Long ago, the world was nothing but an endless sea cloaked in a boundless sky, reaching as far as the eye could possibly imagine. Then two great titans came into existence. The Mwambionis, and the Mehmehchonis
@@KARLOSPCgame I mean 4-5 years (assuming they started development in the late stages of 3) would be plenty of development time. But yeah, no need to rush it
@GuardianAngelEatos as the games meta developed, a lot of classes/gems/whatever that initially were thought of as the best, turned out to be just ok. and others that were thought to be bad turned out to be really good. enels guides are actually very very good in the standpoint of playing through the game and beating the superbosses. and incredibly well made considering how early into the games lifespan they were. however in fully optimal setups that we know now, they ended up being wrong. for example: attacker soulhacker is really not very strong, signifer is really not very strong, war medic is actually super powerful, yumsmith is super powerful. optimized xc3 is insanely strange compared to what youd expect. that being said, with how new the game was when the guides were made, enel did an amazing job.
@TimothyGod theres a video out somewhere called something like "a comprehensive xc3 combat guide" (sonething along those lines) its quite long but goes over pretty much everything. theres also a word document somewhere, maybe attached in the video description, that has the best builds for every class, as well as some of the best comps
It's not a perfect game, but is definitely a must-play JRPG worth every cent. Looks, sounds, and plays great with an immersive story. Had fun the whole way through as it lives up to the Xenoblade games before.
The fact that we're having to talk up a fucking Xenoblade game by saying "it's defo worth $60 if you're into JRPGs guys" is such a shame. I would describe the previous entries as priceless.
@@ChrisStoneinator I'd say that description is accurate for all four games. None of them are perfect, but they're all must-plays. Not being perfect doesn't mean a game isn't good (1 was my favourite game ever until 3 dethroned it, and 2 and X are up there as well), it just means there are ways it could be improved (like if 2 actually started doing anything meaningful with its story and characters before chapter 7).
@@dudeguy2330 wouldn’t call them perfect either, 1 could come closest with refinements to the quest system, but I’ve never wanted them to be perfect. I wanted them to be special. 3 is very developed, it’s an evolution in a lot of ways, but it isn’t special. I don’t think about it all the time like I do for the others.
@@ChrisStoneinator I agree that 1's probably the closest to perfection (others have evolved on its strengths, but it had the fewest glaring flaws), but 3's had more of an impact on me than any of the others have, if we're going by how much time I've spent thinking about it as a metric. All four of the games have differing strengths in terms of their gameplay, stories, and themes, and as a result I've seen a ton of differing opinions on which is the best/worst based on what each individual values most.
Don't listen to those people, you're one of the undisputed goats of the Xeno community and it's thanks to your guides that I enjoyed the trilogy as much as I did. I am grateful for your hard work and I look forward to your future content. Also if you want can you do a tier list of your favourite Osts from the Xeno series? That would be dope
You may say you don't remember certain quirks or saying by Noah but I've had "THE TIME IS NOOOOOOW" when he draws Lucky Seven in battle permanently etched into my head I think lol.
@@dave9515 lord, I think I cheesed everything from the beginning of chapter 6 through endgame with capable hands/unlimited sword and by the time the credits rolled I actually kind of missed Sena telling us she was the girl with the gall.
Xenoblade 3 gameplay is crack cocaine to me. Takes almost everything I loved about the previous 2 games' combat and turned it up to 11. The story and voice acting was incredible. The character's expressions in each cutscene was surprisingly good and a massive step up from previous games. Easily my favourite xenoblade game.
For me I love each one for different reasons. 1 I love most for the story. 2 I love the most for the characters. 3 I love most for the combat. 3 is easily my least favorite of the trilogy. It's missing two of the things that I love about all of the other Xenoblade games. Heart to heart and an unpredictable mind-blowing plot twist. 3 has the best section in the franchise in my opinion by far being the end of chapter 5. I didn't think it was possible for me to cry more than I did in the end of Xenoblade 2, let alone cry for another video game, and another Xenoblade game at that. Monolith soft has a way with making emotional cutscenes that make me tear up.
I geniunely feel awesome for you, because I was unable to enjoy it as much as the previous two games. It's simply that there is so much going on onscreen since you got seven characters at a time, and I felt that the majority of gameplay was just a few steps away from being a cutscene. And it was unfortunate, because I really liked the story, the characters, the voice acting... but I just didn't felt like playing the game and trudged through it to finish it, and have never played it since.
@@shedinyavi8233He's talking about the gameplay's cycle of doing side quest, heroes' quest and everything, that the real deal in terms of gameplay loop of xc3
I personally found XC2's combat to be more fun I liked the elemental system it made it feel like there was way more depth than just break>topple> whatever you need next for the combo.
Im not surprised that people started to talk down about what you helped put together. Obviously, time allows more and more people to find new and improved methods, but I don't think it should discourage you from making further content. Even if that is what happened for a while now. I know your guides helped me a ton when the game first came out. It's hard to believe it has been 2 years....crazy
I remember getting my mind blown when I learned you'd use 6 characters at once in one of the trailers. I was going out of my way to learn more info about the game pre-release. It was the first Xenoblade hype cycle I've been a part of. I wasn't really hyped for XC2 beyond thinking it looked cool because I didn't think I was going to be able to play it (I didn't have a Nintendo Switch back then). This game was a huge part of my life for the next few months. I remember having fun with Full Metal Jaguar, breaking the game with Chain Attacks, tuning in to Enel's guides, and a core memory about playing with the Seraph class when I took the game with me to Thailand on my down time. I ran home the day Future Redeemed released, and played a huge chunk of the game docked (which I rarely did back then since it was a pain to set up). Rarely a week goes by without me listening to this game's soundtrack. This game means a lot to me. I played it during what I'd consider to be the best year of my life post-pandemic. I'd go so far as to say this is my joint favorite game, shared with the numbered Xenoblade games. Happy birthday, Xenoblade 3.
I'm still not a fan of the massive amount of characters at once. Seven party members all doing their own thing in battle is just too much to realistically keep track of and it just bloats the UI and creates number spam on the screen, especially once you start getting into the thousands and tens of thousands of damage each attack. Love the game overall, but this wasn't my favorite design choice.
Yes! Same here. I absolutely loved having six characters in battles. I was super excited about it when I first found out in game and it did not disappoint. I hadn't watched any trailers. It gave us as the player so much more to do and to keep track of, which made it so much more fun. Being able to use 6 characters at once is something I never thought developers of xeno games would think of.
I think after wrapping up the Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy, I think MonolithSoft really needs to start thinking about how they want to expand this franchise because I really think it could be the Final Fantasy of Nintendo in terms of market penetration.
I mean, for nintendo xenoblade is already their biggest rpg series probably What I like about xenoblade is the interconnected story, while every game can be experienced as its own entry (less so for XC3 but it can still be enjoyed not knowing who nia and melia are) every single game builds a bit on the previous (except X but that is an alternate sort of reality from what we know so far and it could end up having its own expanding storyline if takahashi ever realizes his vision of an XCX2)
I think the ending of chapter 6 with the Joran fight was great. When Joran reveals that you get all the memories of your past lives once you become moebius, it really made me feel bad for him. Especially when you see that he was a failure in every life, and it even showed Lanz facing Joran on the ground in one life
I’m really sorry to hear about the negativity you got from some fans of the game for your early strategy guides. You don’t deserve it; you have been a huge gameplay/strategy/technique pioneer in this community and deserve so much respect for that, genuinely
Those people that were putting your videos down are jerks. I’ve played every other Xenoblade game and your videos still helped me out a lot with the challenge mode in 3. Keep up the good work!
Thinking about the game just makes me sad cos I’ll never get to play it for the first time again 😔 was so special. The best game ever. I do hope for the next game we disconnect the story entirely, we wrapped up this trilogy so nicely and these games are so big that it puts a lot of homework on new fans wanting to play a new game if they’re as interconnected
I think your relationship to Xenoblade does influence how you feel about the game. Doing guides, speedrunning, discord conversations, etc. I personally played the game twice and really loved it. The second time around I really took my time with side quests to get a firm grasp on the world’s lore. I played at my leisure with little help from guides or walkthroughs and noticed my strategies late game were different than most. And at this point I regard it as one of my if not my most favorite Switch games. Thanks for making this video.
Played XC2 from start to finish 8-10 times. I keep my 100% game around and periodically revisit it just to remind me of how interesting and varied the gameplay was with all the blades and their specific optimization quests. There are cut scenes from XC2 I'll never forget. I played XC3 to finish twice, and struggled to get through it the second time. I just never really warmed to the story or the gameplay. I found your XC2 content invaluable for helping get deeper into the game with late game / challenge strategies. I very much appreciate this video for the overall dialogue and allowing your community to reflect on this special series. Hoping the next XC is more like 2 than 3, but I totally get if people found 3 special. The ending was definitely touching...
People don’t always feel this way but I love the characters, especially Sena because her struggles are relatable. I would also say that the Hero section during the final boss is genuinely one of my favorite moments in the Xeno series because by doing the side quests you feel like it emotionally pays off
One thing from Xenoblade 3 I hope more RPGs try out is the main party structure. You got the entire main party at the beginning of the game and they were all always on field simultaneously. I hate having to pick and choose which characters I want to take with me into battle when canonically they're all present. Having the party fully formed at the beginning also gave them ample time to grow together as a team. When I play other games like FF7 Remake or even Mass Effect, I'll have my main team from the first few party members and then as new characters come in I don't care nearly as much about them because I don't use them. Edit: Just got to the part of the video you talk about demotivating comments from folks online. That sucks. I try to remember that people suck at communication over text. Sometimes things come through much harsher than intended. And if it was intentional, some people just suck. Keep up the good work! You've helped so many people enjoy this series. I've pointed several people to your Xenoblade 2 videos to understand combat there when they were on the verge of quitting.
