The funny thing about Gael’gar is that he DOES have a side quest involving him near the end of the game, but he just falls off the shoulder on his own terms. It’s stuff like this and Tyrea not being a party member that has me wishing FC had more time and resources.
@MaxMonado
12 күн бұрын
Yeah, I didn't mention it since I'm saving my longer rant on Gael'gar for another time but man there's so much wasted potential with him specifically.
@rhettmitchell
12 күн бұрын
Justice for Tyrea ✊🏼😫
@windwaker0rules
14 күн бұрын
I really wanted the Fog King to be important but its not even a good connection point to XC3 because he has nothing to do with Mobius or Origin or Alvis. The fact that it was a mutated human coming from the rift was such a crazy concept, we could've gotten some of the backstory of the humans that were with Klaus or who lived in the original XC2 world but its just some enemy. EDIT: oh and the telethia having some sense of consciousness referenced in the ending, nothing.
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Yeah, there's so much wasted potential with the Fog King alone...
@iishiir
14 күн бұрын
Well it was a signal for them to build origin and the worlds colliding right? And we already know about the creation of origin. And how would they do anything with moebius?
@Alban_Blade_Memer
14 күн бұрын
I still think he is connected to Alpha in some way because after Future redeemed there is no trace of it.
@oxin8753
14 күн бұрын
@@Alban_Blade_Memerthat was sadly never really explained. It's called "a symptom of an unstable world" and in future connected the fog king was a guldo from Alrests Morytha which transformed into the fog king but that's literally it. It's sort of similar to the black fog- these things are merely symptoms of the recombination of the worlds, there is no deeper explanation and why alpha seemingly controls them is even more of an enigma.
@Alban_Blade_Memer
14 күн бұрын
@@oxin8753 I'm pretty confident Alpha control them. Remember... when Na'el found Ontos core? Right after killing some fog beast. It's just to me too coincidental to not be true. Unless Takahashi invalid my theory for me Alpha control fog beast. I don't know for the black fog. It's seems to be natural to Aionios when Alpha is not.
@jl_510
14 күн бұрын
Fight scenes were so cool in this game especially the stuff melia does
@kingjonny394
14 күн бұрын
I love future connected, gets a lot of hate, most of it down to the ambiguous ending and lack of big bad villain, but after xenoblade 3 and future redeemed I look back on it and like what they did here even more tbh. Melia taking on a leadership role and her relationship with tyrea are the big focus of the story instead of a complex plot, as well as seeing the fallout of the world changing events of the main game, which is appropriate for an epilogue.
@mrp1234
14 күн бұрын
thank you. it is about the characters.
@Dalek-Dickson
14 күн бұрын
I remember playing this last month whilst in the ancient land of Wales and my favourite part was realising that the voice of Perfect Peter from Horrid Henry (Emma Tate) voiced Kino in this epilogue.
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Never heard of the show before, but always cool when you recognize voice actors!
@Dalek-Dickson
14 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado Its a UK thing. VA's like Emma Tate, Richard Ridings and Jenna Coleman are very popular over here.
@ThadFC
14 күн бұрын
i might be the only person who can say not only did FC live up to my expectations it far surpassed them exploring bionis shoulder after 10 years of knowing about it moved me emotionally in ways very few games ever had plus seeing more of my favorite xenoblade character was nice :3 also the side quests are awesome i'd go as far to say i think FC handled side quests the best out of any of the games they're small and never outstay their welcome and its rewarding to pay attention because they all connect to other quests (i wont spoil the really good examples here since i'm sure a bunch of people are probably gonna see it thanks to a certain LP currently happening)
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Happy you liked it so much! I also refrained from mentioning the last quest in case people are watching Emile's lp, but it's great seeing a certain other character return!
@cheyenneoliver5184
14 күн бұрын
I remember how I kept waiting and hoping to unlock Tyrea as playable, but alas. I thought she would've been a Fiora reskin (like how Kino and Nene were Sharla and Reyn respectively). Though, now that I think about it, with Melia and Shulk competing for the dps slot on the team, perhaps some sort of Fiora-Dunban combo would've been better, with her acting as an agility tank.
@MaxMonado
13 күн бұрын
Tbf Mecha Fiora was a kind of tank, Tyrea could have had a mix of Fiora and Mecha Fiora arts.
