Xenoblade Chronicles 2

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  1. AllySky
    Apr 29, 2019
    8
    Perhaps one of the best rpg's on the switch, however that doesn't mean it goes without its faults and flaws. The combat is something no player would want, it's entirely boring, long winded, and overly complicated, this needs to be replaced or tweaked, like many other things in the game. The world design, in particular is mediocre, however the world presentation is amazing, what Nintendo isPerhaps one of the best rpg's on the switch, however that doesn't mean it goes without its faults and flaws. The combat is something no player would want, it's entirely boring, long winded, and overly complicated, this needs to be replaced or tweaked, like many other things in the game. The world design, in particular is mediocre, however the world presentation is amazing, what Nintendo is at fault here is the lack of reason to explore and also the poor script in the story as it goes on which evidently makes you not care anymore. Along with a titans worth of miscellaneous crap that will likely be over looked, this only proves that Nintendo doesn't quite have the formula down, at least for this game.… Expand
  2. TechEagle
    Jul 9, 2018
    10
    One of the best game i have ever played and definitely the best game on NSwitch.
  3. AliasOrion
    Jul 16, 2018
    10
    By miles, this game is the best game for Switch, and no, that isn't a contrarian Breath of the Wild hater's opinion. Where BotW won out in visuals, this game had everything else. It hit every cord so perfectly in terms of world structure, story, combat, pacing, difficulty, and pretty much everything else.

    The world, though not as visually stunning or free as Breath of the Wild's feels    By miles, this game is the best game for Switch, and no, that isn't a contrarian Breath of the Wild hater's opinion. Where BotW won out in visuals, this game had everything else. It hit every cord so perfectly in terms of world structure, story, combat, pacing, difficulty, and pretty much everything else.

    The world, though not as visually stunning or free as Breath of the Wild's feels more polished and more tailored to what I want, where the monsters, loot, and quests are organized exactly how they should be across the map to make it interesting and make exploration exciting. Certain areas are walled off until you hit certain milestones in terms of blade development providing constant reason to care to go back and explore zones which you've previously been.

    The combat, which is the best part of the game despite what critics might have tried to convince you, is easy to learn, but with incredible depth that rewards you not only in increased damage output for learning and getting good at it, but also in loot. If you do well and work hard to do well, you get better and more items providing a constant motivation to not just mash buttons. This system kept me interested through to the last moments to take every fight seriously.

    The blade system, which is essentially a pokemon/booster pack opening system whereby you find certain blades in the world/story or find certain cores (booster packs) which you open with a random chance of getting something good, is fantastic. The RNG is perfectly structured where you can't just farm cores and get them all early on, but where it gets more difficult as you're getting down to your last few and pretty much requires you to wait for the cores you get later in the game. There is NO pay to win here, no loot-boxes where there could have been, just a system designed to make the game more fun, and they truly succeeded.

    To address the most controversial portion of the game, the design of women and female blades, all I have to say is recognize this game was made in Japan and that video games remain to be a far more widely-held male hobby. Add 15 points to the critics' score and 1.0 point to the use score and we'd be at a more honest place discounting political nonsense spilling into video games. Then we're at a 98 for critics and 9.4 for users, the disparities from a perfect score for critics stemming from an admitted time commitment and learning curve in figuring out the combat system and for users in not liking hard games.

    Also, if you need further verification that this game was scored unjustly for political motivations, look up some videos of the voice acting, hear how great it is, then look up reviews. Critics seriously scored lower for the game because they exclusively used European accents rather than a more diverse collection of accents, quality of the voice acting not even addressed.

    But back to the regular review stuff, the story is incredibly thought-out and expansive; not just save the world from Ganondorf but understand the world and why you are destined to fight him in various forms for all eternity level stuff. The characters are unique and likable, their individual plots and motivations enjoyable. Mechanics wise though, my only objection would be that one spoiler unnamed character should have been a different class so as to make all the characters and team selections equally viable.

    Looking forward to the expansion this fall, and though I already have the season pass, this game is so good, a big irrational part of me wants to buy the physical copy of the expansion I already have a digital copy of just to contribute to the developers.

    10/10 will play several more 100+ hour play-throughs again in my life.    … Expand
  4. Zoltar238
    Nov 2, 2020
    10
    Una obra maestra, este juego es simplemente excelente en todo. Una nota: este jugo no esta relacionado con los anteriores de la saga ni en historia ni en jugabilidad, así que no hagáis caso a los trolls que le dan mala nota porque no se parece a los anteriores.
  5. SwitchReview
    Dec 28, 2018
    6
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is sadly a game that I cannot recommend. One of the first highly rated games on here that I did not enjoy on the Switch. My initial reaction upon starting the game was that the graphics are pretty blurry compared to other big titles on the Switch. This problem becomes especially noticeable in handheld mode.

    The story is what you'd expect from a JRPG, and it    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is sadly a game that I cannot recommend. One of the first highly rated games on here that I did not enjoy on the Switch. My initial reaction upon starting the game was that the graphics are pretty blurry compared to other big titles on the Switch. This problem becomes especially noticeable in handheld mode.

    The story is what you'd expect from a JRPG, and it definitely picks up later on. The voice acting was interesting to say the least, I downloaded the Japanese voice pack DLC and played with that for the most part. Really the only strong points that I found were the music and story, which is disappointing for a game as hyped as this.

    There is about 50 hours of gameplay packed into this game, or 36 if you subtract the 14 hours of cutscenes. There's a lot of content in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, some of which is interesting and may help to distract you from the long and grueling combat. The combat system isn't as bad as people say, a couple of short YouTube tutorials will set you on the right path. The actual length of the combat itself is the problem, many of the enemies feel as if you are fighting a tank. Usually, when I play an RPG I like to explore every part of the dungeon and defeat all the enemies. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was probably the first game I decided not to do this. Eventually, it became a hilarious game of "how fast can I sprint past these enemies to get to the next cutscene?"

    I will give credit though, a lot of games tend to drag out the ending with useless stuff but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 did not do this and the pacing was very good. Overall, I give Xenoblade Chronicles a 6/10.    … Expand
  6. nilocelyod
    Aug 17, 2018
    10
    Amazing game all around. The story, characters, OST, and visuals are all top tier and enjoyable. The further you dive into the game, the more complex and exciting the battle system becomes. There is so much to do and so many different places to explore so you’ll never be bored! Honestly, one of my favorite games I have ever played. Such an enjoyable experience, I highly recommend this gameAmazing game all around. The story, characters, OST, and visuals are all top tier and enjoyable. The further you dive into the game, the more complex and exciting the battle system becomes. There is so much to do and so many different places to explore so you’ll never be bored! Honestly, one of my favorite games I have ever played. Such an enjoyable experience, I highly recommend this game to everyone.… Expand
  7. Ghenwy
    Sep 4, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best JRPG ever.
    Wanna feel something like the FF saga of PS1??? Play this.

    You need a few hours to learn to play well, but... it deserves it.    … Expand
  8. FlipSideKiller
    Oct 12, 2018
    10
    ((MINOR BLADE SPOILER))

    Words can’t describe how F***ing amazing this game is. I bought this game because it looked fun, and I like anime, but I knew the combat was like dragon age, which I despise. I opened the game up on my switch, and noticed something right off the bat. This game looked U G L Y on handheld. That didn’t take away my from my experience, as it looks phenomenal docked.    ((MINOR BLADE SPOILER))

    Words can’t describe how F***ing amazing this game is. I bought this game because it looked fun, and I like anime, but I knew the combat was like dragon age, which I despise. I opened the game up on my switch, and noticed something right off the bat. This game looked U G L Y on handheld. That didn’t take away my from my experience, as it looks phenomenal docked. Next, I need to talk about the story. Absolutely amazing, and isn’t afraid to deal with dark subjects such as death, depression, and loneliness. I was astonished at the surprisingly great voice acting in English, and Japanese. For some reason, I felt like I had to play it in Dub, as the Japanese didn’t seem right to me. The blades in this game, which are the Pokémon aspects, looked good, and terrible. This game, as a blind purchase was amazing. You may see reviews talking about how the combat is sluggish, or how enemies can aggro onto you from a mile away, but, even though I experienced that once or twice, I still had a fun time with the game. The characters are so charming, and likable, I couldn’t pick best girl or boy. Maybe the best girl in my opinion is ((Partial Spoilers)) Mythra, and best boy is Zeke, or the Zekenator. I wish the game was longer, even though it took me 150 hours to beat it. No major complaints here, but this game is very niche. If you don’t like JRPG’s, massive boobs, or combat that takes a while to get good, then don’t buy this. I’m okay with JRPG’s, and I was so surprised at how much I loved this. Another wish is that I want Nintendo to bring Xenoblade Chronicles X to switch. Have a wonderful day, reader.    … Expand
  9. JdOs
    Sep 12, 2018
    9
    At first, I was hesitant to pick up this game. I had never played the first game or the Wii U game and wanted to try it. At first, the resolution is not very high and bothered me sometimes, this was my only graphical complaint. The game is gorgeous and I feel that I could live in the world of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

    Sometimes I felt loss and I had no idea on where to go. I would then go    At first, I was hesitant to pick up this game. I had never played the first game or the Wii U game and wanted to try it. At first, the resolution is not very high and bothered me sometimes, this was my only graphical complaint. The game is gorgeous and I feel that I could live in the world of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

    Sometimes I felt loss and I had no idea on where to go. I would then go grind and learn from a youtube video or just by common sense. The story is really wonderful with the great cast of characters and interesting plots.

