| kupomogli said: No. I think Nintendo fans state Xenoblade Chronicles is the best RPG ever because Nintendo purchased Monolithsoft and it's a first party exclusive game. Same reason Nintendo fans praise Monolithsoft as being the best RPG developer, which not once did you ever hear them make that statement until after they became first party, not even when there were exclusives on Nintendo consoles from the developer like Baten Kaitos, Soma Bringer, Dragon Ball Z Attack of the Saiyans, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier, etc. It wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo fans started praising Xenosaga 2 at this point, despite how bad it is just so they could hold onto their claim of Monolithsoft being the best JRPG dev. |
You clearly didn't play the game, it may not be the best JRPG ever made but it surely is the best JRPG made in the last 10 years. It completely redefines the genre and is much better and much more polished than all the previous mediocre games made by Monolith Soft.
If you just want to quicly check out how a game looks like and cannot stop playing for the next 120 hours then you know you have a good game. For me it is the best JRPG since Dragon Quest 5 PS2, Shenmue 2, Chorono Cross and Final Fantasy 8.
Pros:
+Music
+Story
+Voice Acting
+Art Design and attention to detail (every single piece of equipment changes the appearance of your party members)
+Extremely large, open environments
Cons:
-limited resolution unless played on Dolphin Emulator
-nearly 1000 stupid simple MMO-style sidequests which are completely optional, but you will miss important things like two additional skill trees per character if you skip it
-imperfect balancing, especially the End-boss is either unbeatable or super easy, depending on your level
-level VI gem crafting and Chain Attacks seem to be too complex for many youtube JRPG Let's Players to master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fKSFJdp5Tk&index=97&list=PLpVpBRIlzWuAYEtHYRKU_umVtbs0wu7I4 (may contain some spoilers)
If you like JRPGs even a little tiny bit, you owe to yourself to play this game.
