Surprised there hasn't already been a Xenoblade discussion thread, so i decided to make one. Considering that smogon is a community based off another Nintendo rpg, I assume there's a decent amount of XBC fans here.
PLEASE PUT SPOILERS IN TAGS
Might as well start. Don't know if this is a hot take, but 1 is my favorite and its not even close. I love 2 and 3, but they're not near favorite piece of media ever level like 1 is. Shulk is a much better character then rex or noah imo. I much prefer the game taking place on two huge titans then multiple tinier titans like in 2, or the remnants of titans like in 3.
And also,
There are a lot of themes in 1 that aren't not in the others. I love the idea of champions of gods, mortals given power by gods who've choose them. Shulk is essentially a champion for Zanza and the same can be said for Fiora and Meyneth. 2 has ideas of this but 1) the aegis isnt really a god and 2) rex and mythra are less in a championship relationship and more in a business (and then romantic) one. And no one in 2 or 3 gets as close to divinity as zanza did. Claus in 2 can barely be considered a god. Z and Alvis in Future Redeemed come close but aren't nearly at the same superiority complex as zanza. Zanza just feels like the most godlike out of any of them. Also, I love technology vs nature stories which is a much smaller theme in 2 and 3.
And I haven't completed X, so if it has it these, sry. But that wouldn't change much cause from the ~5 hours I've put into it, it wouldn't be anywhere near 1, even if it had these things.
And I haven't completed X, so if it has it these, sry. But that wouldn't change much cause from the ~5 hours I've put into it, it wouldn't be anywhere near 1, even if it had these things.
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