THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW *UNTIL* 21:15, at that point I HIGHLY RECOMMEND skipping to 25:00 to avoid ALL Spoilers. Okay? Got it? Cool. My Twitch - www.twitch.tv/beatemupswood // My Twitter - twitter.com/BeatemupsWood

"Total playtime of about 60 hours" Me, at 80 hours and who just arrived in Agniratha: "..."

You know when a game is good when the reviewer praises it without even mentioning its god-tier soundtrack.

When I think Xenoblade, I can only hear the victory line: "What bunch of jokers!" That never got old for me and actually emboldened me more with the other million subsequent enemy fights!

It’s crazy, I really enjoyed what I played of Xenoblade 2 but I couldn’t find out why it felt so off in combat. Then you nailed it: the auto attack interrupt when moving. I looooove the original and that alone would’ve made the sequel far more enjoyable. I’m so glad you love this game though, such a wonderful experience. Love the environments and soundtrack soooo much.

I hope we get Xenoblade Chronicles X on the Switch in the future.

This is literally my favorite game of all time, first on the wii and now on the switch

Wood: "I even cleared up a ton of the sidequests and had a total playtime of about 60 hours..." Me, sitting here at 115 hours, not even finished with mechonis core section...

"Fiora is my favourite Xenoblade waifu" Dude, Melia is RIGHT THERE

“Sadly, I could barely make it through 5 hours of this absolute awful...” Wood, Don’t scare me like that, I almost feared for your safety and well-being 🤣🤣

Imagine how fast the fans would've tracked down his I.P if he gave a bad review.

I also felt like Xenoblade2 combat was awkward and long until I finally understood how the chain attacks work with the elemental orbs thing, then suddenly the combat felt super rewarding, and like you could finish any battle real quick. It's too bad that the tutorials in that game are terrible and it took me more than half of the story until the combat finally clicked.

less than 5k to go for 1m!

This guy is one of the most entertaining video game reviewers on KZfaq.

Xenoblade 1 is literally a masterpiece on the entire medium. I really do hope monoliths next game reaches its high, cause I believe xenoblade, xenogears and the xenosaga trilogy are incredible works. Monolith has the ability to make games greater than the sum of their parts and i cant wait for their next one.

Love your stuff man, keep it up! Can always count on you and RGT to entertain and inform. You guys' videos come from the heart and that counts to me and so many others. Much love and keep doing you

I just beat the game. Oml its def a top 5 jrpg! Its unique and has a compelling story with relatable characters. I love that the characters are given to you on a nice spread so that by time you start to get “bored” you get another character. Pretty much every map is jaw dropping

I love how he cares about letting us know when the quality is low and when it’s high :)

Melia didn't deserve all this crap: The Remake

You don’t like Riki?!?!?!?!? YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!

Actually, cancelling auto attacks by moving around in XC2 can be exploited. The first attack in your auto attack chain often comes out relatively quickly compared to the ones that follow. By moving just a little bit after the first auto attack connects, you can increase your auto attack rate significantly, which both makes you more engaged (since now you're using inputs for your auto attacks) and since everything in combat builds off of your auto attacks, this speeds up everything in combat.

Remember the nostalgia of playing a really good Jrpg from the 90's/early 2000? I felt exactly the same thing playing Definitive edition as I played it for the first time. I was completely bluffed by the ending, it was amazing.

You keep calling Reyn, Reese..... that's one I haven't heard before.

That final boss encounter is how I felt at the end of Xenoblade X. I barely made it through the second phase and I felt that was one of the greatest achievements I've ever had but then when the third phase hit I got immediately wiped because I was underleveled. ah, the xenoblade experience

back when i played the original on the wii, one of the first phrases i read about it was "every game will be a little disappointing after this", and there's only one that has been the exception, it was the definitive edition, they perfected perfection.

3:42 Before we meet shulk, we first meet Dunban Me: *PTSD to the ign original xenoblade definitive review* (btw, not because he said it wrong, he said it normally)

At 19:50 "no repeating voice lines" . . . Ryen saying "what a bunch of jokers" for the hundredth time in a single battle...

Dude, that finale to the video. If you replay xeno 2 all the way to the end, I might subscribe. Great video!

I felt pretty similarly when replaying this game for the second (though never finished it originally) time especially when it came to doing quests which I mostly ignored originally. My one issue is that you didn’t mention Future Connected though I believe that deserves a whole separate video in the future. I also get you’re issues with the Sequal as the combat there is slow without having been through the majority of the game. Love what you do and I hope no one else down here in the comments goes overboard.