@cheyenneoliver5184
13 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado I'll be honest, I kinda completely forgot that Fiora could be played in literally any other way than agility-crit-machine
@EnigmaBarry
14 күн бұрын
While Future Connected is smaller in scope, it's amazing what it does that's rarely talked about. It does a fantastic job exploring it's main theme. "The Future is Connected to the Past". The future is built upon the past and that the future is merely the past returning in a different form. I think this philosophical concept from someone like Nietzsche or Jung. Anyway, The Telethia aren't destroyed and are key to defeating the Fog King and the rift. Tyrea reaccepts Yumea's Bionite Order teachings, and uses them in a new way to be the shadow to Melia's light. Tyrea even kept her Mask and used it as the key to unlock the transporter to Melia's room as opposed to scanning her face. Shulk could've designed the Monado REX to look like anything (Monado III, Miqol's Monados), but he designed it like Zanza's Monado because he accepts Zanza and his Monado are a part of his past. Gael'Gar is the antithesis to this. He rejects the past. He doesn't like the High Entia, thinks they deserve to be forgotten, and thinks they need to be erased. Nowadays people are obsessed with a blue light and a radio. While I've never played Xenosaga, I understand Future Connected has a reference. The fog beasts and using Monado Enchant with the High Ether Crystal is a nod to the Gnosis and Hilbert Waves with the Hilbert Effect. Gnosis can hit humans, humans can't hit Gnosis. Hilbert Effect allows humans to hit Gnosis. Fog Beasts can hit people. People can't hit fogbeasts. High Ether allows people to hit Fogbeasts. On the Xenoblade Chronicles subreddit, there's a thread called "Future Connected (to the past): a small analysis of Takahashi's words". It does a better job discussing this than I can.
@byronlyons3548
7 күн бұрын
Yeah, I feel like people are way too carried away with the Radio and the Blue Light for Redeemed, that they missed an overall theme of that story.
@24hr-Gaming
12 күн бұрын
I like Future Connected for how broken the Ponspecters are. That and them all following you os genuinely hilarious.
@MaxMonado
12 күн бұрын
The best part of FC is having 12 nopons following you in a line
@JustJulyo
14 күн бұрын
I actually liked the Noponspectors, like having Pikmin following you around
@softtaur4200
12 күн бұрын
The best part is it "forced" people to try learning how to play as Melia, because a lot of people skipped that in the base game.
@MaxMonado
12 күн бұрын
The sad thing is, I've seen many people just stick to Shulk, Nene and Kino.
@iaminokami381
10 күн бұрын
That´s IMO because Melia has the most interesting, but also most complex abilities compared to the rest of the cast, which forced you to read and think about what you do instead of just "click ability when ready". That and I imagine there some people who just don´t want to play a magician/ranged character, but want to slap baddies with weapons. So you´re left either learning/picking up a character you might end up not enjoying or give it to an AI that still struggles to use her effectively (which IMO did not improved much from XC1). Nah. Rather not waste that party slot and pick characters the game can handle. (I totally get the argument for lack of diversity in the party cast, but since my OG trio also was simply Shulk/Reyn/Sharla, I felt instantly at home and never had the struggle^^)
@ValToadstool
10 күн бұрын
Future Connected is comfort food to me. The way it expands on Xenoblade 1's world and characters is so natural and cool to see. There are some genuinely great moments and I like how it shows the events of the main story still impact the people of the world, and makes the appearance of Moebius more natural. It being smaller in scale compared to other Xenoblade campaigns allows it to tell a more focused, personal story which I adore. Kino and Nene are peak nopon and I like Tyrea a lot.
@MaxMonado
9 күн бұрын
That's a nice way to put it, FC is nice for fans of Xenoblade 1's universe/characters.
@TheJaredPunch
14 күн бұрын
Do I think FC is bad? Not necessarily. If the gameplay had some more variety and Kino and Nene weren’t just Reyn and Sharla copies then sure. Other than that, I thought the story was just fine, though I would add few twists like making Fiora and Tyrea as party members…
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Yeah, would have been great if we got any extra party members, Fiora would be cool choice!
@morkuswv
14 күн бұрын
Am I the only one who's attention is split between Max talking and vibing to the music? Just me?
@MaxMonado
10 күн бұрын
Happy you finally got to hear all the FC bangers.
