finishing the future redeemed honestly left me feeling this loss, this emptiness inside. my journey with xenoblade began on the wii during a time of deep depression and loneliness and each additional release found me at a very different place in my life, almost like me and the series were growing together. this might sound dramatic, but really cant imagine my life without the xeno franchise on a whole.
I haven't played XC3 or Future Redeemed yet, only Xc1 and Xc2... I cant imagine how I will be after Future Redeemed... It will be like, the greatest story of my life ending...
Dude I thought I wrote this comment xD The only difference between your experience and mine is that I basically played them all at once. But even so, I feel absolutely the same
There is a lot of irony in Xenoblade 3 really being a game you don’t want to end, given its themes juxtaposed that. But at the same time, is it so ironic in intention? The game acknowledges the tasking emotions that want us to instinctually cling to the moment. Also the amount of layers that you can pull from Xenoblade 3, as one who loves to be on that media literacy grind, this game is a good study.
XC2 came at the right time in my life, and I don't think my experience with the game can ever be topped. Easily my favorite game of all time. All Xeno games are fantastic, but nothing will ever surpass XC2 for me.
I doubt anyone will read this, but I dearly love all the xeno games. Each one came at a needed point in my life as well. Xenoblade 2 came months before I lost my grandmother to alzheimers and my father to cancer. Seeing rex go through his journey and dealing with loss really resonated with me.
Having said that, I personally feel that xeno 3 is the best. Not only does it deal with the issues of depression and suicide, but being able to switch party members in battle is fantastic. No longer do you have to solely rely on ai for your party members.
Finishing Future Redeemed last year just left me feeling so lost but it was a beautiful end to my all time favourite series, i honestly want to experience it all again 😭 i miss Xenoblade so much, Awesome video Nish, just goes to show how incredible each game is, great to see Xenoblade back on the channel also! 🙌🏾💙
Fr Nish, all the Xenoblade games are sooooo gooood, and for me, 3 is my favorite, it's my favorite audiovisual product in general, but I understand that some fans wanted "something a bit meatier", keep doing great videos and show the world best jrpg franchise
Xenoblade Chronicles made me feel things that I didn’t know I could feel. No game has given me those feelings still to this day. I don’t like one more than the other, it’s all just perfect. When I finished future Redeemed, I felt fulfilled but as time went on I felt unbelievably empty. Now I’m at a point in my life where I’m trying to feel those feelings again and it hurts because i’m trying and I am getting somewhere but it feels out of reach. It’s just so wild, I didn’t think that when I had bought all three games and their DLCs that once I finished the journey it would leave me in such an empty state. I used to be so tired of life and I honestly wanted to die but Xenoblade changed me, this franchise may have saved my life.
2 was my introduction into the series and after playing the game I fell in love with the series. Like you said, every game is the best. Love every character, absolutely love the soundtrack and love the narrative of each game. If xc4 or a successor ever gets announced then I need to try to complete every side quest and boss of each game. I think aside the dlc for each game, I haven't done any super boss of main games. Speaking about the ending......I wish I could have seen the 3 characters reunion. Would have loved to see how both worlds after merging would look like.
Every Xeno game is the best at something. That includes the Xenosaga games and Xenogears. And the expansions/side games as well. Every one does something that's it's the best at. And that's why it has the most contentious userbase.
Each game in the series has some part of it that's the "best" in my opinion. 1 is the best introduction and has the best story, X is still my favorite open world game of all time, 2's world building is absolutely unmatched, and 3 has my favorite characters/themes in not just gaming - but media as a whole.
Honestly, yes, exactly, this, YES. Each game has something so, so special and sometimes it bewilders me that these games are all connected! I still think 1 is my favorite, but there’s just so much GOOD in all of them! X is on my list for this year, but we’ll see if I get to that or Persona 5 first😂 great video!!
Btw I’d say, if you didn’t know already, to play Persona 5 Royal. It’s just P5 but with extra story stuff that ended up being my favorite parts of the game. If you already knew this information and just didn’t say “Royal” in your comment, then ignore this lol
This was a great video. All of them have something someone will love. Personally, my favorite Xenoblade game is between 2 and 3, both of them are amazing experiences and have great DLCs. I understand if someone didn't love either of them, but for me they are the best. (I still need to finish X)
I really hope that your journey with X doesn't end when the credits roll. The amount of variety and quality within the sidequests is honestly astounding. The themes of survival and cooperation are always at the forefront, and watching NLA develop as more and more species learn to coexist as an absolutely wonderful experience.
Awesome video! I could never choose my favorite, I think you articulated things very well here showing how each game has its own unique strengths. I feel like Future Redeemed in a way combined the strengths of every one of the games, which is why it's so perfect.
