MY MOST HATED SWITCH GAME?
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2020
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch. This video is not going to go well for me, Sorry!
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Wood in the past: "I'll play Xenoblade 2 only when the world is ending"
*Covid-19 has entered the chat*
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Well he kept his word
Wood: "Stop brining up Xenoblade Chronicles 2!"
Also Wood in every other video: "Let me remind you how much i hated Xenoblade Chronicles 2"
toshironikko What is it called in anime when a girl pretends she hates a male character but secretly likes him? A tsundere? That’s what Wood is to XC2, he secretly loves XC2.
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The only things I took from this is that
A: Twinkies are greasy
B: Wood is friends with Scott the Woz on Switch
Same literally
C: Kim is SAVAGE kkkkkkkk
Red Riptide Productions and he didn’t legitimately play this game. Over 50 hours and only level 17????????
@@mandoloriansoju3841 He left the game open and went to do something else lol
And smallant
Poor wood thought he was saved and now everyone is still calling out his playtime LOL
Playtime has nothing to do with how much a game is good or not im not gonna waste my time on a game that doesnt get me hooked at most 10 hours in.
James B Xenoblade 2 gets you hooked well before the 10 hour mark.
@@inktea256, Please only speak for yourself. Wood didn't like it; My wife was bored to tears with it; and I, try as I might, just couldn't get into it. My time is limited and precious. If a game doesn't grab me within 5 hrs, more often than not, I'm moving on. I gave this one 15 hrs myself... and just couldn't waste any more time. The ONLY parts that interested me were the FMV sequences. I was more excited for the movies than the gameplay itself... for that, I might as well just have watched one of the youtube vids that stitched everything together. I need more engagement from my games, and this one just didn't.
@@jamesb3623 you can't fairly judge a game without completing it. This should be basic knowledge for every critic. Even horrible ones like beatemups.
@@mdkos great speak for yourself, don't defend reviewers who don't call themselves critics when they don't bother to even complete the games the choose to dissect.
"Why am I dying? I must do something wrong...?"
16:32 Heal potions "Are we a joke to you? :/ "
@@dreamscape3901 Not exactly - there are ways to avoid attacks, just not in the very start of the game. Its an RPG, not an action adventure. RPG battle systems are about choosing commands, not actively controlling a character. And that distance doesnt matter for your chances to avoid an attack is something you should realize after failing to try so three or four times.
Pal läo maybe, turn-based rpgs
@@dreamscape3901 Well, "for hours" literally means nothing in this game xD While many people agree that it takes about 60 to 80 hours to complete the whole story, you can easily need 100+ hours for it depending on how strict you just focus on the main story or how much time you invest in sidequests, etc. And the combat system evolves literally at least until the 2nd half of the game - at least. So most people won't reach the completed combat system until 40 hours. And the point where the base system starts to get more interesting also needs several hours of game time, because somewhere in Chapter 2 or 3 you get to the point where your characters can equip more than one blade (its limited to 2 blades first, 3 blades takes even longer), and switching and combining various blades is what fills the "waiting" time you seem to have at the beginning of the game where you only have one blade to control.
Arturo What? Man, idk if you ever played any Xenoblade blade game in your life, but literally all the games are this style, you can’t simply walk to the right to dodge an attack, Wood should have known that, since in 04:24 he says he enjoyed the other Xenoblade games... he probably ignored the tutorial saying about the HP System and Role System too...
@@dreamscape3901 Your statement would hold more meaning if this wasn't the third game in the series where you have moves designed for that specific purpose. Wood himself said he enjoyed the previous games so he should know what to expect from the battle system, at least from a basic stand point. Granted, the game doesn't give you those options at the start but you shouldn't need them if you play properly e.g. pick the abundance of potions
I love this Wood’s content and all of his energy, but I can’t grasp how he spent over 50 hours and only got to chapter 3. Every one of his drivers should have had more than one blade dozens of hours sooner.
i can, he kept getting bored and leaving the game running while docked.
@@dez36 That was what i was thinking too
Yeah I did 80 hrs for the entire 10 chapters and I was hardly playing through it fast. 50 hrs means nothing if he only has 10 hrs of progress...
Yeah haha I saw that
I mean i fell asleep multiple times listening to the music so i got like 30 hours that i didn't actually play...
How does one only have one blade on each character while being 50+ hours into the game?
Andres Anaya L ikr by 30 hours my characters are all level 40 rn and I am not even focusing on the story
Hachicoochie Cheese My-oi same here dude. I’m pretty sure around my 50th hour I was heading towards morytha.
The game had a timer bug, where the in-game timer would continue to tick over if you left the switch in sleep mode with the game still active. That or he just spent hours upon hours getting bodied
I think if he had more blades on each character he would've got more out of the combat, as it basically evolves the more blades you use.
paula yea, which is annoying because he said he liked the DLC, and if you give the game a proper chance it becomes more like the DLC
There's no way you played 53 hours and only made it to chapter 3 you probably left your switch on
That's what I was thinking too. Especially considering how bad he seemed to be at the battles judging by how well the fights went in this video, no way 53 hours was active play time, not probably even half of it
The GameCube The hours that it shows in the game is more then you’ve actually played, compare that number to what it says in ur profile you’ll see
@@lum1notryc828 ah yes. A game where I have 91hours in (XC:DE) switch says "90 hours or more".
Another game I have 133hours (XC2) switch says "125hours or more"
It's as if switch is telling you it's less accurate at keeping track of the hours than the save file itself
Nikzzza I have about 29 hours on animal crossing and it says 10 and more
He only had 2 blades in 50 hours gameplay, i mean it took my 70-80 hours to finish the whole game
Wood I love you man, but I almost didn't get Xeno 2 because of you and I'm so glad I did. Everything else you say is spot on but Xeno is just one of the top 10 nintendo switch games at least, unless you hate JRPGs.
Its just that you need to play the game to enjoy it which he doesnt understand
I personally don’t like it very much but even I can see that it’s a great game and I bet Wood does too
@@pikanimation6489 did you watch the vid? He said he had 0 hours of fun in 53 hours
A review is just an opinion. I didnt like it but a lot did. Always use a consensus first like metacritic rather than 1 persons opinion.
JRPGS are my favorite genre bar none, but I just couldn’t get into this game either
Here is how the full combat system works
Everyone does Autoattacks,these autoattacks fill up your abbilitys(which depends on your weapontype).Using abbilitys fills up your Ultimate (up to 3 levels, you unlock level 4 by standing near to your blade). Each ultimate has a element assigned to it, if you manage to do some elemental combos you deal a massive ammount of bonus damage and give your enemy a elemental orb. Dealing damage also fills another bar that is either used to revive fallen allys, or to do a chain attack when it's full. In a chain attack every member does a level 1 ult, if that breaks a orb it continues with everyone doing a level 2 ult,if you manage to break another orb everyone deals a level 3 ult until you don't break another orb.
Well,that's atleast the basics for combat. You also have Itemslots, Blade upgrades and unlockable bladeperks with special effects.
And trust me, you really need to use everything I named once you unlocked everything, this game can be brutal
Das war tatsächlich hilfreich !
Oh! And your position during battle matters too because some attacks do more damage behind the enemy or to their sides all the while trying to stay close to your blade
problem with newbies is that they try to run away or evade by gaining distance without utilizing the tank in their party.
he probably never realized that bit and died over and over again, which would explain why he had such a bad time.
but to not learn this within 50 hours, he really must have played stubbornly and without any effort to figure things out...