The player's build options and incentives to use sub-optimal builds while leveling classes is good, the endgame builds are alot stronger than the enemy design can handle. The enemy design can only be so difficult as the friendly ai can not handle high damage burst or positionals. If the friendly ai is down your options are far more limited
xenoblade 3’s cast is my favourite cast in any game. all 6 of them, even the nopon are written with such care and nuance that make them seem like an actual family. like they all feel real.
honestly a lot of your sentiments echoed here were exactly what I felt 7 years ago with XC2. with me pretending to like it and giving it so many chances because it was a part of my favorite series and I felt like I had to like it. the exact words “trying to look for meaning and significance where there isn’t any” sums up exactly how I feel about XC2, story, gameplay, and all. I definitely agree that a proper replay is in order to really sort out your feelings on the game, as it was only after a 2nd 100% playthrough of XC2 that I really settled on how I feel about it. It honestly sucks that a lot of the negative feelings you have associated with XC3 come from making content about it, as I’m also certain a lot of your positive feelings about XC2 also come from making content about it. I think it’s up to you to judge whether or not your enjoyment of these games should include or exclude your proclivity as a content creator and how you associate your feelings with these titles. I hope you find your own way to express that without being influenced by what other people want you to feel about the titles, negative comments and all. I haven’t done a proper replay of XC3 either, and having done more than a dozen playthroughs of XC1, more than 4000 hours of XCX, and two 100% playthroughs of XC2, I feel like this anni is the day I pay that due to XC3 so I can also decide where this game belongs for me
2 years ago when I beat XC3 I thought it was the best game in the series. 2 years later after playing through it again.....yeah, it's still the best game in the series.
That's a bold factual claim. Favorite, fine, but 3 has some serious problems that I cannot forgive and give the game more than a 7 out of 10 which hurts to say with Xenoblade Chronicles being my longtime favorite rpg franchise since playing the first one on the Wii.
Xenoblade 3 is definitely really good. The classes make combat feel so freeform especially being able to swap characters mid battle. I just wish Mobieus was better
One notable problem I noticed shortly after release is that a lot of people expected the game to contain a ton of fan service instead of mostly original content. They wanted to see all these returning characters and... No, that's not what happened, and it was never going to happen. Takahashi stated before release that he wanted Xenoblade 3 to stand on its own feet and even be a decent starting point for someone getting into the series. Of course, I can't say the same for Future Redeemed, but for the base game, I think a lot of people's experience with the game was soured by false expectations. I won't claim the story and characters are perfect or anything, but I think simply approaching the game with different expectations is what helped me enjoy the game a lot more than other players. I actually replayed the game a couple weeks ago and found myself enjoying it just as much as I remembered, if not more so. I will say, I remembered the exception being the final battle with Z since I didn't beat him on the first try. The first phase in particular just feels like it drags on for too long. I personally think that if the fight was just Z∞, it wouldn't be hated as much. Phase 1 probably takes about as long as all of the other phases by itself. I will however say that seeing Z go down super fast after the forced chain attacks made me realize that it may be thematic. Considering the whole thing about Moebius's power and ideology being a delusion, as well as "smoke and mirrors" as Taion says, feeling the fight suddenly become one of the easiest fights in the game after being one of the hardest feels quite fitting. It was also VERY liberating to destroy him like that.
Here's my problem. I feel like XC3 and Future Redeemed actually have too much fan service. Or perhaps you could say, they tease too much and satisfy too little. I honestly wish XC3 had either gone whole hog with the idea it was marketed with ("a brand-new story that ties together the futures of the worlds depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2") and shown us what happened to the characters, towns, nations, and peoples we know and love, or else just been entirely standalone - maybe have a XC2 type ending where you learn how it fits into the rest of the universe, but other than that doesn't reference the previous games. Instead, XC3 + FR does way too much of that wink wink nudge nudge type fan service and it irritated me. It kept teasing me with the kind of stuff I'd really be interested in knowing, and stubbornly refusing to reveal anything worthwhile. In the end it just distracted from XC3's main story for me. I get that it's kind of due to the story and the whole Aionios thing of being trapped forever and no one really remembers the "real" world, but I guess my question is did this story need to be told, or be told in this way?
It should have been, this is supposed to be the last game in this saga, why not do an IW/Endgame crossover? And wanting to make the final game in a trilogy a starting for new people is stupid and stifles your story telling.
Unfortunately Xenoblade 3 suffered from what a lot of other franchises also suffer from, the fanbase gets super hyped about something based more so on their wishes and desires and then when the thing finally comes out they've hyped themselves up so much that the actual product could never deliver to meet their expectations. I've always disliked the criticism of it not including enough fan service references to past games. Frankly we got a lot of that anyway, especially with Future Redeemed.
@@quiddity131 Base game and Future Redeemed have an interesting dichotomy where, for the most part, you could play the base game without playing any earlier game and be fine, while with Future Redeemed, you NEED to play everything beforehand. I think Future Redeemed is the kind of thing those people wanted.
I really feel what you're saying here with regards to fanservice. When I finished my first playthrough of XC3, I didn't quite know how to feel about it. I thought the game was excellent, but I could'nt help but feel a bit let down by how little the game actually had to do with the greater world of Xenoblade, as well as a number of other relatively minor issues. A couple months after beating it, I decided to do a replay. Now usually, it's pretty common for people to enjoy a game LESS upon a replay because they notice things they dislike that they didn't conciously recognize upon a first playthrough or start to nitpick certain things. However, replaying it actually made me enjoy the game MORE, and I think that it's because my expectations were no longer hyped beyond belief. It was that replay that truly solidified XC3 being my favorite of the trilogy. Sure, I still have a number of minor issues, but the game still means so much to me even two years later. I'm thinking of starting another playthrough sometime soon.
I've played through the game 3 times. I played xenoblade 1 twice and Xenonlade 2 probably 9 times. I think Xenoblade 3 is my favorite game of all time and the cast upon replays is a huge part of that. I thought before launch that I'd identify most with Taion, when in reality the most powerful part of the game was Lanz and Sena's dual issue of imposter syndrome and martyr syndrome I struggle day to day with a lot of trauma and mental stinkies that the entire party mirrors, but Lanz and Sena forced me to look at myself hard
Insane that it’s been two years. This is easily my favorite of the three games, it has the best gameplay and story for me, i really enjoyed the cast of characters and their interactions, I love how they have a rough start but then they end up caring for each other which makes the ending even sadder (I still remember crying and it’s still the only time I’ve cried when playing a game). I know that Moebious isn’t that well liked but I think their presence was serviceable enough. I really liked how the call backs were used to tie the lore between the games and weren’t made just for fan service. Of course the DLC was incredible and I can never get enough of Rex, he’s just the best. God I love this game and series
Love your xenoblade content Enel! sorry to hear about the negativity surrounding your guides, i've always enjoyed them and I can tell a lot of work goes into all of them. Looking forward to more xenoblade vids!
Man I love your stuff. I was just checking in on your channel the other day bc I felt like I haven't seen any of your content in a minute. Glad to hear you still have more to say on this wonderful series!
I've been replaying the game recently in order to stream it to a friend who doesn't have a Switch nor money to spare for one. I've been loving it just as much as I did the first run though. The characters really shine to me. Not in the wacky anime sort of way that really sticks with you, but rather in how they all feel very real+. They feel to me like people experiencing all the normal emotions and reactions we would, but elevated by their acute feeling of the limited time they have. Absolutely my favorite in the series.
Rose-tinted glasses are fine! They let you enjoy things more than you otherwise would. Enjoyment is fun. I think XC3's main cast was doomed to fall flat from the start. Because they're all soldiers, they all have the same backstory. Raised to fight, lost people they loved to the war (J, Miyabi, Nimwe), no interesting experiences that could have affected their indoctrination. All have the same arc about breaking free from the cycle and discovering life outside of it. 2, Torna, and FR have a diverse cast from different backgrounds, and that makes them interesting. 1's cast is mostly Homs, but it also has Melia and Riki, and they are standout members of the cast. You can't have 6 characters who all have the same life path.
Excited about the new content! I'm pretty much agree with most of what you said except about how Xenoblade 3 wasn't so memorable because the journey of XC3 was great for me and those ending cutscenes blew me away emotionally. Can't wait to watch all the new Xenoblade theme videos from you.
Just to let you know, the rate at which you were putting out XC3 videos at the game’s release was insane and greatly appreciated! Even if you think some of your videos are “outdated” because there are slightly better builds out there that are like 10% more efficient or something they likely only got to that conclusion because of the work you put in at launch. Your videos are still really good, and highly regarded among the community. So while criticism can be important it’s not worth thinking too hard about especially if it leads to demotivation
You shouldn't doubt your love for a game when you clearly remember enjoying it a lot. Whatever the reasons or context might have been doesn't change how you felt and that is what matters in the end. I for one love the shit out of Xenoblade 3.
Currently on my 100% run on Hard Mode (and yes, that includes the level up superbosses rematches). 2 years ago, XB3 was released and became my all-time favorite game. It ain't perfect, but I still love it with all my heart. Happy 2nd anniversary, Xenoblade Chronicles 3!
What the hell are the chances of this LMAO I was just rewatching your future redeemed thoughts video just last night. This caused a bunch of your other Xeno vids to be in my recommended, so I saw this one and figured it was the same until I saw it was uploaded less than an hour ago. Cool timing, can’t wait to watch!
