If you’re a fellow fan of the original Xenoblade Chronicles, you’re in for a treat, as the adventure contained in Xenoblade Chronicles X is even larger in scope—so long as you approach the proceedings with the proper mindset.
Xenoblade Chronicles’ journey took a very linear approach to progression. Bionis and Mechonis were two huge continents that you could explore at your leisure, even getting caught up in doing missions in its various villages. However, there was always the overarching narrative pointing you in a single direction toward said narrative’s conclusion. In that way, Xenoblade Chronicles was like a line with dozens of branching points.
Xenoblade Chronicles X leaves absolutely everything in your hands—when to meet party members, when to advance the story, when you want to explore Mira or get to know the people in New LA. While you’re soaking in one of the game’s elements, the rest of the game’s narrative will, for all intents and purposes, courteously stand still and wait for you. All of the above takes place in a world that is constricting and even intimidating at first, but it opens up to you more and more as you gain power and influence.
In this way, Xenoblade Chronicles X can be likened to a spiral, or a widening circle, expanding and moving ever outward, until you find yourself just as much of a master of planet Mira as its natives and indigenous species. Even with this guide by your side, trying to linearly move through Xenoblade Chronicles X’s narrative will result in a bumpy ride.
Rush nothing. Explore everything.
Explore Mira. Explore New Los Angeles. Explore characters, explore species, explore your weapons, explore the minds and hearts of your teammates, allies, and even enemies. Far more often than not, exploration is rewarded with mechanical benefits such as new techniques, new weapons, and secret loot.
Savor Xenoblade Chronicles X while using this guide as a reference, and you will find it to be an adventure and journey like no other.
The power is yours.