I said this before in another video. Basically, 1 and 3 are for story focused gamers. That's why the gameplay is linear and you could ignore side quests as much as you wanted and still beat endgame comfortably. 3 was also basically a love letter to 1. The combat systems were straightforward. Ouroboros is a get out of jail free card, Chain Attacks were easy to execute, and the Holy Trinity of Tank, DPS, and Healer were the surefire way of progressing. On the other hand, 2 and X are for lore focused gamers. You need to be focused on living in the world and not rush to the next story section in order to appreciate the game in its entirety. The stuff that bothers story focused gamers like bad tutorials and the Blade gacha don't nearly bother lore focused gamers as much, because they like game mechanics being tied into the world and experimenting. That's how stuff like stutter stepping in 2 is discovered. Overleveling is a thing in 1 and 3, but not in 2 and X. That's how you know the difference basically.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is my personal favorite and one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. Not only is it an amazing and emotional journey, but my first Xenoblade game was New 3DS port and despite its graphics I still loved it, but going from that to XC2 on Switch was an experience. Also I have XCX for Wii U. I bought a copy over a year ago and haven’t played it yet, just because I’ve been hoping for a Switch release. However that looks less and less likely so I will probably have to take my Wii U out and hook it up.
THANK YOU. I keep saying this and it's always sad when people cannot praise one Xenoblade-game without attacking another. Every Xenoblade-game is fantastic, for different reasons, there is no bad one, no mediocre one even. PS: But, pssht, Xenoblade X is the best one fr. :P
11:45 I think the way the game was marketed and talked about pre-launch kinda negatively impacted people’s expectations for the game and left a lot of people feeling disappointed when the game didn’t end with fighting the reincarnation of Zanza where Rex comes out of a portal, says “I’ll show em a thing or three!” And then Shulk says “Xenoblades! Assemble!” I really hope there’s a wave of replays in a couple years before Xenoblade 4 comes out where those people really truly appreciate Xenoblade 3 for what it’s trying to be, which is another standalone story, it just so happens to take place after 2 previous stories and their expansions, especially since we now know all that fan service was relegated to Future Redeemed.
Xenoblade 2 and 3 are right on par as two of my favorite games of all time. But 1 is a cool game too and I respect and appreciate it for laying the foundation for 2 and 3.
A bit late to the party, but let me make my case for my personal favourite, XC1: For me, this game has just everything: big, open maps which I loved to explore, an interesting and fast-paced combat system that made me enjoy every single fight (except Lorithia, but then again this isn´t really a fault of the combat system itself), a story that got me hooked within the first hour of gameplay and managed to never let go until the credits rolled, well-executed story twists on top, a very likeable cast of main characters (all hail best character Heropon Riki) whose stories grew on me, an absolutely GOATed OST... Other games (whether Xenoblade or not) could equal some of the aspects, rarely even surpass them, but they could never match all of them. To me, XC1 ist just a perfect and well-executed mix of everything I like and want to have in a RPG. (The other games IMO tl;dr: FC: Alright, I mean it´s still based on XC1, but with flaws in the story and the map/overworld. XCX: The underrated one. Has a lot of potential, but you can tell Monolith decided to rework major parts of it months before release, resulting in some cracks, esp. in the main story. But also: XCX DE HYPE!!! XC2: The one I really tried to love, but just can´t. To many things just don´t work with me. Torna: Started, dropped mid-way. Solved some problems of XC2, but also created others, esp. forcing side-quests to progress the main story... XC3: Way better than XC2, but can´t quite reach XC1. While the story was fine, the BBEG/Moebius... the entirety of XC3 tried, but failed to make them feel interesting and/or impactful to me. FR: Never gotten around to play it so far, but will do almost certainly. Also: best girl in XC series is a super close fight between Eunie and Pandorya. Fight me.)
