As a big fan of both games, I'm going to suggest you ignore every one putting down the game. Play them and decide for yourself if they are fun or not. Besides, the lengthy cutscenes are only in the early portion of the game, and it is definitely a lot more entertaining to watch the few 30 minute cutscenes in Xenosaga than listening to stationary characters blab for 15 minutes in most modern adventure games.
You definitely should play the first game before playing the second, but there is a way around it. A DVD containing most of the cutscenes from Episode 1 was given to those who preordered Episode 2. You can probably find it on Ebay for cheap. While it does cut out several scenes, making things a little confusing at times, they were careful not to edit out anything necessary for understanding the second game. Watching the DVD would only take you five hours instead of thirty to play the game.
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