Why I REFUSE To Review Xenoblade Chronicles 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- I am not enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for Nintendo Switch. But is it still worth the price however? Here is my Anti-Review on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and why I'm not having fun playing it. Is Xenoblade Chronicles 2 right for you? That's not a call I can make.
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This is the most “i like you... as a friend” review of a game ive seen
D2G 😂😂😂
Totally
Shelfzoned
Agreed
I love you....and all you guys!
Refuses to review Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Reviews Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Caleb Rudd It was more he was bashing it because he didnt understand any of the mechanics.
Time to explain the joke, I guess. The point I was trying to make was that it was funny because this video is essentially a review of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Kerrag3 he made it clear he’s incapable of using his brain at all.
Was gonna say the exact same thing but thought id check if someone had already said it. BaitEmUps
You missed it when he called it a review non review, didnt you?
My guy, lvl 14 is still the beginning of the game. OF COURSE you can auto attack for the win. The game is still bringing you up to speed
Yeah. Honestly combat doesn't get interesting until around hour 30-40. Once you unlock more blades and start to chain attacks it's much more fun.
30-40 hours? isn't that like the main story in other games? That's a bit much for it to start getting interesting. But that's my opinion not trying to hate a game that's looks good, it's just not for me
For most games that is the entire story, but I it took me 100+ hours just to beat the story in XBC2. I probably could have finished it in 60-70 hours but still.
I say 30-40 to get interesting because by that point you have a lot more characters, blades, and practice with the combat system. The bad thing is your third party member is only able to use 1 blade which limits some of your options at the beginning. Since some combos are dependent on elements you don't have much to play around with at first.
Really you need to level up some of your abilities too so there isn't as much downtime. It's not a hack-and-slash set up at all. Abilities can be used randomly but for them to get more power out of you you need to time them just right. It takes a lot of practice before you realize all the different things going on.
Each ability has a CD as well, so it faster to build your meter by switching out to a different blade who have already come off CD, before unleashing your combos.
J Corley Meh, for me that's too much gameplay for one game. I can see why others would like it but it's just not for me.
But at some point I should give it a try...
Even once I had more blades I still thought the combat system was plodding. Even if you were hitting every combo and swapping at every moment you should be, it took way too long to fuckin beat some random monsters
I know how he feels, there’s this game everyone loves, everyone’s praising but you just can’t get behind it. You can respect what it does and you really, really wanna like it but you just can’t.
Bloodboooooorne
Breath of the wild
Witcher 3
That's me with Breath Of The Wild
Agreed
THIS. This is perfect. Not liking a game doesn’t meant it is bad. It means it’s not for you. Good non-review-review-rant-non-rant lol I wish more people had this mindset.
Eventually more people will understand how "preferences" work in the gaming industry; right now it's just a contest of "this game is better than this one".
It was really a reason as to why I didn't play Xenoblade games on other systems. The combat was bad imo
HEHE I AM TRUE BLEU POKEMANZ the combat is great the problem is the games don’t tell you how to fully utilise it properly
Or maybe it means that the series isn't as liked as Nintendo thought.
Blaster master take that kind of negativity elsewhere! Lol I mean xenoblade chronicles was only brought to the US after a FAN petition campaign to do so. I think it’s a pretty well liked series
I played this game for three hours and stopped playing for four months. However, I thought I should retry it, so I did. Now I’m 85 hours in and lvl 76.
GG
Same for me played a few hours stopped several months later I end up putting about 200 hours
Same experience here. 25 hours into it, somewhere in Uraya I got stuck and fed up with the map system. I got so close to deleting the game. Somehow right past that point it clicked with me and I just finished the main story with 90 hours clocked into it. One of my favorite games for sure. I just wish it was longer.
Pretty much same. I lost interest, put it down for a month or two and completed to entire Zelda games in the meantime, then made myself pick it back up and soon enough I was finally hooked. I’ve beat the game, am around level 78 and am running around finishing off sidequests and fighting superbosses just because I’m not ready to leave that brilliant world yet.
140 hours into it now (50 hours of postgame so far) and I just got hooked AGAIN after discovering the challenge mode 😂 I haven't even finished all quests yet, let alone started NG+ or Torna. It's insane how much content this game has. I can't believe I almost uninstalled it after 25 hours.
... Can I have it?
Danial Boules lol
I was thinking the same thing lol can I have it since ya don’t want it 😂
Why almost 6k dislikes this was very fair and it felt like you were apologising for not liking the game. How can people be mad at that
you'd be surprised how riled up people get over someone having a different opinion than them on something meaningless
I considered disliking it because of the clickbait title
Because he did understand the mechanics of the combat... like didn’t read any of the tutorials for the first 10 hours bad. If you play the game you can see how much his argument doesnt make sense. The combat is incredibly complex and hands on.
@Christopher The criticism is actually more unfair than you recognize. On the one hand, he's correct; you can gain a few levels and auto-attack enemies to death. And so you're sitting there watching for ten minutes. Not fun, agreed. OR you can learn the combat system and waste those enemies in seconds. OR... and here's where it actually gets fun, you can learn the combat mechanics, challenge enemies that have 10+ levels on you, and then start to open up new challenges that shouldn't be available until much later.
If you watch the game footage, you see how little progress he made. His instinct was correct: he's not in a position to review the game. The comments about it not being for him are totally fair. I suspect that it wouldn't change when he gets new party members, rare blades, etc. But to make value judgments on gameplay, story, and the like, when he has only experienced the surface level of a progressive system, is where the offence creeps in. Incidentally, the game doesn't throw it all at the player at the beginning precisely because there is a learning curve. It gives you time to master techniques before adding new ones. And this should come as no surprise, but in order to learn them, you can't just zone out and put the controller down.
All that being said, I think this might be my new all-time favorite, but I'm not mad at him (responding to the original comment). I did unsub a while back and am only here again in a moment of sheer boredom. I trust no one would be mad to learn I unsubbed. Why would I do that? No intent to offend or knee-jerk reaction. I just would rather have TH-cam alert me when someone who shares my tastes posts something new.
Because no one cares about this snowflakes issues.
This style isn't for everyone. It's the only game I've been able to play since DEC 1st. I enjoy it and hope X gets ported cause I loved that one. Definitely not for everyone and it has its faults, yes
The map system is completely frustrating!! I keep going for the neww blades and abilities
Map system is getting a patch, thankfully. Don't look up the patch notes if you don't want spoilers about a character though.
Its cause its a big game. People are impatient.
I actually felt the same way at the same amount of time as the reviewers, but kept going and it just keeps getting better.
I love the game. I'm on chapter 4, but there are issues such as the map, and the combat isn't as exciting to me as X, and as mentioned in the video it is a bit weird when I'm level 28 and it takes me and 2 other companions like 5 minutes to beat a level 18 opponent. But overall I love it, and as I said, since it came out, it's been my go to game. Huge RPG fan. I'm in heaven with the Switch with Skyrim, BOTW, and Xeno on it. If they bring Fallout, I'll have a stroke. I know there's an update coming for the map on the 22nd, so that's awesome.
PJ Parker I can't wait. I might be in the minority, but I loved the freedom X gave me
Man people are salty in this comment section...
If the game isn't fun for someone after 15 hours, then it just isn't fun for them. I have definitely personally dropped loads of games before even the 5 hour mark that I wasn't enjoying. Sometimes a game just isn't right for you. No harm in saying that.
I thought he was very clear throughout the video that it's his opinions and things could get better much later, but that he wasn't willing to slog through the stuff he isn't enjoying.
I think the people are just a bit bothered by some of the false information he is spreading in this video about the battle system rather than not being his cup of tea.
@@immagamerguy8447 he isnt spreading flase info, I felt exactly the same. I wanted to love this game so bad, but i couldnt get into it, well it gets better well maybe but I dont want to play 15 hrs+ just to get into it. He didnt want to review it in the first place
He didn’t play 15 hours if he played 15 hours his info wouldn’t be wrong
@@willrivera5398 who are you to say if he has or has not, do u have data to back that up? How do u know what he spent his time doing, maybe he got lost cause I know I have spent a stupid hour looking for a mission cause that map is garbage, I wanted to love the game too I bought it over zelda and I regreted it ever since. I sold it a week later cause the combat was boring to me
Agreed. I wanted to like this game and even read comments saying it started out slow so I kept playing for 20 hours until I was just like man this game is wack I'm not gonna keep playing this.
The reason you can't find waypoints on a few quests is because those specific quests need to be done at certain times of the day. The waypoints do appear if you are at the correct time. I was also confused by this at first.
And they allow you to change the time of day. Once I found that out I was set.
Additionally, some of the quests he was showing that didn't have waypoints were ones that required him to collect items that are found anywhere so the game doesn't give waypoints for those. He hopefully would have realized that if he had looked at what the quest objective was.
I love this game, easily in my top 3. My main problem with it is the lack of knowledge on pouch items. Pouch items are an integral part of the game, and the combat is slowed down significantly if you don't have a dessert item in your pouch. I went through my first play through without using pouch items, so i never switched of mythra/pyra because the driver arts have low cd. Oh, and the game just doesn't tell you that there is a "sweet spot" for every weapon type. Yeah, i didn't know either until 80 hours in. Every weapon has a range that they deal extra damage in, Ring type weapons are short range, swords are medium, and Cannons are long. You can see this in the bottom right corner with the element. If it's flashing, you are dealing extra damage. Fusion combos are nowhere near explained enough even though they are the main way you do damage. Quest waypoints dissapearing when you don't have the right blades equipped is also a problem. The game never explains to you that the waypoints and quest givers dissapear if you don't have the right blades equipped. Once you fully learn almost every aspect the combat system of the game, however; it's some of the most fun you can have, seeing your blades constantly hit the damage cap, and soloing superbosses. The skill curve is almost like league of legends in the way that the game is only fun once you have learned almost everything about the game.
