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Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected

Ponspector Union Strike - Extra Chance!

[silkhy-john]

Just felt it really important to point out that Melia DID NOT settle for a friendship with Shulk; she actually grows past her romantic feelings for Shulk and uhhhh that is super important

[obliviousriki]

Me too

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected

Ponspector Union Strike - Yellow Chaos

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected

Ponspector Union Strike - Blue Caress

[silkhy-john]

I know that the conclusion one draws from something is a matter of personal opinion and experience drawn a lot from how the person's life played out until that moment, but I really do get hurt every time I hear "Future Connected is just another passable epilogue", cause it really isn't; it's really, REALLY, good, and not just the Fog King, but other smaller elements.

They obviously took notes from Torna's reception and used some of the stuff that worked e.g. their composition choices. I feel that the main battle theme (Time Of Battle) speaks for Melia as her most genuine form of self-expression; it's even titled as she speaks.

Gran Dell is flavoured like a LOT of places throughout the current part of the xenoseries (and by flavoured, I'm talking about all the motifs). The most obvious one for me is Auresco, Royal Capital (which makes sense considering that Gran Dell is likely a ruin from the most elite of giant times. Arglas stars in a cut-scene on the Shoulder in the main story).

The tension between so many cultures interacting in such a tight-knit and lack-of-space way is an accurate, smaller scale representation of what will eventually happen on the Bionis' corpse (where everyone else now lives), it's just that the tensions on the Bionis' Shoulder are aggravated by the presence of constant danger.

I also really enjoy the way they chose to do their side quests, and hear me out... I enjoyed Torna's side quests too (yes, yes, I know they use the side quests in Torna as a way to pad playing time, but (from personal experience) that only really ever sticks out to the player if they aren't an active doer of side quests).

I do, however, appreciate that unlike Torna, FC doesn't gate story progression behind quest progression. It punishes you for being unprepared in other ways.

I enjoy that you get to see Sir Gael'gar die, not... not in callous way, but I think it was necessary to show us that sometimes, certain characters are too far-gone. I also really enjoyed the undertones of passive aggression and irkedness whenever Melia and Gael'gar would talk.

And my favourite thing? While they do not explicitly state what the Fog King is, they give you enough context to make some semi-concrete conclusions based on how it's affected by already-known story elements (how Ether affects it, what changes needed to be made to the monado, how the Telethia interact with it and the fog beasts)

Anyway, Future Connected made me absolutely happy, and I love it a lot (perhaps I'm biased, lol...)

[silkhy-john]

I like to think that at some point Shulk and Melia sit down and talk about Alvis as they explore the Bionis’ Shoulder.

Just good old reminiscing. The kind that has you laughing till suddenly it’s tears cause yeah, you really miss them.

That kind.