Xenoblade was so boring to me. The graphics were beautiful, but the characters, story, and combat, ugh. It had a boring MMO combat feel to it and, yeah, sure, I can run around enemies if I don't feel like grinding, but eventually I'm going to have to do some good ol' fashioned grinding to beat the bosses.

I know the story had some sort of arcane symbolism that 10 people understood, but it felt so bland and generic otherwise.

The Last Story was truly a gem. It had great, believable character. A great combat system that kept you learning and engaged by different enemies. No grinding at all. And the story was good enough. The story had enough in it, but nothing Earth shattering.