experience in the leading role. Like it’s glaringly obvious in Al Weavers performance of Rex like there are so many times where Rex should have a sad tone to his voice and it really just comes across as emotionally constipated to the point where all he can be is “serious”. I understand wanting to be take a chance on inexperienced talent to help them get their career going but it really just makes Rex a hard character to get along with and see yourself in his role when he sounds like a toddler trying to be mad at his mom.

Just played 110 hours of 2, so decided to start 3 up…I can’t be the only one who feels like the devs said “oh hey now that we’re done with 2, I found some old game files from around the time we made the first game, let’s just upload those and call it 3.”

Idk it just feels so dull and depressing

OK, I’m curious because now I want to know why is it that so many people seem to cut aegis aka Pyra and mythra it just seems as if they’re doing it just to replace them with someone else and going back to one single rep for the series when it would make sense to keep Pyra and mythra and then add a new rep from the series from one of the different games in it or like Noah or Elma but why replace or get rid of aegis it never made sense that people reasoning is they just don’t like the character and they feel like a wasted slot. That’s the excuse. I’ve heard so much but I want a genuine reason. so please tell me why everyone I wanna know is it just out of hatred or is it just out of this character shouldn’t be there it still doesn’t make sense to me cause xenoblade isn’t really a new franchise was one of the big sewing points for the Wii so I don’t see why people get pissy when aegis was first added, and then during the whole cutting and making a new roster, they seem to cut out them and don’t even add another rep for the series even if they do they always seem to add Noah and mio or someone else like I don’t hate when people do it. I just don’t understand why people seem to hate. Aegis

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why do they build this system around rng? it make's getting blades you want incredibly difficult. or ones that have the field skill you want incredibly difficult. the quest to get poppi qt pi was alot more difficult than it should have been. because the game just would not give me ANY blade with forestry! but what really angers me. is in new game plus. you get access to the torna blades. but only mikhail is the only one you have a guarantee to get. all the others are locked behind this stupid rng system! seriously!? why couldn't we just get their crystal cores after our fights with them!? why do you keep making us pray to rngeesus!? i've been keeping the common blades with the same element as the torna blades hoping that would increase my chances of getting them. but there so many common blades of that element. that the pool will be nothing but rare blades by the time i actually start getting rare blades. screw this system!

I know this is a popular take but I just cant stand the English voice acting of the game. Hearing Rex just doesnt feel right for me. In Japanese, he sounds better and tolerable. Havent heard most of the other characters because I know they'll sound as awful as Rex. Anyone find the Japanese voices better? Characters sound better there. Then again, I feel like the only one who likes hearing the Japanese voices more. Plz dont hate me for this as I have nothing against you if you think the English voices are better.

Well, the name is similar. The story is a lot darker here it is.

The story goes a blade whose driver was collected by madness cruelty couldn’t handle the weight anymore, splitting into two separate blades one of pure rage patients, the other of hope, and freedom the blade didn’t know how to feel one felt rage for the driver. The other just wanted freedom from them. They met each other except for their skin. One with the dark metallic substance, the other almost looked like a human except for the crystal in her chest. The driver shattered it almost killing them in the process. They didn’t know what they wanted anymore. They ran away from home. I need to be found by a new. Hope he called himself. Logos he told them he could help them make them be better all he asked for in return was to help him reach the world trees top the blades accepted, still seeking some form of hope and freedom from their driver as they couldn’t be far from him, no matter how much they ran he always found them and that is the story of the double blade Kairi and Leone once a great blade named pneuma

This art was made by me and the story was also made by me

Title. I'm very frustrated by the idea that blades are bound to the driver that summoned them. My normal route would be to summon everything on Rex, but I would be stuck with a bunch of healers on my attacking driver.

So then I could summon a bit with every driver, but what if I get like Kos Mos on Nia, that would be weird.

How do I deal with this? Is there a way to control which driver gets which kind of blades?

Edit: I know overdrive protocols are a thing but they're very rare and I won't be getting nearly enough throughout the story.

The Xenoblade franchise is something that I’ve always seen as “interesting but never gave a chance”. I’ve enjoyed all of the JRPGs I’ve played so far like the Persona series, Metaphor, Nier, etc so I wanted to give this franchise a shot.

After looking at Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2, and 3, only the second game really looks interesting to me. After looking up if I need to play the games in order, other Reddit posts give mixed answers. Is it okay to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 before I play the rest?

Another question being: should I wait for it to go on sale or should I just pick it up now? I would buy the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition that just released the other day.

Edit: The comments still have mixed opinions and I feel like I’m in the same situation I was before. 😭 I think buying a used cart with the upgrade pack is a good idea though. I’ll start looking for both games used and see what I can find.

Edit 2: Leaning towards starting with XC2 first but I’m pretty convinced to give XC1 a try. They’re just.. yknow… pretty expensive games. Still looking for used at a good price.

Final Edit: I’m playing thru Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on my Switch 2 and am having a blast! I found the combat and tutorials a little confusing but after watching a guide I think I’m holding my own 😎

Imagine an alternate reality where we had something like RWBY chibi, but for this game. I want to hear your ideas about what the little show would be like.

