Why Xenoblade Chronicles X is So Special

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• KE

  @keeysOST · 1 year ago

  For new players, trust me, you'll want to do side quests. Xenoblade X might not have the story telling level of 1, 2, and 3, but it has lore that's just as huge as the main series.

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• RA

  @randomplayer211 · 1 year ago

  Something I liked about X is that when you choose the voice for your character, it credits the VA that voicing them.

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• MA

  @MagnyusG · 1 year ago

  XCX is effectively a single player MMO in the most endearing sense. Unlike a lot of MMOs that feel like single player games despite having everything in place to play with other people. XCX on the other hand is designed entirely as a single player experience, but the multiplayer elements make you feel like you&apos;re a part of something bigger than yourself.<br><br>This feeling was even more prevalent back when the game was new and the Xenoblade subreddit was 99% dedicated to this game only. The community back then was so dedicated and thriving. Hopefully newcomers will get to experience that.

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• BS

  @BSKDAEMON · 1 year ago

  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would not have turned out great without Xenoblade X.

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• K1

  @k18808t · 1 year ago

  The community for this game at its peak was one of the best ever

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• AN

  @Anonymous121212 · 1 year ago

  Spent literally more than 1000 hours on this game in the Wii U. <br><br>Ready to do it again!

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• PO

  @pockystyx4087 · 1 year ago

  X was the first open world game I legitimately enjoyed just traveling around in. Before then; I was mostly just playing more linear games, and the occasional open world title, but I always found those worlds to be a slog to traverse and be in.<br><br>Between the speed, the jumping, the driving, the flying. . . its all just so damn exhilarating to go from point A to B in X. Hell; some of my most standout moments were finding ways to skip tough areas by taking advantage of the jumps and terrain. So much freedom.

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• FS

  @fstim82 · 1 year ago (edited)

  For the unfamiliar: &nbsp;Picture Breath of the Wild with more verticality, then swap in sci-fi, guns, light swords. &nbsp;Swap in the combat of Xenoblade 1 (MMO-ish combat). &nbsp;Now imagine the starting plateau is actually a busy city which you&apos;ll return to as you complete missions like &quot;go here and set up a mapping device to help us figure this world out&quot; and &quot;go kill these enemies&quot;. &nbsp;After 30 hours, you&apos;ll become the pilot of a transformer robot/car that makes the HUGE world much easier to traverse (not that it was annoying to be on foot, mind you. &nbsp;It really makes you appreciate the robots that much more tho). &nbsp;Then after that you&apos;ll get a flying transformer. &nbsp;All the while, you&apos;ll get updated on the story of survival, the enemies, the world (which is just as interesting as the numbered games, just structured differently given the game&apos;s openess). &nbsp;You&apos;ll be annoyed by a Jar-Jar Binks like character. &nbsp;By the end it will be something incredibly memorable and you&apos;ll be begging for a sequel (and it IS coming...)

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• AD

  @adrianleonce455 · 1 year ago

  Honestly, I&apos;m kinda glad that Xenoblade X seems to be self-contained and less story driven. I played through all 3 games it was a fantastic experience. But hearing all of this about X makes it seem like a nice &quot;vacation&quot; from the rollercoaster that is the trilogy. Though, I am expecting Monolith to connect it to trilogy at least a little bit with the DE version.

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• LE

  @Lexaegis · 1 year ago

  I got into Xenoblade 1 just a month before Shulk was announced for Smash 4 and I loved it so much that when X was announced it became my entire personality. Unlike most that loved the first game though, I ended up loving X more than any game I’ve ever played even to this day, it’s truly something special if you give it the chance to lose yourself in its world

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• MA

  @machodgdon · 1 year ago

  We gonna have a whole new generation of players complaining about how long it takes to get a Skell 🙏🏻

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• LE

  @LeDerpChris · 1 year ago (edited)

  Newcomers, Xeno X makes up for its plot with its gameplay, exploration, lore, and SOUNDTRACK. Please give this game a shot

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