So Xenoblade X has an 84 on metacritix because there is too much to do and the world is too big?

[Nautilus]

LuckyTrouble said:
To be fair, from what I gather, the shortfalls of XCX are:
- Weak/Unimportant Story
- Soundtrack that doesn't seem to fit the game
- Shallow side quests

Those are all very good reasons to rate a game closer to 8 than 10, especially an RPG where all three of those aspects play a very important role in the overall experience. What I'm really tired of is people bitching over numbers. Just read the reviews. If you disagree, fine, whatever, but god damn it, don't just read a number and two lines of the conclusion and say "THIS REVIEWER IS SO BIASED AND HORRIBLE I NEED TO GO MAKE A BLANKET STATEMENT ABOUT THE BIAS OF GAMING MEDIA!"

Usually I would agree with you, but not in this case.There was a reviewer that complained about the battle system being completely automated, and another that killing weak enemies takes too long, which are all wrong.There were even some that complained that it was too big.Ifit didnt have things to do, it would be a legitimate complain, but we know thats not true.

And the shortfalls that you listed, while they are legitimate since its a matter of opinion, is divisive.There are alot of reviewers that said the music was incredible, that the game had a good story, while others said the oposite.(About the side quests, people did agree that the side quests, that werent affinity missions or normal missions, were really shallow.But I dont think thats really a bad thing, since they would incentive the player to explore more the world and help them lvl up and get stronger without feeling much like grind, but I digress)

All in all, reading alot of reviews, I feel like the ones that gave it a  "bad" score didnt put that many hours into the game and seemed to rush the playthrough to get the review ready, and XCX is a game that demands patience and time, otherwise your experience with the game will be prejudiced.Thats my view on it.