Xenoblade Chronicles X

Xenoblade Chronicles X is an action role-playing video game and a part of the Xeno series of video games, serving as a spiritual successor to Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii. In a similar fashion to the original, the game plays as an open world role-playing video game, with an emphasis on exploration. Traveling can take place on foot, or in large humanoid robots, approximately four times the height of the average playable character, called "Skells" ("Dolls" in the Japanese version), that the player may opt to control. The Skells have the ability to fly, traverse water, and transform into vehicles such as motorcycles or tanks. Aerial battles will also take place in the game.

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Fantasy violence, online interactivity

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Advice for consumers This game was rated PEGI 12 for frequent mild violence and some mild swearing. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age. Brief outline of the game Action RPG. In the year 2054, earth suffers serious collateral damage from war between two alien races. To save humanity, earth’s population is evacuated into enormous spaceships. You play as an explorer on the uncharted planet Mira, which an American ship is seeking to establish as ‘New LA’. Content specific issues There are several cut scenes featuring realistic violence towards fantasy characters. One example features a long spiked sword being plunged through an alien’s chest, while brown fluid pours out and the creature twitches in pain. Non-realistic violence against human characters is also frequent in both gameplay and cut scenes. During gameplay, human characters will stagger, fall down and remain on the ground upon defeat, but the realism of this reaction is lessened by a ghostly ‘smoke’ effect which rises up from their bodies. In one cut scene, a character is seen to have lost their arm in an explosion but rather than blood or gore, electrical parts and blue fluid are exposed. The game contains some mild swearing such as ‘bastards’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘pricks’, and some offensive language like ‘damn you’. Other issues This game features online playing capability which may involve real-time interaction with other players.

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