Also early on when You can't do any of the combos yet (to be honest I don't think you can take full advantage of it until around 70hrs into the game) if you time pressing your skill just after your autoattack connects then your ability bar for other skills fills up faster + there's less delay in animation (sort of nearly animation cancel which is deliberate in this game).
I agree that the game is very slow in explaining how this battling system works but once you figure it out it's VERY rewarding.
@FluffySpartan the game does the auto attacks for you because when you play the intended way you are fully occupied by chaining specials and track all the different chances for combos. it would be super annoying if you'd need to simultaneously button mash.
The game has a bug where if you leave it in sleep mode, the hour counter keeps going. I don't think you really played that much if you were still in chapter 3.
Oooohhh. That makes sense.
Yeah I pretty sure it was that. There ton of games like that...
That explains it because that save file did not add up whatsoever.
I think y'all just need to accept the fact that he doesn't like it and get over it
@@DarkDo7 But how could he have 53 hours into his playthrough at CHAPTER THREE?! Either it's a bug or he purposely didn't advance through the story. Plus he clearly didn't awaken any Blades, or at the very least equip them because if he did then the combat would've been a lot better. It's not the game's fault Wood didn't play it right.
I was fine with him hating the game before, I disliked a lot of parts too, but his save file makes me think he's a fraud
As in he actually likes it but pretends to hate it? CONSPIRACY!
@@myboy732 SHANE DAWSON WHERE U AT
He paid the game, leave him along
*alone
52 hours and he NEVER EVEN LEFT GORMOTT, NANI?!?
Of course it’s ok to disagree, and this game might not be for you, but if you play a game and spend 50 hours on what is essentially the first ‘level’, how much fun do expect to get out of it?
exactly, he is only on the third chapter by this time, which is where the game truly begins to start picking up. To say the game sucks before even getting into the good part is mindblowing.
@@samus8163 for me if it takes more than 5 hours for a game to feel decent it's not really worth continuing.
@@samus8163 You shouldn't have to slog through however many hours to get to the "good part". If he is on the THIRD CHAPTER and it isn't good yet, then that is a problem.
@@ashleygray1632 you don't play a lot of jrpg's do you
@@shadowlance8212 in 5 hours you can have something that grips you. Jrpg or not mate lol
Didn't even watch it yet but from the thumbnail....
We all know where this is going
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Kira... STAR PLATINUM!ZA WARUDO!
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iiiii don't know...
Yeah, it goes to Wood making 10 other videos apologizing for this video and walking everything back for the sake of a thumbs up while depleting his integrity.
**Still gets Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition**
good point
@dakky indeed.
Shulk is a better character overall
The gameplay isn't that different he says it is more complicated but I thought it was easier.
It's way better
Me: Oh, Wood played 53 hours of XBC2, I bet this time he comes back, figures out the combat system, and has a blast! It really picks up after you get past the slow intro!
Wood: Deletes main save and replays the tutorial
Me: Oof
Sorry playtime has nothing to do with if its worth playing. Im not gonna waste my time on a game that doesnt get me hooked at most 10 hours in, wait thats way to generous 5 hours
@@jamesb3623 I get it's not for everyone, and nobody is obligated to like any game. The point I was trying to make is I thought he would give it a second shot by continuing his playthrough, especially since JRPGs are notorious for starting slow but turn into a grand adventure. Giving it a second shot by replaying the opening hours of the game again seems silly as that is the intro to the story and tutorial for gameplay.
It's like me saying I don't like Call of Duty, because I played the tutorial and quit before playing an online match. Then I say I'll give it another try, by replaying the tutorial.
Long, slow burn games aren't for everyone, I just think Wood did himself a disservice by restarting his playthrough, especially when somehow he's still in one of the first areas.
@@Danbecker000 I got my last tutorial after beating the penultimate boss, with around 100 hours in. I felt it was a slow start until you get to Gormott and after that I always wanted to continue the story. I don't really see the slow start that people talk about
@@josedeleon9273 It might be the fact that you only get full access to everything by chapter 4. Which is when the combat of the game really opens up and feels much faster. Like only until chapter 4 can you finally have a driver be equipped with 3 blades. But chapter 4 is still a sizeable while into the game. So not everyone has the patience to get there.
Kingdom of Uraya is when the game picks up imo. RIP to those people out there saying “you have to continue playing the game to finish the story so no thanks”
There are 2 core gameplay mechanics to this iirc:
1) The bar on the top left that you see: You are supposed to Break > Topple > Launch > Smash. So what you need to do is the equip blade to your party to try to make that happen. This allows you to stop the opponent from attacking you during this chain and also will give better loots.
2) The bar on the top right that you see with the aqua etc: You will have those special moves that you uses when you press A, the have 4 stages, you have to chain stage 1 to 2 to 3 to 4, when you reach stage 4, this will inflict an element orb on your opponent. On the later part of the game, the more element orb you stack on the opponent, the more you can chain your special over and over. This is crucial since there is no way you can auto-attack your way to victory in the later part of the game. And you can only chain compatible element, only stage 4 element will be inflicted. So you will have to time and change your blade accordingly and watch for your allies' special to make it easier to chain all the way to stage 4.
The reason why auto-attack is there is simply because what you should be doing is to managed those 2 things mentioned earlier. What you need to do with the blade is to ensure you have different elements of blades equipped so that it is easier to chain to stage 4 and for you to do the break chain too.
I struggled in the first few chapter of the game is with the exact same reason you had. I initially thought it was boring af to have them do all the attacking for you, but there is way more to it. Pity it is only doable when you have more allies, and thus blades equipped.
this game has a glitch where if you leave the game in sleep mode, the time still runs so u probably played for like 3 hours & left the game in sleep mode for like 2 days relax
I'm PRETTY sure this is false, though I always go into the home menu before going into sleep mode and the home menu suspends the game, disallowing it from recording playtime.
@@thatsprettymint1942 it is actually true information about THIS GAME ONLY. It did have said glitch. That may be the reason why it shows 50+ hours and he's still in the beginning.
I had no idea it did that.
...Probably explains why I have 190hrs on it besides the many times I grinded for lv. 99😂
@@johnlogan1760 who grinds a game like this?
If only that glitch was there for me. It definitely does not work with my merq missions sigh. It only progressed when I was playing.
I'd suggest, rather than just playing yourself, probably Stream the game, and get some tips/suggestion from the chat!
Yesss. That would probably be best.
haha God, just let the dude alone
Aaand thaaaaat would fiiiix whhhaaaaaat???????? if you dont like a game you dont like a game, dont need to force him to like it XD
why do u want to keep torturing him with a game he clearly cant enjoy? just leave him be
@@christianalvarez9930 he literally asked us for tips and if he played wrong
and he even hearted the comment
Using art recharge pouch items like desserts in Argentum will speed up the combat drastically.
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The first four minutes of this combat guide are also super useful in early game.
Watching this video really makes me want to play Xenoblade Chronicles and bust out some Driver combos, Blade combos, Elemental burst, etc.
