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

[Nuvendil]

outlawauron said:

Nuvendil said:

Boutros said:

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. 

So, Xenoblade is up there on a Hamlet and Great Gatsby tier as literary and artistic achievements?

I was simply making a point that one can appreciate artistic achievement with out liking something.