    Honestly, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was in my top ten games of 2017. This game is great for people who enjoy JRPG's with a big world, lovable characters, and grinding for XP till their hearts content.    … Expand
  10. Poseidon1979x
    Sep 30, 2018
    10
    Epic story, fantastic game. I love it. it's a difficult game but when you know how to play you will love it try it it's fantastic
  11. ChrisTs
    Oct 1, 2018
    10
    The game is simply superb! No regrets for buying it in full price at all. You can spend huge amounts of time in it.
  12. Desolark
    Oct 2, 2018
    10
    Definitely the best game of 2017. The game came out with a fully fleshed out story that was intriguing with a satisfying end. The characters are each fully developed with story arcs dedicated to each (With the exception of one poor neglected tiger). If that wasn't enough, throughout 2018, Monolith updated the game periodically with free content along with paid DLC that added to an alreadyDefinitely the best game of 2017. The game came out with a fully fleshed out story that was intriguing with a satisfying end. The characters are each fully developed with story arcs dedicated to each (With the exception of one poor neglected tiger). If that wasn't enough, throughout 2018, Monolith updated the game periodically with free content along with paid DLC that added to an already extensive game. Both anime and JRPG fans will get a kick out of this masterpiece.… Expand
  13. monmon
    Oct 11, 2018
    5
    This sequel title has unfinished, contradictory, and choppy main story especially compared to the previous "Xenoblade Chronicles" and "Xenogears" title. There are "too much" boring side quests, and I found it's difficult to empathize with main characters and villains. These three main issues ruin the best quality of music and massive landscapes/worlds. I suppose this title could becomeThis sequel title has unfinished, contradictory, and choppy main story especially compared to the previous "Xenoblade Chronicles" and "Xenogears" title. There are "too much" boring side quests, and I found it's difficult to empathize with main characters and villains. These three main issues ruin the best quality of music and massive landscapes/worlds. I suppose this title could become another masterpiece as a "legitimate sequel of Xenoblade Chronicle" if staff could invest more time to make the story more persuasive and give more emotional reality on the main characters.
    I feel very sorry about the staff who tried to cover the incomplete quality of its main story with less-interesting side stories of rare blades and side quests which force players to work on boring routines over and over again without strong emotional motivation.    … Expand
  14. Bradyg
    Nov 6, 2018
    10
    Xenoblade 2 what a masterpiece of a game. This is my first real rpg I have ever played, and I would say it blew away my expectations. While some have a issue with the voice acting being synced with the mouths, it does not personally bother me. The game does present difficulty at early stages in the game. The game is beautiful for a switch game. The combat is really engaging, compared toXenoblade 2 what a masterpiece of a game. This is my first real rpg I have ever played, and I would say it blew away my expectations. While some have a issue with the voice acting being synced with the mouths, it does not personally bother me. The game does present difficulty at early stages in the game. The game is beautiful for a switch game. The combat is really engaging, compared to other rpgs I have played after it. The game is very strategic and requires you to know the battle system well to succeed. You will get attached to characters throughout the game. The game is a must by for rpg fans and strategy game players.… Expand
  15. greninjaX
    Dec 1, 2018
    10
    an absolute master piece. surpasses the original xenoblade in every way. make sure to buy the expansion pass, and this game will never end, giving you over 300 hours of entertainment
  16. SeanGX
    Nov 27, 2018
    9
    Overall this is a great game, though it has a few issues. The main issues I had with the game was its slow start, its spotty voice acting, and some tacked on features that slow the game down. The game has a fantastic story that takes a while to get in to, but once you do its an amazing and gripping story. The characters are cool and interesting and are all like able. The presentation isOverall this is a great game, though it has a few issues. The main issues I had with the game was its slow start, its spotty voice acting, and some tacked on features that slow the game down. The game has a fantastic story that takes a while to get in to, but once you do its an amazing and gripping story. The characters are cool and interesting and are all like able. The presentation is great, the game looks stunning on the Nintendo Switch, the music in my opinion is better than the first game, and the character designs (while some are a bit too much in the case of the female characters) look great. If you are a fan of JRPG's and are looking for the best JRPG on the switch, this is it.… Expand
  17. AuxRe
    Dec 2, 2018
    10
    Xenoblade is by far one of the best games that I have ever played. It has an immersive universe, the map feels quite large, the story feels quite fitting and emotional, and the characters have wonderful personalities. Sure, in some ways, the English voice acting can falter, but it still manages to help keep the characters' emotions clear. The battle mechanics are hard to get used to, butXenoblade is by far one of the best games that I have ever played. It has an immersive universe, the map feels quite large, the story feels quite fitting and emotional, and the characters have wonderful personalities. Sure, in some ways, the English voice acting can falter, but it still manages to help keep the characters' emotions clear. The battle mechanics are hard to get used to, but can be manageable after enough practice in the game. The music is phenomenal. it took me about 100 hours just to beat the game, and if you want to still keep playing after you've beaten the game, you most likely will have to buy the DLC, thankfully the DLC has a ton of new content for the game. Overall, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is an amazing game, enough to stand on its own feet without help of the original, bringing a unique story with unique characters.… Expand
  18. gonzar25
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a game that impresses by its size and its ambition. After more than 160 hours necessary to complete 100% of the game I can say that it is a gift for any fan of RPGs, being one of the most impressive games to have in the first year of a console. With varied and very beautiful music this game will guarantee dozens of hours of fun. With so many excellent qualities,Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a game that impresses by its size and its ambition. After more than 160 hours necessary to complete 100% of the game I can say that it is a gift for any fan of RPGs, being one of the most impressive games to have in the first year of a console. With varied and very beautiful music this game will guarantee dozens of hours of fun. With so many excellent qualities, Xenoblade 2 is a must-have game in your library and will make you little by little enchanted by these incredible characters.… Expand
  19. Luigui27
    Dec 9, 2018
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego muy divertido y adictivo. La banda sonora es memorable y los personajes son bastante carismáticos. La exploración en este juego es bastante satisfactoria a pesar de no ser un mundo abierto gigantesco. Los combates son entretenidos y a pesar de que las mecánicas pueden parecer sencillas y son fáciles de aprender, es un reto dominarlas, no obstante, si bien la dificultad del juego va aumentando, no es un juego que llegue a frustrar por su dificultad. La historia que tiene el juego es bastante interesante. Simplemente un juego ARPG que hay que tener en tu colección.… Expand
  20. Luia_94
    Dec 15, 2018
    9
    Baja la epicidad de la primera entrega y sube el humor (japonés)
    Altamente recomendable pasarse el primero (wii o 3DS) para así disfrutar del final de este.
  21. Roen86
    Jan 5, 2019
    10
    i must admit this one is slightly less good than Xenoblade on the Wii was, its a bit more ...how you say... hentai or something... but maybe some people like that. but that is about the only negative point i have. my opinion is that this is one of the best games for the swtich, and it definetly is one you should at least play once, but i am keeping it in my main collection together withi must admit this one is slightly less good than Xenoblade on the Wii was, its a bit more ...how you say... hentai or something... but maybe some people like that. but that is about the only negative point i have. my opinion is that this is one of the best games for the swtich, and it definetly is one you should at least play once, but i am keeping it in my main collection together with Zelda and Monster Hunter. i got lost in this one for hours, weeks, months perhaps.... and i am giving it a full 10/10 because my opinion is that this game is much better than world of goo. (which is currently rated higher than xenoblade, which ofcourse as a true fan of the series i can not let happen)… Expand
  22. Vk_tio
    Jan 5, 2019
    10
    nice one .
  23. Gangus
    Jan 21, 2019
    10
    In short, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of the best games I have ever played. This game is pretty much the main reason why I bought a Switch, and honestly, I am not disappointed at all. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with its over 70 hour long campaign, delivers a solid and deep combat system with an engaging story, full of lovable characters, paired with excellent music and visuals.

    The combat    In short, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of the best games I have ever played. This game is pretty much the main reason why I bought a Switch, and honestly, I am not disappointed at all. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with its over 70 hour long campaign, delivers a solid and deep combat system with an engaging story, full of lovable characters, paired with excellent music and visuals.

    The combat system is unlike anything I've played before. I did try a bit of the first Xenoblade via emulation, but due to issues, I could only play a few hours of it. Nevertheless, the complex combat system of Xenoblade 2 feels great to play overall. Chaining together Specials to form Blade Combos, and sealing enemies' attacks, before breaking all those seals and unleashing a massive amount of punishment on them always felt satisfying to do throughout the game. But even outside of combat, things are really engaging. There are tons of ways in which you can modify your blades, as well as your party members, which kept me tinkering with menus for a long time, trying to find the best setup I could come up with.

    The story is something I really got hooked on after playing for a while. There is always something to keep you on your toes and await the next cutscene or mission, be it lore or present events, but the end is where Xenoblade 2 really shines. This game has a wonderful ending, which I admittedly teared up on not once, but twice. The curiosity of what lies in Elysium always kept pushing me forward, while I gradually grew closer and closer to the characters.

    Finally, the audiovisual aspects. They can be simply stunning sometimes. I'm not the one for ambient music, but this game might have made me a fan. Be it grand, and powerful, or sad and melancholic, the music always hit a pleasant spot for me. The tracks with vocals are just simply amazing, and it really feels like a lot of effort has been put into the music. As for the visuals, they are absolutely beautiful. Scale plays a huge role here. Seeing the Titan you're on move its head or wings around with you walking on it just felt amazing to witness. Xenoblade 2 also likes to switch up its locations quite variably, which is a great thing. No two areas are remotely the same, their people as well as their structures are distinct to the point where you can recognize an in game nation just by their looks and style alone.

    My only real gripes with the game were the really slow and sloppy start and the gacha system. Once the story and the gameplay got going, I got sucked in, but before that, I was a bit unsure to keep playing or not. I glad I did though. As for the gacha, while it does vary up how you go through the game (with the random drops and all) I felt like the game should have been more generous with the drop rates for Rare Blades or just rarer Core Crystals. I did like how all of the rare blades have their own flushed out histories and personalities, though. Additionally, the inn system is something that I was kind of confused about. The bonus EXP you get is just way too much, and I'd advise players who are planning on picking this up to just ignore the inns and the bonus EXP, because it is super easy to overlevel yourself with it, and that's never a fun thing.

    Overall, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is an outstanding game. A lot of people brush it off just because of its Japanese style, or slow starts, but it really, REALLY pays off in the end. It has so much content, polish, and love put into every one of its aspects. If you really do love JRPGs, this is a must. If you get through its slow start, you'll find one of the best gaming experiences you can ever witness on the Nintendo Switch.

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  24. StadtlerHM
    Feb 11, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want to start out by saying that this game has a fair amount of problems, and that I would not recommend this to everyone. That said, this is the perfect game for me.

    THE game has a deep and interesting STORY. I particularly loved the main blades', Morag's and Jin's stories, as they develop from just "bad" or "good" guys, to people you care for and have sympathy for, as they were all put in difficult situations they didn't know what to do about. I also love how the story introduces a little comedy whenever the game goes too deep in on a topic such as the meaning of life, morality, the death of loved ones etc. as this keeps the game from becoming depressing, but still allows the game to develop a deep and interesting story that shows that the developers cared about the player.

    THE COMBAT in this game was also great, albeit not introduced in the best way (the game uses a LOT of text prompts, and doesn't give you the option to re- read about a feature you have already been explained once before). I especially liked how the game allows you to have your very own combat style, being able to choose (as long as you grind a bit) exactly what blades you want to use, with the choice of in total six different types of tanks, healers and attack blades. I, myself loved how the game lets you exploit canceling the auto attack of pyra/ mythra, to instead allow you to recharge your arts super fast, rather than doing a bit more damage. The elemental attacks and combos, their ability to seal away enemy attacks, combined with chain attacks, all while the combat is in real time, makes each combat encounter an expertly crafted strategy game, while keeping the pace of combat quite high. The enemies' abilities to have different attack styles, just like yourself, and adapt to your attack style makes each combat encounter feel slightly different, and keeps combat fun through the entire game (although I could see how it might feel a bit grindy, as this keeps each battle going for longer, and you'll be in combat a LOT).

    SIDE QUESTS, however, get VERY grindy, and are not too original or too fun to play through if you are not a total completionist (like me). However, I still enjoyed the grind a lot, and loved levelling up blades and feeling the pure satisfaction of every affinity chart I finished (what can I say, the combat is just fun enough, and the stories in some cases justified the grind).

    Lastly, this game has BY FAR the BEST SOUNDTRACK I have ever heard in any game that I have played (but then, again, I haven't played that many other games compared to most people). The environments are also extremely beautiful, and that's enough said.    … Expand
  25. RdeRuben
    May 1, 2019
    7
    Nice game.
    Best: Combat system
    Worst: Sexist with the female sex.
    Infinite Movie Scenes
    It's an easy game but when it wants it becomes in a wall and u must search guides to continues.
    About 80 hours finish it.
  26. DoctorCalamari
    May 17, 2019
    6
    Overall, do I think Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is overrated? Yeah. It has subpar Graphics, a complicated-yet uninteresting battle system, way too much play time for just the story mode, mediocre characters, and Voice Acting that is MegaMan 8 levels of bad.
    However, it has enough pros for me to say that I still recommend it to RPG fans and even those interested. I'm relatively alone on this.    Overall, do I think Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is overrated? Yeah. It has subpar Graphics, a complicated-yet uninteresting battle system, way too much play time for just the story mode, mediocre characters, and Voice Acting that is MegaMan 8 levels of bad.
    However, it has enough pros for me to say that I still recommend it to RPG fans and even those interested. I'm relatively alone on this. I'll just give it the coveted "Not My Thing" award.    … Expand
  27. foofaloop
    May 26, 2019
    6
    Personally not a fan of the new anime-esque aesthetic that this game tries to portray compared to the others in the series. The game tends to lay several anime tropes on pretty thick which for me made it hard to get invested in the plot.

