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STRANGE ALLIES

 

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - https://youtu.be/_GtPZl8tvvE

 

More aliens join us in New LA, Mira's new melting pot society!

 

As Luke said, I have to applaud the developers for their creativity with all the alien races. From the all-femal shapeshifter Definians to the enigmatic, uh, whatever L is, to the mitosis bug Orphe to the enviro-suited Zaruboggan to the reptilian dog Ma-non to the downright strange Prone, they came up with a whole lot! And I'm not even sure I've seen them all yet. Now, it's not like they came up with these races whole cloth: they recombined existing animals and ideas to make these things. I do the same for my own writing. But I'm still impressed with the variety and level of detail the team managed for a single setting, and they even made it all work together.

 

Four of our recent arrivals were deserters from the Ganglion, so it's not like they're all Mira natives. As far as we're aware, that's just L and the Nopon. In fact, I'm pretty sure that only one alien came to Mira willingly, and the rest just can't leave for one reason or another. I have my own theories as to why, but they use details we haven't seen yet, so I'll wait on that topic.

 

Between the Skells I bought for everyone and just having a higher level, this game is finally becoming less deadly. I even managed to finish a whole stream without a single respawn! That's not to say the game is easier, but things that surprise me are now only rarely instantly killing me, which is very nice. That and actually being able to finish the mandatory fights for Main and Affinity missions, meaning I don't need to rely on the mercy system.

 

(And, er, yes, I did look up where to find that holly. I didn't want to spend forever searching Oblivia, especially since I'd clearly had some before. It really should have marked the item on the map, or had it for sale.)