When the entire world can be traveled in a minute, it starts to feel small.Īnd you’ll be returning to the same areas often… The player can run at Sonic-level speeds and leap forward like a miniature version of the Hulk from one side of the continent to the other in just a few minutes or use the fast travel feature to return to somewhere you already planted a probe or completed that segment’s sidemission. The gamepad is a necessary tool to navigate the world (without it you would be lost), but it also undermines the entire scope of the vastness created. Monolith Soft uses a variety of marketing terms to label the objectives of task X, but it is always kill enemies in the area. The sidequests, gather missions, bounty hunts and story segments all end up with the same interaction from the player – pull up the map, head to the blue marker and complete task X.
The story ultimately boils down to a cycle of exploration. Facts are revealed that everyone else knew about, except for the player and it feels a little disingenuous and more for shock value than creative storytelling. There are a couple twists within the narrative, but they lean heavily on the POV of the amnesia-ridden hero.
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Plus it feels like they all talk a little too slow with unnecessary pauses between the next line in the conversation. Instead, information is dulled out in overly long cutscenes where characters spend as much time reinforcing their archetype personalities as they do advancing the plot. The backdrop is heavy handed but there isn’t a sense of urgency or philosophical quandary as man searches for a new home in the galaxy. Players can drop immediately into the Wii U title and control an amnesiac survivor who joins a rag-tag team of misfits who want to ensure humanity survives after fleeing Earth from an antagonistic alien species. And if you think that is confusing, wait till you see the 76 different menus available in Xenoblade Chronicles X. This sequel to the Wii entry Xenoblade Chronicles (and spiritual successor to Xenosaga, which in turn was labeled a spiritual prequel to Xenogears) has no connection to any of the entries that came before it. Xenoblade Chronicles X is like cilantro some will love it, others think it tastes like soap, but ultimately it’s kind of just there and does nothing to satisfy your hunger.
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