    Combat in the game is significantly more linear compared to the previous entries and leaves a lot to be desired. Additionally there is a gachapon    Personally not a fan of the new anime-esque aesthetic that this game tries to portray compared to the others in the series. The game tends to lay several anime tropes on pretty thick which for me made it hard to get invested in the plot.

    Combat in the game is significantly more linear compared to the previous entries and leaves a lot to be desired. Additionally there is a gachapon system for obtaining essential equipment for your characters and the game forces you to save beforehand so you cannot reset for what you want despite the game being an offline single player game.

    While I do have my issues with this game, I wouldn't call it outright bad, just kind of disappointing compared to the previous entries.    … Expand
  28. Carlinhos_86
    Nov 23, 2019
    9
    I absolutely LOVE the story, characters, environments, music, and above all else, the battle system of this game. I even like the gacha mechanics to get rare blades. Xenoblade 2 is, along with its predecessor, an absolute masterpiece! I deduct 1 point from the score because the menu becomes a mess after you get a load of items. Give me the option to MANUALLY organize my stuff, Monolith...
  29. meritum
    May 5, 2020
    10
    One of the best games ever created. Story, soundtrack, world and characters are on top level. We miss today so good games, they are very rare
  30. Syhlcam
    Mar 28, 2021
    9
    Découverte totale, un J-RPG classique avec un gameplay et une histoire simple. Mais la fin, le final, quelle émotion bordel !

    Un univers riche, de grande zone riche en vie avec une exploration présente et récompensée. Le système de combat riche en possibilités avec toutes les associations de lame, d'éléments et des possibilités qu'offre le jeu. Des personnages riches et attachant qu'on    Découverte totale, un J-RPG classique avec un gameplay et une histoire simple. Mais la fin, le final, quelle émotion bordel !

    Un univers riche, de grande zone riche en vie avec une exploration présente et récompensée. Le système de combat riche en possibilités avec toutes les associations de lame, d'éléments et des possibilités qu'offre le jeu. Des personnages riches et attachant qu'on découvre progressivement tout au long de l'histoire, d'où le final grandiose. Et une bande-son exceptionnelle. La difficulté est bien dosée tout au long du jeu avec parfois quelque pic intéressant.

    Les seuls défauts qui m'ont vraiment gêné, c'est la technique très faiblarde lors des chargements, notamment après des TP ou dans certaine phase d'action même en cinématique avec l'aliasing et du flou sévère. Les quêtes annexes sont aussi pas toute très intéressantes et nécessite parfois de se téléporter de multiples fois à droite à gauche. Elle représente également une grande partie du jeu, y en vraiment beaucoup, c'est bien si elle en valait tout le coup. Les animations sont ultra basiques et robotique et parfois des soucis de le doublage parfois mal joués pour les voix en anglais.

    Dans tous les cas, si les J-RPG ne vous fait pas peur, c'est un jeu à faire et que je recommande fortement.    … Expand
  31. Poochingus
    Nov 14, 2019
    7
    I love xenoblade games. So why a 7? Well, I'm a realistic person, I don't rate everything a 10 just because I like it.

    Xenoblade 2 is a great game with a lot of rough edges. The most difficult part is the English voiceover. The main character "Rex" has the most embarrassing fake yelling I've ever heard. I have no idea how the director didn't storm into the booth, slap him in the face    I love xenoblade games. So why a 7? Well, I'm a realistic person, I don't rate everything a 10 just because I like it.

    Xenoblade 2 is a great game with a lot of rough edges. The most difficult part is the English voiceover. The main character "Rex" has the most embarrassing fake yelling I've ever heard. I have no idea how the director didn't storm into the booth, slap him in the face and when he yells "ow" tell him, good, now yell like that. He isn't the only one who gives a lackluster performance, "Gramps" the dragon looking creature and animal familiar of the party is just some old guy who reads his lines in a voice. That is it.

    The game's graphics are honestly really good, but like breath of the wild, probably pushes the graphics to the limits of the console. I wish I could have lowered some settings to get fewer frame drops in some cases. I would love to see this game on PC for this reason, so I could max out the settings and see it in its full beauty.

    Storywise this game is quite compelling thankfully, so it can make up for some of the poor acting. Not much else to be said without major spoilers.

    The depth of the RPG elements is what will make you want to play or not want to play this game. If you like complexity, you will enjoy this. If you want a simple straightforward system, you might want to skip this. It has lots of stuff that you will probably forget about.

    In terms of characters, the catcha system is what KILLS the game's fun. You have to open silly little crystals to get new characters to use, and getting good ones is almost impossible. Worse still, each one is bound the party member you open it on. This means you might open a great tank character on your healer party member. It feels bad. Only Rex, the main character is able to use any character you open, which you won't want to do anyhow, because he by default has the objectively best character anyhow.

    Getting over that slog, the ability to chain together elements and combo into huge amounts of damage is even more satisfying than xenoblade 1's chain attacks which were already fun to pull off at the right time. The combat early on may seem slow and boring, but that is to give you time to warm into it, which is good for players who aren't deep RPG players. Once you get a full loadout and party, you will find yourself being mindful in hard fights of when to change, attack, and use combos. With the right line up you can create some really powerful and engrossing parties.

    In the end, I was sad that it ended, and sadly this is one of those games with no post game content like the old days where you load back to the last save before you beat the game. But considering this game was such an early title for the console I can forgive that along with the already large amount of content.    … Expand
  32. NellTull
    Nov 25, 2019
    4
    Upon first playing this game i thought it was great, but the more i play it the more flaws show. I now realise i just jike the lore and world of this game. The english dubbingbis awfull as every character gets a scottish accent. When tryng to play in japanese it is still difficult because every character is given a new name for sme reason. The combat sysem is automatic where you onlyUpon first playing this game i thought it was great, but the more i play it the more flaws show. I now realise i just jike the lore and world of this game. The english dubbingbis awfull as every character gets a scottish accent. When tryng to play in japanese it is still difficult because every character is given a new name for sme reason. The combat sysem is automatic where you only combo specials together. I walk away whenever a fight starts and let the game play itself. You need to switch characters often in the middle of a fight, and thats not an option. There in combat menu! You are actively punshed for not partcipating in mini games. The cut scenes are far longer than ive ever played even in other multi hundred hour rpgs averageing at least 20 minuets. If you think you will like this game because you are a jrpg fan or even a xenoblade fan, BEG you to reconsider. I wish i could finish the story right now, but i can't play for 30 minuets because the game is punishing me for doing too much main story content!… Expand
  33. neko555
    Sep 17, 2022
    5
    Es una autentica pena lo de este juego. La historia, sin ser gran cosa, no es mala, y la jugabilidad de los combates, una vez lo pillas, es muy divertida. Pero tiene puntos negativos que, al menos a mí, me han hecho plantearme dejar el juego a medias en varias ocasiones.

    Quizás el más grave es que te hace perder el tiempo, muchísimo. Las primeras horas pensé que simplemente tenía    Es una autentica pena lo de este juego. La historia, sin ser gran cosa, no es mala, y la jugabilidad de los combates, una vez lo pillas, es muy divertida. Pero tiene puntos negativos que, al menos a mí, me han hecho plantearme dejar el juego a medias en varias ocasiones.

    Quizás el más grave es que te hace perder el tiempo, muchísimo. Las primeras horas pensé que simplemente tenía mecánicas algo anticuadas, falta de pulido, que se solía ver más en juegos de PS1 o PS2. Después te das cuenta que es totalmente deliberado. No se si querían ostentar el récord de juego offline más largo de la historia, pero es lo que parece. Algunos ejemplos:
    Cada situación que requiere de habilidades de blade tiene que reproducirse una animación de cada uno de los blades, cuando avanzas algo en el juego esto puede significar hasta 15 animaciones solo para extraer un mísero material.

    Muchos de los artículos, en lugar de poder venderse en bloque, hay que ir vendiéndolos de uno en uno, artículos que los enemigos sueltan a patadas, 99,9% repetidos y casi inservibles, he llegado a estar 10-12 minutos vendiendo equipamiento hasta que me he cansado y lo he dejado.

    Creación de blades lo mismo que el anterior punto. Hay que ir de uno en uno, haciendo varias selecciones de por medio y luego aguantando otra animación. Esto sumado a la ridícula probabilidad de que no te salga un blade genérico lo convierte en un auténtico dolor de cabeza. Con cheats he llegado a usar más de 100 cristales legendarios sin obtener un solo blade raro, a pesar de faltarme un tercio de la lista. Añadir también la imposibilidad de eliminarlos en bloque y, de nuevo, necesidad de aguantar una animación de 2-5s por cada eliminación.

    El juego triger, necesario para una adecuada evolución de varios de los blades, requiere de miles de partidas (cosa que ya me parece totalmente innecesaria). Cada maldita partida tienes que ver la animación de inicio, las puntuaciones, la recogida de "premios"...

    Cada blade raro requiere de misiones secundarios propias para su desarrollo. Misiones que son en su práctica totalidad insufribles por aburridas y por largas, como repetir un millón de veces la misma misión de mercenario para que, al terminar, te digan que tienes que repetirte otro millón de veces otras 10 misiones; tener que patearte todos los continentes 1000 veces probando una y otra vez puntos de extracción cada una de las veces, y así un largo etc. Si a esto sumamos que cada blade tiene 0 profundad de personaje e historia y que no se molestan en que estas misiones tengan el más mínimo interés esto no es más que un suplicio.
    El punto anterior lleva a las misiones secundarias. No pido que tengan la calidad de las de The Witcher 3 (no es ni mucho menos de mis juegos favoritos, pero en este punto era brillante), pero al menos pediría misiones que no despierten en mi ansias asesinas por largas y aburridas. Diría que en todo el juego a penas han despertado en mi algo de interés las misiones de Blades de Dagos y algún otro más.
    Llegamos a encontrar misiones secundarias en las que los puntos de transporte no funcionan, con el único objetivo de hacernos perder el tiempo recorriendo el mapa entero.
    Con respecto a la pérdida de tiempo en este juego podría hablar casi tanto como el tiempo que hace perder el juego, por ello no me extenderé más.
    Otro punto negativo es lo irritante que puede ser el juego en muchos momentos, diría que precisamente con la intención de prolongarlo. Por ejemplo, poniendo enemigos que multiplican por 2-10 tu nivel en lugares de tránsito habitual con el añadido que se mueven casi buscándote. En cuanto te matan, vuelta automática al punto del que venías.
    Otro ejemplo que a mi me saca de mis casillas es la cantidad de enemigos que están al borde de precipicios, al borde del agua, en cuestas...intentas farmear algo y pierdes la mitad o la totalidad del botín por este motivo. Si intentas sacarlos de estas zonas con el método de llamarlos, además de tirarte un buen rato, encontraras que el enemigo ni se inmuta, que practicamente no se mueve nada o que cuando se mueve se desvanece y vuelve a su punto de origen.
    Por último, y mira que es algo que me suele dar bastante igual, lo de este juego con el sexismo es de juzgado de guardia, y mira que no soy ningún woke. Misiones como la de "Femineidad" entre Mythra y la otra eléctrica, las proporciones de Dahlia o el hecho de que en plena escena dramática solo se preocupen en sacar planos del culo y las tetas de un personaje, incluso recreándose haciéndolas botar como flanes en ese preciso instante...no se a los demás, pero lo único que produce en mi es ganas de agachar la cabeza por vergüenza ajena.

    Como ya he dicho, creo que podría ser un grandísimo juego, pero se cargan lo que podría ser una experiencia de juego genial con estas decisiones tan absurdas.    … Expand
  34. IMR707
    Jan 7, 2020
    4
    The Good.
    The music is awesome.
    The story and world building is super cool. The characters are acceptable if you can handle anime tropes. Monster design is cool too. The Bad The gameplay though, urrgh too slow and sloppy for my taste. Too much timewasters in missions and and battle systems is super slow and not intuitive until later on, but even then, after everything is unlocked,    The Good.
    The music is awesome.
    The story and world building is super cool.
    The characters are acceptable if you can handle anime tropes. Monster design is cool too.