19:50 "no repeated voice lines" *spoilers* YOU'LL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!!

Pretty sure they patched the voice lines in xeno 2 to happen less - then in a dlc challenge map they added it back in and cranked it up even more as a meme

"Auto attacks aren't your main method of attacking" *SEVEN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT* ALSO RIKI IS UNIRONICALLY THE BEST CHARACTER HOW DARE YOU HE IS OP AND BEST BOY

19:18 I don’t want to start a shitstorm, especially considering this is 2’s combat i’m addressing here, not 1’s, but Wood isn’t even using the system correctly here. If course he isn’t killing it quickly; he’s using no specials, no blade combos, and no chain attacks!

So, I just played through this one. Man, it was good. I first played it on the 3ds. I dug it but I couldn't stick with it for some reason. This switch version just really did make it better and I beat it this time. Over 100 hours. I gotta say though, something about it made me appreciate Xenoblade 2 even more... In fact once I finished this one I jumped right back into Xenoblade 2 starting a new game and I feel like I'm loving that even more than I did the first time I played it. You and your damn complaints about Xenoblade 2... lol. The combat doesn't work how you think it works man. But hey, we all enjoy the things we enjoy.

I would like to see more of these dramatic in depth reviews from your channel.

“No repeating voice lines” You’ll pay for your insolence.

21 hours in this gem. Loving every minute. Its amazing.

On Xeno 2's auto attacks, it works that way so you take when you move, and when you attack into account when strategizing. The auto attacks increase in strength in a 1 2 3 pattern, so you should move only after the third hit when it's power resets. It also keeps a steady rhythm (123 pause 123), and if you cancel the auto attack with an art in sync with the tempo, you get bonus damage. You have to really think of when you're going to move to be most effective and decide wether you can wait for the art, or sacrifice damage because you need the art right now

I can’t believe it, Wood’s redemption arc, I’m so happy you love this game and even happier that you’re thinking about trying 2 again. If you ever do, stream it so chat can help you better understand the gameplay and all that

Gotta say, I didn't really look into this game because I thought it's just another JRPG game that I'm not really a fan of, but the way you explained through the mechanics really convinced me to buy this because it specifically doesn't have the things that I hate about JRPGs. That said, thank you for the review and the heads up on spoilers so people like me could still experience the game.

"i don't want to be punished for moving during an auto attack" not having this is actually a humongous nerf. you can stutter step cancel in Xeno2 to attack faster and build up meter. in xc1 this would have charged talent arts faster. I understand the line of thinking you had there, but I thought people should know that this is a common misunderstanding and it's actually a bad thing.

We all know that we will make beatemup complete xenoblade 2 eventualy XD right?

I highly recommend to change the button mapping: Dpad left ZL, Dpad right ZR Then you can move your character, camera and chose battle arts at the same time.

7:40 For XC2 the auto attack does that so you could do stuff like auto attack canceling and art canceling it’s not that bad once you learn it in fact it’s really useful

By the way Wood, Sharla's talent art is to manually cool off her rifle, which takes significantly less time than if you let it overheat. It's best to use it when you feel you don't need to worry about using her other arts.

In xenoblade 2 if u let the auto attack hit the enemy then tap the thumb stick to just barely move you can reset your attack animation and hit again sometimes faster than just standing there - by not attacking when moving you start to lose aggro so the enemy should stop targeting you allowing you to get to the side or behind the enemy more easily

Great little bit of editing with "you begin to realize just how deep the rabbit hole goes," set to Sharla's concerned back and forth stare :D

Can i just say that wood giving us a time stamp in every video to help us with spoilers and stuff is super appreciated from all of us, So thanks Wood :)

27:32 I dare you to finish it. See the ending.

"I would offer swap between using Shulk, Dunban, Reece and Sharla." Oh no. It's IGN all over again

Sooo close to 1 mil been here since 200k and gotta say you definitely deserve it

I think the reason the battles in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 can take so long is because of the combo system. Players will kill enemies much quicker if they fully understand the combat system, but it's not explained/demonstrated as well as it should be. They kind of just throw a bunch of fleeting text tutorials at you, and expect you to remember it. I don't think you can even go back to look at those tutorials either.

“A little disappointed..” *lighting torch* oh this don’t worry about this, please continue Woods.

Still stand by the fact that you needed to play more of xc2

“No repeating voice lines” ... “ I THINK A FLY BIT ME” “YOU’LL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE”

You finish this game and the feeling you get remains for a pretty long time. What, a, game

Yess. You should definitely give XC2 a proper second chance!!! If you loved this one and loved Torna, you'll love XC2 if you just get a bit further in the story than before. Don't worry; it won't take you 50-60 hours to get to the same part. It should be around 10 and the story gets VERY interesting. It's a great game and I hate that you're missing out on it!!

