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It runs well on my deck!!

I've got a long and detailed post for you with a video, give me a moment and I'll add it here.

So, Xenoblade 3 is the final part of the trilogy. It shows what happens to the individual worlds of Xenoblade 1 and 2 once they collide. However the series is structured in such a way that you can arguably play them in any order and not miss out. There are of course twists and callbacks throughout to reward those who play them in order. The one absolute rule is for the two massive DLC expansions. Xenoblade 2 (Torna - to be played after 2) and Xenoblade 3 (Future Redeemed - to be played only after playing EVERYTHING else as it wraps up the trilogy).

I have it on my deck and it works great on Yuzu at 1x resolution, or 0.75 with FSR. make sure you use powertools to limit the deck to 4 cores. Xenoblade 1 Definitive Edition runs great too. Xenoblade 2...doesn't.

Six second video of XB3 on my deck becaust why the fuck not: https://youtu.be/kYyipO1Vd2M

best bet to see if you'd like it are these two videos I took. The first is the first 15 minutes of the game - it introduces the world, scenario, characters, and also introduces the gameplay part-by-part. NO SPOILERS in any of these, I promise.

https://youtu.be/7DtxCIM3XJQ

The battle system is gradually introduced throughout, at a pretty good pace (eg. chain attacks, transformations, combos, class changing). It ends up sometimes chaotic, but always fun. Chain attacks are an entirely other thing, relying on measured logic and number skills. The other main draw is the story - this game takes some pretty dark turns. Your mileage may vary though, depending on your tolerance for cutscenes. There's still 100+ hours of actual gameplay easily.

and this is a short video showing the scale of the world (one of 9 massive regions - there's another desert, a canyon and a forest halfway up a mountain trail in this one. The sword in the distance holds a city at it's peak), plus a short battle with 7 team members:

https://youtu.be/l5Fe_saXoxo

lastly I guess, if you're a dr who fan (who knows?), it may interest you that Jenna Coleman voices the Kevesi Queen.

anyhow the game is cool imo. I got the first Xenoblade a week before the UK launch date in August 2011 as I ran a Blockbuster at the time (Xenoblade was localised by Nintendo UK and came out here, Europe and Australia a mere year after Japan. NOA refused to launch it in America, until a petition forced their hand another year later). It blew me away, and the remastered Definitive Version is a classic. The fact that Nintendo UK localised it is why it has it's unique UK focused VA throughout. The regions in the games are Welsh, Scottish, etc. It adds a huge amount of character that American voiced games lack imo.

Worth giving a shout out to Xenoblade X (outside of the trilogy's storyline), which still has the largest world of any game I've ever known, eternally stuck on the Wii U. That's a fucking mental game and I don't even know where to start with it. If you like Xenoblade, mech battles/flights and Attack on Titan's soundtrack (sawano), then it's the game for you.

anyhow you may end up hating the game. hopefully this does sell a few people on it - including PC gamers!