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Review date: 22 September, 2011. Review by: Martyn Clayden There was a time when the mere mention of the phrase 'Japanese RPG' would result in one of two responses - total rapture from the legions of fans of the seemingly endless series of Final Fant...
Stunning locations and massive maps...
Maybe still a few too many cutscenes.
Xenoblade Chronicles may well have single-handedly rescued the JRPG from terminal decline with gorgeous graphics, a beautiful soundtrack, an engaging narrative and a happy marriage of Final Fantasy style combat and a plethora of side quests...
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Xenoblade Chronicles is the latest Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) to arrive on the Nintendo Wii that not only contains one of the best stories of this genre in quite some time but also boasts some impressive gaming mechanics. The highlight of this...
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Nintendo and Monolith prove the Wii is capable of core gaming. How times have changed, eh? For years, it seemed as though Europe was little more than an afterthought to the games industry – latecomers and no-shows became something too common to constan...
Xenoblade Chronicles does a lot to remove itself from the cliches of the genre, in many ways making this a benchmark for others to follow.More Articles >>>...
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Remember Japanese RPGs? We all thought they were kind of awesome when games like Chrono Cross and Star Ocean 2 and Suikoden were the norm. But that’s ancient history. In more recent times JRPGs have stumbled, stagnating to the point that they are once...
Beautiful vistas everywhere, Creative, frictionfree gameplay, Charming, highquality localization...
Disappointing lack of challenge, Wishing AI buds were smarter, The Wii’s graphics chip...
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Now, Xenoblade Chronicles is here as a GameStop exclusive. I dove into my review copy, eager for an excuse to turn on my Wii again. The result was more than I ever dreamed. I would have been happy if Xenoblade Chronicles had been a well made, typical “you...
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Japanese role-playing games – those melodramatic adventures starring spiky-haired characters wielding swords the length of small cars – once ruled the game industry the way teen book adaptations now dominate the Hollywood box office. This hasn’t been...
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Not often does one get the opportunity to play a game that is absolutely everything it promises to be. These are the rare titles where any complaint you could possibly have is entirely conditional with a “but” or an “if” attached to it, and those compl...
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WiiXenoblade Chronicles defines the concept of creativity. It is creative in reviving a genre that has become repetitive, it is creative in its scope, and it is creative in the twists the narrative so boldly chooses to take. Let me start out by praisin...
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Despite its overseas exclusivity, Xenoblade Chronicles is an outstanding role-playing experience that will hopefully get the international exposure it so deserves.Telling stories is not an easy task. Finding an audience interested in listening is perha...
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Long before there was time, there existed two ancient gods locked in an eternal struggle across a vast ocean of emptiness: the Bionis and the Mechonis. Their fierce battle shook the very core of the infant world upon which they fought. Endlessly they c...
The end result is a game that understands the faults of its forsaken brethren and has sought to overcome every prejudice and tradition of the Japanese RPG.Instead of abandoning its roots, however, it learns to improve them and bring them up to current...
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UK REVIEW--It begins with an epic battle, a clash of titans in a world without time or form. The scale, the scope, and the vast expanse of the gameworld are established in this moment. The two giants collide, swords clashing in the misty gulf of the un...
Excellent sense of pacing, Combat is fantastic, indepth, and fun, Locations are vast and beautiful, Huge game with loads of interesting things to do, Thoroughly modernises the genre while respecting tradition.
Occasionally difficult to find where to go.
Xenoblade Chronicles is a sublime, wonderfully paced game that both refines and modernises the Japanese role-playing game...
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Updated: 2012-01-25 05:37:33
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It's always possible to innovate within a comfortable and well-established template. Nintendo is traditionally the master of this art, secreting gems of novelty within game designs that are often a decade or two old, perfected through years of iteratio...
Xenoblade Chronicles is the best Japanese RPG of this generation. The fact that it looks like it's from the last generation is its only drawback, but its technical limitations are offset by imaginative artistic direction, innovative and compelling comb...
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Japanese role-playing games – those melodramatic adventures starring spiky-haired characters wielding swords the length of small cars – once ruled the game industry the way teen book adaptations now dominate the Hollywood box office. This hasn’t been...
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Xenoblade Chronicles will be remembered for its controversial release history more than what it does with its story, its gameplay, or anything else. It has had a long and tumultuous past, released as it was in Japan, then in Europe, while Nintendo of...
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Xenoblade Chronicles arrives this month in North America after the year-long Operation Rainfall campaign to bring it stateside and nearly two years since its Japanese release. A measurable few anticipate the game as one of the best Japanese RPGs in yea...
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Xenoblade Chronicles has had a long trip to North America, coming here nearly nine months after it was released in Europe. Nintendo of America seems to have responded either to strong fan pressure to bring over one of the few epic RPGs available for th...
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Just when you start to lose hope in a genre, in this case the JRPG, a game like Xenoblade Chronicles comes along that re-invents the mold and makes you excited again. Xenoblade Chronicles is an excellent game whose only fault is the console on which it...
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