Xenoblade Chronicles 3

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8.5

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  1. Bon9cat
    Aug 7, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only bad thing i can say is that the story (for me) drops off a bit after M's death.… Expand
  2. bigman97
    Aug 8, 2022
    9
    Definitely in my top 3 Xenoblade games I've played (the other two being Xenoblade chronicles 1 and X). I am 30 hours into the game and haven't been disappointed yet! the normal difficulty is very fun and even that has its challenging boss fights. The combat system in 3 is a lot better than the previous, only gripe I have is that the art meters reset between encounters (normal arts reset toDefinitely in my top 3 Xenoblade games I've played (the other two being Xenoblade chronicles 1 and X). I am 30 hours into the game and haven't been disappointed yet! the normal difficulty is very fun and even that has its challenging boss fights. The combat system in 3 is a lot better than the previous, only gripe I have is that the art meters reset between encounters (normal arts reset to full and talent art progress from the last encounter is reset) but that doesn't play as much of a big role as one may think. The characters are amazing and we finally don't have annoying nopon! Overall an amazing game and 100% recommend to gamers both familiar or new to the series!… Expand
  3. kinsang
    Nov 5, 2022
    9
    ยกระดับทั้งเกมเพลย์และคัทซีนขึ้นมาจากภาค 2 สามารถเล่นเพลินๆได้เป็น 100 ชม.ก็ยังเก็บไม่หมด เสียดายที่ตัวร้ายหลักและเนื้อเรื่องช่วงท้ายๆเหมือนงบหมด เลยเล่าได้ไม่ค่อยดี อีกทั้งยังรู้สึกได้ว่าพยายามที่จะเล่นเนื้อเรื่องให้ซับซ้อนจนเกินไป จนมีคำถามมากมายที่ยังไม่สามารถหาคำตอบแม้จะเล่นจบแล้วก็ตามยกระดับทั้งเกมเพลย์และคัทซีนขึ้นมาจากภาค 2 สามารถเล่นเพลินๆได้เป็น 100 ชม.ก็ยังเก็บไม่หมด เสียดายที่ตัวร้ายหลักและเนื้อเรื่องช่วงท้ายๆเหมือนงบหมด เลยเล่าได้ไม่ค่อยดี อีกทั้งยังรู้สึกได้ว่าพยายามที่จะเล่นเนื้อเรื่องให้ซับซ้อนจนเกินไป จนมีคำถามมากมายที่ยังไม่สามารถหาคำตอบแม้จะเล่นจบแล้วก็ตาม
  4. Thelittleprince
    Aug 14, 2022
    9
    Undergoing review. I might adjust the score later on, although I’m pretty sure that 30 hours of gameplay provide a decent overview of what’s happening here. The story and the acting are solidly built. Even side quests fit in the main storyline and they don’t feel being thrown into the game. I’m not a fan of the job system but in the cutscenes/story events every character retain theirUndergoing review. I might adjust the score later on, although I’m pretty sure that 30 hours of gameplay provide a decent overview of what’s happening here. The story and the acting are solidly built. Even side quests fit in the main storyline and they don’t feel being thrown into the game. I’m not a fan of the job system but in the cutscenes/story events every character retain their original role. The combat is fun to tweak around and the new mechanics feel refreshing. The soundtrack is dreamy.… Expand
  5. fredguipavas29
    Sep 4, 2022
    9
    Je viens de terminer le jeu aujourd'hui et je le recommande vivement. Ses points forts sont le plaisir de l'exploration (beauté des paysages, l'accessibilité de certains endroits demande réflexion et persévérance), la bande son excellente et le système de combat qui est très prenant pour peu qu'on s'en donne le temps nécessaire à sa compréhension. Enfin, l'histoire, dont la chargeJe viens de terminer le jeu aujourd'hui et je le recommande vivement. Ses points forts sont le plaisir de l'exploration (beauté des paysages, l'accessibilité de certains endroits demande réflexion et persévérance), la bande son excellente et le système de combat qui est très prenant pour peu qu'on s'en donne le temps nécessaire à sa compréhension. Enfin, l'histoire, dont la charge émotionnelle peu être très intense par moment et des thèmes abordés intéressant comme la mort ou le sens de le guerre. Les personnages sont incroyables et on en vient rapidement à tous les aimer.
    Ce jeu est pour moi le meilleur jrpg que j'ai fait (j'en fait depuis 25 ans pourtant).
    Je ne lui mets pas 10 car si Monolith avait la puissance d'un PC ou d'une console new-gen, le jeu pourrais certainement être bien plus abouti techniquement. Faites ce jeu, aimez-le et tout comme les précédents opus, prennez le temps d'en explorer chaque recoin.
    Merci de nous faire des jeux d'une telle qualité.    … Expand
  6. Rikardinni
    Sep 6, 2022
    9
    La mejor entrega de Monolith Soft Hasta la fecha.
    Sin duda, una de las más grandes interrogantes para los seguidores de está saga era como podrían mejorarla, pues la historia de la primera entrega y el sistema de combate de la segunda fueron excepcionales y no lograban fusionarse correctamente, bueno, como dicen, la tercera es la vencida.
    El sistema de combate ya no es tan complejo como    La mejor entrega de Monolith Soft Hasta la fecha.
    Sin duda, una de las más grandes interrogantes para los seguidores de está saga era como podrían mejorarla, pues la historia de la primera entrega y el sistema de combate de la segunda fueron excepcionales y no lograban fusionarse correctamente, bueno, como dicen, la tercera es la vencida.
    El sistema de combate ya no es tan complejo como el 2 pero si logra ser más intuitivo y menos abrumador, la historia por otro lado, logra ser compleja y sin recaer en los clichés de anime como su anterior entrega.
    la banda sonora es inmejorable y las animaciones logran un excelente avance aunque si se quedan cortas por momentos, por no mencionar el vasto mundo abierto que se siente vivo como ya quisiera la franquicia de Pokémon.
    Un nuevo indispensable para la consola y cualquier amante de los JRPG.    … Expand
  7. IG826
    Sep 12, 2022
    9
    a must play if you are a fan of xenoblade you cannot miss that sub stories are also very interesting you may spend over 100hrs to explore this world
  8. ELYS1UM
    Sep 15, 2022
    9
    In terms of gameplay, by far the best in the series. It's refined the beloved Xenoblade Chronicles formula to a science in a truly incredible way. It also has the best characters in the series overall. As much as I love Xenoblade, I fall in love with very few non-main characters in the series. This game changed that. Almost every character I came across was fun to experience. It has theIn terms of gameplay, by far the best in the series. It's refined the beloved Xenoblade Chronicles formula to a science in a truly incredible way. It also has the best characters in the series overall. As much as I love Xenoblade, I fall in love with very few non-main characters in the series. This game changed that. Almost every character I came across was fun to experience. It has the best sidequests, and of course, that classic Xenoblade Chronicles incredible OST, with some of my favourites being City, Keves Colony, and the menu theme. What holds it back from a 10/10 for me is the slightly underwhelming ending, as well as the shifted focus from creating a beautiful world, to likeable characters. For me, my favourite part of this franchise was the worlds, and I think Aionios is the weakest out of the three. This is a certified Nintendo Switch must-play.… Expand
  9. Nekono
    Sep 18, 2022
    9
    almost every aspect of this game was great.
    character relationships ships apart from Mio and Noah could be more detailed.
    Apart from this I can't figure any plot holes, had good romance and the characters were charming.
  10. maxiusagi
    Sep 27, 2022
    9
    Really loved the game, I finally cleared it after 154 hours!
    There's some lacking part like the variety of the bgm at the field and city, Xenoblade 2 bgm is better. Other than that, this game is really a masterpiece!

    I can't wait for the future of Xenoblade series! thank you monolith soft! thank you nintendo!
  11. Harmonica22
    Oct 1, 2022
    9
    A great game overall with very minor negative details. Would recommend to everyone who likes jrpg, or is willing to give it a chance.
  12. GusForce
    Nov 6, 2022
    9
    Xenoblade 3 es un gran juego. Tiene los mejores gráficos de la saga. No tiene la mejor banda sonora de los xenoblade, porque xeno1 y xeno2 tienen temas muy icónicos y potentes.
    El uso de la flauta en xeno 3 es muy bonito y acorde a lo narrado.
    El sistema de combate es bueno, pero pudo ser mejor. Añadiendo las gemas a distintos objetos o equipo como xeno 1. La historia es buena pero no    Xenoblade 3 es un gran juego. Tiene los mejores gráficos de la saga. No tiene la mejor banda sonora de los xenoblade, porque xeno1 y xeno2 tienen temas muy icónicos y potentes.
    El uso de la flauta en xeno 3 es muy bonito y acorde a lo narrado.

    El sistema de combate es bueno, pero pudo ser mejor. Añadiendo las gemas a distintos objetos o equipo como xeno 1.
    La historia es buena pero no la mejor de la saga. El desarrollo de personajes si esta muy bien logrado, es su punto fuerte. Las misiones secundarias están mejor elaboradas que en xeno1 y xeno2.
    Su sistema de clases también esta muy bueno. Añade mucha estrategia. Y usar 8 personajes por primer vez.

    Un juego recomendado.    … Expand
  13. Quackduck15959
    Nov 8, 2022
    9
    Easily one of the best JRPGs of all time and for a good reason. It's incredible how well the characters are designed and how they develop over the story. The combat is smooth and super fun if you understand the mechanics. The only problem I currently have with the game is that the final boss wasn't well-designed compared to the other installments in the series.

    This is definitely a must play
  14. Anegasge
    Nov 10, 2022
    9
    the game is very good, it has a great world and a very interesting combat system, a great artistic section and a great story, however, there are some errors that prevent it from reaching the perfect score, such as the affinity chart that appeared in one he has returned but very nerfed or that in some missions you have to get objects that are obtained by waiting for the enemies to dig themthe game is very good, it has a great world and a very interesting combat system, a great artistic section and a great story, however, there are some errors that prevent it from reaching the perfect score, such as the affinity chart that appeared in one he has returned but very nerfed or that in some missions you have to get objects that are obtained by waiting for the enemies to dig them up and that the game does not say, skipping those insignificant bugs the game is quite good and if you like rpgs I highly recommend them.… Expand
  15. Sega1991
    Nov 16, 2022
    9
    No online multiplayer?
    Phantasy star online new genesis have multiplayer. = Phantasy star better.
  16. N1725
    Nov 20, 2022
    9
    Lo disfrute mucho, buena manera de culminar la historia, espero más cosas de esta saga
  17. Pelamakoto
    Jan 8, 2023
    9
    I played the game for more than ten days continuously for more than 150 hours of game time and experienced almost the entire content of the game. Best in the XC series. Best JRPG in 2022.
  18. TheGuyWhoHats
    May 9, 2023
    9
    One of the best games I played in 2023. Impactful story that I would stay up all night just to see what happened next. Fun gameplay which is not the most complex but it is still enjoyable. The characters were some of the best I've seen from the series only being topped by some in 2. The final boss is literally just the same guy from Persona 5.
  19. FelipeX0054
    Apr 11, 2023
    9
    Xenoblade Chrorincles 3 es un videojuego bastante hermoso que aunque se sienta fácil y la historia es cliché, sin embargo siento que tiene un mensaje bastante bonito de tener una vida temporal pero bien vivida
  20. Sutchii
    Apr 24, 2023
    9
    This is the perfect blend of 1 and 2. They took everything that worked and refined it. The music , visual and combat are amazing. The story fell off a bit for me towards the end but, overall I loved this game
  21. drseven
    Jun 30, 2023
    9
    Rpg with an addictive combat system and a story that keeps you hooked on the screen for most of its development. The game is unbeatable until it reaches a certain point in the story, where it feels unnecessarily lengthened and the climax that had been worked on throughout the game deflates. The soundtrack is a delight and there is content for hours of fun. As a negative point, I don't likeRpg with an addictive combat system and a story that keeps you hooked on the screen for most of its development. The game is unbeatable until it reaches a certain point in the story, where it feels unnecessarily lengthened and the climax that had been worked on throughout the game deflates. The soundtrack is a delight and there is content for hours of fun. As a negative point, I don't like the decision to limit the obtaining of classes if you are above the level of the story, it seems to me a vague way to control the extra leveling and it hurts players who like to squeeze all the content out of as the story progresses.… Expand
  22. thompmi
    Jul 16, 2023
    9
    Phenomenal. Some of the story beats here are among the strongest in the series, and the gameplay is once again the best yet. Only thing holding it back from a 10 is a lack of development to some story beats, and a pretty unpleasant final boss battle.
  23. Combatking42
    Aug 5, 2023
    9
    I love this game so much!! But one thing I dont like are the controllers in which I am referring to the mechanics when you are fighting enemies. But the soundtrack is fire!!
  24. Renzokuken
    Aug 11, 2022
    8
    So I've finished the game, I'm going into the post game now.

