| exdeath said: Nah. I only played it recently for the first time, as an adult in my 30s mid PS3/360 era, having experienced the SNES/PS1 era first hand and still yearning for the JRPG golden era. I don't know how or why I missed Xenogears when it came out. Yes it was clunky and ugly PS1 era but I was absolutely stunned. It dethroned FFII (4) as my fav game of all time for nearly two decades, no easy task. I'll never forget how numb and stunned I physically felt when it all came together for me and I realized what was going on.
I think I saved and watched the intro video like a dozen times in a state of complete shock. It made zero sense and had nothing to do with anything in the game up to that point where I put 2+2 together, then suddenly everything happened, I remember the skulls etc and the feeling of awe and reverence when that hull came out of the water. It was damn near life changing and made me feel so tiny.
And when the credits rolled and the ending lyrics started...I cried like a baby. The game backstory haunted me for months after,as I soaked up Perfect Works, etc. trying to make sense of the timeline, the Deus system design, etc. the relationships between all the characters and entities pulling the strings, the genetic history, etc. the emotional toll on the characters who broke free of the system discovering the truth and having the world they thought they knew completely shatter.
One of the greatest media transcending literary works of all time IMO. |
Thats great man. THat's almos my opinion also. As I played it, maybe 15 years ago, my english wasnt as good as it is today. I understood that plot but probably didnt get a lot of subtle things. Also, as with most of the JRPG of that time, the translation wasnt that great also.
3 years ago I played FF tactic in the psp version, with a new translation and wow, what a difference.
I really don't understand how xenogears never received a DS, PSP or Android version. Look at Lunar, there are version everywhere. Why not Xenogears?