Yeah people who call this game bad thing it's just auto attacking using arts and occasionally specials I love this game and they just need to learn how to play it
teal luma yeah, the combat should never be slow once you learn the combat, and I understand why a lot of people find it slow, the tutorials was pretty bad
Xenoblade chro 2 is trash. Xenoblade chro x is the best rpg open world
daadaa 01 even if y u have an unpopular opinion, I’m ok with it, still happy you still enjoy the games
@@mamadhiraethyt2885 you’re wrong, but you’re allowed to be wrong if you want
I like how he isn’t picking up the healing items
@Slushmallow you must not like a lot of games then hears a few that fit your criteria final fantasy,fable,zelda almost all games know to man have you press a button and you character moves shocking I know absolutely ridiculous excuse
@Slushmallow you said you hate games where you press a button and your character moves lol
I think that the battles take too long and in the first hours of the game there is not much that keep you engaged during battles.
I feel also that Rex is too generic compared to Shulk or even other characters in the same game.
The English VO could be better. Lots better.
I do understand that the game takes too long to open up and that the tutorials are ruining the experience for some and are a bit to intrusive.
But.. the story is really awesome, the graphics and the art direction is incredible and spot on in most cases. The music is also fantastic and really get you going. There is sooo much content and many things to explore. I did finish the game and I loved it in the end. Some parts of the game made me quit playing for weeks until I finally rolled up my sleeves and got past that part. It happened a few times during my play through.
I guess everything boil down to how much patience you have. If the long battles (even with lower level enemies) makes you yawn, if you aren't willing too learn the complex battlesystem that will take hours and hours to understand, if at all, since it's presented to you in small increments and what a faster experience you should....
...play the DLC Torna instead!
Or press the power off button.
Even YS The lacrimosa of Dana is a better option then. I did like Xenoblade 2 better in the end though even though I did enjoy YS fast pace action and exciting story very much.
@@RedBlueSpot still when you review a game you review it as a whole I get some people don't like the game but they don't put out reviews for people to watch if I watch a review I expect the person to have finished the game it's not a lot to ask from a reviewer
@@fastasgaupthebargaining7174 For some people the long battles, long introduction and the other things I named is too much and is affecting their over all experience and opinion. Some might even quit the game altogether. That was their experience with the game and are ofcourse entitled to it. That doesn't mean everyone will have the same experience.
For me, I could look past the few but obvious problems and the rest of the game is truly one of the absolute best experiences on Switch, or maybe even all consoles. But if you can't do that and quit you might end up hating the game for it's crucial flaws and that's an opinion too. I feel bad for everyone missing this phenomenal game and experience.
If you were on chapter 3 and still in Gormott, you didn't even unlock the rest of the combat. In that same chapter, you learn about chain attacks, driver combos, blade combos, and fusion combos. If you progressed a little further, you would've probably like the game more.
yeah he was still level 17 at that time
And before anyone says it, he did not play for 50 hours. The In game timer is broken.
@Zombie Koro considering the first hour of most jrpgs is barely the tutorial / opening sequence, I don't think that's a fair assessment. I mean look at Kingdom Hearts 2 or FF12, for example. The first hour in each is exactly nothing like the bulk of the game. Not even the same playable characters. With this genre requiring time sinks in general, 1 hour is hardly gonna be indicative of the whole package. If we were talking shooters or fighting games, then sure.
@Zombie Koro yeah normally you would, games don't usually shove everything in in an hour, especially if the combat can be deep
This doesn't really fix the combat that much but if you keep flicking the left stick after everytime rex does his first attack in the 3 hit combo then you can keep attacking faster to build up the meters for your skills quicker than normal. This also makes the game feel less automatic.
The only thing I have to say to 53 hours into the game and only chapter 3 is there is no way you tried to progress in the story because in 53 hours I beat the game and the only way to learn why the combat is not bad is to progress in the story because the farther you are in the story the more they add to the combat.
To be fair, 53 hours with 1 blade for each character and you haven't even left Gormott, you really weren't looking to have fun, were you lol? I agree, the combat takes a long time to open up fully, but once it does it's really engaging. 53 hours is at bare minimum half of the game (though I'm at 60 and only on chapter 4. Mainly because I really took my time and have quite a few rare blades and am just playing around with them to find the ones I like the most). I would say the game really becomes amazing during chapter 3, which isn't great pacing, I'll agree, but there's like 200 hours of content if you want to do everything it has to offer, so it's not that bad.
yeh that is exactly what I thought also.
@@zeojoe2229 I understand that he didn't have fun and spent 53 hours of his time. But that could be said for any game if you don't even bother pushing through with the story lol.
@Baked Yeah, it's definitely good that he came back to it, and the video for sure is funny. It just irks me a bit when I see so many hours spent in a game, while absolutely nothing has been accomplished lol.
I’d have loved him to have got one of the other youtubers he likes to buddy with to give a counterbalance
But the game has to draw you in to play over the 53 hours if the game hasn’t hooked you by 53 hours should you spend more time playing it
53 hours and he was on chapter 3 how is that even possible lmao
At this point you're just throwing more wood at the fire (pun intended).
You shouldn't still be in Chapter 3, 53 hours into the game! No wonder you weren't having fun, if you were still stuck at Chapter 3. At that point most people would be at around Chapter 6 or 7.
ASavage Yeah I’m on chapter 7 with like 60-65 hours and I was grinding for rare blades
Yeah what the heck
I was thinking the same turns out he never used arts or specials he always used auto attacks and left the game alone when fighting no wonder he hates this game
@@thygovanvaerenbergh1058 yeah even during this gameplay he didn't use back attack from the back etc... he isn't playing it correctly at all
Yeah, he probably just autoattacked, and when that didn't work on tougher enemies, he went out and started to grind, instead of using blade combos and driver combos.
Personally I like the game BUT I can see what it's a turn off to people. Its okay to disagree
Yeah, it's a bad game BUT I can see why people like it. It's okay to disagree
@@Fayt540 XD
I hate it. The clunky way he runs. The fact that you can't actually input your attacks and he just swings his sword. UGH. It's mindless. The game almost plays for you.
@@mitchellslan7408 I agree. It's the same reason I couldn't get into the first Xenoblade Chronicles. I absolutely hate when it feels like a game is playing for you. Sucks the fun out for me
Jay_Slash_DRM like, I can get behind the timing elements and when to press certain powers, but I swear to god. If they made me feel like I was making him swing the freaking sword, it would change everything. One little change. I genuinely don’t understand RPG’s sometimes. And why do RPG games like to make the character feel stupid when they move. It’ makes me want to punch through a window
When you play a game aimlessly and wander around for 50 hours doing...what were you doing? Chapter three? No story progress. Level 17? Not fighting enemies. So he was wandering around looking at the same area for 50 hours, doing nothing. No wonder you hated it. Look up a guide.
Wood: "I hate this game!11!" >Has played 53 hours and isnt even past the first titan
I don't think that's the games fault. You're honestly just terrible at it.
*He only uses auto attacks and didn't bother to grab health potions*
His powers grow weaker
53 hours and just level 17? Something doesn’t add up.
Pinche_Sam 95% of does 53 hours were wasted by being afk and the 5% was he just dying over and over
why is everyone hating on wood. seriously, stop
He just left the game on to then use it as an argument imo lol
It took me 40 hrs to beat the game. I've now beaten the game at least 6 times, and have about 250 hrs in it...and that's not including Torna.
@@ryansheehan1330 He barely played the game if he was only at chaper 3 and level 17 after 50 hours.