@GeebzGBZ
14 күн бұрын
I think my only real complaints are that Gael'gar is a terrible antagonist that could've been done much better. Maybe turn him into a fog person for the themes of aelf destruction, etc, anything other than "I am captain racism for 0 reason." Then when it comes to Tyrea, she should have been playable, she would have been a perfect 2nd tank, perhaps having synergy with Melia specifically. All and all I think the game was great for what it needed to be, but nothing more, which is a shame, it could have been more. Same goes for the code that suggested a potentially playable new character in the base game, would have been cool. However DE only was made with "make it serve it's purpose" level quality, nothing really beyond that.
@MaxMonado
12 күн бұрын
Agreed with everything you said, FC is good for what it is, but there are so many missed opportunities.
@GeebzGBZ
12 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado Mhm yea. Missed opportunities /=/ a bad game, unlike hyperbolic online discourse may want you to believe, lol
@fernando98322
14 күн бұрын
Future Connected gets a lot of hate because people really expected another Torna "for free" 😂 The combat is different but I always viewed it as a more difficult version of the base game. Very enjoyable for what it is, a simple small epilogue that points toward the future of the franchise aka Xenoblade 3
@loftwingheropon2743
14 күн бұрын
Why do people treat it like a game? Its just a side adventure added to the remake not even a dlc. Going in i was expecting to explore a single cut area and a small story and i had a blast with it.
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Probably because they have Torna and FR to compare it to, but I agree, the game is more enjoyable if you treat it as an epilogue
@Max-rz8br
14 күн бұрын
People are probably treating it like a different game because it can be played on its own without being mechanically tied to the main game in any way (aside from some weapon skins and outfits).
@tree4487
14 күн бұрын
this video was reallt well timed; when i finished xenoblade DE i thought the ending was brilliant and well executed but when i started FC, there was no major hook for me to keep playing (this was also around the time xenoblade 3 came out). other than that, the setting and character growth seem very interesting so this makes me look forward to it [i also forgot that i skipped playing it lmao]
@MaxMonado
12 күн бұрын
Happy to hear that! I also recommend doing the 'Melancholy Tyrea' quest from the maingame if you hadn't already, it gives some context for FC.
@Bg2006
14 күн бұрын
I enjoyed it but for me one of the big problems really is the lack of party members if you enjoyed playing Riki, dunban or 7 you’re straight out of luck
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Exactly! Even one more party member would have helped so much (like Tryea!)
@mrp1234
14 күн бұрын
I think Future Connected is great (...looks at icon... I'm not biased...), this fandom just has an obsession with everything having to connect to the larger "Xeno series" and it doesn't, or didn't at the time. I might put it over Torna if I'm feeling spicy because Torna is crazy hyped but does very little for me. I do think Tyrea should have been playable and absolutely that one villain is the worst in the entire series lol. also I never noticed the funny "Fog King" thing before and now I can't unhear it
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Liking FC more than Torna is a wild take, but I respect it. And I'm always happy when I can ruin the Fog King name for others!
@Averagejon95
14 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonadoI loved all 3 dlc sequels. But let’s be honest with Torna what drove me away was the community thing. Why do I have to grind stuff I don’t really care for? Yes it was sad seeing what happened before the events of 2 (my favorite of the 3) but it didn’t hit me as hard
@mrp1234
14 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado I did enjoy it more. but objectively I have to say yeah Torna is better lol
@joshuacapron8358
9 күн бұрын
Finally, someone who agrees Torna is overrated (not necessarily bad, just overrated)
@mrp1234
8 күн бұрын
@@joshuacapron8358 yup. plot is very overrated and I didn't like any part of the gameplay more than 2 proper
@joshuacapron8358
9 күн бұрын
Alot of people forget that Future Connected, in addition to releasing alongside its paired game, was also fully packaged with every copy of Xenoblade DE, basically making it free. Torna and Future Redeemed were instead treated like actual DLCs that players had to purchase separately for an additional price in order to play. When considering those facts, and the fact that Future Connected's real purpose was just to implement the Bionis' Shoulder, and give Melia a proper conclusion to her character arc, its really not that bad all things considered. At least the game doesn't straight up gatekeep you from progressing its main quest until enough sidequests are completed multiple times like Torna does....
