@phili878: thank you for the detailed explanation! I didn't get into XC1 at the time because I didn't have a Wii, and when I saw the second one I had the same impression you've mentioned, so that's why I was wondering whether I needed to play the other 2 first or if I could jump straight into the newer/modern one.
TBH I haven't played a JRPG I liked in a while, I loved Dragon Quest XI but Tales of Arise I felt it took too long to start caring about the characters, and after completing it I still wasn't sure if I really liked it or not, so was hoping to get a Xenoblade Chronicles title since a lot of people praise it and the new one seems so promising.
I'll give XC1 a shot because you've recommended it :)
@awildjessichu as someone who didn't play FFVII and Crisis Core back in the day (I've only played the Remake in this series), at which point would you say I could play Crisis Core?
I know it's a prequel but wondering if I could get spoilers playing it due to them revealing details that haven't yet been presented on the core (new) series, does that make sense?
@jhawk: Yakuza is great but was not developed by Sega, only published, for example Nintendo owns Pokemon but doesn't directly make it (GameFreak does), so you could blame/praise them for Zelda's quality but not Pokemon
@enguarde98: all of those you've mentioned are around or over 20 years old now... I'm one of those who preferred Sonic to Mario back in the SNES days but they need to reinvent themselves, even though Mario titles carry the same name all of them have something unique about them, some kind of innovation, or are at least a lot of fun to play, I'm still waiting for that moment coming from Sonic and Frontiers honestly looks like crap to me
Much like Street Fighter, it's hard to feel excitement/nostalgia for something that never goes away. This doesn't look bad but man creativity at SEGA died 30 years ago.
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