So I did go back to it! I was prompted to by a Christmas Present though – I received a (physical) copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna -The Golden Country. This is a stand-alone prequel to XC2, but also contains a code for all the additional DLC for XC2, of which there’s rather a lot.
When Xenoblade 2 was originally released, there was a “season pass” type thing going on with DLC drops every so often. Sometimes it’d be in-game items or money, sometimes new sidequests, and sometimes new Blades to find. Additionally, a challenge arena type mode is unlocked, which allows you to gain access – eventually – to Shulk and Fiora from Xenoblade 1 and Elma from, I assume, Xenoblade Chronicles X. These characters act as additional Blades rather than playable party members.
With all this new expanded content, it was time to run round everywhere again, completing more side quests and obtaining all the unique Blades I’d missed as well as tying up some loose ends and getting all my characters up to level 99. With that done, I took the step of changing the difficulty setting to “custom” (another new DLC feature) and tweaking it so that the battles were all over in mere seconds. Then, with another 25-odd hours on the save over and above the main game previously, I went after the end boss again who now could barely scratch me.
Amazing game. But, done. Torna next!