    The good: Great plot, not as good or coherent as the first game, but still fantastic. Some of the best individual character development in the series. Heroes mean that key characters you meet are more than just window dressing and cheerleaders. The class system is great and each one really brings something unique to    So I've finished the game, I'm going into the post game now.

    The good:
    Great plot, not as good or coherent as the first game, but still fantastic.
    Some of the best individual character development in the series.
    Heroes mean that key characters you meet are more than just window dressing and cheerleaders.
    The class system is great and each one really brings something unique to combat.
    Probably the best combat system in the series.
    Side quests have been reduced to manageable levels compared to previous titles.
    Side content, particularly side story and ascension quests, are surprisingly high quality.

    The bad:
    The least memorable soundtrack in the series, it's still good, but only because of one or two standout tracks.
    Performance and visuals on the switch still leave a lot to be desired, this game deserves better hardware.
    Some of the most clunky menu's in the series.
    A really nice quick swap quest tracking element in the UI, that paradoxically only lets you assign a single sidequest to it.
    Side content was not factored into the main story progression at all, doing any substantial amount of side content will leave you grossly over levelled, I was 10+ levels higher than the bosses for the majority of the game.

    Overall, it's a great game, a worthy new entry into the series and a must buy as far as I'm concerned, it has some drawbacks over previous entries in the series, but also does a lot of things better, showing that monolith aren't just resting on their laurels and are really pushing to make this series great. On better hardware this would have been a 9/10 easily.    … Expand
  25. Dubeau
    Aug 28, 2022
    8
    Great RPG. The story is very interesting, although the dialogues repeats a lot of the same stuff over and over. The ending is really emotional. The combat is fun but maybe with too much specials effects. It make the combat visually messy at times. There are a lot of systems in it. Cooking, accessories, Art, Skills, jobs, heroes, gem. I though that half of them were useless. The characterGreat RPG. The story is very interesting, although the dialogues repeats a lot of the same stuff over and over. The ending is really emotional. The combat is fun but maybe with too much specials effects. It make the combat visually messy at times. There are a lot of systems in it. Cooking, accessories, Art, Skills, jobs, heroes, gem. I though that half of them were useless. The character levelling at rest camps, is a proof of that. And certainly the Gem system, didn't seem to do anything special. The heroes were fun, it's like adding a special member in your team. And the Job system offered a lot of variety in combat and weapons.

    There is a ton of sub quests and if you like doing them (some are very interesting), you will have to go back at each of the colonies you found. As new quests constantly pop ups. So, you progress in the main story, then you go back to those locations. It's also the best way to level up. Sounds: good voice over, good music. Graphics: I especially loved the level and objects designs. Those mechs and structures were great. Nice touches on the characters. I still find the animation to be very stiff and emotionless, but it is compensated by very distinct characters. It took me 89 hours on easy, and I didn't do all the side quests (maybe 75% of them). I give it 82%. It was amazing but some aspects of it aren't perfect.    … Expand
  26. cid33
    Aug 15, 2022
    8
    Story = 8 nothing special but we'll executed.

    Characters = 10 rarely do I play a jrpg were I like the whole cast as they range from ok to amazing Euni Bering awesome. Battle = 6 worst in any xeno game it plays it self, only thing you add is cutting down the time by cancelling an using skills. All classes are glass cannons, except tanks that suck at holding aggro and even when They do an    Story = 8 nothing special but we'll executed.

    Characters = 10 rarely do I play a jrpg were I like the whole cast as they range from ok to amazing Euni Bering awesome.

    Battle = 6 worst in any xeno game it plays it self, only thing you add is cutting down the time by cancelling an using skills. All classes are glass cannons, except tanks that suck at holding aggro and even when They do an enemy aoe attacks will kill your healers as they have no range on healing arts and stand next to tanks to heal them. Chain attacks add 5minutes to 2 minute battles so you don't use them even if you miss the exp multiplier.

    Bosses are 90% pink giants and "unique" world bosses are just regular enemies with scale factor set to 200x. Horrible enemy variety game has like 30 of the same bunny bird and croc enemy probably the worst I have seen in a j-rpg in years this including other xeno games.

    World =7 It's allot of empty space that barley has anything worth exploring as most chest contain the same nopon coins. Tho it is amazing to behold visually especially when you look down on huge areas you just explored and gasp at the scale. System = 4 no equipment like in previous games that change looks and give build options. Tons of duplicate accessories that range from low quality to legendary, tho there can be low quality accessories that are +30% attack and then legendary that are + 20% attack this makes 0 sense
    And they have different names even tho they do the same thing, this making inventory sorting a pain as you can't sort by type only by name, ordervalue.

    Changing classes is fun but visually boring previous game had tons of unique blades and armour options. This just slaps on robes and trinkets on your base costume with few exceptions you look the same. Graphics = 4 it's just plain ugly for a new game in 22 when other games push billions of triangles hirez textures raytracing. This has barely any shadows, textures are terribly blurry loding times are long, image quality is improved but still blurry shimmering. Can't wait to se what this studio will do in the future the switch needs to retire.

    Game is a must buy if you love jrpg but
    Giving it 10 is insanity and fan boyism. I have followed this studio since xenogears and they are the reason I own a switch, as I only own the xeno games. But giving it 10 and calling it goty is copium At best, no matter how much you love it.    … Expand
  27. alanwaketan
    Oct 8, 2022
    8
    一上来先和二代比划比划。首先本作技术上确实完爆上一代，画质更好的同时也几乎不卡，上一代在连携的时候基本上就是幻灯片了。然而上一代最打动我的是其王道热血的主线剧情；这一作主线剧情方面只能说比较主流，深刻但不深奥，煽情但不感人，犹如白开水解渴但不回甘；所以这是我打分比上作低的主要原因。一上来先和二代比划比划。首先本作技术上确实完爆上一代，画质更好的同时也几乎不卡，上一代在连携的时候基本上就是幻灯片了。然而上一代最打动我的是其王道热血的主线剧情；这一作主线剧情方面只能说比较主流，深刻但不深奥，煽情但不感人，犹如白开水解渴但不回甘；所以这是我打分比上作低的主要原因。

    说回本作。本作最让人印象深刻的莫过于英雄系统，其不仅提供了恒河沙数般的职业以极大的丰富了游戏性，各英雄波澜壮阔的觉醒任务也极大的丰富了故事性（新名艾塞尔赛高！）。堪称八方旅人威力加强版，好一部英雄过家家。其次就是支线任务，绝大部分支线任务都是围绕殖民地展开的。随着主角团完成越来越多的支线，与之相关的殖民地也会相应的发展变得更加繁荣，甚至于还能左右不同殖民地之间的关系。羁绊图的出现则让势力以及NPC之间的关系变得更加蓬勃生动。这一切让我不由自主的融入了这个世界，这是黄金之国系统的完美进化。其他的值得的一说的有：地图一如即往的好评，尤其在加入自动战斗系统之后观光模拟器玩得更加得心应手了；队员跑图时偶有发生的俏皮话以及和场景间主动的互动让NPC变得很有生气；战斗方面更加傻瓜了，不用挂球多少少了些策略和乐趣；最后，个别主线和支线的剧情时间线上衔接不上会有些出戏，其中又有些剧情略显幼稚尴尬比如某NPC的叛变。总的来讲是一部值得一品的佳作。    … Expand
  28. Reinhard07
    Aug 5, 2022
    8
    Había mucha expectativa por la salida de este título, obviamente los fans de la saga eran los más interesados que llegara el día de lanzamiento. Afortunadamente la espera terminó y podemos probarlo. En mi opinión es un juego que aplica cambios positivos si lo comparamos con los dos títulos anteriores, y será un alivio para aquellos que solo cuentan con la versión Lite de nintendo, ya queHabía mucha expectativa por la salida de este título, obviamente los fans de la saga eran los más interesados que llegara el día de lanzamiento. Afortunadamente la espera terminó y podemos probarlo. En mi opinión es un juego que aplica cambios positivos si lo comparamos con los dos títulos anteriores, y será un alivio para aquellos que solo cuentan con la versión Lite de nintendo, ya que la calidad gráfica mejora mucho y la nitidez es una gran mejora. Así que sin problemas se podrá jugar con comodidad desde la forma portátil. Ya en elementos del juego personalmente me encantó la banda sonora, simplemente es una delicia que tal vez podría contener a la mejor banda sonora del año. La historia también destaca mucho ya que aunque en momentos es predecible te enganchas con algunos elementos narrativos muy bien implementados así qué en cuestión de historia no decepciona. El diseño de personajes, enemigos y ambientación son muy buenos también y las mejoras que le hicieron al mapa también se agradecen, y sin duda nadie extrañará La extraña brújula y ahora el sendero se marca con una línea nublosa que es mucho más útil. La única cosa que no me permite darle una mejor calificación es que el movimiento de los personajes aún se ve como muy tieso, le falta naturalidad ya que da la impresión de graficas de juegos algo viejos. Y sabemos que la switch puede dar mucho más.. En conclusión es un juego buenísimo que no debes dejar pasar la diferencia y mejora con los títulos anteriores es enorme y se disfruta desde los primeros minutos.… Expand
  29. Mistoltean
    Aug 21, 2022
    8
    TDLR:
    - XC1 = balanced,
    - XC2 = one of the deepest and most incredible stories of all time and antagonists, but too complicated battle mechanics, and background protagonists and slow pace at the start. Dev playing too risky is the best description of XC2 - XC3 = ok story, more similar to XC1 but worse, good character design but uninteresting personality-wise, battle mechanics are more    TDLR:
    - XC1 = balanced,
    - XC2 = one of the deepest and most incredible stories of all time and antagonists, but too complicated battle mechanics, and background protagonists and slow pace at the start. Dev playing too risky is the best description of XC2
    - XC3 = ok story, more similar to XC1 but worse, good character design but uninteresting personality-wise, battle mechanics are more simplified and more friendly to newcomers. The major downside is nothing a masterpiece. Dev playing too safe is the best description of XC3

    if you are looking for RPG that you don't have to scratch your head and just have some fun, XC3 is more to you. AI and battle design are simple enough that can carry you through the end of the game without the headaches of XC1 and XC2.
    But if you are looking for something deep or masterpiece and can tolerate some flaws, XC2 is for you. Be careful about lacking of the navigation system
    If you want more depth in character and story but without major flaws, XC1 DE is for you.    … Expand
  30. lesiuML
    Aug 16, 2023
    8
    Story in this game is amazing, one of the best that I've recently experienced. The characters and overall storytelling is very memorable, touching and thought-provoking. And my score is very uplifted by this aspect. Because to be honest after 30h or so... I was completely bored with always the same combat and exploration loop. At first it was brilliant and everything was fresh for me butStory in this game is amazing, one of the best that I've recently experienced. The characters and overall storytelling is very memorable, touching and thought-provoking. And my score is very uplifted by this aspect. Because to be honest after 30h or so... I was completely bored with always the same combat and exploration loop. At first it was brilliant and everything was fresh for me but after half of the game it become a real struggle to keep on going. But fortunately when I switched difficulty lvl to easy battles were lot faster and I really recommend easy from the start if you don't want to waste a lot of hours looking on the same combat system over and over again. I've tried previous xenoblade games but they never really convinced me to give them a chance for more then couple more hours. But this game is really special. I really think that everyone should give it a try even if you are not into j-rpg - like me - I'm sure you'll still have a lot of fun!… Expand
  31. JustADude15
    Aug 5, 2022
    8
    Best-in-series combat & story — only overhyped element here is the soundtrack. It’s very generic and does not come close to touching XB2. Not a dealbreaker but worth mentioning.

    The scaling of maps is still bloated. While I certainly appreciate the epic scope & variety of worlds, there are still a few spots of 2-minute wide barren deserts — fertilized only by a few collectibles likely    Best-in-series combat & story — only overhyped element here is the soundtrack. It’s very generic and does not come close to touching XB2. Not a dealbreaker but worth mentioning.

    The scaling of maps is still bloated. While I certainly appreciate the epic scope & variety of worlds, there are still a few spots of 2-minute wide barren deserts — fertilized only by a few collectibles likely also available elsewhere. This has always been a gripe with this series, and prior to BOTW it was considered a fair trade-off — but now we’ve seen the open world optimized for broad scope without feeling bloated & it’s been hard not to notice excessive map-filler ever since.

