Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a Masterpiece | Spoiler-Free Video Essay

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3, tying together the futures depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has finally arrived as the culmination to this trilogy but did it deliver? Get all of my thoughts on this RPG Nintendo Switch masterpiece and my Game of the Year 2022!
My Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Playthrough Playlist: • Xenoblade Chronicles 3...
0:00 | Introduction
2:44 | Premise
4:41 | World Design
9:22 | Characters
11:00 | Soundtrack
14:44 | Voice Acting
15:35 | Graphics
19:45 | Combat
28:18 | Gameplay
34:52 | Conclusion
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@ActualAero Жыл бұрын

How do you feel about Xenoblade Chronicles 3?

@damndanielcruz6754 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Lloydproductions4171 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s amazing

@CritsVG Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the game. After nearly 170 hours I STILL haven't done everything on my first playthrough and can only say that it exceeded almost every single one of my expectations. Can't wait to see what the DLC story has in store for us.

@CritsVG Жыл бұрын

Quick heads up @Aero : Someone is in your comments pretending to be you telling people to text them!

@illidion6 Жыл бұрын

Love and sadness in the same time. Love cuz story, music, gameplay... Charming feelings then you are in the game. Sadness cuz no endless now anymore, game passed, but... i just need more of this story. Even 160hrs is not enough!

@nishquikpops Жыл бұрын

My feelings on this game have only grown stronger over the months following me beating the game. Easily my game of the year. No other game this year has everything I look for in a game: quality gameplay, gripping story, enchanting music, beautiful world design and presentation. People shouldn't sleep on this one. Thanks for all the coverage leading up to release and your streams were fun to watch too!

@Hohlopidor Жыл бұрын

Mh sunbreak better

@slaymakerprime 6 ай бұрын

This is the strongest XBC; and it only grows stronger if you played the first two, yet it doesn't require that you have. A true masterpiece among masterpieces.

@CurrieG16 Жыл бұрын

Tbh i think a huge reason people didn't like the soundtrack as much was because people didn't really hear the night themes (when you fast travelled it set your time and by default it would set it to morning) Anyways I do like this game a lot and this video is pretty cool, criminally underrated in fact, should've had 5k views so far smh, you worked so hard on this and I can really tell. Especially with you using the XC3 UI thingy for the video chapter names and all and the script too Also Ethel

@machodgdon Жыл бұрын

I just beat the game like 2 weeks ago and I already wanna play it again. That’s how you know it’s Game of the Year

@rushpatriot2866 11 ай бұрын

Yeah it was no where near close and it didn't do anything exciting or innovative enough to break past his niche barrier of fans to goty status

@Himmelschenk Жыл бұрын

Ethel! I have watched during work shift, great essay! Looking forward to part 2

@silberbullet Жыл бұрын

Ethel. Amazing vid for an amazing game!

@linkalot7415 Жыл бұрын

14:26 beautiful. Ribbi flats has amazing sunsets

@raen5256 Жыл бұрын

Ethel! Loved this video

@CritsVG Жыл бұрын

Ayyy, been waiting for this! Happy I can finally dig in! Edit: One point I feel a bit differently on is the voice acting, I think it's absolutely amazing in this game. Yes, Adam Howden as Shulk is legendary, but to me personally, XC3 absolutely did manage to match XC1's quality in voice acting overall. No single character manages to hit the same hights as Shulk consistently (though I think N and Mio are examples for characters that punctually come really close), but the fact that most non-side characters are acting on a very high level throughout the whole game and more often than not get multiple chances to shine makes this aspect go toe to toe with XC1 to me, which is a pretty huge achievement.

