I played 2, 1, then 3. My favorite is 1 but I wanna replay all of them

The fact that so many blades have horns, really calls back to the core rule of blades, that being their appearances are effected by their first drivers. The fact that most blades are humanoid, but some are bestial, and many like Wulfric are first awakened by monsters and physically reflect this, really lends credence to the claim that there were horned Alrestians we just didn't see. Combined with Fiona's crystal type, and her lack of any other blade effects, and the amount of horned Agnians, I fall on the side of Titan of Horned Alrestians we weren't previously privy to.

This is a weirdly tricky topic, because logically, you should just play the games in order. They were releases in order, and you get the maximum effect of the narrative that way. But I've always sort of felt like playing Xc1 first kinda sets a bad president in terms of what one can expect from the series. Xc1 has all this hype and reputation behind it, and I feel that hype and reputation has had a negative effect on both Xc1 itself and on the series as a whole. For one, a lot of people take Xc1's reputation at face value and feel pressured to ignore its shortcomings, and other people find themselves frustrated if the game doesn't live up to the hype. Not to mention Xc1 is rather different than the other two, in terms of writing, structure, and gameplay. Xc1 wasn't made the same way 2 and 3 were, and I feel it kinds works better as a middle game, rather than a first game. And just in general, I think Xc2 is an easier game to figure out. Like yeah, "tutorials bad" blah, blah, blah, but in terms of the way game mechanics are paced out and introduced Xc2 is much better at slowly introducing its mechanics and building up the core Xenoblade series gameplay loop over time, than Xc1 is. Xc1 throws a lot at you right at the start, and in my experience watching dozens of people play the series online, Xc1's mechanics tend not to set in as naturally as Xc2's. Xc1 has much simpler total gameplay, but its quite a bit denser. getting an optimal build in Xc1 requires a lot more work than in Xc2. you spend way more time in xc1 menus in terms of moment to moment gameplay than in Xc2, and Xc1's system of no damage to enemies five levels higher makes leveling up much more time consuming. I've found watching people play the series over the years, people end Xc2 with much better understandings of that game's combat than Xc1.

ALWAYS PLAY IN ORDER! 1, 2 & 3. From that order. It is the optimal path and always will be and that's coming from me who started with XC2. Things in the story plays out in a way that connects all three games. Without having played from 1 to 2 to 3, you will be confused and go "Who?? What??" at certain parts if you don't play in the correct order. The entire premise and world building starts with XC1 and while XC2's world is very different from XC1, you will understand why if you've played the first game. The ENTIRETY of XC3 is XC1 and XC2 from the get go and you will only understand by having played both prior games.

Start the franchise with the best game ever Xenoblade 1 duh . Xenoblade 2 just like Xenoblade x can start slow and way too many battle systems at once can be a turn off to new player's. Specially that super happy song in first town of 2 might think its a kids game. Xenoblade 3 is however really polished almost perfect.

obviously you should play in chronological order of Xenoblade 2: Torna, Xenoblade 1, Xenoblade 2, Future Connected, Future Redeemed, Xenoblade 3.

I started with Xenoblade 1 on 3DS, then Xenoblade X, 2, Xenoblade DE + Future Connected, 3, then Future Redeemed. Yes, they're all amazing games.

Yes there's not a definitive order to play them... But I would leave XC3 last

My order was: -2 -torna -1 -3 -f. Connected -f. Redeemed

edit: just play in order please, for the best experience.. 1 > 2 > 3 > X (....yeah X is number 10 so... last) There is like 0 reason to not play this game in Order I would recommend starting with 1 The experience of playing this game in order is a Resonant pulse But yeah you can do anything you like, lots of people don't like being told anything If i can forget all of my xenoblade playthrough i would still played them in Order It's wonderful.

