Xenoblade Chronicles X: Special Edition

About

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Special Edition is a large open-world RPG where you explore the alien planet Mira to recover lost human survivors. Play as an amnesiac protagonist teaming up with BLADE, a resistance group, to navigate vast landscapes filled with hostile creatures and rival factions. Combat blends real-time action with tactical pauses, letting you switch between weapons and overpowered "Overdrive" abilities. Missions range from retrieving scattered lifepods to figuring out a galactic war between alien coalitions. The game emphasizes exploration, with randomized enemy encounters and dynamic weather shaping terrain and threats. The Special Edition adds collectible extras like a 128-page art book, character cards, and a 10-song soundtrack on USB, practical for fans wanting to immerse beyond the base game. While the Wii U version’s performance has drawn mixed reactions, the core story and world design remain highlights for RPG enthusiasts. With over 100 hours of content and branching quests, it’s a deep, if uneven, entry in the Xenoblade series.

Storyline

Xenoblade Chronicles X opens as humanity, warned of its impending destruction in the crossfire between two warring alien races, constructs interstellar arks to escape Earth. However, only a few arks escape the destruction, including the White Whale ark. Two years after launching, the White Whale is attacked and transported to Mira. During the crash-landing, the Lifehold—a device containing the majority of the human colonists—is separated from the White Whale, with lifepods containing colonists being scattered across Mira. The avatar is awoken from a lifepod by Elma and brought back to New Los Angeles. While suffering from amnesia, the avatar joins BLADE, working with Elma and Lin to recover more lifepods and search for the Lifehold. During their missions across Mira, BLADE encounters multiple alien races, learning that those attacking them are part of the Ganglion coalition, an alliance of races led by the Ganglion race, who are intent on destroying humanity.