Jumpin said:
If you were saying this before DoD, I would agree: Xenosaga and Xenogears were some of the best RPGs ever.... but the dev team has slipped, A LOT, in a similar way Rare did. The problem with Xenoblade is that it turned out to be WAY too spread out, a game with a lot of walking and fighting battles; a very dilute experience similar to Final Fantasy 13, but with an ugly art direction. The Last Story looks to be a much denser, more complex, and more satisfying experience without all of the fluff that Xenoblade has in it; and a good art style and gameplay that looks as though it has a chance at being revolutionary. |
I don't tend to listen to other peoples opinions on JRPG's as nowadays I would struggle to name 1 JRPG not called Persona that is universally loved, people have all sorts of opinions on JRPG's in this generation (FF13's mixed response is proof of this). Back in the day I have heard lots of hating for Xenosaga when it launched and how it was so bad compared to Xenogears. I ended up loving it (even Xenosaga Episode II). I'll make my mind up on Xenoblade when I play it, which hopefully will be soon if Nintendo bring it over. I have full faith in Tetsuya Takahashi....if xenoblade resembled what you just told me it'll be my biggest disappointment of all time, so I hope I like it.