I played the trilogy in release order. I feel this is the best one *************** Spoilers for those all three games ****************** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, maybe XC1 or XC2 could be the start since they tie really well. If you play 1, you'll freak out when Malos pull out a Monado, Chapter 10 start or the "today we use our power to fell a god" line. If you play 2, you'll pick up on Ontos' core when Alvis appears, the similarities between the Monado / Aegis swords and Zanza / Klaus. So XC1 and XC2 can be interchanged. But if you'll really want to enjoy XC3 to the fullest, you'll need to play the previous ones. XC3 has lots of references and the world is just a big call back to Alrest and Bionis / Mechonis. Hearing the returning soundtracks in Swordmarch and Elaice highway was beautiful

My experience with Xenoblade games is a bit weird because i didn't played in the orders and also played several games at the same time. Here is my timeline: December 2011: Starting Xenoblade 1 on Wii November 2022: Starting Xenoblade 3 April 2023: finishing Xenoblade 1 on Wii April 2023: Starting Xenoblade 2 June 2023: finishing Xenoblade 2 chapter 7 and Starting Torna DLC June 2023: finishing Torna DLC July 2023: finishing Xenoblade 2 Augustus 2023: finidhing Xenoblade 3(breaking my heart😭) , starting Future Redeemed DLC and finishing it So yeah to me until 2023, Xenoblade was just one game and not a franchise, when the xc2 i didn't have a switch and didn't like the art direction it had, everything seemed so different than the first one that i didn't care about it. This was also a moment where I stopped playing video games. That's why I didn't finish xc1wii at the time. Even if I knew I wanted to finish it one day. And suddenly, in summer 2022 my sister got a switch for her birthday, this is the moment that put me back in the videos games. Also, i just saw a short trailer of xc3 and it seemed more serious than xc2 so it convinced me to finally give it a new chance to Xenoblade, I absolutely didn't know that the 3 games were connected, I just saw that you could play the game in any orders. It's only with the first battle against Queen Keves that I realised I was fighting against Melia from Xenoblade 1😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and it made me appreciate the game a lot more!

Played XC3 first. I loved that game and I also fully understood it without the context of the other ones. Because I loved XC3 so much, I decided to play the others as well. But I did not play XC1. I played XC2. Then I played XC2 DLC. Then XC1 and ended with XC3 DLC. I do not know if there is a DLC for XC1 too, I did not get that one. But maan, what a series/ XC is also my favorite series of games of all time, like is the case for many other players.

While you can play the games in any order, I’d definitely recommend playing Xenoblade 1 and 2 before 3 because of all of the refrences that you wouldn’t get if 3 is your first game

Not going to lie, you really did change my mind about starting with the main story of XC3, but i still wouldn't recommend it, because if you played XC3, you'd want to play Future Redeemed after, but you basically NEED to play XC1 & XC2 before, so you'd go to play XC1 & XC2, but then, by the time you're done with them, you might forget some things about XC3 that would be vital for your Future Redeemed playthrough. Thus, i'd still recommend playing XC1, then FC, then XC2, then Torna, then XC3, then Future Redeemed.

You can absolutely start with any of the games, (EXCEPT Future Redeemed, lmao) but i would highly dissaprove of starting with the main story of XC3, and i would still also slightly dissaprove of playing XC2 first before XC1 and then XC3, even though i started with XC2, then played XC3's main story, then XC1, then Future Redeemed when it came out. In my case, this weird order didn't end up mattering TOO much, (even though XC1: DE was out already by the time i decided to get into the series with XC2) since i became such a MASSIVE fan of the series, and ended up replaying every Xenoblade game a countless amount of times, and watching countless reactions of other people to the games on YT, too. About Gears & Saga, you should definitely at least play them before Future Redeemed, either just before them, or before the Xenoblade series.

me watching this like i didnt play all 3 plus x already

My first xenoblade experience is torna then X.C 2 ,then X.C 1 then X.C 3 But Still i dont finished first those game. Im currently Playing X.C 1 . I love this X.C franchise waiting for X.C .X on switch

Harry Mcentire played Future Redeemed before he played the the first two games. And that was clearly the wrong move.

You can play 1 and 2 in either order, but 3 and FR need to be played last

If you don't play Xenoblade, did you really live?