@joopvanhedel1372
13 күн бұрын
One of the problems I had with this expansion is that I haven't played the side quest of Melia's sister, which made me very confused, I didn't even know the side quest existed and I think I'm not the only one who has this side quest you haven't done. It's a side quest at the very end of the game which is a moment in the game where you want to see the end of the story so many people don't do side quests anymore and it's the only side quest with voice acting so many people know about it there is a special side quest. Xenoblade 1 has the most side quests in the series, but just not good ones
@MaxMonado
13 күн бұрын
Valid complaint and interesting point you bring up, XC1 has cool ideas for quests but in execution they're can be underwhelming.
@QwixLF
4 күн бұрын
The number of quests is super inflated due to a display limitation on the OG version. Every quest in the game has at max 4 objectives and several quests are just chained into each other or are "one or the other" choices that don't even give any rewards. If they were merged properly in the remake, XC1 would probably have less quests than the other games.
@Smausmetroid1986
14 күн бұрын
I played and first response was i loved it but it was pretty short, though i think fc is better then torna in a random way, that being the sidequest story lock. That killed my motivatins to play torna but it has a top 3 story for me.
@Smausmetroid1986
14 күн бұрын
Torna has a top 3 story i mean, fc is the worst, story wise.
@drakath5727
13 күн бұрын
For me the biggest gripe wasn't the story, but rather the gameplay itself. I don't know why they thought limiting us to Shulk, Melia, Reyn but worse and Sharla was a good idea. Seriously, if they just plopped Riki into the story, not only does he get to join in on those quiet moments but he would've rounded out the party incredibly well and would've made FC so much more tolerable.
@MaxMonado
13 күн бұрын
Same here, I would have been fine with any extra party member
@PikAdame
14 күн бұрын
I personally really liked FR the nopon système was both funny and cool and I loved Kino and Nene (I'm a big Nopon fan), it's a great BONUS CHAPTER ! I find it unfair to compare FR to the other DLC They clearly did NOT have the same idea. I agree some stuff could have been better (Tatira should have been payable) but FR still is a thing and also give a very heartwearming ending
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Agreed! It's great when you view it as an extra chapter, rather than expecting it to be like Torna or Future Redeemed.
@PikAdame
14 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado It's actually how both it have been made and should be treated. I really find that weird the community treat it like Torna. Heck It's not a prequel but an épilogue. It's really THAT différents
@pralenkaman8105
13 күн бұрын
Don't know if it's comnected, but I like that everytime chuggaaconroy does a let's play on a xenoblade game, the discussion around that game gets reignited He really is the heart of the xenoblade community in the west
@MaxMonado
10 күн бұрын
Chuggaaconroy was the main reason I started working on this video, he is the heart of our community like you said!
@Bonette_qtpi
14 күн бұрын
Omg i actually just remembered that I could not 100% future conected because alcamoth objects are bugged and you have less chance of completing the collectopedia...
@Smausmetroid1986
14 күн бұрын
Future connected*
@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
14 күн бұрын
I can say that future connected was... ok. Even with hindsight of future redeemed and xenoblade 3, a lot of ideas they tried to use for it just didn't work as they hoped. Galgar is such a one note villian most people almost completely forgot he existed, especially considering his ultimate battle was in a sidequest you can only find right before visiting alcamoth for the final time. The gem system while neat that you didn't have to craft still were missing several gems in the list and ultimately just seemed oxymoronic. The ponspectors should not have been a thing, they are cute but ultimately hinder melia from her as a protagonist, she's the bread of chain attack and your literally took away the ham. On the subject of nopon, as cute as addressing the one female in all of rikis family alongside oka in the original, kino and nene really do feel like a last minute inclusion to justify who was guarding fiora in the capsule. And finally, who THOUGHT it was a GOOD IDEA to give the fog king a 20 second long topple art that because topple resist is SO rare in future connected, basically means you have to BEAT him before he can use it. Oh and HE CAN SUMMON MORE ENEMIES, JUST LIKE MUTANT LAO. YAY
@iaminokami381
10 күн бұрын
"a lot of ideas they tried to use for it just didn't work as they hoped" Couldn´t have worded it better than that!
