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Xenoblade 3 Writeup
Prologue: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjOZdaQg6QbRd1EXtg
Chapter 1: A Misleading First Impression
1/4
It’s another wonderful day in the new, boundless world that the events of Xenoblade 1 led to. Our protagonist Noah (who in this opening clip looks to be around 10 years old) and his friends are excited for the Queen's Anniversary, and are rushing to get a good look at the Alcamoth ceremony and the promised fireworks. At this point, seemingly the only thing that Noah, Eunie (a High Entia girl), Lanz (a Machina boy) and Joran (a Fat boy) have to worry about is being late, though the persistent ticking of a large clock one minute away from 6 comes across as an ominous countdown of sorts. And as the clock strikes the hour, something truly bizarre happens – everyone around Noah suddenly slow down and then completely stop moving, even the birds remaining completely frozen in mid-air. Time itself appears to have stopped, but as Noah frantically looks around in confusion, his eyes are drawn to an even more disturbing sight: The sky, moments ago only marred by a few modest clouds, is now completely dominated by the visage of a strange, foreign planet that has appeared out of nowhere, and which unlike everything else, is NOT frozen in place, but bearing down on Noah’s world like a certain Zelda Moon. As the shadows cast by this unknown planet cover everything, the scene cuts away from Noah’s shocked and horrified face, and depicts the two planets colliding in a blinding flash of light, as the new world of Aionios is born.
This opening is certainly unlike anything we’ve seen in a Xenoblade game before, with even the apocalyptic introduction to Xenoblade X at least clearly spelling out what’s happening – in Xenoblade 3, this end of a world (or more accurately, end of two worlds) will remain shrouded in mystery until the final chapter, which serves the story well. Chapter 1 in particular already does an admirable job establishing the game’s setting, characters and main conflict, and would only be unduly burdened by also trying to make sense of what happened in the opening – in fact, maintaining a sense of mystery and intrigue about the true origins of Aionios greatly benefits the narrative, at least until the time comes to *actually* explain it, when things start falling apart. But I’m getting way ahead of myself.
What Xenoblade 3 quickly teaches you is that Aionios, well, is a fucking shithole! Oh, I don’t mean that it’s ugly or primitive, there’s near limitless natural beauty to take in, and you got plenty of massive mechs rolling around the battlefields. What I mean is that Aionios is a terrible place to live: Everyone there is literally grown in pods, “born” as 10-year olds and instantly turned into child soldiers fighting in a Forever War between the only two countries that exist, Keves and Agnus (aka Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2). Family, race, religion, sex – these are all foreign concepts to our child soldiers, who only know War. Hell, their entire lives LITERALLY revolve around war – these soldiers live in colonies designed around massive, mobile military bases called Ferronises (smaller military vehicles and mechs are called Levnises), and a defining part of any Ferronis is its Flame Clock. If the Flame Clock runs empty, everybody in the colony fucking DIES – and the only way to fill up a Flame Clock is by Killing, preferably enemy soldiers.
Now, some edgelords here might not particularly mind having to constantly kill just to stay alive – but the problem is, even if you’re the world’s greatest killing machine, you won’t be able to keep yourself alive for too long: A soldier’s life only lasts a mere 10 years, called Terms. When your 10th term is over you die, there’s no avoiding it, so even factoring in how these guys are physically 10 years old when “born”, they’ll die as they turn 20. Not that most soldiers make it even close to that point, as the constant battles take a tremendous toll, not to mention how Keves and Agnus value the lives of their soldiers even less than (((Zelensky))) values the lives of White, Christian Ukrainians. The absolutely BEST a soldier can hope for is to fight and kill for 10 years straight, see almost all his friends fall in battle, and then get Thanos Snapped out of existence by his country’s Queen during the so-called Homecoming ceremony.
At least the world of Aionios itself seems to share in its inhabitants’ misery – this place is regularly struck by so-called Annihilation events, destructive blasts that destroy part of the landscape. Yep, this pace Allahu Akbaring itself is a regularly occurring natural phenomenon. At least you’re given advance warning: An area being covered in black fog is a sure sign that it will blow up soon, similarly to how tranny flags in a social media profile signals an imminent suicide attempt.
See why I call this place a shithole? Makes you wonder if certain Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 villains were really all that bad; at least the worlds they presided over allowed you to live past 20 and have, you know, an actual *life*. Their worlds also weren’t literally blowing up for seemingly no reason. Who the hell even made Aionios like this though, who benefits from it, and why are the Queens (who series’ fans will recognize as old heroes Melia and Nia) allowing and even being complicit in this sad state of affairs? Well, that’s what we’re going to gradually find out.
