Customer Reviews
One Of The Greatest RPG's Of ALLTIME!!!!!
I remember playing the demo to this game when I bought Parasite Eve, and I was floored. I couldn't believe I was that excited about a game after playing Final Fantasy VII. The first few hours of Xenogears are some of the most alluring first hours of gaming. "Nothing is faster than the first hour of a good new RPG" right! Okay, enough of that, lets just get down to it.
Xenogears is a timeless classic that every RPGer is obligated to play. It is a downright masterpiece, even though the second disc is basically storyline and the ending. The game wasn't finished but what game is. If you add all the bad/good things about this game, the scales would bust a hole in the ground for good.
Each and every character has much personality, and you can easily get attached to all of them. There are two battle systems, out of and inside gears. A great mix and it grounds you in the scale of things.
The music, at times joyous while at other times, heart breaking. If you plan on getting this game, pick up the OST as well. Sound effects are amazing, which many people fail to mention.
The storyline is massive and hard to follow if you're not a seasoned RPGer. You might need a follow along summary just to make sure your lost. This game should be a complete novel, the storyline is amazing. If you're religious though, you might want to stray away from Xenogears.
Difficult, and that's putting it mildly. If this is your first RPG.....you'll level up to about LVL7 in "RPG skills" right off the bat. This game is very hard at times, it's the hardest RPG I've ever played! Some puzzles in this game will stump you for weeks, if not longer. While it is difficult, I STRONGLY ADVISE not to get the strategy guide until after you beat it. Playing a game along with a strategy guide ruins the experience, and takes away from the way the game was meant to be played. It's supposed to be hard!
If you're on the fence about getting this game, you shouldn't be. Go ahead and get Xenogears, see how you like it. If you don't like it, give it to me "LOL". If you want to buy something newer, play the offspin -Xenosaga Series- which span three epic RPGs. If you think this game is outdated and not worth your time then, you need to step back and understand what gaming is. Its all about the experience, and if you don't do it now, you may miss one of the best RPGs of all time!
ok... I guess
The graphics are horrible...4 words to rate it.THEY ARE BITS FOR PETE SAKE!!!!!!!!!!I just think they SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But the story is good ok...I guess.
THIS GAME WOLD BE PERFECT IF.................
This game wold be perfect if not for the horrorible, terrible, cursed CD 2 squaresoft what hapenned? run out of money? the programers died or misteriouselly desapeared? this is the felling you get wen you play the game .
THE GOOD
This game has a REALLY good storyline, and we get a main character that's unique in the sense that he doesn't want to fight, but he knows that he must. The storyline has often been touted as the best plot an RPG ever had, and while that can be debated (I always thought Chrono Trigger had the best storyline...), it's still awesome. A futuristic tale of social class warfare with various different symbolisms... very complex. I was a bit disturbed at the game's athiest point of view, but oh well. I'll let that slide. The battle system is also quite good, featuring several different combos your characters and gears can perform. The music is top notch, and since it's the same composer of Chrono Trigger (Yasunori Mitsuda), you can expect a gold musical score here. The multiplayer feature is quite good, too, and I shun all those people who have beaten me by using Xenogears (the ultim---er, CHEATING gear *Cough Cough* Someone I know.... *Cough Cough*).
THE BAD
The unfortunate downside of this game happens to be in the presentation. This game is virtually 70% dialogue and story and 30% gameplay. I'm not kidding. I came here to play a GAME, not WATCH it! I guess the RPG fans just want to sit there in awe, but when a battle is going on, I EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. I was vastly disappointed when it cut to one of the characters in a chair talking about the battle with the pendant in the background swaying back and forth. This happened a lot on the second disc and it's a shame. I also felt the love story, albeit far from bad, didn't quite get the boost that it needed; it just seemed to "happen." Oh well.
OVERALL
Die hard RPG fans no doubt love this game and while it's far from terrible, I do think it's overrated. A great story with interesting characters, but not nearly enough gameplay involvement. If I wanted to watch something, I'll watch a DVD. Nevertheless, I do recommend this game to any RPG fan, BUT ONLY TO THOSE WITH A LOT OF PATIENCE. I might get negatives for this, but that's just because the people that give negative votes are usually very shallow.