TLDR : The game has an extremely steep skill curve, and gives you nowhere near enough info, also use dessert pouch items. Weapon range mechanic is also never explained.
115 hours in. I did not know about the sweet spot 🤦🏾♂️
@@ZainArtz I've just finished it and just found out the charge meter at the top must be filled before you can revive a downed team member. Missed that tutorial it seems 😂
I Never used them, finished the game on normal without a sweat.
Fun to say, I also didn't even used the gacha system because I hate it, and played with the same 8 blades (Pyra, Roc, Agate, Dromarch, Boreas, Corsette, Poppi and Poppi QTpie). Still managed to kill everything in sight. Never bothered with Aux Cores either because they looked like worthless ''fine tuning'' where you struggle to feel the difference unless it's agro or link boosts or even equip items unless vests.
Pretty much I only used core chips for the weapons. Easy game, too easy to be bothered with items that have little impact.
Huh, I've never rlly heard of these two mechanics almost 300h in. Funny how xenoblade 2 doesn't explain its food System properly and xenoblade 3 does but it doesn't work!
It was in my top 3 back in the day too. Now it's the Nr. 1
I guess
He isn't really feeling it.?
RuinedBlackCat DON’T FORGET ME
We need a Shulk-Shorts Mod
That was good.
This never gets old.
Tunnel snakes rule!
These comments are alarmingly civil
im surprised as well
Jordan Duncan this is how a nice and healthy community looks like, get used to it in here
I have Xenoblade Chronicles X and I admitted on Miiverse that I thought it was a beautiful bore. I was surprised that the general response from Xenoblade fans was, "Yeah, it appeals to a niche so it's not surprising a lot of people don't like it." And here I thought I'd be accused of being literally Hitler for saying I didn't like their favorite game.
The xenoblade games are a strange bunch, kind of reminds me of monster hunter in a way; it's somewhat unique in gameplay, you like it or you don't, and its easy to see why people are, or not, into those games
Jules Hamel i like xenoblade i had almost a thosand hours in x so i just hope this keeps me for a simmilar ammount of time
the games not for everyone...i love it tho...its a really niche game...the entire series is like that...not everyone like these strange JRPGs...i love it tho
Absolutely! Not for everyone, but great for those that like these kinds of games!
The combat imo is way to slow compare to x but I love the game just wish they would revamp the weapon art exp and affility
BeatEmUps how dare you feel differently about the voice acting eat this! Aaaaiyah!!!😂
Agreed but and this is another great opinion video
Dwight Powder I love this game too. Everyone has their own opinion though. I'm sad I finished it haha
I didn't enjoy it when I first bought it either. I put it down for a couple of months and then started watching combat videos on it to better understand the combat system. Once I got the timing and combo chaining down I started having a BLAST!!! I'm so glad I picked it back up, it's now one of my favorite games, love the story, game play is really fun, and it's absolutely beautiful. Hope you give it a replay sometime in the future and fall in love.
This is exactly what happened to me
Same here
Same thing happened to me
I ended up getting stuck somewhere and dropped the game for months too (wasn’t having fun anyway).
I restarted and had a blast too.
I hope this happens to me with this "auto attack" type of combat system. I feel like i just wasted few bucks for this.
I'm sorry to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure this thing is a review
Morten Riis Svendsen this is a review, and he hated it
Channy Witch he did not hate it he did not like it
Got em
Morten Riis Svendsen No
Morten Riis Svendsen it's a first impressions saying he won't finish it so he won't review it
You didn't care for the game, and that's totally fair. This game is absolutely not for everyone, and definitely falls into more of a niche. I personally adore this game, and can comfortably call it my game of the year. However I can totally understand all of your complaints (as a sidenote, I can also understand the complaints of people who don't enjoy Telltale's Walking Dead, which is also one of my all time favourites). At the end of the day, people have different tastes, and that's okay.
I think a good example of this is that I personally don't like the first Metroid Prime. I've played through it, and while I found a lot to love about the game, at the end of the day it just wasn't my cup of tea. That doesn't mean it's a bad game. I think Metroid Prime deserves the praise it's recieved. At the end of the day it's just not for me, and that's okay. And at the end of the day, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is just not for you, and that's okay.
PhazonSpaceSystems you see. It wouldn't be a problem. Everyone knows jrpgs aren't everyone's cup I tea. People are more mad about the mis informations where he's saying that auto attacking is all you need to achieve victory.
Mitchell Carroll that's because they dubbed the game. They didn't go back and redid all the lyp syncing for the English version. I always say that this game was meant to be played in Japanese
I love it too
im a hardcore jrpg fan and i despise this game
I like the first Xenoblade tbh, not the best, but def better than this game in many aspects.
Oof, he stopped playing at like the worst possible point.
Gormott is really rough and confusing as you slowly figure out how the game is put together. I had a bit of trouble too, but then I started to figure out that "Oh, I actually need to pay attention to quests and environment layout instead of run straight toward waypoints all day like Skyrim."
But after that learning curve, the game continues to expand and swell with improvements.
I don't think he has even unlocked half of the combat mechanics by that point...
Well he is very right about holding off a full review until he plays more, if he does.
The map is probably the most frustrating part of this game. Mostly in Gormott, because it's a very spaced out area, but there are certain points after that are super annoying without a guide (I'm looking at you, abandoned factory).
DaCo Video If at playing a game for 15 hours you still don’t enjoy it, that’s not “the worst possible point”, that’s just the game.
diamondsmasher have you played XBC2? Because his point is very valid within the contexts of the game. Things get juicy once everything clicks in at about chapter 3/4.
I mean, it's a valid point that the first fifteen hours shouldn't be horrible and unengaging. Even JRPGs need to carefully draw their interest curve. But of course, the original point holds more than a little merit, as the game really does take that long to unlock most of the combat elements. The narrative hasn't hit the strongest hook (end of chapter 3), you can't even perform driver combos, and yeah, Gormott is easily one of the hardest areas to figure out in the game.
You can't blame someone for getting tired after nearly 20 hours of what is essentially a very extended tutorial. However, the game really does pick up in Mor Ardain.
DaCo Video 7:30 he said the story is surface level, this is when I stopped listening to him
This is by far my favorite Switch game! and I play it on the Switch Lite. Yes, There is a Free japanese voice dlc. I agree, the first 10 hours or so is more like a tutorial. But for a game you can easily put 100+ hours in I can't complain.
People keep parroting the "it gets better at 30-40 hours" but I digress they haven't played the game.. Also at 30-40 hours you are at chapter 4-5 with a bit of sode quests unless you really sck at playing JRPG..
They always compare it to Xenoblade 1's story but Xenoblade 2 is not Xenoblade 1 so that should not be done.. Look in the game for what it is and just accordingly..
I Like Xenoblade 1's Seinen type of story telling and sadly Xenoblade 2 have the Shounen type of story telling.. If you don't like it it's better to just sh*t the fck up...
Tho I agree in your comment.. Just sayin.
I love this game so much! One of my favorite games of all time and in not even close to finishing. I'm 21 hours in and my characters are level 24. I just unlocked chain attacks. I'm straight up addicted to this game now.
@@missgrinch5940 Enjoy.. Don't rush cause you'll be on a roller coaster of emotions soon.
During the ending boss fight. Dont wanna spoil it for all two fans that havent done it yet 😂
Anyways during the final fight I was able to spam my B and Y arts through cancelling. Was this something I could always do and was just being a big dumb?
@@linkdabest2 The Light Aegis Blade have a skill that can reset your arts on critical hit. I thinks that's what's happenig there.
Just because so many people love a game doesn’t mean you have to agree as well, especially if you’re reviewing the content for your channel.
Well you didn’t forget him tho
Lmfao, true that. He got in the video.
I'm like the only one who like the voice acting. Especially Nia.
There are indeed some cringy voices in the game. Boreas's voice drives me bonkers as does Roc's, and I initially couldn't stand Dahlia's voice, but it admittedly started to grow on me a tad. I think the stand out voices are Nia & Morag. Wonderful Welsh & Scottish accents. I don't think I've ever heard a welsh accent in a game before?!?!
You need to download the Japanese voice pack, it is way better.
Shut up, Shinji , like to watch my cutscenes, not read them
Nia's English VA really grew on me. She put a lot of character into her delivery. Unfortunately, the animations don't reflect the same personality as the voice, so there's a weird disjoint between body language and vocal intonation. And I'm not just talking about lip-syncing.
Switching to Japanese Audio does fix this, but I feel like that removes the charm of her English VA. I just wish it was all as good as the first game. Adam Howden's Shulk was an unmatched performance rarely seen in video games as a meduim
I liked Nias voice the best actually!
Completed this game after 75hours and the ending hit me right in the feels..... Right. In. The. Feels
fak yes! how many hours did you spend now? i have spent 250 hours now + 20 for torna (both completed!) - i love it and i can not wait for xenoblade chronicles 3/X2
I take it you've never played the first game, because that ending was not only better and lacking any plot conveniences, but host to a much better story with characters who actually develop throughout the course of the game, unlike Xenoblade 2's cast who can pull bullshit out of their arses without prior knowledge or explanation.
Bufudyne are the two games related? 1 and 2?
