The topic title may be a little misleading. but this is not an opinion nor can i prove my facts.please dont merge or delete this topic cause it talks about this beautiful game a different way and it has someassumptions and findings that only the players know about.
first of all id like to be clear that i give this game a 10 out of 10 therefor i am not here to diss the game. it is the best game to me personally. but one has to be neutral at all times and i see many hidden flaws of a game that perhaps was rushed or simply did not have enough budget to go complete. however the game is complete and only the players of the game will notice the flaws of a game that was ment to be bigger then it allready is(really big) so let me start some points here that u and i might have notice about this game.
1. there is clearly a sign that the skell can fly towards another planet(not region) the reason why i say this is because when u look at the distance there is clearly an unfinished view in the far distance that clearly gives the idea that you might have or could have been there
2. the aceptable thing like walking trough enemies or shooting trough bricks and rocks is clearly because the game was not finished. im sure they were planning to fix that. but somehow they decided to make the game bug and glitch free rather then polishing a few minor(major to some of you) things.
3. clearly when u swim or floath the water u can see that it is really possible and almost sure that there were more regions that were not implemented later on. however it is not a big deal. but still it is another finsing of how big the game really was and has been shrunken a bit( it is still one of the bggest games tho)
4. NLA is a city that could be more living and im sure the prototypes and alpha's were. then again the game is perfect. but u can walk trough cars
5. the red waymarker doesnt always give you the shortest route. moreover i had some waymarking where i had to walk trough a whole region. while if i walked just a bit i would have been on my destination. the waymarker isnt always reliable.
6. the customisation of the character has been reduced to only a few options. and it has even been more reduced. and i know its nitpicking but i find it a loss that i could not change the size of the breasts. its not a big deal. but im sure in the beginning fase of the game there were more options long before he japan release.
in overall
the game has been clearly reduced to be smaller. one can only wonder why. is it because the wiiu does not have enough horsepower? is it because the budget didnt allow to polish the rest of the worlds? is it because xenoblade dlc incoming cash cowing? is it because there was a deadline for the japan release? therefor making a european game better would make the japanes angry?
looking back at xenoblade chronicles wii. that game was huge as well. and i do not wish to stretch this topic but. that game has been made regardless of ps3 and 360 being stronger.but the devs didnt give a fly about that. they wanted t make the rpg regardless. but this time with xeno x the hardware did damage to the game thats for sure.
then again this is the best game 10 out of 10 but acknowledging some flaws doesnt hurt guys