Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch

Platform:
Nintendo Switch
Release date:
2017-12-01
Genre:
Role-playing (RPG)
Score:
8.1
Publisher:
Nintendo of America Inc.
Developer:
Monolith Software, Inc.
Magnet

Game description

Alrest is a world composed of giant beasts, the Titans, who eternally roam a sea of clouds surrounding the World Tree. The people of this world live on the backs of the Titans alongside Blades, weaponized life forms who are awakened from crystals and bonded to their summoner until either dies. The protagonist of this game is a boy named Rex, who lives on the back of a Titan he calls Gramps and makes his living by salvaging ancient treasures that have sunk below the clouds. When a salvaging job goes awry, Rex finds himself bonded to Pyra, a legendary Blade called the Aegis. In return for saving his life, Rex promises Pyra to take her home to Elysium, a fabled promised land atop the World Tree. Not only does he want to honor Pyra's wishes, but Rex also hopes Elysium will provide a home to the people of Alrest as the Titans grow old and die. However, Pyra's power and place in Alrest's legends and history mean several factions hope to take control of her. Rex, Pyra, and their allies will have to face those who wish to steal her away, including a terrorist organization called Torna with particularly nefarious reasons for seeking the Aegis' power.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is an action RPG set in an open world. The player's party consists of Drivers, who can be directly controlled, and the summoned Blades that grant their Drivers weapons and powers. The active party can contain up to three Drivers at a time, who in turn may engage up to three active Blades. During combat, each Driver can have one active Blade at a time, but may switch to either of the others as needed. Each Blade has their own weapon type, element, role in battle, and each grants a specific stat bonus to their Driver. In turn, Drivers have stat distributions that make them more suited towards certain weapons and Blade roles. Therefore, the player is responsible for assigning Blades that have synergy with both their Driver's specialty and the elemental distribution of the party's other Blades. Both types of character have skill trees and may equip items to further develop their strengths.

Most Blades are randomly summoned from Core Crystals, which can be earned from quests, dropped from defeated enemies, or hidden within treasure chests. Others, such as Pyra, are bonded to a specific Driver over the course of the story and usually cannot be disengaged. Lastly, some Blades come from unique Core Crystals that can only be earned from sidequests. Randomly summoned Blades can either be weak, generic types, or rare ones with a unique appearance and developed personality. The latter group have better stats, more complex skill trees, and unique sidequests. All Blades may be sent on Mercenary Missions, which run in the background and allow disengaged Blades to develop their skill trees and bring back items for the party.

The world consists of both wilderness, where monsters roam, and towns that house shops and other facilities. While exploring, players may encounter points of interest such as obstacles or item gathering spots; any of the party's currently engaged Blades, whether or not their Driver is part of the trio of active battlers, can use their skills to interact with these points to alter the environment or increase the yield of items earned. As the player interacts with a Titan's inhabitants by buying from shops and completing sidequests, that Titan's level of development will increase. This translates to discounts in shops and new Mercenary Missions to undertake. Some of these missions open up trade agreements between the inhabitants of different Titans, which result in the development of new items to purchase.

Game files information

Torrent name:
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (USA, Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Rev 5)
Region:
USA
Files size:
15.3GiB
File list:
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Covers

Front Cover
Front Cover

Screenshots

Title screen.
An early game tutorial.
Battle scene against a miniboss of sorts. Here, as seen in the upper right corner, the party is in the middle of a combo move, but nobody has a Blade capable of completing it.
The party acquires new Blades by bonding with Core Crystals. Since the outcome is randomized, the game is saved beforehand.
This time, we ended up with a weak, generic Blade.
There are a limited number of rare Blades in the game, most of which can only be obtained as a random bonding result. They have unique designs and are more powerful than generic Blades.
Rare Blades also have unique sidequests, which explore their personalities and motivations.
A returning feature from past games, Heart-to-Hearts are optional conversations that strengthen bonds between party members and often provide new insights into their characters.
This menu shows the map. Major landmarks can be warped to at any time after the player discovers them, and markers for other points of interest can be enabled or disabled based on category.
Viewing details for a quest I have yet to complete.
Eventually the player will gain access to a different set of quests called mercenary missions, which run in the background and allow the party's Blades to work and grow stronger outside of battle.
Mòrag Ladair, Special Inquisitor of the Ardainian Empire, seeks to prevent Alrest's destruction at the hands of Pyra's fearsome power.
Obrona and Akhos are among those with less noble reasons for opposing the party.
The party can only have three active Drivers at a time. Once more members join, this menu can be used to select the active roster.
As in previous games, a skill point system is used to upgrade arts. Each character has four arts available per weapon type, but must choose only three to use.
Weapons, in turn, can be upgraded using Core Chips.
Both Blades and Drivers have a skill tree called the Affinity Chart. While Drivers upgrade their skills through a point system, Blades require various achievements to be completed.
Items such as food, board games, and cosmetics can be purchased and placed in a Driver's personal pouch. Each item lasts a certain amount of time and grants buffs in battle.
Rex can continue his salvaging career while traveling. The results are influenced by a quick time event.
Sometimes he brings back more than just treasure. The party will have to defeat the monster if they want that treasure chest.
A remarkable vista inside the Urayan Titan.