At long last I have beaten XCX DE (Chapter 13) before discussing the specifics of chapter 13 first a progress comparison between a main story of DE and my post game Wii U
Primordia and Oblivia are a bit less here because I put more effort into doing segment recons of them in the Wii U post game while here I focused more on quests which is why all the NLA spots have a looooooot more filled in for DE and in Blade Barracks Iām only missing an affinity mission where the recommended level is 80ā¦ technically I can do it now (cause Iām level 63 which is more than the cap in Wii U) but there are a few affinity missions I have left that are probably easier soā¦ anyways Noctilum is also more in DE probably due to questing in DEā¦ Sylvalum is also less in DE than Wii U probably cause of segment recon and Cauldros has ended up the most done (non NLA) region in DEā¦ because of a character that requires 1000 prerequisites to unlock INCLUDING Cauldros 65% surveyedā¦ so yeahā¦ now on to the actual Definitive Edition content first of all WHY IS THE NEW STORY CONTENT ALL āChapter 13ā like seriously why each act is about a chapter long anyways (Iād argue 13-3 is actually 2 but stillā¦) itād be one thing if XCX ended on a chapter 14 cause 17 is an odd number to end on and 15 is perfectā¦ but no like they could have just made each act a chapter and had 15 hereā¦ I guess it could be connected to the whole thing were after you beat the new content you go back to how things were after chapter 12 but still like why not like āFinaleā or āEpilogueā for the new storyā¦ IDK Chapter 13 just always seemed weird to me hereā¦ now for more in depth spoilers
I thought because of the reveal of DE showed a new area that this āchapter 13ā was going to take place solely in a new region of Mira which would justify it being all āone chapterā but even thatās not trueā¦ and I gaslit myself into thinking there was no new region until the very end with Voltarisā¦ speaking ofā¦ I think the area concept of it is greatā¦ IDK maybe Iām just a sucker for the whole late game area where you lose all the things that that made you OP and have to recover themā¦ cause thatās legit great grantedā¦ you get Elma and Lin almost intentionally early and then I found Doug early who I had as member #4 through most of the game soā¦ still I can at least appreciate the effort hereā¦ and finding all the party members does give you nice rewardsā¦ I also like the idea of optional battles that if done can make the final boss a lot easier but is by no means required which adds replay value to itā¦ as for the final bossā¦ NGL Iām not a fan of the stationary āturretā bosses where they just stand there making all arts that target the back or sides worthlessā¦ I think it might be Xenobladeās ādragonā bosses to reference FE unlike FEās dragons I feel like these āturretā bosses are just completely lame and Iād honestly would be quite glad to go one Xenoblade game without seeing that type of boss EVER AGAIN!!! Like seriously who fought XC3ās final boss and thought āoooh giant floating head what great designā¦ cause yeah it REALLY felt like that to meā¦ and also looked like Amalthus a bit tooā¦ but also just I didnāt like the final boss much I mean the design isā¦ just the colour blueā¦
like seriously you canāt look at these pictures and tell me thereās a significant difference you really canātā¦ I also feel like itās too difficult of a fight under the circumstances of you canāt do ANY sidequests until you winā¦ granted all XCX story bosses are the sameā¦ but like at least then apart from the NLA invasion you could do other side quests or segment recon in 13-3 you can ONLY do things in Voltarisā¦ which there really isnāt much when you got all the spears and characters I was like level 60 ish on my first attempt and I failed a loooooot soā¦ yeah after grinding my team to 62 and making a more dedicated build to fighting void (a second level 50 skell and focus on damaging augments quickly) I won easily and you know if this were any other Xenoblade game Iād go yeah the boss isnāt that hard but again itās the whole canāt do any side content until you win soā¦ as for the storyā¦ man I have to admit it was kind of lameā¦ I justā¦ I donāt like the whole āOh actually it WASNāT JUST Earth that blew up it was the whole universeā is justā¦ lame likeā¦ you can destroy earth or the milky way galaxy and still wipe out humans taking out whole universes like itās nothing just really makes the world of XCX just feel smallā¦ like what are all sentient lifeforms in XCX from different universes too? I just and the whole universe hopping thing is just really confusingā¦ and sure you can say āoh universes have been destroyed in previous Xenoblade gamesā but like no not really and even then itās like what once a millennium in those cases like think about it Elma watched 3 UNIVERSES DIE!!! Thatās where it just becomes too ridiculous to the point of stupidity honestlyā¦ I honestly canāt help but feel like chapter 13 was just monolith softās way of connecting X to 1-3 and not at all the original plan for a X2 and I think whatever the real continuation of X was exists in a timeline where XC2 didnāt sell as well and XCX was the best selling Xenoblade gameā¦ but then the ghosts and ganglion blew up that universe tooā¦ IDK could just be me or it could be the years of fan speculation trying to figure out if XCX has a connection to 1-3 making X2 live up to expectations that couldnāt be metā¦ though I have to question how the hell is there two seemingly separate universes that both seem to be based off reality (X and pre 1 and 2) I mean granted that seems to only be noted in some random merch so that could be retconned or ignored easily but itās still weirdā¦ and I canāt say Iām looking as forward to an X2 as much nowā¦
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My favorite part of Chapter 13 is when the collective unconscious chased the ghosts away then spat Lao back out in his physical body because he still has work to do, he reunited with Lin, and then Al used the power of loving all sentient life to teach Void that he couldn't understand death until he understood life and by extension love, so Void gave up his stupid death contest and went home with us to learn what life is, and now Void and Lao have to make up for their mistakes by doing community service on un-assimilated NLA
I know I've been kind of negative about Chapter 13, but I actually liked Void as the villain for the epilogue. He feels like Monolith learned their lesson from Z and made another one of That Typeā¢ļø of villain but refrained from hyping him up too hard so he wasn't a disappointment
I actually really liked that after we beat him he laughs and calls himself an idiot. It was kind of refreshing after all the villains who take themselves deathly seriously. It also made it feel like he actually grew- the whole time he gave the feeling of being a like Boy King or something, strong but clearly lacking in perspective. He was- to some extent- trying to rectify that but his lack of perspective was so severe he didn't even know how to go about learning. He gained a clarity at the end and he felt genuinely like he was on our level right before he fuckin exploded into sparkles lmao