    If you like any of the other series entries you will enjoy the heck out of this.    … Expand
  32. PMG-Writer
    Oct 27, 2022
    8
    Nintendo and Monolith Soft have also released another great and interesting title for the Nintendo Switch with Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There you get an intense and atmospheric story with many interesting characters. In addition, the battle system is internalized after a few hours and is always fun and enjoyable. The character development and the graphical presentation are also successfulNintendo and Monolith Soft have also released another great and interesting title for the Nintendo Switch with Xenoblade Chronicles 3. There you get an intense and atmospheric story with many interesting characters. In addition, the battle system is internalized after a few hours and is always fun and enjoyable. The character development and the graphical presentation are also successful and let you spend many hours with them. However, there are some flaws in the graphics. On the other hand, the game's soundtrack is always convincing and lets you spend hours in front of the console. If you want to buy another highlight for your Nintendo Switch and like Japanese role-playing games, you should definitely take a closer look at "Xenoblade Chronicles 3".… Expand
  33. Devicra
    Aug 5, 2023
    8
    Se me esta haciendo largisimo el juego la verdad que la falta de personalidad de algunos personajes es evidente pero el contraste y la relacion con la historia medio explota mas al final del juego hace que te encariñes un poco con los personajes.
    La historia esta bien pero todo avanza muy lento.
    La musica de normal no me termina de convencer, aun que si en las batallas. Sistema de    Se me esta haciendo largisimo el juego la verdad que la falta de personalidad de algunos personajes es evidente pero el contraste y la relacion con la historia medio explota mas al final del juego hace que te encariñes un poco con los personajes.
    La historia esta bien pero todo avanza muy lento.
    La musica de normal no me termina de convencer, aun que si en las batallas.

    Sistema de clases no me gusta nada exepto las trasformaciones y los combos.
    SIstema de copiar las clases de los otros personajes es una absoluta basura ya que por tener lvl alto no pude desbloquear la mitad de las clases.
    La personalidad de algunos personajes es plana eh insispidad todo el tiempo como Sena Noah les parece bien todo no dudan en ayudar y hacer de recaderos.

    No me gusta juzgar un juego en base a los anteriores pero me gustaba mas el sistema de blades del segundo titulo, entiendo que innovar siempre es mejor y se nota que en algunas cosas han sido originales pero no se si es por el cambio de lo oriental a lo europeo que veo a los personajes muy serviciales y correctos en todo, aun no he jugado al DLC pero espero que mejore el juego.

    Le doy un 8 por la cantidad de horas que tiene de juego aun que mucha morralla de conversaciones contenido y misiones.

    SIN SPOILERS
    MALO: Final no explican lo que son los moebius ni quien es el malo, al malo se le podia haber sacado mas chicha un poco ñahh
    BUENO: Me has gustado el final un poco regulero pero a tenido 4 puntos qque me han gustado.    … Expand
  34. m0th
    Oct 23, 2022
    8
    This game has quickly become one of my favorites of all time.

    The cast has incredible chemistry, the story feels like a spiritual successor to Xenogears, and the combat from the first two games has been refined with an insane amount of customization. While there are no areas that have made me audibly go "wow," I found myself so immersed in the world when I looked back at the clock it    This game has quickly become one of my favorites of all time.

    The cast has incredible chemistry, the story feels like a spiritual successor to Xenogears, and the combat from the first two games has been refined with an insane amount of customization. While there are no areas that have made me audibly go "wow," I found myself so immersed in the world when I looked back at the clock it was 3 am and I still wanted to keep playing.

    While the overarching lore is not the best, Monolith Soft proves once again they're masters environmental design as the subtleties of each region are a treat for those who've played the first two games.    … Expand
  35. JLA66821
    Sep 3, 2022
    8
    A Good Game, Haven't Played many sidequest keep that in mind. It has a decent story, nice characters, music is phenomenal which it being the strongest point of the game. In all honesty the weakest xenoblade game in the trilogy. Still excited for xenoblade chronicles 3 expansion pass.
  36. VivaSaselandia
    Jul 30, 2022
    8
    Una maravilla, una carta de amor, un gran espectáculo.
    Nintendo nos deleita con una gran aventura y un apartado grafico y visual espectacular. Mucho mejor que cualquier cosa que haya sacado la competencia.
  37. Lucas359
    Aug 21, 2022
    8
    Casi 4 años y medio pasaron desde que Nintendo y Monolith sacaran la secuela de lo que es hoy una de sus IP mas importantes y que es un referente de los títulos con el cual hace lucir su consola, Xenoblade Chronicles.
    Xenoblade 3 es Sin dudas, es el proyecto "mas ambicioso" en el que trabajo esta gran desarrolladora para brindar una nueva cara a una serie que empezó con una obra magnifica    Casi 4 años y medio pasaron desde que Nintendo y Monolith sacaran la secuela de lo que es hoy una de sus IP mas importantes y que es un referente de los títulos con el cual hace lucir su consola, Xenoblade Chronicles.
    Xenoblade 3 es Sin dudas, es el proyecto "mas ambicioso" en el que trabajo esta gran desarrolladora para brindar una nueva cara a una serie que empezó con una obra magnifica ,se mantuvo en la media con su secuela, y ahora querer poder superar a ambas con este titulo tomando lo que hizo bien en dichos titulos. La pregunta es,lo logro? la respuesta es NO....pero si.
    Hay que empezar con que la serie Xenoblade tiene 3 pilares que hicieron de su 1ra entrega haya por 2012 en Wii (con un hermosísimo remaster en 2020) un verdadero clásico y juego aclamado por la critica: una historia y personajes rebosantes de originalidad (acompañado de unas excelentes cinematográficas); un sistema de combate jrpg simple pero al mismo tiempo complicado con banda sonora excelente; y un mundo abierto y gameplay detallado e interesante.
    Vamos con lo bueno, Xenoblade 3 brilla por el increíble trabajo en el diseño de sus mapas, tanto en detalles como su refinamiento, un apartado grafico que demuestra (como otros títulos) el potencial que se le puede sacar a su consola y que si se lo trabaja como debe no tiene nada que envidiar a los de la ultima generación. Es un deleite poder observar los paisajes y un placer perderte en su basto mundo lleno de referencias a anteriores entregas. También todo el contenido adicional al cual le dieron mas profundidad e importancia que son las misiones secundarias y ahora las nuevas...la de los "heroes",realmente motivan a uno a cumplirlas y te cuentan pequeñas historias en mas de 1 ocasión bastante interesantes.
    Ahora lo malo, su sistema de combate es en vista el mas trabajo y divertido hasta el momento de todos, dando muchísimas opciones y combinaciones para poder personalizar tus personajes como mas te guste. Pero al mismo tiempo dándote demasiadas herramientas para afrontar las peleas volviendo la dificultad característica del juego en una muy fácil, descartando la estrategia y en solo posicionarte para tener ataques con mas daño, rellenando barras con las que te podes tirar un enemigo "unico" 10 niveles mas alto cuando antes era todo un desafio vencer a estos monstros tan específicos. A menos que seas alguien que nunca toco un titulo de esta serie o tipo de juego (o seas un manco jaja) nunca veras la pantalla de game over.
    Los personajes principales, salvo un par, son genéricos y planos, no llegan a complementar la historia y tienen un desarrollo bastante pobre, carecen de carisma y originalidad para que de gusto verlos protagonizar una historia, al punto de que los personajes secundarios importantes, los HEROES, brillan mas en sus pequeñas historia que los protagonistas en la principal. Los villanos de turno (que son muchos) son un chiste mal contado que no da ni gusto enfrentarlos.
    La historia principal no es nada de otro mundo, nos presenta una idea reflexión y análisis bastante
    mediocre sobre el significado de la vida, haciendo paralelismo entre lo que es el presente/una vida corta y una posible vida eterna, la cual peca por su falta de originalidad y por los débiles, poco interesantes y redundantes fundamentos y pasiones que presentan los buenos y los malo para defender su postura.
    Las cinematográficas era una herramienta fundamental que usaba la serie para hacer momentos épicos y memorables de la historia que contaba, aquí abusaron muchísimo de ellas sumado a tener una dirección pésima sin dinámica que quita toda fluidez donde te ponen 3 escenas seguidas donde los personajes quieren llegar a una conclusión que ya esta claro desde el inicio, tanto así que los vas a ver girarse y asentir con la cabeza mas veces de lo que hablan ,volviendo los momentos densos y dándote ganas de saltearlos a mas no poder.
    Plost Twist demasiados obvios que los ves venir desde un principio en el cual el juego gasta mas horas en explicarlos que en lo que realmente importaría mostraste, provocando 0 interés en la historia y quitándote la posible sorpresa o emoción que podrían darte. Lo que mantiene realmente el interés y hace que quieras avanzar en la historia (porque es infinito mas divertido e interesante perderse explorando o haciendo misiones secundarias) es saber que paso con los mundos de las anteriores entregas y el papel que juegan en esta nueva historia, sin mencionar 2 personajes que se presentan nuevamente y son una daga a la nostalgia preciosa.
    Por ultimo, del titulo solo quedo el nombre, porqué la historia ya no tiene como base una espada jajaja. Es difícil superarse cuando dejas la vara tan alta en tu primer titulo, pero siempre esta bien querer ofrecer algo nuevo aunque se falle en el intento.
    Cuantos años pasaran hasta un nuevo titulo, si es que lo hay o si este fue el ultimo?    … Expand
  38. stupidopinion
    Oct 23, 2022
    8
    I don't want to get into why I love this game as much as I do, I feel it would just take too long. It's 150 hours for the main story + sidequests and fixes much of the issues the Xenoblade series has faced. Play it please I want Xenoblade to become a staple franchise for Nintendo so I get more games.

    Will say though the music is shockingly weak for this series. There's a couple great    I don't want to get into why I love this game as much as I do, I feel it would just take too long. It's 150 hours for the main story + sidequests and fixes much of the issues the Xenoblade series has faced. Play it please I want Xenoblade to become a staple franchise for Nintendo so I get more games.

    Will say though the music is shockingly weak for this series. There's a couple great songs but many of the tracks feel like filler, which is really too bad.    … Expand
  39. Maasoh
    Aug 7, 2022
    8
    حبيت انهم فاصلين الجزيين الاولى. مو شرط يكون انه اخد يكون لاعبها عشان يمشي بالقصة و الشخصيات واضح متعوب عليها كل واخد مميز عن الثاني و مو بس حاطينه عشان يرضوا بعض الجماهير زي الجزء الثاني ..
  40. Platonopolis
    Aug 9, 2022
    8
    Xenoblade 1 = best story.
    Xenoblade 2 = best character rapport.
    Xenoblade 3 = best gameplay. XC3 is probably the best in the series as a 'game': the combat system is in top form, the side quests are fun and actually worth doing (side quests are garbage in XC1&2), and progression feels compelling. I haven't yet gotten bored at 40 hours. Also, the game gets bonus points for taking the    Xenoblade 1 = best story.
    Xenoblade 2 = best character rapport.
    Xenoblade 3 = best gameplay.

    XC3 is probably the best in the series as a 'game': the combat system is in top form, the side quests are fun and actually worth doing (side quests are garbage in XC1&2), and progression feels compelling. I haven't yet gotten bored at 40 hours. Also, the game gets bonus points for taking the Nopon mostly out of focus. They have always been cringe and stupid.

    *HOWEVER* -- strangely, I still *liked* XC1&2 more. The story of XC1 - the whole Bionis/Mechonis situation - is simply unbeatable, and outshines any of its gameplay flaws; it is the best. The characters of XC2 -- Pyra, Mythra, Nia, Gramps, Rex, and the rest of the (non-Nopon) party -- are, to me at least, highly loveable and fun to be around. Even though XC2 is infuriating in many ways, I always stuck with it because I just loved adventuring with its characters. XC3 doesn't meet XC1's story or XC2's characters, and so, even though it may be the best constructed game in the series, I just like it a bit less than the others.

    That said, I am currently in Chapter 6 of 7, and the story is really starting to open up. Once you start to learn about what's 'really going on' in the world of XC3, it gets good. -- But it took me 40 hours to get to that point! And that's too long. The writing up until Chapter 6 is a little bit too vanilla and there's not enough chemistry between the characters to save things, as was the case in XC2.

    Despite all this ... XC3 is still a great game! Really enjoying my time with it, and I'll definitely be beating it soon.    … Expand
  41. SlickRick36
    Aug 28, 2022
    8
    This was my first Xenoblade game, and naturally I was concerned that I wouldn't "get" everything. To my delight, it took away 0 from my experience. I'm sure there are many things players of the previous games would've taken away that I may have missed, but overall for my first Xenoblade game it was great. I'm gonna try and break it down below.

    Gameplay: I'm a fan of JRPG's and typically    This was my first Xenoblade game, and naturally I was concerned that I wouldn't "get" everything. To my delight, it took away 0 from my experience. I'm sure there are many things players of the previous games would've taken away that I may have missed, but overall for my first Xenoblade game it was great. I'm gonna try and break it down below.

