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Xenosaga Episode 3: THE PATH TO THE END IS HERE (JP Hype/Impression thread)

duckroll

Member
The story so far:

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Shion Uzuki and her lesbian lovebot KOS-MOS are seperated when the ship they're on is attacked by alien rejects from a C-grade anime. Fortunately, they're reunited when a ship called the Elsa picks them both up. They quickly find that they had more dire things to worry about than mere aliens - like having to deal with a jailbait lolita robot and a shouta Neo wannabe on the same ship! To make matters worse, there is a teenager with a god-complex on board who seems to have taken a liking to KOS-MOS?

Before Shion breaks her head over such complex relationship issues, everyone jacks into the Matrix to visit an abandoned mall and an old church. Enlightened by such wonders of the virtual world, they gain the power to challenge Albedo, Neo's ex-boyfriend who wishes to destroy the world so they can be together again. Albedo is sicker than they though, and he even captures the loli android MOMO and touches her most sensitive regions! After they find the weak point of the giant enemy base and deal massive damage to it, two excellent vocal songs play. As the music plays, KOS-MOS grows wings and all parties involved land safely on another boring planet.

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose
After their arrival on the boring planet Miltia-2, the party goes shopping while Shion catches up with her older bother Jin
I mean Citan
. Soon giant robots attack and MOMO shows she can drive really fast. Unfortunately they crash and end up fighting more robots. Deciding that this isn't the best place for them to stay, they jack into the Matrix again, but this time Albedo is waiting and attempts to molest MOMO again! Suddenly, MOMO begins to experience feelings deep inside her that she had never experienced before, and turns Albedo into a god amongst lolicons.

After this tragic defeat, the party goes all religious and destroys the order of the intergalactic church to power up. They pilot giant robots that move slower than humans and destroy several holy grounds before killing the Space Pope himself. With their lust for power satisfied, they challenge Albedo again. This time they find him naked and surrounded by the angels of fallen lolis, truly a god among lolicons but still he is no match for the most cliched anime party ever. They destroy him, and everyone happily goes home while the bad guys in really cool giant robots talk about stuff no one understands...


And now...


Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Release date: 6th July 2006
CERO rating: C

Why the game might not suck like the previous ones:
- Short loading times
- Generic but fast and easy battle system
- Cooler robots
- More cutscenes
- The database is back
- There will be an ending



Okay guys, it's almost over for everyone who plays the JP versions! This is the week of the end of all suffering! Xenosaga will come to a climax at last and we will be liberated from the chains of mediocrity at last! Will the journey end on a high note? Or will it be just another chapter in disappointment? Does anyone really care anymore? Is MOMO finally legal? Will Shion be able to let go of the memories of awesome sex with Kevin to embrace lesbian android love with KOS-MOS? All these and more shocking revelations will be upon us in mere days! Meanwhile enjoy these great wallpapers courtesy of Gpara. :D

 

thetrin

Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I enjoyed the first one, but never played the second because of the huge bomba it was declared as. I'm guessing ep3 won't have english subs available? I certainly don't expect it.
 

Aaron

Member
Thank you, duckroll! Because of your suffering I can have all the elitist knowledge of the Xenosaga series without enduring a single game! Fight on, duckroll! Now you must bring an end to the saga! (plays cliched anime battle music)
 

TTP

Have a fun! Enjoy!
duckroll said:
Why the game might not suck like the previous ones:
...

- More cutscenes

More? Is this a good thing? Never played Xenosaga, but I remeber people complaining about the crazy amount of cutscenes in it.
 

Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
TTP said:
More? Is this a good thing? Never played Xenosaga, but I remeber people complaining about the crazy amount of cutscenes in it.

I think it was more about the length of the cutscenes (some were over a half hour in the first one). I had always thought the quality of the cutscenes were good/great. A few of them better then a lot of the animes i've seen.
 

duckroll

Member
TTP said:
More? Is this a good thing? Never played Xenosaga, but I remeber people complaining about the crazy amount of cutscenes in it.

Well, in XS2 there were just too little! :lol
 

Ichirou

Banned
Did they ever explain why Shion
was grabbed by the Gnosis but wasn't affected by the whitening that kills/mutates everyone else that's affected?
 
I haven't kept up with Xenosaga since Ep. 1 put me in a coma that one time, but what the hell is going on with Shion?! Wasn't she a techno-geek? She needs to engineer a zipper for those shorts. I was watching lesbian porn a few hours ago that was less suggestive than her outfit.
 

duckroll

Member
Ichirou_Oogami said:
Did they ever explain why Shion
was grabbed by the Gnosis but wasn't affected by the whitening that kills/mutates everyone else that's affected?

Because she's lesbian.
 

Rahul

Member
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"Ass? or Cameltoe? In Also Sprach Zatharustonguetwisthra, you finally have the option to decide from which direction you interpret the 'plot'!"
 
It's great to see that kos-mos has an evil twin this time, this will probably inspire some interesting fan art

as long as the rule 34 still applies
 

lunlunqq

Member
Come on, duckroll, you've spoiled the whole series!!! Shion and COSMOS being lesbian lovers is the biggest secret of the game!!!!! >:-|
 
Man, XS 1 and 2 should have just been released as humorous synopses in the first place. It would have saved a lot of people a lot of time and money, and more people (some people) would have been able to enjoy them!
 
