How Is Everyone Holding Up After Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Chapter 5?
Spoiler warning for Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a JRPG masterpiece. Monolith Soft reached new heights with its formula that combines sprawling open worlds, poignant storytelling, and lovable characters. Despite wrapping up the main story, I still can’t pull myself away from the land of Aionios.
It’s been out for more than a week now, so I’m going to touch on one of its most emotional moments and how it’s been a treat to see the community react to something I had to keep secret for the better part of a month. Being a games journo isn’t easy, but someone’s gotta do it. Yep - I’m talking about the heart-wrenching conclusion to Chapter 5.
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Compared to its predecessor, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 deals with heavy narrative themes from the outset. Its cast of characters are born from test tubes to lives that only last ten years, expected to fight a perpetual war in service of authority they remain powerless to overthrow. Their existence is flawed by nature, so deciding to rise up and fight for a fairer and more just place in the world is met with ample resistance. Moving forward and seeking to usurp a system that has remained in place for centuries feels impossible, making the game’s rare triumphs in the face of adversity feel all the more earned.
This makes the comparative failures sting all the more too. Throughout the entire game our heroes are outmatched, often pitted against villains who could tear them apart with a single touch, but choose instead to toy with them and exert the fascistic powers they hold over these vulnerable souls. Again and again we manage to emerge victorious, moving forward to our ultimate destiny in spite
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