I've been replaying the game for the past few weeks and while there are a few aspects that I've soured slightly on (if you're a crazy person like me trying to do every side quest the game really starts to drag once you hit the City), Xenoblade 3 is probably still my favorite game on the Switch. I can get the complaints about Moebius as a villain group but I especially don't understand the complaints about the main cast. They're easily my favorite party in an RPG since like FF7. Also that's sad to hear people were rude about those old videos. I actually saw in passing like three different times at momocon this year and thought about just saying something like "Hey I like your Xenoblade videos!" but each time either you were busy with friends or I was busy with friends so I ended up never saying anything
Hey man I am very glad to see you made this video. I understand your nitpicks with the combat but I have to say I wouldn't have found the enjoyment I got from this combat without your advise. Ironically as outdated as your advise might be it did lead to an experience I found enjoyable. Your Relink videos too have helped me understand gameplay systems that are difficult to parse. What I am saying is, your work is worth it, people who aren't trying to fight online can see the effort you put.
2 years later Xenoblade 3 is my favourite game by such a wide margin. From watching the livestream of it being announced, watching every following trailer and playing the few OST released on repeat, it’s easy to say this has been my most hyped up game I have ever had, I took time off work, I had 2 versions pre-ordered (digital and special edition) and was ready The game finally released and it was better in every aspect than I expected, straight away the music and art style is my favourite of all the Xeno’s, the combat was fully explained this time and it felt so much more satisfying, the characters were instantly my favourite cast and the world felt so fun to explore (I do prefer the titans in Xb1 but still adore Aionios) I own all the consoles and a PC, I play so many different games from Racing to VR to JRPG’s, so I’m dead serious when I say this game is perfect to me, there wasn’t a single moment I didn’t like It’s been 2 years and I still feel this way, I have no idea how any other game will be better for me, and I really hope MonolithSoft goes a different direction than Xenoblade 4 as with the DLC I don’t need another Xenoblade Chronicle
Personally, XC3 is still my favorite in the series and my favorite game of all time. I absolutely love the characters and world and I would found myself spending 8-10hrs per session just grinding the game and having a great time. Ouroboros is my favorite cast in any JRPG because they mesh so well with each other and the dynamic from being enemies who tried to kill each other, to learning how to work together and finally turning into a found family was beautiful to experience. Noah is such a charismatic leader with a heart of gold, Mio is sweetheart and surprisingly delicate, Taion is incredibly cautious because he cares about the people around him, Eunie comes off as brash but emotionally intelligent, Lanz is stoic but deep is vulnerable and finally Sena the sunshine of the group but also suffers from self-esteem issues. I love these characters a lot and can talk about them all day. The story and themes are done perfectly and I don't think i've ever been invested into a narrative as hard as XB3. I have noticed that certain parts of the xenoblade community usually says "yeah XC3 is great but.." and then list the issues they have, some fair and others not so much. One example being, ch6 being weaker than 5. I've noticed that people (understandably so) conflate the M reveal with being apart of chapter 5. But no, the reveal and one of the best cutscenes in the media is in chapter 6. Yeah, the rest of the chapter slows down but personally I preferred that. I needed a break after that emotional exhaustion I took from N's backstory + the reveal. Another complaint I see is moebius and Z being weak villains. I find it interesting how much focus there is on the faceless moebius, while we know the main antagonists are N and Z. it would be like me focusing on torna members like Akhos or Patroka while Jin and Malos are clearly the ones that deserve the focus. This is getting long so i'll wrap up by saying, XC3 learned from the mistakes made in XB2 (i love XB2 btw) such as combat not being properly explained, blades (classes in xb3) being locked by a gacha mechanic and field skills hampering exploration and I'm so glad they did. The game truly gave an experienced I'll never forget and i wish i could wipe my memory and do it all over again. Happy 2 years!
I don't know if you'll see this but I must say I really like your videos, thank you so much for all the effort you put in your guides, its no exaggeration to say that part of the fun I have with this series is waiting for content from my favorite xeno youtubers like you. Really appreciate your channel and your love for the series! Thanks for letting a noob like me be able to kill superbosses with ease!
I personally did enjoy this cast over the other games And i love Xenoblade 1 and 2's cast But 3 just felt so genuine yet fantastic Also, with the story, i have seen the complains but i cannot agree, people want everything to be so connected and always referencing something else Having the plot giving us just enough info about the aftermath in Bionis and Alrest is all i need, they didn't need to overexplain everything since the message of the story gets stronger by leaning that way We may not know the whole story, but it's worth taking the chance, Faith i may call it, rather than getting stuck in an endless now, a life that doesn't advance, a life that doesn't grow We'll walk this path together, for our future awaits And yeah, the gameplay is super fun, every now and then i'll just pop it in for another hard battle and claim victory
I started a new playthrough of Xenoblade 3 last week and I've been really enjoying it! I've been focusing on getting class experience on everyone which made the game more enjoyable to me since I get to try out different builds than I normally do. And revisiting the cutscenes and story and being able to spot things I missed or did not have the context for on my first playthrough was amazing (for example, Teach says at the end of his Hero Quest that he once knew a soldier that had gone mad with power. Given the context of his Ascension Quest, it's likely that he is referring to himself.). Also, I love your guides! Even if they're more geared towards endgame/postgame and may be outdated now, they still contain solid strategies on how to play every class that could be applicable to early-/mid-game. So thanks for that!
I still remember being excited to come home from work and play this game on release day. I was stoked out of my mind for this game to come out, and I remember racing to open the package in the mail that arrived that afternoon. I have never had the same excitement for a video game release since.
Enel! We love you! We love your guides! You’ve been extremely helpful and your dedication and work ethic is evident in the quality of your content. You helped us discover what we liked and what worked in each role. (I found the gem farming guide particularly helpful). Don’t get discouraged by dumbasses in the internet ❤
This is the typical example of "Gamers will optimize the fun out of games" as you mentioned in the video, yes your guides might be outdated, but that doesn't change the fact that they were still very useful for their time, I remember looking forward to your guides to get better insight of the different characters and classes. I can totally understand that it wouldn't be fun to make guides if you would get backlash upon upload, since they wouldn't be 100% optimized and can kill any end game boss in 15 sec or less. As it stands your still my favourite Xenoblade Chronicles content creator, your guides were easy to understand, and you having a very good understanding of the game, made the guides very detailed as well. Its always great to get an update, and I will look forward to the next game and the information you bring with it.
I feel like one of the issues of the "outdated guides" is just that you're the biggest xenoblade content creator so people hyper focus on you just for that, forgetting that you're just a player like them. This is also another consequence of the info not being easily available because its in discords instead of wikis, an absolute bane for any game. People probably project onto you the duty to keep them informed on all this info that is hard to find specifically because you're so good at explaining stuff in your guides and there's no one else really to do so. If anything your passion to make good quality videos is why people will get disappointed that there aren't more updates on info that is tough to find. And to those people I remined them: Enel enjoys the games like us and does videos because of that, he's just sharing his thoughts and experiences and everyone has different ones, especially over time (I mean seriously the signifier video is from 2 weeks ago!).
Don't be discouraged by toxic people in the community, you're one of THE most noteworthy Xeno creators out there and always will be for the amazing things you've achieved in the past. But also make sure to keep a healthy mindset, take breaks when needed & don't feel pressured into something because people expect it from you. WE LOVE YOU ENEL
2 years later and I agree with pretty much everything you said. 6 players on the field is too much and each character lacks urgency. The story and themes were great but in general I feel like the story could've felt much darker espseically considering what themes were being handled. I didn't care about much of the cast besides Mio and none of them were memeorable for me especially noah and his blandness. I had a blast while playing the game and could not put it down but as time went on i got more critical with it since it did not leave any lasting memories like XC1 or XC2. Still a good game but outside of optimizations, I don't think this was better than XC2
Thanks for the content! Definitely play through it again if you can. I think that will help you better remember the 'boring' moments as well as the best moments, perhaps better than just watching the cutscenes. Also, don't let the others get you down. The content you made for this game is still great. Even "outdated" strats are great not just for historical reasons but also to find future better strats. Don't be so hard on yourself. There's a reason you have so many subs; people enjoy your content. Looking forward to future guides, tier lists, or any other XB3 content you want to share.
It's interesting how different the characters have aged between us. The cast has stuck with me more than any other game. I think I like them because they all have that squad that they will spend their entire lives with.
I think in retrospect i liked 2 more than 3 but i enjoyed my time with both. Glad to see you back. In vids like this i dont think you should stop yourself from talking about plot spoilers. It helps you explain your viewpoint and anyone watching this probably beat the game or, at the very least, doesnt care about spoilers.
For what it’s worth I and many others greatly appreciated your efforts when the game first came out. Learning some of the better ways to build and utilize the classes was something I looked forward to while slowly etching at the games story. Even if some of the strategies have evolved they wouldn’t be as progressed if it wasn’t for your initial efforts.
FINALLY!!!!!! WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!! I really hope you make a XC2 video like this too, since you already did for XC1, and now for XC3 as well.
I love XC3 as well, but my thoughts nearly always drift toward XC2, my absolutely fave game! Your guides have helped me understand the battle systems in the Xeno series so much more and I really appreciate the effort you've put into them! Keep being awesome Enel!
I’ve been seeing hyperbolic criticisms more and more often lately, not just for xenoblade, but for a bunch of other media as well. It’s so annoying when the only things I see people saying about a piece of media are “it’s peak”, “it’s trash”, or “it’s mid” (Which is sometimes worse than trash somehow????)