@karmaopg7820 Жыл бұрын

Ethel, also amazing video Aero! If I would to choose a video that sums up my thoughts on Xc3 it’d be this one for sure. This game being the one that brought me into the series while always hold a special place in my heart. Sure Xc1 is still my favorite but that does not mean I don’t love the others as well (I wanted it to beat out Xc1 for me 😭). One of my favorite things is how simplified it is compared to other Xenoblade games, and since my second favorite thing about the series is the combat, it also incredible how it managed to mix the best parts of Xc1 and Xc2’s combat as well. These are pretty much thoughts non-spoiler wise, and again good job on the vid Aero excited for the story one!

@5000PokemonMaster Жыл бұрын

Ethel. What an amazing and nicely edited video! I can’t wait to play this game, it seems so good and fun! Will play after XC2 and Future Connected. I already finished XC1.

@illidion6 Жыл бұрын

Ethel, man. I especially love this OST. The whole 12 hours of pure emotions contains in it, damn. It's just sparking amazing! And ye, about VA and characters... I missing them, their identities, chating styles and emotions are dope. I wanna know the end of everyone's story. I hope they will show us largest epilogue ever.

@slipneira 27 күн бұрын

Also, you’ve been liked and subscribed to. Thank you for the excellent analysis.

@b.h.4249 Жыл бұрын

Ethel Thank you for the extensive review, I really enjoyed it!

@maynardburger 6 ай бұрын

Very well put together and scripted video man. I just finished the main story and so am now on my typical 'seek out KZfaq videos on the game now that I dont need to avoid spoilers' trek and I have to say yours is probably the best video I've seen on the game so far. I often get a bit tired of longer videos when I feel people are just padding out their runtime in lieu of more concise scripts and editing, but yours was compelling all the way through. Also thank you for not trying to be funny every 10 seconds. Shit is so grating. lol

@leahtheanimationfan40 Жыл бұрын

I've played Xenoblade Chronicles 3 for over 200 hours since it came out, finished the main story in September, and have just been doing side content since then. I absolutely love this game! I'll probably do a New Game+ speedrun sometime soon, just for fun

@skolvuk Жыл бұрын

I love this game, and this series. The music for the series is gorgeous. One of my favs from this one is A Step Away, which plays in Chapter 5 during THAT scene (you know the one). Also the end credit song. They're both vocal tracks. They're really beautiful, sung by top-notch people. The instrumental ones are great of course, but most of them don't pull at me the way the vocal ones do, (except for Thoughts Enshrined from 1. I CANNOT hear that one without tearing up).

@gemodemplay415 4 ай бұрын

Nah, the ambiental music while traversing the game's areas is majestic, is beautiful and it fits not only the environment but also the story. When playing this game I feel like I am playing Chained Echoes, and I am saying this in the best way possible. Both XC3 and Chained Echoes are in my top 15 games of all time, and I played hundreds of them at this point.

@gemodemplay415 4 ай бұрын

Also, Ethel

@champansara Ай бұрын

Ethel! Great vid 👌

@damndanielcruz6754 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking forward to this

@AngelofAmbrosia Жыл бұрын

There hasn’t been a new game that hit me the same way as this one did. Xenoblade series is one of my modern favorites.

@juanmanuelesis9797 Жыл бұрын

ethel, and yes... there are people that hear the full half hour video. Really enjoy it an give the other half of yoru critic/essay about Xenoblade Chronicles 3

@DarkDezhel Жыл бұрын

Ethel! Yes you comment a lot of things that I liked about XC3 the music it’s amazing, I was “forced” to play XC2 and I ended up loving it! But yes it was complicated sometimes xD

@KirianLara Жыл бұрын

Ethel Can't wait for the DLC story, this game is so wonderful and fun and sifjskffifk I LOVE IT, great stuff!

@snowpony56 11 ай бұрын

so far it is my favourite game of the series and it is really fun using the chain attacks once you understand how it works ^^

@ReadGameCraftCook Жыл бұрын

I love Xenoblade 3 as well and appreciate the thought out into this video. I put this video on to convince my husband whose never played one before, but he found the comparisons between the other games confusing and long winded. I would’ve probably titled this “Xenoblade 3 vs 1 and 2” or something.