13:40 the problem is that you didnt even try to undestand the combat system, that's why you keep losing at the end. If Im not wrong, at that point of the game you, should be able to control your arts and know how they work, if you see on the bottom of each art there's a property they have, at that point you should know that the Anchor Shot makes the enemy drop an HP potion which is essential at the begenning of the game. I can bet you whatever you want that you dont even know what an art is.
And from there, the combat system just keep evolving adding specials, enemy weaknesses, driver combos, blade combos, chain attacks, and all of that gets crucial to win and get more experience and stuffs in the battle.
But hey what I need to accept is that the game is not doing well its job because no matter how difficult the combar system is or not, someone should be able to understand it easly.
At the end I keep saying the same to you, it is an underrated game because they werent able to explain easly the combar system.
You know what? maybe you should start with the expansion, they make the combat system simpler because of the same thing.
I think I remember him doing a video review of Torna and liking it much more than the main game.
I hate to see it. Xenoblade 2 has one of my favorite combat systems of any game I have played. There are a lot of mechanics, but once you learn about them they have soo much depth. I have gone back to play Xenoblade 2 just to experience the combat again for fun. Torna was fun too, but I honestly missed the mechanics of the base game.
@@corywashington9580 I agree with what you said about the combat in the game. I like all of the Xenoblade games haven't disliked a single game in the series.
@@corywashington9580 yeah im thinking of repurchasing this and zelda BOTW again sucks being in a pinch and having to trade some games i tell ya.....
Anthony Kays ugh! I know the feeling. The way things are going with work. Seems like I might have to trade some games just to get the Xeno Definitive Edition. Crossing my fingers and hoping I won't have to do that.
You should’ve done some of the side quests along with some salvaging to level your character up. It makes the game easier in the long run (also makes it more fun)
Wood: *53 hours in on chapter 3*
Me: *at the end of chapter 4 with 13 hours*
Also for his question on combat, here’s it simply, when using Rex, use the X move to heal and get a topple, the y behind an enemy and the b beside
You must have been doing something wrong if you are only on the beginning of chapter 3 50 hours in...
I was at the beginning of chapter 3 at 20 hours
Yeah I can't believe that!
Exactly my thought :D
I must be under leveled. I'm at the beginning of chapter 3 at only 9 hours.
@@abdulfooligan1395 That sounds better than where BeatEmUps was!
50+ hours in the beginning? At level 17? Something don't seem right. Seems like he just left it on for a bunch of hours, to prove a point or was grinding in a not so efficient way? Either way the combat throws a lot of people off, I think developers tried to make the game longer by stretching it out with slow gameplay in the beginning
I completed the game story (not a completionist so didn't collect all blades or do all side missions)... Only took me 80 hrs or so to complete the story and I loved it. Didn't even require me to grind and I loved the game so much that I ordered torna
At 50 hours in was atleast chapter 7
10:00 uhm, look at your minimap?
As far as April's Fools go, I've seen funnier.
When you click so fast you se the end of the video first
Wow I've never been so fast before Lol
5p33d
I laughed so hard my hernia came out.
Lmao
@@justinkim5098 can i eat it
50 hours to only be level 17... how ? I understand why you didn't like the game. The game is made to be finish (main story) in around 80 hours, in my play through I finshed it in that time. With 50 hours of game I was like maybe at chapter 8 or 9 with A LOT more than just 17 levels, either you looked arouned WAY to much or you slept with the game open. I don't see how you can play 50 hours and only be level 17. Just to make you know, the Final Boss (that you are sensed to defeat after around 80 hours) is level 70.
Not everyone is crazy about putting 80 fricking hours in a game just to enjoy it🤓
@@joeshi2544 that's not the point, the point is that Woods should have been much father along then he was on his 53 hour save.
I finished the game in about 45-50 hours
Yeah something doesnt make sense at all. Everytime people say 'it takes xx hours to finish a game' it takes me twice that easily. But level 17, chapter 3 and 57 hours.... is unbelievable.
He was at 53 hours because he left it running at a few points to show how bad that auto attack system was
Early on, the combat is simple enough, but Rex’s Sword Bash art does more damage if you position yourself behind enemies. After you start getting blades, you can unleash combo attacks by combining elemental attacks. You’ll notice there’s a combo tree in the top right whenever someone uses an element.
Xenoblade 2 is my least favorite of these games, but I honestly think the combat gets really sick after 2-3 hours.
This is like when you completely butchered the joycon shell swap. You're not patient enough, you ignore directions and you aren't listening.
Over 50 hours and hes in gormott, level 17? Finished the game after 70 hours
Haha
Prolly didnt know how to play
I finished in 55. He clearly didn't read any of the explanations he kept complaining about
@@brad6957 I mean or he accidentally left the game on I'm at chapter 6 I can't be bothered with the game it's just not fun I agree with everything wood is saying because it's true
Seems like he just left the game on for awhile to try and prove a point but he obviously is just doing it so people will stop saying he hasn’t played the game. Honestly I kinda lost some respect for him after this vid.
Im still trying to figure out how you spent 50 hours with story progression up to chapter 3. I get you dont like the game but i dont know how you would have stayed that early in the with 50 hours of playtime. Either your would have quit sooner or progessed further.
Not saying you have to continue playing. I do respect your opinion on the game cause i was the same way at first and then it just clicked for me at some point. But theres no certainty that it would click for you.
Was wondering about the same, but the time you spend within the menu counts towards play time.
He's a normie player, i see he only likes playing simple indie games. When the mechanics are unique/complicated he tends to get put off by it. He simply isn't a hardcore gamer,, just a casual gamer which is fine, but to put this amazing game as the most hated . He says he has depression but he is just fishing view? or hate? idk he should consider his content path.
"hardcore gamer" lol what do u even mean by that?
Eternity Hardcore gamer, as in, you know you're supposed to strategize in battle when playing an RPG, not just let your character auto-attack...
This game's combat values positioning insanely more than just standing there. You can pull off big effects and damage boosts, and really cool combos depending on the blade, skills, characters, etc. and especially whether you attack from the front, sides, back, etc.
Which is fine, if the game allows to you to position yourself easily. It doesn't, Rex runs AWFULLY slowly once combat starts. And it's not an issue in Xeno 1, so I've no idea why the devs made it an issue here in 2.
53 hours to get to chapter 3 heh it only took me 32 hours.
Oh c“mon it doesn't make sense that you actually spend 50+hrs and you're still at chapter 3 you probably left it in idle.
Nicholo Bongat chapter 3 and only level 17
.... yeah now that I think about it
I played it for 60+ I reached chapter 8 and it still sucks
@@SA-sp3sh WELP its okay in your case hahahqaha
S A U probably didn’t bother learning the combat
53 hours, 1 blade, chapter 3? You left the game on and let the timer go up, because you clearly didn't play it for that long.
I don't understand how he could've gotten that high of a playthrough time and still be on Chapter 3. He clearly didn't advance through the story or used Core Crystals to get additional Blades.
Yeah, I noticed that too! If he had gotten blades he wouldn't have been complaining about the battles being to slow. Obviously, the first enemies are going to be easy because the game doesn't want to discourage you that fast. I do remember the first shark weird boss being too hard tho. I did beat it without cheating.
@@kjnnay Yeah, because he would have access to different Arts, attack speeds, and Blade Specials. It's not the game's fault Wood didn't actually try to improve the combat by awakening other Blades.
