
The story is really good and perfectly paced. You'll actually want to explore each zone to make sure you maximize small gains to your loot. Everything about the game design is so well considered and tightly integrated.

Your decisions when leveling and outfitting your characters actually matter. What in God's name do people even see in a game like Xenoblade This game is so well crafted. He has made a masterpiece that outclasses anything that has come out in the last decade. They have all been beaten by this indie game created by only one man. Honestly, square enix should be embarrassed. If things get too heated, you can also lower the enemy stats and aggression. You can always see your enemies on the map and you can always flee from every battle. The game can be a little challenging sometimes but it's fair and each fight can be fought all in because your HP and TP are restored after each fight.

The game starts off linear and story focused but seriously opens up halfway, bringing you tons of opportunity to explore, do side quests or recruit new character. Everything controls so fluidly and you're constantly rewarded for exploring the map through the awesome reward board. Movement overall is a joy with your party members literally flying over the map. The sky armors are a total blast in battle and to control because of the verticality and versatility they bring. I absolutely loved how you need to be managing the overdrive meter and switching out characters on the fly made things more dynamic. The battle system is a mix of familiar and new mechanics. The music is fantastic, some of the best that you've heard in a RPG in quite a while. The story and writing are absolutely excellent. It takes the best of these games and even manages to build upon their greatness. Chained echoes is a an homage to especially Chrono trigger and FF6. The music is fantastic, some of the best that you've heard in a RPG in quite a The perfect JRPG If you like RPG games from the 16 bit era then i promise you that this is a dream come true.

The perfect JRPG If you like RPG games from the 16 bit era then i promise you that this is a dream come true.
