Here is the first previews for XC 2.Just a friendly reminder, in general terms dont actually watch the videos if you dont want to get spoiled(I have been reading that the Nintendo World report preview has spoilers on it, if you watch the video).Just listen to the videos and you are good!

Previews:

Eurogamer

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-23-nintendos-special-year-is-set-to-end-with-another-spectacular-epic

IGN:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/21/xenoblade-chronicles-2-looks-set-to-continue-nintendos-hot-streak

Gamexplain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n2z9bflvG0

Nintendo World Report:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQi5I1_wrS0

Dualshockers:

https://www.dualshockers.com/xenoblade-chronicles-2-nintendo-switch-preview/

Nintendolife:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11/preview_returning_to_a_strange_universe_in_xenoblade_chronicles_2

RPGsite:

https://www.rpgsite.net/preview/6338-xenoblade-chronicles-2-hands-on-preview-the-first-30-hours

Shacknews:

http://www.shacknews.com/article/102133/xenoblade-chronicles-2-preview-infinite-blade-works

Thesixthaxis:

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2017/11/20/is-xenoblade-chronicles-2-the-last-great-nintendo-switch-game-of-the-year/

Reddit of german reviewer answering questions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/7d5su6/i_got_a_review_copy_of_xenoblade_chronicles_2_i/

Honestly this game is looking more and more as a 90+ game.

Ill keep updating as new previews comes up

Awesome!

Wouldn't get too excited. Previews always make every game look like a 90+ game.
Not to mention your two links are huge Nintendo sites. Slight bias may be involved.

As previews go by, I'm reassured that this will be an excellent title. Thanks Nautilus for the thread.

Really wanna get into the franchise.

Gamexplain tries to be as unbiased as they can, though obviously that dosent mean that they will be completely without it.So I trust their opinion.The other one though, I agree, but its still a nice opinion.

But since they are releasing previews, I expect other smaller and bigger sites to follow suit, so Ill update accordingly. 

The gameplay and world look fine to me as far as what they've shown. I just hope the story grips me like the first one. I really disliked the story of XbX.

Also nice chesticles on Pyra. Damn Nintendo.

Thanks for the post. I'm strongly considering this game, but I was completely lost in the "Story" trailer - is it going to be super hard to follow, like, say Final Fantasy XIII, or be fairly straightforward? If I'm playing a long RPG, I need to know what's going on.

the story of XBX was good for me until they introduced the characters stories... i was like... WTF these are the finest people they got!????

but the world and gameplay was outstanding....if they can improve the gameplay and world/exploration... even if they give me a shitty story i will be ok with it (as long as it is not too repetitive like bravely default-story)

Well now there are six links.  Also, I can point you to several previews that didn't strike a cord just off the top of my head.  Especially long previews like these vs short 30 minute previews at E3.

Takahashi loves his twists but his plots are fully understandable and can be followed without issue by those paying attention, at least as far as Xenoblade has been concerned.  The first game had a trippy climax but it all made sense at the end.  Expect similar patterns here.