My journey: Watched chuggaconroy play xenoblade one after seeing shulk in smash and was hooked like it felt like watching a tv show, and so i realllllllly wanted to play it but never could find a copy but glad i witnessed the journey of shulk and gang Then xenoblade 2 came out, and i was hyped but again couldnt afford it so I watched it online but when i saw it for cheap at a pawn shop (like 2018 or 19) i finally got it and played the ever loving crap out of it, like 120-40 hrs and i loved it had some major issues but was absorbed by the positives Then definitve edition was announced but thought i didnt need to play it so i kinda ignored it but then xenoblade 3 was announced and i was HYPED BEYOND BELIEF SO during university i bought and played the heck out of xenobalde one with a fresh perspective since i had not seen the story in years and was wowed by it again and how drawn in i was by the characters and how fun each one played. Finally Xenoblade 3 came out i bought it day one and experienced first hand geeking out about each story beat and the characters and chapter 5 like i was locked in and pretty much 100% all the quests before the final boss and at first was disapointed as i didnt get the ending but when i watched analysis videos i became obsessed with the game watching hours upon hours for the symbolism that touched me personally during a rough time in uni. Then future redeemed came out and wowed me so much i didnt think it was possible, like the emotional investment and gameplay perfection in that dlc was my favoruite thing in the entire series and made me revaluate 3 and the previous games. Like the ending still sticks in my mind and the final boss theme is my ringtone So in relation to your video 3 is my favourite as it related to my life and was the first game i didnt watch before playing and it absolutely absorbed me in a brilliant story before future redeemed made me experience a zenith of fiction i won't experience anytime soon Xenoblade is amazing and i look forward to trying X for the first time in 2025
While I think that Xenoblade 2 is my favorite game in the series, Xenoblade X still has a special place in my heart for the fact that it was my gateway into the series, and I still love the exploration and movement and the world of Mira. Not to mention, the combat which is a great streamlined version of Xenoblade 1's. The character building was really incredible ass well, and the sidequests and sidestories were really where a lot of the game's soul are found. It's really too bad that XCX's 10GB performance patch was lost when the Wii U EShop went down.
I like all the xenoblades, but xenoblade 2 is my fav xenoblade with some of my fav jrpg characters and one of my fav soundtracks of all time. The story just got me in the feels and had more impact on me than the others and the whole cast felt so fleshed out, I liked how the interactions with the people of alrest changed over time with all the conflicts, it felt like an ever evolving world, it felt alive. And Rex was such a good written protagonist, people that say he's a generic jrpg protag don't really understand his character and either didn't beat the game or didn't pay attention, I mean we see him actually break down and give up and then grow up as a person. And Mythra is my fav character other than Rex in the game because of her tragic backstory, plus I like tsunderes unlike most people, I'm a long time anime/manga fan. I like all the xenoblades though xenoblade 3 as much as I like it is too flawed in the open world layout and the locations of the quests to start them, and the story has way too many unanswered questions and has bad pacing and feels like it ends too soon and the last chapters are worse than the rest of the game. Future redeemed was better but even it didn't fix what was wrong with 3. Also I feel xenoblade 2's combat was still alot better, just had bad tutorials, I guarantee if it wasn't for that and if it was easier to learn, people would prefer 2's combat over 3, it just feels way more satisfying pulling off a chain attack in 2. Also no chain attack music all the time and I prefer full bursts. Also the whole needing high attack stat to continue a chain attack in 3 I hate, that and the way aggro and accessories work in 3 and how only healers can revive people now unless you use an accessory. And don't get me started on 3's grind for gear and classes and for the super bosses and the arts for Soulhacker. There's a ton of stuff I dislike about 3 even though I like the game. Xenoblade 2 was overall a better experience for me.
I beat X last fall and with that, I have played the whole series. I will say, 2 and X had some messy gameplay elements, but they had other redeeming qualities that make up for it.
Ok, I'll also add that while 3 is great, and really grew on me after beating it and thinking back on it for a while, a lot of it really put me off during the initial playthough. A couple big things were: the 3rd act feels like it blows past way too fast. When I got ot the final boss fight I was gobsmacked. I thought there must be another chapter or two left at least. I also felt like it didn't have a truly mindblowing reveal in the third act along the lines of 1 and 2 - which was another reason I could not believe I had reached the end of the story. The closest the game has is the eclipse stuff in chapter 5, which is great! But that's it? XC2 had multiple moments that felt like that to me leading up to the grand finale. The music was way more of a slow burn, as well. Now, after sooo much time with the music, I really love it. But on the first playthrough I was really underwhelmed compared to the bombastic grandiosity of the 2 soundtrack. And again, compared to 2 everything is very somber, serious and sullen. I felt like Monolith had heard everyone complain about the silliness of 2 and overcorrected. I was really disappointed by that, even though I understand it fits with the setting of Aionios, which is a pretty bleak existence. But running around Alrest is such a blast, it's such a beautiful place that you want to save and would love to inhabit. Running around Aionios is running around a depressing hell-world that is ocassionally kinda pretty, but never (as the story essentially demands) as lovely as Aionios. Again, felt like an overcorrection in response to criticism of 2, and also felt like they were boxed in by the story to never let the world or music seem too nice, because the world is bad. Again, in hindsight I like it much more than when I first played it, but it was tough on the first go-round. And Future Redeemed fixed pretty much every complaint I had about the base game. Future Redeemed is some of the most fun I've ever had playing a Xeno game, and I *super* love Matthew. Matthew & Rex, best protags imo. Give me those idiots over serious and somber Shulk and Rex any day.