Finally I have been waiting for you to do this, XD but by the time you reviewed this I already finished it, great game.

Funnily enough, I was in the same situation when I first faced Zanza - except shulk was always a level higher than the others in my experience. So he could hit them but the others couldn't. Luckily, I was just close enough to leveling everyone else up that defeating his gaurds multiple times over leveled them up once and they could all actually hit and topple him

Thanks to your review on this, I'm gonna give this a shot. I was reluctant on buying this at first because I didn't enjoy the sequel for the exact reasons you mentioned on the video, but you got me sold on this one!

You know I've never played this, or Nino kuni, an for some reason i just realized that Nino kuni is animated by studio ghibli, so I think its a must play now.

Damn. So it wasn’t just me who got stuck when I had to fight the three headed telethia and have to actually think how to fight. Nice

I am slow playing the game for the first time, and I have to say this review is a fresh of breath air. It is detailed, obviously by someone who played it, fantastic examples of the good and the bad. This is a top tier review video and I encourage you to keep this style going forward for reviews of big games. I do love the list videos and the other whacky fun too, but this review is just so well done I had to compliment you, and this is from someone who also does video production so I know how hard it is to do something this excellent. TLDR: Slow clap for excellent production.

Seeing this type of review from you is very refreshing entertaining, would love some more reviews like this!

I still get goosebumps on this game.

While you CAN hit enemies with red tags, it is incredibly difficult and is reccomended to have certain gem setups like agility VI and Night Vision for jt

One of your best videos ever, I hope in the future that you will go as in depth with titles as you did with this one, truly an exceptional recount. Cheers!

19:23 you are supposed to build chains of element arts (for example you could have chosen Nia's Water art and then as third art a fire art from Pyra again) and they will do increasing damage. If you don't know how the battle system works, you shouldn't complain about fights taking too long :D Anyway, great review of Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. I loved the original and the Remaster is SO good 👌

XC2 while that was more of an infamous video for you, was the reason I found your channel and subscribed to it. XC1 was my favorite game of all time, so I had high hopes going into the 2nd one. But after beating the entire main story, I thought it was kinda okay. it felt like everyone only had high praise for the game and not many people found issues in the parts that I did with the game. So when I saw your review, I felt that my interest in games kinda aligned with yours and I was down to see more of your videos down the line. I'm really happy you enjoyed this game as much as you did, and I look forward to seeing more videos down the line!

"Early favorite of mine" "Dickson" *TRIGGERED* BRUH I WAS THE EXACT SAME WAY....

I just want to say, in your review of this game; because you have an accent... the way you say Monado is just so damn correct. It’s a truly cannon pronunciation. Lol! Dude, you rock and I couldn’t agree with you more. I loved Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and played a ton of it (and of course beat it) because I am a huge fan of the XBC universe... didn’t mind it at all but the game was somewhat slow in comparison to the original. I’m not sure if it felt like it had flaws just because of how perfect the original was... Xenoblade Chronicles is a legendary game after all. Its a tough game to compete with, not to mention make direct comparisons. I felt the Torna expansion held up a better torch to the original. The engine was upgraded alongside graphics, and the gameplay was a bit closer to the original with the lack of “blades” being under your control. XBC is such an incredible game that the Wii and 3DS versions are completely enjoyable, even up to today’s standards. The graphics are definitely dated in the non-HD version, but the art style is so unique and world design is near flawless that it made up for the dated graphics. Don’t even get me started on the storyline... has more twists and turns than many movies or television series out there. There’s a story arch around every corner to keep you consistently hooked. Now that it’s in HD, I think this game is literally top tier *perfect* in general. I haven’t made the leap to buy it yet, but I will soon and when that happens, I shall prepare myself to have absolutely NO LIFE. Lol. I sunk 120hrs into the original and am prepared to do the same if not more with the HD version soon. Thanks for the great review! Don’t worry about the last one... although you were pretty harsh on XBC2, I believe you were on point with your critiques. A little harsh, but it was your opinion - and it’s not to say that you weren’t right. You were very critical, but your opinions were definitely not baseless. I understood where you were coming from. I felt the same way but because I’m a super fan, I could look past the flaws and enjoy the game. Now that XBCHD is out... Holy moly. If anyone hasn’t ever played the game out there, it’s a MUST BUY. This will be one of the greatest JRPGs you will ever play. For real. 👍🏼

His videos are pure joy and I hope he never stops making them

This game story was one or the best storiesy i have ever seen. And I have seen alot. I'm glad they did an extension. I would hope they can keep going but it's hard. 10/10 story.

