Don't feel too bad, I think Xenoblade Chronicles is a fantastic game. Easily the best game on the Wii and one of the best sci-fi games/rpgs out there, and I've tried 3 times and never finished it. I like to think I'd get through Xenogears again more easily because its only slow points are story related. It doesn't have any town building, missable relationship dialog, any relationship requirements that take forever to build, or gotta-catch-em-all random item collection that REFUSE TO EVER APPEAR