Xenoblade's story is definitely way more interesting than Tales of Graces F. While XB2 definitely throws some cringe at you at moments, there are actually interesting plotlines going on in the background while Graces is just dumb anime twists the whole way through. The only reason I played as much of Graces as I did was honestly the jolly co-op and silly gameplay, that game was hella dumb apart from the somewhat likable characters.
Not even near. They used them as jokes mostly and some of the blade designs.
I overdid it but I originally wanted to post the one where it was implied Tora wanted to make Poppi a sex slave so it was a net improvement in my mind.
In the story department it can go either way, depending on what you prefer in a story, but when it comes to combat/gameplay(grinding) and beautiful art/landscapes Xenoblade just murders FFXII. You should honestly just look up some videos showing these elements of the game to see what you think looks more fun/looks better.
Why dont you post some trash 12 mediocrity character interaction or some bunny girls for 12 then?
At no point in XII does anyone have an underage looking sex doll they got from their uncle, either
For the sake of fairness I can post this one that I liked (unironically)
oh then... AVOID XENOBLADE 2 AT ALL COSTS!
I even struggled with the japanese dub. It was too cheesy to be fun, not in a "so cheesy its funny kinda way, more in a "this is too cheesy, why are you guys tyelling your attack names like its a low tier shounen anime? it doesn't feel earned AAAAA". What was worse is that the OST was godtier but turning it up meant listening to the voices
If Star Ocean 4 is too anime trope-ish for you, then you're going to have a miserable time with Xenoblade 2. It's basically "anime tropes the game" with an extra helping of creepy
Is it? Xenoblade 2 has cut scenes where the party pervert is 'upgrading' a child character that is also their maid to have bigger tits, with the model number relating to their age as a schoolgirl in Japan. Nothing FFXII does can compare to that, so I find hostility in defence of the quality of a Xenoblade 2 cut scene comparison to be unnecessary.
Yeah, there are degrees to this shit, and the sexualised bunny girl crap of FF is bad enough without descending into the full modern otaku nonsense that XB2 wears on it's sleeve.
This, basically. XB2 wears that shit from the minute you see it's marketing material. FFXII also does the camera framing, but it doesn't make it clear from minute one that that's what it's aimed at. The cynical, direct marketing to otaku for stuff like XB2 and some gacha games is on a different level to the already problematic background radiation of objectification endemic in some (or even most) JRPGs.
they are fucking badass. Xenoblade 2 isn't even slightly creepy. It's just full on otaku, you never go full otaku. It even has an ingame gacha-esque system that fucking sucks. Although now you can actually skip the animations
Matsuno x Sakimoto. A perfect combo. It makes me wonder how the game would have turned out if Matsuno didn't have to drop out and hand it over to Ito. Don't get me wrong, Ito did a great job taking over, but Matsuno is one of my favorite world builders and I kind of want to see his complete vision. His work on FFT and Vagrant Story is just unmatched.
Agreeeeeed.
I'm still salty the respec option never came to PC and PS4, but are in the Switch and XB1 versions.