    The Bad
    The gameplay though, urrgh too slow and sloppy for my taste. Too much timewasters in missions and and battle systems is super slow and not intuitive until later on, but even then, after everything is unlocked, it still feels too slow. Maybe the battle system is just not for me, I like either relaxing old school like Dragon Quest or super real time adrenaline like YS series.

    Maps and navigation are terrible, If you want to see whole area's map, you have to press X and wait for awhile before it loads and it gets annoying. If you want to see the map while moving, you can only have a partial map loaded, and for the small map, it's too small that it's useless.

    I give up playing after halfway slog and just watch other people play on youtube for the sake of finishing the stories. One of my regrets on buying a hype game without further research first.

    Only play this if you got a lot of free time to get through the very slow battle system in my opinion even though is is real time.    … Expand
  35. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    3
    Short summary: short boy with tight ass cheeks travels with boobgoddess to garden Eden and catches some more sexgoddesses on his way.
    - character design: ridiculously bigger boobs than headsize, even though anime characters already have a bigger head than human standard. Literally ever female character carries 2 melons on herself. It looked physically ridiculous and was irritating to me.    Short summary: short boy with tight ass cheeks travels with boobgoddess to garden Eden and catches some more sexgoddesses on his way.
    - character design: ridiculously bigger boobs than headsize, even though anime characters already have a bigger head than human standard. Literally ever female character carries 2 melons on herself. It looked physically ridiculous and was irritating to me.
    0 For my taste Rex got a strange unappealing character design. I did not want to see his ass cheeks in this tight suit 70% of the time. He also looks like a child, which makes it more disturbing.
    0 Xenoblade is the new "pokemon" for erotic half naked anime girls (rated this 0, because it is personal taste and interest, I think).
    - feti**ization of a child robot "poppy" and (maybe?) Rex too. Her primary function is being cute in a sexy "cutie-bun-bun" costume to her master, which she says herself in a conversation. Her introduction was also in a sexualized manner as the "slutty maid".
    + long gameplay, around 10 chapters.
    + The story is interesting and has some eastereggs from the Xeno-Saga, like KOS-MOS or the Zohar, which is why I will probably play the game till the end of the story.
    - combat is the most frustrating part here for me. It is repetitive and relatively to the level difference slow. Fighting a single lvl 17 enemy with lvl 24? Nah this takes a while. Also the auto-combat reminds me of those afkleveling mobile games. This shouldn't be a thing to beginn with. The so called "complex" fighting system, aka blade combos and chain attacks, don't improve the boring auto-attacking. The main issue is the lack of dynamic in the combat, as it has a constant slow fighting speed like a watermill. I was sleeping with half of my brain at every fight.
    - through the story the main characters will repeat the same annoying battle voices again and again.
    - Sometimes there is terrible voice acting (AAAAAAIYAH), Rex sounds like a race car at his battle cry lmao. I couln't stand the english voice acting, it sounded forced and childish (which is fine for 6 year olds playing the game).
    - talking to most npcs, which do not give a quest or are not part of the story, is irrelevant and does not give anything positive to it, most of the time not even interesting lore. Why would the devs give this option to begin with? I also could'nt skip boring dialogues. Usually people are given the option to speedup dialogue speed, but not in this game (?)

    I loved the Xenosaga series and Xenoblade 1 was a masterpiece. Thought I might give this game a try because it got KOS-MOS in it, but after Xenoblade 1 this is definitely a 180° turn the wrong way.    … Expand
  36. sarakyuuri
    Mar 12, 2020
    7
    The game mechanics and the RPG action is quite fun. However there are quite some holes in the story telling and it kept bothered me. For example, when characters had ability to fly in one part of the scene then right after they just suddenly falls down from sky in the next scene. I tried to ignore these plot holes but ultimately there were multiple minor things in the story that was justThe game mechanics and the RPG action is quite fun. However there are quite some holes in the story telling and it kept bothered me. For example, when characters had ability to fly in one part of the scene then right after they just suddenly falls down from sky in the next scene. I tried to ignore these plot holes but ultimately there were multiple minor things in the story that was just like this. It is still a good game if you can ignore unreasonable story telling plots.… Expand
  37. Mhaaad
    Aug 25, 2020
    7
    I played this game right after finishing XC;DE (which is a fantastic game. 10/10) , this game's like an MMORPG but for single player, same as the first game,
    I would have given it a 9 if not for the sheer number of unnecessary hindrance and inconveniences this game has, it's like the developers thought: this game is too good, we can't let that happen, let's shackle the players and piss    I played this game right after finishing XC;DE (which is a fantastic game. 10/10) , this game's like an MMORPG but for single player, same as the first game,
    I would have given it a 9 if not for the sheer number of unnecessary hindrance and inconveniences this game has, it's like the developers thought: this game is too good, we can't let that happen, let's shackle the players and piss them off!!
    here are the cons:
    - helpful tips that teach you how to fight and interact with the game are displayed once only, you don't have access to a menu to check if you are stuck later or need a reminder, you have to look it up on google.
    - enemies will detect/fight you unless you are 10 levels higher, it makes exploring sucks.
    - fighting system is too complicated, refined but complicated. (remember, no HELP menu)
    - [[[[ Ursula's side quest, you send her on missions to collect 99 pieces of each three different key items, these missions range from 1 through 5, mission 1 gives you 1 piece of key item, mission 2 gives you 1 piece key item, missions 3 and 4 gives 2 key items , mission 5 gives 3 key item ,,,,, WHY?!!! why doesn't mission 5 give 5! (Ursula isn't even worth it! she's a nightmare to completionists and a proof of developers being bullies!) ]]]]
    - Tiger! Tiger! , a mean mini game.
    - some of the requirements to increase a skill are displayed as question marks [??????] the game won't tell me how and no NPC will tell me what do they want! google everything.
    - no guide to tell you what collectable are where and nothing to keep record of what you collected and what not, just walk in the dark, if an NPC asks you to collect something, go to every region in the game and hope you find it soon by chance, or google it.
    - the menu controls are all over the place, I finished the game and still not used to it.

    I said I would give XC2 a 9 if the above mentioned problems are not present in the game, that's because some problems can't be fixed,
    - music tracks and sound editing in this game is not good. (a region named Tantal has the most intense music ever (day music) it's like you are facing the last boss), (some environmental sounds are just annoying and not immersive (Spirit Crucible Elpys), (sound effects when summoning a blade).
    - voice acting is not the best, weird accents and sometimes it's hard to understand what the pronounced word is (the game Ni No Kuni had different accents but was amazing).

    that's the cons, now let's do the pros:
    - Vast open world to explore (like the first game but better because treasure chests and secret areas)
    - Great detailed world building, you would know how this world came to be when you finish the game.
    - blades are designed by different game designers, cool designs (except Nim).
    - Nopons are hilarious in this game more that the first game, especially their dialogue in side quests.
    - the Gacha system is fun in this game.    … Expand
  38. Revan_Antony
    Jun 26, 2020
    9
    Great sequel to Xenoblade 1, it was big shoes to fill and Monolith delivered. The story has a slow start, but is compelling overall with fantastic concluding chapters. The only complaint I'll list here is the English voice acting of Rex. He has a pleasant speaking voice, but could not show emotion at all. This caused some powerful scenes to fall flat which was tragic.
  39. AlexCampuzano
    Aug 30, 2021
    4
    The game can be summed up as a jumble of ideas that just don't connect well. With some of the worst and longest tutorials in video games, out-of-sync and misdirected voice acting, a predictable story for the most part, apart from gameplay that can be entertaining but is overshadowed by repetitiveness due to its lousy in-game explanation.
    One of the few aspects in which it stands out is in    The game can be summed up as a jumble of ideas that just don't connect well. With some of the worst and longest tutorials in video games, out-of-sync and misdirected voice acting, a predictable story for the most part, apart from gameplay that can be entertaining but is overshadowed by repetitiveness due to its lousy in-game explanation.
    One of the few aspects in which it stands out is in the soundtrack and the world design, which are very varied and interesting.
    Still, I don't think it's worth wasting so much time in this game just to entertain yourself a bit at the end, especially when the first installment fulfills all these sections in a better way.    … Expand
  40. nintendo_fan69
    Oct 12, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like this game for one reason; it's not Xenoblade Chronicles. it says it's a sequel to the first, but it isn't. It doesn't have any of the characters as the first, nor does it have the same location, story, or even main weapon! The battle system was hard to adapt to from the first game to the second, also. If this was a standalone game, it would've been great, but it's not. Overall, it was just disappointing, and if you want this game because you liked the first and want more, I beg of you, please don't. It will just disappoint.… Expand
  41. emeyece
    Dec 5, 2021
    5
    I don‘t get it. This is a masterpiece for many? The story is dumb and flat, also the characters are one-dimensional. And then they are constantly shouting the same one liners at you. Like „with the power of friendship“. Oh Man! Graphics are mediocre and stylewise it’s that typical Japanese obersexualized anime look; horny but desperate. Man, I don‘t know where to start. The map and evenI don‘t get it. This is a masterpiece for many? The story is dumb and flat, also the characters are one-dimensional. And then they are constantly shouting the same one liners at you. Like „with the power of friendship“. Oh Man! Graphics are mediocre and stylewise it’s that typical Japanese obersexualized anime look; horny but desperate. Man, I don‘t know where to start. The map and even the compass are the worst. You‘re constantly running around, don‘t know where to go. And these things just don‘t help. The fights are sooooo boring and most of the time you’re loosing because, yeah why exactly? Because you don‘t know what is happening. Wtf!?… Expand
  42. LuckyMeybFan
    Dec 10, 2021
    7
    After 150 hours of gameplay, I figured it's time to write a review for Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

    Sadly, XC2's story failed to amaze me. It was a good emotional ride; there were goosebumps here and there but there was nothing that made me think that the story is exceptional. The pace was not good in my opinion, and the overall tone of the game is a bit inconsistent with the narrative.    After 150 hours of gameplay, I figured it's time to write a review for Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

    Sadly, XC2's story failed to amaze me. It was a good emotional ride; there were goosebumps here and there but there was nothing that made me think that the story is exceptional. The pace was not good in my opinion, and the overall tone of the game is a bit inconsistent with the narrative.

    The world was very good, but it's not as good as the world of XC1 which was incredible.

    Most of the characters have enough quirks to be memorable... but I didn't appreciate the anime character archetypes that were a bit too cheesy at times.

    I don't like Rex as much as I like Shulk from XC1. To me, Rex is a stale, typical Shonen protagonist fighting against the odds with the power of friendship, recklessness, stubbornness, naivety, and optimism. There is a sweet spot in every character that lies between ideal and flawed. Rex is a character more skewed towards the former, which I didn't like simply because I couldn't connect with his struggle. His struggles were only ever fleshed out whenever the "boy meets girl" theme comes into place. I loved how Shulk reacted to the things around him the same way me and other people normally would; Rex lacked that authenticity. Also... Shulk's growth with the monado is incorporated in the gameplay which I think is very cool.

    I love the music! I really hated the background music for two locations but aside from that, the music in this game are EARGASMIC.

    The gameplay is nice. I just hate the grind because some of my experience with it are ridiculous... jump from a high point, jump 6,000 times, walk a lot. What the heck, game? Can't you think of something else to do? (I grinded hours to unlocked all blades, except for the ones you can get from new game plus.)

