Clocked in 20 hours thus far and I have to say that it is incredibly enjoyable. This is THE JRPG experience that I've been looking for all this while; it invokes very pleasant memories of certain PS2 JRPGs back in high school days. Have not played the first XC before therefore I did not have much expectations. Super love how the world is crafted, the lore, the interactions no matter how stereotypical they can be, the music, well basically just everything. Only complaint is probably the map function which I think can be improved to make navigation easier. Also, the graphics can be a bit poor sometimes but apparently it's a common issue? Have done some reading online but in my experience, the game looks better in handheld mode.

Since most of you guys have already played BOTW and XC2, would you recommend that I pick up BOTW too? I have not played any Zelda games before so would it be a good introductory?

As for the expansion pass, should I get it at this point in time or after I have finished the game? Does it come with any equipments/boosts that would help earlier parts of the story?

How the heck did you guys clock in 300 hours for this game? I'm getting cold sweat listening to the amount of time needed to be spent. Most of you here must be completionists. Assuming that I would like to cover the main story first, how long would it take? Currently at chapter 7 (clocked in 30 hours++; I do side quests when I feel like I'm under leveled). Since someone mentioned clocking in 175 hours by chapter 7, I'm wondering whether I've missed anything major?

This post has been edited by Necromancer: Jul 4 2018, 04:58 PM