Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | REVIEW 

Ohh looking forward to the Omori review.

Thank you so much!! It really means a lot. Especially with Xeno games cause there is SO MUCH to cover!

XC2 is WAAAYY better than this excuse of a trilogy ending.

@@PelvicGaming I finally did it! ...and I spent 200 hours doing it, haha! (It turns out I love Lanz >.>) I think I'll make it a new custom to visit Lady Pelvic reviews before and after playing a new game. You make such high quality reviews and share your thoughts in an open and honest way, it's a rare gift and I thank you so much for it. Re-watching this after beating the base game, it's still an amazing editorial.

I had a similar thought process like meh healers are useless in C.A nah...nah man. They help get that precision!

Same here, but I quickly realized that the idea is to use healers to get to 99 and then either use a defender to get your biggest TP value back or use someone high in TP value so you get more characters back. Not to mention that for Ouroboros orders, they’re great for getting last minute healing or buffs/debuffs in.

Thank you! And I'm glad you're enjoying it!!

Same here. I've never had the overheating error ever and I play exclusively docked.

The game was absolute horseshit in chp 6 and 7. The entire game went from 9 to 8-7 just because how superficial and basic this potentially great story turned out to be. My disappointment of the year.and my least favourite in the trlogy vy far

Ayyy Lanz is my favorite too!!

Nah it's out in the open. I think I just got an old day 1 Switch and it's time for an OLED. Also so funny how many people have never seen the Overheating screen.

Get a switch, its a great console.

@@Zaurthur got 1 already

It will never comes out on PC. It's a huge Nintendo Exclusivity.

Awww shucks. Thank you so much! I assure you its a lot of fun and xb1 has one of the best stories in all of gaming! Thank you for watching and I hope you have a better experience with your new mind set!

omg this is a first for me. Thank you!!!

WHOA. THAT IS A HUGE COMPLIMENT. THANK YOU. O_o

@@PelvicGaming it’s the truth! I learned so much from this, compared to the same repeated dialogue I saw in other videos - didn’t know the game had a positioning icon, or fully understand the UI, along with the chain attacks. You visually explained it and went in depth, while other channels just read off a script and didn’t cover what you did. I genuinely have to thank you! Was putting off on buying the game because I’ve been so busy, plus I was waiting to buy it second hand. Really appreciate you, I’m not even kidding

@@TrvisXXIII DAMN MAN, you just made my night. My week. Thank you so much. This really makes adding those extra animated edits zooming in, and blurbs popping up on screen to show what I'm talkin' about worth it. Seriously thank you. I'm so happy that you have a better understanding of the game and the kind words!!!

@@PelvicGaming ahhh man, the appreciation makes me happy 😊 I can empathize with how time consuming it must be as a content creator, but your hard work is definitely worth it!! People notice, and the ones who truly care will express it - you are a gem on RU-vid, and I love the games that you cover 🔥🔥 I’ll definitely reference back to this video once I pick up XBC3, there was a ton of other fine details you mentioned that were important to know and will save me time on tutorials 😅 keep up the great work, and I’m looking forward to the hype season of new JRPGs you’ll cover!!

I couldn't imagine not mentioning the highlight path. I used that feature like nobodies business. haha. Thank you for the kind words.

Should have just kept the well written Mobius and deleted the rest for being pointless.

Agreed 100%

without spoilers, the ending to chapter 5 and opening to chapter 6 was some of the best executed storytelling not just in Xeno games, but in videogames in general. But I still liked the pacing to the story and the plot twists in XC1 more and felt the combat was way more challenging as interlinking and chain attacks made the combat way too easy through most of this game. But I still luv XC3, just not as much as XC1. 2022 GOTY XC3? For me it is.

agree with your thoughts on Moebius 100%

Xc3 is a train wreck when it comes to story. Easily my least favourite. What the hell are you talking about

Why Wii?

