Please, please buy Xenoblade 2. You will not regret it. I've played X as well, but it's no XC2. Not in story or gameplay. It's really got more of a WRPG feel to it than anything and the first city theme will make you put a gun to your head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxLijQvEa4&t=45s
vs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df3EuehvvNY&t=3s
The music in XC2 is simply amazing. Compared to the first one, I think it outdoes it, if only by a little. The characters are endearing, tons of great sidequests, the main story is well done, gameplay is simple to use, and only somewhat difficult to master.
To put it into perspective for me, I only beat Xenoblade X a couple years after it released. But when I got Xenoblade 2 I played it every day, for hours as it came out during the holiday break. I could not stop playing it. It really is one of the best JRPGS I've ever played, and you probably think I may be overhyping it...and that may be true depending on what you want in a JRPG, but I can honestly say this game is not something any JRPG fan should miss. It's made with exceptional quality and has kept me entertained for hundreds of hours.
If story is your main thing, compared to the first I think it's just about equal if not just a tad bit above. I don't think they'll make a cast of characters as charismatic as Shulk, Reyn, Dunban, etc. but these come really damn close. And again, I can't speak highly enough of the music, your ears will cry, man! I mean, you're not getting Yoko Shimomura but you're getting Yasunori Mitsuda and ACE, which is great. At this point it sounds like I'm rambling, so.. . B . U . Y I . T.
