noname2200 said:
TheLastStarFighter said: I prefer a more fanasy setting over sci-fi.
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Is this one really any more sci-fi? The original opened with a human army armed with mechs and assault rifles battling against an army of robots, then went on to heavily feature such things as cyborgs, DNA scanning, and highly advanced AI's. Aside from ether, which was often treated like gas anyways, there wasn't too much fantasy elements that I can recall.
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Yeah, the new one seems a little more sci-fi in style, absolutely. Mechs, recolonization on a new planet, earth replicated city, lots of guns. Xenoblade 1 had sci fi elements too, of course, but less so. And the initial setting had a much heavier fantasy feel, with a world on living titans, a magic Sword, ancient angel creatures, etc.
It's not unlike FF. The old games had lots of tech, but it was typically ancient secrets discovered as the game progressed. The modern games just jump straight to a futuristic setting. Xeno is the same way. The original gave the pretence of fantastical but slowly revealed technical. But the new game seems to jump right in to space action. I like the old style in my JRPGs, but can enjoy the more techie feel too.