Xeno 1 is longer than this. I finished this in about 40 hours while XC1 took me around 70

Help I can't find the dlc on the Wii shop channel for Xenoblade chronicles

@@kingplaya6558 I mean, I finished Xenoblade 3 in 128 hours (all side quest finished and some grind for the class). You clearly rushed the game and did nearly zero side quest and skip some cutscenes. The game have more than 19 hours of cutscene lol.

@@Terranigma23 I'm obviously taking out side content and accounting for story only, that should go without saying..

Ok the quests are actually amazing. Not fetch questy at all. They mitigate that with collectopedia cards. There is a lot of back and forth tho. Thankfully fast travel spots are petty on point

@@PelvicGaming not to mention that for whatever fetch quests you do have, they actually have markers on it if it’s a collectible you need. Thank you!!!!

Xenoblade 1 did this before on the wii

@@Solotiempodeosio it did ? How ?

The problem here though with having ascension quests unlocked from the start is that a lot of the ascension quests rely on the plot that comes from the other side quests before it- especially with cases like Zeon, Juniper, and Fiona.

Stutter stepping is useless in Xenoblade 3

@@golfer435 more like it doesn’t exist in 3.

Great minds~

If you don’t use the bonus EXP at camp sites you should be okay. But I had a ton of fun playing on hard mode from the start. You can change difficulty at any time though

I would mostly just avoid bonus xp, get way more class points for being at or below the enemy level. Each difficulty option equates to enemies with 50 percent more health, and they deal 25% more damage.

You can if you want. Or you can just not use bonus exp whenever you can. While I think the game makes you do it once for the tutorial’s sake, you never again have to use it if you don’t want to.

Oh it absolutely took the best of xb1 and 2. I'll give it that!

Yeah it's a me thing. My day 1 switch is just old.

I had a good time!

X had the best combat, exploration, and side quests. Worst main story, though.

HOW DARE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. Nah~ What's crazy is xb2 is your most played jrpg like whoa. But yeah our lists are almost opposite. Idk if I don't care for 2 or x more.

I think my switch is just old. Because games after this overheated it and they weren't ANYWHERE NEAR as intense as xb3. Oh man I think xb3 has the best side quests out of all the games personally.

Hope you enjoyed it!!

@@PelvicGaming I had a blast

She is all yours!

Torna was just OK. They dumbed down the beautiful combat into automatic break and topple on switch. just OK story and forced sidequests by the end...yeah it was basically the worst part of Xc2 :D

@@Arda-dq4rt The combat in Torna was the way it was supposed to be in Xenoblade 2. They left it like that because they were too ambitious and they didn't have time to finish it. Did you never notice how weird was that all those cool looking blades never actually fought? They did it in the cinematics but never in actual gameplay, just one attack every two years of combat or something along those lines. Most people think that the combat in Torna was superior. In fact, the combat in Xenoblade 2 was deep but not in a good way. It actually limited player options and playing bad didn't usually mean you would lose, it meant you woult take a lot of time to defeat an enemy. It was a mess. I am glad you liked it, don't get me wrong, I know that the most fanatic players of that game think it was an amazing combat system. But most of us don't think it was. And I could talk and talk for hours about how poor and childish the story and characters were in general (I hate Rex SO MUCH) but I won't. Because you like it. So whatever I say, it shouldn't matter to you. For most of us, Torna was the real thing. In Torna they had the time and the focus to make the game right. If all Xenoblae 2 was like Torna, it wouldn't be remembered like the "horny xenoblade game". And I repeat: I liked Xenoblade 2. I really liked it. But it was so flawed...