#Xenoblade3Writeup
Prologue: https://detroitriotcity.com/notice/AjOZdaQg6QbRd1EXtg
Chapter 1: A Misleading First Impression
1/4
It’s another wonderful day in the new, boundless world that the events of Xenoblade 1 led to. Our protagonist Noah (who in this opening clip looks to be around 10 years old) and his friends are excited for the Queen's Anniversary, and are rushing to get a good look at the Alcamoth ceremony and the promised fireworks. At this point, seemingly the only thing that Noah, Eunie (a High Entia girl), Lanz (a Machina boy) and Joran (a Fat boy) have to worry about is being late, though the persistent ticking of a large clock one minute away from 6 comes across as an ominous countdown of sorts. And as the clock strikes the hour, something truly bizarre happens – everyone around Noah suddenly slow down and then completely stop moving, even the birds remaining completely frozen in mid-air. Time itself appears to have stopped, but as Noah frantically looks around in confusion, his eyes are drawn to an even more disturbing sight: The sky, moments ago only marred by a few modest clouds, is now completely dominated by the visage of a strange, foreign planet that has appeared out of nowhere, and which unlike everything else, is NOT frozen in place, but bearing down on Noah’s world like a certain Zelda Moon. As the shadows cast by this unknown planet cover everything, the scene cuts away from Noah’s shocked and horrified face, and depicts the two planets colliding in a blinding flash of light, as the new world of Aionios is born.
This opening is certainly unlike anything we’ve seen in a Xenoblade game before, with even the apocalyptic introduction to Xenoblade X at least clearly spelling out what’s happening – in Xenoblade 3, this end of a world (or more accurately, end of two worlds) will remain shrouded in mystery until the final chapter, which serves the story well. Chapter 1 in particular already does an admirable job establishing the game’s setting, characters and main conflict, and would only be unduly burdened by also trying to make sense of what happened in the opening – in fact, maintaining a sense of mystery and intrigue about the true origins of Aionios greatly benefits the narrative, at least until the time comes to *actually* explain it, when things start falling apart. But I’m getting way ahead of myself.
What Xenoblade 3 quickly teaches you is that Aionios, well, is a fucking shithole! Oh, I don’t mean that it’s ugly or primitive, there’s near limitless natural beauty to take in, and you got plenty of massive mechs rolling around the battlefields. What I mean is that Aionios is a terrible place to live: Everyone there is literally grown in pods, “born” as 10-year olds and instantly turned into child soldiers fighting in a Forever War between the only two countries that exist, Keves and Agnus (aka Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2). Family, race, religion, sex – these are all foreign concepts to our child soldiers, who only know War. Hell, their entire lives LITERALLY revolve around war – these soldiers live in colonies designed around massive, mobile military bases called Ferronises (smaller military vehicles and mechs are called Levnises), and a defining part of any Ferronis is its Flame Clock. If the Flame Clock runs empty, everybody in the colony fucking DIES – and the only way to fill up a Flame Clock is by Killing, preferably enemy soldiers.
Now, some edgelords here might not particularly mind having to constantly kill just to stay alive – but the problem is, even if you’re the world’s greatest killing machine, you won’t be able to keep yourself alive for too long: A soldier’s life only lasts a mere 10 years, called Terms. When your 10th term is over you die, there’s no avoiding it, so even factoring in how these guys are physically 10 years old when “born”, they’ll die as they turn 20. Not that most soldiers make it even close to that point, as the constant battles take a tremendous toll, not to mention how Keves and Agnus value the lives of their soldiers even less than (((Zelensky))) values the lives of White, Christian Ukrainians. The absolutely BEST a soldier can hope for is to fight and kill for 10 years straight, see almost all his friends fall in battle, and then get Thanos Snapped out of existence by his country’s Queen during the so-called Homecoming ceremony.
At least the world of Aionios itself seems to share in its inhabitants’ misery – this place is regularly struck by so-called Annihilation events, destructive blasts that destroy part of the landscape. Yep, this pace Allahu Akbaring itself is a regularly occurring natural phenomenon. At least you’re given advance warning: An area being covered in black fog is a sure sign that it will blow up soon, similarly to how tranny flags in a social media profile signals an imminent suicide attempt.
See why I call this place a shithole? Makes you wonder if certain Xenoblade 1 and Xenoblade 2 villains were really all that bad; at least the worlds they presided over allowed you to live past 20 and have, you know, an actual *life*. Their worlds also weren’t literally blowing up for seemingly no reason. Who the hell even made Aionios like this though, who benefits from it, and why are the Queens (who series’ fans will recognize as old heroes Melia and Nia) allowing and even being complicit in this sad state of affairs? Well, that’s what we’re going to gradually find out.
#Xenoblade3Writeup