Looks great, feels not so great!

User Rating: 5.9 | Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose PS2
Oh yes, the cinematics were all that! It looks much better than the prequel but sadly enuff thats all it had over its predecessor.
The gameplay was a nightmare! I hated every gruelling second of battling it out scores of robots and gnosis! The fight engine just lacked that bit of thrill U get from your average turned based RPG. Out of pure loyalty to the story and characters i put myself thru hour after intense hour of navigating through annoying, winding adventures...!
I must admit that I have never played a game so detactched from the game as i did with this one. Harshly put into one expression, what i can say about this game is that 'it sucked!' It was a total let-down and why? All because someone thought that by making the battles more tech, ppl would actually enjoy them more... all that sis for was kill the game! Its hard to beleive that the ppl that put out the greatest series of fighting games ever messed up when it came to designing a really good battle engine for a turn-based RPG.
I certainly didnt get my money's worth with this one.
Lets just hope the next one will redeem the francise or else I aint playin!!!