Good RPG with strong weaknesses

Once I have several hours of play behind me, I will update this review if necessary.

Now to the actual:
About the story, I can not say much because I have not once reached the half. So far I have, however! More! not seen anything that would have me very surprised. But for that matter, I'm going to wait a bit before I judge rashly about.

For gameplay, I say: Naaaja! On the camera control with this uncomfortable C-stick I have to get used to. However, this is not primarily due to the fault of the game, but the gruesome design of the console.

The combat system is - rather bumpy and poorly implemented - in my eyes. Painfully back with the directional pad and herswitchen, controlled simultaneously with the Control Stick, while retaining the lives of the members in the eye, and so I think, unfortunately, not at all successful and rather disturbing. The animations / movements of the characters are also very unnatural and often not traceable. It will be a kind of real-time combat, but can be so not as a control. Once targeted by monsters, you get hit, despite perceived 200m distance nevertheless. From Kapfkamera to mention. I can understand the idea of ​​this combat system quite, but I believe that this has been little implemented satisfactory to poor.

What bothers me, however severe, the implementation of the Quest system! I have read that this game will offer tons of side quests. That was one of my main reasons for purchase. After a few missions, I can now say: For God's sake, what have "the" be thinking?

This gives virtually no information about the quests. No clues as to where the item could be found. That's terribly angry at such a large card. Right impossible it is, when certain items are left only certain monsters drop, which can be found only at certain times / weather conditions. Similarly, one does not receive information as to when the customer is to be found again. After all, it is often time-dependent when DER / is the one on the spot. Without Google here you are looking at the wolf and it is nearly impossible to independently come to the riddle.

The mini map is also a pure punishment! With so large cities only to see the possible mission NPC when standing almost directly in front of them, is very annoying. You have to sift through virtually at any time of the day every corner of the city, since the small exclamation mark will only be visible when you are in the immediate vicinity. In conjunction with the time-dependent appearance times, a tragedy. A brief overview on the big map would have been extremely helpful here.

All in all, seems to me to Xenoblade Chronicles, alas! Still! like a grind game, and with nasty fight. Quest system with Mmorpg character. But such MMORPG's that no one plays more and is now roams alone through the world.

Actually, a great pity.