Did no one else see him start over? That's why he's only on level 3, watch the begining of the video again
@@r_apt_ure No, his previous save file was clocked in at 53 hours and he only had 1 Blade for each of his party members. It's evident he wasn't playing the game how you're supposed to play and didn't advance through the story (for some reason).
The game didn’t get me hook until the battle with akhos and malos and when pyta turns into mythra, the game truly is amazing after that. But before that, I can understand people not liking the game.
I just beat the game in the last few weeks, and overall I enjoyed Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Even though our main opinions are different but I strongly agree with a lot of things you point out in the review that reminds me how I felt in the early game.
For the combat system, I also got killed by the Shark boss with 2 hits and do not really know what to do. (Cannot think about a logical and stable way even now), and experienced being 1-hit by high level monsters while I'm doing other quests.
With the slow paced auto-attack together with high HP enemies everywhere, it honestly gets boring and frustrating.
Another thing I would like to add is that certain places or terrains are poorly designed, the enemy can easily push you down the cliff or your teammates just jump off and killed themselves, which really irritates me during the whole game play.
But just like everyone said, the combat experience changes a lot when you have enough blades on your team and got introduced to all the combos (Driver, Blade, Fusion, and Chain attack), as well as unlocking driver and blade skills.
I'll take xenoblade chronicles 2 off yours hands, if it's such a burden
Jayce 7 he's hoarding games remember
Can i get your game?
@@GrahamTowler That's a funny way of saying collecting.
@@GrahamTowler according to captions it claims he said he is haunting them lol
No. It's great it sits in his home.
I can´t take this guy seriously, he played XC2 for 53 hours and was only lvl17 with no Blades equipped, only using the ones the game gives you.
Indeed, I bet he just left the game on for hours without doing anything and that's why the 53 hours
He lied when he said he tried to like the game. He never tried, and he only made this video for outrage clicks.
I'll believe he will take this game seriously until he can at least once manage a successful full guage five streak elemental chain attack for that ultra hit.
@Laura S. It is obvious to me that he didn't read the tutorials information. So sad, it is a great game. My favourite rpg on the Switch.
guys, he's one youtuber reviewing a game based on his preferences. honestly, if it takes me more than a couple of hours to get into anything like a book, show, or game, then I would not like it too. even if you persoanlly think the game is great, obviously there is a huge flaw if it can't reel people in as well as it should.
Combat in the game developed as you play. Eventually you will be chaining together elemental attacks to break the opponents guard. Certain elemental attacks do more damage, the farther you get down the tree the more damage they do. Once you end the tree an orb will generate and attacking the enemy using elements strong against the orb can break the defense and enter a team attack. So no you didn't give it a chance if chapter three was as far as you got. 53 hours is way to long to be only on chapter 3 and level 17. Have mercy on us all and just look up a guide.
Edit: the last sentence was far to harsh. Genuinely try playing using a guide when you get lost so you can experience the game. If you are lost and frustrated the entire time your not going to enjoy a game. No matter the good your judgment will be clouded with frustration. Love the content anyways keep it up.
You saw the gameplay, he didn't play the game, the auto attacks did, he said he'd give the game a second chance but didn't even try to learn the combat
@@heropontorchic1979 True😕😑
I don't get what you people don't understand. Nobody is gonna. Sit through 10+ hours of auto attacks to reach that point. The developer said themselves they fucked up that part of the game.
When the developers know and the fans don't. That's called being biased.
The game is decent at best. The 1st one is literally better in every aspect.
If you guys wanna play waifu grind fest go do that. But telling someone who gave the game a second chance "he didn't get far enough" is an excuse. Either the game catches your attention or it doesn't. And Xenoblade 2 is one of the worst games for that. Most people playing it are huge Xenoblade fans that will play any of the games to death.
You are the kind of people that makes him want to play these games LESS. Because you come in here demanding what he has to do. Instead of making the experience bareable and actually helping.
So please for the love of god. Stop thinking your OPINION of a game is somehow law.
It's one ofthe most hated Rpg games in the last decade. I can't even tell you how many videos I've seen saying the same things wood is.
Having to play a game for 15+ hours just for combat to start opening up is a mistake and a flaw. If you ppl can't see that you are way to biased to tell someone else to give it another try.
@@heropontorchic1979 what combat? I reached chapter 5 before I had to do anything with my controller in combat? You think giving a chance is playing 25+ hours of something that isn't even that good??
@@fragtical8540 Weird to see a response to a comment I wrote two years ago. Your right, my opinions are not facts. I stand by saying that looking up a guide when you spend a extreme amount of time with no progress would probably have helped.
Giving 53 hours to a game is giving that game a chance, I was wrong. However, I do think there was more that could have been done in order to give the game it's best chance.
I want to type an essay, but I'll just be straight.
I wasn't trying to demand anything, I did suggest things to do and give my opinion on the things he did do.
Yes you can sit and watch the auto attacks kill enemies for the first 15 hours, it doesn't force you to do that, but you can. It is true that the combat doesn't open up for a very long time.
Telling people not to express their opinions because they are biased is a really bad argument. Opinions are inherently biased. Both of your comments are made up of entirely biased statements, so why can't my comments be?
I think people should try and temper their bias, something that I didn't do very well two years ago and I admit that. I also admit my opinions have bias.
What I believe I was trying to say is that he did not experience enough of the came to reach a informed opinion on the game as a whole. That's fine. From a average player's perspective 53 hour is giving the game a chance, but the point in the game that he had reached wasn't enough from an evaluators perspective in order to make any general statements about the game.
Also whether or not you like/enjoy something is largely based on what you are looking for when you go into it. I enjoyed the world design, music, and story. The combat was eh, but that wasn't the main reason I enjoyed the game.
Gaming am I right. Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you do or don't celebrate.
To be honest, the game was a bit underwhelming to me in the beginning. It just had an unpolished feel to it, like it needed some more dev time, but 200 hours later, it definitely earned my respect. It's just a game that requires a lot from the player. It's a great example of a game that just gets better the more u play it.
I mean there are only 40ish developers worked on XC2, so I was viewing this game like I was looking at Tarkov.
200 freaking hours? Damn, I could finish so many games in that time...
@@yabukiman4273 Like a thousand shmups!!! Lol!!
@@codylenneth4645 It's curious that you mention it, I've been playing the classic DOOM games on Switch these days. Pretty fun games :)
Are you exaggerating when you say 200 hours? I started to get hooked into the game around the ending of Chapter 3 lmao.
I am pretty sure you did not actually play this game for 50+ hours before, you probably left it idle for most of the time. Being on chapter 3 after so long and have only level 17 it's just impossible for me. Needless to say you should try to cancel your auto attacks, for me the battle system was a bit boring too but i had no idea you could do that.
Bruh, i beat the game at 55 hrs with doing a good amount of side content
53 hours is almost the entire length of my first playthrough 😂
Tbh, you really didn’t give this game a second chance. You went into it prepared to criticize it at every turn which instantly means your mind doesn’t even consider the possibility of enjoying it bc you just won’t allow it. Also about 53 hours of playtime; your safe file (lv. 17s) suggests playing for ~10 hours and then leaving the game running to get your playtime up
Agreed. He went in with so much negative energy. This game is damn brilliant. 53 hours and had no other blades assigned to anyone else. Shame.