    Gameplay: I'm a fan of JRPG's and typically prefer turn-based style games (Dragon Quest, Persona, etc.), to my delight I actually did enjoy the combat here, far more than I thought I would in fact. I won't lie, around my 80th hour in the game, it started to feel a tad bit tedious but I think that is probably natural after so many hours. It is pretty fun and complex for how outwardly simple it seems, a ton of customization adds to the fun, it can be a bit daunting, but can be sorted with an auto-build if you are overwhelmed by all the choices. (My biggest complaint is that gold is useless and I wish there was a better bartering system for items that don't have to do with Nopon coins)

    Story: The story was nothing special, but it was done very well for what it was. I liked the characters, I though a lot of the side story's added a lot to the characters personalities. The relationships between the partners was something I really enjoyed watching develop. Once I got to the final boss battle, I felt "done" with the game. I had put 99 hours in and I was ready for it to be over, and I think it ended fairly well. Overall, the story is pretty predictable, but when put together with everything else, it more than did it's job.

    Graphics: I think people criticizing what this game looks like forget what its being run on. I almost find it impossible that this game is being run as smoothly as it is on a Nintendo Switch. I'm not really sure what kind of witchcraft Monolith is using over there, but a game this big, with as much going on as there is, running as well as it does on this console? Bravo. Game looks good, especially considering what it's on.

    Overall: In closing, I really enjoyed the game and would 100% recommend it to anybody looking to get into the series. I give it an 8 only because it feels like by the end I just kind of wanted to be "done" with the game. The last 3-5 hours or so felt like a bit of a slog to me, more so than my favorite JRPG's, but still, any game you can get an enjoyable 85+ hours out of is doing A LOT right. Combat and exploration for a completionist like my self got a little tedious at the end, and that's really all the complaints I have. It is a 100% recommend for anyone interested.    … Expand
  42. CaliburX417
    Sep 10, 2022
    8
    Best combat of the three xenoblades, however the story was the least impactful and last chapter and final boss was big disappointment. The music and exploration are not as interesting as the first two.
  43. ZYMROD
    Nov 26, 2022
    8
    A pesar de seguir los típicos cliches del anime, el juego es realmente una evolución en cuanto a mecánicas, gráficos, personajes y música. Lo único malo son las típicas frases animu que dan cringe, pero gracias al peso del argumento no cortan tanto el ritmo del juego.
  44. Wytemi
    Jan 24, 2023
    8
    The game feels great, side quests are memorable, and characters are lovable. The world is great to explore and fun to find new things. I love the music and the cutscenes. I love the gameplay, however they opted into keeping the stupid mechanic of not being able to attack while moving from XC2. I hate it and it really ruins gameplay for me. It's not as free and invigorating as XC1 or XCX. IThe game feels great, side quests are memorable, and characters are lovable. The world is great to explore and fun to find new things. I love the music and the cutscenes. I love the gameplay, however they opted into keeping the stupid mechanic of not being able to attack while moving from XC2. I hate it and it really ruins gameplay for me. It's not as free and invigorating as XC1 or XCX. I do appreciate how conservative the game is and doesn't shove kinky character designs at us. I loved the story until after chapter 6. (NOT A SPOILER) Chapter 7's ending was a huge disapointment and failed to build up the hype of the mystery surounding the war.… Expand
  45. Mauronomas
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Lo que ha sido capaz de mover una simple Switch con este juego ha sido impresionante. Su mayor defecto es su predecesor, pero por una buena razón. Si no existiera Xenoblade 2 probablemente este XC3 tendría mejor nota, porque el anterior dejó la vara demasiado alta. Este juego peca de cierta linealidad y se desaprovecha lo gigante de su mundo. La mecánica se simplificó respecto a suLo que ha sido capaz de mover una simple Switch con este juego ha sido impresionante. Su mayor defecto es su predecesor, pero por una buena razón. Si no existiera Xenoblade 2 probablemente este XC3 tendría mejor nota, porque el anterior dejó la vara demasiado alta. Este juego peca de cierta linealidad y se desaprovecha lo gigante de su mundo. La mecánica se simplificó respecto a su antecesor lo que le hizo perder sustancia para jugadores más exigentes. Tiene demasiadas cinemáticas que hacen perder el ritmo. En todo lo demás es impecable.… Expand
  46. nirvana11
    Aug 4, 2022
    7
    The game itself is good, the story is great but a lot of things are repeated, there are cinematic worthy of a manga, the fights are exciting (but you fight the same boss 90% of the time) and the graphics and locations are nice but many things spoil the game.
    1. A cutscene every 5 minutes during 35h is infernal, the group will rest every 300m. And they talk for 10-15 min every time, I know    The game itself is good, the story is great but a lot of things are repeated, there are cinematic worthy of a manga, the fights are exciting (but you fight the same boss 90% of the time) and the graphics and locations are nice but many things spoil the game.
    1. A cutscene every 5 minutes during 35h is infernal, the group will rest every 300m. And they talk for 10-15 min every time, I know it's an rpg but it's close to a narrative game rather than an rpg.
    2. The class system is not really useful, in the end we keep 2 tanks - 2 heals - 2 DPS, it's useless that all the characters know how to heal if we only have two healers during the whole game.
    3. Being French, it's always sad not to have French audio (like FF7 remake)
    4. The fights with 3 characters in Xenoblade 1 were already too much loaded but there with 7 characters in our team + the monsters we find ourselves with actions in all the directions we don't even find the character we play in the melt the fights are too scrambled and the special move is ridiculously too powerful (we can kill a mid-bar boss with a sequence)    … Expand
  47. Risax
    Sep 10, 2022
    7
    + Main Story is well told with interesting twists and turns.
    + Main Characters and their interactions with each others.
    + Beautiful & Interesting looking world. + Chain attacks and Ouroboros transformation are fun. + Gathering Heroes to expand an already interesting cast of characters - Exploration doesn't feel very reward - Receiving side quests feels like you're being given the    + Main Story is well told with interesting twists and turns.
    + Main Characters and their interactions with each others.
    + Beautiful & Interesting looking world.
    + Chain attacks and Ouroboros transformation are fun.
    + Gathering Heroes to expand an already interesting cast of characters

    - Exploration doesn't feel very reward
    - Receiving side quests feels like you're being given the runaround a lot
    - Side quests are kind of a slog, with many MMORPG style collectathons
    - Pacing can be kind of weird, with chapter 7 feeling pretty stretched out even without doing side quests.

    Overall rating 7/10
    Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a fun game with a beautiful looking world and a fun main cast, but the exploring the world can be a bit of a drag sometimes with mediocre rewards for doing so and sidequests that can be a bit of a boring slog. I'd say the main story is probably the game's strongest suit and I might've liked the game a lot longer if the game focused in on that a lot more.

    All that said, it has interesting ideas and I'll keep an eye on DLC and whatever Monolith might do in the future.    … Expand
  48. OutlawTX
    Aug 7, 2022
    7
    Definitely a decent game with an interesting story but after 70 hours, I can’t help but notice that the characters just aren’t as likable as they were in Xenoblade 2 and I just don’t care as much about the cut scenes. Are Japanese devs dumbing down characters to appease the blandness of present day western culture? That’s the vibe I get.
  49. Anb
    Jul 31, 2022
    7
    Level design and story does not live up to original Xenoblade Chronicles. It's a solid game with beautiful graphics and music but it struggles to bring something new/better than original game. Characters are bland and mostly generic.
  50. skubiak
    Aug 14, 2022
    7
    Review after 30h of gameplay, might reconsider final score later. Xenoblade is one of my favorite series, but its hard to continue playing this one.

    + Graphics + World design is excellent + Most of characters, even side characters are interesting + Music is wonderful - Story well said, but uninteresting and very slow pacing - bigger party size make mess on screen and its hard to    Review after 30h of gameplay, might reconsider final score later. Xenoblade is one of my favorite series, but its hard to continue playing this one.

    + Graphics
    + World design is excellent
    + Most of characters, even side characters are interesting
    + Music is wonderful

    - Story well said, but uninteresting and very slow pacing
    - bigger party size make mess on screen and its hard to see whats going on, not even think if tactics is optimal
    - side quests seems to be repetetive and not rewarding
    - even lower sense of progression than in previous games
    - some builds are much stronger than other which force to play those to be efficient
    - chain attacks are slowing game way too much
    - Special form of characters is weaker than characters without it

    Edit: After 50 hours in i stopped playing. rating of 7/10 remains unchaged, as i see XC3 to be worse in many aspects as its predecessors.    … Expand
  51. PageWizard
    Dec 23, 2022
    7
    I need to preface this by the fact I've played and essentially completed every Xenoblade Chronicles game to date. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the most polished the series has been, but unfortunately did not live up to its ambitions and may even do "dirty" its previous numbered titles by mischaracterizing beloved characters at times with underdeveloped plot elements. It leaves far too manyI need to preface this by the fact I've played and essentially completed every Xenoblade Chronicles game to date. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the most polished the series has been, but unfortunately did not live up to its ambitions and may even do "dirty" its previous numbered titles by mischaracterizing beloved characters at times with underdeveloped plot elements. It leaves far too many plot elements unanswered and feels undercooked in its execution toward the end unfortunately.
    -The world itself leaves much to be desired from a gameplay standpoint compared to its predecessors. It has an ambitious combat system that drags players back to the more simple gameplay of Xenoblade 1 and mixes it with some elements of 2 in ways that make battles drag out longer than they probably should.
    -The gameplay gets too repetitive compared to much superior combat system of 2 (or Torna).
    -I think the developers really went out of there way to present well animated cutscenes that are the best in the series in terms of production, but sometimes it is a bit too much and re-treads too much on the previous games in ways that are not productive at all for advancing the story. I don't need 3 cutscenes when I'm running down a hill that takes three times as long as they need to, just present one cutscene that does it all then take me back to the gameplay.
    -I think in terms of feedback, they over-corrected on potential flaws of previous games. The tutorials are way too long and drawn out for repeat plays. On the other hand, it is easily the most accessible the series has been since 1.
    -It never resolves plot threads that it should be considering, and leaves much to be desired for what it is trying to execute. Don't bring previous games into your game if you don't make it worth it. As a huge fan of the 2nd game that loved it to bits, to leave many core elements unsettled was strange.
    -The game could have existed without needing to bring 1 & 2's universes into this game, it felt totally not merited. The actual story it was trying to tell got dragged down as a result.
    -The event system for quests are a bit confusing at times. You try to find out how to activate an ascension quest sometimes, and it depends on a quest, but the game doesn't inform you of which quest you're on. This happened at least 3 times on my playthrough and left much frustration on where/what I was to do next.
    -The hero system, which is this game's "equivalent" to the blade system of 2, can lead players to become over-levelled for many parts of the game, making the gameplay far too stale too quickly. This is because unlike the blade system, the hero quests provide a ton of EXP up front through required quests you can at many times do at any time, rather than earning it. You can essentially just do side-questing with hero quests, and be way too overlevelled for the main story that you are walking through main quests not fighting any regular enemies. It breaks the immersion of the game considerably. Also the hero system, unlike the blade system, does not encourage replays in NG+.
    -At this time, there's little reason to do a NG+.

    The game, while a step forward in production, was definitely a step backwards in storytelling and gameplay from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, which is arguably a better game overall. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a very ambitious title, and I respect the developers for their attempt, but they need to remember to focus on making the plot stronger and not re-use previous games in the way they did, it could have been much better. Without spoiling anything, the entire plot of this game could be rewritten out of existence if the previous games ended in a better way (that this game confirms didn't happen, unfortunately).    … Expand
  52. Reed618
    Nov 29, 2022
    7
    I'm between a 7 and an 8 on this one. The story is good but they desperately needed an editor to come in and cut it down. By the end the cutscenes were starting to feel like a chore because they could be so long and so frequent. That said I did enjoy the story and loved the ending but just found the pacing to be kind of awful.

    The gameplay is fun but can get repetitive. Some of the new    I'm between a 7 and an 8 on this one. The story is good but they desperately needed an editor to come in and cut it down. By the end the cutscenes were starting to feel like a chore because they could be so long and so frequent. That said I did enjoy the story and loved the ending but just found the pacing to be kind of awful.

    The gameplay is fun but can get repetitive. Some of the new systems like interlinking work well but personally I think the 2nd game had much more variety as you could get so many different creatures to fight alongside you.

    I think there are definitely some areas the series continues to struggle with. The sidequests often feel a little boring as they're mostly boring fetch quests and what's worse is when critical path missions also turn into fetch quests. Find the 6 doodads so we can go to the place where the story will actually progress. Some of the repeating dialogue continues to be a chore... yelling about doodads repeatedly does get tiresome.

    Also, I found the last stretch to be a bit of a hassle. The final dungeon is just quite long with lots of enemies and you need to fight them all as the bosses will be quite a lot higher than your level when you first enter that place. Plus it seems like the final boss doesn't have checkpoints. I beat it first time thankfully but if I hadn't i'm not sure i'd have the energy to repeat that one hour encounter.

    All in all it's a good game but also a mixed bag. Definitely one of the better jrpg series around but I hope some of these problems get addressed in future titles.    … Expand
  53. RowanBlack
    Aug 13, 2022
    7
    I loved the first 30 hours I played and then the next 50 were a mix of love hate and almost giving up.

