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Xenosaga III trailer

First time I've seen it. Looks somewhat promising at least. Return of the gnosis? Plus an evil KOS-MOS chick? I'm a fool to hold out hope it'll be good after II, but...
 
I guess the good news is that after this one, they'll only make one more and then the series is complete. I still have ep II sealed that I picked up for $8.99
 
Senretsu said:
I guess the good news is that after this one, they'll only make one more and then the series is complete. I still have ep II sealed that I picked up for $8.99

I thought Part 3 was susposed to be the last and finish the story?
 
Suikoguy said:
I thought Part 3 was susposed to be the last and finish the story?

It is. It was supposed to close the story arch with Shion or something and go millenia in to the future (this is leading up Xenogears time period). I had so much hope for this series...
 
Wow, the environments are very very nice. Can't say I expect much after episode 2 but at least it looks pretty gorgous, I love the mech environments as well...
 
Yeah, this one is the end of the line.

Not too disappointed, though, mostly cause Takahashi & Sorya have little to no involvement.

But, the environments certainly looked good.
 
This is their third game, right? Why can't the get walking animations right?
The game is GORGEOUS, but the terrible animation ruins it.
 
BlueTsunami said:
It is. It was supposed to close the story arch with Shion or something and go millenia in to the future (this is leading up Xenogears time period). I had so much hope for this series...

I was under the impression that Xenogears was Episode V as indicated in the credits, implying that there were 4 other episodes? I haven't gotten around to playing the second so I could be wrong.
 
BlueTsunami said:
The Xenosaga series is DEAD to me

^^^

The first one made me feel like a pedophile, the second... well, that 'chase' scene near the beginning (and that's after the matrix/crouching tiger scene) just didn't go over too well

I enjoyed XG, but XS? Blech.
 
Senretsu said:
I was under the impression that Xenogears was Episode V as indicated in the credits, implying that there were 4 other episodes? I haven't gotten around to playing the second so I could be wrong.
Xenogears != Xenosaga
 
Senretsu said:
I was under the impression that Xenogears was Episode V as indicated in the credits, implying that there were 4 other episodes? I haven't gotten around to playing the second so I could be wrong.

Xenosaga 4 I believe doesn't hit Xenogears points but it was supposed to be the first biggest jump (time wise). But yeah, I think either V or VI is the point in which Xenogears takes place.

Duderz said:
Xenogears != Xenosaga

Thats true in a sense, from what i've heard, Xenosaga V or VI WAS supposed to be a retelling of Xenogears.
 
this series must die, worst RPG series ever sorry.

there is no gameplay in this game. the story is boring as hell, characters are dull, music... what music? battle system horrid ugh... die Xenosaga die.
 
Himuro said:
hey ! the ost (not the ingame music) of XSI owned! Mitsuda <3
Mitsuda rocks, but he was misused in Xenosaga I. I mean such an awesome composer and there were levels in the game without music? wtf is that about? :\

and I remember when they were talking about making this a 6 episode series :lol. right make a good game first and then talk about sequels ;)
 
Error2k4 said:
Mitsuda rocks, but he was misused in Xenosaga I. I mean such an awesome composer and there were levels in the game without music? wtf is that about? :\
Still, when music WAS used, it was used beautifully. Also, Kajiura's music from XSII was really really good too.

Worst RPG series ever? You haven't played many RPGs, I see...
 
dark10x said:
Worst RPG series ever? You haven't played many RPGs, I see...
oh sorry bout that then :P

and I have lotsa of RPGs in fact my PS1 library consist only of RPGs(have bout 23). I have even the shitty ones and I still consider Xenosaga to be shit worst RPG series ever too much crap on story, mediocre gameplay I mean if they are going to make me spend more time watching than playing at least make a compelling story.
 
Victrix said:
Worst in terms of disappointing fans perhaps :(

This might be more accurate. I enjoyed Episode 1, but Episode 2 just felt so rushed and terrible. The combat mechanics were far from realized, skill system was shit, and nothing really happened throughout the 20 hours or so the game lasted. I cried. I can only hope they make a halfway decent effort to tie up those MANY loose ends...but I'm not optimistic at this point.
 
Well put, Dr. Strangelove.

Xenosaga Ep. 2 didn't even feel like Xenosaga 1.5...more like 1.2.

