sc94597 said:
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. 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.