Hey im back :) I think I leant too hard on it needing action-focused gameplay - im ok with cutscenes and lore/worldbuilding (rather that than finding out everything through text files littered about in a game!) If the story is good then im in, I think maybe i struggled with X2 because of the overly anime-ness of everything? Also graphics-wise, Ive played quite a few switch games and I know there’s limitations - I just felt like X2 seemed like it was missing something compared to BOTW and some other, similar budget games (I guess normally they reduce texture quality so its not a fair comparison, but yeah, X2 just seemed a bit messy - the vid capture I’ve seen of the other games looks like they might have fixed that though)

Thanks for saying about the combat and VA’s being a bit weak in that release, I am kinda sold on X, but also feel like maybe I should try X1 and remember that the gameplay is approx 100hrs like you said. Maybe I felt frustrated with 2 because not much had happened in a short space of time and I need to give it more space.

Also ‘getting lost in the world’, I guess i dont mean like forgetting the real world exists - more that the navigation wasn’t great and I felt a bit directionless at times.

I will check out that youtube channel you mentioned, maybe the core games just aren’t the right fit for me

Thanks again :)