I didn't even have to watch the video the title is true. Every game is amazing in their own way. Despite being connected they are all so different. this series is some thing else man...
Great discussion man, you know I'll always be here for anything Xenoblade especially! Xenoblade 3 is probably my least favourite out of the main trilogy, but when you look deep enough at the themes and meanings behind Xenoblade 3, it's absolutely goosebump inducing and epic as all hell. I've been wanting to do a giant Xenoblade video on my channel, but gotta figure out exactly what I'll be discussing in regards to the franchise.
This video is true and based l love all 3 xenoblade games but xenoblade 2 and 3 are my favorite the characters and stories are great and going hold a special in my heart
- My favorite Xenoblade, and perhaps my favorite game in general, is Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Despite all of it's technical flaws, I'll always find myself coming back to the world, characters, and combat. I had a very rough first experience with the first half of the game, but the 2nd half improved the first half, and now the only thing that can ruin my fun is when the game crashes. - Future Redeemed is a close 2nd for being the best experience from beginning to end. Filling out those lists was perfection, and oh man, the story. - TTGC having a refined version of 2's gameplay and adding so much to certain characters easily made it 2nd place before FR came out. - XCDE is an amazing game that I don't have many problems with compared to the ones above, love the combat, and the story is good for the most part. I'd say my only big issue with XC1 is how one of the characters barely registered as a background character when important things were happening, where as the equivalent in XC2 at least gets to be in fight scenes. - XC3 is a game I wish I could've enjoyed more, but unfortunately it started ending just as I was finally getting into it. - FC is XC1 but very small. I have nothing against FC, but I also don't have enough against 3 to put it below what's basically a brief epilogue. I'm not even sure if I should be ranking this separately from DE. - I haven't played X. Would probably put it above XCDE just going off the music and how the exploration looks.
nah not really, we can prove 1 is better than X, and then X is better than 3, and then 3 is better than 2, we have access to the content of each game, we can see which one have shallow gameplays, which one have nonsensical stories, which ones have good characters, which one has the better offering, and when you do, there's a clear ranking that is innevitable to get if you did it rightt Xenoblade 1 > X > 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>2
X is amazing as a game, by far the best exploration and RPG elements, but is nowhere close to the others in terms of story and characters. Hands down the best Wii U game, but lacks of many things I'll always look for when playing a Xenoblade game, thats why I find hard to rank it above the others. My ranking would be basically the same as you though, but each Xenoblade shines in different aspects, that is why there is so many opinions about them.
finishing the future redeemed honestly left me feeling this loss, this emptiness inside. my journey with xenoblade began on the wii during a time of deep depression and loneliness and each additional release found me at a very different place in my life, almost like me and the series were growing together. this might sound dramatic, but really cant imagine my life without the xeno franchise on a whole.
I'm sure it will definitely continue in some form! I love how Xenoblade can have a profound impact in our lives, because it really did for me too!
I haven't played XC3 or Future Redeemed yet, only Xc1 and Xc2... I cant imagine how I will be after Future Redeemed... It will be like, the greatest story of my life ending...
Dude I thought I wrote this comment xD
The only difference between your experience and mine is that I basically played them all at once. But even so, I feel absolutely the same
Truest statement ever made
There is a lot of irony in Xenoblade 3 really being a game you don’t want to end, given its themes juxtaposed that. But at the same time, is it so ironic in intention? The game acknowledges the tasking emotions that want us to instinctually cling to the moment. Also the amount of layers that you can pull from Xenoblade 3, as one who loves to be on that media literacy grind, this game is a good study.
anyone using media litteracy unironicaly is probably not very knowledgeable about writing quality, and is too focused on themselves
XC2 came at the right time in my life, and I don't think my experience with the game can ever be topped. Easily my favorite game of all time. All Xeno games are fantastic, but nothing will ever surpass XC2 for me.
Xenoblade 2 also has a very special place in my heart, I love that game! 🙏🏽♥️
my thoughts exactly
I doubt anyone will read this, but I dearly love all the xeno games. Each one came at a needed point in my life as well.
Xenoblade 2 came months before I lost my grandmother to alzheimers and my father to cancer.
Seeing rex go through his journey and dealing with loss really resonated with me.
Having said that, I personally feel that xeno 3 is the best. Not only does it deal with the issues of depression and suicide, but being able to switch party members in battle is fantastic.
No longer do you have to solely rely on ai for your party members.
Xenoblade 2 was my first xeno and I totally fell in love with it.