@Spichgio7750
14 күн бұрын
I think the story expansion is ok the story is perfectly fine I juts think they kinda cheaper out of game play like it’s juts the base game with no visions but it’s still fine
@lasatar6428
14 күн бұрын
How does nobody point out the biggest problem with the FC combat? The fact that they removed skill trees and skill links. Pretty much the most important part of the base game's party customisation. And seriously there was no reason to remove them, they could have just copied them over from base game and changed the ones related to visions or chain attacks. It made the gameplay unfun to the point that I started questioning: "Hang on, is this what people who call XB1's combat the worst in the series *think* the game is normally like?"
@asprinjuice8877
11 күн бұрын
"Worst game" and it's just a short epilogue focused around one character Tbh the only disappointment I felt was the fog beasts not amounting to anything at all and the fog king just not being anything particularly special or important, especially considering FR didn't really develop fogbeasts like I hoped for
@MaxMonado
10 күн бұрын
Exactly, the fogking was more a plot device to hint at Xenoblade 3 and sadly nothing more.
@channingpappe2876
5 күн бұрын
Question about 3. Do Rex and Shula recognize each other from 2?
@MaxMonado
5 күн бұрын
It's unknown, they meet eachother for the first time off-screen in Future Redeemed, long before the actual game begins. In 3 they also never acknowledge 2's challenge mode as far as I know. I think them meeting in 2 is not canon, but there is no way to prove or disprove it in 3.
@channingpappe2876
5 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado So, maybe not possible, but still very much plausible. If the developers planned that then that was smart thinking if you’re not allowed to directly confirm it. If it wasn’t planned then that’s a happy accident where it can safely go either way.
@joshuacapron8358
9 күн бұрын
"Future Connected is considered the worst title, purely because the standards for the series are just that high" Xenoblade X: "Am I a joke to you??" Me: Yes...yes you are.
@MaxMonado
8 күн бұрын
Nah Xenoblade X is good. You might not like it personally, but its combat and open world is great.
@joshuacapron8358
7 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado it was almost great for me, and I really wanted to like it at first. But it just got worse and worse as I continued playing, and now that I've beaten it, what little interesting or cool things it has are very overshadowed by everything I thought it did terribly. That's good that you had fun with it at least. You gotta teach everyone your secrets to enjoying that game one day.
@QwixLF
4 күн бұрын
Every other Xenoblade wishes it had the sheer jump height and lack of fall damage of X.
@frubam
10 күн бұрын
I don't care... Melia got her princess carry by the man she loved romantically and for that alone, FC was well worth the experience.
@MaxMonado
9 күн бұрын
Happy you liked it, have you ever seen Melia's last heart to heart with Sharla? It's about her moving on from her crush on Shulk.
@frubam
9 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado I have. But even though that was the case, I liked that they put that moment(the princess carry) in the DLC and allowed her to soak in the moment, even if it was fleeting. Also, I didn't say anything about the video, but it was well written, and I agree with your assessment =03. I never knew about the Tyrea portrait; would have been SO peak if she was playable... if only they'd given the DLC just a bit more time to bake...
@iaminokami381
10 күн бұрын
Huh ok, guess I´m in the minority? (Warning: a lot of personal opinion incoming! ^^) First of all: was FC good? Meh. It was decent. Yes, story-wise it was really odd at times as you mentioned, but not terrible. And to be fair, for me everything pales in comparison to XC1 :) The combat, while toned down a bit, was still fun and I actually loved finding and battling with the ponspectors. Sure, we had to surrender chain attacks for this, but honestly... for "just" an epilogue, I felt this was a fair trade and a neat idea to get some fresh air in the combat system. Speaking of: this is the first time ever I heard someone calling the XC1/FC combat system weak. I actually think it´s the best ever. And not just in the XC-universe, it´s my personal favourite in preety much all of RPG I´ve ever seen/played (alongside XCX, which did overall combat even better (esp with the option to combine arts/weapons), but I was not a fan of the Overclock-mechanic, so it evens out). And to throw out my last drops of imaginary symphathy: I actually dislike XC2. A LOT. Played it once, finished the story, never touched again. And even worse: I dropped Torna half-way through, altough this was for gameplay reasons, not story-wise (altough: story for me also wasn´t good enough to keep me pushing through, so...). I could easily write you a 10 page essay of my gripes with XC2 and it´s mechanics (DIN A4 pages, Arial, font size 12) and it baffles me even more that I seem to be the only one who thinks like that. So... I´m open for discussions?^^ Anyway: still liked the video and while I do not agree on every point you make, I can see your reasoning behind them. Cheers! (P.S.: All hail Riki, the best character in all of video games!)
