Hard to decide if I like this or the original more, they're both good.
For fun, here’s the order I played through Xenoblade (do not do this):
-Started with X of all things because I thought it looked cool. It’s the odd one out, with a bigger focus on side content, a customizable avatar, giant robots you can control, and almost everyone has an American accent (they’re canonically from America it’s fine). Also Shulk and Fiora’s voice actors are voice options for the protagonist, neat.
-Played 1 and it’s sidestory next when it came out on Switch, very good time.
-Played 2 after that, I skipped it when it first came out because reasons and forced myself to play through it because 3 got announced. Nia, Zeke, and being blessed by the gacha gods and summoning KOS-MOS got me through 2. I still haven’t finished the DLC.
-3 and it’s DLC after that, both are very good. I’ve heard the DLC has a lot of references to some older games the devs made but I don’t have those.
I’d recommend starting with 1 and then 2, there’s some cool stuff near the end of 2 that hits harder if you’ve played 1. X can go anywhere after 1 since it’s the closest gameplay-wise and X has some references to 1.
okay, firstly, xenoblade refers to 4 video game. Xenoblade Chronicles 1, X, 2, and 3. They're really good and introspective and you should play them. but its not that simple.
1, 2, and 3 are all on Nintendo Switch. X is on WiiU, so its okay to skip that one if you dont have the console. X is also a little wierd. It's completely different and futuristic, so even though it was released between 1 and 2, play it after those. Maybe even after 3.
The issue is where to start.
You can start with 1 or 2. Most people start with 1, naturally. I started with 2.
The case for starting with 1 goes as follows:
It was the first released
It works perfectly as a standalone if you don't want to continue after it (even though you probably will want to)
more... normal. than 2
The case for starting with 2:
worse gameplay, so its up and up from here
slightly more lore relevance, pulls u in more
get it over with bc its kinda wierd and oversexualized and Rex's voice direction oh lawd
my personal play order recommendation is 2 (and maybe dlc prequel sidestory), 1 (and included sidestory), X if you have a WiiU, 3, 3's dlc. You can swap 2 and 1, but meh.
The dlc for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is important because of the Future Redeemed Sidestory. It's so important both Protags from 1 and 2 come back, along with Computer God from 1.
and then when you're inevitably confused afterwwards, either come crawling back to me (probably in tears. you will cry) or go to Luxin on youtube. have fun, play xenoblade, live laugh lacerate.
Hey if you like Pokemon, there's a massive thing here that lets you pick your favorites of each type from each generation, along with other categories like starters, legendaries, variants, Spinda patterns, all that good stuff. Here's my favorites.
Maybe I'll explain why things are here later if it's for a reason other than "I just think it's neat".
Xenoblade brainrot's kicking in again. Part of me wants to think about places we don't get to visit in game like the left limbs of the Bionis. Or other titans in Alrest, heck even outside Alrest in the areas surrounding the other two towers. Other part of me wants to think about completely new things, like a post Xenoblade 3 world or another universe entirely (like how X seems to be it's own universe unless Definitive changes things). God should I just make a whole ass fan story full of OCs or something.
Thinking about Xenoblade as usual. Gonna put up a spoiler warning for 2 just in case.
We never see the left leg or arm of the Bionis in Xenoblade 1. The right leg has Colony 9 and Gaur Plain, and the right arm is Valak Mountain, but we just never see what's on the left limbs. I wanna see what's over there.
The Siren model kit of all things mentions that there's two other towers besides Rhadamanthus/the World Tree, Aeacus and Minos. It's possible that there's life around those two as well. Who knows what's out there.
here's your fucking feedback @staff
list of problems the removal of icons causes:
i cant see my friends
ruins the sense of community
can't tell at a glance who's online right now and what they're interested in
literally cannot tell without scrolling back up who put a post on my dash if it has a single addition attached to it. or like. 2 paragraphs in the op.
i cant click my own icon at the top of the dash to quickly view my own blog
can't tell who someone used to be if they change their username
squashes the margins between the menu and posts, making the whole dash feel more cramped
ruins the quick visual cue of how long each post is and where it ends when you're trying to scroll past ones youve seen before
people put a lot of creativity and individuality into icons, and now i never see them
makes people who primarily reblog instead of make their own posts all but completely disappear
list of problems solved by removing icons:
?????
who the fuck was asking for this
ive never in my life seen a website or app that has profile pics forcibly HIDE them, so i guess you did it you made the dash unique again in the worst way
here's some more feedback: maybe when you run an a/b test you should, idk, actually have a feedback form people can fill out about it somewhere
Found this quiz, it's guessing Pokemon colors based on what they're classified as in game. Which don't always make sense. Go on and try it, even if you aren't a Pokemon fan.
been a pokemon for most of my life and this is what i got
Thinking about Xenoblade as usual. Gonna put up a spoiler warning for 2 just in case.
We never see the left leg or arm of the Bionis in Xenoblade 1. The right leg has Colony 9 and Gaur Plain, and the right arm is Valak Mountain, but we just never see what's on the left limbs. I wanna see what's over there.
The Siren model kit of all things mentions that there's two other towers besides Rhadamanthus/the World Tree, Aeacus and Minos. It's possible that there's life around those two as well. Who knows what's out there.
I like stupid Nintendo games and other JRPGs. Call me Brim.
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