Hey, anyone know if the US release will come with a DVD of all the cutscenes from 2 like 2 came with all of X1's cutscenes. Cause I'm stuck in the final dungeon of 2 cause it has the gayest battle system ever.
 
lunlunqq said:
Come on, duckroll, you've spoiled the whole series!!! Shion and COSMOS being lesbian lovers is the biggest secret of the game!!!!! >:-|

I think thats only perverts interpratations of it, speaks more you then the game.
 

Pachinko

Member
Duckroll, it just needs to be said that you now have to play through and finish XS3 so I can read a mini recap of the story to follow suit with the mini recaps you typed up for 1 and 2. THose things were more entertaining then the game was!
 

duckroll

Member
Pachinko said:
Duckroll, it just needs to be said that you now have to play through and finish XS3 so I can read a mini recap of the story to follow suit with the mini recaps you typed up for 1 and 2. THose things were more entertaining then the game was!

But that would be spoiling the game before the US release! :lol
 
is ep. 3 the final one? i thought it was going to go to about 7 to loosely tie-in with xenogears ("episode 5") ... but i guess it is a reinvention of the purported saga afterall
 

Joe Molotov

Member
duckroll said:
Shion Uzuki and her lesbian lovebot KOS-MOS are seperated when the ship they're on is attacked by alien rejects from a C-grade anime. Fortunately, they're reunited when a ship called the Elsa picks them both up. They quickly find that they had more dire things to worry about than mere aliens - like having to deal with a jailbait lolita robot and a shouta Neo wannabe on the same ship!

This thread makes me laugh. :lol :lol


I played XS1 & 2 and will buy and play 3 as well.
 

duckroll

Member
I don't think I'm getting any lesbian Shion love today. That makes me sad... Maybe tomorrow.

Today I'll just hug my MOMO plushie in bed while I read The Name of the Rose before watching Italy lose to Germany 3-0 in the World Cup. :D
 

jj984jj

He's a pretty swell guy in my books anyway.
I wanna get it, but I don't wanna play or read about Ep.II. :(

Is the DS game more bearable then Ep.II?
 

duckroll

Member
jj984jj said:
I wanna get it, but I don't wanna play or read about Ep.II. :(

Is the DS game more bearable then Ep.II?

I don't think you're missing much. XS Ep2 has about as much scenario as any 5 hours of XS Ep1. If you wanna try Ep3 because it looks much better and the designs are cooler, I see no reason to let Ep2 hold you back. :)
 

OatmealMu

Member
duckroll said:
I don't think I'm getting any lesbian Shion love today. That makes me sad... Maybe tomorrow.

Today I'll just hug my MOMO plushie in bed while I read The Name of the Rose before watching Italy lose to Germany 3-0 in the World Cup. :D

Speaking of which, why does the guy in your avatar have Q-tips taped to the sides of his face?
 

jj984jj

He's a pretty swell guy in my books anyway.
brandonh83 said:
Episode II is already overrated even though it is barely hyped.
Fixed.

How there are people who find it better then Episode 1 I'll never figure out.

duckroll said:
I don't think you're missing much. XS Ep2 has about as much scenario as any 5 hours of XS Ep1. If you wanna try Ep3 because it looks much better and the designs are cooler, I see no reason to let Ep2 hold you back. :)
K, I'll try Ep.III then.
 

ronito

Member
what am I going to do if epIII rocks? I mean I shudder to think of having to to play through epII to completion....
 
MoxManiac said:
Why are you subjecting yourself to this game, duck? :lol

Duckroll needs a love in his life. Not because of the "HE NEEDZ 2 B LAID, LOLZ" bit, but someone needs to care enough to save his poor soul from Ep. 3.
 

bluemax

Banned
I haven't played either XS game but if they were half as awesome as your recaps I think they'd be worth a rental at least.
 

BlizzyAzz

Member
duckroll said:
The pre-order memorial DVD with illustrations, trailers and other random shit from all 3 games. I haven't put it in yet. Impressions will be in the other XS3 thread. :D

We're waiting :D
 

Shard

XBLAnnoyance
duckroll said:

After this tragic defeat, the party goes all religious and destroys the order of the intergalactic church to power up. They pilot giant robots that move slower than humans and destroy several holy grounds before killing the Space Pope himself. With their lust for power satisfied, they challenge Albedo again. This time they find him naked and surrounded by the angels of fallen lolis, truly a god among lolicons but still he is no match for the most cliched anime party ever. They destroy him, and everyone happily goes home while the bad guys in really cool giant robots talk about stuff no one understands...


There is no way that this band of rejects could ever kill the REAL Space Pope.

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duckroll

Member
[19:52] <duckroll> nothing really interesting on the bonus disc except for the illustrations
[19:52] <duckroll> one of which is MOMO wearing a bra
[19:52] <duckroll> -_-


Now...... to play XS3 itself! :D
 
duckroll said:
[19:52] <duckroll> nothing really interesting on the bonus disc except for the illustrations
[19:52] <duckroll> one of which is MOMO wearing a bra
[19:52] <duckroll> -_-


Now...... to play XS3 itself! :D

omg momo bra pic plz
 
DarknessTear said:
omg momo bra pic plz

I wouldn't mind.

Actually since I know this game will be awesome and that duckroll will enjoy it immensely, I'm thoroughly anticipated to read his shining praise.

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