Xenoblade Chronicles is a Masterpiece!

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Kyuu said:

If Xenoblade was a PS2 game, it wouldn't have been treated different from Playstation Xenogames. Some Nintendo-only gamers will either call it a crap/average/overrated game or pretend that it didn't exist (because they didn't play it). Some of the same people who love it today could've been indifferent because it isn't on the right system and it isn't made by the right devs.

Now I'm not saying Xenoblade isn't great, I'm certain it is at least very good because I talked with experienced gamers who put it in high regard. But many of those who actively hype it up typically don't know jack about the genre. Instead of acknowledging their inexperience, they'd go to unrelated threads in the vein of "Xenogears vs Chrono Cross" and preach like there is no tomorrow

I think you are overgeneralizing. Xenoblade is a much more polished game than the Xenosaga series, and that is because it had a consistent budget with direction. This is a general consensus among experienced and inexperienced gamers alike. Not one group or another - hence the user and critic reviews.