I respect this game and what it tries to do, but my GOD I just cannot get behind it. I have tried on no less than four separate occasions to play through this game, and every time I get bored and drop it before even getting out of the first area. Nothing in the world compels me to explore like in other Xenoblades, and traversing it by foot before you get access to your Skell (which you only get in Chapter 6 of 12) is painfully slow, even with the run button this game adds. I can't say I feel bad about this game being considered the black sheep of the Xenoblades; it certainly is and not at all in a good way, in my opinion.