@@cash-onlycaveman6637 Yeah its pretty exhausting. I just dont use social media and interact with fans of things anymore. Early days of the internet was so much more peaceful which is ironic because platforms are more censored and sanitized than ever
I think 3 has the best character writing out of all the Blade games and possibly any RPG I've ever played. Every word that comes out of the main cast's mouths is perfect characterization, and I empathize completely with all their struggles, insecurities, and accomplishments. That alone makes up for any other writing criticism I could make with the broader story. As long as I care about the characters, their stories, and their resolutions, almost nothing else matters to me.
Xenoblade 3 was my first completely blind Xeno experience so I'm slightly biased towards it, but despite its flaws, it's my favorite Xenoblade. I played Xenoblade 2 for the first time after playing 3 and there's something special about it that made me really enjoy it. As such, I'd say 2 is the best, but 3 is my favorite
One thing to consider is that how much you enjoy a game can also have nothing to do with the game. It can just be where you are in your life at the time, etc. Do I think those things have HUGE effects? No. But they can add up and push past thresholds with how a game resonates with you etc.
One of the best rpgs I played 2 years back. Future redeemed topped it with so many qol changes and a tighter pacing (though that can be chalked up to being shorter) that really pushed me to 100% the dlc. What a wonderful game.
Your class guide videos helped me enjoy the game even more! I revisited them countless times when I couldn't remember the specific niches of each class. I'm still waiting for the Shackle Ring video!
It quickly became my favorite xenoblade and my second favorite game of all time, the cast is among one of my favorites, the music is amazing (as usual but the battle themes in here are the best of the series imo as well as the cutscenes music), the combat is super fun and in general it's a more than worthy successor to the xb2 battle system, the final chapters are a bit rushed but i still like them, especially the more emotional moments. The side content while not as great as X is the best of the numbered games and the dlc is imo one of the greatest of all time
XC3 is my favorite in the Xeno series, as well as one of my favorite games of all time. The story, characters, and combat are all my favorite of the Xenoblade games. Everything just resonated with me. Also, if you have an opinion about something, just have that opinion, regardless of what others say. But I do find it interesting that there are people in your friend-group who hate the game, because in my friend-group everyone absolutely loves it. But everyone has their own opinion, and that's fine.
Also, as a possible suggestion if you ever wanted to get back to XC3 combat guides, if you're afraid of some jerks saying the stuff isn't quite as optimal as it can be, you could always introduce the most optimal strats in one small video, and then show is the cool stuff you can do with the combat that's not the most optimal, just because it's more fun for you. It would also be pretty fun for us. I'm sure most of your audience wants to see all the fun things you can do in the game, not just the most optimal things that "pro gamers" only do.
You make quality content. I hope it doesn't sound trite, but don't let peoples comments get you down. People are always going to talk, especially with the shoulders of giants to stand on.
It's great to hear from you, man. Your feelings of demotivation are valid. That's just how our world works, wherever you go there's going to be antis. Just know that there's also quite a number of us who appreciate you and what you do. So thank you. 😁
Today I watched like all your Definitive Edition guides since I'm doing my second playthrough 4 years later and you just posted a Xeno video the same day lol
I think it's interesting to look inward and think about if you truly like something, it really made me consider stuff like that myself. Xenoblade 3 is one of my all time favourites personally and I think any issues I have with it would be nitpicks. I do wish the DLC added more classes though, that was a bit disappointing to me. My first replay of Xenoblade 2 was even better than my first in part thanks to the awesome additions it's base game received. I've loved replaying 3 too but that factor is somewhat lost.
I did my first and only replay of base Xenoblade 3 last March/April (during which I also had COVID, joy...) and did my first and only replay of Future Redeemed back in May of this year. Overall Xenoblade 3 remains my favorite Xenoblade game. It is the most fun to play, combining the best parts of 1 (exploration) and 2 (combat system) into one game and overall other enhancements too. It also has my favorite story, designs and music of the series. The end of chapter 5/start of chapter 6 is easily peak Xenoblade content and arguably peak Xeno content period. Really the only big complaint I have about the game is the poorly handled villains, which is a shame because if there's one thing Xeno has been amazing at from the beginning its been avoiding cartoonish mustache twirling villains but instead writing them as well developed characters with their own motivations and backgrounds so you understand why they are the way they are. Re: your videos and the commentary that has demotivated you, I can say most of your viewers are probably like me, people that love the series but are still more casual from a gameplay standpoint, not going for super fast speed runs, etc... And your videos are still super useful for us. If there's some other method that saves 10 seconds that is out there that doesn't diminish the hard work you've done at all. There also are a wide variety of non-gameplay subjects you could always get into for the franchise.
Xenoblade 3 was definitely my favorite in the series, mainly because of the characters. However, I feel the same as you where I don't think about much these days but I still enjoyed my time with it.
Honestly makes me want to take out XC3 Again, sadly I'm currently dealing with Past Missions in Pokemon Rangers Guardian Signs, and fell into Fate Grand Order. Quite Frankly this video is a chef's kiss retrospective from you, especially with how you talk about how hard it is to objectively rank the Classes, Seriously you and Nn Li were a big help when I was playing through XC2 and 3
I truly hope there will be a next gen update when switch 2 comes out. It’ll be the best reason to play again and experience the dlc for the first time (outside of FR)
I recently replayed the game and loved it even more. I really appreciated just how fleshed out each character from both the main cast and all the colonies are. FR is also super good, of course, although I’d say its weakest point is that it kinda ends up being a (double) spin-to-win fest like no other game in the franchise. I’m still more of a 2+Torna guy overall, but the full 3 package is still insanely good and an immensely high achievement. Also I misjudged the music, I went from thinking 3 was easily the weakest to probably maybe the best over the course of the last 165 hours.
Xenoblade 3 has my favorite main cast of any game, closely rivaled by FF7 Remake/Rebirth and Persona 5. Each of the main six has personal motivations for being there, inner conflict that feels believable, and meaningful interactions with each of the other characters. Moments like Taion giving Eunie a cup of tea for her shaking hands, Eunie listening to Mio vent about her impending homecoming, Lanz and Sena trying to force themselves to Interlink (which is bookended by an insane moment for them later on, which I don't want to spoil here just in case someone hasn't played it yet). I love all these guys so much!
Your content is incredible, and I really appreciate it. I took intense notes from your XB2 blade guides, and still look forward to checking out your XC3 builds, outdated or not. I think your channel would benefit from a new update video, for the sake of having top combat information all on one channel.
In terms of xeno characters I think riku is one of the best written. One scene where he throws a fit about being hungry to give a break to a character who is too driven and proud to ask for a break. He is inarguably the least important character, yet, he shows more character than most of the characters from other games can even tell you about.
Hope you wind up making the boss ranking videos as well as most OP characters in terms of gameplay. Really fun video ideas. As for the game itself, I believe the highs are nowhere near the highs of XC2 (I think of the highs of 3 are better than 1 but I know but people will disagree on that) but I think that's where a lot of the criticism comes from. 3 is a much more somber story with more grounded characters without many of the emotional uplifting moments that we all remember in 2. That's why some people think Noah is boring, or the character interactions meh, or the plot isn't as interesting. I'd still rate 3 below 2 but I think the "hate" it get's is unwarranted. It veers away from the "shonen-y" lead and cast even if there are still shonen elements involved. I personally like that generally speaking more even if my personal favorite characters are in 2. I believe the plot and gameplay are more consistent from beginning to end even if the end of chapter 7 is pretty egregious with the lack of payoff with X and Y. It's still among the best games I've played and I'm due for a replay after I finish playing Trails. Future Redeemed might be the best piece of DLC I've played and I have almost no bad things to say whatsoever. It even beats Torna to me and I LOVED Torna side-quests and all.
ITS BEEN AGES HE'S BACK WITH THE XENOBLADE UPLOADS! WE DEFINITELY GETTING THAT MWAMBA GUIDE LET'S GO!
Or the Na'el guide
@@the_beans_man1524 Or the infinity blade guide!!
You get 1 video. That’s it.
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Long ago, the world was nothing but an endless sea cloaked in a boundless sky, reaching as far as the eye could possibly imagine. Then two great titans came into existence. The Mwambionis, and the Mehmehchonis
It really doesn’t feel like 2 years wtf. Hope the next Xenoblade is closer than the last one
Doubtful.
Please no
Please no rush
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I mean 4-5 years (assuming they started development in the late stages of 3) would be plenty of development time. But yeah, no need to rush it
That's not happening, and I don't want them to rush another game if they make another Xenoblade game.
Every 5 years before a new mainline title is healthy imo. Hoping we get a new IP and X remaster before Xenoblade 4.
Sorry about some people being disrespectful about your early xc3 guides. They helped me and my casual friend group so much when the game came out.
They what?! But why? How rude of them.
@GuardianAngelEatos as the games meta developed, a lot of classes/gems/whatever that initially were thought of as the best, turned out to be just ok. and others that were thought to be bad turned out to be really good. enels guides are actually very very good in the standpoint of playing through the game and beating the superbosses. and incredibly well made considering how early into the games lifespan they were. however in fully optimal setups that we know now, they ended up being wrong. for example: attacker soulhacker is really not very strong, signifer is really not very strong, war medic is actually super powerful, yumsmith is super powerful. optimized xc3 is insanely strange compared to what youd expect. that being said, with how new the game was when the guides were made, enel did an amazing job.
@@sleeve.3995where should i look for high quality sutt? Since his early stuff hasn't been remade?
@@sleeve.3995I wanna relearn this game for challenges, but my setup is a it outdated
@TimothyGod theres a video out somewhere called something like "a comprehensive xc3 combat guide" (sonething along those lines) its quite long but goes over pretty much everything. theres also a word document somewhere, maybe attached in the video description, that has the best builds for every class, as well as some of the best comps
It's not a perfect game, but is definitely a must-play JRPG worth every cent.
Looks, sounds, and plays great with an immersive story.
