So, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time...

[Nuvendil]

Boutros said:

sc94597 said:

Boutros said:
Xenoblade has a lot of great stuff going for it, but I will never understand why people say the plot is great...

The plot is pretty much gnostic philosophy packaged into a fantasy/speculative fiction storyline. There are a lot of literary devices. For anyone else it is a good anime-like speculative fiction story. It isn't a Xenogears but it is still deep and interesting when considered for its own qualities, and has better pacing than Xenogears. 

Sounds like FFXIII and few would say it has a great plot lol

Two are not worth comparing.  Xenoblade is comprehensible with believable, developing characters.  And the gnosticism serves as an underlying theme, not something necessary to grasping the themes of the story.  Xenoblade Chronicles is well executed, Final Fantasy XIII is horribly executed.  If you don't like the story, that's your own business.  I don't like The Great Gatsby; I don't care for Hamlet.  I still recognize their artistic achievements and qualities.