My this post got pretty heated there but let's get back to the main topic. So... I finally sucked it up and finished the game. I've got to say, this is easily making both my "most overrated" and "worst overall" games lists. The topics of gameplay and deathblows have already been beaten to death on this thread, so I'll leave those alone. However, that leaves the ever popular story. There is a big difference between having a complex story and simply stringing a bunch of big words into a completely nonsensical concept. Xenogears has absolutely no direction, and it convolutes a generic "prophetic" legacy to try to trick you into thinking it contains something original. What the story truly is is crap. This game gets a 6/10 for effort.
I played the game this year and I'm 18. So much for generalizations :|
If you don't like the game, go get Crisis Core (beautiful story) or FF 9 (the best in the series).
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It seems like you've made up your mind on Xenogears. If so, why even make a thread about it? Even if I was in my 20s and played Xenogears, I would still say it is a great RPG. Also, you're judging the story when you are still in the Ethos dig site. Play the game to its entirety before you even make such claims that the story is bad. The Ethos dig site is not even the true beginning of the story.
I agree completely....for a game of reasonable length. This thing could take 100 hours, realistically, and that changes things. Also, I agree with the guy talking about the gameplay, it's really just using the most powerful deathblow over and over. Gets really boring. And for everyone bashing the cliche of FF " evil man X is on the loose", there is a reason that formula works. At least with games like final fantasy 7, when some b1tch is trying to start some bullsh1t you go out and mess his ass up. In Xenogears I just feel like Fei is some huge puss and is wandering around acting like Elijah Wood from LOTR. Basically being a huge vagina
[QUOTE="SenorPickle"]Xenogears did everything that FFVII did but better?? What about summons, they completely break the boring combat that xenogears has. What about materia and magic in FF? The magic in xenogears is completely useless and might as well have been left out all together. Also you are all right, the story is great....if you're 12 years old and have read nothing but Harry Potter. It's got the depth of a Goosebumps novel. I honestly think that the high opinion of this game is a mixture of timing and nostalgia. If you played the game in middle school, it makes sense that it would blow your mind, but in your 20s it just seems like every other anime that's ever existed. fend_oblivion
I played the game this year and I'm 18. So much for generalizations :|
If you don't like the game, go get Crisis Core (beautiful story) or FF 9 (the best in the series).
Xenogears did everything that FFVII did but better?? What about summons, they completely break the boring combat that xenogears has. What about materia and magic in FF? The magic in xenogears is completely useless and might as well have been left out all together. Also you are all right, the story is great....if you're 12 years old and have read nothing but Harry Potter. It's got the depth of a Goosebumps novel. I honestly think that the high opinion of this game is a mixture of timing and nostalgia. If you played the game in middle school, it makes sense that it would blow your mind, but in your 20s it just seems like every other anime that's ever existed.
So I recently discovered that RPGs are badass and have been playing the classics. So far I've beaten final fantasy 6 and 7 (loved them both) and I'm half way through xenogears (ethos digsite). I gotta say, xenogears is so effing boring. I was into the whole deathblow and gears thing at first, but now it's just getting really emo and really old. Should I abandon this game? Does it start getting really badass? I've read the second half is boring compared to the first half, if this is true I gotta stop now. I was thinking about getting either final fantasy 9 or crisis core instead of beating xenogears. Given that I like 6 and 7, which one would I enjoy more? I think I'd like the turned base combat of 9, but the summons in crisis core look epic as F.
I'm a big RPG fan, and I like all the games for PSP. Currently I'm playing Xenogears that I bought from PSN and it's great. The only thing is that I miss quick saving, like how you can do with a PC emulator. Is there a way to make my PSP able to do this? Side note: I pay for my games. I'm not interested in downloading ISOs or changing my firmware. I just want to know if there is some kind of add-on to the official PSP OS that will enable save states and quick saves.
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