Had fun the whole way through as it lives up to the Xenoblade games before.
The fact that we're having to talk up a fucking Xenoblade game by saying "it's defo worth $60 if you're into JRPGs guys" is such a shame. I would describe the previous entries as priceless.
@@ChrisStoneinator I'd say that description is accurate for all four games. None of them are perfect, but they're all must-plays. Not being perfect doesn't mean a game isn't good (1 was my favourite game ever until 3 dethroned it, and 2 and X are up there as well), it just means there are ways it could be improved (like if 2 actually started doing anything meaningful with its story and characters before chapter 7).
@@dudeguy2330 wouldn’t call them perfect either, 1 could come closest with refinements to the quest system, but I’ve never wanted them to be perfect. I wanted them to be special. 3 is very developed, it’s an evolution in a lot of ways, but it isn’t special. I don’t think about it all the time like I do for the others.
@@ChrisStoneinator I agree that 1's probably the closest to perfection (others have evolved on its strengths, but it had the fewest glaring flaws), but 3's had more of an impact on me than any of the others have, if we're going by how much time I've spent thinking about it as a metric. All four of the games have differing strengths in terms of their gameplay, stories, and themes, and as a result I've seen a ton of differing opinions on which is the best/worst based on what each individual values most.
Don't listen to those people, you're one of the undisputed goats of the Xeno community and it's thanks to your guides that I enjoyed the trilogy as much as I did.
I am grateful for your hard work and I look forward to your future content.
Also if you want can you do a tier list of your favourite Osts from the Xeno series? That would be dope
You may say you don't remember certain quirks or saying by Noah but I've had "THE TIME IS NOOOOOOW" when he draws Lucky Seven in battle permanently etched into my head I think lol.
That and after inflicting deathblow or killing with lucky seven still active: "THIS IS OUR PATH TO THE FUTURE"
@@dave9515 lord, I think I cheesed everything from the beginning of chapter 6 through endgame with capable hands/unlimited sword and by the time the credits rolled I actually kind of missed Sena telling us she was the girl with the gall.
And dont forget "upon this sword, I (UNINTELLIGIBLE)"
tachyon slash!
"We'll forge our own way!"
Xenoblade 3 gameplay is crack cocaine to me. Takes almost everything I loved about the previous 2 games' combat and turned it up to 11. The story and voice acting was incredible. The character's expressions in each cutscene was surprisingly good and a massive step up from previous games. Easily my favourite xenoblade game.
For me I love each one for different reasons. 1 I love most for the story. 2 I love the most for the characters. 3 I love most for the combat. 3 is easily my least favorite of the trilogy. It's missing two of the things that I love about all of the other Xenoblade games. Heart to heart and an unpredictable mind-blowing plot twist. 3 has the best section in the franchise in my opinion by far being the end of chapter 5. I didn't think it was possible for me to cry more than I did in the end of Xenoblade 2, let alone cry for another video game, and another Xenoblade game at that. Monolith soft has a way with making emotional cutscenes that make me tear up.
I geniunely feel awesome for you, because I was unable to enjoy it as much as the previous two games. It's simply that there is so much going on onscreen since you got seven characters at a time, and I felt that the majority of gameplay was just a few steps away from being a cutscene. And it was unfortunate, because I really liked the story, the characters, the voice acting... but I just didn't felt like playing the game and trudged through it to finish it, and have never played it since.
@@shedinyavi8233He's talking about the gameplay's cycle of doing side quest, heroes' quest and everything, that the real deal in terms of gameplay loop of xc3
I personally found XC2's combat to be more fun I liked the elemental system it made it feel like there was way more depth than just break>topple> whatever you need next for the combo.
Nah be real the voice acting was the worst in the series by a country fucking mile
Im not surprised that people started to talk down about what you helped put together. Obviously, time allows more and more people to find new and improved methods, but I don't think it should discourage you from making further content. Even if that is what happened for a while now. I know your guides helped me a ton when the game first came out. It's hard to believe it has been 2 years....crazy
I remember getting my mind blown when I learned you'd use 6 characters at once in one of the trailers. I was going out of my way to learn more info about the game pre-release. It was the first Xenoblade hype cycle I've been a part of. I wasn't really hyped for XC2 beyond thinking it looked cool because I didn't think I was going to be able to play it (I didn't have a Nintendo Switch back then).
This game was a huge part of my life for the next few months. I remember having fun with Full Metal Jaguar, breaking the game with Chain Attacks, tuning in to Enel's guides, and a core memory about playing with the Seraph class when I took the game with me to Thailand on my down time. I ran home the day Future Redeemed released, and played a huge chunk of the game docked (which I rarely did back then since it was a pain to set up). Rarely a week goes by without me listening to this game's soundtrack.
This game means a lot to me. I played it during what I'd consider to be the best year of my life post-pandemic. I'd go so far as to say this is my joint favorite game, shared with the numbered Xenoblade games.
Happy birthday, Xenoblade 3.
I'm still not a fan of the massive amount of characters at once. Seven party members all doing their own thing in battle is just too much to realistically keep track of and it just bloats the UI and creates number spam on the screen, especially once you start getting into the thousands and tens of thousands of damage each attack. Love the game overall, but this wasn't my favorite design choice.
I also played the shit out of this game when my family and I went to Thailand for a holiday!!😂
Yes! Same here. I absolutely loved having six characters in battles. I was super excited about it when I first found out in game and it did not disappoint. I hadn't watched any trailers. It gave us as the player so much more to do and to keep track of, which made it so much more fun. Being able to use 6 characters at once is something I never thought developers of xeno games would think of.
@@maynardburgeryou can actually turn off the damage numbers from allies in the settings. I did it for auto attacks and it’s so much less spam
Every time I think about XB3 I shed a tear
I think after wrapping up the Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy, I think MonolithSoft really needs to start thinking about how they want to expand this franchise because I really think it could be the Final Fantasy of Nintendo in terms of market penetration.
I mean, for nintendo xenoblade is already their biggest rpg series probably
What I like about xenoblade is the interconnected story, while every game can be experienced as its own entry (less so for XC3 but it can still be enjoyed not knowing who nia and melia are) every single game builds a bit on the previous (except X but that is an alternate sort of reality from what we know so far and it could end up having its own expanding storyline if takahashi ever realizes his vision of an XCX2)
@@pralenkaman8105I’d say Paper Mario and Fire Emblem are both bigger RPGs than XC.
I think the ending of chapter 6 with the Joran fight was great. When Joran reveals that you get all the memories of your past lives once you become moebius, it really made me feel bad for him. Especially when you see that he was a failure in every life, and it even showed Lanz facing Joran on the ground in one life
I’m really sorry to hear about the negativity you got from some fans of the game for your early strategy guides. You don’t deserve it; you have been a huge gameplay/strategy/technique pioneer in this community and deserve so much respect for that, genuinely
Those people that were putting your videos down are jerks. I’ve played every other Xenoblade game and your videos still helped me out a lot with the challenge mode in 3. Keep up the good work!
Yeah they thoght me how to use chain attacks…
Heck his vids are the reason I ever beat super bosses in 2
Thinking about the game just makes me sad cos I’ll never get to play it for the first time again 😔 was so special. The best game ever.
I do hope for the next game we disconnect the story entirely, we wrapped up this trilogy so nicely and these games are so big that it puts a lot of homework on new fans wanting to play a new game if they’re as interconnected
I think your relationship to Xenoblade does influence how you feel about the game. Doing guides, speedrunning, discord conversations, etc. I personally played the game twice and really loved it. The second time around I really took my time with side quests to get a firm grasp on the world’s lore. I played at my leisure with little help from guides or walkthroughs and noticed my strategies late game were different than most. And at this point I regard it as one of my if not my most favorite Switch games. Thanks for making this video.
To this day i dont know how they fumbled Sena Hero quest, which didnt even focus on her.
That was super disappointing! But I did enjoy all the other hero quests
I really do think it was intended as a main quest line and got re-purposed later on.
It was a fine side quest for Ghondor. But not Sena
It didn't focus on Sena herself but it focused on her development by being a parallel and the potential "bad end" she could've had
We need talk about this, I can't believe they did this to Sena.
Played XC2 from start to finish 8-10 times. I keep my 100% game around and periodically revisit it just to remind me of how interesting and varied the gameplay was with all the blades and their specific optimization quests. There are cut scenes from XC2 I'll never forget. I played XC3 to finish twice, and struggled to get through it the second time. I just never really warmed to the story or the gameplay. I found your XC2 content invaluable for helping get deeper into the game with late game / challenge strategies. I very much appreciate this video for the overall dialogue and allowing your community to reflect on this special series. Hoping the next XC is more like 2 than 3, but I totally get if people found 3 special. The ending was definitely touching...
People don’t always feel this way but I love the characters, especially Sena because her struggles are relatable. I would also say that the Hero section during the final boss is genuinely one of my favorite moments in the Xeno series because by doing the side quests you feel like it emotionally pays off
One thing from Xenoblade 3 I hope more RPGs try out is the main party structure. You got the entire main party at the beginning of the game and they were all always on field simultaneously. I hate having to pick and choose which characters I want to take with me into battle when canonically they're all present. Having the party fully formed at the beginning also gave them ample time to grow together as a team. When I play other games like FF7 Remake or even Mass Effect, I'll have my main team from the first few party members and then as new characters come in I don't care nearly as much about them because I don't use them.
Edit: Just got to the part of the video you talk about demotivating comments from folks online. That sucks. I try to remember that people suck at communication over text. Sometimes things come through much harsher than intended. And if it was intentional, some people just suck. Keep up the good work! You've helped so many people enjoy this series. I've pointed several people to your Xenoblade 2 videos to understand combat there when they were on the verge of quitting.
