100 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Climb every mountain, ford every stream (spoilers)

IIRC I finished Xenoblade Chronicles 2 around the 100-hour mark. I killed the boss, did some perfunctory extra exploration and that was it. There was a lot I didn’t like that about that game (and a lot I did), but the biggest was having the map filled in for me already so there were no […]

First 13 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – I like it but I want to explore more

What it said in the title. The downside of playing a story-heavy RPG like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is that you’re limited in where you can go and what you can do for much of the game. It isn’t a true “open world” for now, though I know for sure the whole world will open up […]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Hit a boring patch so this is a good time for an update

Meh-meh-meeeh! Kina can’t decide whether she likes Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or not. On one hand I’ve been playing it almost non-stop for the past two days and having a great time. On the other hand, the “story” is pissing me off and the battles have gotten a bit stale. I hate stories where people stand […]