Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) Review 

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS YES

"swords"

The real Xenoblade chronicles were the friends we made along the way

As they continue to touch swords, Shulk moans, "I'm really feeling it."

@@raihidara LOL!!

I can’t believe this was going to originally release in September.

@@dustingonzalez8080 Honestly same! It blows my mind that a game could actually be moved up sooner than the original release schedule haha.

Agreed. Haven't seen any other reviews take into account spoilers to this extent! 👍🏻

Yes

Traversing the sea by boat and using a mech to fly are different experiences.

Basically all other reviews from anyone else love the ending and think it fits perfectly with everything else, so it’ll probably just as good if not better than the original games

... huh... that made it through multiple rounds of editing. But yes, you are correct.

@@NinWRTV It happens, not a big deal. Just thought I would point it out.

That's every right though so probably not

Dude, in XC2 after chapter 7 or 8 it doesn't feel right to do sidequest but I think is normal in this genre of games

Amen.

They're the only review to take any issue with the ending so its probably nothing.

They don't need help with that when they already are 😒

Both 1 and 2 are masterclass stories

2 is amazing though

I hope that it’s just slightly unfinished and will be resolved by the DLC.

Don’t worry, it’s said to be just as amazing if not better than the previous two games. No offense to this guy, but he misinterpreted 2’s plot a ton, so I’d be willing to bet he’s just missing something

The story has a full complete ending. The DLC is over a year away and it will be a separate story scenario.

@@puneetkaranth6133 The DLC won't change the ending at all.

This is becoming far too frequent in games unfortunately. Never telling the full story but saving it for DLC is very annoying. They do it because they know it will sell. Frustrating to say the least

Don't get your hopes up. Torna and Future Connected didn't resolve a lot of loose ends from their main games.

I hate how they did this. With torna at least it was an optional prequel but this just feels scummy

@@sdtrawick Imo there were no loose ends at the end of XC1 if you know the backstory of what really happened with Klaus from XC2. The only big loose end of XC2 would be the awakening of Pyra and Mythra, even though I heard theories that Pyra replaced Ontos as the third core of the Trinity processor

Torna was originally supposed to be it's own chapter in base XB2 but it was cut to be made into DLC, probably for being too ambitious since it's a prequel set in brand new sizeable map plus a slightly different Gormott map. I think the XB3 DLC exists for similar reasons, it just sucks that it's an epilogue which seems to be more crucial to XB3's story than Torna was to XB2. Based on the cover art for the DLC with the three swords though, if it really is some big crossover between Noah, Rex and Shulk in a new world similar to XB1's Future Connected that caps off the trilogy I'd be okay with it being a separate chapter, I know Takahashi said in a recent interview XB3 is the end of this "thematic arc" too. Expansions like Torna or Witcher 3 Blood and Wine that feel like small games in and of themselves are worth the money imo. I'm cautiously optimistic.

It’s really just a scummy practice on their end to try and charge you for the real ending I hate what gaming has become now.

You and this review are probably the only people to say that, as basically everywhere else has been saying that the ending is just as good if not better the the original two games. I feel like you’re probably just missing some of the context given by the game to truly get it

@@mrmaximum1001 not scummy since basically everyone else loves the ending, and giving more content is always good. What you’re sayin g basically hasn’t happened since Asura’s Wrath a decade ago. If you hate what gaming is now, then you’re ignoring most everything about it lol

@@DavidHosey1 You’ve responded to my posts like 3 times in regard to my comments I’ve also read several reviews I’m sure the game is great but if you look up some Reddit posts there quite few expressing concerns for such an ending. If anything I give credit to this reviewer for being honest bringing light to a subject that seems to go overlooked by other outlets. Now who knows the ending may be better than initially perceived but the issue I’ve expressed has been a common theme throughout the gaming industry.

@@mrmaximum1001 sorry I don’t really take time to read and remember ever individual in a comment section lol But anyway, the posts you’re talking about are more just people worried before they’ve actually played the ending, not anyone who’s actually played it. Those who’ve played if praise it. This reviewer, while very good, is also someone who made an entire video misinterpreting Xenoblade 2 and it’s endings of various arcs. If he can be wrong about that, I’m sure he can be wrong with an even less controversial topic like an ending that is getting resounding praise

Lol it's exactly my thought. 😅

It is 1 and 2 combined

There's a video that counts how many times Monado is said compared to aegis.

