Mech a break for it.

For ten years,Xenoblade Chronicles Xhas lived as the black sheep of Monolith Soft’s grand RPG series.

X, on the other hand, still has a slight stuffiness about it.

Tatsu wears a pair of spiky black sunglasses in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

Despite its idiosyncrasies, though, X is still a fascinating experiment all these years later.

Where X deviates from its numbered counterparts is in its more overt call and response system.

I loved this dance of strategic Arts deployment in the original X.

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It still has some of the same problems as it did back then.

Either that, or they’ll be standing awkwardly off to the side, mute and non-responsive.

A copy of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was provided for review by publisher Nintendo.

A young runs through shallow water at sunset in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A young woman runs through a desert in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A young woman stands on a large tree at sunset in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A young woman runs through an alien landscape in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

Lin, Tatsu, Elma and the female protagonist stand in New LA in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A young woman talks to a manon alien in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

Several characters stare at a time-travelling car in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

An alien woman crosses her arms in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A large monster battle in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A battle against an alien unicorn in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A battle against a large grassy turtle monster in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A young woman fights a large robot in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A mech flies through an alien landscape at night in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A mech battles a small monster in a desert in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

Four mechs fly through the air in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

A group of characters admire a sunset in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition