Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 1 after Xenoblade Chronicles 2 be like
Chapter 1 - 14:
"Okay, this resembles the sequel a lot, but it has a lot of unique charms and the story seems a bit more deep and also characters have good depth too, for a JRPG"

Chapter 15 and later:
* too overwhelmed with sudden multiple layers of history and lore and it feels like the majority of development resources and time went into absolute story twisting holy shit holy shit holy shi– *