also, they generally seem really slow;
"only you can change the future."
"you mean...i can change the future?"
but then at the same time, you have things like serah (essentially just a random girl) who seems to instantly be able to wrap her head around time travel and paradoxes and how to resolve said paradoxes after listening to a bunch of inconclusive conjecture.
i guess all i can do is roll my eyes and keep playing, though, because despite all that, i find this game strangely compelling.
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XS2 is the only good Xenosaga game - Lady Ashe