![]() The result is that this spurs you on to do better next time and learn what you did wrong. Thankfully, this isn’t too much of a penalty, as you normally respawn close to where you met your demise. This is because other enemies can join the fight depending on your location, so you often need to lure individual enemies away from a pack before engaging them.ĭespite the accessible and layered approach to combat and the upbeat anime visuals, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is not an easy game and you will die a lot. The result of all this is that the combat system feels closer to an MMO and forces you to be more aware of your surroundings. Each layer of these attacks adds more potency to what you can do and on top of that, you can switch between Blades to open up even more combat variety and options. Once filled you can initiate each extra attack, which in turn fills up a more powerful special attack. With each attack, you also fill up extra attacks. In that, while the game is not a direct input to action type of control, as in The Legend of Zelda, you start attacks on an enemy and these continue on their own. The combat while passive is quite involved. Unlike traditional turn-based strategy type encounters, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 opts for a more open-ended albeit passively tactical approach. Admittedly, the game is still eminently playable, so there aren’t any game breaking functionality issues caused by this schism in performance but it is something you will notice in a visual sense when you play the game.Īs for the game itself, it is fundamentally an action role-playing game of a sort and is very well done. ![]() That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part. This was something I thought would be a widespread issue with Switch games at launch but thus far it seems this overt performance discrepancy has been mercifully more limited. While the game looks and sounds great in docked mode, when your play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode it does take a very noticeable hit in performance. However, there is one caveat to all this sumptuous production quality. Personally, I prefer the original Japanese dialogue but your mileage may vary on that. The English dub is also surprisingly decent but there is a free Japanese language pack DLC if you are interested. This is because visually and aurally the game is masterfully done. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 also takes the same anime-inspired visuals and storytelling used in prior Xeno games and elevates that quite noticeably. ![]()
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