@@VizMaior yep, but not exactly, i think starting with 2 is better, you will better orientate in the story line.
Mine was 100 hour ish
Hey dude when are you going to review xeno blade? Not buying it until you review it
That was pretty funny!
Isn't this technically a review
just see other reviews
drone
Mike Breezy this is basicly a review
I respect your opinion but on your point with battles taking too long it's because you are literally standing there not timing attacks or using skills/combos the right way. For example some skills are more effective depending on which side of the enemy you attack. Some side attacks skills lowers enemy defence, skills that debuff them, and then their are skills that do massive damage if you hit them from behind (you can essentially use all these skills together to further increase the damage of your other skills) Making battles end very quickly.
Giovann Hernandez
Remember you can move your character to restart auto attack chains too. This removes most of the lag after a auto attack chain ends.
I'd also like to add that in the beginning of the game, I literally did not know about the elemental combo's you could do even after chain attacks were introduced, I skipped the tutorials and every fight was going so slow. However once I realized you could chain the specials fights were going a lot faster. And the auto reset is extremely helpful to.
The point it though before you can use that skill, you just sit there and wait for it by auto attacking.
It plays like a pseudo mmo, you can lvl up all your skills so not only does it increase their damage but reduces their cooldown times. There are even skills that speeds up the cooldown rates, it doesnt really take that long to lvl these up and have the cooldowns lowered enough so you are always on the offensive with your abilities. He is only showing early lvl gameplay and playing it completly wrong so of course it looks slow.
Ah, the old "you don't like it because you're not playing it the right way" line. Never gets tired...
The combat actually gets much more engaging after a while, I think the problem is you lack patience, which is OK, it is very understandable that you dont want to continue, but I am soo happy I have kept playing this, cuz the game gets better and better
Thats actually EXACTLY it.
I thought the same in the beginning, boring combat... But man when you get passed 20+ hours, holy crap I was wrong.
The battle system is AMAZING
The combat can be cruel in the wilds. When you thought you can just breeze 1 monster, others join in and kick your team’s butt.
Things excalate very quickly often. Those can drag on at times.
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Yeah that`s true, but at the same time that is where the luring mechenic comes to play
TheDekuSeed that works the best when you are in the mood of fighting, like clearing up the area so you can fight the boss in peace.
But when you’re just strolling or platforming around, that’s when luring is useless. You will be found before you can lure anything.
Very true
Although I really love this game I still can agree in many points with you. The comatsystem really needs much time to get engaging. But I really cant say the story is bad or generic it is such a good story and thats probably also due to the fact that you were just in about 15 hours in the game, but it starts getting better and better after time.
EXACTLY he had such a bad take on the story
I understand where you are coming from but re-read what you wrote... "You were just in about 15 (FIFTEEN) hours in the game, but it STARTS getting better and better after time."
There are many games that only run about 15 hours and are amazing start to finish...If I have to wait 15+ hours to START enjoying a game's story...then there might be a problem with said game. That does not take away how amazing the game might be after; but you have to admit that is a pretty big flaw of a video game to not be able to properly grab my attention 15 hours in.
@@harrys1946 that’s not how it works for a story. A story is almost never immediately super engaging. Beatemups is a huge cry baby
@@SmallHappyOtter I can't even take you serious right now. You responded like a 10 year old while somehow making even less sense than an actual ten year old. yikes.
The game's story didn't need to be immediately engaging. But it had 15 hours to do so. And it didn't. Plain and simple. And it goes beyond story. Combat also doesn't start to get interesting until about 20 hours in. The second half of the game is good; but ignoring it's initial flaws and not understanding why a person would be put off by it is extremely childish.
@@harrys1946 I definitely agree on the combat taking at least 15 hours to be interesting, but not the point about the story. The world design, the frankly amazing cinematics and the initial unlocking of optional blades all happen before the 15 hour mark.
If you don’t like it that’s okay man. I don’t really like Mario 64 and so many people love the crap out of it. Don’t feel bad dude it’s just your opinion
Exactly, sometimes certain games you are suppose to like, just don't jell with you. It might be the game, it might be where you are when you play it, it might be your mood at the time, it could be so many things.
BeatEmUps just don’t be afraid to be negative or give a negative review we all have games we don’t like and it’s good to here a honest opinion I wasn’t sure about getting the game and investing the money you basically cleared up all the things I was afraid of with the game
Xcaliber The Wise wow that's amazing. You are the first person who didn't like Mario 64. Very interesting. I respect your opinion good sir
Xcaliber The Wise That's pretty edgy though
Right!
*I Like your attitude*
Let’s show him a thing or three
Guys, I'm not really feeling it.
Our emotions are in tune!
*Stop Slacking off Zeke*
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Eric's Xeno 2 review I mentioned at the end - th-cam.com/video/BEYgzW7XNVg/w-d-xo.html
did you play xenoblade 1 and xenoblede X ? I think the game isn't for you. I like the game but you need to upgrade your blades, your arts, choose the right elements..... there is a lot of things to micromanage and I think it's not for everyone, so don't worry it's ok if it's not for you :) and I didn't liked ff15 (but I platinumed it) There is so many thing I hated in ff15. you can't like every good games and that's what makes gaming great, there's games for every tastes
What about the big anime tiddies?
I really appreciate your review of this game, I played action jrpgs before but never touched a Xenoblade game,so I just gave it a try and bought the game.I love the art style ,the combat system not sure yet, looked slow and could be speed by 1.5x(only 3 hours in) but I feel I can put in the investment to make that 40hours end game feel maybe around that time point the real hard enemies show up.Anyway just want to reiterate how candidly your review/not review is appreciated without coming on too hard and pretentious while acknowledging its not a game for you.This is in comparison to 8bit eric review of the game where he talked about Skyrim half the time while appearing to try break Xenoblade's back .Keep up the good work would really like to give an update on the game later.
The thing your stuck is on... you should look up maybe you'll find the waypoint mark. Also just search it up if it doesn't appear.
Did you went to the inn often to level up? If you did I wouldn’t recommend it if you don’t want to overpower the enemies with just auto attacks.
I've been watching a lot of your content for a while starting mid-to late-2019 and I wanted to come to this and see what the hate on your dislike for XC2 was about. As a person that actually likes the game, I can fully agree with most of the points you made in this video, especially with the combat system. It actually is interesting and engaging and it requires a lot of thinking and strategy, but it only gets that way after investing sooo much time into the game, which isn't a good thing, so it's perfectly fair to see it the way you did 15 hours in.
In any case, I love your content and I hope you hit a million very soon. Keep it up, BeatEmups!
I fully respect your opinion. I mean, different strokes for different folks, ya know? People have different tastes. But, I'd recommend you change the title of the video, because it is a little misleading. Saying "refuse" makes it seem like Nintendo is doing some dumb business practice that you disagree with or you don't want to review it because you are going on strike against something in the game you disagree with or something. Replacing "REFUSE" (in all caps, it really just makes it worse) with "don't want to" or something that is less misleading compared to your opinion.
That's what you took away from the title? I just assumed he was gonna talk about not having finished it yet, and that he was going to take his time before reviewing.
Joey Greathouse in a day in which everybody clickbaits and people have been upset over the female designs in xenoblade, i expected a video complaining about the game being anti-female.
I totally agree whit your opinion. The title of the video is wrong, some people can misunderstand.
Dustin Totten thats the thing. Why do you think people click youtube videos? From the title and thumbnail. I watch the video always before, but there are a lot of people that will assume the game has offended him in some way. Its so simple to change REFUSE in all caps with a disgusted face in the thumbnail to just a "will not" or "don't want to." It's clickbait and ultimately leaves the viewer feeling somewhat confused. 101 people agree with me on this.
The title isn’t misleading at all. He refused to review the game, then explained why he refused. Whatever you guessed he was going to say just based on the title is on you, not him.
I’m sad because this is my favorite game on the switch lol. I may be bias because this game reminded of my favorite game of all time Final Fantasy 9 but I really enjoyed this game
Same
FF9 was my favorite game ever! I need to pick this game up now!
Loved FF9. I feel it is overlooked because 7 was...well 7(best game ever IMO) ..and then 8 kinda sucked IMO and let us down. Some people did not even pick up and try 9 cause of 8
Mr. Fiddlesticks that be amazing
Although the autobattle is more attuned to FFXII. Why be sad about a differing opinion. If you find enjoyment in the game, don't let others not liking it or seeking their approval affect your enjoyment of it. We each have our own preferences.
*Review But Not a Review*
Nope he's admitting that he's not commenting on the game in its entirety because he didn't like it from the start which explains why this isn't a real review situation.
“Surface level story, basic for what it is” I’m sorry what
he really didnt get far enough in to say that edit: sorry for a two month old reply lol
Is this the puppsicle from Twitter by any chance
Really late response, but I felt the story was predictable, even after beating it, I don't feel it was bad, still enjoyable, but it just disappointed me after loving the first games story so much.
Wtf
@@JaxonEmery PREDICTABLE? LMAO
I just want to point out that in your example of the waypoint system, you used quests that specifically don’t give you a waypoint, you are supposed to look at the objective and piece together what method of field skills you need to do to get that item, such as the confusion ivy being botany or such, also, you said you were sure you completed a quest...when it had two objectives...you can clearly see that when you see two boxes underneath the quest description and only one has a check mark...
This annoyed me so god damn much. It's like he wants to be spoon fed everything...
Yeah but he's not wrong about the way point system..I'm 115 hours in and have gotten confused more than once because of how bad it is. I love the game but nobody should defend the way point system.