Finishing Future Redeemed last year just left me feeling so lost but it was a beautiful end to my all time favourite series, i honestly want to experience it all again 😭 i miss Xenoblade so much, Awesome video Nish, just goes to show how incredible each game is, great to see Xenoblade back on the channel also! 🙌🏾💙
Thanks so much, man! Can't wait to see what Monolithsoft does next!
I am lost in search for you 🎵
Fr Nish, all the Xenoblade games are sooooo gooood, and for me, 3 is my favorite, it's my favorite audiovisual product in general, but I understand that some fans wanted "something a bit meatier", keep doing great videos and show the world best jrpg franchise
Xenoblade Chronicles made me feel things that I didn’t know I could feel. No game has given me those feelings still to this day. I don’t like one more than the other, it’s all just perfect. When I finished future Redeemed, I felt fulfilled but as time went on I felt unbelievably empty. Now I’m at a point in my life where I’m trying to feel those feelings again and it hurts because i’m trying and I am getting somewhere but it feels out of reach. It’s just so wild, I didn’t think that when I had bought all three games and their DLCs that once I finished the journey it would leave me in such an empty state. I used to be so tired of life and I honestly wanted to die but Xenoblade changed me, this franchise may have saved my life.
2 was my introduction into the series and after playing the game I fell in love with the series.
Like you said, every game is the best.
Love every character, absolutely love the soundtrack and love the narrative of each game. If xc4 or a successor ever gets announced then I need to try to complete every side quest and boss of each game. I think aside the dlc for each game, I haven't done any super boss of main games.
Speaking about the ending......I wish I could have seen the 3 characters reunion.
Would have loved to see how both worlds after merging would look like.
I think the next Xenoblade game will probably show us the merged world that ended in Future Redeemed but probably far into the future 👀
Yeah, it will show how the xenosaga characters interact with the descendants of the klaus saga characters.
Every Xeno game is the best at something. That includes the Xenosaga games and Xenogears. And the expansions/side games as well. Every one does something that's it's the best at. And that's why it has the most contentious userbase.
So excited to finally play Gears this year and hopefully the Saga games get remasters too!
A lot of people could say: "the Xeno Series is the best franchise of all time"
nah lmao
A perfect love letter to the series! Keep being great Nish!
Yes Indeed my favorite Xenoblade game actually is Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Each game in the series has some part of it that's the "best" in my opinion. 1 is the best introduction and has the best story, X is still my favorite open world game of all time, 2's world building is absolutely unmatched, and 3 has my favorite characters/themes in not just gaming - but media as a whole.
Honestly, yes, exactly, this, YES. Each game has something so, so special and sometimes it bewilders me that these games are all connected! I still think 1 is my favorite, but there’s just so much GOOD in all of them! X is on my list for this year, but we’ll see if I get to that or Persona 5 first😂 great video!!
Hope you enjoy X and Persona 5! Take your time though because they're both very long! 😄
Btw I’d say, if you didn’t know already, to play Persona 5 Royal. It’s just P5 but with extra story stuff that ended up being my favorite parts of the game. If you already knew this information and just didn’t say “Royal” in your comment, then ignore this lol
This was a great video. All of them have something someone will love.
Personally, my favorite Xenoblade game is between 2 and 3, both of them are amazing experiences and have great DLCs. I understand if someone didn't love either of them, but for me they are the best. (I still need to finish X)
Yeah 2 and 3 have DLCs that really boost the experience, but each of them are a masterpiece in their own way!
I really hope that your journey with X doesn't end when the credits roll. The amount of variety and quality within the sidequests is honestly astounding. The themes of survival and cooperation are always at the forefront, and watching NLA develop as more and more species learn to coexist as an absolutely wonderful experience.
Awesome video! I could never choose my favorite, I think you articulated things very well here showing how each game has its own unique strengths. I feel like Future Redeemed in a way combined the strengths of every one of the games, which is why it's so perfect.
Yeah future Redeemed has everything that makes Xenoblade so good. Even the Frontier Nav system from X is significantly improved with Affinity Goals!
I said this before in another video.
Basically, 1 and 3 are for story focused gamers. That's why the gameplay is linear and you could ignore side quests as much as you wanted and still beat endgame comfortably. 3 was also basically a love letter to 1. The combat systems were straightforward. Ouroboros is a get out of jail free card, Chain Attacks were easy to execute, and the Holy Trinity of Tank, DPS, and Healer were the surefire way of progressing.
On the other hand, 2 and X are for lore focused gamers. You need to be focused on living in the world and not rush to the next story section in order to appreciate the game in its entirety. The stuff that bothers story focused gamers like bad tutorials and the Blade gacha don't nearly bother lore focused gamers as much, because they like game mechanics being tied into the world and experimenting. That's how stuff like stutter stepping in 2 is discovered.