@tomdaturtle5792 Жыл бұрын

Ethel, look how high I can jump! ETHEL!

@karnotik 7 ай бұрын

I'm on chapter 3 of Xb2 and I cannot wait for this one- it seems to have some of that dark atmosphere that xs3 did.

@dannybz7421 2 ай бұрын

I never thought I’d play this game but last night I was at Walmart and saw the physical game was $30 (which is significantly cheaper than everywhere else) so I caved and bought it. Now I begin my journey starting at the 3rd one

@igemm78 Жыл бұрын

My first xenoblade and absolutely loving it! Close to 60 hours in and it's fantastic....I'm kind of annoyed with myself for not starting with the first one now, wondering if it's worth playing the other two after I finish this?

@maynardburger 6 ай бұрын

The first one is gonna be hard to go back to in a number of ways. It's still a great game, but it's likely gonna feel quite simplified compared to XB2 and XB3. XB2 is definitely not simplified and so will probably feel most 'similar' to XB3, but the technical aspects of the game are also quite a bit rougher and it's simply not as refined and has less quality of life advantages that will irk after coming from XB3. Still, you do need to play them if you loved XB3. I'd go back to the first game, then to the second as a finale.

@Gabe_29 Жыл бұрын

Easily game of the year for me. XC3 became one of my favorites games ever. The whole experience was such a wild ride! Also... Ethel

@andrewfaser9477 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Creeperhunter160 Жыл бұрын

Ethel Shoot, i gotta get 1 sometime so im not outta the loop for 3 lol

@tyoshiro6447 Жыл бұрын

I do really hope the dlc is a sequel not a prequel. Please nintendo.. for goodness sake..

@speedystu100 Жыл бұрын

Ethel Only on chapter 4 but I am loving this game!

@leonardomartinez6887 Жыл бұрын

Ethel This game have become one of my favorite games of all time, maybe just below Zelda botw, but maybe it could surpass it, It's just a fantastic adventure, incredible experience, is so good, I love the Xenoblade franchise as a whole

@thomaslheureux3846 Жыл бұрын

Ethel I skipped back and forth a little bit but I also just bought the game and will play it tonight.

@Creeper0224 11 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday Xenoblade 3!!

@MilkLadsForever 6 ай бұрын

Ethel. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is such an amazing game.

@Sweetroll_EXE 5 ай бұрын

"Ethel" ahah I was unsure if buying ff7 crisis core or xenoblade 3 these days. I already played the first on the psp and xeno 2 at the time and It was so great that i had to buy xenoblade 3, especially after viewing this video showing how incredible the game is. I cant wait to play It!

@dialga627 Жыл бұрын

Ethel. This game is truly a masterpiece!!!

@supagcn Жыл бұрын

Ethel no spoilers. Still finishing the game

@danielcarpenter4107 Жыл бұрын

Ethel. Well done

@arnaldosantoro6812 2 ай бұрын

Ethel! The problem with the soundtrack is that YOU INTERRUPT IT BY ACCESSING THE MENU.

@Decubitus Жыл бұрын

Great review of the game. Only point I disagree with is the Chain Attacks in 3 not being as brokenly powerful as those of 2. They are. In fact, I'd argue they're even more busted because you don't even need to set up the proper Blade combo orbs before launching it, just race to fill your meter and you'll overkill the enemy 98% of the time if you know what you're doing.

@maynardburger 6 ай бұрын

Playing on Hard goes a long way to fixing this issue, also not using 'broken' hero characters like Ashera all the time. But yea, it is unfortunately a game where I think you need to do some self-imposed limits to keep the game challenging. Cant understand why they didn't just give us ability to Level our characters from the start ala XB1 DE's Expert Mode.

@slipneira 27 күн бұрын

Ethel.

@Dionaea_floridensis Жыл бұрын

The thumbnail aged well

@badboy250984 Жыл бұрын

I've played and complete Xenoblade Chronicle Definitive edition and is a great game with good story. I then played Xenoblade 2 and i reckon I'm around 50% into the game and I never really got into the game. Not sure why but I think is to do with the messy UX in certain area that puts me off and battle seems to take forever compare to xenoblade 1. I've recently bought xenoblade 3 and i hope is better then xenobade 2.

@piwan9007 Жыл бұрын

Love this game

@kurry8196 Жыл бұрын

Ethel!!!

@famillesabot5719 Жыл бұрын

27:42 Hmm no it's brocken well used. Espacially when at the third or fourth round you use a smash with power charge.

@TonyDaExpert Жыл бұрын

Yes

@TheHornet79 Жыл бұрын

Finished the final DLC. After replaying the previous games I made a rating for my favorite games. 3>X>1>FR>Torna>2

@tallnerdgirl Жыл бұрын

E-ethel...

@TripleARMS Жыл бұрын

You missed each character's Side Stories. This replaces the Heart-to-Hearts the other games had.

@ActualAero Жыл бұрын

No I did them all

@stany1720 Жыл бұрын

Ethel! 😂

@imprudentdev1503 4 ай бұрын

My only gripe with XC3 was the hope speeches, but then again I'm just not a fan of those in the first place

@TheSanti2833 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@zemocon2868 6 ай бұрын

Xenoblade 3 best rpg ever.

@robertomacetti7069 Жыл бұрын

i much prefer xc2 for both gameplay and story actually but man... xc3 chain attacks are perfect, best thing in the franchise by far gameplay wise... even though, i beg to differ, this are the most broken of the entire series, you can kill anything from full health with no setup (like the orbs in xc2) as long as the party is properly built for that purpose... what was the record again? 400 milion? yeah, there is not a single enemy in the game that can survive a properly done chain attack once you are in the endgame with a good build

@rahmahashi2553 4 күн бұрын

ethel

@keeysOST Жыл бұрын

Honestly the more I listen to the OST the more I disagree that 3 has the weakest area music. I would personally put it slightly behind 1.

@somethin7020 Жыл бұрын

Honestly same. At first I didn't enjoy them quite as much as the past games', but after listening to them for a couple dozen times or so, I grew to enjoy them just as much as the past games', but for different reasons. Also for me personally, being able to easily memorize the melodies isn't really a high priority when it comes to music, so it doesn't really matter to me that they're not "memorable".

@jordanwillis7316 Жыл бұрын

EHTAL

@skabo__o 4 ай бұрын

ethol

@TallTapper Жыл бұрын

car

@booranha3657 Жыл бұрын

Ez goty game

@N.karayannis 8 ай бұрын

Shulks voice acting ruined xenoblade 2 for me, it was that good.

@andrej8175 7 ай бұрын

Not a masterpiece if the make a fuzzy looking game for the switch knowing it would look shit.

@halomach03 Жыл бұрын

Bad TV show

@ten2knock Жыл бұрын

Ethel.

@CritsVG Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@piwan9007 Жыл бұрын

ethel

@rickhunter7 7 күн бұрын

Ethel.

@AceRonan Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@AtaXeno_1 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@zerobeys Жыл бұрын

Ethel.

@kerby2245 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Odhaviing99 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@matfhju Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@acegaming2953 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@gaminggoose2148 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@d-mustard4089 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@ItzChriss138 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@cartercutler5044 6 ай бұрын

Ethel

@skolvuk Жыл бұрын

Ethel.

@vitinho36 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@ThatOneVitaFan Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@robertfelmeten4624 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Gukanzu Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@ketangokool9266 Ай бұрын

Ethel

@destr0lockk Ай бұрын

Ethel

@mneumvis Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@michaelburau7690 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@ramidridi3167 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@320gb Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@devbyrd1 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Halfwit_The_Brave Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@negativezero4967 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Mone7Hero77 Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@Hereticzaat Жыл бұрын

Ethel

@pgarrison54 Жыл бұрын

Ethel