He means that there are secrets you can find post game.

@@trollingisasport i should have been more specific i meant how does post game work i assume its a save that put you back at the point of no return

Probably before the final boss

@@ancientrune1674 I think it not like new save mechanic I hope it just applies all save files even if u didnt make a file it carries over to fresh game file

Copium 90

@@Jenema2 nothing to cope with bud Lmao

X is my favorite one :P

In regards to this video the pronounciation was correct tho?

Idk I hate cliffhangers, I want my stories/characters to get a conclusion. You can have an ending that finishes the story while still being open to a continuation. No matter how good the "journey" was if the ending is bad it ruins the whole thing, afterall the ending is your last experience with the game. Imagine eating something really good only for your last bite to taste like shit, the meal is ruined.

@@nerdycurls6253 A cliffhanger doesn’t mean it’s bad It’s more like you take one last bite of an excellent meal…but you’re still hungry for more. To me xenoblade more than makes up for it with great amount of consistent amazing story cutscenes I prefer a cliffhanger ending from an amazing story than let’s say botw’s lacklustre final boss fight and ending which arguably concluded ganon (before we knew about botw2) A bad ending and a cliffhanger don’t always belong in the same boat

... the random side area cave? The door? Those aren't spoilers their just common parts of the world. General world area visual spoilers were warned of in the initial text before the video starts.

Sonic (my bad if you were being rhetorical)

It's a sacrifice needed to be able to retain good image quality and performance.

k bye~

The animations aren’t bad, like at all lol

@@DavidHosey1 character animations are great. enemy animations tho. for a game where you swing a big-ass sword, enemy animations that acknowledge physics would be really satisfying. But they don't. Most look to do the opposite - they twitch and jerk between different animations, failing to complete a path or move realistically in battle. Some folks might enjoy beating down a foe while they're having a seizure, but I think it's mean

@@planckstudios while I think violence physics could be cool, that was never the intent of the game. But the enemies don’t twitch around like you say either. Instead all character and enemies have specific animations that they go through, and many animations to react to different attacks that can knock back, pull forward, hit normally, to the left, to the right, in the air, slamming down, etc. That’s more than enough for a game like this, where handcrafted design was the intent over physics like Yakuza

Shulk dies

Play the game for yourself when it releases

Shulk is not in the game other than a very brief flashback of XC1 + FC party members.

Shulk tells Rex he's his father.

@@sdtrawick Thanks, I'll pass on this one too then :)

You really like going from video to video commenting troll bait opinions, huh? Lmao the story is the main selling point, and is almost defiantly peak fiction in the sci-fi genre. If you don’t like it, then you should re-examine it

@@DavidHosey1 don't know what you are talking about and you are wrong. This is a gameplay game first story second.if you think this series story is anything other than just alright then you don't have very good taste in story.

@@SENATORPAIN1 the Xeno name has always been story first gameplay second. If you can’t tell a masterclass in story and writing when you see it, that’s on you. Don’t act like your genuinely misinformed takes are representative of any facts tho, makes both the game and you look worse when you do Keep commenting however much you want, hopefully you’ll eventually read something that convinces you to appreciate the truly great stories in front of you instead of whining that others have bad taste the instant you’re proven wrong :)

@@DavidHosey1 I think you write better than this game does.

@@SENATORPAIN1 well as an aspiring author on the side, thanks a ton. But given the writer of these games is an architect of his work and you haven’t seen any of my stuff, you must not be looking at this game or be hallucinating bud lmao

Not a half baked ending, this is the only review that has any problem with the ending so he almost certainly missed something No true ending lock behind anything, that’s just false The dlc isn’t overpriced, we already know their expansions are the size of entire new games Not crappy at all, you should make your own opinions from either more than one source or playing the game yourself instead of complaining about it after 3 sentences make you worried lmao

Live-A-Live is a complete game for $50. Just saying.

@@TazTheYellow with a less good story and combat system. If you’re going for a split route game like that go for 13 Sentinels. Xenoblade 3 still might be better, but that game is still definitely worth a look

Nope, there is no DLC ending. The Expansion will be a completely separate story like Torna, probably with a different cast and changed combat.

@@TazTheYellow Live-A-Live is a glorified read along story book with barely any gameplay.