While it’s certainly possible to shift the balance one way or the other, the game’s battles will make you work hard for it – not enough defenders and those squishy healers will get squished, or your attackers may not get a sword in edgewise for being interrupted constantly. With six party members to manage at all times, it would make sense to have each be a distinct archetype that sets themselves apart from the rest of the party – not so, says Monolith Soft! In combat, party members each take on a specific class, represented by a unique weapon type, which are separated into three categories: burly defenders who draw aggro and absorb damage from enemies, squishy healers who manage buffs/debuffs and restoring the party’s HP, and attackers who maximise their damage by attacking enemies from a specific direction.Īfter the party gains the power to change their class early in the story it’s encouraged to mix and match, but maintain a balance between the three categories within your team. Speaking of fighting, XC3 introduces several new twists to the franchise’s incredibly complicated combat system. After learning a deeper truth about the eternal war they all fight, these six set out to overcome their differences, and work together to put an end to the fight once and for all. Noah, Eunie and Lanz hail from Keves (a kingdom populated by races from the first Xenoblade Chronicles game), while Mio, Sena and Taion call Agnus home (along with other members of the races from Xenoblade Chronicles 2). Essentially, life on Aionios is a constant energy war where the only batteries on the market are “Staying Alive” brand.Īs players step into the world of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, they’ll soon become acquainted with a six-person odd couple (an odd sextuple?) made up of soldiers from both sides of the war, thrown together under unexpected circumstances. As one army kills the soldiers of the other, the remaining life in their ten-year term is sucked up by the Ferronis and used to take down even more enemy combatants. And that’s just your broad-strokes of the world – each soldier serves under one of their kingdom’s Ferronis, a giant mechanised battle-tank-slash-moving-city. In the world of Aionios, soldiers are born fully-grown from pods under the banner of one of two kingdoms, fight for their Queen on the battlefield as hard as they can every day, and then die after ten years. While previous titles have taken place on the backs of living titans or dead colossi, this instead introduces an alien setting through its premise. While Xenoblade Chronicles has always been a franchise to swing big with its settings, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 certainly takes the award for highest concept. (At least three different ways, according to the cast.)
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