    Finished the main story at a bit over 80 hours. The decision to leave several dozens of hours of side content unfinished was a difficult one but one that was necessary for me to make. The story is the best thing about the game...up until about halfway. Any time a story gets so    I loved the first 30 hours I played and then the next 50 were a mix of love hate and almost giving up.

    Finished the main story at a bit over 80 hours. The decision to leave several dozens of hours of side content unfinished was a difficult one but one that was necessary for me to make.

    The story is the best thing about the game...up until about halfway. Any time a story gets so long I need to set down my controller and start checking my email, go to the bathroom, make a sandwich, and check my email again because it still hasn't finished is too long and something many JRPGs suffer from. This one didn't start out that way. The story which begins as an exploration of self and identify ends on a lofty scifi trope that is played out and you really miss those more personal interactions.

    The graphics are dated.

    The environment is HUGE! So big and grand that you stop many times to just take in the view. However the creatures feel repetitive and like a mmo from 2 decades ago.

    Combat is interesting but mostly pointless. You control 1 character out of 7 on screen so the A.I. is doing most of the fighting. You are just there to manage and hit some appropriate timed strategy actions.

    Based on my first week of play I might have given this game of the year. Now I can only say that if fell short in a few areas. Not a bad JRPG but not special enough to be remembered long.    … Expand
  54. MadMaxxieXD
    Aug 16, 2022
    7
    First off I'll say, the game is fun but just like Elden Ring, it's overhyped and issues are getting ignored. The writing and dialogue is shockingly bad most of the time, the villains are cartoonishly evil, characters just suddenly completely change their minds with no morivation, don't give necessary info or do not even sort of react to things that should completely wreck them. It badlyFirst off I'll say, the game is fun but just like Elden Ring, it's overhyped and issues are getting ignored. The writing and dialogue is shockingly bad most of the time, the villains are cartoonishly evil, characters just suddenly completely change their minds with no morivation, don't give necessary info or do not even sort of react to things that should completely wreck them. It badly breaks immersion in the story because it starts off very interesting but the dialogue tanks it. Then combat, it's very fun and addictive but my huge issue is the AI for companions, it's very bad and basically forces you to play healer in any non-trash fight because the AI will not use their skills right and you will die constantly because of it if you are not focused on playing a healer.
    There are issues with the game crashing as well, I've had my game crash 3 times so far at chapter 5. There is also a problem with overleveling, you can very easily get too high level and it not only trivializes story content and makes it boring, but you cannot gain class ranks or unlock classes on other party members if you fight enemies more than 3-4 levels below yours so you can have long stretches of story where you are not able to progress your classes because you accidentally leveled up , and sometimes it levels you up during battles, not manually at campfires, so with no way to lower your level it can really screw up the experience. Just to demonstrate how easy it is for this to happen, I just went and did all the question marks on the map indicating quests that unlock new classes, not even all the regular side quests, then went back to the story at level 48 when the main story had a recommended level of 27, most levels were not manual, and the game did not indicate that you would not get class progress if you leveled too much, so the only way to avoid this would have been to skip getting new classes or running from all unnecessary battles avoiding everything like supply drops or those bouts where you pick a side.
    That said, the plot hook is interesting even if the execution is kind of a mess and it is very fun still so I would still recommend it, but it's not the masterpiece some people are acting like it is, it needs some big fixes.    … Expand
  55. Pokenight
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is great. But it doesn't live up to the standard the previous two games do for me. I loved it regardless, exploring the world was admittedly better than it was in 1 and 2. But the story is where this game falters. 7 chapters isn't enough for a game like this. Just as I got interested, it ended. The villains are boring and easily forgotten.
    The main villains N and Z are recycled copies of Jin and Zanza respectively.

    I loved this game. But I wanted to love it so much more    … Expand
  56. Robertinho123
    Sep 14, 2022
    7
    First of all, if you're not into JRPGs, don't play this game, this is the most JRPG game to ever JRPG. It really feels like they threw all the JRPG-tropes and gameplay elements at the wall and seen what sticks, sometimes that works great, sometimes it falls flat. I loved Xenoblade 1 DE (might be my favourite game of all time) and 2, and I really wanted to love this game too, but sadly, itFirst of all, if you're not into JRPGs, don't play this game, this is the most JRPG game to ever JRPG. It really feels like they threw all the JRPG-tropes and gameplay elements at the wall and seen what sticks, sometimes that works great, sometimes it falls flat. I loved Xenoblade 1 DE (might be my favourite game of all time) and 2, and I really wanted to love this game too, but sadly, it fell short for me.

    First the gameplay, it's ridiculously easy to get overleveled, which takes away any challenge. I had about 20 bonus levels left that I never used and was still about 10 levels too high. If you play all the sidemissions, you're guaranteed to be overleveled halfway through, and that meant that I spent most of the fights on auto-battle as there was no challenge to it. As you can't unlock a class if you're 5 levels or more higher than the monster you're fighting, it also makes unlocking classes more difficult than in needs to be. An option to level down from the start would be really nice.

    Added to that, chain attacks are way too powerful, they can beat unique monsters 5 levels higher, even if they have more than half health. This makes it extremely repetitive, because instead of a tactical battle, it's just a race to the chain attack, especially with a particular healer class late game.

    Storywise, there's a lot that gets set up that doesn't necessarily have a fulfilling conclusion, as a fan of the first two, I'm a bit disappointed.

    Lastly, the graphics. The art style is absolutely gorgeous, but the limited power of the Switch means they needed to make some choices, and those aren't always the right ones. Some textures look like PS2 days, while at other times the game is absolutely stunning. At some points it's the most beautiful game on Switch, but at others it's similar to Pokemon Sw&Sh.

    The good: The characters, the first 30 hours of gameplay and story
    The bad: Became very boring and repetitive in the end, story didn't deliver on its early promise, graphics are hit and miss.

    Sadly, I'm a bit disappointed. The first half of the game gets a 9, the second half gets a 5, averaging out at 7.    … Expand
  57. Zerpad
    Sep 23, 2022
    7
    After spending 85 hours to finish the main story, and then another 12 to do some of the side quest content, I'd say this is an average to slightly above average JRPG. The plot was the biggest disappointment compared to the previous entries in the series. I went in expecting something closer to WW1 theme, but it's just a standard high school JRPG plot. The colonies are differentAfter spending 85 hours to finish the main story, and then another 12 to do some of the side quest content, I'd say this is an average to slightly above average JRPG. The plot was the biggest disappointment compared to the previous entries in the series. I went in expecting something closer to WW1 theme, but it's just a standard high school JRPG plot. The colonies are different classrooms, and the bosses of each colony are the teachers. Most of the side quests and plot elements are basic "coming of age" tropes. Fortunately, the characters don't lean hard into common anime archetypes, or this would have been a terrible game.

    Combat is decent, but essentially it's mash buttons to win. Xenoblade 1 & 2 were similar in this regards, so you're getting more of the same. Most of the fun should be in the customization of the characters through the skills, arts, accessories, gems, etc, but it's just too much. Every time you change the class for a character you'll need to redo all of those things, or just hit the auto button and take what it gives you. Early on the number of skill/gem slots available to you are restricted and the number of items available to fill those slots is limited, so it was pretty manageable. By the end of the game, the number of accessories in my inventory had become so bloated that I was just hitting the auto config button and moving on with the story. Sometimes less is more, and Monolith Soft needs to learn that lesson.

    The game also has way too many materials/items with a very minimal quality of life features to track things. The number of items is easily in the hundreds. If you need a particular item, the game has no encyclopedia to help you remember where you found something previously. I guess they expect everyone to grab their phone and google the item location.

    I should also mention that this game does have many frame rate drops during combat. I played docked with an OG switch and mostly encountered them during battles with multiple enemies. Considering that you need some timing rhythm to cancel arts, the slow-downs do take away from the fun of combat and my overall enjoyment of the game.

    Overall, the game is a decent game to play, but compared to the previous Xenoblade game it is a disappointment. The high school theme made the plot generic and less interesting. Game mechanics didn't feel polished and feels like a haphazard combination of the prior two games.    … Expand
  58. kefka_palazzo
    Aug 20, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A glorified mobile game wrapped in a poorly written, unoriginal anime featuring wooden animation void of any charm.

    I struggle to comprehend how people can place this game adjacent to achievements like Breath of the Wild or Elden Ring. The philosophy behind this game seems to be ‘’more is more’. The world is massive for no reason. Textures can be seen tiling and often the camera needs to be so zoomed out I feel like I'm controlling little ants. Loot is scattered around like trash. Collecting loot lacks any specialness-compare to the magic of breath of the wild. There's no sense of discovery because there's nothing to discover. There are far, far, far too many cut scenes and interruptions to the gameplay. Open a door, cutscene, approach a destination, cutscene, take ten steps, cutscene. Most don't serve the story they only inflate the total length of the game unnecessarily.

    The cutscenes aren't very well animated either. Characters pop into poses with no transitions, slide over terrain and come to sudden stops. Expect to see lots of those recycled JRPG poses that no one in real life does - weird curtsies, hands to the chin as if in deep thought, looking at each other nodding in agreement. The action sequences, however are really really good! Battle is ok. Mediocre at best. The job system is fun but forces you to play most of the game with weird team composition. Landing combos isn't very satisfying. Battle feels almost automatic without a lot of skill required. The game is lacking any meaningful mechanics or quests. For instance, this upgrade system with the orroboros is full of false choice. Why do I need to select those upgrades? Just roll them out as I level. Quests rarely amount to anything more than go here and collect this. Throwing a cutscene into the quest doesn't change what it is-kill quests and fetch quests are pretty much all you get.

    There’s literally nothing to do but collect trash, talk to people, watch cutscenes and switch jobs. Nothing even close to collecting Korok seeds, or the magic of climbing some mountain and discovering something at the top. Exploring the world feels like channel surfing in the 90s. 1000 channels and nothing good is playing. The story is really really bland. It's a cool premise but anyone with average IQ can figure it out by chapter three. It's an overly long, oversized game full of filler content and yawn worthy storytelling. Is it enjoyable, yeah, it's pretty fun, but rating it anything over a seven is just flipping a middle finger to the real game design achievements of recent years. Call it what it is. A ‘’more of the same’ JRPG with decent presentation and thankfully lots less pervy stuff.    … Expand
  59. Zski
    Aug 16, 2022
    7
    I am not a huge fan of the Xenoblade franchise. I came in playing Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition a few years back, and while I appreciated what it was, I thought it was very rough and aged poorly. I played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for maybe 5-10 hours and gave up on it, I just could not get into it. So my expectations for this game were tempered, but the hype and the previews soldI am not a huge fan of the Xenoblade franchise. I came in playing Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition a few years back, and while I appreciated what it was, I thought it was very rough and aged poorly. I played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for maybe 5-10 hours and gave up on it, I just could not get into it. So my expectations for this game were tempered, but the hype and the previews sold me on it.

    This game really is worth the hype that it receives. It feels like this is the first game in the series where everything came full circle, and finally fulfills the vision of the creators. I can finally understand what they were trying to get at with the first two games because the execution is fantastic in this game. To start with the combat and gameplay, every feature is fully streamlined and I can finally understand the logistics behind them, whereas in the first two games I just couldn't really see what they were trying to achieve. The combat is smooth and engaging, and the class system isn't perfect but it adds a really nice layer of depth to the character builds. What I didn't like is that they took away changing gear and weapons, which tempered some of the progress made by the class system. Regardless, everything has been fully realized and makes for a great experience. The combat and gameplay sort of feels like a MMO. The game does a great job of drip feed introducing you to new mechanics, because there is a lot to take in.

    The story, character development, and presentation are all pretty good. They really paced the cutscenes pretty well, so its always a little bit of character development, a little bit of mystery surrounding the overarching plot, and then it goes away so you can continue to play the game. Some of the cutscenes are long, but they are engaging. The graphics are good, the music is excellent, the voice acting is solid.

    Overall its an excellent RPG. It still has its rough features such as the clunky animations and awkward banter in an attempt to do character development, but the core features of the game are so well executed that makes it a very digestible experience for those who have a tough time getting into the depth of JRPGs.