@@Alfonso88279 Xc2 torna had such a casualized and off putting battle system that it instantly made me say 'Oh, so this is a dumbed down and simplified version of XC2...Why?' I still finished the DLC and enjoyed it for what it is. 1- You no longer do blade combos by strategically pressing arts but on switching blades? WHAT! Since we cant have variety of blades, I'm switching from the same blades to another blade to finish the combo...Where is the depth and fun in that? 2- We only have access to the same blades. Where is the fun of finding VARIETY of blades and creating your own unique combos? That is already such a dumbed down and simplified aspect of Torna that instantly turns me off. 3- The final issue is with Elemental orb combos. Rather than following and finishing an elemental chain to add an orb, you only do 1 special and instantly add it as an orb...Jesus can you please NOT strip away the joy of XC2 battle to even more barren and boring components :( After all this, saying Torna is how the battle system of XC2 should have been is something I disagree 100% with passion. I like Torna as a DLC. I can see a lot of care was put into it. But thats it. It cant hold a candle to XC2. Not even in the same ballpark. I dont understand these people who consider Torna to be better than XC2 actually mastered or sufficiently understood XC2's combat. If you REALLY get XC2's combat, it becomes so enjoyable and deep you wouldnt make a comment like that. Torna is easier to understand, sure. But is it more fun? Well, maybe to players who struggled understanding XC2 combat even in late game. Not for people who mastered XC2 combat. You can skip Torna. But if you skip XC2, you are literally missing out on one of the most lore-wise meaty main-line Xenoblade experience. (up there with XC1)

@@Arda-dq4rt part of that is that Torna actually has a competent tutorial system while the actual 2’s tutorial is like “explain stuff- what’s that mean?”

@@Mojo1356 Having 'competent tutorial' is beside the point. I'm talking about ACTUAL depth joy and intricacy of the combat. I personally had VERY little issues understanding XC2 combat. It clicked with me quite fast. I do grant it is complex but people saying 'I spent 70 hours and I still didnt know what I was doing in late game'....Dude this is not rocket science.

Wild I thought xb2 was waaaaaaaay more complicated than 3. But I haven't played 2 in a hot minute sooo. I'm not a fan of 2 personally, but xb1, that is my JAM.

Xc2 has like a 20hr tutorial pretty much once u get over that hurdle. The game really opens up and u have alot more freedom to really pimp out your blades. Also the rare blades have there own stories which is a nice touch. But the gacha system for the blades is not its strong point. Also xc2 has a great dlc.

Nah

@atariDC_ have you played them? Professional journalist and other authors of literature have noted Xenogears and Saga for being so deep that it that it inspired many artists and creators alike. In other words, most rpgs in those days were developed for kids or teenagers and tend to have more simplified stories which is why at first Xenogears was a proposal for the Final Fantasy VII project which aimed to make FF boldly expand its scope and sophistication of story telling but ended up being scrapped because it was a bit to complicated for the young’uns to understand and instead became its own project that spear headed the Xeno series. Takahashi really wanted something alot more ambitious and more intelligent and this was his dream. When you look back at Xenogears and Xenosaga, they really were far ahead of what most contemporary jrpg projects presented in the medium at that time.

@@Artimes. story is only one small element of what makes a game. Time is the real arbiter and it hasn’t been kind (on either side of the pacific)

@@Artimes. i ddint actually read your comment man im sorry just doin a little troling

Because I have other games that I want to play???

One thing I do like which isn’t exactly related to this but slightly linked is how Sena and Lanz’s relationship felt almost completely platonic and I really liked that, it felt refreshing seeing a guy and a girl just being close best friends and that’s all

I mean that is the fun part.

I did not like 2 when it originally came out, but earlier this year I gave it another look. Man I don’t know what happened but xenoblade 2 is easily one of my favorite games of all time now. Something clicked when replaying it.

I like the battle system.

Same as you Arrow🤣

3 being more in line with 1 in terms of tone was so nice. A lot of the early parts of xb2 just didn’t land for me at times, but 3 had me hooked right away I loved it

2 was the best, people tend to just not like the lean into anime tropes, but ignore that the themes and story are even deeper than 1

Slow to process? You’re switch is having issues if that’s the case. I’ve been perfectly fine.