    Overall, I think the game is mediocre because of the emotional but average Shonen story and the main character BUT...
    The sheer amount of work put into this game is amazing. There is a ton of side content in the base game, and I am looking forward to playing the DLC. If you love JRPGs, you should not miss this one. It's great, but it's far from being a masterpiece. I don't hate the game, I was just a tad disappointed with the main character, the grind, and the story; the most important RPG elements to me... I felt like they could've been executed a lot better.

    I thought the English dub was horrible in general... but Japanese voice DLC fixed it for me, at least there's that.    … Expand
  43. cfc1998
    May 17, 2022
    7
    Good game with lovely characters and great open world, combat system its very complex and the story is confusing. Overall not my kind of game but enjoyed it a lot.
  44. Vinzkill
    Sep 16, 2022
    7
    Im almost 40+hours in the game and I cant push myself further to finish it. I wanted to love it and finish it because I wanted to finish xb1 and 2 before i play XB3. Too much emphasis on boobs and sexy body of the female characters (can be good for some folks) but for me its like drinking coffee with ten spoons of sugar. Rex's voice acting is the worst. The only thing "good"in the VA isIm almost 40+hours in the game and I cant push myself further to finish it. I wanted to love it and finish it because I wanted to finish xb1 and 2 before i play XB3. Too much emphasis on boobs and sexy body of the female characters (can be good for some folks) but for me its like drinking coffee with ten spoons of sugar. Rex's voice acting is the worst. The only thing "good"in the VA is the accent, other than that there is no emotion. storyis uninteresting and unable to hook my attention and make me want to play it nonstop. I personally dont like the blade driver style of gameplay, map navigation is a mess which Im glad they fixed on 3.Xeno 1 and xeno 3 are GREAT. 2 is meh meh meh. Its not a bad game, its just not for me.… Expand
  45. Traumvita
    Apr 30, 2021
    6
    Not horrible. Rex is annoying, combat is meh. Appeals to sex addict weebs too much. World is cool tho
  46. Retroplayer1987
    Oct 11, 2021
    10
    Este es un juego realmente complejo, un sistema de combate brutal y que la prensa no supo darle su tiempo y entenderlo... no comprendo como ponen a evaluar juegos JRPG de este estilo a personas que no saben nada de la historia del genero.
    XC2 es de los mejores rpg de la historia, sin duda... incluso a la altura de lo que fue FFVI o Chrono Trigger.
    Debes probarlo si o si!
  47. Allissei
    Jan 23, 2022
    3
    It's really bad
    The only good thing is the story... Although is really cliche... If you see a bit of anime, then you won't get any suprises... Really simple story.
    But the gameplay and how the world work is TERRIBLE, it needed some adjustments, and also a better wiki or guide. The tutorial is really bad and it's doesn't help or explains all the mechanics. It has a terrible way    It's really bad
    The only good thing is the story... Although is really cliche... If you see a bit of anime, then you won't get any suprises... Really simple story.

    But the gameplay and how the world work is TERRIBLE, it needed some adjustments, and also a better wiki or guide. The tutorial is really bad and it's doesn't help or explains all the mechanics.
    It has a terrible way of balancing difficulty... In normal is hard, and in easy isn't fun... And even in easy there're moments that became too hard.
    There are too many roadblocks and some secondary missions are impossible until you finish the main story... And not even finishing it, makes you viable in ending a mission.
    You also need a bit of luck... So if the games can't balance the gameplay properly, why you should play it?!... It also need a lot of time to barely finish the main story or get in the good parts...
    Play anything else, and you can even COMPLETE games before you finish the main story of this bad game.    … Expand
  48. Kaxiz
    Jul 31, 2022
    1
    Una buena historia que no vale la pena, un mundo abierto que no tiene sentido explorar y misiones secundarias que solo están hechas para perder el tiempo llendo un punto A a un punto B y hasta un punto C en dicho mundo abierto, lo que solo consume tu tiempo sin aportar nada de valor y por último un combate que se vuelve repetitivo y aburrido en unas cuantas horas.
  49. RodriguezL
    Feb 3, 2022
    10
    Unos de los mejores jrpg, muchisimas horas de entretencion y una historia increible hace años que no me marcaba y me entretenia tanto un juego, hasta sus lagrimas me hizo sacar, es un poco complejo de entender cuando empiezas por primera vez pero luego todo es mas facil, y por supuesto tiene sus errores como todo juego pero aun asi es perfecto, muy recomendado sin duda nintendo yUnos de los mejores jrpg, muchisimas horas de entretencion y una historia increible hace años que no me marcaba y me entretenia tanto un juego, hasta sus lagrimas me hizo sacar, es un poco complejo de entender cuando empiezas por primera vez pero luego todo es mas facil, y por supuesto tiene sus errores como todo juego pero aun asi es perfecto, muy recomendado sin duda nintendo y monolight soft se lucieron con este juegazo.… Expand
  50. Lucas359
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    Luego de que Monolith Soft nos entregara su magnifica y aclamada obra Xenoblade Chronicles en 2010 uno vería con demasiada expectativa y emoción su 2da entrega de la saga luego de 7 años en su lanzamiento en 2017.Contradictoriamente esta secuela toma casi todo lo que logro convertir a su anterior entrega en una de semejante calibre y lo vuelve un juego mediocre en todos esos aspectos. LaLuego de que Monolith Soft nos entregara su magnifica y aclamada obra Xenoblade Chronicles en 2010 uno vería con demasiada expectativa y emoción su 2da entrega de la saga luego de 7 años en su lanzamiento en 2017.Contradictoriamente esta secuela toma casi todo lo que logro convertir a su anterior entrega en una de semejante calibre y lo vuelve un juego mediocre en todos esos aspectos. La historia se vuelve la de un anime (me gusta y veo mucho anime/manga) estándar sin una premisa interesante o llamativa que ofrecer, los personajes son planos con personalidades sacadas de los prototipos que cualquier historia de anime te puede mostrar sin nada único o carismático en ellos, la sobre sexualisacion/ecchi y fanservice puestas en las 2 protagonistas principales (y en otros secundarios mas) sumado a las escenas y momentos clichés con el MC y en el resto de la historia es algo que implementaron para atraer mas a este tipo de publico y consumidor pero que la esencia y encanto de la saga nunca necesito,ni hablar del bajon impresionante de calidad en el villano principal. Curiosamente lo que mejoro fue su sistema de combate al volverlo mas dinámico, pero nada mas.
    Como fan de la saga, esperando que la nueva entrega prevista en septiembre aprenda de estos errores y nos ofrezca un 3er titulo a la altura de lo que fue el 1ro y a lo que el potencial de la serie puede dar.    … Expand
  51. Cinept
    Mar 7, 2022
    6
    6/10. Tutorial lasts 10 years, story and characters are uninteresting. Combat gets relatively fun and engaging once an understanding is reached which takes 25 hours. JRPG shenanigans.
  52. Gutoso
    Jul 31, 2022
    5
    This game is a shame in so many ways that is hard to say. The storyline is childish. The story is **** The gameplay is confusing. I don't know what the hell happened from the frist game, which is a masterpiece. But I would feel ashamed if I was the director of this.
  53. Debonair29
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    es el mejor juego de el mundo sobretodo la colaboración con guts un furro y el del genshin impact , me encata su sistema de combate sobretodo no hacer nada
  54. stupidopinion
    Oct 23, 2022
    6
    There is so much to love here which makes the pitfalls of this game so utterly painful to me. The story and gameplay mechanics are strong, but cringey dialogue and moments make me question why I'm playing. I took several month long breaks from the game throughout my playthrough because of this, which may have further contributed to my negative feelings about the experience as a whole. I'mThere is so much to love here which makes the pitfalls of this game so utterly painful to me. The story and gameplay mechanics are strong, but cringey dialogue and moments make me question why I'm playing. I took several month long breaks from the game throughout my playthrough because of this, which may have further contributed to my negative feelings about the experience as a whole. I'm still glad I got to the end though, it's conclusion impactful and beautiful in a way, retroactively improving the first Chronicles game, which I love. Has its issues but if you can sit down for a 60 hour game and get past the bad moments, there is something truly enjoyable here.

    Also this game has the worst tutorial of all time, I'd recommend Chuggaaconroy's "Everything I wish I knew about Xenoblade Chronicles 2" guide video as it clears up a ton of stuff the tutorial utterly fails to properly explain.    … Expand
  55. kinsang
    Oct 11, 2022
    7
    ยกระดับเกมเพลย์จากภาคแรกขึ้นมาได้น่าสนใจ โครงเรื่องและไอเดียดี แต่กลับเขียนบทออกมาได้แย่และโบราณไปหน่อยในหลายจุด
  56. ZYMROD
    Nov 24, 2022
    7
    Un gran juego que se ve menoscabado por su horrible tutorial y protagonista que le quita gracia a la historia.
  57. Edele
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    I'm very disappointed with XB2. While it has good music, that's about all it has going for it. Rex doesn't really grow throughout the plot, relying too heavily on his teammates for everything he encounters. When something important happens, he's either shouting or yelling. Additionally, one of the biggest flaws of this game is that the motivation of the opposing faction is very unclear.
  58. Xenobladekille
    Jun 1, 2023
    0
    Nothing to say. The worst game of the xenoblade saga all of the game in this saga are bad, but this uf.
  59. Undertuto
    Nov 9, 2019
    9
    Excelente juego. Muy divertido con toneladas de quests y personajes. Buena japonesada con personajes divertidos y momentos épicos.
  60. OutlawTX
    Jul 5, 2018
    9
    The first few hours I found the game to be spectacular. Fantastic characters, great voice work, cool story and fun gameplay. After 15 hours this game had become infuriating. Constant 1-3 hit deaths from wandering high level creatures when I was engaged in an already close battle had become the norm. I was starting to hate the game but stuck with it. At 61 hours the surprise attacks fromThe first few hours I found the game to be spectacular. Fantastic characters, great voice work, cool story and fun gameplay. After 15 hours this game had become infuriating. Constant 1-3 hit deaths from wandering high level creatures when I was engaged in an already close battle had become the norm. I was starting to hate the game but stuck with it. At 61 hours the surprise attacks from wandering high level creatures has lessened and the characters and story have shown through. The game, for me went from a 9 to a 6 but I’m so glad I stuck with it. It’s back to a 9 despite the hiccups at the beginning. This is an incredibly memorable game with spectacular characters and a great story.… Expand
  61. OwtDaft
    Feb 14, 2020
    9
    + Story better than Xenoblade X
    + Good graphics but so blurry and no where near as impressive as X on the Wii U.
    + Pokemon like things called blades are a good touch. + Exploration is a great deal of fun in this game. - There are a lot of crappy looking common blades. - Getting ganked by high level enemies.. - Tutorials all over the place. - Stupid AI will cause you many deaths. -    + Story better than Xenoblade X
    + Good graphics but so blurry and no where near as impressive as X on the Wii U.
    + Pokemon like things called blades are a good touch.
    + Exploration is a great deal of fun in this game.
    - There are a lot of crappy looking common blades.
    - Getting ganked by high level enemies..
    - Tutorials all over the place.
    - Stupid AI will cause you many deaths.
    - Constantly having to switch out characters is a pain.
    - battles seem to go on forever, as the battle system has gotten stale.
    = Despite all the negatives. 'For me' in a JRPG, the story is most important. Hence the score.    … Expand
  62. bulletchan
    Apr 4, 2019
    10
    I randomly picked up this game on its release because I had the money for it and because I'd heard so much about Xenoblade Chronicles and X. At the start, I was like, yea a solid JRPG with its fair share of anime tropes.
  63. questerra
    Feb 25, 2021
    10
    Захватывающее приключение на 100+ часов. Великолепная графика и отличный сюжет.
  64. LoneWolfGamer99
    Apr 19, 2020
    9
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 es un juego para la Nintendo Switch, pero estará a la altura del Xenoblade Chronicles de Wii.
    Primero que nada el juego y mundo que presenta este videojuego se distancia del la primera entrega, pero con ciertas conexiones que podemos encontrar.
    -GAMEPLAY- Un juego siempre se caracteriza con su jugabilidad y este no es la excepción el juego presenta un mapeado    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 es un juego para la Nintendo Switch, pero estará a la altura del Xenoblade Chronicles de Wii.
    Primero que nada el juego y mundo que presenta este videojuego se distancia del la primera entrega, pero con ciertas conexiones que podemos encontrar.
    -GAMEPLAY-
    Un juego siempre se caracteriza con su jugabilidad y este no es la excepción el juego presenta un mapeado parecido a un MMO y en tiempo real lo cual al principio nos costará trabajo en acostumbrarnos, sin embargo el juego es muy flexible a través de la historia en enseñarnos como jugar y así armar combos que al final del día será satisfactorio.
    -Historia-
    Para no hacer spoiler no contaré nada de la historia ya que creo que debes de experimentarla para sacar tu propio criterio en lo personal me encanto solo una cosa negativa de la historia debo de decir el protagonista del juego es muy chillón.
    -Esta a la altura-
    En opinión personal prefiero este Xenoblade 2 que el Xenoblade de Wii motivos es que es un juego mas atrapante y con una historia más desarrollada que el xenoblade de Wii, sin embargo no le voy a quitar merito al juego de Wii, pero debo de decir que se siente una evolución muy bien implementada.
    -Vale la pena comprar-
    Ahí dejo los pros y contras:
    PROS.
    -Sistema de combate complejo.
    -Historia interesante.
    -Una exploración inmensa.
    -Variedad de estrategias para derrotar un enemigo.
    Contras.
    -Bajones de FPS en modo portátil.
    -El protagonista en ocasiones lo quieres ahorcar.
    -Misiones secundarias poco interesantes o repetitivas.
    Esta es mi opinión, pero te lo dejo a tu criterio la compra de este juego y que veas gameplays si te interese el juego, además de más opiniones.    … Expand
  65. fubenalvo
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    When I bought the game I'm just searched something, to not to be bored. What I found is a true masterpiece. OK, there are some annoying parts, but these are nowehere compered to the story and the world I've got.
  66. hinst
    Mar 7, 2021
    5
    Pros:
    + Character design; and I mean not only visual but all together: voice, personality, story and such
    Cons: - Blurry image & stuttering because of underpowered hardware of Nintendo Switch - Territorial Rotbart runs wild around the green plain and kills you with just one hit. Is there any sense in this design decision? Any at all? - To find items required for a quest you have run    Pros:
    + Character design; and I mean not only visual but all together: voice, personality, story and such

