The Xenoblade Chronicles Series Thread: Definitive Edition (All Spoilers in Tags)

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sc94597 said:

bigtakilla said:

 It's an incredibly cliché story.

When you got a story not as good as the original, 

I strongly disagree with this. The story is the best in a Xeno game since Xenogears. It is self-contained, unlike Xenogears (required an art-book to understand; disc 2), Xenosaga (cut-short three episodes; and episode 2 dragged) and Xenoblade Chronicles X (depends on a sequel to reach full potential), well-paced (like Xenoblade Chronicles and unlike other Xeno-games), but also has much more world complexity and developed characters that aren't flat in comparison to the original. 

If Xenoblade Chronicles X doesn't get a sequel, the story will be strongly disappointing, and Xenoblade Chronicle's story was great for what it was - a simplified Gnostic allegory with little character development, but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is more ambitious than that. 

Every cliché  that exists in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 existed in the original. 

Plus the story being disarmingly safe at the opening is a common tactic in some of the best JRPGs, like Chrono Trigger and yes, the first Xenoblade.