Not to mention 53 hour and only on chapter 3 🤔 something isn’t adding up
@@AngelHernandez-cm8tw
Straight up he did this to shut uo the haters and it backfired cause we can all do math
Also if you legit spent 53 hours why would you straight delete it like it didnt matter
Everyonevis telling you get past chapter 3 and game gets good and then you ignore and delete come on this is why i dont bother with this fodder youtuber anymore first video lost respect for his opinion second one lost my respect for him as a youtuber doesnt deserve the views or the youtube money he gets
Wood is one of the most shameless youtubers out there lmao
@@removinglimiters2771 I'm just sick of him throwing shade at Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and after this video, it shows that he didn't even bother playing the game properly.
I didn’t play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for years because of Woody’s review. I finally tried it simply because I enjoyed Pyra and Mythra on Smash. XC2 ended up being one of my favorite games of all time. I guess you can’t go too much on one guy’s opinion.
I finally gave the game a chance too after like 2 years of hesitation
And im falling in love with the game its so fun
Definitely can’t I want to buy this game but it’s sold out everywhere
same, I brought Botw just because It's the most popular game, I didn't liked it and would say it's 6/10 but I fell in love with xenoblade 😅
@@Liamsk_art That's herecy. I will not tolerate BotW slander.
I gave it a go and I have the same problems with it as he did. More, actually. And I love the Xeno brand, especially the older ones. This game is just ... awful across the board. Character design. Map and guidance. Sloggy combat. Overly dramatic and tripe filled plot. Had to literally quit because my progress was blocked by a stupid skill check. Awful design decisions. Awful writing.
Such a shame. This series has characters like Shion, the best gaming has to offer. And then there's this rubbish.
I said this in another video, and I say this now: 15 hours is quite a chunk of time. Sure, you won't know the game 100%, but you should know at least if it appeals to you. If a game really needs so much hours to "get good", then it's not the player's fault if they want to drop it. It's a real problem with the game and a valid criticism to it.
Poor Wood. Apparently he is not allowed to dislike a popular game these days...
True. I only started to get a sense of it after 10 hours and a lot of research.
If he thinks the game is bad at the 15 hour mark that is his opinion. I may disagree but that is his own opinion. The issue is that he says he spent 50 hours yet he is in the area you should be on at like the 10 hour mark.
@@kinokoc7272 this is a valid statement, but you also have to make the case that Wood did not play this game as it should be played. Like at all. In 15 hours, the average player is past the point of the game that Wood got to in 53 hours of playtime. I mean the main game averages at 64 hours for most people and Wood didn’t even make it past the tutorial chapters. At this point he should have unlocked all the combat mechanics and the combat IS fast. Yes, it starts out slow and that is definitely a downside of this game. But a fully developed XB2 combat system is actually super engaging and has so much going on that most people are overwhelmed. Valid criticism from people who have played this game as it is intended is that the combat has too much going on and the game doesn’t do a good enough job explaining the crap ton of mechanics that are introduced. Wood said said there’s not much to it... which obviously shows he didn’t play it.
It’s like someone complaining that Mario Kart sucks because they go so slow, but they’ve been playing off the track and only drive in the grass and dirt.
It’s not exactly popular, barely sold 2 million copies, but the people who do like it, (like me), are extremely passionate about it
"I can't take you seriously, you've only played like 10 hours."
If you have to play a game for longer than 10 hours to know if it's fun or not, IT'S CLEARLY NOT A GAME FOR YOU! Like seriously, did people forget the point of games? They're to have fun! It's not a job you're supposed to sink your life into! It's something you should invest your time in because you feel it's worthy.
Wood, for the sake of your own mental help, please don't put 50+ hours of your life into a game you hate. Not worth it bro 😂
I put the game down after the first 10 hours cuz I didn’t like it. Picked it back up cuz I was bored and it became my favorite game of all time.
It has a slow start. If you don’t like the beginning it isn’t because it isn’t for you, it’s just a serious design flaw of the game. You need to invest to enjoy it and that’s definitely not for everyone.
The problem is he never should’ve made a video on it in the first place. If he’s gonna keep mentioning how much “xenoblade 2 sucks” he should at least play the other 9/10ths of the game where it actually gets fun
Baked same. Chapter 4 is where it really got enjoyable for me. I remember once I made it to Uraya and learned driver combos and ballade combos I was hooked
Ugly combat system those animations are so slow mobile games were much more better than this garbage. Seems like SAO combat were more active than this. I don't like SAO but this is much more worst maybe the story is good same like Witcher 3 people praise it cause of the story but the combat system is so dumb.
dakky Very insightful. Thanks for the feedback buddy
No one is forcing him to continue playing it.
Every game has a play time needed for you to finish the game, weather or not you will finish it is up to you.
But your opinion on a game that you haven't played or completed is invlaid, it's as simple as that
You were 53 hours into the game and still were in chapter 3? No wonder you got bored. And you only had 1 blade?!?! Why do you think battles were so slow for you? And of course the first enemies are going to be easy, if all enemies were like the shark boss, anyone would stop playing! You need to learn how to use combos too! It makes you deal a lot of damage! There's a bar on the upper left corner when your playing and if a certain amount of it fills up one of you party members could 'revive' you. Or if one of your party members die, you could revive them. Edit: I read a comment which said that when you leave your switch in sleep mode, the game still keeps counting the time. It's a bug many other game have and it's probably the cause of the 50 hours of 'play'. On another note, IM SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT XENOBLADE CHRONICLES DEFINITIVE EDITION! Ejem, ok wow there, sorry for screaming. Edit 2: I think he said that battles were slow in his review on XC The golden country (or whatever its called), if you were wondering when he had said that.
I played through the game and half of new game plus in 53 hours of gameplay. Those 53 hours must have been running in circles brainlessly
I like how he says dromarch and nia are his favorite characters when he hasn’t even met half of the cast yet
Wood it's almost impossible to play for 53 hours and only be on chapter 3. You can beat the game pretty easily in 45-50 hours. So I'm gonna call cap on that.
Nah the game takes at least 70 hours to beat
@@mouth4207 no you can beat the main game in about 60-65 hours. Or less if you're good
@@user-wb8um6kd8f that’s true but for a 1st play through I think it would take 90 hours or a bit more
it did it in 52 hours in my first playthrough
Kevin Carranza i did it 30 hours first playthrough via maximum cheese strats
I haven't even watched this video but I'm going to comment that XC2 is an absolute masterpiece!
Is my fave game in the switch, I prefer it most than Zelda 😳🙈 but love both💕
No
Absolutely. I have TWO xc2 tattoos
@@milin.9369 Incorrect, Breath of the Wild is objectively the best game released on Switch.
I loved xcx
"I'm giving this game another chance". Proceeds to goofing around and playing it with even less effort than last time. Kinda sucks.
@Kieran Rice How would he know? Based on the non-time stats on his save screen, he didn't ACTUALLY play it.
To actually be level 17 and not have any equipment at 53 hours, he would have had to been letting the game autobattle on the weakest enemy in the game over and over for that time. EVEN THEN, I'm not convinced he wouldn't be in the mid-20's by that point. That save time is ALL idle time on the save the screen and forgetting to put the console in sleep mode.