WOOOOOO ENEL XENOBLADE UPLOAD WE LOVE YOU WOOOOOOO
The player's build options and incentives to use sub-optimal builds while leveling classes is good, the endgame builds are alot stronger than the enemy design can handle. The enemy design can only be so difficult as the friendly ai can not handle high damage burst or positionals. If the friendly ai is down your options are far more limited
Tldr; having +5 friendly ai severely limits enemy design
xenoblade 3’s cast is my favourite cast in any game. all 6 of them, even the nopon are written with such care and nuance that make them seem like an actual family. like they all feel real.
So, in other words, they're relatable?
@@GuardianAngelEatos yeah, more so than any game i’ve played before
honestly a lot of your sentiments echoed here were exactly what I felt 7 years ago with XC2. with me pretending to like it and giving it so many chances because it was a part of my favorite series and I felt like I had to like it. the exact words “trying to look for meaning and significance where there isn’t any” sums up exactly how I feel about XC2, story, gameplay, and all.
I definitely agree that a proper replay is in order to really sort out your feelings on the game, as it was only after a 2nd 100% playthrough of XC2 that I really settled on how I feel about it.
It honestly sucks that a lot of the negative feelings you have associated with XC3 come from making content about it, as I’m also certain a lot of your positive feelings about XC2 also come from making content about it. I think it’s up to you to judge whether or not your enjoyment of these games should include or exclude your proclivity as a content creator and how you associate your feelings with these titles. I hope you find your own way to express that without being influenced by what other people want you to feel about the titles, negative comments and all.
I haven’t done a proper replay of XC3 either, and having done more than a dozen playthroughs of XC1, more than 4000 hours of XCX, and two 100% playthroughs of XC2, I feel like this anni is the day I pay that due to XC3 so I can also decide where this game belongs for me
2 years ago when I beat XC3 I thought it was the best game in the series.
2 years later after playing through it again.....yeah, it's still the best game in the series.
That's a bold factual claim. Favorite, fine, but 3 has some serious problems that I cannot forgive and give the game more than a 7 out of 10 which hurts to say with Xenoblade Chronicles being my longtime favorite rpg franchise since playing the first one on the Wii.
Xenoblade 3 is definitely really good. The classes make combat feel so freeform especially being able to swap characters mid battle. I just wish Mobieus was better
One notable problem I noticed shortly after release is that a lot of people expected the game to contain a ton of fan service instead of mostly original content. They wanted to see all these returning characters and... No, that's not what happened, and it was never going to happen. Takahashi stated before release that he wanted Xenoblade 3 to stand on its own feet and even be a decent starting point for someone getting into the series.
Of course, I can't say the same for Future Redeemed, but for the base game, I think a lot of people's experience with the game was soured by false expectations.
I won't claim the story and characters are perfect or anything, but I think simply approaching the game with different expectations is what helped me enjoy the game a lot more than other players.
I actually replayed the game a couple weeks ago and found myself enjoying it just as much as I remembered, if not more so. I will say, I remembered the exception being the final battle with Z since I didn't beat him on the first try. The first phase in particular just feels like it drags on for too long. I personally think that if the fight was just Z∞, it wouldn't be hated as much. Phase 1 probably takes about as long as all of the other phases by itself.
I will however say that seeing Z go down super fast after the forced chain attacks made me realize that it may be thematic. Considering the whole thing about Moebius's power and ideology being a delusion, as well as "smoke and mirrors" as Taion says, feeling the fight suddenly become one of the easiest fights in the game after being one of the hardest feels quite fitting.
It was also VERY liberating to destroy him like that.
Here's my problem. I feel like XC3 and Future Redeemed actually have too much fan service. Or perhaps you could say, they tease too much and satisfy too little. I honestly wish XC3 had either gone whole hog with the idea it was marketed with ("a brand-new story that ties together the futures of the worlds depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2") and shown us what happened to the characters, towns, nations, and peoples we know and love, or else just been entirely standalone - maybe have a XC2 type ending where you learn how it fits into the rest of the universe, but other than that doesn't reference the previous games.
Instead, XC3 + FR does way too much of that wink wink nudge nudge type fan service and it irritated me. It kept teasing me with the kind of stuff I'd really be interested in knowing, and stubbornly refusing to reveal anything worthwhile. In the end it just distracted from XC3's main story for me. I get that it's kind of due to the story and the whole Aionios thing of being trapped forever and no one really remembers the "real" world, but I guess my question is did this story need to be told, or be told in this way?
It should have been, this is supposed to be the last game in this saga, why not do an IW/Endgame crossover? And wanting to make the final game in a trilogy a starting for new people is stupid and stifles your story telling.
Unfortunately Xenoblade 3 suffered from what a lot of other franchises also suffer from, the fanbase gets super hyped about something based more so on their wishes and desires and then when the thing finally comes out they've hyped themselves up so much that the actual product could never deliver to meet their expectations. I've always disliked the criticism of it not including enough fan service references to past games. Frankly we got a lot of that anyway, especially with Future Redeemed.
@@quiddity131 Base game and Future Redeemed have an interesting dichotomy where, for the most part, you could play the base game without playing any earlier game and be fine, while with Future Redeemed, you NEED to play everything beforehand.
I think Future Redeemed is the kind of thing those people wanted.
I really feel what you're saying here with regards to fanservice.
When I finished my first playthrough of XC3, I didn't quite know how to feel about it. I thought the game was excellent, but I could'nt help but feel a bit let down by how little the game actually had to do with the greater world of Xenoblade, as well as a number of other relatively minor issues. A couple months after beating it, I decided to do a replay. Now usually, it's pretty common for people to enjoy a game LESS upon a replay because they notice things they dislike that they didn't conciously recognize upon a first playthrough or start to nitpick certain things. However, replaying it actually made me enjoy the game MORE, and I think that it's because my expectations were no longer hyped beyond belief. It was that replay that truly solidified XC3 being my favorite of the trilogy. Sure, I still have a number of minor issues, but the game still means so much to me even two years later.
I'm thinking of starting another playthrough sometime soon.
I've played through the game 3 times. I played xenoblade 1 twice and Xenonlade 2 probably 9 times.
I think Xenoblade 3 is my favorite game of all time and the cast upon replays is a huge part of that.
I thought before launch that I'd identify most with Taion, when in reality the most powerful part of the game was Lanz and Sena's dual issue of imposter syndrome and martyr syndrome
I struggle day to day with a lot of trauma and mental stinkies that the entire party mirrors, but Lanz and Sena forced me to look at myself hard
XC3 is still my favorite game ever lmao
Same!
Same here 😌
Return of The King
Insane that it’s been two years.
This is easily my favorite of the three games, it has the best gameplay and story for me, i really enjoyed the cast of characters and their interactions, I love how they have a rough start but then they end up caring for each other which makes the ending even sadder (I still remember crying and it’s still the only time I’ve cried when playing a game).
I know that Moebious isn’t that well liked but I think their presence was serviceable enough.
I really liked how the call backs were used to tie the lore between the games and weren’t made just for fan service.
Of course the DLC was incredible and I can never get enough of Rex, he’s just the best.
God I love this game and series
Love your xenoblade content Enel! sorry to hear about the negativity surrounding your guides, i've always enjoyed them and I can tell a lot of work goes into all of them. Looking forward to more xenoblade vids!
Man I love your stuff. I was just checking in on your channel the other day bc I felt like I haven't seen any of your content in a minute. Glad to hear you still have more to say on this wonderful series!
I mostly just didn't like the ending it made me feel like none of it mattered because well it didn't even really happen.
No matter what’s said you’re the best teach! Will be sharing with friends as well
I've been replaying the game recently in order to stream it to a friend who doesn't have a Switch nor money to spare for one. I've been loving it just as much as I did the first run though. The characters really shine to me. Not in the wacky anime sort of way that really sticks with you, but rather in how they all feel very real+. They feel to me like people experiencing all the normal emotions and reactions we would, but elevated by their acute feeling of the limited time they have. Absolutely my favorite in the series.
They literally talk & react like no living real human I've ever met or watched, and I live in the UK. They are horrifically uncanny valley.
Just started playing and I've been using your guides since xbc1 to really understand different parts of the game. You've been a huge help
Rose-tinted glasses are fine! They let you enjoy things more than you otherwise would. Enjoyment is fun.
I think XC3's main cast was doomed to fall flat from the start. Because they're all soldiers, they all have the same backstory. Raised to fight, lost people they loved to the war (J, Miyabi, Nimwe), no interesting experiences that could have affected their indoctrination. All have the same arc about breaking free from the cycle and discovering life outside of it.
2, Torna, and FR have a diverse cast from different backgrounds, and that makes them interesting. 1's cast is mostly Homs, but it also has Melia and Riki, and they are standout members of the cast. You can't have 6 characters who all have the same life path.
Excited about the new content! I'm pretty much agree with most of what you said except about how Xenoblade 3 wasn't so memorable because the journey of XC3 was great for me and those ending cutscenes blew me away emotionally. Can't wait to watch all the new Xenoblade theme videos from you.
Enel if it makes you feel better I absolutely love your guide content and it really helped me two years ago
Just to let you know, the rate at which you were putting out XC3 videos at the game’s release was insane and greatly appreciated! Even if you think some of your videos are “outdated” because there are slightly better builds out there that are like 10% more efficient or something they likely only got to that conclusion because of the work you put in at launch. Your videos are still really good, and highly regarded among the community. So while criticism can be important it’s not worth thinking too hard about especially if it leads to demotivation
You're my favourite Xeno content creator. I'm still watching your guides today, just because I like the way you made them.
You shouldn't doubt your love for a game when you clearly remember enjoying it a lot.