Jeff Jenkins I don't think the waypoint system was that bad for me unless I had to go to a secret location
I absolutely love the game but i cant deny what he says the waypoint is awful. I dont mind searching for things but there are a few points where i just want to continue the main quest to get at a story aspect and you just cant seem to find the right route
I remember games that had no way points and you had to wonder through mazes for hours to find a switch that was often times timed. Yes I’m talking about old tomb raider games. I’d rather have no way point system than one that doesn’t work well.
No worries. This is for people who like certain aspects like the story. I hate certain games, like say wrestling games for instance. Everyone is different. It's not a big deal if you like it or don't like it.
please tell that you're joking
Giovanni Miorandi exactly what part seems like a joke to you? That I like the story? That I hate wrestling games? That it’s not a big deal what games other people enjoy or don’t enjoy? I genuinely can’t tell. So I’ll just say that I do like the story, I do hate wrestling games in general (except a certain Simpsons wrestling game that I forgot I used to enjoy with my nephews) and it isn’t a big deal when another person doesn’t enjoy the same games.
Yeah this game wasn’t made to appeal to everyone. It depends on what you’re into. I didn’t like the combat at first, now I think it’s ok. But I’ve put like 80 hours into this game and the story is what’s keeping me interested. If you can’t get behind that then you don’t have to force yourself. But personally I’m really feelin it
I think it's the gacha system that makes people hate the combat. Many get elements that don't have great synergy together so they struggle with blade combos, and if you struggle with those the game gonna suck since everything revolves around them.
Videos like this one really benefit from the dislike button being removed
Wood is not the kind of person that would do that
JRPG's arent for everyone. I personally really enjoyed the first xenoblade back in the Wii days and loved X, so I had no problem easing myself into chronicles 2. I know a lot of reviewers referred to the first game as one of the greatest games ever made. And while I would stand by that statement, I feel like that opinion is extremely subjective. It's much easier to say its one of the best games in the genre, as so many people would have a bias towards one style of game over another.
yeah true. I could easily say tho if you loved Xenoblade 1, Xenoblade 2 will probably be one of your favorite games in the last 6 years. If you have never played Xenoblade 1 I'd probably recommend picking that game up first since it's a lot cheaper these days.
But XC2 isn't even a traditional JRPG!
Totally agree whit your opinion, although the first Xenoblade still is one of the best 10 games I've played in my life and I've been playing games since the 16 bit era.
This isn't a traditional JRPG tho ...
Space Kitty I just bought the Wii version at gamestop it was 50$ used. The 3ds version is 35$.
Yo this is my favorite game of all time
But i respect ur opinion
5 dollar Headphones Same 😯
God I love this damn game. It has more heart then anything I’ve played this gen. Exception being Persona 5. Also the English translation is fantastic, I don’t get that criticism.
Same
Hope your taste in women isn't as bad as your taste in games.
@@coolguy48457 that's fake news
50 hours in the game... i actually think the story is really good. I love this game.
mSupreme I thought the story was really cool, but I got super bored of the combat and trying to figure out where to go, I'd rather watch the story on TH-cam without the grind
I'm on chapter 7. I find the story and characters bland af.
TheMucusMan you don’t need to grind in this game, you just play it naturally and occasionally do side quests and explore instead of just rushing to the goal. That isn’t how you play an open world game. That isn’t how you play xenoblade.
Kage Tsume Too bad the sidequests are meaningless.
I really wanted to like this game, but It was like forcing myself to have fun, and that wasn't fun
Holy sh*t a video criticizing XC2 without spending 4 hours talking about non-existent fanservice!!
This is truly a time to be alive.
no need to apologize so much about having a contrarian opinion. If people get heated, that's on them. All that matters is that if you give an opinion, just make it on facts and explain your stance. That's the whole point of a review. Reviews aren't meant to just cater to people that like the game and not offend people. I don't agree with some of your issues with the gameplay, but it doesn't sound like certain types of RPGs are for you. Xenoblade is a series with complex mechanics to learn, and it has an extended amount of learning. It's not like an old Final Fantasy where it has less mechanics in the mix due to turn-based.
XD Though Reviews shouldn't actually be based on opinions, they should be unbiased or the review holds no weight.
He said the combat was too easy though where any other gameplay features were unneeded anyway. It seems that the more there is to learn would be pointless to learn or just for show. I still prefer reflex-based combat (crossair or input-action, my own vocab).
Ok, I appreciate and partially agree with your opinion, but here's what you're missing. It's true that when fighting lower leveled opponents the auto-attack feature will finish them off for you by itself, but enemies that are closer to your level will take a lot of timing and precision to kill. This game isn't about fast reflexes, it's about patience and knowing when to strike. This video was informative to those of you who haven't played the game, but it was also a tad flawed and (like everything) biased. The enemies he was fighting in this video were all a lower level than he was, and that soldier part is very early on in the game. Right now, I'm at chapter 4 of the game with over 24 hours of gameplay and the tutorials just started slowing down in chapter 3. If anything, this just goes to show you how complex the system actually is. BeatEmUps only showed gameplay up to chapter 3 where a lot of the mechanics change. This game is not a classic reflex-based competitive shooter and should not be treated as one. This game is a tactics and strategy role play game with a unique battle system. The problem with this video is that it didn't explain how complicated the battle system is. Auto attacks charge your active abilities which let you activate a final ability that has up to four levels of charge. your active abilities can be upgraded to have faster cooldown times and damage, and if timed correctly, can combo with other active abilities from you and/or your team. There are also plenty of different items that can be equipped or consumed that grant interesting bonuses. some consumables even charge your active abilities for you so you get them even faster! Most active abilities have special mechanics that let them do more damage or have a special combo effect, and some of them will change as you progress in the game. If you don't like the slow pace of the auto attacks, you can EASILY resonate with a new core crystal and get another blade that suits your style better. Each one comes with their own set of active abilities, and you can switch between blades mid battle to take advantage of multiple effects. When fighting an equally leveled opponent in the mid to late game, you have to be actively participating in the battle by observing the current flow of the battle and waiting for opportunities to strike. A lot of moves may seem really weak at first, but if you know what you're doing and wait for just the right moment when you use abilities to break/topple/launch/etc your opponent you can strike with your special moves to really hit hard. Currently, I'm ranked as a diamond player in Overwatch, and have sever hundred levels in that game. I'm just saying that as a field of reference. I love competitive shooting games, but I don't think that's where anyone needs to draw the line. If you want to limit yourself to that category, be my guest. I won't try to stop you. I'm only pleading to you and to people with opinions like you to take everything you see and hear with a pinch of salt. Not everything is how others describe it to you. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things that I don't like about this game, and you can hear a lot of them from this guy if you watch his video again, but there are a LOT of things I LOVE about it, and I'd hate it for anyone to miss out on this game without giving it a proper chance. Honestly though, the voice acting really is TERRIBLE. I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to make Rex's voice sound like a bootleg shulk ripoff, but they need to reconsider their actions and atone. Thank GOD Japanese is a language. Well.. I guess that's all I wanted to say.. Thanks for sticking around long enough to read all of this I guess.
People are getting heated because he gives an Opinion on less than 5% of the game.
Its like me read a book until chapter 1, and saying it sucks...
Basically, the only way he couldve been right, is to NOT make this video. Because theres to many false info.
Good point, I had dislike because I didn't agree with him at first. I changed it just because of your comment. It's a great game, and but I totally don't agree with his opinion. Besides his point on annoying voices during battle, same problem as last time. Only so many times I can hear those combat lines.
Also Lv 81 Red Gorilla is a tradition. It's a running joke. Although, they did make him way too fast in how he blitzes across the map in this game.
JP He killed me like 6 times in a row when I was level 11 because I did see him run up from behind me. lol
It took out all 3 of my skells in x lol
does not help that he block the path were you were meant to be going for a quest also does not help that i battlling a low level monster then along comes a level 70 bird thing that comes down and kills me good game though
Territorial Rotbart: Bane of our existence.
Honestly, I don't mind the super bosses in the areas, they make you actively keep aware of your surroundings.
I love the "it gets good at like 30-40 hours!" So the game is only fun after putting a week's worth of working hours into it. I'm having fun out the gate, but other won't so it's not realistic to expect them to put that much time into it before fun starts
redtrolly yeah but that’s almost every RPG or JRPG out there.
@@Dr.Meme-Man not really, rpg can be engaging from the getgo, this one does not
Dr. Meme Man um no Xenoblade Chronicles 1 was good from the start
@@NamelessDjinn Not for everyone, I was bored the first 7 hours I played it, left it for two years and then finished it
@@pollomatic8521 if watching 2 titans fight to the death and then being put straight into a war against robots isnt an interesting start then idk what is
Investing 15 hours in a game is ALOT. If you ask me its a FLAW if it dont grab you by atleast the 10th hour.
No screw that. If a game hasn’t grabbed you in its first hour your doing something wrong
Haha normies
You should have to wait for a game to get fun
SwollNimation 15 hours tho? Cmon
@@societyman9219 I meant to say shouldn't
THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME?
DON'T FORGET ME!
Anyway, I really enjoy the combat, the story, the cheesy voice acting. It is all part of the charm.
Not a perfect or masterful RPG in my opinion, but just like with FFXV I am enjoying it a lot because of the characters and the world.
Especially the Core-Blade system was such a surprise. It is such a good take on the "loot box system" that makes every new playthrough different.
But the game is not for every body.
"Especially the Core-Blade system was such a surprise. It is such a good take on the "loot box system" that makes every new playthrough different."
