Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015)

This one’s the odd one out for a number of reasons. It's also only available on Wii U
  • Not connected to the other Blade games, only has a couple tiny references
  • American voice-acting
  • No protagonist/you make your own avatar
  • It used to have a bunch of online features like going on missions together and trading items etc
  • Focus isn’t on the main plot, but rather exploration, side-quests & customization, all of which are really good!! but different from regular xenoblade
  • There are only 2 obligatory party members aside from Yourself (Elma & Lin) & then there's a bunch of characters who are plot-important who may or may not be recruitable

Plot

It’s the year 2056, the Earth was destroyed in a battle between alien forces waging war two years ago, some humans managed to escape using ark ships. One such ship, the White Whale, has crashed on the planet Mira. Unfortunately, humans are far from the only living creatures on Mira... and the aliens who destroyed the Earth seem to have it out for us, as well.

You (yes, you, the avatar you create) is found, amnesiac, in an escape pod and brought back to human settlement New Los Angeles by Elma. There, You will join the military organization BLADE, pick a division, and get to work exploring Mira, fighting wildlife, collecting scraps from the crash, etc etc

However, there's something strange about Mira, the aliens seem to be after humanity for some specific mysterious reason, and Your comrades at BLADE have problems of their own...

Why you should play it:

lots of neat features! The Collectopedia exists (with images!), there's an enemy index with lengthy descriptions of all enemies containing lots of lore, Heart-to-Hearts are also still here, and the customization options for your weapons and armor and outfits and Skells are almost limitless!

speaking of Skells: huge robots! who doesn't love getting to fly around in a huge mech? that also transforms into a car or boat?

the world map is huge and vibrant and full of stuff! also it's really open-world compared to say, 2, you can pretty much swim to anywhere you'd like right out of the gate

watch out though! the level cap is 60 in this game compared to the others' 99, so the enemies never stop being a threat

missions! many of them are elaborate and interconnected, and also You get to pick dialogue options and/or pick what to do next, which can result in disaster in some missions - Your choices affect the world