Yeah. I really struggled with the second one. The story characters and voice acting was sporadic even though it had some great moments, the first is easier to recommend

Yoo that ending 😱😱 I really hope you enjoy XBC2 alot of the stuff you liked in this game XBC2 also has :)

I have to congratulate you Wood for finding the games hidden hard mode. Using as AI Melia and using Sharla once Riki is unlocked makes battles much longer and harder. In all seriousness though I'm glad you enjoyed the game and maybe give Xenoblade 2 another try, it's combat system is tough but very rewarding once you learn how to do it

“No repeating voice lines” “Let’s not lose our heads though” -Reyn after every fight

Glad to see such a passionate review, great work! Xenoblade is truly unmatched and the remake gives it new life. XCX is great but the main story is unengaging. XC2 is superb, yet the artstyle change, slow walking in battle and more trope-like main cast was offputting. XC1 still stands tall, hope to see the fanbase grow on switch!

Kim's "Oh Face" at the end had to be epic, and I'm not kidding either.

I played & finished this on the new 3ds. Seeing how good this looks on switch makes me envy you so much. Great video

I’m starting to get the feeling that this guy kinda hates Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

This game is my favorite of all time, and I first played it 5 years ago on the 3ds. Sadly I won’t be able to play the definitive edition since I don’t have a switch :(

Just wanted to drop by again today and let you know once again your the best and my favorite Nintendo reviewer of game titles! Please never stop reviewing and never end your channel I need to know which games to buy lol when I heard about the Nintendo thing that happened It low key ruined my Nintendo switch experience a little bit but the fact your still continuing your channel I feel like tbh now nothings changed. I'm glad your still going and please again Never stop it will only get brighter from here!

I'm a new comer and now huge fan of the game after 60 hours! My biggest complaint I haven't seen mentioned is how much walking there is in the game. It could really have benefited from a run button or maybe even a vehicle of some sort

The fact that your waifu is Fiora... You're so cultured I applaud you ma dude

Was having a dilemma between borderlands and this game. Thanks for giving ur thoughts dude! Looks like il pick this one instead!!

Thanks so much for this! I've heard how great this game is, and I've been mustering the courage to plop down the cash for it. This was really helpful in that regard!

Finished my first playthrough a few days ago. At the end of Chapter 14, I enabled Casual Mode, since there was a bossfight which did not allow me to go back and grind. I forgot to turn it off and realized that I can skip a lot of grinding in the final Chapters, so I went to know the story better. With this, I finished the game in 47 hours (I know, there is a lot more left to discover) and with level 71/72 characters. Also, did you know that you can use Shutdown on enemies that stand near a pit and let gravity do it's job? This was my favorite discovery. :)

Need that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 review :)

Wood: No repeating voice lines. Shulk in every fight: I'm really feeling it lol

I just bought the game and a better hdmi cable thanks to you. I have been on the fence about this game for awhile and you really convinced me. I love the energy you have when you review games.

Great job dawg, I was a bit heated after your XC2 “review,” but I’ve moved past it and am looking forward to more content!

This guy is without question the best game reviewer on youtube. The balance between enthusiasm, personal preference, and conveying the mechanics of a game is so good. The whole arc of this review is excellent.

My opinion on autoattacking while moving differs, I found it extremely annoying when I’m trying to move, but my character keeps swinging at the enemy and keeps getting blocked so he barely moves. It gets frustrating for me when I’m trying to move to revive someone and I’m like “FOR FUCKS SAKES JUST MOVE STOP SWINGING AT HIM”

Everything you described on the battle mechanics, I have been able to do in XC2. I think your opinion of XC2 will remain coloured by your early judgement. That's cool, but don't expect to reference that game and not get slagged for it.

keep up the good work! your videos are lots of fun

I played XB2 first and took a month break halfway through, returned and beat the game. Then played XB1 every day even for 10 hours straight sometimes and beat the game without any long breaks

Honestly man I'm currently playing through this game and I absolutely love it, planning on getting xenoblade chronicles 2 after I finish this. Watching this video gave me chills honestly man good job. Love your vids.

I've had this ready to view since you posted it but.. Well I always save the best till last and it's 5am so nearly bed time so I'm now 2m30s in and I just wanna say I appreciate you Wood, and everything you do and how you do it. (I already bought this game having not played it before and I still haven't got to play it yet)

I've never played this series before - but this in-depth review is amazing!!! You should totally do more of these types of videos.