    Cons:
    - Blurry image & stuttering because of underpowered hardware of Nintendo Switch
    - Territorial Rotbart runs wild around the green plain and kills you with just one hit. Is there any sense in this design decision? Any at all?
    - To find items required for a quest you have run around and guess where they are
    - Level grind level grind level grind; as soon as the 2nd chapter starts, you have to grind from level 15 to level 35 to progress further. Why???
    - Only one save slot. Why?
    - Random blades -> lootbox mechanics bad. Get the same blade 6 times? Yes. Exactly what I want to see in a game (no it's not).
    - Most battles are boring because you're either level above so you kill the foes easily or the foes are level above so you run away which is not fun. When the level is close or the same then it's not boring but it happens rarely

    Overall the two biggest problems are: poor tech (blurry, stutter) and level grind. Both need to be solved for this game to be even considered remotely good. Perhaps SwitchPro will fix the tech side but it's too late anyway for a 2017 game. It should be good when it's released and not 4 years later. Level grind is awful, it needs to go away. From all games, not from just this one!    … Expand
  67. moothemagiccow
    Aug 29, 2020
    7
    =OVERWHELMING.=
    I loved Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade X but this game is overwhelming. If there was a player's guide, it would be the size of an encyclopedia. There are too many options, too many items, too many things to upgrade, too many menus to manage.
    Even watching the battles is overwhelming. You control one character, who has a partner character ("Blade"), and you're on a team with    =OVERWHELMING.=
    I loved Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade X but this game is overwhelming. If there was a player's guide, it would be the size of an encyclopedia. There are too many options, too many items, too many things to upgrade, too many menus to manage.

    Even watching the battles is overwhelming. You control one character, who has a partner character ("Blade"), and you're on a team with two other people who also have partners. Often the people you are battling also have these partners. It's a mess to watch.

    Each of these characters and each of these partner Blades have items/weapons you can equip, with skill trees that you upgrade.

    You don't just get those items from beating enemies or doing quests. After you get them from enemies or quests, you have to find spots around the map, press the buttons right on time, and dig up materials that activate the items you can equip. To dig up materials, you have to buy a kind of digging license. You can sell excess materials at a specific shop, but there's no real way to remember which materials are important.

    You can upgrade your skill trees by simply playing the game, or you can do discrete tasks like "go talk to people" or "collect and use this kind of potion."

    You can also use multiple "Blades" in the same battle, and there are more Blades than you can realistically manage. You get them in a kind of lottery system that is similar to micro-transaction RPGs (which does NOT cost real money, just in-game items). One goal is to get "rare" blades rather than throwaway, weaker blades. The lottery is another dimension to the game that no one really understands.

    There is a lot more - quests, where you collect items or talk to characters or go places or kill things, then Mercenary Quests where you deploy your blades for 10-45 minutes at a time and can't use them, pouch items that give you temporary upgrades, and I'm sure I'm forgetting like five things!

    =NO EXPLANATIONS=
    I have no idea how much all of this effort actually has on playing the game, because the game is so overwhelming that no player really understands what they're doing. Is this weapon better than the other? Is this skill more worthwhile? It's often too complicated to figure out. When I look something up on google, I see contradictory answers in the same thread. That means people who think they know how to play and are giving advice don't actually know.

    This is because the game RARELY EXPLAINS what is happening or how to play. In the first ten or so hours of the game, you're bombarded with new systems, and the tutorials don't really give you a baseline understanding of what you're doing. Even some of the terms have really similar names. A skill with a Smash effect has a particular effect on enemies, but many skills are called "Quick Smash" etc without having the Smash effect. There are Blade Arts and Blade Combos and Arts Combos and I can't remember which is which.

    =MISSTEPS=
    What's strange is that the game is lacking in a few basic areas. You can't control the rest of your party (much different than previous Xenoblade games) and their AI is stupid. They will, for example, walk off a cliff and die in the middle of a battle. When enemies drop items, sometimes the items will fall off a cliff or fall onto a spot that you can't jump to because you're still fighting. The map is a total mess, and the great little arrow from Xenoblade 1 is replaced with a kind of countdown radar that I regularly get lost with. The big map when you hit X is also really bad. It's very small and has no real detail on it.

    =FUN=
    Despite all this, I like the game! It's fun, I like watching the numbers go up and pretending I know what I'm doing. I play it on Normal and it's actually not that hard! My characters die with some regularity, but it's not often frustrating. I would say among the Xenoblade games, this is my least favorite. It seems to ignore a lot of the steps forward in playability that Xenoblade X took (e.g. the quest menu and map is worse now), and the story is very awkward, dull, and cringeworthy.