EDIT:
Still, when music WAS used, it was used beautifully.

Wrong. The Miracle was ruined in the game. :(
 
BlueTsunami said:
It saddens me but yeah we won't. This abomination must be ended though.

*points his pike at Xenosagas heart
damn straight. I found Monolith Soft other effort, Baten Kaitos a lot better than Xenosaga.
 
Duderz said:
Well put, Dr. Strangelove.

Xenosaga Ep. 2 didn't even feel like Xenosaga 1.5...more like 1.2.

EDIT:

Wrong. The Miracle was ruined in the game. :(
Yeah, one example means that none of it was used well. :\

By and large, the music was timed beautifully to the cutscenes. It was not, however, used well in game...which is where they f*cked up.
 
i loved xenosaga 1 but seriously, after just watching the INTRO of 2, i havent touched it again. is it any good? :lol :lol :lol
 
rod said:
i loved xenosaga 1 but seriously, after just watching the INTRO of 2, i havent touched it again. is it any good? :lol :lol :lol
Haaa?!

The intro turned you off? That's kinda strange, I think, as the intro was pretty slick. There were some good parts in the game too, actually, but also a lot of shit.
 
dark10x said:
Haaa?!

The intro turned you off? That's kinda strange, I think, as the intro was pretty slick. There were some good parts in the game too, actually, but also a lot of shit.



i just didnt get it....or wtf was going on, actually it ws a bit after the intro, but it wasnt more than 20 mins after :lol
 
Bizarro Sun Yat-sen said:
And that bothers you? What kind of Xeno-fan are you? :)


haha. i got xenogears and xenosaga pretty well. only a few things i didnt understand. i dunno. it didnt click. i was pretty hyped for it but it just left me sour. i have no idea why. how long is the game? i might start it up again
 
rod said:
haha. i got xenogears and xenosaga pretty well. only a few things i didnt understand. i dunno. it didnt click. i was pretty hyped for it but it just left me sour. i have no idea why. how long is the game? i might start it up again

It's 20-25 hours. Just don't expect much in the way of plot development; the story really doesn't go anywhere. There is a lot of backstory involving the URTVs though.
 
rod said:
i loved xenosaga 1 but seriously, after just watching the INTRO of 2, i havent touched it again. is it any good? :lol :lol :lol


I sold mine after about 3 hours in. Despite that, I will preorder XS III.
 
I've been _meaning_ to sell mine after playing about 3 hours in. I still own both XS 1&2, yet there's no chance I'll play either one again. Who wants to trade for my copies? :lol
 
It's sad. I was one of the biggest XSep1 fans in the world along with Duckroll, but yet ep2 destroyed the series so badly that I can't even bring myself to click on the links and wait until the trailer for ep3 loads. I'll import it on day1, but I really could care less at this point :\
 
I'm one of the few that was able to look past the horrible aspects of XS2 and really enjoy the rest of the game.

If you just kind of ignore the beginning of both CD's (especially the first half of CD2 which almost destroys the rest of the game), the game is quite good. Especially the ending to both CD's.
 
dark10x said:
Still, when music WAS used, it was used beautifully. Also, Kajiura's music from XSII was really really good too.

Worst RPG series ever? You haven't played many RPGs, I see...

For whole series... what is worse? Hydlide is like the only thing I can think of off the top of my head :P

XS was disappointing garbage, almost chorelike at parts... and based on the reviews of XS2 I stayed as far away as humanely possible.
 
I beat Hydlide

Pity me

I also beat that crap RPG for the SMS... what was it. Miracle Warriors? It had green demoness tits at the end! (Come to think of it, for crappy SMS games, I died 2 steps on the surface away from beating Zillion, I'm still scarred and angry to this day)
 
The new footage looks absolutely awesome. And even though Ep. 2 was really, really disappointing, I don't understand how you guys can't put that aside to get excited for this game. It's not as if it's 'just another entry', but rather Namco has given Monolith Soft one more game to finish up the series, and thusly they'll be craming Episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6 from Takahashi's outline into this one single game!

Sure they'll cut out some of the additional plot threads we haven't touched upon, but still, there is going to be a ton of content in Ep. III. XS easily has one of the most indepth, intelligent and mature narratives of any RPG ever made, and while it took a major hit of holy-shit-nothing-happened in Ep. II, I'm really excited about it finishing up.
 
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