History Awesome / XenobladeChroniclesX

* While the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]] about not actually being in the Skell you all-but-surely brought for Chapter 8 can be distracting, it has to be admitted that the game does want to imply that you took on Dagahn, AKA a hulking beast that threw Skells around like toys, on foot and ''won'', which is pretty awesome. Ryyz can't believe what she's seeing and it certainly is another feather in Team Elma's Cap of Badassery.

* The way the [[BonusBoss Tyrants]] are named are by combining a regular name and a random description. This can lead to the player fighting tyrants with odd qualities, such as "Ludvik the ''Picky Eater.''"

* Finishing ''Alex's Last Stand'' is this. After all the trouble he's given you and NLA, and after all his hypocritical bullshit ramblings, he finally meets his end. If Rook didn't bother to negotiate with him, it's even better, as he's finished off by the [[KarmicDeath Definian he worked with then betrayed]].
* Defeating any [[BonusBoss Tyrant]], but especially bringing down Telethia, The Endbringer. You get two sneak peaks at it's full might, but challenging it for realsies means ''you better be ready''.
** Even more awesome if you did it without using a [[GameBreaker Uber setup]].

** Even better. Near the end of the fight, [[LavaAddsAwesome fire and brimstone]] ''[[RedSkyTakeWarning starts raining from the skies,]]'' making for [[BattleAmongstTheFlames an even more epic setting]] for this ClimaxBoss. You'll notice Sylvalum is neighboring [[LethalLavaLand Cauldros,]] and you'll assume the impromptu weather change comes from there. You couldn't be more wrong. Not only is the battle's location relatively far from the entrance to Cauldros, the Enemy Index entry on the Vasara clearly states that [[AwesomenessIsVolatile the intensity of their insane clash]] ''causes'' the firestorm to rain down '''[[UpToEleven upon the entire continent.]]'''

** The moment you finally get your first [[MiniMecha Skell]], allowing you to fight [[BonusBoss the Tyrants]] on equal footing. Made even better, once you have a full party of Skells and you hear the guitar riff for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOeb7StJlRc "Uncontrollable"]]'' [[AutobotsRockOut kick in at the start of the battle.]]

* On the topic of Skells, no love for the badass Skell pilot who went all Mech-pilot Franchise/{{Rambo}} in the opening cutscene? [[spoiler:Especially since this person is ''probably'' Elma?]]
* While the [[spoiler:reveal of your robotic nature and the actual scene of ''getting your arm blown off'']] can feel like [[NightmareFuel/XenobladeChroniclesX something else entirely]], the scene where your character [[spoiler:saves Tatsu from being blown to potato chips by the arm gun of an enemy Skell with a [[DivingSave diving catch]]]] is heroic as hell and helps establish the ''player character'' as one of the best [=BLADEs=].
* Chapter 6: So you're deep within Tainted territory, surrounded by rabid creatures on all sides, exhausted after taking down a Sphinx. Three more Sphinxes show up ready to play. What happens next? [[spoiler:Telethia makes its surprise appearance, and near ''effortlessly'' annihilates the three Sphinxes, while you most likely had a tough time with just one earlier. The fight is vicious, brutal, and awe-inspiring, and you can easily see where Telethia got the epithet "Endbringer". Very fortunately, it decides the heroes are not a threat and leaves them be.]]
* While the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]] about not actually being in the Skell you all-but-surely brought for Chapter 8 can be distracting, it has to be admitted that [[spoiler:the game does want to imply that you took on Dagahn, AKA a hulking beast that threw Skells around like toys, on foot and ''won'', which is pretty awesome. Ryyz can't believe what she's seeing and it certainly is another feather in Team Elma's Cap of Badassery.]]
** Chapter 8 in general is pretty amazing, and it's clear that it's where no small part of the cutscene budget went. [[spoiler:The Skell firing line atop New LA's wall and Team Irina defending the East Gate are particularly great moments.]]
* Chapter 9's boss fight is stunning, and a fitting beginning to what is essentially the main plot's last act, [[spoiler:as it's basically a duel to claim both your freedom and, in a real way, Jiarg's honor. The setting is cool to start with - basically a field of flowers in a faux-snowy Sylvalum clearing - and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDyIooHmTWg the music]] sets the tone for an epic duel, which unfolds in two parts. The first is a forced ground-only battle against Jiarg, Buidhe and their retainers, which turns into an awesomely chaotic ''player-controlled'' melee. Win this part, and Jiarg, Buidhe and their retainers mount their Skells, including Jiarg's massive Vasara. Jiarg then tells you to "arm yourselves as you wish", which is a slightly-awkward-but-still-clever way of saying "yeah, you can now mount those Skells you brought but haven't been in cutscenes so far" and you the engage them in a mech battle - with Jiarg's retainers forming a fighting circle at first, but joining the fray halfway through the Vasara's HP. At the end, Jiarg acknowledges your prowess and that you've earned your freedom, and that the Wrothians have "failed" the Ganglion because they couldn't "catch" you (despite having you cold at the start of the event). The whole fight being player-controlled makes it better, in a way, because it's ''not'' CutscenePowerToTheMax - you, yourself, actually beat Jiarg and earned your freedom.]]
** Even better. Near the end of the fight, [[LavaAddsAwesome fire and brimstone]] ''[[RedSkyTakeWarning starts raining from the skies,]]'' making for [[BattleAmongstTheFlames an even more epic setting]] for this ClimaxBoss. You'll notice Sylvalum is neighboring [[LethalLavaLand Cauldros,]] and you'll assume the impromptu weather change comes from there. You couldn't be more wrong. Not only is the battle's location relatively far from the entrance to Cauldros, the Enemy Index entry on [[spoiler:the Vasara]] clearly states that [[AwesomenessIsVolatile the intensity of their insane clash]] ''causes'' the firestorm to rain down '''[[UpToEleven upon the entire continent.]]'''
* The boss of Chapter 10 is similarly grand. [[spoiler: You fight against the Zu Pharg, by far the ''[[HumongousMecha biggest]]'' [[HumongousMecha mecha]] in the Ganglion arsenal, and the largest boss in the entire game. And by biggest, we mean you could be forgiven for thinking that [[CutscenePowerToTheMax fighting this thing would be relegated to a cutscene]]. You would be very wrong. You actually have to fight this monstrosity as a boss. The scale of this fight can be made even more interesting if you bring a team of Skells with flight modules, allowing you to zip around it and blow off each of its parts. Even more, the arena for this boss is all of Sylvalum, and the fight ends with its wreckage sitting in the middle of Lake Ciel for the rest of the game. This fight can potentially be one-sided if you don't have Skells (contrary to what it may seem like, it can be beaten without the flight module even in the flight phase), but the fact that you are able to walk up to it on foot without suffering any lag is quite a feat for the UsefulNotes/WiiU's processing power, fitting for a game already very massive but with relatively little loading. The cherry on top is the [[TakeThatScrappy death of Ryyz]], being smothered within the Zu Pharg as it burns up with Daghan suffering by her side.]]
* The mission where you actually recruit [[spoiler:Celica]] gets super rad: [[spoiler:Rock, despite hating all violence because of what he was forced to do to Celica's village, steps in to protect Celica from a rampaging indigen that looks like a flying [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal Narwhal whale]]. He does this by ''grabbing its horn in both hands before it can pierce Celica'' '''''or''''' ''him'', holding it in place, and then ''flinging it clear across the football-field-sized cavern''. The poor critter is ''clearly'' rather amazed by all this, and it's easy to see just why Chausson wants Rock as a fighter at the start of the mission. Rock then carries Celica to safety with one hand while Team Elma fights the indigen as a conventional boss.]]
* Nagi [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5tFEF1siwc&feature=youtu.be&t=937 kicking ass]]]] ass against some Ganglion soldiers [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly]].
* The way the [[BonusBoss Tyrants]] are named are by combining a regular name and a random description. This can lead to the player fighting tyrants with odd qualities, such as "Ludvic the ''Picky Eater.''"
* The sidequest, ''The Gauntlet'', is a huge montage of meeting many important people throughout your journey, in the midst of a gallant tournament. Among the people you meet are the Orphean who helped the water facility, the Wrothian whom you sparred many times with, and the [[spoiler:Definian defector]]. And at the very end is a fight with a level 90 Skell (don't worry, it's not like the overlevelled Tyrants throughout Mira).

* Lin gives a Tersqual a swift and painful lesson in why you ''shouldn't'' mess with Tatsu while [[PintsizedPowerhouse she's]] around. It [[spoiler: swallowed him whole]] so she made it swallow her fist and sent its ass flying with a ShieldBash MegatonPunch that was hard enough to ''flip it into the air'' and make it [[spoiler: spit him out]].
* Finishing ''Alex's Last Stand'' is this. After all the trouble he's given you and NLA, and after all his hypocritical bullshit ramblings, [[spoiler:he finally meets his end. If Rook didn't bother to negotiate with him, it's even better, as he's finished off by the [[KarmicDeath Definian he worked with then betrayed]].]]

* Finishing ''Alex's Last Stand'' is this. After all the trouble he's given you and NLA, and after all his hypocritical bullshit ramblings, [[spoiler:he finally meets his end. If Rook didn't bother to negotiate with him, it's even better, as he's finished off by the [[KarmicDeath Definian he worked with then betrayed]].]]

* On the topic of Skells, no love for the badass Skell pilot who went all Mech-pilot {{Rambo}} in the opening cutscene? [[spoiler:Especially since this person is ''probably'' Elma?]]

** The moment you finally get your first [[MiniMecha Skell]], allowing you to fight [[BonusBoss the Tyrants]] on equal footing. Made even better, once you have a full party of Skells and you hear the guitar riff for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgudF-hVlDA "Uncontrollable"]]'' [[AutobotsRockOut kick in at the start of the battle.]]

