Been trying to finally finish up Xenoblade DE the past few weeks. I've never finished the original and wanted to give 3 a shot as well but refuse to keep DE on my backlog before I start it. I wouldn't say I was a huge fan of the original, but I enjoyed what I had played at the time.
Sadly, it seems like the further I get into the game the less I'm enjoying it. I'm partway into Chapter 13 at this point and just feeling the overall story/lore is a bit too out there and don't really think there's very well-written interactions between the characters. I'm still looking forward to starting 3 (will try 2, but I can already tell I probably won't enjoy it) but just kind of surprised where my opinion fell with this game. Will see how the next few chapters sway me.