That is the worst thing about the game. One that probably heralds them putting MTs on it next time. Don't let them get away with that bullshit.
May I ask you why you don't like it?
I am 30-40 hours into the game and already have way more unique blades than I will ever need.
Sigils, ETHEC. Nah core system is the best thing
Alexander Chilton i have like 10 so far
"that terrible British accent"
You mean the accent of the actual British people who voice the characters? Every character that has a British accent _is_ British. Everyone who has a Scottish accent _is_ Scottish. And the American sounding characters? You guessed it: Americans.
There _is_ a problem and that's the timing within conversations. I guess it's a result of the translation and not changing the timing between when one character's speaking ends and another one begins. So you get awkward pauses where there really shouldn't be any but that's not been a deal-breaker for me.
krimhorn Yeah that is the problem. They are American, English or Scottish and *NOT* Japanese
Are you dumb Yuri? Turn the damn voices to Japanese if you want it. No one's stopping you -_-
That's not my point. My point is most of the time, animes or overly-weeb things work really porly when dubbed, because they either come across as emotionless (Like in this case, most of the times) or overacting, and bad acting in general like in the old 4kids dubs. The only way I could really see it work is if they re-wrote the dialouge entierly instead of adapting the original and trying to imitate how the original voices sounded, like Funimation or an Abridged Series would do.
Also, I'm pretty sure there's not an option for the Japanese voices, you need a patch to do that.
Have you played the game -.- In most areas, the dub is perfectly fine. Just Rex's VA struggles to yell or be aggressive but besides that most of the VA is fine. It's nowhere near emotionless.
I played a bit with the sub and the quality for both is fine.
Judging by your profile pic you're a weeb which is fine, but you can't just bash a dub with no other reason than "sub is better omegalul"
Respect you putting your opinion out there.
But I will say, 15 hours in this game is NOTHING. You're still doing tutorials at 15 hours in
You just described the worst game in world history.
The best games don't NEED tutorials.
Joey Greathouse Ah, yes. Because tutorials reveal how bad a game is, not how complex it is. XC2 should take its unique, complex systems and throw them all at the player at once without explanation. I'm sure that wouldn't leave anyone feeling completely overwhelmed or frustrated.
That's not quite true, Joey. The best games are ones where the tutorials aren't overwhelming. I know it's passed around in game design circles that you should eliminate a tutorial when at all possible, but tell me -- can you really play a strategy game like Civilization 5 without a tutorial? No, you'll be hopelessly overwhelmed. Not all games can eliminate tutorials. Often times, for games as complex as Xenoblade Chronicles 2, you'll be drowning in tutorials right from the start so it can throw all its mechanics at you. However, Chronicles 2 drip-feeds each of its mechanics to you at a very nice pace. You're given a handful of things to worry about and then ample time to experiment and play around with them before you're given the next mechanic. That's why there's tutorials 15 hours in. Because the game is slowly adding interesting complexity in a way that's not at all overwhelming, and giving ample time to play around with every new thing you learn. It's an example of tutorials done right.
I think his point is that at 15 hours in you shouldn't need to be still on tutorials. You should have been fully engaged and additional content should be easily integrated into the existing 14 hours of learning you have done.
Plenty of games add elements and provide information on how to execute them later in the game, but the difference is it doesn't feel like you still haven't reached a basic level of understanding.
agreed, at 15 hours I wasn't liking the game either, now I'm 70 hours and can't put it down
3:25 *Fights level 9 basic enemy as level 14*
"I can just auto-attack and win! Game too ez!
play smt
and ardainian soldiers dont have very much hp
If you're fighting enemies around your level or higher, you cannot auto attack and win. You must be going after lower enemies, it's the only way auto attacking would get you anywhere.
And yeah, I think everybody turned the combat voices off, that part is terrible.
How can you complain about combat taking too long while you're sitting there auto attacking. That's not a valid argument. Use your arts, and your specials and enemies will melt.
exactly hes complaining about it taking long even though he isn't even playing the game. xD
Good point
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YER DONE!
I Iove that chili peppers song!
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I'll teach him a thing or three.
I completed the game after 54-ish hours and I would say after 20 hours or so I suddenly got obsessed with the game. I do understand the problem you have though it isn't really an easy game to get into. It is the type of game you either fucking love or just think it's really meh.
PrevailingFilth Or really meh-meh-meh ;-)
9:29 literally just press Y and read the detailed objective lol. It's right there, written under the picture of the Quest. It's a fetch quest that tells you to find materials, which are those white dots on the ground. That's why there's no marker because those white dots are everywhere. Same if the quest is about crafting, or getting materials from salvaging...there's no waypoint because there are dedicated spots for those activities all over the map, greatly highlighted lol
9:51 On the bottom right it tells you ''Gather Confusion Ivy'' the NPC literally tells you that it grows near trees...so just look for white dots near trees. I mean...right? Need fish? White dots near water. Need flowers? Grassy Fields...etc etc.
I think the guy has grown too accustomed to Open Worlds ala Ubisoft where you have a minimap filled with markers and it tells you to press F to pay respects
Hi man I really enjoy your videos I'm going to buy a switch because of you
Awesome! What games are you gettin?
+BeatEmUps ha, i already got a switch cuz of ur videos ×D. loving the heck out of BOTW
I think I'm going to get legend of Zelda, doom, biding of Isaac,stardew valley and Mario cart 8
I sat and watched every one of your switch videos and was like dam I have to get one soon lol
+brokencyde 12590 - Cart... Triggered lol
JRPGs are not for everyone. It's fine, nice video
But he likes some JRPGs...
Some. And maybe he did the made call to call this a non-review when it seems like already a review. :D
If you auto attack in this game at all you're doing it wrong. You're supposed to switch to another blade once you're out of skills to use on your current so you'll never have to wait for a cooldown.
Or just flick your controller every second to get easy arts
Huh?
I love this beautiful, well made, confusing, incredible game. I respect your opinion, but I can tell you havent gotten to chapter 8 at least. I have gotten so attached to all the characters and I love the game and its mechanics and its flaws. I do respect your opinion, I just dont understand what you mean. I do understand why you dont like Rex's screams, it is pretty horrific. But as soon as he said the story wasnt engaging I think that's when the fandom already knew he hadn't gotten deep in the game.
Hey, as someone who much prefers Xenoblade 1 over Xenoblade 2, what exactly about the story hooked you in? I see plenty of people praise it but I never felt the same sense of awe about it and I never got all that attached to the characters. I know Xenoblade 1's story is fairly basic and shonen as well but I thought it was presented much better than in 2.
Probably my biggest complaint about the game is the dialogue. It’s really annoying hearing the same lines used over and over again pre-, during, and post-combat.
@@Wernershnitzl you can disable combat dialogue
If the game isn't interesting story wise in the first hour it's already failed. Straight up. It doesn't matter for much of a percentage of the game that one hour is the game HAS to hook you or it isn't doing it's job.
Morrigan Renfield that’s fair, however it definitely doesn’t apply to all games in my case. This included, I can think of Bioshock personally as one of them (I started playing the game only a year or two ago), and even the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was one that took forever for me to get into but turned into my favorite Zelda game.
Im confused on why not? Guess I should shut up and watch
Edit: after watching i see your points. No hate here
Why do people do this... JUST WATCH THE VIDEO
BlueBitProductions because people are too hurried by their own doing and aren’t willing to slow down and absorb someone’s opinion before making their own more of a priority.
I know I am in the minority but I did not know that the Japanese voice actors were available to download, so I played about 45 hours of the game with the English voice actors, and by the time I reached the Land of Morytha (when I found out that they did release the Japanese voice actors) I had actually grown to like and enjoy the English voice actors.
Yeah, the voice acting isn’t that bad. Ppl are overreacting
Beatemups, you scared me!!! I bought this game for Christmas but your "negative" review sounds great to me and I can't wait to play the game Christmas day.
If you love JRPGs you'll probably love this game. Very long amazing story with awesome soundtrack to boot. The gameplay mechanics are very fast and require a lot of strategy during battles (although given the complexity of the mechanics, they start off slow and slowly drip in mechanics for the first 15 hours, but the game will easily last you 50-70 more hours). If you loved Xenoblade 1, you will absolutely love this game. If you never played Xenoblade 1, you don't need to play it to enjoy this game.
surfnQ and you will LOVE smt 5
This game is insane. If you like rpgs this is a must.
His review is half false anyways lol
I've loved the game since the start. A buddy of mine pushed me to get it when I got a switch and he honestly turned me onto one of my favorite franchises. If it's not for you? That's fine man. Live your life. Play what you wanna play
Same tbh, XC2 hooked me way quicker than XC1 did
This game is great, and the combat system is incredibly rewarding once you master it. It is anything but simple combat and boring.
True, auto is there if you want it, but not required. There is nothing stopping him from mastering the combat.
If the auto combat was forced, he would be right - but since you still have control, you are right.
Good point.
Rewarding? Dude, waiting for nia to break so you can topple/launch/smash isnt rewarding. The combat is cool sometimes but it sucks a lot too. And it doesnt help when im 26 hours in the game, a character is like "Hey man, I'm gonna be on your team" and then we get a fucking tutorial text log Thats like HEY THAT CHARACTER IS GONNA BE ON YOUR TEAM. All this game does is hold your hand and then break/topple/launch/smash it.