@@kuvjason7236 I'm convinced he has never played a Xenoblade game Period. He keeps going on about how much he enjoyed the others and yet his biggest complain about Chronicles 2 is the auto-attack in the combat....which is present in the other two games, So.. what? That's like saying "I didn't like Mario Odyssey because you need to jump too much, but I enjoyed the others" Like.. you jump in all of them.. that's the core gameplay.. what?
Exactly !! That's what doesn't make sense !! All the Xeno games have like the same combat system with some new mechanics added in from game to game so how can u say u like the first two games combat but hate this one?? Makes no sense they ALL have the auto attacking
id like to see you try and enjoy this game
@@ryansheehan1330 Done.
Like seriously. What were you expecting with a comeback like that while arguing with people that quite obviously enjoyed the game enough to know nuances about it?
How did he only get to level 17 in 53 hours? How. Mans must've left it on for days. Literally impossible lmaooo
Still played more than enough to judge if he likes it or not. He definitely played around 15 hours
Not really 'retrying' when all you did was waiting for the auto attacks, no efforts to actually learn the combat. You said you hate auto attacks game but still left the game to play by itself, quite the spin my lord. Also 53 hours in while still in ch3 is just bullshit, either it is a bug or you just left the game on.
Magnes G Yeah, and in 04:25 he says that he enjoyed the other Xenoblade games. That’s kinda strange cuz all of them have auto attacks... have he actually played the other games?
@@Luckeh_ I doubt he has to be honest
Actually, I have been playing 45 hours and also in the late of chapter 3. I'm kind of player who talk with any single NPC and do all the quest. Maybe he is just a same type with me
Hieu D Do But the problem is his level. He is only on level 17.
Only using auto attacks can also be a factor in this bs
Xc2 is beautiful and as you play, the combat system gets better and better and more rewarding. It starts off easy to get you used to the system, but as the game evolves and you get new things and fight new enemies, the combat is much, much more difficult that REQUIRES not just attention, but knowledge behind what you are doing. But when you pull off a huge combo and kill enemies once viewed as impossible to kill, the reward is astounding.
If the game isn’t telling you how to get good though it failed at teaching its systems. Though I have no idea if XC2 did cause this is edited.
@@rib_rob_personal Yeah the tutorials and ui are kinda bad, especially the Wayfinder. But there are many videos online that cover the combat well.
Nia - break
Mythra - anchor shot ( topple )
Agate - strong smash (crazy dmg to topple enemy )
Agate - immediate follow up with launch
Corvin - unload all art then follow up with a smash , then throw out a lv3 special, perfect combo for me
It seems like since you didn't _need_ to do anything, you didn't do anything and then complain that you're not doing anything. When you suddenly _do_ need to do something, you complain that you never learned how to do that.
Around 14:00 you asked if you were playing the combat wrong, and I was in the same boat as you for a pretty long time. Rex auto attacks, and each attack fills the cooldown gauge for your arts. The best way to attack in combat is to press the button for an art right after an auto attack, which is called “art cancelling” basically it does more damage and builds your blade combo (A button special). The combat in late game revolves around building up your blade combos, setting elemental orbs on your enemy (done by blade combos), and chain attacking to burst those elemental orbs to do crazy damage. Sorry for the long explanation, but the combat does become a lot more fun, interesting, and difficult after chapter 4/5 with the skills you’re able to unlock. Glad you tried the game again for us
Pretty sure you didn’t actually play for 53 hours, your levels and character progression is that of like 15 hours best. Fairly confident you left the thing running or something cause there’s no way you spent 53 hours getting to chapter 3
yeah i have around 43h and i'm lvl 46 and chapter 6
Combat explanation from someone who has many hours put into this game: So yes you do start off with auto attacks as a base, but their main utility is for arts recharge and chaining, you should by no means be trying to take down enemies with auto attacks alone. Arts are what you use most frequently during combat. Many of them have additional effects to speed up the flow of combat and they have a short cool down time after use which can be shortened through various means. One of the main aspects of arts, and combat in general, is the break>topple>launch>smash chain. By coordinating with your other party members you can immobilize the enemy for a variable amount of time. While topple, launch, or smash are active your specials deal increased damage and also refill the timers for the chain. Completing the chain with smash will get you additional items and money. Specials are charged by using arts, so the faster your arts recharge the faster you can use your specials. By using certain “paths” of specials you build up orbs. Orbs are essentially a means of extending chain attacks. Chains attacks are the main thing you’re shooting for in a battle, they dramatically increase the damage you deal and the exp you earn and they can finish off even a high level enemy very quickly if used well. Prior to a chain attack, if you build up orbs, you can destroy them during the attack. Destroying an orb provides a bonus to you damage output and enables you to use more powerful specials in the next round of the attack. It’s a lot to take in initially, but there’s a natural progression to it that makes it easier over time. Held items and affinity chart rewards also make combat noticeably faster. The main flow of a battle should go from a few auto attacks, into arts, and then onto specials. If a chain attack is really necessary you can use one but for most battles they’re more a salt in the wound kind of deal. Also, if you feel it’s taking too long to charge specials, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHECK THE AFFINITY CHART. Arts chain is an ability that lets you chain arts right off of each other and it makes charging specials much easier. It doesn’t take too long to get, but if you aren’t looking for it you might miss it. I felt compelled to make this because I, like many others in these comments, was almost driven away from this game by this review, and let me tell you, that would’ve been a real shame since it’s one of my all time favorites at this point. If you’re into jrpgs, I’d ask you to watch a halfway competent review of this game because Wood, despite what his “53 hour playtime” may imply, did not give this game a decent chance.
I just wanna ask how you were at 53 hrs and still in Gormott at lv17?
Games are super subjective, you don't have to love everything. It's cool dude! I enjoyed watching, thanks for giving me something to do for 20 minutes. Hope you're staying safe. :)
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He left his switch on. We all know that. He didn't play 53 hours.
Every critique he made applies to Xenoblade 1 as well, right down to the annoying Nopon.
He played a small amount of the game, learned none of the story, decided Nopon are now suddenly super annoying after playing two games full of them.
The game is amazing and he never played enough of it to understand that.
And that's why I don't like him
@@rghennig1 He's got a short attention span and not enough brain cells to understand that auto-attacking doesn't work for everything.
If you are like that, you shouldn't review rpgs.
the game has 10 chapters and takes about 40-60 hours to beat. you had 53 hours and only on chapter 3. 53 hours is enough to beat the game. you prolly left the switch on multiple times for hours wile running errands
Bro how did you play 53 hours and only get to chapter 3 the first time? 0_0
I think he left his Switch just laying around, because you reach level 17 like in first 2-4 hours
The in game time counter is broken and keeps track of time when the game is on but the switch is off.
Okay I understand the voice acting for the most part but
NIA’S VOICE IS SO GOOD YOU HAVE TO SUMBIT TO THAT ONE
I actually didn't mind the english dub once I got used to it. I couldn't switch the japanese after getting used to it :P.
David Polzin I think a lot of it is okay, like Zeke, Malos, Jin, and Gramps, but I’ve always hated Pyra, as a character and with her voice acting too, and Rex was really weird. Mythra was a million times better than pyra, pyra just had no personality and I couldn’t stand how basic she was.
You know a game is going well when you start reading the ingredients list on your food.
I agree with wood and i totally get him eventhough i love the game with 100+ hours. THE THING IS: the game only really opens up after like 10-15 hours (of commited play) because only then you get to do full combos, team attacks, switch blades for even more combo's, actually having to take into account the enemy's elements etc. (And this is only talking about combat, not even talking about craaazy amounts of upgradability yet)
So PLEASE WOOD, after 15 hours when the game really opens up.... I'M SURE YOU WILL LIKE IT TOO.