Play all of them starting with the originalg. Don't overthink it; each part has something valuable to offer.

I am started with 2 too. I never even felt I missing something at all. The game is solid and great and when I revert to 1 and then 3 it actually make me love 1 and 3 more too. But honestly the very first Xenoblade I played was X not 2.

Glad someone finally spoke in earnest of the issue. I think the Trilogy is "best" enjoyed if you go with either 1 or 2 both first, then the third game. Nonetheless, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 main story is something that can be understood by a newcommer easily since it doesn't reference directly whatever happens in the first two games. 3 is it own self contained stories. It makes many smart winks at old players, but it truly was not the crux of my enjoyment. The DLC though have caviats. Torna is to be reserved after 2 Main story while Future Redeemed is something you'll get the most of if you played the whole trilogy

Good video! My joke answer to "how did Nia become queen?" is "Rex means king in Latin, so following THAT photo ... Nia became the "king"'s queen" ^^ The M/N-question is my personaly most pressing one. Since the interview, I have deducted that there's a strong shintoism motif, however, that still doesn't answer WHY Mio and Noah are the only ones to exist twice. Why not others? It's never answered, yet it'd be so important. As for Malos' future importance, I talk about it in my most recent video: I think he's gonna become more relevant in the expanded Xenoblade X-remasters for Switch 2 and XB3 sets that return up. Agreed with your City People-take. I'd also include the weirdness that is Shulk and Rex who, at the end of FR, act as if they'll return, too - how? Their life is already over. And where are they going when they return into Origin, anyway? There's bigger questions buried in there. One question I'd also like to see more clearly answered is WHO was Z and Moebius. There's the opinion that Z is simply the manifestation of the combined will of all the souls within Origin, but the way he's presented that's a little too simple imo.

Have to strongly disagree with this take. At the very least nobody should start with Xenoblade 3 as it is THE culmination of the Xenoblade-story that brings together all the prior games and while you surely can enjoy parts of the game on the surface, you will lose out on SO much. Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 can be played in either order since the only reason to play XB1 first used to be the big twist at the end of XB2 which is THAT it's connected to XB1, but nowadays everyone knows that already. The other important placement is to NOT play Torna before XB2 maingame, as Torna spoils a lot of important late game-plot points of the maingame. When people are unsure about playing order, I always ask them: Why do you want to play Xenoblade123? Okay, then why not start at the beginning, when ALL Xenoblade-games are SO good. It's like starting with Harry Potter part 4, saying "I love Harry Potter"; why not read the first 3 books first? :D

I love how Xenoblade is like the crossroads between Final Fantasy and Trails in terms of recommended play order. Final Fantasy: All of the numbered mainline games are completely standalone. All of the direct sequels will have the number of which game it's a sequel/prequel towards IE: X-2, XIII: Lightning Returns, VII: Crisis Core. Xenoblade: You can start with whichever one peaks your interest the most but playing in numerical order is most recommended Trails: Playing in chronological order is non-negotiable

for anyone wanting to try xenoblade, 1 and x are the best starting options and then give 3 a chance afterwards, though starting with 3 is also fine, no objectively correct order here, just makes sense for 3 last order because it comes later timeline-wise. There is also 2 if you are a degenerate, sure there might be a decent story and gameplay but with all the female characters halfnaked all the time it completely ruins any immersion. You could be experiencing be a very emotional scene and then the game shows a close up on pyra's chest for no reason.

That's it, I'm playing 3 first., And no one is going to stop me.

Is the outro song from 3?

In my mind, I'm glad I played them all in order. However, if playing them out of order gets someone into the series, that's only a good thing! So I suppose it really doesn't matter.

I played 2 first because i liked nia, and pyra’s design. Then i played 3 then dev

I started with 2 too. Thanks Chugga

how to decide on wich game to start look at the cover and box art and decide on what you think looks sounds the most intresting, honestly.

I think people should either play 3 first or play it after 1 and 2. No point in getting only half of the references.