Overleveling is a thing in 1 and 3, but not in 2 and X. That's how you know the difference basically.
Really glad that fandom infighting has gone down since Future Redeemed released
I completely agree! Future Redeemed is what we all wanted so it was amazing to see the whole fandom collectively celebrate how great it is 😄
@@nishquikpops no, I wanted a good DLC, I got the worst piece of writing in the Xenoblade frnachise, even worse than 2 can you believe it ?
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is my personal favorite and one of my top 5 favorite games of all time.
Not only is it an amazing and emotional journey, but my first Xenoblade game was New 3DS port and despite its graphics I still loved it, but going from that to XC2 on Switch was an experience.
Also I have XCX for Wii U. I bought a copy over a year ago and haven’t played it yet, just because I’ve been hoping for a Switch release. However that looks less and less likely so I will probably have to take my Wii U out and hook it up.
THANK YOU. I keep saying this and it's always sad when people cannot praise one Xenoblade-game without attacking another. Every Xenoblade-game is fantastic, for different reasons, there is no bad one, no mediocre one even.
PS: But, pssht, Xenoblade X is the best one fr. :P
Bold of you to assume that I like Xenoblade 2 and 3 as much as i love Xenoblade 1 and X.
11:45 I think the way the game was marketed and talked about pre-launch kinda negatively impacted people’s expectations for the game and left a lot of people feeling disappointed when the game didn’t end with fighting the reincarnation of Zanza where Rex comes out of a portal, says “I’ll show em a thing or three!” And then Shulk says “Xenoblades! Assemble!” I really hope there’s a wave of replays in a couple years before Xenoblade 4 comes out where those people really truly appreciate Xenoblade 3 for what it’s trying to be, which is another standalone story, it just so happens to take place after 2 previous stories and their expansions, especially since we now know all that fan service was relegated to Future Redeemed.
13:14 the endless now impact?!
Kidding ^^. Very good video! 👍
Haha yeah that's what Xenoblade 3 does to you! 😅 Thanks for watching!
Xenoblade 2 and 3 are right on par as two of my favorite games of all time. But 1 is a cool game too and I respect and appreciate it for laying the foundation for 2 and 3.
1 was my first on wii. 3 and 1 are my favorite.
A bit late to the party, but let me make my case for my personal favourite, XC1:
For me, this game has just everything: big, open maps which I loved to explore, an interesting and fast-paced combat system that made me enjoy every single fight (except Lorithia, but then again this isn´t really a fault of the combat system itself), a story that got me hooked within the first hour of gameplay and managed to never let go until the credits rolled, well-executed story twists on top, a very likeable cast of main characters (all hail best character Heropon Riki) whose stories grew on me, an absolutely GOATed OST...
Other games (whether Xenoblade or not) could equal some of the aspects, rarely even surpass them, but they could never match all of them. To me, XC1 ist just a perfect and well-executed mix of everything I like and want to have in a RPG.
(The other games IMO tl;dr:
FC: Alright, I mean it´s still based on XC1, but with flaws in the story and the map/overworld.
XCX: The underrated one. Has a lot of potential, but you can tell Monolith decided to rework major parts of it months before release, resulting in some cracks, esp. in the main story. But also: XCX DE HYPE!!!
XC2: The one I really tried to love, but just can´t. To many things just don´t work with me.
Torna: Started, dropped mid-way. Solved some problems of XC2, but also created others, esp. forcing side-quests to progress the main story...
XC3: Way better than XC2, but can´t quite reach XC1. While the story was fine, the BBEG/Moebius... the entirety of XC3 tried, but failed to make them feel interesting and/or impactful to me.
FR: Never gotten around to play it so far, but will do almost certainly.
Also: best girl in XC series is a super close fight between Eunie and Pandorya. Fight me.)
My journey:
Watched chuggaconroy play xenoblade one after seeing shulk in smash and was hooked like it felt like watching a tv show, and so i realllllllly wanted to play it but never could find a copy but glad i witnessed the journey of shulk and gang
Then xenoblade 2 came out, and i was hyped but again couldnt afford it so I watched it online but when i saw it for cheap at a pawn shop (like 2018 or 19) i finally got it and played the ever loving crap out of it, like 120-40 hrs and i loved it had some major issues but was absorbed by the positives
Then definitve edition was announced but thought i didnt need to play it so i kinda ignored it but then xenoblade 3 was announced and i was HYPED BEYOND BELIEF
SO during university i bought and played the heck out of xenobalde one with a fresh perspective since i had not seen the story in years and was wowed by it again and how drawn in i was by the characters and how fun each one played.
