Alas, technical issues abound.
To be clear, the game looks a good deal crisper when its in docked mode.
Its not great, mind you, but it isnt dire.
Even so, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has some woeful tidbits.
Whats more, the Field Skills system is egregious.
Without getting those Field Skills leveled up as needed, youre prevented from reaching plenty of places.
Its not just restrictive, its downright constrictive.
There is precedent for the elimination of such nonsense.
Monolith Soft dutifully removed similarly draconian artificial limitations with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.
If a sealed container requires mechanical expertise, youll need to learn it.
If a tree necessitates archaeological acumen, youve got to switch to a different organization and level it instead.
On paper, this doesnt sound so bad; indeed, its downright immersive.
In Definitive Edition, nearly every facet of this is gone.
The mechanical and archaeological elements remain, but quick quests teach you what you gotta know.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a wonderful JRPG that can get in its own way an alarming number of times.
Not clicking with these exploratory caveats means potentially bouncing off of an otherwise thrilling adventure.
All Im saying, Nintendo, is that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 initially arrived right in time for Christmas.
If youre wondering what to get me this year, why not repeat the trick?
Ah Switch, here we go again.