    If you have nothing to do during, say, a pandemic, and nowhere to go, you could easily lose yourself inside this game. You could probably play this for 4 hours a day for years. I am baffled that there is DLC because there is so much to do. I don't know what they would add.    … Expand
  68. DaReaIFreak
    Dec 9, 2019
    10
    After I got gravely disappointed by the Pokemon game I'm really glad that I found this masterpiece.
    Aside from the huge open world you can explore and quest forever in you'll also feel how you progress through the game in the combat system as well. It was starting really slowly at the beginning mostly using auto attacks but after a while it gets more engaging and I came to really enjoy    After I got gravely disappointed by the Pokemon game I'm really glad that I found this masterpiece.
    Aside from the huge open world you can explore and quest forever in you'll also feel how you progress through the game in the combat system as well. It was starting really slowly at the beginning mostly using auto attacks but after a while it gets more engaging and I came to really enjoy it.
    I also love how there are so many small things which wouldn't be necessary for a game but make it feel more lively. For example all dialogues from NPCs changed after it came out that the chairman was doing shady businesses behind everyones back.
    The humor is also really great and I didn't skip a single cutscene which is a first for me.    … Expand
  69. Cougargames
    Nov 1, 2019
    7
    Overall a good game with a beautifull world and a somewhat good combat espacially the chain attacks
    (even thoe the tutorials are never ending and dont really teach you the mechanics that well)
    a good soundtrack and a somewhat emotionall ending. The bad part bad: writing is non beliavable
    and characters which is espacially bad considering this game is a long game that focuses mainly on story.
  70. Gerard51MX
    Aug 1, 2020
    6
    Honestamente no entiendo porque el juego está bien posicionado. Soy fan de los juegos RPG y sabemos que este género tiene una piedra angular, su narrativa... En el caso de xenoblade la narrativa es un cliché, y aunque muchos RPG ya caigan en lo mismo, estos si son señalados por eso, pero a xenoblade parece que se le está perdonando. La historia es la misma, eres una persona normal, teHonestamente no entiendo porque el juego está bien posicionado. Soy fan de los juegos RPG y sabemos que este género tiene una piedra angular, su narrativa... En el caso de xenoblade la narrativa es un cliché, y aunque muchos RPG ya caigan en lo mismo, estos si son señalados por eso, pero a xenoblade parece que se le está perdonando. La historia es la misma, eres una persona normal, te encuentras un artefacto que te mete en una disputa entre personas poderosas y ahora tendrás que salvar al mundo y a una chica linda. Las misiones secundarias no aportan nada nuevo, las mismas de cada RPG, la música llega a ser muy buena y hay melodías bastante rescatables, por otro lado hay algunas combinaciones de música instrumental con sonidos industriales que son un dolor de cabeza. Gráficamente es pasable, se ve borroso en modo portátil y se sigue viendo borroso en modo rock, los que dicen que se ve hermoso me imagino que se refieren a los paisajes o que nunca han visto un juego bien pulido. El entorno está lleno de vida, pero el mapa me parece aburrido. El sistema de batalla es complicado de dominar, lo cual es un acierto y a decir verdad hace divertido al juego, pero solo hasta que te van introduciendo cada comando, una vez que ya te enseñaron todo, pues... Se vuelve aburrido, con batallas largas hasta con los enemigos más débiles, eso si, puedes experimentar con muchas opciones, personalizar tus armas y, elementos de la misma y eso le da variedad. En conclusión lo recomiendo para los fans del RPG, pero no es un juego destacable, ni merece ser llamado joya, como muchos lo han hecho… Expand
  71. R6FEDE
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    One of the best JRPG of Nintendo Switch. Wonderfull story, wonderfull characters.
  72. LegenDareon
    Feb 6, 2019
    8
    Um grande jogo, não é perfeito e tem alguns problemas de desempenho que deixam claras as limitações do console. Mas que apresenta u mmundo grandioso e cheio de possibilidades.
    Aquisição obrigatória para aqueles que como eu, são fãs de um bom RPG, eu joguei toda a saga Xeno, desde Xenogears, passando por Xenosaga, Chronicles o primeiro, X, e agora o Chronicles 2. Recomendo para quem curte    Um grande jogo, não é perfeito e tem alguns problemas de desempenho que deixam claras as limitações do console. Mas que apresenta u mmundo grandioso e cheio de possibilidades.
    Aquisição obrigatória para aqueles que como eu, são fãs de um bom RPG, eu joguei toda a saga Xeno, desde Xenogears, passando por Xenosaga, Chronicles o primeiro, X, e agora o Chronicles 2. Recomendo para quem curte experiências densas e que requerem dedicação, Se esse for seu caso, terá uma das melhores experiências de RPG dos últimos anos...    … Expand
  73. justmkomsk
    Aug 25, 2019
    10
    I'm too far from JRPG and completed only main story of FF15, but...
    That game gifted me recently awesome unforgettable impression, I loved it. Loved style, art, characters, chemistry between them, world, history, music. All of this. This is a little masterpiece: the story and the production is also awesome. I keep it in my memories. As I keep memories of the best games and stories.
  74. jocariba
    Mar 2, 2023
    8
    Muy buen juego, aunque siento que no es mejor que el primero, una gran duración, buena cantidad de misiones principales y secundarias, una cantidad de mapas impresionante, soundtrack insuperable, es una obra maestra con problemas gráficos y de rendimiento debido a la consola limitada donde se encuentra
  75. dislexicpotato
    May 21, 2019
    8
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is overall a great game with a lot of things to love. The art style is great, the visuals are really good (for the most part), the voice acting is also solid, the worlds are varied and memorable, the gameplay is satisfying and has a ton of depth and cutscenes are very well done with some incredible action sequences. However the game has its fair share of flaws suchXenoblade Chronicles 2 is overall a great game with a lot of things to love. The art style is great, the visuals are really good (for the most part), the voice acting is also solid, the worlds are varied and memorable, the gameplay is satisfying and has a ton of depth and cutscenes are very well done with some incredible action sequences. However the game has its fair share of flaws such as the resolution which maxes at 720p (underwhelming by today's standards) and often dips below this with the game genuinely looking like a PS2 game in some instances, the frame rate also dips below 30 on numerous occasions. The lip syncing is also non existent which kinda breaks the immersion but isn't too much of a problem and the game doesn't do a very good job at explaining things a lot of the time, as well as the waypoint which is pretty bad at directing you on where to go. Overall, the game is great and definitely worth checking out despite its flaws, I just can't shake the feeling though that this game was rushed to meet the holiday 2017 deadline.… Expand
  76. freshtodhef
    Feb 23, 2019
    7
    While the game design can be frustrating at times, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a must own for any JRPG fan.
  77. wiipetsto
    May 11, 2020
    10
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is everything I love about a good JRPG.
    It is Cheese it is Baiting and it has a wonderful and heart touching story. (No, I didn't cry at the end YOU DID!) It kept me playing for a full week to total of 70 hours (yes, I had a week vacation for it) and now I am playing the expansion pass.
  78. weskergamer
    Dec 2, 2019
    10
    I loved this game, i just beat it and i believe that it is top 5 Switch games, beautiful soundtrack, the story is so good, the characters are really great (even tho there are 3 or 4 blades that are really horrible), and i loved the gameplay it was very interesting and fun. My only problem is the gatcha system is very annoying, i had 5 legendary core cristales and never got a rare bladeI loved this game, i just beat it and i believe that it is top 5 Switch games, beautiful soundtrack, the story is so good, the characters are really great (even tho there are 3 or 4 blades that are really horrible), and i loved the gameplay it was very interesting and fun. My only problem is the gatcha system is very annoying, i had 5 legendary core cristales and never got a rare blade with any of them. But a most have Switch game… Expand
  79. Leoalwes
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    O jogo favorito dessa franquia. Enredo complicado e emocionante. unica falha desse game é o gacha, mas não estraga em nada a experiência!
  80. NelchaelSS
    Feb 5, 2020
    9
    This game is good, it's pretty much what you can expect from a J-RPG made by Monolith. It has some minor "problems"(wonky quest details and map, won't enter in details because it may contain spoilers), but overall is a very good experience. In my opinion this game is a SOLID 9/10, the best Xenoblade game up to date. I give it 10/10 because of the trolls that give a game the 1/10 ratingThis game is good, it's pretty much what you can expect from a J-RPG made by Monolith. It has some minor "problems"(wonky quest details and map, won't enter in details because it may contain spoilers), but overall is a very good experience. In my opinion this game is a SOLID 9/10, the best Xenoblade game up to date. I give it 10/10 because of the trolls that give a game the 1/10 rating just to mess with the user score, which is a thing I don't understand.… Expand
  81. Rstiles7
    Jul 21, 2018
    9
    Before I start this review, let me make it clear that I am not a big fan of Japanese RPG's, and for a lot of different reasons. Most of them utilize turn-based combat, which is something I almost always really don't like, but even when they don't, I find them to be too weird for my taste. But Xenoblade Chronicles is one of the few JRPG franchises that I love, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 isBefore I start this review, let me make it clear that I am not a big fan of Japanese RPG's, and for a lot of different reasons. Most of them utilize turn-based combat, which is something I almost always really don't like, but even when they don't, I find them to be too weird for my taste. But Xenoblade Chronicles is one of the few JRPG franchises that I love, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is no exception.

    The story of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is great, as it includes a very memorable cast of characters and many interesting and shocking plot elements. If you were disappointed with the story of Xenoblade Chronicles X, don't worry, this game has a story that is leagues better than the previous one. Though, it does get off to a very rough start, as the first 2 chapters are not very impressive in the story department. But, believe me, once you get past that point, the story and characters completely explode in quality and make the first 5-10 hours so worth it. I won't go much more in depth on the story, as you really should experience it for yourself, but I will warn you that the last couple chapters include some very shocking and unexpected moments that you will never forget. And what happens, you may ask? Play the game and find out.

    Now, I would like to discuss the negative parts of this game, because this game can certainly be bad in places. Firstly, as I said before, the early chapters (1 & 2) are rather lackluster and really failed to impress me. Throughout these chapters, the combat is rather dull, most of the characters feel very stereotypical, and, worst of all, the game has technical problems in the early areas, which include slowdown and framerate drops throughout a lot of the second area, Gormott. Thankfully, these problems seem to have been mostly fixed now, but they definitely were a problem closer to launch. Secondly, and this is a subjective choice, but I am not a fan of the art style of this game, as the previous two game had art styles that helped them feel more ambiguous (like a combination between western and Japanese RPG's), whereas this one looks way too anime-like for my taste. Speaking of which, this game includes some very weird and cringe-inducing moments within the earlier chapters, and some of them even made me want to stop playing for a while. They become less and less prevalent as the game progresses, but still, they feel out of place one way or another.

    Even though this game has some very low points, the high points do so much more than just make up for them. First, once you get past chapter two, this games combat system becomes so addictive and fun, as it not only allows the player to use a variety of different fighters but just feels that perfect refinement of typical Xenoblade combat. Even now I still cannot get of the combat in this game, and I don't think it will ever grow stale for me. Next, the areas of this game, which are referred to as "Titans," are very memorable and well-designed, as most of them are open to exploration and include many different side quests to complete. Some of the most memorable titans include Gormott, Uraya, Tantal, and Leftherian Archipelago. Also, the character development in this game is absolutely amazing, as most of the characters go from being typical JRPG characters to unique and loveable characters throughout the course of the story. I won't mention any names, as I really want to avoid spoiling anything, but just remember not to be so quick to judge any of the characters in this game. Some other excellent parts of this game include fun and challenging super bosses, large affinity charts to complete for each character, memorable side quests and seemingly endless customizations to give.

    In conclusion, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, when its at its best, it is a top-notch RPG. However, thanks to its shortcomings, I cannot give this game any higher than a 9/10. If they would've given us a better early game and more realistic art style, then I easily could've given this game a 10/10. But, you know, this is still a fantastic game, and I highly recommend that every JRPG fan picks this game up, as you will not be disappointed.    … Expand
  82. ZeoN
    Feb 6, 2023
    9
    Un JRPG que ningún amante del género debe perderse. Una historia que llega al corazón, acción constante y un desarrollo de personajes sublime. Su escasa resolución en el modo portátil le impide alcanzar el 10 ya que se hace difícil de jugar en ese modo. Altamente recomendado.
  83. Tunderstom
    Jun 20, 2019
    9
    For me, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a double-edged sword (just like the Aegis though it means shield) type game.

    At times the game excels like its fun and complex combat and music. Then there are neutral elements such as the graphics and voice syncing. And then there are the bad things like the awful navigation system where I got lost a bunch of times, and some really cliche parts. Though    For me, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a double-edged sword (just like the Aegis though it means shield) type game.

    At times the game excels like its fun and complex combat and music. Then there are neutral elements such as the graphics and voice syncing. And then there are the bad things like the awful navigation system where I got lost a bunch of times, and some really cliche parts. Though at the end of it, I think the pros outweigh its cons, as I personally got invested into the story and characters, which is necessary for its 50+ hour length.

    I think that XC2 is a really good addition to the switch and is the game for the anime JRPG audience. From playing the previous entry, I do think the current Xenoblade is a good and better successor.    … Expand
  84. syscro
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Algo sumamente difícil de entrar para los que no conocen el sistema.
    Tutoriales y mecánicas enrevesadas con toda la información que te muestran al comienzo, pero una vez dominada esa parte el juego pasa de pasable a excelente. Los combos, las habilidades y lo coreografiado que esta hace que no quieras parar.
    Una historia decente, junto a una banda sonora y unos seiyus excelentes hacen    Algo sumamente difícil de entrar para los que no conocen el sistema.
    Tutoriales y mecánicas enrevesadas con toda la información que te muestran al comienzo, pero una vez dominada esa parte el juego pasa de pasable a excelente. Los combos, las habilidades y lo coreografiado que esta hace que no quieras parar.
    Una historia decente, junto a una banda sonora y unos seiyus excelentes hacen que tenga el dramastismo perfecto.
    Hay que ver el juego como lo que es JRPG, así que existen millones de misiones de farmeo, horas en secundarias que no valen para nada y que si no existieran talvez seria aun mejor, ya que de horas de juego no se queda para nada corto.
    Cuando terminas dan ganas de mas y ahora lo que queda es solo esperar una secuela o precuela.
    Excelente juego que te enamora o lo dejas en el comienzo, no hay términos medios    … Expand
  85. Kosama
    May 2, 2021
    10
    Muy buen JRPG la historia de 10, la jugabilidad de 9, contenido de 10 ,lo unico malo es el prota (definitivamente tengo un problema con los protas de los Xenoblade jaja).
  86. Johannus
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Best and most entertaining "long" RPG I have ever played (approx. 160 hours). Other "long" RPG games (such as Dragon Age and partially the Witcher 3 with DLCs) urged me to finish it after some time, because I felt I am loosing the time not playing other great games. As many other people, I have bought more games (and books) than I can finish in next several decades. Xenoblade Chronicles 2Best and most entertaining "long" RPG I have ever played (approx. 160 hours). Other "long" RPG games (such as Dragon Age and partially the Witcher 3 with DLCs) urged me to finish it after some time, because I felt I am loosing the time not playing other great games. As many other people, I have bought more games (and books) than I can finish in next several decades. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was like playing (and for many hours watching) long anime series with very good characters, music, overall setting and engaging quicktime/strategic combat. I have tried Dragon Quest XI before this (for 8 hours) and it was boring, extremely easy and utterly stupid (I have quit playing DQXI after receiving quest to save the cat from the roof - WTF). I highly recommend XC2 for any RPG/JRPG fan, specially if you are looking for game to play in bed during the pandemic. :-)… Expand
  87. M1N1B34R
    Jan 11, 2019
    8
    This is one of my most enjoyable JRPG, it have decent graphic, a good story and interesting combat system. The combat system is rather complex but you eventually mastered as the game will force you to use your knowledge on it to progress, If you care abount finishing the story, you could finish the game without too much grinding, i found my self always on higher level as needed as theThis is one of my most enjoyable JRPG, it have decent graphic, a good story and interesting combat system. The combat system is rather complex but you eventually mastered as the game will force you to use your knowledge on it to progress, If you care abount finishing the story, you could finish the game without too much grinding, i found my self always on higher level as needed as the story progress even though not exploring the map thoroughly . If you love JRPG, chance are you will love this game immediately.… Expand
  88. EdwardG
    Aug 2, 2019
    10
    To me, the best aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the strength of its main narrative, which tells an emotional and beautiful tale in an equally beautiful world called Alrest. Alrest is filled to the brim with stunning environments that are a joy to explore, and the characters you lead through your journey are well-written and hard not to love. A deep and satisfying combat system (whichTo me, the best aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the strength of its main narrative, which tells an emotional and beautiful tale in an equally beautiful world called Alrest. Alrest is filled to the brim with stunning environments that are a joy to explore, and the characters you lead through your journey are well-written and hard not to love. A deep and satisfying combat system (which admittedly does take a little while getting fully fleshed out) ensure the gameplay is up to snuff with the great world-building and chill inducing narrative. The soundtrack is equally on par, with some distinctive, captivating tracks that add to the grandiose nature of Alrest.

