So just finished Xenoblade...
Tl;dr:
-Gameplay super enjoyable
-sense of exploration is cool, although game really needed a sprint button and/or more teleport points
-Probaby the least fun i ever had with any Sidequests in any jrpg. It's so bad it actively hindered my enjoyment (i think you guys noticed this lmao)
-Characters i found to be rather weak. They weren't offensive or anything, but character interaction was rather... sparce. And HtH are worse then old FE supports with their gains. Fav. Characters: Dunban, Melia, Fiora
-Story was ok... however the last few hours were... weird, and i don't mean that in a good way
-The Monado is probably the source of most of my problems when it comes to Story and Characters.
I still need to collect my thoughts, and play future connected, but this are my 'finishing impressions' so to say.
7-8/10, not really sure xD
All in all it was a fun ride, and i will definetly check the rest of the series out (mainly thanks to gameplay) but i can't help but be dissapointed in the writing tbh.
I will write my full/detailed thoughts out after i finish future connected, probably xD
Edit: did they change Melia's VA for FC?