Kaixes said:
Overall: 8.5
Xenosaga: I LOVED this game. It had this really eerie sci-fi feel and somehow flawlessly blended it with my kind of fantasy genre. If there were any issues, it'd be the terribly long cutscenes, but it compensated with a fantastic soundtrack. The battle music was incredible, and I wasn't bothered at all by the fact that it didn't change until the final boss. I loved the battle system, and all the sweet tech attacks. Last Symphony, Rain Blade, and the X-Buster were the best. 9.5/10
Xenosaga II: Words cannot describe my disappointment with this one; what DMC2 was to DMC. To be honest, I didn't really have any idea what was going on in it. The battle system was confusing and took me a while to get used to. And with the exception of chaos, the new voice acting was terrible. Also, some of characters looked a bit uglier than what they were in the first game. Mainly the girls. Maybe it's my fetish for big eyes. 6.5/10
Xenosaga III: Definitely a step up from II, but it really lacked the presentation that the first had. The battle system improved itself, but from annoying to boringly straightforward. I had hoped that the special attacks would make up for this, but the vast majority lacked any inspiration. But I liked the one where Ziggy blasts an enemy in the face, that was funny. Music was okay; story was very impressive and wrapped up nicely. I almost cried during the ending with Jin and Shion. 8/10
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Man, they should have never got rid of Mitsuda for the 2nd and 3rd episodes. He is such a genius.
