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I've finished Xenoblade Chronicles just now. First I wanted write a real long entry about the good sides and the bad sides, but now... no. I don't feel like it. I'll only say a few things;
- the writing is cheesy and during most cut scenes I had the feeling that I've read that dialogue somewhere else before
- the characters are mostly types (poor Reyn is the most obvious example) (I only found Melia and Riki fun)
- I wouldn't have paid the 40€ for the story because it's cliché and not in the "seen it before but done in a new way"
- the hundreds of side missions are fucking addictive and the best part of the game
- gameplay is sometimes awesome, sometimes frustrating
- the Nopon are the cutest things ever
- the Emperor seemed to be such a nice guy
- I finished the game with 133 hours and a few minutes and lvl 99. The side missions are really fucking addictive
It's a good game. Not necessarily one that I would recommend but fun enough.
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Now for the more fun part of this post. Even though I'm not terribly inspired by things lately, I was thinking about the Fado Survives AU and what would happen when he arrives in Grado with Ephraim and how he'd react to Knoll´s news. To make it short, he is sad that Vigarde´s name was sullied like that and goes to Vigarde´s study to apologize to him (well, his ghost or something). And then I've wanted Fado to find something that he could take with him; some personal belonging that was dear to Vigarde as a memento. Aaaand there comes the new headcanon:
I've wanted it to be something small that Fado could carry with him easily. And something that wouldn't draw much attention to it. I came up with a ring. And I came up with a tradition about rings because it's fun. (Alright, main motivation was that I liked the image of Vigarde wearing many rings). The tradition is that the wearing of rings is used to symbolize friendship and many other relationships. For example, every person from Grado wears a ring representing their parents. That's seen as a sign that one belongs to a family and loves said family. If that ring is not worn, it's obvious that this person has seperated themselves from their family. The second important ring is the one signifying one´s spouse. The third important ring is the one signifying one´s children. Those three are standard. Rings symbolizing close friends are very common and are much more varied than the standard ones. In general it doesn't matter what the rings are made of, apart from bronze. Bronze is only used for family members/friends that are dead.
I dunno, I find it fun 8D
- the writing is cheesy and during most cut scenes I had the feeling that I've read that dialogue somewhere else before
- the characters are mostly types (poor Reyn is the most obvious example) (I only found Melia and Riki fun)
- I wouldn't have paid the 40€ for the story because it's cliché and not in the "seen it before but done in a new way"
- the hundreds of side missions are fucking addictive and the best part of the game
- gameplay is sometimes awesome, sometimes frustrating
- the Nopon are the cutest things ever
- the Emperor seemed to be such a nice guy
- I finished the game with 133 hours and a few minutes and lvl 99. The side missions are really fucking addictive
It's a good game. Not necessarily one that I would recommend but fun enough.
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Now for the more fun part of this post. Even though I'm not terribly inspired by things lately, I was thinking about the Fado Survives AU and what would happen when he arrives in Grado with Ephraim and how he'd react to Knoll´s news. To make it short, he is sad that Vigarde´s name was sullied like that and goes to Vigarde´s study to apologize to him (well, his ghost or something). And then I've wanted Fado to find something that he could take with him; some personal belonging that was dear to Vigarde as a memento. Aaaand there comes the new headcanon:
I've wanted it to be something small that Fado could carry with him easily. And something that wouldn't draw much attention to it. I came up with a ring. And I came up with a tradition about rings because it's fun. (Alright, main motivation was that I liked the image of Vigarde wearing many rings). The tradition is that the wearing of rings is used to symbolize friendship and many other relationships. For example, every person from Grado wears a ring representing their parents. That's seen as a sign that one belongs to a family and loves said family. If that ring is not worn, it's obvious that this person has seperated themselves from their family. The second important ring is the one signifying one´s spouse. The third important ring is the one signifying one´s children. Those three are standard. Rings symbolizing close friends are very common and are much more varied than the standard ones. In general it doesn't matter what the rings are made of, apart from bronze. Bronze is only used for family members/friends that are dead.
I dunno, I find it fun 8D
