Assessing Xenoblade Chronicles 3's Expansion Pass - DLC This? 

I second that notion

Same here. Day 1 purchase of game and dlc. Best and most satisfying purchase ever.

Yeah, seriously! Easily GOTY!!

The credits for the musicians is almost as long as the devs

Just the position of Agnus castle is weird. I expected it to be above Cadensia, either above the old city's place like in base game, or above the lost colony as it's said the old castle was there. But in FR it is in the opposite direction, like above Fornis.

they've been doing this since Xenoblade 1, so it's literally 10+ years of training. And they did it near-perfectly back on the Bionis

Hmm. Thank you for spoiling I guess ? Even though I shouldn't have read the comments section in the first place

@@cyn1stre well with the exception of Valak and Tephra, everything I said is in the trailers. But yeah don't read the comment section of a game you haven't played

@@mangetsu0012 I wasn't expecting top comments of a video labeled "should you buy it" for those who haven't bought it yet to spoil a piece of the DLC's ending so uuuh, yeah. I played Xeno 3, just not the DLC yet. Just don't expect people who didn't complete the DLC on a video for these exact people to like this comment. It will just keep people from actually buying it.

At what point does Xenoblade 2 start picking up? I loved the original and Cross but Xenoblade 2 is just so hard to play through with the overly sexual designs, even by Japanese standards, the over the top anime tropes that were not present in the original, and the fetishistic blades that you collect. I really loved the first and Cross, and I want to love X2 as well.

@@backupschmliff1156 I'm not the person you asked, but I'll give my perspective anyways; I think there's a lot of fantastic stuff in XC2, it's just buried under a lot of mediocrity and bloat. Presentation wise, it's a huge step down from the previous games, and I totally agree with your comments on the character designs and tropes. It's often hard to take seriously, which is a huge shame considering the serious and more grounded tone was part of what made the first game so special. It does get slightly better the further you progress, but that's after dozens of hours. There is a lot of good in there, though. The combat starts to pick up in late chapter 3/early chapter 4, with elemental orbs and chain attacks. It's very interesting stuff, but horribly taught through the in-game tutorials so you'll have to do some googling to help you. The story is also mostly decent, it has some fun and likeable characters and really cool moments occasionally, but the stakes feel very low. There's some neat things near the end that you'll appreciate having finished the first game. The soundtrack is nothing but bangers, of course, but you can listen to that online if you'd like. So in short, if you can grit your teeth and put up with the perverted designs, awkward cutscenes and stilted storytelling for maybe 40 hours, you'll start to lean more towards a positive opinion on the game. But if that doesn't sound worth it to you, maybe consider moving straight to 3. It still doesn't quite reach the highs of XC1 in my opinion, but it's tonally and visually much closer than XC2 is. You should enjoy it from the beginning. Apologies for the thesis-length reply!

@@Sharpclawasaurus Xenoblade 3 does look much better. I've already played Xenogears and Xenosaga. I got my way through Xenosaga II, so I won't give up on Xenoblade 2. Also, does Xenoblade Cross get referenced at all I'm X3?

@@backupschmliff1156 There's no story connections to Cross, just some references in class names, arts, etc. It's a shame that game never got expanded upon, it was so so good. Fingers "crossed" for a sequel in the near future.

The enemy Rush Challenge Mode is pretty sweet tbh. Not worth the $30 by itself, probably not even $5, but as a bonus it's pretty cool.

future redeemed spoils the whole series (even 3) so please play 3 first and then future redeemed. also, future redeemed assumes you have played the base game so the only tutorials are future redeemed relevant so it wouldn’t be fun to just spend good big reading through the tutorial to understand what to even do.

@@yibby7 Goooood to know! Thanks! 💜

FC is not DLC.

I know everyone is hyped about the returning characters. But 3 is my favorite game. And what this dlc does for understanding what really happened with N and the original city was worth it to me. Things that didn't quite make sense before finally click into place. And while players are hyped to see the returning characters the Story is about what is happening now. It does the fan service but it keeps it about solving the current problem which I appreciated.

A huge part of why Xenoblade 3 works is its main message of stagnation which requires 1 and 2 to work, I wouldnt be ashamed of it being in the same series if those previous games laid the foundation and elevate this one

@@skylandersfan6954 I think the story still works without the previous games. The message of stagnation is still prevalent in the way the soldiers are so tired of always fighting. They really pushed how long the war has been going on which works to further the concept of the endless now.

@@Natedog15000 Yes, but you're missing the meta commentary of the message, not to mention giving the game a very "somethings wrong" vibe to it more than it already has

@@skylandersfan6954 I’m not missing anything, you missed the point of my original comment. That the game works perfectly fine disconnected from the other two games. The main message in context of the first two games isn’t a “huge part” of why it works. It helps anyone who likes the first two games, but it still works for anyone who hasn’t played them before.

Also a lot of the games expansion on NSO are multiplayer

Honestly I know this is 8 months late but i honestly agree. I got TotK, Xbc2 And Xbc3 Around the same time and I got tired of TotK instantly. I played BoTW 4 Times so tears of the kingdom felt the exact same. It was so boring but I’m glad my brother loves it. I love xbc2 and 3 so much more in my opinion and I’m thinking whether I should buy the DLC after I get Persona 3 Reload

I fortunately put a lot of Affinity into Nikol because Xenoblade Tanks have a track record of being just...not good. So I wanted him to be actually capable compared to the rest. When I got to that fight, I realized how galaxy-brained that decision was.

Toughest mandatory boss for me.

For what it's worth-and this is addressed to anyone reading-Future Redeemed runs most players 15-25 hours, which may be doable before the official release of Tears of the Kingdom. May be a good way to pass the time, even. In case someone wonders if they would be cutting it close, I would say there's room enough to go at one's own pace.

@@semperscio Thank you, friend 🤗

Rex and Matthew are the only DPS... Rex as the Master Driver being insanely powerful just makes sense... And is a really good Fan-Service... The issue is that Rex isn't too powerful but how under-tuned the other characters are especially both Tanks... Imho Shulk should've have more better passive skills since alot of his kit are kinda underwhelming, a more Evasion Tank Focused tank will fit him since he's taking the mantle of Dunban...

@@vivid8979 the fact Shulk has 2 useless spike damage skills and none of his arts have increased aggro gain are the biggest issue swith him. Eventually I just gave him the fraternal badge (because he and Nikol are ever going to hold aggro for long, if ever) and the break brooch so he can become a secondary breaker.

Shulks friends souls are within lucky 7. Rexs friends got absorbed into Aionios's flow. Both groups are alive and well after the origin reboot. As are Shulk and Rex themselves as promised. They fought with Z as a temporary ceasefire to deal with Alpha. Ontos went insane and became Alpha because Malos and Mythras' cores weren't feeding him data anymore, and without them, he's just a robot. Alpha and A broke apart because of Ghondors intervention. Some of this just calls for paying close attention and critical thinking, other things are in side content, which does have lore important information. Giving every answer in painstaking detail isn't this series MO.

@@TheSpaceking12 Any game that puts important story info into skippable side quests has poor story telling. I rather see a cool thing instead of reading a text box that say "yeah... so this thing happened... yeah, pretty big deal... yeah". There's so much more they could have added to this if it was a full length game. It would also give more time for the new cast to develop. It was an alright DLC but I'd say Torna was a much better written prequel than this one.

@MitchMAH poor storytelling, or a lazy player? Lmao

@@TheSpaceking12 poor story telling. Side quests are not where the main story should go. That's what the main story is for. That's comparable to saying Final Fantasy 15 has an amazing story because you have to watch the movie, the anime, and research some of the cancelled Versus 13 promo's to fully understand that story. It's not laziness. It's very common for people to skip side quests in a game. Important story elements should not be in there without also being in the main.

@@MitchMAH It's lore, so it's fine to make you go out of your way for it.