Joey Greathouse the autocombat IS forced. Youre waiting for 4 autoattacks so you can press a button. And after you pressed the button, you gotta wait four more autoattacks to press the button again
It is rewarding once take down large enemies after stringing together multiple blade combos, then start a chain combo bursting several elemental orbs in a row for massive damage. Also, you can fill your driver arts faster by cancelling them, and switching blades will also start with their driver arts filled so you can go straight into an arts chain. If you keep playing you will be able to fill your arts and specials faster so you can do blade combos faster which makes the combat more rewarding and fun.
Youre still waiting. You have to wait to switch blades. You have to wait to attack. There's been times where i could go into a combo but i cant cuz i gotta wait for my blade to be available
I got the game yesterday and it's my first time playing a JRPG. I was really uncertain, however I actually bought th egame because of the combat system, it looked interesting. At first I found the game slow in all aspects pretty much, but after 2.5 hours when I reached Gormott it started to get way more fun.
I find the story and characters alright, it's enough for to be invested in them and their journey.
I don't know how long the game is, I'm about 11 hours in now and I think it's fun!
Link dude, with the main game and dlc, you can easily get 70-100 hours in, depending how many quests and items you get etc I have about 110 hours in the game now so
I Best it at 87 hours
I beat Xenoblade 2 with 50 hours lmao. I ignored side quests, merc missions, and trying to farm for rare blades. Is that why ya'lls time is so damn high?
Thanks for being honest! As viewers the best thing we can hear is an honest opinion, not someone who just blindly follows others or shapes their opinion to make people like them.
But "honesty" on a game review is simply opinion. So yea he's being honest by giving you his opinion on the game. My opinion is the game is amazing, and I'm being honest too! Lol
Do you have specific reviewers in mind? So that we can unfollow them? Feeling someone's sincerity to review takes a special kind of skills.
I actually put the game down after an hour because of the combat style but I heard so many good things about it so I decided to try it again. I have to say after that break coming back knowing what I have to expect, I'm actually kind of enjoying the combat now. Still not the best I've ever experienced but something I can live with.
This is a week late, but I figure I'd type it out anyway, even though there are likely a ton of people before me who have done the same. I respect your opinion, and I have some agreements and some refutations.
So, I'll start with my agreements. The combat can be pretty slow. Compared to the other Xenoblade games, this game pads the enemies with HP hardcore, and it made it pretty difficult for me to stomach the first 10-15 hours or so as well. However, I knew that I had played the previous entries and enjoyed the combat, so I also knew I'd have some appreciation for the combat in this game. That being said, combat in this game is pretty similar to a lot of rpgs and jrpgs. You tend to have very little at your disposal at the beginning of the game, but the system opens up as you progress. Unfortunately, being only 10-15 hours into the game, you had little in the way of combat, as I did during that time. Meanwhile, it's important to note that the game made things into HP sponges *because* of their combat system. If you understand it from the get-go, you're rewarded.
Another somewhat agreement is that the voice acting was super bad at the beginning. That line where Rex yells while bursting through the floor made me cringe so hard, but as the game continues, the VAs settle into their roles, at least in my opinion.
Next, enemies. This is a pretty big argument against Xenoblade games and I totally get it, but the Territorial Rotbart is a relic from Xenoblade 1, and you should have seen (or not seen) that guy with the draw distance of the Wii console. However, for me, the enemy system has always been a strength of the Xenoblade series. Having enemy levels increase by area as the game progresses is unrealistic in a legitimate world, which is something Monolith strives to create. Furthermore, enemies serve more purpose than simply "experience," as you made it sound. Yes, I would never kill a baby Armu to grind exp, but I would potentially farm one if I got a Rare Blade that wanted me to kill them for affinity, or if there was a quest that asked me to, or if there was a specific drop (accessory, chip, or aux core).
Important things that I've noted. This is probably my least favorite Xenoblade game thus far. In the previous entries, I was more than happy to do some quality exploration, but this game doesn't reward nor encourage exploration. Same with sidequests. I beat the main story and only did maybe 3 sidequests. Now, I admit this is not the case for many people, but I also feel that I've explored and sidequested myself out after my 100% run of Xenoblade Chronicles, my 99% of Xenoblade Chronicles X, and all the time I spent exploring in Black Desert Online and Breath of the Wild.
My main reason for writing this is to hopefully give you a reason to continue the game. I personally feel the cutscenes got better and as the combat opened up more, I enjoyed it. I just feel the beginning of the game was a slog and the rest of the game shouldn't be avoided based on it.
Chapter 2 was worst chapter. After that, the game is much better. And I think that is where he got stuck. :/ I think I moved very fast from chapter 5 to 6, But then again, this is a reviewer who doesn't want to spend 100+ hours on a game like most of us normies.
While I can understand some of his complaints I honestly don’t believe he feels he has the time or willing to put the required hours into this game to fairly review it.
Let’s teach em a thing or three!
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Hmmm, this is a tough one, but I disagree to some extent. Your point on the battle system is valid. If you don't like it, that's understandable. It took me personally a long time to get used to Xenoblade Chronicles 1 battle system, but the longer you get into the game the more you learn there is to manage and begin to thank the game for taking over the attack button. In Chronicles 1 I found the use of the all the arts, party gauge, and chain attacks to be confusing, but the fact that the game attacks for me alleviate most of that pressure. I haven't played 2 yet, but it looks much more complex than the first, so for me I think that's a welcome feature. I do agree that most battles tend to overstay their welcome, especially when you get so little EXP from it, but I do know that they implemented some sort of grinding system at the inn (if someone could explain I'd be appreciative). I also agree that the VA could use a little work, its not the best but we've certainly seen worse. In no way does that excuse some of the bad VA in the game, but I'm willing to overlook it due to the fact that JRPG's just follow this abysmal trend. As for the map feature, I agree that they should mark the waypoints better, but sometimes, like you mentioned, the game shouldn't hold your hand. In Chronicles 1 I found the map to also be confusing. See the map in that game had a different map for each floor of a place you were exploring. The only problem is, the map never snapped back to a default position if you scrolled up or down a floor on the map. So the map was really hard for me to navigate. However, when I found where I was supposed to be going, or finally got to progress in the story, there was a really satisfying and fulfilling feeling. To some extent, yes they should fix the waypoint system, but I don't think it should guide a player there entirely. As for the level 80 monster in the first part of the game, Xenoblade has always been about that. XD I mean in Chronicles 1 there's a Territorial Rotbart in Guar Plains. I think they're there to make a player feel even more immersed in the location they're in. Not only does it give you a sense of dread when you walk right into one, but it lets you know that there aren't just measly foes in your path. I personally liked this in the first, and wouldn't want them to be removed unless there is an overabundance of them. In general, I agreed with a lot of what you had to say, but only to a certain extent. I respect your view on the game, and if you don't like it that's perfectly okay. I really recommend you at least try to get half way through, if only to see if it gets better, but again, I haven't played this game yet. I'll be looking forward to watching your content in the future, and have a merry Christmas.
The inn system is a lot like the one in FFXV, but it only applies to exploration and side quest based experience. All of the xp you gain from quests and finding landmarks/secret areas is banked into bonus experience and is accessible by sleeping at an inn where you can choose when and how far you want to level up.
If you look at all the gameplay clips where he's in a battle, it looks like he just sat there and let the auto attacks roll through lol.
Jake he did, he even said so
Makes this video even worse then lol. It's like he didn't try to get into the game. What a fucking joke.
Finally someone agrees. I’m 50 hours in just trying to get my money’s worth and it’s still not that enjoyable
TheBaguetteGuy i honestly agree with you. I finished the game in 65 hours and honestly I regretted buying this game, was not enjoyable for me
@@faith8775 Same
i honestly prefer the first game, it was better in every way
I actually enjoyed the combat. The key here is that the character auto-attacks so you can can focus on the timing when using your abilities, while also paying attention to your stats and if any combo shows up. Although i do understand that some people find it boring, nothing bad with having a different opinion.
I 100 percent understand the combat in this game, but tbh I too do not enjoy the combat. It is slow even with a desert item in your pouch, and well…. Boring
@@animeprofilepicture9639 Im so lost on the glowing reviews of this game. 13 hours in and Im forcing myself to keep playing. Honestly if I didnt love Xenosaga so much hoping for some KOS-MOS and T-ELOS time I probably wouldnt play at all. No idea why people love this game so much.
@@shihoblade bruhhhh
I really like your channel and what you do but some of your video titles are getting seriously close to clickbait. Your content awesome so just let it speak for itself!
Props to that!!
It was even worse for me because I misread the title as "buy" rather than "review" somehow, so I thought this was gonna be some nitpicky, whiny rant, but it was just his honest opinions and wasn't trying to convince anyone of anything, so I was pleasantly surprised.
yea its been getting insane lately SWITCH DOOMED TO FAIL and all the other click baity titles. Its like dude we are here for your content, so stop with the bullshit video titles as it makes me skip some.
Hold up, you are not far enough into the story to say it is just surface level. The story gets much deeper, and is pretty fantastic. I am on the fence on whether it is better than Xenoblade 1's story, but I haven't finished the story yet. 60 hours in, atm.
I like the voice acting, and I think Pyra's is the best. I agree that the combat was pretty slow at the beginning, and I was having some issues with it being slow, until I started messing with the core chips, Aux cores, and adding items in the pouches, and then it started to speed up.
andrew Clear theres always japanese voice pack!
Tora and Gramps literraly made me play in english. can't handle these kind of voice and Tora english voice is FANTASTIC.
But all the rest was a little worst I guess lol. (Poppy is one of my favorite voices too).
IMO, it's nowhere near Xenoblade 1's.
