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Xenoblade Chronicles Review | Game Crunch

Game Crunch: Xenoblade Chronicles contains all the elements any good game of its genre has but that doesn’t mean it’s any ordinary RPG, it’s much more than just your above average Role Playing Game and in fact, shines strongly on a console which is about to reach the end of its life cycle. This game contains an epic story line, amazing sound tracks, good vocals and a decent battle system. This game lives up to the hype thats been made by fans all over the world. Definitely a Wii game you might want to consider picking up (if you have a European console that is…)

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Spenok5394d ago

Man, i dont believe i have seen a review for this game be under a 9. I REALLY hope Nintendo will eat their own words and bring this to the US. This game is begging to be released. ><

joab7775394d ago

I have skyrim, ff13-2 and kingdoms of amalur coming but id love to break out my ski for this one. I am a little confused though. They must not nav been very confident in this product to do limited release. Its true that jrpgs don't sell great in the US but its because they are generally average or cookie cutter games. We are dying for a great rpg here. Unfortunatle by the time it is released the competition will b fierce. Ivwoulda played it now as I just finished lost odyssey.

Spenok5394d ago

Look at FFXIII dude, that sold 2.5 million units in the Americas alone. Not to mention you yourself say your looking forward to its sequal. And that was apparently a "Bad" rpg. Of course there are always other examples, such as Pokemon, Dragon Quest, the Tales series depending on which one in the series you are looking at... (Vesperia and Symphonia come to mind) etc etc....

And Xenoblade is the type of RPG that does well over here in the states this gen. More of an action oriented gameplay style.

More or less i just hope that these good reviews make people buy it in EU and nintendo finally brings it over.

tiffac0085394d ago

The fans are begging for it to be released in NA. ;_;

Come on Ninty don't let me freaking import this!

8bit_Nes_Rambo5394d ago

Oh look, another stunning Xenoblade review. For shame NOA for not bringing this stateside.

Apocwhen5394d ago

The game is sold out locally everywhere.
I think there was limited stock available on release and it's so hard to find a copy for sale right now.

rezzah5394d ago

Looks like Monster Hunter =/

Spenok5394d ago

Even if it did... how at all would that be a bad thing?

rezzah5394d ago

if it was a copy version then it'd end up like That Namco version called God Burst or something.

Spenok5393d ago

Ah yes, God Eater Burst. That was on PSP. Also, if you look at combat vids for this game its much slower paced then MH. Seems to be a cross between a Monster Hunter combat system and a more traditional RPG one. Maybe a bit of influence, but not a copy and paste.

TheFirstClassic5390d ago

This is a reason to blow the dust off my wii. This game looks phenomenal. Why won't they release it here? I wouldn't mind them just letting us have the British version, no changes needed.

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Xenoblade Series Composer Has Finished Orchestra Recording For Next Monolith Soft Title

Xenoblade Chronicles series composer Manami Kiyota has possibly finished the final orchestra recording for the next Monolith Soft title.

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Zeldafan6488d ago (Edited 88d ago )

Makes sense. It's been nearly 3 years since the DLC for 3 came out. The next Xenoblade or whatever they end up calling it will probably come out next year.

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Ranking the Xenoblade Chronicles games, from best to worst

NE: "Today, we're taking on the difficult task of ranking every single game in the Xenoblade Chronicles series from best to least best."

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repsahj125d ago

For me, Xenoblade 2 and 3 and Final Fantasy 7 remake and rebirth are the best JRPGs or RPGs in general ever made. Yes, they even surpassed Expedition 33 in my honest opinion. Before, the Tales series was among my favorites, but I was very disappointed with their last game, Tales of Arise. Its world has become linear and not as expansive as their previous games. Fortunately, its battle gameplay is still very good. I hope that in the next Tales game, they will expand the game even more.

Hoping for a new Xenoblade game from Monolith Soft in this year's Nintendo General Direct. And it should be a Switch 2 exclusive.

Sircolby45124d ago

Yeah, Xenoblade 2 and 3 are amazing. I would have put Xenoblade 2 in first and 3 in second if I was ranking them.

Zeldafan64124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

The "worst" Xenoblade game is still better than 95% of games out there. Xenoblade 2 is my favorite rpg ever. All the Xenoblade games have incredible characters, soundtracks, voice acting, stories, world design and combat (save for Xenoblade 1 whose combat, while good, is not incredible).

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Why all four Xenoblade Chronicles games need Nintendo Switch 2 Editions

NE: "We look at each Xenoblade Chronicles game's performance on Nintendo Switch and how each one would be impacted by a Switch 2 Edition or patch."

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Vits196d ago

What makes it even sadder is that if you jailbreak your Switch 1, it actually runs those games better than the Switch 2. Since you can, on the fly, change the rendering resolution and overclock the device to handle it.

I’m currently playing Xenoblade X like that and it’s great, no FPS drops, and even in handheld mode, the game looks very clear. Though, I have to say, I’m still a bit divided on whether I like or dislike the changes they made from the Wii U version. On one hand, everything looks cleaner and the models feel more alive, but on the other hand, it looks less unique.

Zeldafan64195d ago (Edited 195d ago )

Saying X looks less unique is not something I ever expected to read. I think the character models look quite a bit better in the Switch version (not that I thought they looked bad in the Wii U version). The world and monster design are some of the best I've ever seen in video games though I'll still give a slight edge to Xenoblade 2's world design. Leftherian Archipelago is my favorite location in any video game from a visual standpoint followed closely by endgame of Xenoblade 1.

Vits194d ago

If you think the Switch version models look unique, I have dozens of anime titles to sell to you.

Zeldafan64192d ago

I was talking about the world and monster design being unique, not the character models. Guess I should have made that clearer.