@MaxMonado
10 күн бұрын
Xenoblade 1's combat is seen as the weakest within the Xenoblade community, which mostly consists out of hardcore fans that have the whole series to compare it to. I listed the main problems with Xenoblade 1 combat in the video: - It's always luck based if you can do more than 1 chain attack round. - You can't control whether or not your character auto attacks, at 7:45 I get revived and I immediately die again from spike damage, because I couldn't stop Shulk from auto attacking. - There's nothing to do while you're waiting for your arts to charge, in 2 you can spam auto attacks/use pouch items and in 3 you can cancel arts to speed it up. Xenoblade 1's combat works fine enough, but you'll see a lot of cracks if you play the game enough, especially once you get to the post-game. Disliking Xenoblade 2 is not uncommon... at all, just look up 'Xenoblade 2 bad' and I'm sure you can find at least one video you completly agree with. I'm curious though, what are the main things you dislike about it? What makes Xenoblade 1 combat better for you? Many Xenoblade 2 haters dislike the exact things that series veterans appreciate. Eg, standing still to auto attack seems stupid at first, but fans like it because it gives you a way to control when you're attacking.
@iaminokami381
10 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado Thanks for the reply! :D -While chain attacks are somewhat luck-based, you could influence the chance by party member affection and iirc some talents aswell, therefor I never felt that it was THAT much luck-dependant. -Especially in the later parts of the game (-> when you have spent your skill points), I always felt like the skills charged up fast enough to never have these big gaps. And in earlier parts combat rarely lasted that long to make it noticeable. -The auto-attack (AA) "problem": ironically I think XC2 did it worst, becuase I really loved the permanent AA from XC1 (to be fair: I never did a lot of XC1 postgame, so maybe I never encontered the problems you mention), in XC2 it hurts double, because you either stand still and deal damage, or move around, and since we could to both in XC, it just felt unsatisfying to always sacrificing one of both. That and that arts ONLY charged up by AA, meaning when you move, you sacrificed even more damage since it takes longer to regain your arts (compared to standing still)... tl;dr: I never felt the need to control when to (not) AA Follwoing is a short (and incomplete) summary of what I don´t like about XC2: - Combat felt way to static (bcs of the points mentioned above) -I felt like the balancing of you/your party´s lvl compared to enemies lvl was super off at many points (I had a lot of fights which, e.g. my party all lvl 50, enemy were 3x lvl 5, my party got wiped in like 15 secs), especially on boss battles that felt impossible if you were even 1 lvl below them -Maps were nice, but lacked real memorable discoveries/secret points (e.g. XC1: Sartorl swamp glowing at night, Valak monutain crystals at night... still tear up when I see them
@MaxMonado
10 күн бұрын
Interesting to hear, all valid complaints when it comes to 2. I can see how the combat is static, my experience is usually: position myself, use a string of 3 arts, use a special and reposition again. Never thought about how it can limit your movement, I was never that bothered by it. For the rest yeah, I agree with you on the areas. (Valak Mountain and Satorl Marsh are peak) The story has grown on me after a few years, but it does take a while, and I personally prefer 2's music but it's all preference. It's great to see that you love XC1 so much though! Xenoblade as a whole is basically my GOAT series, but the first one has a special place in my heart for introducing me to the series. Appreciate hearing your different perspective on 1 and 2, thanks for sharing! :D
@iaminokami381
10 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado And I´m glad I found someone (aside from my friends) I could talk about the XC series :) Thanks aswell!
