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curl-6 on 29 February 2016
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Volterra_90 said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah, XCX definitely suffers a bit from being in the shadow of its predecessor. Xenoblade on Wii not only had a more compelling story and characters, but also a more consistently high quality score and a more user-friendly interface.

Taken on its own terms, Xenoblade Chronicles X is a remarkable achievement, but like most games, it seems a little anemic when placed besides the original Xenoblade.

I think XC focus was the main story, while XCX changed its focus to a more compelling world, side quests and improved gameplay. So I really think that XCX beats in almost everything the first game, even the score, but that's because I'm a lot into anime music so that might be my personal taste. The only that's better in the first game, is the main plot. Characters are just merely plot devices, two-dimensional and just boring; while in XCX with the affinity quests they're three-dimensional. The world is best crafted. The quests are most focused... But, obviously, in the end, it's all a matter of tastes, I just think XCX is a great improvement over the original, because I also think that the original is a tad overrated. 

The side stories in XCX bored the shit out of me to be honest. Yeah, XBC's were no better, but ultimately like I said, I can't muster any enthusiasm for missing cats or other trivial nonsense. In XBC at least I actually cared about the main plot; XCX just couldn't keep me engaged narratively because the few interesting bits were spaced out with so much bland filler.

Same with characters; in XCX not one of them really made me care about them, while in the original I found the likes of Shulk, Fiora, Dunban and Riki to be endearing and likeable.

As for the score, while XCX certainly had some great pieces, the New LA music made me want to blow my brains out.

But to each their own I guess.