He said he's 15 hours in and not into it. I doubt he can make it to that point
@Jake Foote, no I actually watched the whole video, and btw, he actually states that its just a surface level story, which implies that it isn't a deep story. My point was that, even though he is not reviewing the game, he did make a definitive statement about the story, that is pretty false due to not being far enough in. 15 hours in, he can make definitive statements about the speed of combat, but not the story. I just wanted to state that the story is deep, which this video does imply that it is not.
@Dickson, the only reason I am on the fence is that I actually played through the XC1 again, right before I got XC2. So, with it being fresh in my mind, it makes it harder to judge for me. I haven't played XCX for awhile, but I never felt that game was as good as XC1 (but it was different, and good in its own right). I do like the sidequests in XC2 more, as well as the game play. So far, I do like the story more, but I wish the rare blades (if you have them) could be factored into the story, but I can see why they didn't do that. I still need to finish the story to accurately pick which one I like best (chapter 7 now).
Dude if your still on Gormott after 15 Hours your doing something wrong. You did not play 15 Hours without at least going to the next location
Never mind saw he went to Uraya my bad
In other words: _"I'm a very childish human who's parents didn't raise well enough for me to be able to understand that the things that I like won't be liked by everyone and neither of us are terrible stupid people"_
Got it.
@@davecarsley8773 ah never mind you just spam any comment you see with this exact same message when someone says something bad, you should learn to follow what you preach
Dave Carsley in other words: _”I don’t have anything better to do than copy and paste the same meaningless drivel in order to make people feel bad about defending a game they like”_
Got it.
He is fighting morag at level 28/29 in mor adain at 4:32
well he refuses to review the game then reviews aspects of the game. ???
Channels like this are cringe but pushed me to find better pages with people who aren’t dumb and know what they’re talking about.
Should he not explain what turned him off? It's not like he isn't granting everyone else the fun if they have it with this game.
I think the title should've been "why I've been refusing to review-"
Exactly, you give a review ONCE YOUR DONE.
Not, ohh I cant play cause (insert baby crying noise).
Grow some ballssssss. This is Switch real GOTY 2017
it really needs more time. than 15 hours. it won't ever turn into a frantic button masher but you're gonna have so much to do and manage at once, that it won't feel slow by any means. initially i thought the same as you do. i gave it a chance. now i'm 157 hours in and can't get enough. it will be the first game where i purchase the season pass. it's ok though. not everyone always likes the same things... i don't really care a lot about mario and zelda. as funny as it sounds. i finished neither one. i mean they're cool. but didn't "capture" me like xenoblade did. everything's relative. lucky as we are, we can choose.... we got more games than we can ever play.
It isn't a button-masher because it's a strategy game. The battles are incredibly fast-paced and intense once you get all the mechanics down, but in the end it's a strategy game. This isn't something like Smash Bros where you win based on mashing the right button combos at the right time. You win by thinking far ahead in the battle and strategizing what moves to do next.
15 hours is plenty fanboy
I don't agree with you but I can respect your reasons
I can't. He didn't even FULLY play the game yet belittles the aspects he's seen so far. Nah. Issa L
Token Montoya - why fully play a game when you don't even like the beginning hours of it? no sense forcing yourself to do so at a possibly "maybe" you'll eventually like it. its because of this reason is why he doesn't do an actual review of the game.
Token Montoya yea but if you gotta spend 15 plus hours to even get to the fun mechanics of the game then I can fully understand why someone would drop it, rpgs are not for everyone it’s a time sink that we adults simply don’t have a whole lot of. I personally am loving the game but I like Xenoblade Chronicles x flow on combat better.
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Dysth Ymia well persona 5 is not that good in the beginning hours but it gets way better
" I don't need to use arts "
It was at this moment he knew,
He fucked up
Yea
😂😂😂 read this in Morgan Freeman's voice
I mean you don't early.
So much of the games combat mechanics are gated by story progress. When I picked it up (loved the original) I was pumped. After a few hours I was bored. I was forcing myself to play. Once they opened up orbs etc the combat started to become a lot of fun. I get why people put it down and never pick it up again because the reality is you shouldn't need to play for 20+ hours to get to the point it becomes enjoyable and they take the training wheels off. I have a finite amount of time in my life snd a finite amount of it I can spend gaming.
@@BoydTheMilkmanX exactly this.
Thanks for the honest opinion. Honesty is exactly what I want before I go and drop 60 hard-earned bucks on one of these games.
Well yea it's honesty, but from his perspective. Lol someone else that like the game could tell you it's a 10/10 and that would be honesty too.
Oh yes, I understand that. I obviously wouldn't base my buying decision on just one man's view of a game. I was simply saying that I want honest opinions. I want to know the good _and_ the bad before I buy. He pointed out specific things that _he_ didn't like about it. It gives me a better understanding of the mechanics of the game, and the _varying_ opinions of it. Many people do, in fact, think the game is a 10/10.
This game is one of the best games ever made his non review was horrible misrepresentation of this game
I love the game alot, it is my favorite switch game!!
Its not for anyone tho.
Dr. Duck you mean everyone
Matthew Shugg no no, he got it right.
yeah it's really good, have you played the first one, then u can understand the ending in this one :p
ok here is the thing with auto attacking, when the swing is about to land tap the left stick and it will hit and cancel the animation you hit way way faster and build up your arts incredibly fast this way (especially when you running 2x desserts in your pouch). Which you spam, and later can animation cancel those as well to spam into chains. This is the crux of combat and it's way way different than DE and X, once you get used to it, you either love it or hate it. And yes unfortunately it does take time to ramp up to fast and smooth, but personally I feel it has more depth than the other two.
Enel on youtube has a great video explaining the combat in depth which helped me learn and enjoy it a lot. Now I can see how combat being complex and not straight forward can be seen as bad, but for me it's part of what makes games more fun for me.
ok i know im very late but if anyone is watching this videos and are woried about the combat being slow its not its just that the tutorials are awful and id say that the majority of people who find the combat slow and boring this is the reason
1 the auto atack isnt for dealing damage:what you shoud be doing is - each auto attack has a 3 hit system with it doing more damage each hit after the first hit move this will reset the combo back to hit 1 the auto attack is for charching your arts you should only be using your 3rd auto attack for canceling into your art than canceling that art into the next and that into the next this will do way more damage than just auto attacking and using your arts when you get them
2 use pouch items you get like the 3rd best item (the narcepair jelly) at the begining of the game
you definatly should play this game with a guide because ingame information is awfull
I know you refuse to play this game, and I respect that.... but the way point system isnt messed up. All the ones you cant find the objective for are either collect quests or salvage quests. Aka: go to salvage points and collection points to find the items you need for the quests. Mechanical items are always salvage and everything else can be found at the shovel points.
Also I understand about the high level monsters thing, but it was part of Xenoblade 1 as well, and it is part of the exploration learning the monster's movement patterns and territories so you can pass them. Admittedly Territorial Rothbart is in the worst place because you need to be aware of where he is and how to avoid him. Many of your quests in gormott involve navigating past him. The next few Titans you go to tend to be much better, (besides one section of MorArdain where you gotta just run for your life because they're all level 80-- but I also cheese my way past that gate every time sooooo)
For the getting lost thing, I reccomend the skip travel button. It helps you with learning the major locations on the map. (Not that I think you'll pick this up after over a year, but still- hoping anyone else that may feel the same as you may take a chance by following this advice)
You cant win by auto attacking in boss battles though...unless youre crazy over leveled
TheDekuSeed Why have the other battles at all then, just fillers?
So you can peform successful blade combos and driver combos...
Dino Sword uraya aint full of pushovers, even at level 35 lv 22 enemies are hard to drop.
Well, he did say that some weaker enemies have longer HP, so sure auto-attack and it will take you longer rather than engaging with the battle system, switching blades, and using break, topple, launch smash combo. Well, he is still at chapter 2 and so it is understandable why this was a main concern of his. Would prefer if the X-Y-B attacks should have been the first to be unlocked in the affinity menu rather than the stat-boosting passives. Again, the game is not perfect.
Interesting, how long would you say it takes to kill the beasts he showed as an example in the video, when you know how to play? Seems like 5+ mins in the video which was very worrying since I figured it would be twice as fast tops, is it actually a lot faster?
If the game is so big you can't review it
I already know I won't have enough time to even finish it
I'd just waste my life on it and fail all my classes if I did lol
Thats true, he shouldve at least unlock all the battle system before making criticism.
Yeah if played it for 90 hours and I didn't studied for my final exams I should've bought it on holiday
Dude, I see you in like every channel’s comment section
Don't play it anyway. Xenoblade 2 is like playing Xenoblade Wii, but for some reason it got possessed by a demon called Xenoblade X.
thebahooplamaster 1 step ahead of you
Okay, I just started this game a couple of weeks ago and I'm right where you quit, around 15 hours in, and was ready to give this mess up. I think your video has convinced me to keep trying at least for another hour or two. The voices of some characters are terrible and repetitive, combat isn't very great, then that waypoint you mentioned after completing the Nia rescue in the ship... I roamed for over half an hour and couldn't find the way until I googled it. I shouldn't have to do that. To go with that, enemies of massively varied levels are randomly scattered about, so too often I either end up having 2 or more other enemies joining a fight I am in, overwhelming my party, or some huge level 80 thing stomps over and kills my group while I fight things near my level. Just seems like a LOT of bad game design choices, but maybe if I can get past this area I will pass that hump where it gets fun. I'm going to try anyway. 20 hours of suck could be worth over 100 hours of great fun.
