Xenoblade Chronicles 2: TORNA – The Golden Country (NSP, XCI) ROM + v2.1.0 Update + All DLCs

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: TORNA ~ The Golden Country is a legendary land that sits atop an infinite ocean of clouds. The tree of peace stands tall in this realm, and at its base lies Alrest, the home of many. Long ago, the people of this world lived in the bountiful land of Elysium, where warm rains and golden sunshine provided them with generous harvests. However, the people were eventually banished from this paradise, and nobody knows why. Did they anger their creator, the Architect, or did something else cause their exile?

GAMEPLAY

Torna – The Golden Country adds a new combat system to Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Due to Tetsuya Takahashi’s strong desire to make it easier for players to participate in the game, the game systems such as the battle system have been changed from the base game. Because the game was designed as a standalone DLC experience, the team incorporated as many new gameplay elements as possible to fit the story and characters. Compared to the base game, Torna – The Golden Country has improvements to the interface and tutorial. One example of this is the ability to change your character or entire team with the touch of a button while on the field. Collectibles in the field are now divided into categories, making them easier to collect. Monolith Soft also added a “Tips” section to the game, allowing players to revisit previous tutorials.

The battle system is 3 players per team, a maximum of 3 teams, so there are a total of 9 playable characters. In battle, only one team can be controlled directly, the other team is controlled by his C. The combat composition of an active team includes a vanguard and a rearguard. The characters in the front and back rows represent the vanguard and rear guard, respectively. Unlike the main story, this is a battle in which the rear guard plays an active role. The mechanics of blade combos and chain attacks have also been revised. The team has optimized side quests and implemented a new “community” system. “Community” is a simplified version of the “Amity Table” in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade X. Compared to the base game, there is more emphasis on the relationship of side quest characters to the main character. Monolith Soft has incorporated a new system called “Camp” that combines the crafting function, in function, and heart-to-heart function of the main game.

SETTING AND CHARACTERS

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country features a brand-new story and environment, taking place 494 years before the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It explores the pasts of several main characters from the base game, such as Jin, Mythra, Malos, and Praetor Amalthus, and introduces characters such as Lora and Addam as playable party members.

PLOT

494 years prior to the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the Aegis Malos has been awakened by the misanthropic Praetor Amalthus of Indol and embarked on a campaign of destruction. The mercenary Lora and her trusted partner Jin are recruited by Addam Origo, the fourth prince of Torna and Driver of Malos’ counterpart Mythra, to battle Malos. Together with Addam’s young attendant Milton, the group detours to Gormott to track down Lora’s mother, who has been killed in a bandit attack.

In Gormott, the group is joined by Emperor Hugo Ardanach of Mor Ardain and attacked by Gort, Lora’s abusive stepfather who stole Jin’s Core Crystal from the Tornan royal family and tried to kill her when she bonded to it 17 years prior. Lora defeats Gort, who unbeknownst to her is captured by Amalthus’ men. The party returns to Torna and learns that Malos is targeting the Tornan capital Auresco.

When they arrive in Auresco, Malos besieges the city and declares his intention to destroy the Tornan titan by overloading it with ether energy. The party pursues Malos to the Titan’s core and battles him, but Malos launches an attack on Auresco that kills Milton. A distraught and enraged Mythra unleashes her full power to drive off Malos, but loses control and accidentally kills Hugo and destroys Torna. Devastated over the destruction that she caused, Mythra retreats into a split personality named Pyra.

Addam departs for Leftheria to seal Pyra away, while Jin takes Lora and the others to a militia camp in Spessia to meet up with Tornan survivors. In Spessia, Lora is again attacked by Gort, whom Amalthus has transformed into a monstrous Blade Eater, and is forced to kill him in self-defense. Amalthus launches a coup to take control of Indol. Sometime later, after Lora has been killed in an attack on the Tornan survivors by Amalthus and Jin has consumed her heart to become a Flesh Eater, Jin burns the remnants of his old life and embarks on a quest for revenge against Amalthus. In a post-credits scene, Rex discovers the room where Pyra was sealed by Addam, leading into the events of the main game.