| curl-6 said: I know it must sound like I dislike XCX, but I should point out for the record that I consider it really, really good. It's world is amazing. The combat system rocks. Flying seamlessly across a vast alien planet in a giant robot is orgasmic. It just falls slightly short of greatness in my view, due to the issues I've outlined. I wanted so badly to care about XCX's story, but the way it kept teasing this epic narrative only to put it on hold to send me off chasing unrelated side stories for hours on end really rubbed me the wrong way, as did its failure to really explain the many mysteries it presented. I wanted to know more about the other race who fought at Earth, about the Vita, the Tainted, the Telethia. At so many points the story seemed poised to take flight, only to wimp out and slump back down to earth by not following through on its promises. |
Yeah, I know you consider it very good. And I agree with the issues you've outlined actually (except characters, who I found more likeable in XCX). I'd like them to actually finish the story and not teasing a sequel, because it presents some great themes on the plot but doesn't quite develop them. Maybe for the next one I think they should find a middle ground between the two games. I mean, keeping the scale, combat system, expanding the world with new continents, skells like XCX, focus more on the main plot and close it like in XC and ditching some boring side quests which add nothing to the game. There're more issues like fetching quests which are nearly impossible to complete without having some guide, and some jokes which goes on and on and keep getting annoying (also knows as "Eat Tatsu" jokes). I enjoy so much the rest of XCX that I consider it almost a masterpiece, even when I really acknowledge that it has lots of flaws in it.
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