The subtitle is as good as devoid of meaning: 'tis but the same shallow, contrived mess the original was, the substance of which rests on the shoulders of the true Xeno series titans, for this game's can't stand on their own feet. Its breathtaking beginning and stunning setting get you hooked into an ultimately vapid odyssey which could've been the classic of the genre fanatics oversell had it been rewritten so as not to appear as vacuous as it does. Shulk's blade did not cut deep enough at all.