bigtakilla said:
I think as a series they will all be remembered so long as the series is going. It's sales in it's 3 games have already outsold Xenosaga and it's 3 games, and seems to only be getting more popular. Xenosaga as a series sold 269 million and blade vs 316 million, and instead of the series nosediving, it's maintaining and even increasing its userbase. Also, if you're saying Xenoblade isn't an incredibly ambitious game, you're flat out wrong (at least with the original and X, 2 I think borrows too heavily from the others IMO). As for Gears, I think it will have a lot to thank the Blade series for as far as staying in the public eye. When's the last time you heard someone talk about Lunar, or Suikoden? Both amazing series (I know Lunar only had 2 real games), but they really aren't relevant outside of nostalgia when people talk about greatest PS1 titles (or Sega CD in Lunar's case). In 2019, Suikoden isn't really relevant, and the only people who will be talking about it are you and I and the people who were there. Xenoblade on the other hand may still be around and kicking as a relevant series. |
I am inclined to agree with your Lunar and Suikoden take. I talk about them all the time but I was a big, big JRPG fanatic from 94-2005. However most who talk Xenogears are also gamers from that era. New comers to the Xeno Series for the most part have never played 'Gears.