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

[Mnementh]

SubiyaCryolite said:

Mnementh said:

Well, interesting. At times every second post in this thread is from you and all are trying to put some credit behind the claims of some random writer who disliked the game. At the same time you try to discuss down the opinion of Tachikoma, another random writer who happens to like the game. You are entitled to your own opinion, but it is interesting that this topic is seemingly so important to you that you post a lot. Why do you want to push a point of view so hard? And thats for a game most of us couldn't play yet and that most likely includes you (except you imported).

It is one thing to be sceptical. I personally think it is dumb to buy first day anyways (I still do it for Atlus and Intelligent Systems, some games with forst week sales or bundles and some with online events). But if you want to avoid a desaster on the scale of The Order you can simply wait until two weeks after release. Until then it should be clear what to think about the game. For example, by now you can already say that Bloodborne and The Witcher 3 hold to their hype and are good games, despite what some people might think. Cherry picking some vague hints that the game sucks is strange, even more as Tachikoma showed us that you also can find plenty of hints in the other direction.

Its my thread, should I sit back and let it be derailed with nothing but attacks towards Kotaku? I let the 1st page slide but when it became clear that no one was going to talk about the authors points I had to intervene. I want people to discuss the authors points and if they seem valid, not moan about Kotaku all day long. Everyone knows that Tachikomas fairly outspoken so if she has issues with my points me she'll let me know straight to my face (avatar). Outside of two Japanese reviews and one favourable import review (from a site that would be ignored under normal circumstances) all we have are Japanese user reviews and import previews/threads to go by. As you mentioned they can go either way but that initself raises interesting questions. GAFS import thread has various reactions from positive to lukewarm. Also Kotaku didnt call the game bad, but boring. All my questions towards Tachikoma have to deal with "engagement", will people give a damn when playing or will it be a grind? With the new standards of RPGs how will players receive the game, thats the discussion I want to have. While theres a language barrier the game is already out and none of the core mechanics will change drastically so I dont think theres any harm in talking about it.

Discussing the quality of Kotaku is on-topic, as it is Kotakus preview you posted, so no derailing in this. And nobody addresses the points in the preview, as nobody can - the game is unreleased here. Talking about it being boring is also highly subjective, what is boring for one can be thrilling for someone else. So we have nothing really to discuss about at this point except the quality of Kotaku.