Neoleo2143
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There didn't seem to be any budgetary issues with Xeno X. Just that it was set at a certain Mid Tier budgetary level and the goal of Monolith Soft is to make huge games at the level which they've been doing at a solid level so far.
Development wise, they had more on their plate to get done (transitioning to HD, understanding open-world level design and implementing progression, advancing the different systems of XBC, the limb based damage systems on all enemies and Skells and so on), but I think they made the transition quite admirably.
It's graphically not very polished yet. Otherwise, it's the same level of skepticism that the original game received if I'm recalling right.
I kinda like that space is somewhat tighter between monsters but I did get the sense that there were some communities there like with the watering hole with different animal types gathering, the pack of Feris with a seeming alpha, the lone unique monsters on the field, the families of Armus.
Noctilum was my favorite area from XCX because it was so tight to navigate. I hope some of that level construction appears in XC2 because for me that was the main reason I enjoyed Xenoblade more than FF12.
