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This structure kills the pacing and pointlessly inflates the amount of time The Golden Country requires.

For example, you can’t fight the final boss until level four, which involves sinking hours into tedious chores that aren’t interesting, well-written, or connected to the narrative in any meaningful way. At a couple points, you aren’t allowed to take on the next central quest until you hit a community threshold. This seems like a neat idea at first, but the problem is that your community level only has one main purpose: preventing you from progressing in the main story. They don’t impart any bonuses or benefits, but the more people you aid, the higher your community level rises.

When you complete a sidequest, the quest-giver (and sometimes other characters) join your community, which is a visual representation of all of the people you’ve helped. For the rest of it, you can expect to complete a series of boring fetch and collection quests thanks to the new community system. Of the 17 hours it took me to finish The Golden Country, only about half of that time was spent participating in the new narrative. If you are a fan of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, these moments alone make The Golden Country worth playing, as long as you’re willing to pay the price. The gravity of the tale depends on the player’s knowledge of these characters and how the world eventually changes in response to their deeds (this is not a good place for newcomers to join), and I enjoyed seeing the narrative threads that connect the two time periods. You learn about characters and conflicts that were only briefly explored before, like Jin’s relationship with his driver Lora, and the confrontation between Mythra and Malos. The Golden Country details events that occurred 500 years before Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and that story is the biggest draw. Instead, The Golden Country doubles down on the busywork, making more of it mandatory while providing fewer rewards for your effort. As a comparatively short expansion, Torna: The Golden Country had the opportunity to trim the fat and present a more focused experienced. While that lengthy RPG was worthwhile (especially after post-release enhancements), repetitive and mundane quests made many of those hours feel like bloat. In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, players could easily spend 100 hours fighting monsters, completing sidequests, and collecting items.

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