The Weakest Story of the Series - A Video Essay Criticism on Xenoblade Chronicles 3

One last project I'd been secretly cooking up for 2024 I've thought long and hard on the story of this third game in this trilogy, as it felt like it never quite hit the same as the others. I put together this video essay analyzing and criticizing the story of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, as there's a LOT of ground to cover there... Most of this script was written well over two years ago, finally got around to turning it into a video ????Legend _____________________ 0:00 Intro 1:18 Visuals 2:15 Soundtrack 2:57 Gameplay 5:53 This Video *Base Game* 7:02 Chapter 0 - Story Summary 19:55 Chapter 1 - Level of Threat 38:48 Chapter 2 - The Villain with Connections: Metal Face vs. Moebius DJ 54:06 Chapter 3 - An Artist Turned Vivid Red: Shania 58:09 Chapter 4 - Character Backstory & Stakes 1:06:39 Chapter 5 - Convenience & Plotholes 1:19:45 Chapter 6 - The Fear of Moving Toward the Future: Moebius 1:23:37 Chapter 7 - Character Emotions: Convictions 1:35:26 Chapter 8 - Taking a Different Path: N and M 1:43:29 Chapter 9 - A Changed World & Necessity of Plot 1:52:28 Chapter 10 - The Weight of Life 1:58:10 Chapter 11 - Don't Let Your Victories Last 2:01:36 Chapter 12 - Moving the Story Forward & Necessity of Plot 2:08:05 Chapter 13 - Overpowering vs. Acceptance: Z vs. Dark Matter (Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon comparison) 2:14:54 Chapter 14 - Sacrifice for a Better World (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers comparison) 2:26:09 Chapter 15 - Voice Acting & Cutscenes 2:34:24 Chapter 16 - Everything Else! *DLC Story - Future Redeemed* 2:50:29 Chapter 17 - DLC Story Summary 3:02:12 Chapter 18 - What the Spark Just Happened? 3:13:24 Chapter 19 - Necessity of Plot (Again) 3:16:14 Chapter 20 - Conclusion _____________________ ????Video Essays - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQtuKItcZ24oucfqUxGEAQViHHjiOPM2B ????Music & ????Footage Credit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yYzBWHkiM383aREpgAYGwEYcj3xkl4uI62bkWK99CGQ/edit?usp=sharing ????Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Playthrough Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQtuKItcZ24qfOUPDBm-GAj7dWRLAMTLI ????Xenoblade Chronicles Full Series Playthrough Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQtuKIcZ24qtBgaF6UC8n9TiHJA30WNz ⭐️Become a member of the channel to obtain a unique role in the Discord server, as well as have badges displayed by your name in comments and have unique emotes during the YouTube livestreams! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvzTK_dCNePpGQ6KsQ2r6GA/join ???? Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/AcousticHarmonia ???? Discord - https://discord.gg/G335hnJ ???? Twitter - https://twitter.com/AcoustcHarmonia ???? Patreon - https://patreon.com/AcousticHarmonia ????Game Information Game: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Difficulty: Hard Platform: Nintendo Switch Released: July 29, 2022 DLC Story Released: April 25, 2023 Developer: MonolithSoft Publisher: Nintendo Publisher: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo #XenobladeChronicles3 #XenobladeChronicles #MonolithSoft