    It's a huge game full of content that could easily have you playing for over 100 hours - and what a time you'll have!

    The game touches on some pretty deep themes like the fleetingness of life and the need to find meaning to it on an individual basis. 'Blades' struggle with the idea that their memories are reset in their cycle of death and rebirth. I was really happy with the introspective dialogue and complex feelings of the characters.

    This is one of my favourite games on the Switch and is easy to recommend, especially if you're into JRPGs or are looking for a huge game to sink your teeth into. It's standalone expansion, Torna - The Golden Country, is also well worth checking out for fans of this game.    … Expand
  89. TwistedNine
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    I've never played any of the Xenoblade games in the series until this one. Was at GameStop and asked the csm what games had longevity with RPG elements.

    I was NOT disappointed. With over 80 hours into a single file, I was impressed. I'm now on my second play through of the game and I'm just as marveled. Between the engrossing storyline, battle system, fulfilling characters, colorful    I've never played any of the Xenoblade games in the series until this one. Was at GameStop and asked the csm what games had longevity with RPG elements.

    I was NOT disappointed. With over 80 hours into a single file, I was impressed.

    I'm now on my second play through of the game and I'm just as marveled. Between the engrossing storyline, battle system, fulfilling characters, colorful graphics, vast environments; there's little room for improvement.

    One complaint I've noticed across the board with people is the graphics and framerate. People like to compare the graphics to consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox and fret over the lack of. I do not find this to get an issue. But then again, I understand the hardware limits of the Nintendo Switch. For it's form factor, it's quite impressive. As for framerate, this was remedied a few updates ago.

    I will say, if you're not a fan of jrpgs, this game might not be for you. There are very heavy jrpg elements to this game, from the story to the music. I find them to get enchanting however.

    This game deserves every bit of praise it gets and is a 10 in my book.    … Expand
  90. TheHambro
    Jun 15, 2019
    8
    As someone who isn't well versed in the JRPG genre, I am slowly inching my way into getting into playing and getting more into its games. Having never played a game in the Xenoblade series and looking for an RPG to get into on the Switch, I made the decision to jump right in and see what Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had to offer. Although there are pros and cons, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is aAs someone who isn't well versed in the JRPG genre, I am slowly inching my way into getting into playing and getting more into its games. Having never played a game in the Xenoblade series and looking for an RPG to get into on the Switch, I made the decision to jump right in and see what Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had to offer. Although there are pros and cons, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a fantastic RPG that every Nintendo Switch owner should consider looking into.

    Let's get some of the negative things out of the way. This game needed a bit more polishing to smoothen out some of its rough edges. One of my biggest gripes is that some of the game mechanics are simply not explained to the player, or they're confusing. So it is possible to go through the game without realizing its full potential unless you look them up. The way side quests are handled can be confusing because sometimes the game won't mark a quest on your map properly, which can lead to frustration. Also, sometimes the environment can work against you during combat. For example, you find yourself fighting and killing an enemy next to or over a cliff, which you may or may not be able to reposition, and lose those item drops as a result. Lastly, prepare to spend a lot of time in the menu since you'll need to unlock skills, swap out characters, etc., which may become tedious.

    Now, let's focus on all the good. The soundtrack is simply amazing, I found myself just wandering around and exploring an area just to listen to it. Speaking of, the game rewards you for exploring: looking in every little nook and cranny might yield something useful. The characters develop in a meaningful way, their conversations are well written, which are often very charming and funny. Once the mechanics are understood, the combat can be complex. Finally, for those who like to hunt for every item, this game has much to offer in that department.

    All in all, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a damn fine RPG that is fun, engaging, and will have you sinking, possibly, hundreds of hours into it. Sure, this game is flawed in many ways, but despite that, it really is just great experience throughout. If you are a Switch owner, do yourself a favor and pick this one up.    … Expand
  91. SainxtrichX
    Sep 19, 2019
    9
    Simplemente amo este juego muchísimo, se que no es perfecto, el pacing tiene problemas y el combate es un poco complejo, pero siento que sus fortalezas superan por mucho sus defectos.
    No lo recomiendo a todos por que es un juego pesado de mas de 100 horas, pero si te gustan los JRPG y te gustan las historias tipo anime bien ligth es 1000% recomendado.
  92. takisdv
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Awesome jrpg with menubased real time combat..deep story with shonen anime feel..andgreat worldbuilding
  93. roychen
    Jun 13, 2020
    8
    Up to now: I have played for 2 weeks (50+ hours) and I am in chapter 5. There are significant cons of this game, but the game plot and combat system is way better than any other RPG I played this year.

    Cons: There are two large cons of this game. First, literally, the map of this game sucks. You don't get many useful information from your small/large map on the screen. Whenever you need    Up to now: I have played for 2 weeks (50+ hours) and I am in chapter 5. There are significant cons of this game, but the game plot and combat system is way better than any other RPG I played this year.

    Cons: There are two large cons of this game. First, literally, the map of this game sucks. You don't get many useful information from your small/large map on the screen. Whenever you need to find an npc or just try to figure out where you are, you need to press X, and search for a little while in another navigation system. Moreover, the map system is fragmented. In any other open-world RPG like Zelda, Watchdog etc. you will have a large map that illustrates everything. But it's not the case in Xenoblade 2, which is super annoying. Second, the combat system is great, but the tutorial sucks. I don't use the word "suck" very often in my actual life, but I used it twice here, because the map and tutorial of the combat system literally sucks. To be fair, the combat system is super cool but complicated. However, you don't get much out of the super long and fragmented in-game tutorials. I don't understand how the combos work at all, and what's worse, there is no way you can replay the tutorials! Then I searched online and there is some combat guide. Hey, you know what, I understand how the combo system works by spending 10 minutes reading some short paragraphs with picture illustrations. Come on Monolith, can you put some illustrations and tutorials in the game so people can check whenever they want? How difficult would that be?

    Pros: With all that said, it's very hard to start enjoying the real fun of this game. But, if you are patient, and you get through all the initial hurdles of learning the basics, you will realize the game is fabulous. First, for people who like RPG or JRPG, the game plot is very good. Second, the combat system is really, really fun. My problem of RPG is that I get tired of the battles very soon, because all the battles are generally the same and you just repeat your moves. The thing you do is to get your level up, get better equipment, and repeat the moves in a battle. Well, it's still the case that you "repeat" your move during a battle in Xeno 2, but there are so many varieties you can play with. First, different combination of blades will give you different strategies to play with, and you need to focus (in an enjoyable way) to play different combos in the game. It feels so good battling in Xeno 2, because the "reward" or "joy" of playing good strategies and combos is tremendous. There are some other pros of this game, like collecting blades, nurturing them etc., which is super fun and keep you interested in playing this game.

    One critic says only "die-hard" JRPG fans will love this game, but I really want to say any people who loves RPG will love this game. This game will definitely be better if it's released one year later, when it's better polished and all the small problems are fixed. But hey, this game is really worth of a 10/10. Overcoming the initial hurdles, and the real fun is waiting for you.    … Expand
  94. rrroooddd
    May 10, 2020
    10
    This is one hell of a good game. I hope they never stop to bring us this level of polished games. Loved the story.
  95. Neatqt
    Apr 10, 2019
    10
    Cast: 10/10
    Story: 10/10
    Fun: 10/10
    Gameplay: 10/10

    MUST PLAY
    ---------------------- ~125 Hours Played
  96. Revoltado
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    Como eu gostaria de gostar mais desse jogo... Trilha sonora linda, gráficos bonitos apesar de baixa resolução em alguns momentos (em modo portátil piora), história +ou- boa. Mas decididamente não gostei do sistema de luta apesar de similar ao 1, as lutas não são fluidas, são demoradas mesmo com inimigos de níveis bem mais baixos que dos seus personagens
  97. Lushen1212
    Oct 25, 2019
    10
    Uno de los mejores JRPG de todos los tiempos, asi de sencillo. Sobresaliente. Obra maestra.
  98. Livault
    Jun 27, 2019
    10
    Phenomenal story, deep gameplay, lovely characters and one of the coolest villains ever.
  99. miseferfali
    Sep 4, 2019
    10
    Jogo incrível! Valeu cada minuto jogado. Se você é fã de rpg, vá em frente. Na minha opinião, melhor rpg pro nintendo switch disparado
  100. FreelancerRai
    Jul 16, 2018
    8
    The Vast world of "Xenoblade Chronicles" has touched gamers alike, and "Xenoblade Chronicles 2" is no exception. The game plays much different than it's predecessors and incorporates characters that fight in pairs. The drivers, which are the player character, and blades, who assist the former. The characters are typical altered tropes, but are incredibly likable, and play different fromThe Vast world of "Xenoblade Chronicles" has touched gamers alike, and "Xenoblade Chronicles 2" is no exception. The game plays much different than it's predecessors and incorporates characters that fight in pairs. The drivers, which are the player character, and blades, who assist the former. The characters are typical altered tropes, but are incredibly likable, and play different from one another, do to certain roles they possess. The soundtrack is also phenomenal, and tracks like "Counterattack", and "Awakening" really engage the player. The Titans of Alrest make for incredible places to visit, and are a notable upgrade from "Xenoblade Chronicles 2"'s Mira, and are quite beautiful to look at and explore through. The battle system is a bit simpler, and it is notably easier to defeat bosses with higher levels than you, while still being difficult when it needs to. However, there are notable shortcomings. Characters often repeat battle phrases WAY too often. The animations can be choppy at times, especially when on the go, which hurts an otherwise fantastic JRPG. Then, the final nail in the coffin, the character designs are...questionable. It wouldn't be a JRPG without this popping up in some form but in the case of deuteragonist Pyra (Voiced by Skye Bennet), her design is ridiculous and makes it hard to take some characters seriously. Thankfully, this does not apply to everyone, and a lot of other designs stand out, say, Fire Blade Dagas. Overall, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a joy from start to finish and is right at home on the Nintendo Switch… Expand
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#25 Best Switch Game of 2017
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#3 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2017
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 92 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 92
  3. Negative: 1 out of 92
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 2, 2018
    73
    A fight with an ordinary enemy whose level is slightly higher can drag on for minutes, especially if you’re fighting it alone. The combat itself is also rife with problems: sometimes main character even fails to draw his weapon, or locks onto a far-off enemy, while another already is eviscerating him in close combat. [Issue#226, p.64]
  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Feb 26, 2018
    80
    Despite some rough patches, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a worthy addition to any Switch owner's library, especially if you have a predilection for RPGs and enjoyed either of the previous entries in the series. [Issue #32 – March/April 2018, p. 75]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2018
    80
    Extensive and massive JRPG. Although with a rather cliché story and characters, it comes with a beautiful world and a fighting system growing more and more complex with every hour played. [Issue#282]
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