I've newly purchased this game and am waiting to start it until after I finish a couple other games. Have heard nothing but awesome things and want to try and finish it before XC:X comes out!

I like the sound of the battle system. Fairly certain I'll enjoy this game a lot! The only daunting thing is the amount of hours it takes to complete. 76 hours for you?? That's a ton of time and I tend to burn out on games that long before finishing them. 10-20 hours is my sweet spot. The only game I've put more than 30 hours in was Ni No Kuni and even that started to wear thin after the 20 hour mark.

Anyway, glad you had a good experience with it! Looking forward to playing it soon.

Well I only have to wait for this!

zelmusario said: I've newly purchased this game and am waiting to start it until after I finish a couple other games. Have heard nothing but awesome things and want to try and finish it before XC:X comes out! I like the sound of the battle system. Fairly certain I'll enjoy this game a lot! The only daunting thing is the amount of hours it takes to complete. 76 hours for you?? That's a ton of time and I tend to burn out on games that long before finishing them. 10-20 hours is my sweet spot. The only game I've put more than 30 hours in was Ni No Kuni and even that started to wear thin after the 20 hour mark. Anyway, glad you had a good experience with it! Looking forward to playing it soon.

i've clocked 200hours. :)

it is very addicting, initially pay attention to the combat system, there would be enemies you would easily die early on if you could know how to use the combat system. around 200 side quests as well.  and there are optional super bosses, the game is very vast and your 20 hours a game, you'll surpass it sooner than you think.  don't read too much if you don't want spoilers, great soundtrack, one of the best. you'll enjoy it.

Nintendo must release on the eShop before X gets released.

Xenogears was great, but has some control, platforming and camera issues, pacing was also inconsistent. Xenosaga's story was not as great as Xenogears, and the gameplay was boring. Xenoblade had a good balance of both a decent story and excellent gameplay, and didn't have pacing issues in its story. 

Imo it's a good game but not even close to being one of the best JRPGs ever, if this wasn't a Wii exclusive most people wouldn't even put it in a top 5 jrpg of the gen list.


I haven't finished it though so maybe it gets better, but the combat is really.... dunno, MMOesque? i don't like it, also the side quests are generic as fuck.

When people said this game felt like an offline MMORPG i though they where trolling... but sadly i very much agree.

It really is

all a personal opinion and I respect that, but it is one of the best jrpgs ever made.

This. Doesn't help the 7th Gen was starved of JRPGs, so anything even remotely good was hailed as perfection

i don't think so. gamers who played recently are comparing to what? all the JRPGs they've played. we didn't say it was the best of all time but one of the best in recent times. if the standards from other games where low, they are low. but Xenoblade was really one of the awesome JRPGs that I've played since then.

great soundtrack, good combat system, good story and a variety of side quests, i don't know which ones are generic out of 200 side quests.