Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Gameplay

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an action role-playing game with a large open world. Unlike previous Xenoblade games, the game allows for up to seven party members to participate in battles at once, including the main party of six controllable characters plus an additional character known as a "Hero". Up to 19 Heroes are available in the base game, each with different skills and abilities, and can be recruited to the party through story events or sidequests. In addition, four heroes were added in the DLC. Party members also have the ability to change their character class, granting them access to different abilities; raising a Hero's affinity with the party will unlock their class for use. Like the previous entries, the game has an open world design, with a day-and-night time cycle that affects in-game events, such as the availability of quests and items. The game takes place in a continuous open world that is the largest map featured in the series to date. It also features a fast travel option for quicker traversal, as well as the option to activate navigation to assist in quests. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has an action-based battle system, where the player controls the current lead character in real-time, and party members "auto-attack" when enemies enter their attack radius. Unlike past entries, players have the ability to swap between all six main party characters during combat. Party members use abilities called "Arts", which can deal bonus damage or inflict status ailments depending on a character's position in relation to the enemy. Each character has a starting moveset based on a Class, which consist of different styles of fighting and abilities, but all fall under one of three main roles: "Defenders", who draw enemy aggro towards them and tank attacks by blocking or evading them; "Attackers", who deal damage and utilize positional Arts to deal increased damage or trigger certain effects, such as combos or status effects; and "Healers", who support the party with heals, buffs and debuffs. By performing actions that correspond to a character's class, the Talent Gauge will fill up and allow the character to unleash a Talent Art when full. Talent Arts are special…