Kotaku: Xenoblade Chronicles Import Preview -- 'in one word, it would be “boredom.'

[SubiyaCryolite]

the_dengle said:

SubiyaCryolite said:

the_dengle said:

Kotaku didn't like the first Xenoblade, either, so you know how much weight to give their opinion of this one.

Um?? http://kotaku.com/5898947/xenoblade-chronicles-the-kotaku-review

"Xenoblade Chronicles taught me an important lesson: Never trust the Internet." lol

Same writer, earlier this year.

"after replaying for a few hours on 3DS I think now I hate it." "when Xenoblade first came to the US (...) as I played, I kept looking for reasons to like it—I wanted to give it as fair a chance as possible. But in retrospect, I just can’t stand so many things about it."

Thats about the 3DS version specifically. Maybe it doesn't translate well to handhelds? Maybe the game aged badly? 

"Keza MacDonald: I have, although not quite as much as I’d have liked to. I finished it on Wii, and despite the fact that I literally just played all the way through Majora’s Mask again on 3DS with no complaints, I’m finding Xenoblade a bit of a tougher sell on the handheld. I’m not anti-remakes. I’m pro-remakes. But a game like this is tough to play on the 3DS. That said, I’m amazed it runs it at all."

Seems pretty straightforward.