Finally Xenoblade 3 came out i bought it day one and experienced first hand geeking out about each story beat and the characters and chapter 5 like i was locked in and pretty much 100% all the quests before the final boss and at first was disapointed as i didnt get the ending but when i watched analysis videos i became obsessed with the game watching hours upon hours for the symbolism that touched me personally during a rough time in uni.
Then future redeemed came out and wowed me so much i didnt think it was possible, like the emotional investment and gameplay perfection in that dlc was my favoruite thing in the entire series and made me revaluate 3 and the previous games. Like the ending still sticks in my mind and the final boss theme is my ringtone
So in relation to your video 3 is my favourite as it related to my life and was the first game i didnt watch before playing and it absolutely absorbed me in a
brilliant story before future redeemed made me experience a zenith of fiction i won't experience anytime soon
Xenoblade is amazing and i look forward to trying X for the first time in 2025
While I think that Xenoblade 2 is my favorite game in the series, Xenoblade X still has a special place in my heart for the fact that it was my gateway into the series, and I still love the exploration and movement and the world of Mira. Not to mention, the combat which is a great streamlined version of Xenoblade 1's. The character building was really incredible ass well, and the sidequests and sidestories were really where a lot of the game's soul are found.
It's really too bad that XCX's 10GB performance patch was lost when the Wii U EShop went down.
I like all the xenoblades, but xenoblade 2 is my fav xenoblade with some of my fav jrpg characters and one of my fav soundtracks of all time. The story just got me in the feels and had more impact on me than the others and the whole cast felt so fleshed out, I liked how the interactions with the people of alrest changed over time with all the conflicts, it felt like an ever evolving world, it felt alive. And Rex was such a good written protagonist, people that say he's a generic jrpg protag don't really understand his character and either didn't beat the game or didn't pay attention, I mean we see him actually break down and give up and then grow up as a person. And Mythra is my fav character other than Rex in the game because of her tragic backstory, plus I like tsunderes unlike most people, I'm a long time anime/manga fan. I like all the xenoblades though xenoblade 3 as much as I like it is too flawed in the open world layout and the locations of the quests to start them, and the story has way too many unanswered questions and has bad pacing and feels like it ends too soon and the last chapters are worse than the rest of the game. Future redeemed was better but even it didn't fix what was wrong with 3. Also I feel xenoblade 2's combat was still alot better, just had bad tutorials, I guarantee if it wasn't for that and if it was easier to learn, people would prefer 2's combat over 3, it just feels way more satisfying pulling off a chain attack in 2. Also no chain attack music all the time and I prefer full bursts. Also the whole needing high attack stat to continue a chain attack in 3 I hate, that and the way aggro and accessories work in 3 and how only healers can revive people now unless you use an accessory. And don't get me started on 3's grind for gear and classes and for the super bosses and the arts for Soulhacker. There's a ton of stuff I dislike about 3 even though I like the game. Xenoblade 2 was overall a better experience for me.
I beat X last fall and with that, I have played the whole series. I will say, 2 and X had some messy gameplay elements, but they had other redeeming qualities that make up for it.
XC2 replaced Chrono Trigger as my favorite game and soundtrack of all time, a spot Chrono Trigger had held since 1996.
Funny how both games have the beautiful music of Yasunori Mitsuda! 🙏🏽💯
@@nishquikpops And Takahashi was involved with both games.
Ok, I'll also add that while 3 is great, and really grew on me after beating it and thinking back on it for a while, a lot of it really put me off during the initial playthough.
A couple big things were: the 3rd act feels like it blows past way too fast. When I got ot the final boss fight I was gobsmacked. I thought there must be another chapter or two left at least.
I also felt like it didn't have a truly mindblowing reveal in the third act along the lines of 1 and 2 - which was another reason I could not believe I had reached the end of the story. The closest the game has is the eclipse stuff in chapter 5, which is great! But that's it? XC2 had multiple moments that felt like that to me leading up to the grand finale.
The music was way more of a slow burn, as well. Now, after sooo much time with the music, I really love it. But on the first playthrough I was really underwhelmed compared to the bombastic grandiosity of the 2 soundtrack.
And again, compared to 2 everything is very somber, serious and sullen. I felt like Monolith had heard everyone complain about the silliness of 2 and overcorrected. I was really disappointed by that, even though I understand it fits with the setting of Aionios, which is a pretty bleak existence. But running around Alrest is such a blast, it's such a beautiful place that you want to save and would love to inhabit. Running around Aionios is running around a depressing hell-world that is ocassionally kinda pretty, but never (as the story essentially demands) as lovely as Aionios. Again, felt like an overcorrection in response to criticism of 2, and also felt like they were boxed in by the story to never let the world or music seem too nice, because the world is bad.
