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Rob-Ot said:

Jumpin said:

Rob-Ot said:

Chibi.V.29 said:

I dont know why but unlike with xenoblade i really dont give a monkeys for this :/

Thats because Xenoblade is made by better developer. This also sounds promising though.

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.

I'm pretty sure Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was loved critically acclaimed by all publications I can think of.  To a lesser degree games like Pokemon D/P/Pt and The World Ends With You were universally praised.

But I agree with you that most reviewers can't be trusted when it comes to JRPGs.  The likes of FF XIII, Lost Odyssey and DQ IX being slammed by some for IMO pointless things are perfect examples of this.