I enjoyed the first xenoblade chronicles but never got around to playing the rest..... well unless you count X 😅

i was just gonna make a joke saying "start with xenosaga pied piper" but i will not stand for FC slander the order i played the games in left an impact on me that i dont even think can be recreated with new players i started with XC1 on wii then was there for the whole hype cycle leading up to X and 2 and after finishing 2 it inspired me to go back and play gears and saga which was the perfect setup for XC3 to break me emotionally

i currently playing xenoblade 3 i really like the combat

All 3 are good but i think xenoblade 1 because of lore resons and 1 being the Best start for an epic beginning to an epic conclusion in 3

my theory is that Mira is the future Earth. When Earth exploded in X they were sent forward in time after Earth dissapeared and then repapered. Which is why the planet is a mish mash of Xeno 1 elements and what looks to be Xeno 3 elements. We know that interlinks can't last forever, so the reason Mira looks like it does is because it's interlink stage is reaching it's final stages.

To an extent you can play the games in any order. The only one's you can't play in any order is 3 and 3FR. 3 and FR spoil too much of 1 and 2 and imo the reveal that the first and second games are connected is an important reveal. Before Xenoblade 2 we assumed all Xeno games were disconnected like Final fantasy, so the reveal that they are all connected was amazing.

Why would I play Xenoblade when I can just play the trails series. I am going through the series and it looks much more interesting than Xenoblades open worlds.

I started with 1 (wii) and I honestly think I would have given up if I started with 2. It has a lot of flaws that hold it back imo, some of which are probably a consequence of monolithsoft's involvement in other nintendo projects at the time it was developed. I say this cause it givrs the idea the game was kinda rushed. Scenes that feel super empty with no sfx, scenes that have wayy to many sfx in contrast because haha wacky anime moment, the sloppy tutorials sprinkled through the whole game, the confusing maps that you get lost in and go in circles just to find a quest destination, all sorts of tired anime tropes that would constantly make me roll my eyes, the voice acting in the dub (i know, its not the VA's faults). I do enjoy the combat, but I still think the battles go on for way too long. The gacha mechanics are a headache. The field skills mechanics are a huge headache, especially since it forces you to skim through all your blades just to equip them for 2 seconds to open a path or a chest. Unfortunately these actually prevented me from enjoying the game the first time. I would love to replay this game if one day they make some sort of definitive edition of it that fixes a bunch of these flaws, if not all. I had to play the game a second time years later to try to give it another shot and then I actually understood the story better and appreciated it more. I did play it subbed, that probably helped. My favorite story is still XC1 and my favorite gameplay is XC3

xenoblade x has good quality of life that aged well? in what universe 💀 your experience with 3 is... interesting to say the least... maybe a little sad. I've also known people who couldn't get into the game who started with it. Even though I'd say it's amazing either way. And usually will be better played after the other games. (if youre not in the 0.1% ultra lore-obsessed theory group i guess baha) ((really, tho? every character needed an explanation? crazy... 😭)) and i really feel like people who had the same experience as you honestly exaggerate these points affecting the game. like half of the discussion on 3 worthy? maybe a sentence in passing surely. this experience at its most severe i dont think is any extra reason to start with 3 first to 'avoid' this potential dichotomy. you were either gonna enjoy a more ambiguous, up for interpretation, symbolism filled and philosophical based story, or you werent. even first time players who are into more lore type discussions on media than abstract analytical ones would feel the same way about it, regardless of their first time status. youre right you can start with pretty much any numbered game though. I started with 2 :) and really loved it. But I felt the final chapter was kinda underwhelming back then honestly, now i like it though. the numbered games are all masterpieces regardless of what you 'miss' or 'know'. but I'd say 2 is the most reliant on other knowledge for the numbered games, but its not that big of a deal. I dont think someone should start with X because im off the opinion and the common opinion is its the worst in the series. making them start with the relatively weaker entry is just setting them up to reject the series in a way (since theres tons of people who only 'like' the numbered games and dont consider them best of all time material. so if these people played x they would consider it perhaps an average games. and looking at review scores for all these games this seems to be backed by evidence) I know many numbered trilogy fans who dont consider X nearly as good as the others as well. gameplay and story-content wise. And i feel the expectations angle doesnt work there, as the story issues are not just expectations based. It's not just the focus on gameplay or amount of story that makes it lacking. the actual content that is there is substantially less in-depth and refined as the other entries. so when someone is watching a cutscene, theyre less likely to enjoy what IS there. and that can make them not enjoy the game and in turn the series from their perspective. Many who play a entry in a series and only find it adequate wont continue to play the other games. unlike the example you support in this video that an X player will continue to the next games, and so its better since its unrelated. I see the potential player who plays X first, doesn't like the avatar, lack of linear structure, rushed elements, all the grinding, repetition and filler. From that experience they might not even play the other games. If its true like you said liking it isnt good to know if you'll like the others, then the same is also true for not liking it. And so to that end, its a poor representation and shouldnt be a starting game.

