Nuvendil said:
If I recall correctly, there was an Iwata Asks featuring Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Takahashi concerning the development of Xenoblade and Last Story and indicators were there that Takahashi has considerable influence on the story and pretty much all other aspects of the game. Same with Xenoblade Chronicles X. He definitely strikes me as an auteur, someone whose vission is core to and drives nearly every aspect of the work. And also consider this: the trailers are being that blatant but they haven't shown a single story scene, not even the opening one, in its entirety yet. So they are being quite cagey with plot specifics. Also, another thing to keep in mind is The Quest plotline structure can lend itself to very engaging stories depending on how the nature of The Quest changes and what path it carves through the world. See Lord of the Rings as an example |
For me, it's just sad knowing I'm going into this game based solely on the name. It it were anything else besides Xenoblade I'd skip it, not might or maybe, I WOULD skip it even though Monolith Soft maade it. That's not really the way you want to release games, because if it is not all it's cracked up to be you're going to have people jumpimg ship or at least more hesitant of buying the next game or if this is peoples first Monolith Soft game, can put them off this developer entirely.. But as of right now for me they are 2 for 2. Both Blade and Blade X are masterpieces, I just wish it looked like this one was as well but instead I find myself thinking "well, this doesn't look good, but it is my favorite series so...."