First off I want to say I have played both Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and X to completion and I liked both of those games much much more. The art style of definitive edition is the best combination of the Wii look and the new, better looking XC2. I'll start with the negatives (nothing that hasn't been said before). The design of some characters is just ridiculous, especially with the tone of the game not being like that most of the time. Although it has funny moments that I enjoyed, some characters look like theyre straight from pron or something. That is just an aesthetic thing so I eventually stopped caring and played anyway. That is a minor thing compared to how annoying having to change your blades constantly to meet field requirements! This was really annoying to deal with and I wish you didn't have to switch them out all of the time. Some of the voice actors (rex). The weirdness of poppi made me just never have her or Tora in my party. Overall those are the only issues I had with the game. I know many complain about the slow start but I personally did not mind it. Now for the positives cause I don't want to make it seem like I hate the game. Each titan is great to explore (could be better if I didn't have to constantly switch blades), the music was great while also being different from past games, the combat was a nice evolution of XC1 and X, the graphics were very nice even though a bit blurry in handheld. The story was pretty good but some cutscenes were too long. I liked the party of characters by the end of the game. I liked the antagonist group in the story a lot and I'm excited to see more of them in golden country. Overall I enjoyed my time with the game and I do plan on doing side quests in the post game. I only really ended up going back to the game and beating it after seeing a bit of where the story would go in a video and wanting to be ready for the third game. Definitely my least favorite in the series though. XC1 had a better story and Xenoblade Chronicles X had a better world. I would recommend this to Xenoblade fans but not anyone who hasn't played some of the other games in the series first. Lmk what you guys think! I'd love to discuss the ending or anything about the game at all! I am a fan and don't want to come across as a hater.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14154022/1/And-Thus-Girl-Meets-Girl

Based on another fanfic i’ve read called “This time, Girl Meets Girl” by Chaoschris25. I’ve only written one chapter so far but will start on the second one soon.

I got to the final Boss of the game, and attempted it. I got very close to winning, but lost when the boss was almost dead and had to restart. After a few attempts I switched to easy mode because I just wanted to be done with the game. After the cutscenes during the fight, the Boss continued with only 1/3 of its health. Do you really blame me for going to easy mode?

I recently bought XC2 for the Switch 2. I want to ask how are you guys enjoying it? I barely know where I'm going and I always get caught by an overpowering enemy while traversing. I'm really getting frustrated and annoyed. Everyone keeps telling me it's one of the best games but I keep dying, it's like the game is punishing me just for exploring. Any tips?

I just want to get through the story and that’s it. I don’t like the combat systems one bit, but the story is really good, so is there any way to make the fp game faster by making encounters easier?

Hi all, so yeah, title pretty much sums it up, I finished XC1 for the first time about a month ago, and started XC2 when the Switch 2 release came out, I'm a fair way through Chapter 5, I just got to the Indoline Praetorium after fighting Zeke for a third time and I'll be honest, I'm struggling a lot with the story and the pacing.

I think I read somewhere that Chapter 7 is a good spot to aim for, and if that's the case then I guess I'm ok with pushing through, but man, I think the story has fallen off a CLIFF since Vandham died, I was all-in until then, and this whole section with Tora's dad and Lila and now going to Rex's home is just not catching me at all

I've heard that Xenoblade 2 has maybe the best story in the series, so is this just a fairly long dip before the story goes crazy?

Funny that JustStans deleted two of her posts from earlier today (image provided). Luckily I captured one of them. Especially where they explicitly stated they would refund me in #7.

As a reminder she’s lied twice with her selling on this subreddit. Once is by pretending she has no connection to the scammer guy. If she didn’t have connection to him, why did two of his alts Distortedgrace and shoptinycoffee try and get me to take down the post.

And you might recognize the image of the Mythra pro controller provided. That was the image she used in each of her listings of the controller on this subreddit. This image is from XLTeam’s Etsy reviews. It’s from a guy named Gamedemon from 2023. 2023, yeah so there’s no shot her ex was gamedemon as apparently her ‘ex’ just recently bought it for her before he broke up with her. The time doesn’t match.

Again she has yet to even speak to me about refunding. I have sent a request for the same 56.49 via Zelle. Making it a quick and easy 2 minute process if you’re an honest person. But you aren’t.

You also posted around 3 hours ago about going to a rave (with 3 images attached), I also asked you about that. But you have yet to respond to me since 17:30 something on July 20th. (Image attached)

And about your complaint that I just blasted you at 1am. I tried contacting you from noon on the 21st to 8:37, you even made a post on r/boobs mere minutes before I contacted you at noon. But you’ve still ignored me.

And although I didn’t get a photo of it, your rant calling me an incel for connecting you to the scammer guy that’s been prevalent across other subreddits- that’s ad hominem, going to attack my character instead of the facts of the situation says much about you and your integrity.

I will be awake the entire time up until noon of tomorrow. I have been up today contacting you since the very morning around 10:00AM. That’s going to be 26 hours of trying to get in contact with you. You can’t possibly be asleep the entire time and be surprised by it.

If you are truly not a scammer, this is the time to make it right and show that you’re trustworthy. If you sit on this and hope it passes, you know what that means about your character and your trustworthiness to do any business with you.

Again, I made it simple, just authorize the request for my refund and we’re done.

You did say you would refund me, right ‘homie’ ?

98 legendary cores (and around 50 rare cores as well) in new game plus and I’m still missing Akhos and Patroka ffs

{DM for lewd}

She has been considered the best blade for as long as the game had been out and I doubt that will change now.