Again, in hindsight I like it much more than when I first played it, but it was tough on the first go-round.
And Future Redeemed fixed pretty much every complaint I had about the base game. Future Redeemed is some of the most fun I've ever had playing a Xeno game, and I *super* love Matthew. Matthew & Rex, best protags imo. Give me those idiots over serious and somber Shulk and Rex any day.
I really loved 2 since it has the best combat, but 1 and 3 are also very good games.
Words I can live by
I didn't even have to watch the video the title is true. Every game is amazing in their own way. Despite being connected they are all so different. this series is some thing else man...
only 5 more months till xenoblade x on switch; binging xc content till then i guess. great video btw
Great discussion man, you know I'll always be here for anything Xenoblade especially! Xenoblade 3 is probably my least favourite out of the main trilogy, but when you look deep enough at the themes and meanings behind Xenoblade 3, it's absolutely goosebump inducing and epic as all hell. I've been wanting to do a giant Xenoblade video on my channel, but gotta figure out exactly what I'll be discussing in regards to the franchise.
I'm excited for whatever you cook up, man! If you wanna collab you know who to ask 😄
@@nishquikpops My man, we'll definitely have to do some kind of Xenoblade collab in the future! ❤️
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My thoughts since the beginning. I can't say which is the best.
Monolith soft is one of the best team in Nintendo! Xc 1,2,3,x (+ dlc) and help with splatoon, BOTW and TOTK. How its possible!?😮
finally someone who understands it
True facts. 👍
they'd be even better if they ran on better hardware
Same goes for basically all Nintendo franchises, Zelda and Mario included 😅 (Switch 2 needs to come asap lol)
Best girl Melia is fine, but can it compete with best girl Eunie?
No. 😶
2 is the best.
worst*
@@yellothekunt6826 best
@@yellothekunt6826 Drugs are bad. Mkay. 😶
me when im a retard :
Xc1 has Tyrea so by default its the best game ever
Tyrea and Melia give the game some extra bonus points ♥️👌🏽
This video is true and based l love all 3 xenoblade games but xenoblade 2 and 3 are my favorite the characters and stories are great and going hold a special in my heart
- My favorite Xenoblade, and perhaps my favorite game in general, is Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Despite all of it's technical flaws, I'll always find myself coming back to the world, characters, and combat. I had a very rough first experience with the first half of the game, but the 2nd half improved the first half, and now the only thing that can ruin my fun is when the game crashes.
- Future Redeemed is a close 2nd for being the best experience from beginning to end. Filling out those lists was perfection, and oh man, the story.
- TTGC having a refined version of 2's gameplay and adding so much to certain characters easily made it 2nd place before FR came out.
- XCDE is an amazing game that I don't have many problems with compared to the ones above, love the combat, and the story is good for the most part. I'd say my only big issue with XC1 is how one of the characters barely registered as a background character when important things were happening, where as the equivalent in XC2 at least gets to be in fight scenes.
- XC3 is a game I wish I could've enjoyed more, but unfortunately it started ending just as I was finally getting into it.
- FC is XC1 but very small. I have nothing against FC, but I also don't have enough against 3 to put it below what's basically a brief epilogue. I'm not even sure if I should be ranking this separately from DE.
- I haven't played X. Would probably put it above XCDE just going off the music and how the exploration looks.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is the best X game of all time
Except 2
Torna isn't.
Still a great DLC which streamlines a lot of things from 2!
nah not really, we can prove 1 is better than X, and then X is better than 3, and then 3 is better than 2, we have access to the content of each game, we can see which one have shallow gameplays, which one have nonsensical stories, which ones have good characters, which one has the better offering, and when you do, there's a clear ranking that is innevitable to get if you did it rightt
Xenoblade 1 > X > 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>2
X is amazing as a game, by far the best exploration and RPG elements, but is nowhere close to the others in terms of story and characters. Hands down the best Wii U game, but lacks of many things I'll always look for when playing a Xenoblade game, thats why I find hard to rank it above the others. My ranking would be basically the same as you though, but each Xenoblade shines in different aspects, that is why there is so many opinions about them.
Respectfully disagree. Just with Xeno 2.
The first game is mid after you get to the mechonis
2 is mid the whole game, 3 is mid when you realize its not a sequel
@@fikaieldjou 3 isn’t mid at all. 2 isn’t mid at all
@@kaetce yes they are, they can’t have a coherent world or story and you call them good ? Starting to say a lot about you lmao
Except 2