| curl-6 said: Yeah same here, the world of Mira, the exploration, and the skells were freaking amazing, but where the first game swept me away with its intriguing story, charming characters, and glorious soundtrack, these aspects were somewhat underwhelming in XCX. There are scenes in XBC that hit like a freight train, and I really hope XBC 2 recaptures that. |
Mira is absolutely amazing to traverse. One of the best worlds I've ever experienced in a game, for gameplay purposes.
As a narrative setting it's so frustratingly boring it makes me angry. The landscape is littered with interesting structures and wildlife. The world raises so many questions, and not a single one of them is ever answered. Follow a side plot to its conclusion and you almost always hit the brick wall of "whatever, Mira is just weird."
I can't even express to you how cheated I felt when the already pretty dull story was hijacked at the very last second by "LOL whatever Mira is weird."
This is the complete opposite of Xenoblade where the world has a history, the world is its own character, and if you dig deep enough you can discover tons of details about it. Not to say there is no mystery to the Bionis and Mechonis, but there is at least a purpose for the mystery.
