{"id":1152,"date":"2025-04-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philfiddyment.com\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:24:58","slug":"opinion-in-a-post-botw-and-elden-ring-world-xenoblade-chronicles-x-is-still-daunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philfiddyment.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/opinion-in-a-post-botw-and-elden-ring-world-xenoblade-chronicles-x-is-still-daunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: In A Post BOTW And Elden Ring World, Xenoblade Chronicles X Is Still Daunting"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Planet between.<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether it\u2019s your first or your fortieth time, booting up Xenoblade Chronicles X<\/a> and exploring your immediate surroundings is nothing short of incredible. Mira\u2019s huge, biodiverse landscape, populated by monsters both as small as a ball or as large as a four-storey building, with scraps of ruined ships and alien devices dotted around, is one of the most intimidating, beautiful, and exciting places to explore.<\/p>\n In the 10 years since its original release on the Wii U, open-world games have changed and grown dramatically, largely thanks to a certain blonde-haired, tunic-donning hero.<\/p>\n