And it will almost surely never come. You don’t care about quality games- you care about quality looks. That’s why I don’t like most of you PC gamers.

Yo, you are entitled to your opinion of my review sure. But a review explains the combat mechanics. And YT has a speed up option so use that. But also there is a LOT of information that I'm trying to explain clearly. It's not all about you. Several people have told me they are GRATEFUL that I explained the mechanics in depth and have a better understanding of the game. What's wild is we have similar opinions but you come at me sideways, being rude as hell outta nowhere. Anyways, thanks for watching and the engagement.

It’s aimed at women and weebs

You’re joking for PS4, right?

I agree that around half of Mobius were like your traditional Saturday morning cartoon villains. However, a lot of the rare blades in 2 are honestly not that much better imho because so many of them rely on cliche anime tropes without giving them anything else special about them such as Finch and that creep with the clairvoyant eye.

@@Mojo1356 blades have depth in their side stories. Mobeuis which are MORE IMPORTANT is cartton card box evil for the sake of evil :D apart from n and m

@@Arda-dq4rt actually a lot of the rare baldes don’t. You get some of them with depth like Ursula (for as much as her quest was torture), the former core crytsal hunters duo (been a while since I played 2, so I don’t remember the names of everyone), the berserk electric blade you can get in Tantal, and Wulfric (note that I’m not counting story blades. You might get Wulfric’s core in the story, but since he has no story relevance, he doesn’t count), but then there’s Finch, Perceval, Corvin, Electra, Dagas, and Azami just to name a few. They have a gimmick, and that’s it- no depth at all whatsoever. They’re nothing more than your generic anime trope characters. Better than the Mobius that are like Saturday cartoon villains, but not by much. Also, Mobius C, J, and S are far from cardboard boxes. There are others, but they’re side quests only. Even then, half of the Mobius in side quests are still cardboard boxes admittedly.

@@Arda-dq4rt either learn to troll better or learn to actually read. I said the anime stereotype blades were better than the cartoon villain Mobius.

@@Mojo1356 You said 'barely better'. They are not in the same ballpark. There are dozens of blades that had great stories which deepened my connection to them AS I WAS battling foes with them. Doing their affinity charts. Getting to know their combat style etc. Mobeius are not even close. That 'D' fellow was such a let down. So was Z,Y and X. People say 'character development is what XC3 focused on' Everyone is so keen on mentioning this with XC3 (as this is its only strength in story department/plot was garbage) while disregarding how little our own cast actually grows from life experiences and the only profound moment in the game was Chp 5 ending and chp 6 beginning (which are the same cutscenes). N and M was well developed but if you expect me to congratulate Monolithsoft for 1 profound moment in a 140 hour JRPG, then you need to seriously refresh your memory on how much of a masterpiece XC1 and XC2 was. Chp 3 was also very lacking in story department and focused on exploration and COMPLETELY showed the game's entire cards when it comes to 'open world'. Everywhere else was incomporably linear and corridor-ish. Ocean is another point I can appreciate. But with such a lacking overworld design, it can't save it nor carry it. I dont hate the game. But I can see INSANE pacing issues all throughout the game. Kevesi castle and queen boss battle was rushed. Locations werent paced properly. The game didnt spent enough time building plot points and strong villians to explore and generate plot twists out of like 10 hours down the line. Everything was predictable and the only intrigue was the initial premise of the game: 10 year life span, Mobeious, flame clocks. Done! No more deepening of the admittedly impressive potential they had. It was extremely barebones and straightforward. XC3 is a game that disappointed me A LOT. It was WAAAAAY below what XC1 or XC2 ever was. It is still 8.0 - 7.8 sort of game. If I didnt know how amazing XC series is, then I'd have definitely given it 8.8 or 9 out of 10. Unfortunately, Im not a newcomer. I know what Monolith is capable of. And this excuse of a 'trilogy finale' is absolutely not it.