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Much to my chagrin after being a skeptic in the face of Xenoblade's hype simply because I had a hard time believing anything with that level of hype could actually meet it, this really is one of the best games in years. Top 5 of all time pretty easily, IMO. And really, everything I'd take over it isn't standalone, being part of a trilogy in one way or another, while Xenoblade doesn't need that. It somehow manages to pretty much successfully combine the best elements of JRPGs, WRPGs, and even MMORPGs to an extent. With the sheer ambition this game shoots for, I'd have thought it was doomed to failure, but somehow, against the odds, it succeeds.
Unless you just downright hate RPGs, Xenoblade is just so completely worth playing that you really should play it if you can. The setting is great, the gameplay is excellent, and the music is excellent as well.
I just finished the main plot up earlier but I'm going to go back and try and tackle some of the endgame/high-level sidequests (I just decided to go for the endgame so I could face the final part of the game at a level that wouldn't make everything trivial because battles in this game are just so fun.)
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My niece, on the other hand, has a Wii. Do you think a 9 year-old girl would like and/or appreciate it?
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As for your other question... probably not. But who can say!
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
Liberal Arts Major
girls, mirite
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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But then perhaps in a couple of years she'll pick it up and really appreciate how great it is!
Great game. More people need to buy and play it.
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"What the fuck is Alice doing in Wonderland anyway? Who the fuck told her she could leave the god damn kitchen in the first place?" -Random guy on Xbox Live
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I do feel like it's generally at its best when you're just screwing around in the massive world and that it takes a step down whenever you deal with the main plot, though. But I'm only like 25 hours in and the game is 100+ hours long, so take that with a grain of salt.
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"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
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Mega Sonic
Endut! Hoch Hech!
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SIEG ZEON, dood!