    EDIT: After close to 30 hours, I am changing the score from 9 to 7. All of the above still remains true, but I am really starting to feel like a large portion of this game is filler. It feels long for the sake of it being long, not because there is actually that much content. While the story is engaging, it’s spread out into bursts, so there is a lot of walking in an empty and soulless world and repetitive combat against routine enemies. When a game begins to feel like a chore to get to the parts of the game you enjoy, it’s a testament to game itself. It’s not a bad game, but it absolutely overstays it’s welcome.    … Expand
  60. boxcutta
    Aug 15, 2022
    7
    I love the game. It's great! Battle system is awesome, plot is pretty good too. Why 7 then? IMO it has severe pacing problems. I'm around 50 hours in and the game turned into a cut scene fest. I'm just going from one place to another to watch some cut scene, after that I'm reading some text that summarize what just happened and then goes to the next place to watch yet another cut scene.I love the game. It's great! Battle system is awesome, plot is pretty good too. Why 7 then? IMO it has severe pacing problems. I'm around 50 hours in and the game turned into a cut scene fest. I'm just going from one place to another to watch some cut scene, after that I'm reading some text that summarize what just happened and then goes to the next place to watch yet another cut scene. It's ridiculous. It's 10 minutes of gameplay and 35 minutes of cut scenes. It breaks my heart, but I think this is going to be one of those games that I never finished.… Expand
  61. masterchidra
    Jul 31, 2022
    7
    gracias a la con la traducción una basura, mas diverso?, censura?, veo solo hombres muy sexi y las mujeres nada....

    será ultimo juego que compro
  62. Maestr
    Aug 27, 2022
    7
    Nice game with good balance mostly. It's possible to follow main story, side stories or visit area for grind. For example, I've not understood purpose of desert at all except grid.

    But there is one cons: sometimes too many cut-scenes. I did 5 steps -> cut-scene for 5 minutes. Another 5 steps and new scene. It annoyed. Another problem in battles: I cannot recognise where my allies are    Nice game with good balance mostly. It's possible to follow main story, side stories or visit area for grind. For example, I've not understood purpose of desert at all except grid.

    But there is one cons: sometimes too many cut-scenes. I did 5 steps -> cut-scene for 5 minutes. Another 5 steps and new scene. It annoyed.
    Another problem in battles: I cannot recognise where my allies are and who I am. Am I defender or healer. I would propose to highlight the active player in the list on the left-up corner.

    Plot: It's not stable. Sometimes it's breathtaking, but final disappointed me. I expected more details about the world. But it was ruined. Final ruined everything. It's horrible.    … Expand
  63. OwtDaft
    Nov 19, 2022
    6
    + The story is pretty good.
    + The image quality is improved from the 2nd game.
    + Voice acting is really good. + It's very easy to become over powered early if you enjoy that. - The story though good isn't as good as the previous games. - The characters didn't interest me as much here. - Exploration was the biggest let down in this game. - The world is very empty and lacks proper    + The story is pretty good.
    + The image quality is improved from the 2nd game.
    + Voice acting is really good.
    + It's very easy to become over powered early if you enjoy that.
    - The story though good isn't as good as the previous games.
    - The characters didn't interest me as much here.
    - Exploration was the biggest let down in this game.
    - The world is very empty and lacks proper towns to see in the landscape.
    - Never been a big fan of the battle system in the first place, after so many games it's so stale.
    - Your team constantly keep saying the same things over and over after a battle.
    = The battle system been stale and the exploration and story been a step down from previous
    games, this game is a huge disappointment though it's still good in places. The story despite been a step down has it's moments, there is a very good story point about 2/3 into the game I won't spoil. The environment isn't as fun to explore but there is a more open bit later but getting around it is a nightmare because of the boat you have which has horrible controls. I really hope the 4th game reboots the series with a much improved battle system and a more interesting world to explore, hopefully on better future Nintendo hardware.    … Expand
  64. smahlt
    Oct 11, 2022
    6
    What happened? It's the worst Xenoblade game so far and by far. Every single aspect makes it worse than the other 3 games in the series. Monolith, what the **** happened?
  65. Z06Wingnut
    Aug 6, 2022
    6
    Chronicles of Tedious Design: The Game. Another mediocre modern JRPG with clumsy "depth" and "world building" that actually just amounts to uninspired padding and awkward pacing. Tons of potential unrealized in this series and this is the same.
  66. ah1ddengamer
    Aug 19, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is good but absolutely inferior to its predecessors.

    The story has its good parts but for the most part incredibly predictable and bland, it tries to make you feel urgency but in a game like this where you have the option to sidequest or explore the map for hours on end kinda makes any sense of urgency feel removed. As you progress you really start to feel the story fall off pretty hard due to the nature of its predictability. The best example of this is Joran when I say him I said that character is going to die, but not die and be an awful character, another would be consul N who is revealed to be Noah but not Noah and how the queens are evil but not actually evil. Stuff like that I was able to see from the moment I saw their appearances. Too predictable

    As for gameplay, I like the exploration but many of the locations in the game seem formulaic, there was not really a place in the game world that stood out and made me go "wow this place looks awesome". The battle system is alright if you played the previous game, but new players will most likely get overwhelmed trying to control 6 characters or even customize 6 characters. I do dislike that every character can get away with doing whatever they want and that there is not really a specific niche that makes the character feel more unique. An example of what I mean is in Xenoblade 2 every character's starting blade had a role attached to it that gave that character a unique way to play Rex was the attacker, Nia was the healer and you can mix and match secondary blade to either help a weakness they have or go all in on their strength, but in this game, the characters are not exactly forced into a specific class or role, they can do whatever with maybe stats not being as good in a certain role but the effect of that is not felt at all and seems that the game would rather just give you a bunch of classes to grind out for skills and arts in order to increase the playtime

    The music was a massive letdown, no memorable tracks for me personally, in fact, the colonies reuse the same tracks once you free them no sense of uniqueness between the areas. The song that gets me most excited is the triangle attack song.

    As for the characters, the main cast is likeable and seems to have developments that keep you invested in them, villains and supporting characters are boring and extremely forgettable they are nothing if you compare them to the previous game's villains.

    When I was writing this I initially was going to give it 7/10 but thinking it over 6.5 or something might be better, I loved the previous games but this feels like all the other mid JRPG out there, kind of a letdown    … Expand
  67. TmatoCE
    Nov 6, 2022
    6
    Tras haber jugado a todos los xenoblade y haber terminado el tercero recientemente debo decir que es una entrega muy mala respecto a las anteriores.
    Ofrece mucha libertad respecto a el 1 y 2, libertad para reclutar aliados y fortalecer el equipo pero la historia es terriblemente mala respecto a las anteriores.
    Cuando iba por el capitulo 6 estaba pensando (vale, ya ha pasado algo gordo    Tras haber jugado a todos los xenoblade y haber terminado el tercero recientemente debo decir que es una entrega muy mala respecto a las anteriores.
    Ofrece mucha libertad respecto a el 1 y 2, libertad para reclutar aliados y fortalecer el equipo pero la historia es terriblemente mala respecto a las anteriores.

    Cuando iba por el capitulo 6 estaba pensando (vale, ya ha pasado algo gordo ahoa empieza lo bueno) pero no, no despega y toda la continuación es mala sin explicaciones y sin historia potente.

    En resumen:

    - Historia mucho peor que X1 y X2
    - Más libertad que las anteriores entregas
    - Estilo de combate divertido
    - No hay grandes cambios en la historia y muy pocas explicaciones    … Expand
  68. epiclegend22
    Dec 13, 2022
    6
    Xenoblade 3 disappointed me with how much of a step back it’s gameplay and combat was from its predecessors. The main problem that this game has is that all the characters feel exactly the same with the games class changing system. The problem is only made worse by the fact that seven party members are on the field at the exact same time. It ends up feeling like you as the player have noXenoblade 3 disappointed me with how much of a step back it’s gameplay and combat was from its predecessors. The main problem that this game has is that all the characters feel exactly the same with the games class changing system. The problem is only made worse by the fact that seven party members are on the field at the exact same time. It ends up feeling like you as the player have no control over the outcome of the battle. Teammates in my experience did not use combos, didn’t really know when to use their support abilities or heals, they never entered a buff circle without me guiding them toward it. The combat is just incredibly clunky and felt like it was on autopilot most of the time which again was not a problem in any of the previous xenoblade games. The gimmick of this game, the interlink ability was also not interesting either especially compared to the gimmicks of the previous games (skells, blades) it functionally just gave you an additionally 6 arts you could spam repeatedly until the time limit ran out, again this is way less interesting than the overdrive mechanic in XBX which let you extend your time in the skell if you were clever about the arts you used. Chain attack was also not great in comparison to the chain attacks from XB1 and XB2, they massively interrupt the flow of combat and basically boil down to using the guy with the highest number over and over until you get the same big damage cutscene at the end which is unskippable and takes about 40 seconds.

    Inventory and skill management are a complete hassle in this game. You constantly pick up random crap off the ground and your constantly unlocking new skills and classes and interlink points and every time you swap a class you have to go through their stat screen and change every little thing if you want to be meticulous and not use auto equip.

    The point I’m trying to get at with this game is that it feels like player agency has been massively stripped from this game and the interesting gameplay decisions you could make in the previous games is now gone in order to massively streamline the experience. Unfortunately this has made the overall experience of the game feel very mediocre and uninspiring.

    The other aspects of the game have taken a step back as well, exploration is not interesting, the music has a few good songs but overall is mediocre. The story takes a while to pick up and when it does it’s enjoyable unfortunately I find it difficult to get invested in a games story if I do not enjoy the gameplay.

    I tried to like this game because I like the other games in this series a lot but unfortunately it has too many issues to ignore.    … Expand
  69. FrozenSkullface
    Aug 1, 2022
    6
    Not as good as the first Xenoblade,gameplay part is definitely evolved,but the story,writing and performance are cringey as hell.
    They sure have a ambitious vision for the story，but execution is just disaster.
    I'm sorry for all the people who have to play the game with all these awkward cutscene.
  70. Ughhh
    Aug 30, 2022
    6
    Playing the story is nice. But the fights are very boring with weird random stuff.
  71. TheLinkgirl
    Sep 6, 2022
    6
    While Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is certainly a good game, I feel like it failed to grab me in quite the way that previous Xenoblade games have. With their unforgettable worlds, stories and characters, the Xenoblade games are known for a certain level of quality in some regard or another.

    My unfortunate case with Xenoblade 3 is that, while all of its qualities are good, they don't reach a    While Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is certainly a good game, I feel like it failed to grab me in quite the way that previous Xenoblade games have. With their unforgettable worlds, stories and characters, the Xenoblade games are known for a certain level of quality in some regard or another.

    My unfortunate case with Xenoblade 3 is that, while all of its qualities are good, they don't reach a point that feels even close to previous games in the series. The music is mostly forgettable, the story is fine, albeit mostly cliché or poorly managed, the gameplay is a strange mess of elements that don't feel like they fit together well, and the world is just completely uninteresting. It's very sad to think, but Xenoblade 3 has left me feeling unsatisfied. I'm left wanting simply to go back and play Xenoblade 2.    … Expand
  72. Chastizer
    Sep 18, 2022
    6
    In terms of a JRPG with insanely fun combat and a massive world to explore, this was a good game. In terms of the story driven game with strong characters that I have come to expect from Xenoblade at this point, I'm going to be honest and say that this was kind of a let down.

    That's not to say that this game is completely devoid of deep characters or great moments between them. But when    In terms of a JRPG with insanely fun combat and a massive world to explore, this was a good game. In terms of the story driven game with strong characters that I have come to expect from Xenoblade at this point, I'm going to be honest and say that this was kind of a let down.

    That's not to say that this game is completely devoid of deep characters or great moments between them. But when I find that half of the main 6 characters are just uninteresting and not compelling in any way, even after seeing through the entirety of their story, I have to say I am just underwhelmed.

    I think this chalks up to the fact that a lot of this game felt like it needed more time in the oven. Despite it's already massive size, it seems like bits and pieces are just missing sometimes. A lot of the side content kept me engaged, but if I were to charge straight through the story this would definitely be the shortest main story to date. I feel like that part of the game should definitely have been given more love. Especially at the beginning and towards the end.

    Definitely worth a play, but probably won't return to it.    … Expand
  73. Helix__006
    Jul 31, 2022
    6
    Just a decent RPG that let you run around and do tasks everywhere, the characters' expressions are very rigid, and there is no substantial innovation.

    I was going to give an 8, but I'm embarrassed by the co-ed bath.

    But i will continue to play, for mio.
  74. Slackman
    Aug 14, 2022
    6
    Xenoblade Chronicles 3 delivers amazing character designs, a beautifully crafted open world, and a lengthy campaign.
    However beneath the ascetic glamour, is an underwhelming story, and characters lacking any unique personality traits.
    It's not a bad game It's just that when compared to other monolith titles, it's noticeably subpar.
  75. wiiboii
    Sep 6, 2022
    6
    There are so many black VAs in the English dub that totally mar the overall quality & experience of Xenoblade 3. I really can't stand them, and I know others feel the same. Overall the game is decent but not amazing.
  76. LaPinzaWea
    Sep 9, 2022
    6
    I dom't understand why people love this game so much. For me it's just a good story but generic stuff all over the place.
  77. Purshe
    Oct 23, 2022
    6
    Normal jrpg, that has good elements, which mixed with a lot of bad decisions. For example, plot starts as interesting dystopia with good battle choreography in the cutsenes, but poor and repetetive dialogue makes it ubearable to watch. Scenario is very standard with no major twists. Unineresting main villians and copy paste optional boss with personality from cheap tv show. Side quest areNormal jrpg, that has good elements, which mixed with a lot of bad decisions. For example, plot starts as interesting dystopia with good battle choreography in the cutsenes, but poor and repetetive dialogue makes it ubearable to watch. Scenario is very standard with no major twists. Unineresting main villians and copy paste optional boss with personality from cheap tv show. Side quest are better than in previous games, but most of them seen a lot of times in diferrent jrpg games. Some of the side quests are better than the main plot.

