| Soriku said: Xenosaga does that. In games 1 and 3 there is even a database which explains how...everything works. |
After reading from that database I can confidently say that this makes references to scientific principles, but that's not the same thing as being grounded in science. How does a logic propulsion system work? Why do people fly around in mechs? How does a phase transfer cannnon work? Why can human-sized Realians used weaponry that fires ordinance comparable to tanks without being blasted backwards and torn to pieces? Why can a mech that's 10m tall destroy structures "several kilometers long" with a single "blow"?
You can see what I'm saying.
Compare that to the kin of stuff you find in the Mass Effect Codex:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Technology#Mass_Effect_Fields
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Technology#Element_Zero_.28.22Eezo.22.29
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Technology#Communications
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Ships_and_Vehicles#FTL_Drive
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Ships_and_Vehicles#Space_Combat:_Combat_Endurance
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Ships_and_Vehicles#Starships:_Dreadnought
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Aliens:_Council_Races#Salarians
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Weapons,_Armor_and_Equipment#Mass_Accelerators
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/Weapons,_Armor_and_Equipment#Small_Arms
And this is only scratching the surface. Everything in this series is justified to the best of the abilities of the people writing it. This series is grounded in a way that Xenosaga is not, regardless of all the references that Xenosaga makes.
I don't recommend reading too much of the Codex as it potentially contains spoilers but hopefully you get the gist.
