Xenoblade Chronicles 2

This game gets hate for almost no reason? People like to dunk on its voice acting which, yes, they are correct the voice acting is horrible but there's more to a game than voice acting and the people that hate this game have never actually played it. Anyways, this game is strictly a better version of the original—better combat, better quests, better postgame, better OST, and even a better sidestory in terms of Torna the Golden Country. This game's story is good, until you realize Rex is a child and cannot be mature enough to handle some cutscenes. Good thing, however, that the villains and side-characters are enough to make the game still have emotional beats, specifically with Morag, Zeke, and Jin. In comparison to 1, I feel like 2's peaks are higher, specifically end of Ch7, 9 and 10, but 1 is a better story overall. In terms of combat, postgame, and the soundtrack, 2 blows 1 out of the water. 3 accessory slots, up to 3 aux cores, tons of unique skills on blades' skill trees, 2 pouch items, and 3 equippable blades to each driver gives tons of options to run. So many blades can do absolutely insane amounts of damage with just level 1 specials, and the amount of postgame there is is amazing, specifically in challenge mode and bringer of chaos. BoC is an insanely difficult mode with enemies like Cloud Sea King Ken having 50 million hp. Challenge mode is also extremely fun with tons of different levels to do. I still don't understand how a blade with the class of "healer" does the 2nd highest damage overall but that's a different story. The soundtrack of 2, like I mentioned in 1's review, is just amazing. So many good songs that I don't even know where to start—listen to this soundtrack it's sooooo good. All in all, Xenoblade 2 is an amazing game that, although may appeal to a smaller audience with its more anime-style graphics, is an incredible game nonetheless.