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Warning: Some light spoilers ahead but nothing story-centric. Ahh, Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I've already written how I've had some trouble getting started. At this point in time, I am about 34 hours into the game - although that is a bit of a guesstimate because the "docked mode save timer bug" struck me bad, adding insult …
Continue reading Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – 34 Hours and 134 More Questions
It's not a secret that games like Xenoblade Chronicles are of the "slow-burn" variety. That is, really getting into the meat of the game and getting to an established point where the game lets you take over can sometimes take many hours. More hours than a lot of games are from start to finish, that …
Yesterday I had a conversation with my co-worker and fellow Nintendo-everything fanatic, and he explained to me that he wasn't interested in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 because he had never played previous installments in the series before. I explained to him that none of the Xenoblade games are connected, and spoke more about my experiences playing …
Continue reading Why You Should Buy Xenoblade Chronicles 2 This Friday
In this day of pre-order bonuses and looking forward to games months before release, it's relatively simple to set yourself up for practically the whole year, all at one time. I was looking ahead into my gaming plans, and I thought, "I have so many games pre-ordered for the next year, that if I made …
Continue reading Planning out the Entire Year of Gaming 2017
I'm a little over-the-top excited right now, so bear that in mind. I've also had 19 quarts of coffee today so exaggerations are bound to happen. Anyway! As Nintendo's E3 presentation is the one that affects me the most, I had to watch this one live. And boy, I'm sure glad I did. I would …
I did it. I finally freaken did it. I beat Xenoblade Chronicles. And what a journey it was. I was telling some of my friends about my finishing of this game, not sure if any of them had ever played it or even heard of it, and I probably sounded like someone who had just graduated …
Continue reading Closing the Story on Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
Hey, I haven't posted one of these monthly updates in a while! Around the time last year when I was wrapping up Dark Cloud 2, I had plans to grab Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD and finally play and finish it. I had some fond memories of playing parts of it on Playstation 2 back …
Continue reading No, THIS is the Year I’ll Finally Play Final Fantasy X / January Update
