u/Phoenix_shade1

Played on Hard difficulty from the get go. Managed to defeat most bosses in one try including the final bosses and even the first Kunai fight.

Combat had a lot to choose from in the skill tree but at the end of they day it was helm split on most regular and elites repeatedly until you win and during all bosses it was a matter of dumping all your bolts and arrows before going anywhere near the Nushi. The second Kunai fight at the end I barely broke a sweat…even in Hard mode.

Music was OK but there was not enough variety. It got tiresome hearing the same track over and over again.

Can’t swim in a game developed in 2026? Why?

Hair traversal was fun and a cool unique idea.

Some people said there wasn’t enough enemy variety…. This is false. There was plenty of different enemy types. Bosses on the other hand were mostly fought at least twice and many had very similar movesets.

Too many skills to chose from and equip. Less would have been more. It was a bit overwhelming.

I maxed out the Cleanse walker abilities pretty quickly which made collecting skulls essentially a waste of time for most of the game.

Cooking mechanic was neat but they went overboard with the number of options lol.

Too many weapons and armor choices were too similar. At least give us the special attributes from the get go and not only after parrying… would have made the game much funner.

Armor sets should have given costume changes. The only costume changes that were offered were lame. Ooooh “No hat Emma!” For a game that pulled so much from Stellar Blade this was a swing and a miss.

Maps were surprisingly large and not boring to explore honestly.

The game was way longer than I expected which was a bonus but the pacing was brutal at times.

Kagura was annoying and most of her cutscenes were pointless and added nothing to the story.

I grew irritated at how slowly Emma, Kagura and Brad spoke.

Kunai up and turning her back on you out of nowhere felt cheap and a cop out.

Not getting a final level in Shambala was very disappointing. Did they explain why looking at it resulted in death?

The Administrator was very lame as the Antagonist. You don’t even get to fight him.

The story overall felt creative and picked up the pace near the end but much of the game was repetitive. “Oh neat I had to find 30 keepers that all answer one similar question and then peace out.”

Graphics felt good and they did some neat stuff with the Blight early on but then sort of didn’t try much with it after the first couple levels.

Fish were way too sparse. Was there even anything else you could put in the incubator except for chickens?

Fast travel was generous but got ridiculous near the end with a campsite every 5 seconds lol.

They kind of tried to puzzle it up with the oil jars but ultimately they fell well short of the mark with exploration puzzles. There was a lot of wasted potential with exploration. For example the apartment buildings were impressive in size and scope but were mostly empty.

The economy in the game was meh. The merchant was a poor man’s Resident Evil 4 clone and the stuff you could buy or sell was meh.

I still have NG+ to do so I can platinum but even with the so called increased difficulty I expect to steamroll it easily.

Overall a decent game but fell well short of expectations and honestly a good try from the Pokemon company for a new IP but it’s not going to win any awards. One of the most disappointing games I’ve played this year right next to The Adventures of Elliot and a step below Crimson Desert. I felt it was a bit overpriced for what it was but I’m not mad about it.

Light 7/10.

What a game.

Played from start to finish on Hard and had a blast the whole time. My favorite of the three so far.

I didn’t mind the final boss but I went in level 84. I could see why people would be upset if they lost that fight and had to sit through all of the again.

Best fight mechanics, awesome music, great characters. Hard to find much fault honestly though I hope they get the accessory and money systems figured out someday. I basically never bothered to buy anything and rarely paid attention to said accessories. They finally cracked collectables though which I liked and side quests were mostly fine (except for one involving potatoes….)

I haven’t played Xenoblade X yet but my plate is full so I’ll be starting Future Redeemed next and chip away at that while possible streaming Beast if Reincarnation as well. Always more worlds to save.

Special shoutout to Poppi at the end!

I really hope I live long enough in this world to see Nintendo acquire Xenosaga and remake those games. Fingers crossed.

I do what I can, for the people.

This is achievement number 52.

Just got to the end of Chapter 6 and I was like…. No way it can’t be the same person… is it?

Now this just keeps getting more interesting!!

Can’t say enough awesome things about this game.
How did it not win GOTY that year?

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Just starting this run and looking to get advice from those that have done it already.

I understand that if I ever die if I don’t crash the game quickly the run ends as you always appear in an Underlab.

I quit to main menu in a room with save tile and when I reloaded my mouse shot up on the geyser as if she was in the underlab. Does this ruin the run?

How do you respawn enemies so you can grind levels and stuff?

How do you respawn candles?

I understand getting the fishing rod early can help you randomly collect healing vials.

I think those are my main questions for now.

Cheers.

Welp I thought I had it figured out. My plan was to get two trinkets, an extra pouch and that’s all. After maxing my attack and defence things were looking good and then I did some math and thought I could also buy a spark and then the green cloak. That plus the train ticket put me at a total of +7 items. I sold 10 before the final boss and figured that would do it. I was wrong.

I ended up at 0%.

Fortunately I made a backup save before I purchased the spark but now I have only 1 generator. Overall it took me 4 more hours to get to the end so I’m going to pick it up again tomorrow but man, so disappointing.

Do not buy the spark and cloak if you intend on using trinkets.

Take heed 😪

Oh and I disabled auto updates because they apparently took away my go to combo of beckoning collar and dead leaf / joule syringe today as I was playing. Luckily somebody tuned into my stream and warned me!

I’m sure this comes up all the time for newbies but Moebius B is absolutely steam rolling me. I got like 5% off his health bar before wiping. And I’m 2 levels higher.

What the heck?

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At the start of every fight she throws half her HP off a cliff and is a huge liability. Please tell me I can shut that ability off somehow.