Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii (I have yet to play the Switch version).
It’s as awesome a game as it was back then, and the QoL changes are definitely welcome. The new chapter… Exists, I guess. It’s fun to play, and it’s nice to get more Melia, but the story really feels like filler content.
I was so disappointed by XC2’s direction that it mostly made me want to replay the first one again. I had started replaying Wii version, then they announced DE, so I waited and played that one instead. No regrets.
Nowadays, it would be very hard for me to choose between XC1 and 3 for my favourite though. 3 hits right in the feels in so many places, and its main cast is so good.
It’s as awesome a game as it was back then, and the QoL changes are definitely welcome. The new chapter… Exists, I guess. It’s fun to play, and it’s nice to get more Melia, but the story really feels like filler content.
I was so disappointed by XC2’s direction that it mostly made me want to replay the first one again. I had started replaying Wii version, then they announced DE, so I waited and played that one instead. No regrets.
Nowadays, it would be very hard for me to choose between XC1 and 3 for my favourite though. 3 hits right in the feels in so many places, and its main cast is so good.
I keep reading about Xenoblade 2 being the weaker of the trilogy, very discouraging to keep me in the franchise 😅
But it should pay off as I see no complaints with X3, as you just pointed out.