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

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Mnementh said:

LOL. The question is still why you try so hard to sprinkle uncertainty about the game prior to it's release in abscence of critical hints about bad quality. There are always people who dislike a game more than others, no problem with that. There are always people who like a game too. Thats nothing incredible. But look, you said you expect 80-83. If the preview would have a 82 besides it, most people here wouldn't much argue, as it matches more or less their expectations. Boredom on the other hand points to something incredibly lower than that. people don't expect that, so they argue. Your incredible image says a meta of 80 would point to an average game. So Borderlands Handsome Collection, Tales of Borderlands, Project Cars, Final Fantasy X remake and Dark Souls 2 would be average:

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/new-releases/ps4/metascore

Only as an example. I doubt people are agreeing. Some people might expect more than 83 for XCX, but I doubt many expect a higher meta than XC had. So if the Kotaku-writer had said '82' people would be agreeing. He obviously did not. You defending him although you have a different opinion yourself is ... strange.

And yes, everyone can see Rol is more subtle than you, so like him or not, you could learn.

"The question is still why you try so hard to sprinkle uncertainty about the game prior to it's release in abscence of critical hints about bad quality." *facepalm* You wont accept Kotaku, Amazon.co.jp, various Japanese retailers or even import impressions. There are "critical hints about quality" but you're simply ignoring them, or at least the ones you dont want to hear.

"Boredom on the other hand points to something incredibly lower than that."

No it does not.

"So Borderlands Handsome Collection, Tales of Borderlands, Project Cars, Final Fantasy X remake and Dark Souls 2 would be average".

Not to me personally but to many deranged fanboys? Absolutely. Bring those games up in any "Which console has the best games" thread and watch them get dismissed as if they were trash. And Project Cars in particular is getting shat on a lot around here, and not just by Nintendo fans.

"You defending him although you have a different opinion yourself is ... strange."

*sigh* At least I have an idea of how your mind works

"We return to Bioware's most divisive RPG." - PC Gamer talking about Dragon Age II (82/100) in a Reinstall article. You must be one of the few that thinks divisive and boring == low scores. A game can have "good" scores but still divide fans or be considered boring by some. It happens all the time. And Im not interested in joining the Rol fanclub so let that slide.