On the other hand.....thats quite something to ask of the avarage player so i think in this sense the game has really bad opening and phasing.
Okay before I even watch this video, just wanted to say that I was in the same boat originally with this game, and it’s a *VERY* slow burn. That being said, once you get past chapter 3 (maybe even 4), the game finally starts to get more fluid; or at least I noticed I could start getting those level 3 combos and chain attacks much more easily. The story gets a lot better as well, but I guess I’m just a seasoned JRPG guy at this point. By the end of the game, it went from being one of my “meh” Switch games to being one of my favorites. I don’t blame you Wood if you decide to just put it down forever, but if you do decide to power through it as I did, I feel like you’ll look back and be glad you did.
Wood is the first person ever to acknowledge that the reason most people like Japanese voice over is because you can't actually understand what they're saying so you cant even really judge the voices at all
Unless you speak Japanese lol.
@@sonicstarman9663 yeah but he was playing the north American version so I'm going to assume most don't
Fortunately Wood, I'm a veteran at this game and have put about 60 hours in now. First thing I see wrong: the way you commit to combat. Remember, every character and it's blade will feature Driver Arts. You saw on Rex Anchor Shot, Double Spinning Edge, and Sword Bash. True combat about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (especially successful combat) is to identify which Driver Arts your character has with its Blade and use them by their description.
Let's take the 3 I mentioned: Anchor Shot can be used in any physical position around the enemy and when used (especially when upgraded) it can do 2 things for you: 1. It can spawn health potions around you. First smaller health potions but as you upgrade it can net you larger health potions. Use this skill often to help heal your party. The 2nd thing this art does is setup the combat cycle of Break, Topple, Launch and Smash. In a party of Rex, Nia and Tora for example you have Nia use one of her arts to start the Break. Then you use Anchor Shot to Topple. Tora has a launch attack and then once you get a Blade named Roc later on you Smash. The Smash gives you all kinds of goodie drops and completing this cycle does a colossal amount of damage to your opponent.
Next Double Spinning Edge and Sword Bash. These are strictly combat arts but to use each one you need be in a certain position around the enemy for max damage. Double Spinning Edge requires you to be at a position of your enemy's left or right flank. Sword Bash requires you be directly behind the enemy before use. The whole trick that some people don't see with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (and the first one which is getting a remake in May and Xenoblade Chronicles X) is that (if memory serves) all 3 require a combat style where you're constantly moving around the enemy and striking with certain arts at certain strategic positions for max damage and effect. Auto-attacking will not get you very far in the game alone and some would see this game at a glance and think that's all there is. Truth is...it isn't. Also when you get Blades there are Blade Arts you can charge up by properly following the Attack mechanics and using the charge tree to use Blade Arts which can really bring the pain...or heal...or defense to your party. That's what I wanted to share and until next time I am out!
Alright so I see any people make the mistake of not using any pouch items at all. You can pick up pouch items from the beginning at argentum to speed up combat throughout the entire game. For an example narcipear jelly from the sweets shop boost art cooldown so you can charge your specials fast. You have to do a level one special then a level 2 and then a third to apply a elemental orb like in torna, that you can still break and extend your chain attack increasing your damage multiplier. Leveling up affinity tree's for blades and drivers are very useful to get good combat abilities for example each driver have a passive ability they get that will let them start each battle with their art's fully charged. When you move you cancel your auto attack animation and when you stop it immediately starts again using that you can cancel the longer parts of the animation to immediately start the fast animation again to speed up art gain.
Certain quests won't have a tracker due to some requiring resources you can (They don't list any good places to find them just the titan it's on not to great).
There is a bug, where it shows, that you spend more time in the game than you in reality had.
So your 50 hours are in reality 10 or so....
Am I the only one that became really fond of the English voice acting? Yes? Probably? Ok.
Yeah I really like the English voice acting, sure its a bit dodgy at times but it picks up towards the end of the game
Nah same apart from Rex during emotional moments
I played through the entire game with English audio. I liked it enough.
I love it, aside from Rex's shouting.
they did a great job, no question.
it seems like some people just can't handle when something is slightly outside of what they're expecting.
RPG fans: "Xenoblade 2 is too anime"
Also RPG fans: "Persona 5 is the best game ever created"
On the topic of the video, if you don't like a game, don't play it.
Jmaster94 yup in my opinion I don’t really like the art style of this game so I probably won’t be getting it anytime soon and I love anime so (I also just don’t have the money) but yes if you don’t like a game don’t play it
@@Angel-kc2dp To be fair Xeno series games have different artstyles they mess around with now with XC1 DE they found their distinct style I think.
Time your arts to be used as soon as the 3rd auto-attack hits! This causes your arts to recharge much faster! Also. buy some narcipear jelly in Argentum which also helps to recharge your arts much faster. You should be pressing your art buttons quite frequently after doing this.
XC2 one of my FAVORITE Switch games!
Same!
BeatEmUps I’m happy you gave it another shot 🙏🏻
Yeah man I love Xcom 2!
Dualscreen lol! It is coming to Switch now X)
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if you don't exit the game and put the Switch to sleep mode, the number of hours still increases, so..
Hey, can someone tell me if the Switch Lite can
1. Use wired headphones (Ik airpods dont)
2. Play Splatoon 2 on it
3. Play ACNH on it
4. Play Ni No Kuni on it
I want to save up for it but want to know if I can do these things to see wether I have to keep saving for the normal switch or whether I can get the lite
Very cool that Scott made the smallest cameo in this video
Pyra and Mythra’s voice actor is great. And Zeke’s too.
Pyra and Mythra actually have the same voice actress :)
I don't think any of the voice actors did a poor job.
and the Nopon thing seems be a matter of personal taste... to me it was entertaining rather than annoying.
it defines the character of the Nopon so well. there's even a long side quest revealing the reason as to why the Nopon speak that way.
Holly I knew that Skye Bennett voices both Pyra and Mythra. Also I agree it is taste, but I’m saying that these are some of the outstanding voices in the game.
I’m a big Xenoblade fan
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@@holleey They had good voice actors, bad a really bad direction
@@syrtis21 what do you mean, can you give an example?
not one scene felt off to me, and I am usually very picky with voice acting.
When you figure out how to actually battle and get more blades to do more combos and elemental combos its fun - also if you want to let it die then stop bringing up how much you hate the game in other videos
He was asked to do this y'know.... Plus it's his opinion.
@@rip8867 if he wants people to stop bringing it up he needs to stop bringing it up himself - there are videos where he just randomly brings up how xenoblade 2 is a bad game when its unrelated to the video
ventryx I'm pretty sure people brought up other video games as well. Where the videos for those games at?? The man just wanted to troll for views.
Speaking of battle, he didn't even use health potions or arts, which is definitely why he has 53 hours
@@toshironikko he’s mostly doing it to compare games; it’s not for no reason
And you're not using skills wtf.
games trash
@@Mario-tq9pi you are trash
@@Mario-tq9pi bad bait, cope harder
Unpopular opinion: Voice acting being better in Japanese doesn't matter if you don't know japanese
Subtitles exist
@@vikzn1607 then you read it and the voice actors are usless