    The most interesting part for me was new mechanic with classes. It is interesting to finde New classes, mix abilites and create your ultimate class.    … Expand
  78. Fisherk1ng
    Jun 28, 2023
    6
    The gameplay feels stiff but mostly fun until you unlock all the combat features where the gameplay actually becomes smooth. Unfortunately, the game actively punishes you for preparing for tough fights by locking experience to classes when you are over 5 levels than the enemy you're fight. This means the game is also punishing you for doing quests, since doing all the quests as they comeThe gameplay feels stiff but mostly fun until you unlock all the combat features where the gameplay actually becomes smooth. Unfortunately, the game actively punishes you for preparing for tough fights by locking experience to classes when you are over 5 levels than the enemy you're fight. This means the game is also punishing you for doing quests, since doing all the quests as they come up makes you roughly 10 levels over the monsters you face while doing said quests.

    The story is mid at best and insulting at worst. It feels like it was written by three very distinct individuals. The first is an industry veteran who knows what they're doing. When they're writing, the story well written, concise, and you can really understand who each characters is.
    The second writer is a college grad who hasn't quite kicked the habit they teach you in school to write a 5 page essay where 4 paragraphs is more than enough. This writer breaks the show don't tell rule in the most infuriating way. They will show you, tell you, then make the characters have a conversation going in depth on what they just experience or learned and then have the characters act like this is all new information when it comes up again. Never before has my controller fallen asleep because a cutscene was going on too long. Never before have I skipped cutscenes on the first viewing because i already know everything that happens in the cutscene from the first 5 second while they insist it needs 30 more minutes of cutscene to really drive the point home.
    The Third Writer is a twitter blogger. They care more for creating artificial drama than keeping character consistency. Characters will spontaneously break character, act stupid, or act stubborn for the sake of adding extra drama or conflict when the story already has plenty of both to work off of.
    The discrepancy between these three writing styles is such a glaring issue to the point that im almost convinced the first writer had made the prefect story for this but it wasn't long enough for investors so they hired writers two and three to stretch the play time and consequently ruin the story. The game tries to mix the themes of the first two games to great effect until the second writer beats the point to death and the third writer retcons it at the last second.

    In conclusion, if you want to play it for the gameplay, go ahead and just try not to over-level. if you you want a compelling well written story, just play the last two because you're not going to find that with this one.    … Expand
  79. Kart01
    Aug 6, 2022
    5
    Horrible game, stupid story, NO CONNECTION with Xeno 1 and 2 (except pointless references). Great waste of time.
  80. Juac
    Mar 14, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My original rating for this game was 6/10, after 110 hours and the ending it is now 4.5/10. This game was made for teen to young adult audiences who don’t mind anime-esque tropes and clichés and to introduce philosophies to them. I am not that target audience and feel those that are deserve better than this.

    This game suffers a bar so low that it acts as an excuse as to why it’s not better than it should be. It walks on the corpses of the previous games, and by the end tramples on them. If you’re looking to play XenoC 3, welcome to the Endless Now.

    Gameplay 3/5

    TL;DR: The gameplay is held up by conveniences invented and improved in the last 3 XenoC games, but is spoiled by its thoughtless combat and a lack of interesting mechanics on the enemy’s side.

    -The good stuff from the previous Xenos are still here.
    -The Gem mechanic has been simplified since XenoC: 1 into tactical stat buffs. No more fumbling around menus, throwing out useless ones or fusing them then slotting them.
    -This game has an insane amount of tutorials for half the game.
    -I like the new colony mechanics. Raising ranks to get better shop items, and building (pointless) relationships is nice.
    -Traversal takes too long. This game could use XenoC X’s vehicles.
    -The discussion mechanic bogs down time with extra steps to do basic quests.
    -The bonus EXP is basically just “Get more EXP from the EXP you already get”.
    -The Interlinks are cool looking, but slow combat with long animations. They’re like summons in FF10 and 12, meat shields used to keep the party alive.
    -Chain Attacks are horrendously long. The animations are not fluid, they take forever, with latency between selection and animations.

    ~THE COMBAT of XenoC 3 is the worst part of gameplay. It comes down to basic level related questions.
    ”Are you 5 levels below a normal enemy?” You win.
    ”Are you the same level as this elite enemy?” You win.
    “Are you 5 levels above the boss?” You win.
    People make bosses with weird and interesting mechanics to breakup the above formula. The only two interesting boss fights in the game are against M (whose not that interesting, just watch your targeting) and the Final Boss.

    The problem with the combat is that it’s flashy, slow and superfluous. Interlinks and Chain Attacks bloat the time. All the subclasses are pointless because you’ll never need the admittedly great and varied ideas they had for the subclasses because no enemy is special enough to need different strategies. On top of that it incentivizes you to just drop the controller because of Auto-combat. “Above the level requirement? Good, turn on auto-combat, it’ll be over soon. Unless you want it over even slower, but guaranteed, with the overly long Chain Attacks.”

    Story 1.5/5

    TL;DR: The premise is simple, but interesting and starts well. Later the themes are found to be only skin deep and the characters and villains are shallow. The setting is glazed over and no one goes through character growth. The midsection is bloated.

    -Plot. Easily guessable, but fine…till the end.
    -Setting. Unutilized. The world is made of the titans of the first two games, who don’t come up as a plotpoint. The focus is on the “10 years to die” aspect and Moebius's immortality.
    -Themes. They’re brought up only on a surface level with one exception. The main themes: Reincarnation, living a short life to the fullest , living for the possibilities of the future rather than the Now, people live on in others who knew and cherished them.
    -Characters. The main characters are bland, save Eunie. The worst parts about them is they're innofensive and have no hobbies or dreams besides their goals. Earlier I mentioned this game has a safety net; that’s their 10 Year Lifespan. Because they can only live for 10 years they lack personhood/occupations. The narrative uses this as an answer to the character’s lacking elements. Yet they stretch subjects of convos impossibly long.
    -Character Growth. There is none. The main reason being that because the colony’s side stories are optional. If any character development happened at a colony that was too significant, they’d have to change too much later to compensate.

    The best characters are mainly the colony leaders: Ethel, Cammuravi, Monica, Asherah, and Triton. The rest are bland to bad (Ghondor). Only fleshed out villains are J and M

    ~THE ENDING. The End was so insultingly bad I thought it was a bad ending that I could earn a good version of. I could go on for hours, but in short it subverts its own message of giving people more choices. They rob each other of choice, denying the wish of people that want to be together, in hopes of finding a way to get back to each other. Also, when did Origin, a machine designed to hold people’s souls through an apocalypse (and somewhat manipulate ether) gain the power to force two universes apart?    … Expand
  81. WallCrouton
    Jan 19, 2023
    5
    What could've been a good game is riddled with excessive cutscenes, extremely repetitive combat/exploration dialogue, and just full of generic RPG junk. Walk here, watch a 45 minute cutscene, walk there, fight meaningless enemies, watch a 20 minute cutscene, do a really long tutorial, walk two feet to the objective marker, watch another cutscene. Combat feels meaningless because nothingWhat could've been a good game is riddled with excessive cutscenes, extremely repetitive combat/exploration dialogue, and just full of generic RPG junk. Walk here, watch a 45 minute cutscene, walk there, fight meaningless enemies, watch a 20 minute cutscene, do a really long tutorial, walk two feet to the objective marker, watch another cutscene. Combat feels meaningless because nothing has any impact besides combos that just make your enemy stop attacking for a while. Exploring is pointless because nothing you pick up is unique and the environments contain no significance. Class system is a waste of time and you'll probably just have to play a healer anyway to make sure the AI doesn't just kill itself. Equipment customization is pointless because there's basically no real customization.

    Basically just a surface level RPG with way too much filler. I thought it'd be a nice long game but instead it's just a long, boring tutorial. The long cutscenes at the beginning made sense because it was establishing the story and characters, and for a while was interesting. Now it's just "oh boy another cutscene", and put the controller down for a while. That's not a game. I got this because I saw how highly rated it was, and now I find myself doubting people's opinions, severely.    … Expand
  82. OldAndCynical
    Aug 1, 2022
    5
    Once again, a Nintendo exclusive gets piles of undeserved 10/10 reviews, most of them from people who have not even played the game. Ignore them.
    For the truth is, XB3 is in no way evolution for the franchise, or in any way a masterpiece.
    The game is still the same Wii era stuff; barren maps, blank, soulless NPCs, stock monsters that have no lives or animated routines, two dimensional    Once again, a Nintendo exclusive gets piles of undeserved 10/10 reviews, most of them from people who have not even played the game. Ignore them.
    For the truth is, XB3 is in no way evolution for the franchise, or in any way a masterpiece.
    The game is still the same Wii era stuff; barren maps, blank, soulless NPCs, stock monsters that have no lives or animated routines, two dimensional heroes, and piles of bland, dull quests that will interest you not at all.
    On PS4/X1/Switch era, many JRPG franchises have grown up and evolved into something more modern, and better. FF, Tales and Atelier, for example. In Xenoblade 3, there is no evolution. Its just barren, hastily made copy of the same old, developed purely for quick cash, and not for the love of the game, or the setting. As a result, it is just one of those mediocre, dated JRPGs that are best left alone.    … Expand
  83. Suprablock
    Sep 22, 2022
    5
    God tier soundtrack, great environments, good Gameplay, nice characters, poor dialogues AND another very cliché Japanese story with all its nonsense and over complexity for saying nothing.
  84. BenLight
    Aug 5, 2022
    5
    Lo jugué por más de 10 horas y honestamente es aburrido. No me engancho su historia. Parece un anime de muy mala calidad. Siendo objetivo el juego es para un cierto público y respeto eso pero lo intente. No es para muchos y siendo honestos, es muy bello gráficamente. Corre decentemente. No vi Bugs, no vi Poping y esas cosas, técnicamente está bien pero su historia y su gameplay no esLo jugué por más de 10 horas y honestamente es aburrido. No me engancho su historia. Parece un anime de muy mala calidad. Siendo objetivo el juego es para un cierto público y respeto eso pero lo intente. No es para muchos y siendo honestos, es muy bello gráficamente. Corre decentemente. No vi Bugs, no vi Poping y esas cosas, técnicamente está bien pero su historia y su gameplay no es bueno. Es un juego más de esos juegos que dentro de un año ya nadie hablara de ello.… Expand
  85. JDK-the-L0lic0n
    Jul 30, 2022
    5
    Pretty standard, mediocre I would say
    Despite the title wanting to be more like Xenoblade 1 for Wii, it fails in several aspects that make it inferior
    Personally I find the story recycled and lacking in imagination or interesting twists.

