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I know I sound mad and bitter and I am. I really just hate pretty much everything about XB2. I don’t think I’ve disliked a game as much as this since MGS4. The Xeno games are some of my favorite games. XB1 was like a miracle back in the day and reminded me why I like JRPGS. Not saying its story, art, and graphics were amazing. But it felt like someone made a jrpg for me, the nerd complaining that JRPGs were becoming ...well not something I wanted to associate with. Like I’ve never been into the waifus, the shipping, moe stuff, cute girl crap that’s a part of anime fandom. I like tits before you bring up that I own Senran Kagura games, but I’m not the guy posting on gaf that the sjws have made it that video game women can’t be hot or whatever. I don’t like harem stuff. I don’t like moe. I can be an asshole about how I don’t like that stuff, but the girls were never the appeal of Japanese pop culture to me.
So XB felt like it embodied the stuff I like. Plus such a cool world to explore. I still tell people about the coolest thing where I was just exploring and realized I was climbing the finger of the mech god. Where I climb to the top and realize we are in the palm of its giant severed hand.
Then XBX comes out and it’s got a big open world you can traverse with fucking mecha. The world's scale seems even bigger and there’s a lot to see. It feels like an open-world game all about exploration. It captures the mystery and danger of an alien world, unlike any other game I can think of.
I played Gears around the same time I discovered Evangelion. Played the saga games and while never my favorites I felt like they were sure tackling subject material other JRPGs weren’t.
The Xeno games have always just been the type of anime shit I like. Also they were haven't really dabbled in this generic fantasy feel that seems to be all the rage right now.
And then XB2 comes and it feels like a giant betrayal to me. It has nothing I’ve liked about these games.
So that’s why I’m super whinny.