Wow, I'm +40 hours into the game, and I'm just starting to see the reviews. So, I just noticed how many people got lost in Uraya to find the capital. In my case, I just saw a big area and thought "alright, time to explore". In that kind of person who likes to see every zone before even going to the main objective, so, finding the capital was just me casually exploring, finding it, and then turning back to see the places I didn't see. Now I see how many people is complaining how difficult is to get there, and . . . I definitely can see why. Since my main objective was wander around and not going to the main mission, I didn't notice the difficulty of finding the way there, while the rest of the people who did focused on that were completely lost, because of the verticality of the area, and the specific things to do in order to get there. One thing that I completely agree is that the voice acting is bad, and, I may angry a lot of people (I'm Hispanic, I talk both English and Spanish), but almost every japanese product that is dubbed in English sucks. I don't get how they do it, but 80% of the time it sounds embarrassing. I'm not saying there's not bad dubbing in Hispanic countries, because they are; nevertheless, at least they capture the emotion of the original voice acting without sounding ridiculous most of the time.
Running into that giant gorilla in this game that's level 81, I'm terrified of it, like I get that same feeling that I get in a horror game.
That’s the Territorial Rotbart, I’m playing xbc1 and I get that same feeling.
When I was younger when I was playing wow that stupid level 1000 giant thing I think in the beginning of the worgen section gave me PTSD
I love this game so much. But I appreciate your opinion.
"Why I REFUSE To Review Xenoblade Chronicles 2". Goes on to review it. Also, I know you say that you disliked the combat... but from every clip of gameplay in battles that you showed, it looked like you just sat there lol. Didn't move around much, use any arts, do any combos, or anything like that. Of course the battles/gameplay is going to be boring if you don't take full advantage of all the possibilities given to you. I assume the gameplay clips are yours. This literally is a review. You just don't give a "final score".
All I can say is, it clicks, and when it clicks it's incredible. The game takes commitment, but god is it worth it. The story is beautiful and I can't wait to play it again.
@@christopherjenkins1882Great shout. I stopped playing after the first couple of areas on my first go through too, but picked it back up months later on a friend's recommendation. I couldn't put it back down again. Not that it's a spoiler or anything, but I found once you get past Mor Ardain the pace starts picking up and the game really gets into its groove. Or at least it did for me. The combat is also much simpler than it looks at first. As soon as i found out i could chain attacks one after another by timing the button presses, it made things much smoother (yeh the game tells you this, but when you're first starting out you don't always pay full attention to the millions of text boxes you're bombarded with XD). Good luck.
Even though many people seem to like this game, I think I'm going to take your side and not buy it. To be honest it doesn't seem like my cup of tea as well.
your loss, because the series is great, and the expansion prequel is even better. he says he's in the minority with not liking it, so saying you aren't buying it off of one person's minority negative thoughts is completely idiotic.
Game is amazing though. If you like deep, complex and most of all addictive mechanics you will love it.
Just one quick question for you. Are you a fan of JRPGs if so please give some examples of games you've played. Basing wether to get a game from just a small video that tells straight up lies at times isn't exactly the best way to know if you'll like a game.
I liked this game a lot, and im not a fan of jrpg. But it's true that the Game is very slow, i got bored very quick until certain point that i just coulnt stop playing
@@alexpousson5237 I've played like half of Xenoblade 1 and most of XCX, and I'm on the fence, too. The mechanics worry me, and I'm very much not into the character design, I think the outfits look incredibly ugly.
Naw man. The story was surprisingly deep and emotional. You haven't played enough of it to have an opinion about it.
The auto attacking is a turn off though but it's the only game I can play with auto attacks.
I agree with everything else except the story comment.
Deep and emotional more like cringe and cliche.
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.. have you played the game??? or looked past chapter 3??? the game deals with serious elements that most games wouldn't even touch
PRAISE THINE MEME LORD i have finished it
the story is an insult to the original game. It's still good for a basic story to build a game upon, but it's nowhere near the masterpiece of the first one.
As much as I'm loving Xenoblade 2 right now, I have to agree with Sh4dy, nothing will ever compare to the original Xenoblade's story.
This my favorite Switch Game I got the hang of it after 10 hours into it, I’m now 185 hours in on chapter 10 hooked like a mf Game of the year imo
I finally got around to playing this one, and I loved it, but I agree with a lot of the issues you had.
I actually liked the voice acting a lot, and wish more JRPGs used a wider range of accents (this one having various UK, Australian, American accents). I really liked the voice acting in Xenoblade 1 and Ni no Kuni too, because of the use of UK accents.
The combat does start off really slow, and tutorial isn't as helpful as it could have been, which means the average player is less likely to approach combat optimally. I'm pretty sure Xenoblade 1 battles were considerably faster.
I think I was lost for a few hours at the exact same part you were. A lot of areas have a lot of vertical complexity compared to Xenoblade 1, but 2's map doesn't do a good job of reflecting that. I wish it was a little more like the 3D maps in the Metroid Prime series. Additionally, the map is segmented, and doesn't show the next segment until you walk up to it, so I found it tricky to figure out where each part connects.
It certainly did get much more engaging 20+ hours in, but I think Xenoblade 1 is much better at hooking the audience early on, and setting up enigmas at a better pace. I think Xenoblade 2 relies a little too much on its fan service and sexualised characters for engagement, but if you're not super into the waifus, then you might have a harder time caring about some of the plot threads at the beginning.
Not sure if I liked it as much as Xenoblade 1, but the blade system was pretty cool (though I wish you could open 10 core crystals at the same time), and the side missions were really addictive after a while.
I actually don't think I fully understood the blade combo part of the battle system, but I'm too stubborn to look online for a better explanation than what the game gave me. You can evidently complete it without fully understanding the combat system, but it must slow down the combat.
honestly fair, I played up to the Malos and Akhos fight (about 20 hours in), died a bunch, took a break from the game until my back log was slightly more manageable, came back WAS FORCED TO UNDERSTAND THE DEEPER MECHANICS and THEN I started having a lot of fun
He does know that certain skills actually help skip the waiting of auto attacks and also keeps chaining the arts with other other blades and pull off blade combos and finish it with an awesome chain attack.
Joseph Artsader he's in chapter 2. He doesn't know what those are. I'd like to see him auto attack to victory the entire game
That would be hilarious. Yeah Chapter 2 really sucked though even for me who loved the game.
reason why your fights are taking to long is you gotta time your attacks and do combos.... -.-; also the first 15 hours still pretty much tutorial how a lot of jrpgs do. game pretty gets good around 25-30.
Phillip Suarez no he said he CAN let it autoplay and still win early on. He clearly understood the timing aspect.
Shane Fullerton : No, he complained about it taking ages to kill things, the Auto attack kills was a different complaint.
He has clearly skipped reading the tutorial, possibly doesn't know he can level up arts & his characters to have instant Arts at the start of battle. He could use extra DPS on topple mods the set NPC to "Break" at start hit topple and burst damage for fast kills.
Phillip Suarez but smt is a jrpg and only like 2 hr tutorial lol
OTPulse exactly!
That excuse didn't work back when people were trying to defend Final Fantasy 13, and it's not going to work now. You absolutely should not need to wait 20+ hours for a game, even a JRPG, to start getting good.
Final Fantasy 7's tutorial lasted about 2 hours, up until after the start of the second reactor mission, and any mechanics added after that timeframe were described really quick in a pop-up box or two like when you gained a vehicle, or needed to catch/race a chocobo for the first time, or reached the world map. That game's mechanics were intuitive and refined, and it's "easy to use hard to master" materia system is part of why people hold it in such high esteem today.
Super Mario RPG on the SNES did it even better: It started by giving you a very easy dungeon for you to discover the basic stuff for yourself, then asked if you wanted a short tutorial on timed hits, then let you go. That game didn't treat you like you were stupid, and it didn't need to, because it's mechanics were simple enough to understand just by playing. That's not to say all the gameplay was simple though, as there were things you needed skill to use properly like the super jump or the geno whirl or getting the most out of group hug. Even out of battle, scenarios were designed to guide you toward discovering a certain mechanic without outright telling you about it. Show, don't tell.
This is because developers like Square and Nintendo (used to) know that most players hate to have their hands held. So instead of boring them to death with tutorials that seem way too much like you're reading the manual on how to replace the piston in a car engine, they made the mechanics intuitive and let you discover a lot of them for yourself. That's because if you discover something on your own, you're more likely to remember it and allows for self congratulations which lead to more enjoyment while playing.
That's not to say XC2 is a bad game, but a startling amount of modern games, including XC2, miss what made a lot of older ones so great: They were simple enough to get the hang of quickly, and complex enough to master hours later. If you have a 15 hour tutorial in your game that's not about actually programming the game, there was a failure somewhere along the line.
See Egoraptor's Sequelitis on Megaman vs Megaman X for a demonstration of the point I'm trying to make. Game designers actually email Arin to this day about how that video telling him how they appreciated him explaining something that's not immediately obvious from a developer's standpoint. Check it out, it's 20 minutes long but you get the point after 5 or so.
Monster Hunter for me. Its great game but i cant find my self playing it long enough to enjoy it.
Did you play with friends? I was the same way with the franchise initially and gave it a second go round with played with some friends that were knowledgeable with the game. They showed me the ropes along the way and made the game more approachable
@@xxJay2Freshxx i dont have friends that have switch and enthusiasts gamer, so no. And im more one player type so yeah thats sums it up.
And also im really sucks in playing monster hunter. I already tired beating the first boss! 😂