The Entertainment Software Rating Board has rated the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch family of systems. The ESRB gave the JRPG a T rating for Teen. You can read their detailed explanation for the age rating down below. Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition launches 20th March.
“This is a role-playing game in which players lead characters on missions to save the human race. As players explore a hostile alien planet, they interact with characters, complete missions, and engage in combat against aliens and human-like creatures. Players use lasers, energy weapons, mechanized suits, and swords to kill enemies. Battles are fast-paced, highlighted by slashing sounds, realistic gunfire, and large explosions. Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: characters executed/shot off-screen; creatures impaled by swords, resulting in black blood-splatter effects. The game contains some suggestive material: female characters wearing revealing outfits (e.g., deep cleavage, partially exposed breasts); camera angles that linger on characters’ breasts/buttocks. During the course of the game, characters are sometimes depicted drunk; in one mission, players can bond with other characters by ordering them drinks/consuming alcohol (e.g., “Agree to a drink” and “Offer to buy the next round”). The word “a*shole” appears in the game.”
I hope that like xenoblade chronicle definitive edition, they will offer an extra chapter (in the absence of a xeno X 2) because if there is one ending that left me and my husband (well especially him!) hungry for more, it’s this one!!
I think it’s already been confirmed that there’s extra story content in the game.
i read the same thing that it has additional story content
You reassure me then, if it’s true^^
What’s a breast slider?
When XCX first released in 2015, every version except the North American one featured a bust slider for female avatars- you could, um, customize how large or small their chest was. This feature being present in every other version except the NA one felt like targeted censorship to some, and, as someone who generally despises censorship myself, I agreed that it was a stupid thing to omit.
There was also a very revealing bikini outfit for the character of Lynn that was cut from the NA version, but as she’s depicted as 15, I understood them taking that out- I won’t be surprised or complain if that remains cut from the game.
Oh, so it’s nothing important to the game.
I’d argue it’s very important. Some people do try to make their customized character look as close to their real self as possible, so the lack of a breast slider is detrimental to that.
Maybe there’s one person like that. Maybe.
If it’s “nothing important” why would it need to be removed in the first place?
Seriously? Are you asking why someone would be motivated to remove something unnecessary from their project?
When the “something” in question is still present in other versions of the game, yes.
Can you give me an acceptable reason for why a body customisation option for female players was removed from the international versions of this game?
You would have to ask the developers. If I had to speculate, I would say that it got flagged by the ESRB and they decided to cut it for that version since it wasn’t important to the game. If it was important, I’m sure they would have kept it and taken whatever extra “tag” the ESRB would feel the need to add.
I notice that there’s even an example of suggestive dialogue removed from this ESRB description that was in the original ESRB description for the Wii U game. Perhaps it was removed as well this time for similar reasons.
I did a little research and the common theory is that you could use the slider to make your character appear very young, but that MC would still have access to more revealing clothing.
So I assume it’s the same reason they removed the outfit from the underage character… they realized the player could just do it themselves.
I don’t even want Lin’s outfit changed. The artist wanted her to look like that, and she’s not real. It wasn’t hurting anyone.
This game will definitely outsell Concord.
Censored Chronicles X