@byronlyons3548
7 күн бұрын
@@iaminokami381 Yeah, gonna counter your points. -Chain attacks are still very much luck based, no matter how much you boosted it's RNG percentage to your favor. You still are liable to not have it continue beyond the first 2 or 3 rounds. Even more so when part of it is based on the tension. And the stability of each character's tension is about as stable as Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's frame rate, therefore unreliable. Not like XC2 or XC3's chain attacks, that has more guaranteed formula and set ups to continue more than 3 rounds. -Arts rarely charged up that fast enough, minus a few handful. Some were very very atrocious cooldowns, to something like 80 seconds. Most of that being Sharla's arts, making her even worser as a support or healer character. And if your fights are lasting that long, that isn't a UM, then there's probably something wrong with the combat. -It's not only the fact you could avoid spike damage by not attacking in XC2. But the other thing is that the auto attack is much much faster because of it, as there's zero cooldown for the next auto attack when you stop moving (especially by lightly wiggling or flicking the control stick). Where as in XC1 you have to wait for like a little over a second to have the auto attack swing again. The only way XC1's auto attack can ever be as fast, is through either haste gems or aura boosting that, which arguably would be a waste of either one when you could have those fitted to increase overall damage in the first place. Thus is why XC2's arts being recharged is the fastest, even more so when you make it even faster by timing of using arts as you hit an auto attack (which also does more damage when you do so). So at the beginning of the game, you are rarely without arts in XC2. So no, 1 did not do auto attack better than 2. Here's another thing that wasn't brought up, but is a big criticism against 1, is the overall layout for arts. Unlike 2, where it's a hotkey easy just simple button press to use an art, 1 has the slog of a scroll bar. It's not only slow by needing to scroll through it, just to select an art you want to use on it. But there's the problem of it needing the d-pad to use it, and considering where it is on a controller, you have to mostly stop moving anyways to do so, unless you want to do the crampy claw grip on the controller. Sure, you could customize your Switch controller to make that part easier, but the fact you have to do it at all in the first place should be a ding to it's default layout. Still can't change how long it takes to get certain arts out though, considering it takes time to move around the scroll bar. Will say, a lot of everything else you said is very opinionated that's missing the forest for the trees, lack of getting good, and or blinded by nostalgia. Such as saying Rex being OP, but here forgetting 1 did the same thing to Shulk, in not only just story, but gameplay as well. Lots of things where you aren't trying yourself to give the game a chance, rather than it being an actual fault to the game itself. It's like not giving Legend of Zelda Wind Waker a chance by not playing it, simply because of it's art style turned you off. Which is very childish. Around the same time, just because you've played it once, does not mean you understood it, which is very apparent seeing your comments. You can say my comment is rude, or what have you, all you want. At the end of the day, these are just the facts. And I can simply point these out, since I've played 1, more than once, as I have with 2. You already said you didn't play 2 more than the first time. So it's obvious who has a better understanding what does what, or what did things better. Therefore a better understanding of their own opinions.
@XBC3403
14 күн бұрын
its pretty bad. especially when compared to any other game in the series. there basically no reason to play it other than for curiosities sake or for the sake of playing through them all. The story doesn't progress the world in any significant way, the story doesn't do much to progress the characters in any drastic way that wasn't already done in the base game. The only purpose the story really has in any lasting regard is teasing the worlds coming together in Xenoblade 3. something 3 didn't really need any help with and if you come to the series or the game after 3 released, FC loses even that value. And even taken in a vacuum, pretty much everything FC tries to accomplish in its story is either rushed, redundant, undone, or left very ambiguous. Combat is nothing but a steep downgrade from the base game, only ever taking away aspects away. such as removing skill trees and affinity charts, restricting a party to just 4 styles from the base game, removing visions, removing chain attacks for the ponspecter system that doesn't have near the same level of strategy provided while doubling down on the random aspect of it. Exploration is probably the aspect that was affected the least, but not always to its benefit. there are a decent amount to explore on the shoulder and it is pretty cool, but it also retains many big stretches of little or nothing to find or do. Alcomoth's map had rotated, but they didn't rotate the spawn points for collectables heavily limiting where you could find them.
@mariah6607
7 күн бұрын
I def think it's the weakest out of all 6 parts of xeno 1-3 and their respective extra storys but it was still enjoyable to me and I don't think it was a waste of time to play fc is probably the game I'm least likely to replay.
@MaxMonado
7 күн бұрын
Agreed, good in its own right but I prefer the rest.
