I shelved this game about 2 years ago when I got to the final area after one of the worst cases of burnout I've ever had from a game, every fight was beginning to require the dexterity of some early game bosses and I couldn't play the game for more than an hour at a time, so I shelved it until I felt like I had the dedication to finish that final stretch. Coming back to this game, remembering next to nothing about it's gameplay systems, makes me feel like I'm going insane. Every single battle feels like I'm about to have a heart attack, and there is ZERO chance I'm starting from the beginning and doing it all over.
If you want to argue this is one of the most deep and complex battle systems in an RPG, I'd certainly agree, but those complexities aren't always to the game's benefit. You could cut every aspect of this game in half and probably end up with a better experience overall.
Whether it be in gameplay or otherwise, for every single aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, it feels like there's about twice as much of it as there should be. I still enjoyed my time with it, but I can't help thinking about how much I felt like it was wasting my time just to pad out an already absurdly long game.
If you want to argue this is one of the most deep and complex battle systems in an RPG, I'd certainly agree, but those complexities aren't always to the game's benefit. You could cut every aspect of this game in half and probably end up with a better experience overall.
Whether it be in gameplay or otherwise, for every single aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, it feels like there's about twice as much of it as there should be. I still enjoyed my time with it, but I can't help thinking about how much I felt like it was wasting my time just to pad out an already absurdly long game.