Some side missions are given by various NPCs around the world, while a large number can be obtained from what is essentially a bulletin board of jobs, giving the player item fetching and monster slaying quests. There are Affinity quests and side quests that are narrative driven, expanding upon the playable characters as well as the inhabitants of New LA, itself. The world is really breathtaking, and pushes the Wii U hardware to its limit. While there only being 12 missions would make some think that Xenoblade X is light on content, those who jump to such an assumption would be extremely wrong. There is a myriad of things to do in each location on the map of Xenoblade X: Hidden caves are plentiful, resources that the player can collect dot the map, and side quests so plentiful you’ll be wondering how you can possible finish them all. The game will continually remind the player that Mira is a big place- even showcasing some incredibly large monsters during the prologue. While the story does have its developments, it’s very clear that exploration is the major focus of Xenoblade Chronicles X. At least, that’s how the plot begins- it’s a JRPG, after all, and an ever-expanding story is one of the many marks of the genre. As you’ve probably already figured out, the other stasis pods from the White Whale become this game’s driving force: The remaining human survivors have to find the pods before the voracious wildlife do and devour the occupants. Shortly thereafter, you’re escorted to the last bastion of humanity, New LA, and prompted to join the illustrious organization of BLADE. You are rescued by Elma, one of eighteen recruitable characters, as you were in stasis as the White Whale crashed. I know we are heroes and all, but shouldn’t we be running away from this thing? Thankfully, the player character whom you customize yourself is among the survivors of the destroyed planet, otherwise this would have been one extremely short game. At least one of the ships, the White Whale, does survive, however, though it is attacked and force to crash onto an uncivilized alien planet of Mira. Arks, huge spacecrafts capable of transporting a large number of the human race, are attacked as they try to leave earth’s atmosphere. The story of Xenoblade Chronicles X begins with the earth being destroyed, caught in the crossfire of two warring alien races. I’m not giving everything away in the first paragraph, you know.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is another space opera-inspired Japanese RPG, but it vastly differs from its predecessors in wide variety of ways- does X crash and burn like the wreckage of a spaceship, or is it a revolution in JRPG design? Well, you’ll have to read further to find out. The developer, Monolith Soft, has a long and storied history with developing a wide variety of excellent RPG combat and exploration systems, their latest title being no different.
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X SIGHTSEEING SERIES
Xenoblade Chronicles X is the latest entry in a series that has loosely connected chapters, at best, due to its developer having changed publishers multiple times since the PSOne days of Xenogears.
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