The Switch hasn't had any major AAA releases since March. That's okay as Nintendo is still raking in the money from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition then is the next major exclusive for the system. Is this ten-year-old game still great even with some enhancements?

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The short answer is yes. Whether one played this on the Wii or 3DS, there are reasons to go back to it. Various fixes and additions make this something worth getting into for new players as well. Not everything is great though as certain aspects show their age even with some extra polish.

Disclaimer: These points are about the game in general and not specifically about the changes introduced in the Nintendo Switch version.

10 Best: Opens Up Right Away

A lot of games, not just RPGs, can seemingly take forever to actually pick up steam and properly start. After a quick intro battle in Xenoblade Chronicles, the RPG opens up into a vast world for players to explore, filled with monsters to fight and quests to take on.

Xenoblade Chronicles only gets bigger from there. It was impressive on the original Wii and remains true even now a decade later. 

9 Worst: Slow Story

That said, Xenoblade Chronicles can slow to a crawl when it comes to the story. While it is well-acted, the lip-sync is a bit off, which makes the game look dated even after the graphical facelift.

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Not only that but the story itself, besides disrupting some of the game's early pacing, takes a while to really get going. Getting a cutscene to walk five feet to get another cutscene is not exactly a lot of fun.

8 Best: Saving Anywhere

Being able to save anywhere, especially in open-world RPGs, is a must and Xenoblade Chronicles does not disappoint on that front. It’s less important as a portable game as one can simply put the Switch in sleep mode, which in itself is like an instant save, but the carryover from the Wii is still appreciated.

In a similar way, being able to warp around right away is also a huge plus.  

7 Worst: Only Three Save Slots

The only downside to saves is their limited capacity. There is an auto-save slot, which is new for this remaster, and three slots for manual saves.

As this is an 80+ hour game, it would have been nice to be able to have a larger number of slots to save in more areas in case one wanted to experience a certain event again. More options are always better.

6 Best: Auto-Completing Quests

Xenoblade Chronicles isn’t the first to do this, and it ultimately doesn’t make sense in the grand scheme of things, but completing a quest right on the spot is a time saver.

How does one get rewarded for killing a monster outside of town, unbeknownst to the provider? Who knows? It’s just one of those video game things players have to swallow for the sake of progress. 

5 Worst: Too Many Quests

That said, there are way too many quests. If one sees an exclamation point on the map, players should take it and every quest they come across.

It’s the easiest way to get experience and thus level up quicker. There are almost hundreds of side-quests in this game. No joke. As they don’t have much story to them, these quests can then feel meaningless. Giving monsters more experience would have been an easier way to balance the grind. 

4 Best: New Content

Besides the tweaks to the original game, this edition also features new content. There is an arena where players can participate in and hopefully earn some good rewards, which are called Timed Trials.

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There is also post-game content, Future Connected, which picks up right where the first game left off. The best part is that one can play it from the start, which is a cool feature for anyone who already played the base game and wants to experience the new content immediately. 

3 Worst: Way Too Long

As immersive as open-world RPGs like this one can be, it’s also got some padding issues. That is to say, the game is way too long. That might be either a good or bad thing depending on who one asks.

For people that play a lot of games but don’t, in turn, have a lot of time to do it in, Xenoblade Chronicles can be daunting. However, for those seeking meaty games, this JRPG might be like the Holy Grail. 

2 Best: Music

The soundtrack is just as catchy as ever, standing out as the shining pillar in the series. The tracks have been rearranged, but if one prefers the old arrangements, they can be swapped whenever in the options menu.

It’s a small touch, but for hardcore fans of the original, it will surely be appreciated. Xenoblade Chronicles' music was fantastic back in 2010 and time has done nothing to lessen its quality.

1 Worst: No Photo Mode

The Switch has the best image capture feature of the three current systems. The photos may not have as high a quality as the PS4 or Xbox One, but they are more instantaneous, which is a huge plus for content creators who need to capture that perfect moment.

That said, an actual in-game photo mode would have also been great. There is a theater mode where players can not only rewatch cutscenes but also adjust lighting, gear, and so on. So why wasn’t there a photo mode?

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