I played them in release order, with the caveat that I was always a game behind because I'm slow to play things. So I played 1 (wii) after X released, X after the switch and 2 were out, etc. And you know what, the game you should play first is X BABY! Who needs fantasy and titans and orchestral scores when you can have rap and guns! Woo Woo New LA Is a true American libertarian dystopia, and you can help the last remnants of human civilization burn to the ground in capitalist self-interest! (Story presentation is a real mixed bag though. 9/10 concepts and sci-fi ideas, 4/10 actual implementation of those ideas)

From my experience I played 2, Torna, 1, FC, 3, and FR. I will say that before Xenoblade I've never played these types of real time action games as I've more or less played turned based RPG's. Also even before that I watched chuggaconroy's let's play of the first game and knew about all the combat mechanics and story from his videos which was the reason that I wanted to play 2 when it first came out. So imagine my surprise when I started playing 2 and found myself picking up on the combat way faster than I expected and never found the game to be confusing or frustrating. I enjoyed the story and the characters from the beginning to the end and became my favorite game off all time to the point I've replayed it the most out of the 3 games. It even beats The Legend of Zelda series for me which I was a massive fan for years. So trust me when I say that it doesn't matter which order you play the 3 mainline games as playing just one of them will draw you in on this massive world of the Xenoblade series. Even if the first one you play might not be your favorite you should try each of them to see each of the games lore and stories that are interwoven together if you are looking for it. Give the series a chance and never to judge a game by only its looks.

My journey though the games was: 1 ---> Torna ---> 2 ---> FC ---> DE ---> FR ---> 3 Yeah, I did not play X despite having a WiiU. That is because I was dumb and was still in "If it's not a sequel to Xenoblade 1, I don't care"-mode when X came out and when I finally got back to considering starting it, the eshop was already gone alongside the datapacks for physical, with online about to shut down.(I am currently waiting for Pretendo to include X). Before that, I also originally stopped playing Xenoblade 2 when I first got to the "we need to build a ship, gather materials"-part shortly before Uraya. Didn't play for literal years until I randomly decided that I gotta give it another shot and then I played through the entire game, starting my hyperfixation on the Xeno series to the point of me wasting my time trying to 100% all the games...and also having started to prepare a german wiki on my PC. Also, my Joy cons are drifting and it drives me nuts in 3 and FR sometimes because characters won't autoattack if you aren't completely still, but I am still making progress, so whatever. Infact, I already 100%ed FR like that xD

I started with 3ds version of xc1 than x and xc2 and xc3 and now Xenogears and xenoblade 2 and xenoblade 3 are my fav games of this amazing trilogy and yes nia is peak same with her amazing daughter mio

I ended up buying all three and all the DLC lol. Is it weird with all DLC that the first game is my most played game on my new Switch OLED?

Yeah, ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between, this is it, this is the definitive Xenoblade playing order video. As a diehard fan who played and loved all of them, I literally agree on everything