They have human-like personalities and emotions, and Driver/Blade combos can share their lives together for decades. Though not human, Blades are much more than simply sentient swords and shields. Blades are living weapons that are bonded with their human Drivers in both combat and companionship. The crux of both XC2’s story and battle system is the relationship between Blades and their Drivers. As it turns out, Pyra is actually a legendary Blade known as the Aegis and just about everyone on Alrest wants to get their hands on her. In return, Rex promises to take her to the fabled paradise of Elysium. The girl, Pyra, revives Rex by giving him half of her life force. Shortly after he discovers that the treasure is actually a girl in stasis, Rex is stabbed through the heart and left for dead. Still, by the end of my adventure I truly came to care for my band of Drivers and developed a bit of an attachment.Īt the game’s outset, Rex is enlisted by a mysterious group to salvage a mysterious sunken treasure. I found Poppi the most fun, and it’s saying something when the artificial being has more in the way of charisma than the “living” characters. Many of the characters also lack much of a personality. The rest of the main party, and a few of the core villains, have much more compelling backstories that unfortunately are not fully explored. His cliché naiveté is basically essential to the story, but that necessity leaves no room for growth until the very last moment. The protagonist, Rex, is the most uninteresting of the bunch. The characters of XC2 are more or less a mixed bag. I found that unraveling the mysteries surrounding how Alrest came to be, and why the Titans are slowly dying, to be one of the most compelling aspects of the story. Alrest is a wonderfully strange world with a fascinating backstory in which humankind lives on the backs of giant Titans that march steadfastly through an unending sea of clouds. While the plot is fairly strong, XC2’s overall story is enriched by the world in which it takes place and the lives of those struggling to survive there. The end result is a plot that’s intriguing, emotional, and ultimately satisfying but with little lasting impact in and of itself. It’s a tapestry of narrative threads that is quite broad, though none but a scant few are ever really delved into too deeply. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (XC2) tackles this scenario with an overarching narrative that also touches on concepts like the meaning of existence, the horrors of war and subjugation, political intrigue, the power of friendship and love, human hubris, and other similarly profound topics. Does intent absolve one and not the other? What happens if one had an opportunity to make things right, yet their new choices are met with similarly disastrous results? One way to interpret this saying is that altruistic endeavors and the ill-willed machinations of those with the intent to cause harm may both lead to devastating consequences. An age-old proverb posits that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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