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The Wii that came out in 2006 was a huge success for its time of its release. The idea of motion controls interested people enough to get the system. However, in recent years, gamers begin to lost interest due to its focus on casual games instead of other games people are interested in that are on other consoles. As the Wii’s final months come by before the next consoles comes out. A few games come out and this is one of them. This is “Xenoblade Chronicles” came out in Japan in June 10, 2010 and recently came out in the States in April 6th.
The plot is about in the endless ocean where two titans like gods who fought in an endless battle until their final blows end both. As eons pass, on one of the bodies called Bionis, life begins as people called the Homs live there with tons of creatures and environments. On the other called the Mechonis, the environment is more advanced and machine like things call the Mechon attack the places that Homs made. The only weapon able to destroy the mechon is a sword called the Monado that has mysterious power like the ability to see visions of the future. The Bionis once welded it during its endless battle. In Colony 9, our hero Shulk and his friend Reyn leaves the colony with the Monado to get revenge on the Mechon for killing a childhood friend during an invasion.
The game play focuses on the exploring aspect. The environment this world gives is huge and each time you find something for exploring. You get rewards like XP and experience points each landmark you found. Once you find landmarks, you can skip to one place to another landmark to back track. The battle system is a real time action type system where you can move around and attack. You can also use art like magic to help you. Once you increase the team gauge to full, you can team up attacks to help you defeat enemies. Another aspect is you can see visions before it happen if a teammate is about to die, you can do action to change the outcome. Like in RPG’s you can do some side quests to get money and experience points. Lastly, there is an affinity system where you can increase the relationship between you and your teammates by being battles or you giving gifts with one of your teammate. By doing this, you can see character which shows more of the character you’re with.
Recently, this game been called one of the best Japanese role-playing games of this generation and I see why. I really like the concept of the story. I love the idea of you being on this fallen god with countless environments. The story is well done with believable characters with twist and turns to keeping you interested. While I don’t usually talk about the visuals most in my game reviews, I’m not going to lie that the locations are gorgeous. The locations are well done to the point that it makes you compels to explore the whole area. I enjoy the battle system and it’s engaging to get into with a good challenge. The music is also pretty good with the mix of composers they got for this. The only issues people might have is the voice acting some may not like while I don’t mind myself. Lastly, the battle system may not be for anyone since it takes elements from MMORPG’s and it’s abit familiar to Final Fantasy XII.
Overall “Xenoblade Chronicles is surprising really good with believable characters, good story, music, gameplay, gorgeous locations, and a great concept. I highly recommend this to anyone with a Wii and definitely RPG fans.
9/10