    However, it's a purchase that I don't regret, I would recommend others with a different criterion to try it, because I didn't love it.
  86. Amaru12
    Mar 30, 2023
    5
    The good: The soundtrack, the story, the characters, the interactions, the animations, the bosses, the wide and beautiful world, many combat options.
    The bad: I was very disappointed in the combat system, it's not entertaining, it's boring and tiring, it's not quite a turn-based tactical rpg, it's not a free-roam battle like Zelda BotW either, the combat is a strange hybrid, where your    The good: The soundtrack, the story, the characters, the interactions, the animations, the bosses, the wide and beautiful world, many combat options.
    The bad: I was very disappointed in the combat system, it's not entertaining, it's boring and tiring, it's not quite a turn-based tactical rpg, it's not a free-roam battle like Zelda BotW either, the combat is a strange hybrid, where your characters and enemies hit nothing and nothing, enemies do not react to your attacks and movements, "enemies are just punching bags" that take damage until they die, you can leave it on automatic do nothing and wait for the character to die enemy and that is boring, the strategy that exists is only to increase the damage inflicted but nothing else, it is very easy and simple, and if you increase the difficulty it only increases the life of the enemy, which is a punching bag. The music in combat is repetitive and stressful, however the music when you travel the world is beautiful.    … Expand
  87. Cobalt_Red
    Sep 6, 2022
    5
    Xenoblade Chronicles 3 è un deludente passo indietro rispetto alla semplicità del primo gioco e alla complessità del secondo.
    Per quanto riguarda la storia, è il gioco più lento dei tre e con il cast più debole: invece di far crescere i personaggi in modo naturale, sembra tutto predeterminato.
    I cattivi sono usati frettolosamente senza dare loro una ragione per quello che fanno. Gli    Xenoblade Chronicles 3 è un deludente passo indietro rispetto alla semplicità del primo gioco e alla complessità del secondo.
    Per quanto riguarda la storia, è il gioco più lento dei tre e con il cast più debole: invece di far crescere i personaggi in modo naturale, sembra tutto predeterminato.
    I cattivi sono usati frettolosamente senza dare loro una ragione per quello che fanno.
    Gli eroi avrebbero potuto essere utilizzati molto meglio, invece la maggior parte sono anonimi o poco interessanti.
    Molti contenuti della storia sono relegati alle subquest, è ridicolo vista l'importanza di alcune.
    Dal punto di vista del gameplay è stato rimosso il sistema elementale, sono stati rimossi i potenziamenti delle armi, dei 3 set di abilità che si hanno uno ha gli effetti "bloccati" dalla sincronia per cui per usarlo con i suoi effetti bisogna prima usare gli altri due insieme almeno 3 volte di seguito, l'IA è pessima spesso si perdono le battaglie perché non vuole stare dentro i cerchi, l'attacco finale a catena di uroboros usa un'animazione lunghissima che non si può saltare e diventa noioso vederla 2~3 volte a battaglia, il fatto di avere molti personaggi su schermo non è proprio una novità (personaggi + blade sono sei nel secondo) ma nel terzo in certi momenti non si capisce un accidente perché sono tutti attivi quindi se si usa una classe d'attacco non si vede dove si è posizionati rispetto al nemico, stessa cosa per la resurrezione visto che quando il gioco diventa caotico perde fotogrammi, la telecamera si ingrandisce e si rimpicciolisce a caso.
    Se si gioca lentamente, ci vogliono 40 ore in modalità difficile per sbloccare il sistema di base (la concatenazione delle abilità).
    Le ambientazioni sono inferiori ai predecessori con poche eccezioni, niente città (con una sola eccezione) solo avamposti con differenze ma fin troppo anonimi.
    Il comparto sonoro l'ho trovato buono ma non ci sono musiche memorabili (a parte quella del menu che purtroppo vi rimarrà in testa per ore) così come il doppiaggio sia in jp che in eng, anche se non raggiunge il primo in inglese ma è migliore del secondo gioco.
    Il gioco ha troppi problemi di framerate ed è andato in crash diverse volte con diverse console (switch v1 e v2) anche durante battaglie con i boss piuttosto lunghe.
    Fa cose buone come la semplificazione delle subquest, ma non è abbastanza.
    Il sistema di classi è una buona idea ma non è sufficiente, basta avere uno dei 3 tipi di classe e premere i pulsanti che hanno le abilità impostate, non c'è tattica, diventa monotono.
    L'intero gioco è l'apoteosi di:
    Mediocrità, cerca di creare una storia pretenziosa e non ha personaggi o gameplay per farlo.
    Per me non è degno di un capitolo finale della saga, soprattutto quando alla fine ti ricorda che dovrà uscire un dlc.
    Di solito aspetto un po' prima di comprarli puramente in caso di bug o cose del genere e sono sicuro che alcuni dei problemi elencati sono risolvibili con patch o almeno per il gameplay, per la storia sono rassegnato.
    Non posso consigliarlo in questo stato.    … Expand
  88. XC_BC
    Aug 2, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros
    + Good battle system but a bit of annoying un-skippable animation.
    + Large map with beautiful graphic (the best on the Switch I think)
    + Decent music though weaker than XBC and XBC2
    + XBC and XBC2 fans will happily see some familiar faces
    Cons
    - Too many boring memory movies in the first 3 chapters of the game, revoke my feeling of watching anime, but I cannot speed up, hopefully, next time they will add fast forwarding function (not skip or I need to check the movie after the game).
    - The tempo of storytelling is awfully stepped back from XBC and XBC2, I didn't really get into the game until finishing chapter 4.
    - Some of the most important information about the world in this game is in subrequests that you don't need to finish, and even some are in subrequests after you finished the game. I don't think this is a good subrequest design pattern. You shouldn't put the main story into the subrequest to have some decent requests.
    - The ending, gives me an unfinished feeling. This is the true drawback of this game. Is this implying the DLC contents? Why publish an unfinished game then?

    I'd give this game 5/10.    … Expand
  89. FessStrife
    Aug 2, 2022
    5
    Boring combat with minimal player involment because of 6+1 characters fight simultaneously. Boring banal story because of boring cliche characters. Boring world because it's empty with no unique events, no unique artifacts hidden in a cave. Very dull and passionless game.
  90. Guiltyghost
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    - The story is not as good as Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2 personally (as a JRPG, the outline is fine, but the storytelling is terrible, especially too much content is included in the side stories and the pace is not well-balanced. i.e. slow at the beginning, fast at the end)
    - Many meaningless conversations and some characters are not well built
    - Music is ok, but most are forgettable    - The story is not as good as Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2 personally (as a JRPG, the outline is fine, but the storytelling is terrible, especially too much content is included in the side stories and the pace is not well-balanced. i.e. slow at the beginning, fast at the end)
    - Many meaningless conversations and some characters are not well built
    - Music is ok, but most are forgettable (e.g. XC1 have Engage the Enemy, XC2 have Counterattack, XC3? Unfortunately, Weight of Life is not well used in the story)
    + Well-designed map and navigation
    + Better image quality and motion capture compared to XC 1 and 2    … Expand
  91. hinanawi
    Apr 2, 2023
    5
    This is my first time play the Xenoblade Series. The navigation is so good. I love 99% of the story. However, the ending made me uncomfortable and bad mood for all day. So, I would not give it high score unless the dlc story make Noah and Mia together.
  92. HunterSeeker
    Apr 6, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a game that has many good ideas but the execution of it is rather sloppy. First off, it's really cool that you get up to 7 characters on screen at once all participating in battle. However, the story wants to be a super complex story but has many plot holes and contrivances. For instance, the game basically says someone has 3 months to live, yet the party is okay meandering around doing things that aren't their main objective despite their time constraints. There's a moment where the main character summons a sword from his chest; yet never explained why this happens. Sometimes, the plot only moves forward because the writers force characters to make absolutely asinine decisions. For example, the party finds themselves in the heart of enemy territory and all agree that they have to get away as soon as possible. But no, the protagonist walks more into the territory rather than running; he does this for no reason and it's never explained. The game features completely one dimensional and overdramatic villains. It's a darn shame that the counsel of villains all have extremely similar personalities. There's even a scene where one of the characters tells the villain that they would join their side cuz of "friendship" even though the villain murdered all the character's friends. Let me tell you, if one of my friends murdered my other friends, I'd be pretty pissed about that. There's a part where one character switches bodies with another character. It's never explained why this can occur and how this is possible. It just happens because the writers needed a way to progress the plot and couldn't think of a logical way to do it somehow.

    The gameplay itself is really fun. If you love tab targeting MMO's, you'll like the gameplay of this game. Exploration feels smooth, but some of the maps have issues telling the players which items are on which floor. One of the biggest foibles of this class based game is that when a new class is unlocked, it's not unlocked for every character. This is huge oversight because other games in this genre will allow all characters to use a class once it's unlocked. Why this game went against that good game design is beyond me. Also, the game fails to explain that you can't unlock classes if you're fighting mobs that are 5+ levels lower than you. This is awful design to an otherwise well designed class system.

    Overall, there's nothing wrong with a straightforward story. If the writers wanted to make a complex story, they can do so without having so many plot contrivances and plot holes.    … Expand
  93. Rockboss
    Aug 10, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After being so overwhelmend with XBC 1 and especially 2 this game is such a downer. The characters are boring as hell. No jokes at all because everyone is sooooo sensitive and woke and thus maximum boring and unapproachable. One might almost think it was produced for the new western market where every character needs to be totally correct and mindful so that no gamer might be offended in some way. The result are shallow characters. And then the world. Damn, I mean, big worlds are nice but this is just running and running and running for nothing. Maybe the story is thrilling? Not yet. I am in chapter 4 now. But so far it could be a more stupid and artificial narrative of good and evil (oooh, humans fight each other but it turns out they are just the puppets of some evil masters... laaaame). It is just so predictable that even a spin will not be satisfiying. But maybe the combat and looting system is fun? NO! It is just repetitive and intransparent. I mean a group of 6 + 1 hero whereby 6 are controlled by AI. Wow. When the combat system in XBC 2 was fun as hell imo this one is kind of the opposite. Even the chain attacks are just not satisfying. After Monolith soft convinced me with XBC 1 and 2 and even their assistance in Zelda Breath of the Wild I bought the game plus the extension pass for 100 Euro. Well, a huge disappointment. I dont get why so many people here rate that game so high. I don't play that many games but if this is considered great for the majority I don't wanna know how bad it can be on the market. Maybe some positive thing: The side quest are not that useless as in XBC 1 and 2. Thus 5 points as I am playing it but always with a bad feeling in the gut and unsure to continue.… Expand
  94. PacoHolliday
    Aug 25, 2022
    4
    The story may be ok, but there wouldn't be anything good left if it wasn't. The game is more or less a movie.
    The combat system is ok, too. But not great.
    And there's nothing else. No game play. No crafting. No gear. No puzzles. No choices or decision, it's all linear. You follow a red line, fight a bunch, watch a cut-scene. Rinse and repeat. I loved XC1, liked XCX, still enjoyed XC2;    The story may be ok, but there wouldn't be anything good left if it wasn't. The game is more or less a movie.
    The combat system is ok, too. But not great.
    And there's nothing else. No game play. No crafting. No gear. No puzzles. No choices or decision, it's all linear.
    You follow a red line, fight a bunch, watch a cut-scene. Rinse and repeat.
    I loved XC1, liked XCX, still enjoyed XC2; but I can't go any lower; won't finish this boring game.    … Expand
  95. Aboughtcritic
    Aug 29, 2022
    4
    Best comedy game i played in years but after awhile it gets hard to enjoy the terrible dialog and cringy moments cause characters constantly repeated the same 2 lines and everything takes to long.
  96. Chero123
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    It's a disappointing game, its tempo is so bad, boring bridges fill the entire gameplay, I can't imagine the loss of the advantages of the previous one so completely
  97. MarkussLugia
    Aug 12, 2022
    4
    Nice music, mediocre storytelling, and stinky, unreliable, nonsensical autosave rendering my whole-hour gameplay of exploration into nothing.
  98. Lecum
    Sep 30, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chapter 5 had a 1hour cutscene to explain something we could know in 10 minutes. I think they treated the player as he/she wasnt smart enough to understand the story… Expand
  99. DJBobRokk
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    Just One Word: BORING.. nothing more than boring.. silly story/dialogues, totally unrewarding gameplay and terrible graphic quality (on TV)
    let me go to play another Yakuza..
  100. TheXxchaKing
    Jul 7, 2023
    4
    + Soundtrack is nice, though it still pales in comparison to XC1, XC2 and even XCX
    + World and enemy design are exactly what you would expect from a Xenoblade title
    - Storytelling and dialogue is absolute drivel that makes no sense - Protagonists and villains alike are utterly unlikeable - Character class systems are too malleable, making every character play the same - Chain attack    + Soundtrack is nice, though it still pales in comparison to XC1, XC2 and even XCX
    + World and enemy design are exactly what you would expect from a Xenoblade title

    - Storytelling and dialogue is absolute drivel that makes no sense
    - Protagonists and villains alike are utterly unlikeable
    - Character class systems are too malleable, making every character play the same
    - Chain attack system breaks boss fights in an unforgiveable manner
    - Graphics and abysmal draw distance somehow look worse than XC2    … Expand
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#3 Best Switch Game of 2022
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#4 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2022

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89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 122 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 116 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 122
  3. Negative: 0 out of 122
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    100
    Ultimately, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 represents the pinnacle of the series, both gameplay-wise and narratively. The characters are another highlight of the game. They are well-drawn, with only a small amount of formulaicness. [Issue#321]
  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Nov 9, 2022
    100
    I began XC3 knowing I'd enjoy it because of the fun I had with the previous games. What I didn't expect was for this to become one of my favorite JPRGs of all-time! With its engaging open world, engrossing combat system, loveable characters and gripping story, this game is a masterpiece of the genre! [Issue #62 – November/December 2022, p. 67]
  3. Easy Allies
    Oct 11, 2022
    90
    Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a clear improvement over its predecessors in almost every way. It streamlines so much and avoids past pitfalls, though there’s still work to be done in terms of balancing the difficulty. There’s a grounded story here with a solid cast of characters, and the basic plot is much easier to digest. The world design exceeds past efforts with ease, and the implementation of Hero Quests is a game changer. While the devs have done an admirable job making the battle system easier to grasp, it feels like the series has fully explored and exhausted these core combat mechanics, signaling it’s time for the next game to change things up. As a whole, it stands as a phenomenal RPG with a one-of-a-kind sense of exploration you can’t find anywhere else.
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