** The moment you finally get your first [[MiniMecha Skell]], allowing you to fight [[BonusBoss the Tyrants]] on equal footing. Made even better, once you have a full party of Skell and you hear the guitar riff for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgudF-hVlDA "Uncontrollable"]]'' [[AutobotsRockOut kick in at the start of the battle.]]

* The boss of Chapter 10 is similarly grand. [[spoiler: You fight against the Zu Pharg, by far the ''[[HumongousMecha biggest]]'' [[HumongousMecha mecha]] in the Ganglion arsenal, and the largest boss in the entire game. And by biggest, we mean you could be forgiven for thinking that [[CutscenePowerToTheMax fighting this thing would be relegated to a cutscene]]. You would be very wrong. You actually have to fight this monstrosity as a boss. The scale of this fight can be made even more interesting if you bring a team of Skells with flight modules, allowing you to zip around it and blow off each of its parts. Even more, the arena for this boss is all of Sylvalum, and the fight ends with its wreckage sitting in the middle of Lake Ciel for the rest of the game. This fight can potentially be one-sided if you don't have Skells (contrary to what it may seem like, it can be beaten without the flight module even in the flight phase), but the fact that you are able to walk up to it on foot without suffering any lag is quite a feat for the WiiU's processing power, fitting for a game already very massive but with relatively little loading. The cherry on top is the [[TakeThatScrappy death of Ryyz]], being smothered within the Zu Pharg as it burns up with Daghan suffering by her side.]]

** The moment you finally get your first [[MiniMecha SKELL]], allowing you to fight [[BonusBoss the Tyrants]] on equal footing. Made even better, once you have a full party of SKELLS and you hear the guitar riff for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgudF-hVlDA "Uncontrollable"]]'' [[AutobotsRockOut kick in at the start of the battle.]]

* On the topic of Skells, no love for the {{Badass}} Skell pilot who went all Mech-pilot {{Rambo}} in the opening cutscene? [[spoiler:Especially since this person is ''probably'' Elma?]]

* Finishing ''Alex's Last Stand'' is this. After all the trouble he's given you and NLA, and after all his hypocritical bullshit ramblings, [[spoiler:he finally meets his end. If Rook didn't bother to negotiate with him, it's even better, as he's finished off by the [[KarmicDeath Definian he worked with then betrayed]].]]
* all of the skell flight module quest humanity is at its lowest one more atack from the enemy and they are done 99%of humanity is gone they are running out of time to find the life hold core they need the flight module to stand any hope of saving the day it all rests on lins shoulders and she pulls it off her parents would be proud she litterly saved the human race with this

* Finishing ''Alex's Last Stand'' is this. After all the trouble he's given you and NLA, and after all his hypocritical bullshit ramblings, [[spoiler:he finally meets his end. If Rook didn't bother to negotiate with him, it's even better, as he's finished off by the [[KarmicDeath Definian he worked with then betrayed]].]]

* The boss of Chapter 10 is similarly grand. [[spoiler: You fight against the Zu Pharg, by far the ''[[HumongousMecha biggest]]'' [[HumongousMecha mecha]] in the Ganglion arsenal, and the largest boss in the entire game. And by biggest, we mean you could be forgiven for thinking that [[CutscenePowerToTheMax fighting this thing would be relegated to a cutscene]]. You would be very wrong. You actually have to fight this monstrosity as a boss. The scale of this fight can be made even more interesting if you bring a team of Skells with flight modules, allowing you to zip around it and blow off each of its parts. Even more, the arena for this boss is all of Sylvalum, and the fight ends with its wreckage sitting in the middle of Lake Ciel for the rest of the game. This fight can potentially be one-sided if you don't have Skells (contrary to what it may seem like, it can be beaten without the flight module even in the flight phase), but the fact that you are able to walk up to it on foot without suffering any lag is quite a feat for the WiiU's processing power, fitting for a game already very massive but with relatively little loading. The cherry on top is the death of Ryyz, being smothered within the Zu Pharg as it burns up with Daghan suffering by her side.]]

* The boss of Chapter 10 is similarly grand. [[spoiler: You fight against the Zu Pharg, by far the ''[[HumongousMecha biggest]]'' [[HumongousMecha mecha]] in the Ganglion arsenal, and the largest boss in the entire game. And by biggest, we mean you could be forgiven for thinking that [[CutscenePowerToTheMax fighting this thing would be relegated to a cutscene]]. You would be very wrong. You actually have to fight this monstrosity as a boss. The scale of this fight can be made even more interesting if you bring a team of Skells with flight modules, allowing you to zip around it and blow off each of its parts. Even more, the arena for this boss is all of Sylvalum, and the fight ends with its wreckage sitting in the middle of Lake Ciel for the rest of the game. This fight can potentially be one-sided if you don't have Skells (contrary to what it may seem like, it can be beaten without the flight module even in the flight phase), but the fact that you are able to walk up to it on foot without suffering any lag is quite a feat for the WiiU's processing power, fitting for a game already very massive but with relatively little loading.]]