Whatever the reasons or context might have been doesn't change how you felt and that is what matters in the end.
I for one love the shit out of Xenoblade 3.
Updated Xeno characters tier list would go hard, can’t wait for more Xeno content!
00:01 "ittttts beeen one week..."
Currently on my 100% run on Hard Mode (and yes, that includes the level up superbosses rematches).
2 years ago, XB3 was released and became my all-time favorite game. It ain't perfect, but I still love it with all my heart.
Happy 2nd anniversary, Xenoblade Chronicles 3!
What the hell are the chances of this LMAO I was just rewatching your future redeemed thoughts video just last night. This caused a bunch of your other Xeno vids to be in my recommended, so I saw this one and figured it was the same until I saw it was uploaded less than an hour ago.
Cool timing, can’t wait to watch!
Your guide videos help me a lot, when I just started Xenoblade. Looking forward to more Xeno guide from you. Thank you for the hard work.
I've been replaying the game for the past few weeks and while there are a few aspects that I've soured slightly on (if you're a crazy person like me trying to do every side quest the game really starts to drag once you hit the City), Xenoblade 3 is probably still my favorite game on the Switch. I can get the complaints about Moebius as a villain group but I especially don't understand the complaints about the main cast. They're easily my favorite party in an RPG since like FF7.
Also that's sad to hear people were rude about those old videos. I actually saw in passing like three different times at momocon this year and thought about just saying something like "Hey I like your Xenoblade videos!" but each time either you were busy with friends or I was busy with friends so I ended up never saying anything
Hey man I am very glad to see you made this video. I understand your nitpicks with the combat but I have to say I wouldn't have found the enjoyment I got from this combat without your advise. Ironically as outdated as your advise might be it did lead to an experience I found enjoyable. Your Relink videos too have helped me understand gameplay systems that are difficult to parse. What I am saying is, your work is worth it, people who aren't trying to fight online can see the effort you put.
2 years later Xenoblade 3 is my favourite game by such a wide margin.
From watching the livestream of it being announced, watching every following trailer and playing the few OST released on repeat, it’s easy to say this has been my most hyped up game I have ever had, I took time off work, I had 2 versions pre-ordered (digital and special edition) and was ready
The game finally released and it was better in every aspect than I expected, straight away the music and art style is my favourite of all the Xeno’s, the combat was fully explained this time and it felt so much more satisfying, the characters were instantly my favourite cast and the world felt so fun to explore (I do prefer the titans in Xb1 but still adore Aionios)
I own all the consoles and a PC, I play so many different games from Racing to VR to JRPG’s, so I’m dead serious when I say this game is perfect to me, there wasn’t a single moment I didn’t like
It’s been 2 years and I still feel this way, I have no idea how any other game will be better for me, and I really hope MonolithSoft goes a different direction than Xenoblade 4 as with the DLC I don’t need another Xenoblade Chronicle
Personally, XC3 is still my favorite in the series and my favorite game of all time. I absolutely love the characters and world and I would found myself spending 8-10hrs per session just grinding the game and having a great time. Ouroboros is my favorite cast in any JRPG because they mesh so well with each other and the dynamic from being enemies who tried to kill each other, to learning how to work together and finally turning into a found family was beautiful to experience. Noah is such a charismatic leader with a heart of gold, Mio is sweetheart and surprisingly delicate, Taion is incredibly cautious because he cares about the people around him, Eunie comes off as brash but emotionally intelligent, Lanz is stoic but deep is vulnerable and finally Sena the sunshine of the group but also suffers from self-esteem issues. I love these characters a lot and can talk about them all day. The story and themes are done perfectly and I don't think i've ever been invested into a narrative as hard as XB3.
I have noticed that certain parts of the xenoblade community usually says "yeah XC3 is great but.." and then list the issues they have, some fair and others not so much. One example being, ch6 being weaker than 5. I've noticed that people (understandably so) conflate the M reveal with being apart of chapter 5. But no, the reveal and one of the best cutscenes in the media is in chapter 6. Yeah, the rest of the chapter slows down but personally I preferred that. I needed a break after that emotional exhaustion I took from N's backstory + the reveal. Another complaint I see is moebius and Z being weak villains. I find it interesting how much focus there is on the faceless moebius, while we know the main antagonists are N and Z. it would be like me focusing on torna members like Akhos or Patroka while Jin and Malos are clearly the ones that deserve the focus.
This is getting long so i'll wrap up by saying, XC3 learned from the mistakes made in XB2 (i love XB2 btw) such as combat not being properly explained, blades (classes in xb3) being locked by a gacha mechanic and field skills hampering exploration and I'm so glad they did. The game truly gave an experienced I'll never forget and i wish i could wipe my memory and do it all over again. Happy 2 years!
I don't know if you'll see this but I must say I really like your videos, thank you so much for all the effort you put in your guides, its no exaggeration to say that part of the fun I have with this series is waiting for content from my favorite xeno youtubers like you. Really appreciate your channel and your love for the series! Thanks for letting a noob like me be able to kill superbosses with ease!
I personally did enjoy this cast over the other games
And i love Xenoblade 1 and 2's cast
But 3 just felt so genuine yet fantastic
Also, with the story, i have seen the complains but i cannot agree, people want everything to be so connected and always referencing something else
Having the plot giving us just enough info about the aftermath in Bionis and Alrest is all i need, they didn't need to overexplain everything since the message of the story gets stronger by leaning that way
We may not know the whole story, but it's worth taking the chance, Faith i may call it, rather than getting stuck in an endless now, a life that doesn't advance, a life that doesn't grow
We'll walk this path together, for our future awaits
And yeah, the gameplay is super fun, every now and then i'll just pop it in for another hard battle and claim victory
I started a new playthrough of Xenoblade 3 last week and I've been really enjoying it! I've been focusing on getting class experience on everyone which made the game more enjoyable to me since I get to try out different builds than I normally do. And revisiting the cutscenes and story and being able to spot things I missed or did not have the context for on my first playthrough was amazing (for example, Teach says at the end of his Hero Quest that he once knew a soldier that had gone mad with power. Given the context of his Ascension Quest, it's likely that he is referring to himself.).
Also, I love your guides! Even if they're more geared towards endgame/postgame and may be outdated now, they still contain solid strategies on how to play every class that could be applicable to early-/mid-game. So thanks for that!
I still remember being excited to come home from work and play this game on release day. I was stoked out of my mind for this game to come out, and I remember racing to open the package in the mail that arrived that afternoon. I have never had the same excitement for a video game release since.
Enel! We love you! We love your guides! You’ve been extremely helpful and your dedication and work ethic is evident in the quality of your content. You helped us discover what we liked and what worked in each role. (I found the gem farming guide particularly helpful).
Don’t get discouraged by dumbasses in the internet ❤
This is the typical example of "Gamers will optimize the fun out of games"
as you mentioned in the video, yes your guides might be outdated, but that doesn't change the fact that they were still very useful for their time, I remember looking forward to your guides to get better insight of the different characters and classes.
I can totally understand that it wouldn't be fun to make guides if you would get backlash upon upload, since they wouldn't be 100% optimized and can kill any end game boss in 15 sec or less.
As it stands your still my favourite Xenoblade Chronicles content creator, your guides were easy to understand, and you having a very good understanding of the game, made the guides very detailed as well.
Its always great to get an update, and I will look forward to the next game and the information you bring with it.
I feel like one of the issues of the "outdated guides" is just that you're the biggest xenoblade content creator so people hyper focus on you just for that, forgetting that you're just a player like them. This is also another consequence of the info not being easily available because its in discords instead of wikis, an absolute bane for any game. People probably project onto you the duty to keep them informed on all this info that is hard to find specifically because you're so good at explaining stuff in your guides and there's no one else really to do so.
If anything your passion to make good quality videos is why people will get disappointed that there aren't more updates on info that is tough to find.
And to those people I remined them: Enel enjoys the games like us and does videos because of that, he's just sharing his thoughts and experiences and everyone has different ones, especially over time (I mean seriously the signifier video is from 2 weeks ago!).
Don't be discouraged by toxic people in the community, you're one of THE most noteworthy Xeno creators out there and always will be for the amazing things you've achieved in the past. But also make sure to keep a healthy mindset, take breaks when needed & don't feel pressured into something because people expect it from you. WE LOVE YOU ENEL
Wow I love how you release this just after I went back to watch your long XCDE review haha. Nice reflection on this game!
I really liked your class videos! I don't care as much about super optimized, so your videos were really handy.
2 years later and I agree with pretty much everything you said. 6 players on the field is too much and each character lacks urgency. The story and themes were great but in general I feel like the story could've felt much darker espseically considering what themes were being handled. I didn't care about much of the cast besides Mio and none of them were memeorable for me especially noah and his blandness. I had a blast while playing the game and could not put it down but as time went on i got more critical with it since it did not leave any lasting memories like XC1 or XC2. Still a good game but outside of optimizations, I don't think this was better than XC2
Thanks for the content! Definitely play through it again if you can. I think that will help you better remember the 'boring' moments as well as the best moments, perhaps better than just watching the cutscenes. Also, don't let the others get you down. The content you made for this game is still great. Even "outdated" strats are great not just for historical reasons but also to find future better strats. Don't be so hard on yourself. There's a reason you have so many subs; people enjoy your content. Looking forward to future guides, tier lists, or any other XB3 content you want to share.
thanks for making this video. your vids definitely helped me enjoy this game even more. keep doing what you do on your terms.
I feel so damn old it feels like yesterday that future redeemed released!
It's interesting how different the characters have aged between us. The cast has stuck with me more than any other game. I think I like them because they all have that squad that they will spend their entire lives with.