@blu3g
14 күн бұрын
I don't utterly hate this game, but this is definitely my least favorite xenoblade title. But I have to give it credit for having a cutscene where Prologue B and Unfinished Business play back to back
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
I popped off when Unfinished battle played again
@KumasheBear
11 күн бұрын
My issue with future connected is that everything felt too cutesy with the ponspectors and new nopon playable characters who are just reskinned Reyn and Sharla. I'd rather they further explore characters like Sharla and Reyn, who could be argued to have fallen a little on the wayside in the main game. I don't 'hate' Kino and Nene but I don't like them either, they better serve for character development for Riki. Then there's the lack of playable Tyrea, which is such a wasted opportunity. You could've made her play just like Seven given they based the new nopon off of previous playable characters. While I like Melia and Shulk, the lack of any of the other party members from base xc1 really hurt it for me. No Dunban is an instant negative in my eyes. I'm sure my biases are why I don't like it that much but I can not bring myself to go back to it. No chain attacks? No visions? One of the party members is based on a character with already TERRIBLE a.i controls so unless you play as Melia, have fun with two terrible a.i party members in your team. Gae'gar. He exists. Not to mention they don't really explore how the machina feel regarding the destruction of their ENTIRE HOMELAND??? I really can't find much to enjoy outside Melia and Tyrea's bonding.
@MaxMonado
11 күн бұрын
All valid complaints, lots of missed oppertunities in FC but yeah I also would have preffered more returning characters instead of the nopon.
@ShurikanBlade
12 күн бұрын
The dragon boss was AWFUL BRUH I HATED IT
@MaxMonado
11 күн бұрын
Nah man, it having an unblockable attack that hits everyone and gives them burn damage afterwards is good game design!
@ShurikanBlade
11 күн бұрын
@@MaxMonado I had to do the most absurd strategy just to beat him. Whenever I died on my way back to him I'd aggro as many spiders as I could to start building my ponspecter gauge then when he started to do that attack I'd use the ponspectors to daze him. It took me like hours (cuz I like fighting them underleveled)
@MaxMonado
11 күн бұрын
I used my ponspector strike during his fire breath so I healed to cure the burn and got an extra chance afterwards. You can see glimpses of that fight in the video but man that fight took me ages as well
@Bonette_qtpi
14 күн бұрын
Uff I have do many opinions on this game. I hate! That we got nene and kino, insted of tyrea as healer damage and Fiora as tank. On xenoblade 1 it looked like they wanted to make fiora and melia best friends but didnt have enough time.... Plus most casual play you already played most of the time as Sharla and Rein....
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
Yeah, would have loved to have Fiora and Tyrea
@T101G
14 күн бұрын
I think almost everyone agrees this is the "worst" Xenoblade game, but nobody ever said that means its a bad game. Like you said in the beginning, its just that the standards are set so high with the other games.
@joshuacapron8358
9 күн бұрын
I would say Xenoblade X is the worst in the series, but I'm guessing people want to forget about its existence, hence why its not brought up here very much.
@T101G
9 күн бұрын
@@joshuacapron8358 I haven't played X, so I wasn't including it. Not really fair to rate a game I haven't played.
@joshuacapron8358
8 күн бұрын
@@T101G fair enough. Consider yourself lucky...
@xord5293
14 күн бұрын
I was disappointed. It was rushed, and the story does not really mean anything. Why is the Shoulder still floating, when all of the Bionis fell? Is it because they already had the 3D assets for the Shoulder? Not a good story driven reason, especially after the devs confirmed a few years ago that the Shoulder had no ties to the story and was only made as a testing environment. Why can’t I explore a Bionis that is scattered on the ocean, just like how the Fallen Arm happened? It would take too much effort to create? Why can’t we explore Melia and Tyrea’s stories to carry the High Entia Bloodline further? Heck… why can’t I play as Tyrea? Why not have Skill Trees between Melia and Tyrea complement each other to symbolize their working together? Tyrea could have been a Physical attacker alongside Melia’s Ether… Just… so many missed opportunities. I did not like this one, and pretend it just never happened.
@TheLaughingMan313
10 күн бұрын
Worst of Xenoblade? Yes. Still good? Very.
@MaxMonado
9 күн бұрын
Agreed!
@Krizzah47
8 күн бұрын
worst addon ever - and the story is also the weakest
@anonanon69
14 күн бұрын
it didnt have melia feet pics 😡😡😡😡
@Dalek-Dickson
14 күн бұрын
What the-
@MaxMonado
14 күн бұрын
HUH?
@Smausmetroid1986
14 күн бұрын
Man if your gonna say something wild like that please do it for another xeno character.
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