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

[Goodnightmoon]

So he hates the first Xenoblade, well, that says it all... anyone who loved the first one is going to love this one, for sure. His complaints agains the battle system looks like he is talking about the previous one... so the combat is as good as the previous one. 

Thanks God Kotaku doesn´t count for Metacritic.