I think in retrospect i liked 2 more than 3 but i enjoyed my time with both.
Glad to see you back. In vids like this i dont think you should stop yourself from talking about plot spoilers. It helps you explain your viewpoint and anyone watching this probably beat the game or, at the very least, doesnt care about spoilers.
For what it’s worth I and many others greatly appreciated your efforts when the game first came out. Learning some of the better ways to build and utilize the classes was something I looked forward to while slowly etching at the games story. Even if some of the strategies have evolved they wouldn’t be as progressed if it wasn’t for your initial efforts.
FINALLY!!!!!! WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!
I really hope you make a XC2 video like this too, since you already did for XC1, and now for XC3 as well.
Thank you SO much for the heart! It genuinely means so much to me that you would acknowledge my comment!!! 🥰
Loved your different guides👍
I love XC3 as well, but my thoughts nearly always drift toward XC2, my absolutely fave game! Your guides have helped me understand the battle systems in the Xeno series so much more and I really appreciate the effort you've put into them! Keep being awesome Enel!
People are way too hyperbolic in their criticisms. The grab some minor flaws and make them appear as absolute deal breakers.
I’ve been seeing hyperbolic criticisms more and more often lately, not just for xenoblade, but for a bunch of other media as well. It’s so annoying when the only things I see people saying about a piece of media are “it’s peak”, “it’s trash”, or “it’s mid” (Which is sometimes worse than trash somehow????)
@@cash-onlycaveman6637 Yeah its pretty exhausting. I just dont use social media and interact with fans of things anymore. Early days of the internet was so much more peaceful which is ironic because platforms are more censored and sanitized than ever
I think 3 has the best character writing out of all the Blade games and possibly any RPG I've ever played. Every word that comes out of the main cast's mouths is perfect characterization, and I empathize completely with all their struggles, insecurities, and accomplishments. That alone makes up for any other writing criticism I could make with the broader story. As long as I care about the characters, their stories, and their resolutions, almost nothing else matters to me.
Xenoblade 3 was my first completely blind Xeno experience so I'm slightly biased towards it, but despite its flaws, it's my favorite Xenoblade. I played Xenoblade 2 for the first time after playing 3 and there's something special about it that made me really enjoy it. As such, I'd say 2 is the best, but 3 is my favorite
One thing to consider is that how much you enjoy a game can also have nothing to do with the game. It can just be where you are in your life at the time, etc. Do I think those things have HUGE effects? No. But they can add up and push past thresholds with how a game resonates with you etc.
One of the best rpgs I played 2 years back. Future redeemed topped it with so many qol changes and a tighter pacing (though that can be chalked up to being shorter) that really pushed me to 100% the dlc. What a wonderful game.
Your class guide videos helped me enjoy the game even more! I revisited them countless times when I couldn't remember the specific niches of each class. I'm still waiting for the Shackle Ring video!
It quickly became my favorite xenoblade and my second favorite game of all time, the cast is among one of my favorites, the music is amazing (as usual but the battle themes in here are the best of the series imo as well as the cutscenes music), the combat is super fun and in general it's a more than worthy successor to the xb2 battle system, the final chapters are a bit rushed but i still like them, especially the more emotional moments.
The side content while not as great as X is the best of the numbered games and the dlc is imo one of the greatest of all time
Enels back W and crazy how time flies I still hop on and play it just really fun and enjoyable great video enel
2 years already? How??????
Always extremely thankful for your videos, content and opinions in general.
There are so much stuff i simply wouldn't have been able to figure out. .
XC3 is my favorite in the Xeno series, as well as one of my favorite games of all time. The story, characters, and combat are all my favorite of the Xenoblade games. Everything just resonated with me.
Also, if you have an opinion about something, just have that opinion, regardless of what others say. But I do find it interesting that there are people in your friend-group who hate the game, because in my friend-group everyone absolutely loves it. But everyone has their own opinion, and that's fine.
Also, as a possible suggestion if you ever wanted to get back to XC3 combat guides, if you're afraid of some jerks saying the stuff isn't quite as optimal as it can be, you could always introduce the most optimal strats in one small video, and then show is the cool stuff you can do with the combat that's not the most optimal, just because it's more fun for you. It would also be pretty fun for us. I'm sure most of your audience wants to see all the fun things you can do in the game, not just the most optimal things that "pro gamers" only do.
You make quality content. I hope it doesn't sound trite, but don't let peoples comments get you down. People are always going to talk, especially with the shoulders of giants to stand on.
It's great to hear from you, man. Your feelings of demotivation are valid. That's just how our world works, wherever you go there's going to be antis. Just know that there's also quite a number of us who appreciate you and what you do. So thank you. 😁
Today I watched like all your Definitive Edition guides since I'm doing my second playthrough 4 years later and you just posted a Xeno video the same day lol
When the world needed him the most, he returned.
I am finally playing through the DLC after a second playthrough. I'll be back to watch this when I finish.
I think it's interesting to look inward and think about if you truly like something, it really made me consider stuff like that myself. Xenoblade 3 is one of my all time favourites personally and I think any issues I have with it would be nitpicks. I do wish the DLC added more classes though, that was a bit disappointing to me. My first replay of Xenoblade 2 was even better than my first in part thanks to the awesome additions it's base game received. I've loved replaying 3 too but that factor is somewhat lost.
I did my first and only replay of base Xenoblade 3 last March/April (during which I also had COVID, joy...) and did my first and only replay of Future Redeemed back in May of this year. Overall Xenoblade 3 remains my favorite Xenoblade game. It is the most fun to play, combining the best parts of 1 (exploration) and 2 (combat system) into one game and overall other enhancements too. It also has my favorite story, designs and music of the series. The end of chapter 5/start of chapter 6 is easily peak Xenoblade content and arguably peak Xeno content period. Really the only big complaint I have about the game is the poorly handled villains, which is a shame because if there's one thing Xeno has been amazing at from the beginning its been avoiding cartoonish mustache twirling villains but instead writing them as well developed characters with their own motivations and backgrounds so you understand why they are the way they are.
Re: your videos and the commentary that has demotivated you, I can say most of your viewers are probably like me, people that love the series but are still more casual from a gameplay standpoint, not going for super fast speed runs, etc... And your videos are still super useful for us. If there's some other method that saves 10 seconds that is out there that doesn't diminish the hard work you've done at all. There also are a wide variety of non-gameplay subjects you could always get into for the franchise.
Xenoblade 3 was definitely my favorite in the series, mainly because of the characters. However, I feel the same as you where I don't think about much these days but I still enjoyed my time with it.
Honestly makes me want to take out XC3 Again, sadly I'm currently dealing with Past Missions in Pokemon Rangers Guardian Signs, and fell into Fate Grand Order. Quite Frankly this video is a chef's kiss retrospective from you, especially with how you talk about how hard it is to objectively rank the Classes, Seriously you and Nn Li were a big help when I was playing through XC2 and 3
I truly hope there will be a next gen update when switch 2 comes out. It’ll be the best reason to play again and experience the dlc for the first time (outside of FR)
I recently replayed the game and loved it even more. I really appreciated just how fleshed out each character from both the main cast and all the colonies are. FR is also super good, of course, although I’d say its weakest point is that it kinda ends up being a (double) spin-to-win fest like no other game in the franchise. I’m still more of a 2+Torna guy overall, but the full 3 package is still insanely good and an immensely high achievement.
Also I misjudged the music, I went from thinking 3 was easily the weakest to probably maybe the best over the course of the last 165 hours.
Xenoblade 3 has my favorite main cast of any game, closely rivaled by FF7 Remake/Rebirth and Persona 5. Each of the main six has personal motivations for being there, inner conflict that feels believable, and meaningful interactions with each of the other characters. Moments like Taion giving Eunie a cup of tea for her shaking hands, Eunie listening to Mio vent about her impending homecoming, Lanz and Sena trying to force themselves to Interlink (which is bookended by an insane moment for them later on, which I don't want to spoil here just in case someone hasn't played it yet). I love all these guys so much!
Your content is incredible, and I really appreciate it. I took intense notes from your XB2 blade guides, and still look forward to checking out your XC3 builds, outdated or not. I think your channel would benefit from a new update video, for the sake of having top combat information all on one channel.
As a brit, I'm just appreciative of how accurately xenoblade 3 represented our general conversation. Favourite game of all time
It was alright, the story was kinda convoluted for me personally, even having played XC1 and XC2.
The gameplay was good but I like 2's better.
In terms of xeno characters I think riku is one of the best written. One scene where he throws a fit about being hungry to give a break to a character who is too driven and proud to ask for a break. He is inarguably the least important character, yet, he shows more character than most of the characters from other games can even tell you about.
Hope you wind up making the boss ranking videos as well as most OP characters in terms of gameplay. Really fun video ideas.
As for the game itself, I believe the highs are nowhere near the highs of XC2 (I think of the highs of 3 are better than 1 but I know but people will disagree on that) but I think that's where a lot of the criticism comes from. 3 is a much more somber story with more grounded characters without many of the emotional uplifting moments that we all remember in 2. That's why some people think Noah is boring, or the character interactions meh, or the plot isn't as interesting.
I'd still rate 3 below 2 but I think the "hate" it get's is unwarranted. It veers away from the "shonen-y" lead and cast even if there are still shonen elements involved. I personally like that generally speaking more even if my personal favorite characters are in 2. I believe the plot and gameplay are more consistent from beginning to end even if the end of chapter 7 is pretty egregious with the lack of payoff with X and Y. It's still among the best games I've played and I'm due for a replay after I finish playing Trails.
Future Redeemed might be the best piece of DLC I've played and I have almost no bad things to say whatsoever. It even beats Torna to me and I LOVED Torna side-quests and all.