Yeah, I tell the same to people who refuse to play Episode III, because of what they thought of Episode I and/or II. I definitely think Episode III is awesome, but
I cannot deny I loved Episodes I & II also (Before I played Episode III,
Episode I was my favorite game during the PS2/Xbox/GC generation). QUOTE]
Woah, we think alike.
6.8 said:
Yeah, we're such suckers for not buying the third episode when we bought and wasted time on the first and second games in the series and ended up being completely dissapointed.
IT'S REALLY SHOCKING!
Since u already wasted time playing the first two, satisfy urselves with the awesome third game
and u wont be disappointed.
pancakesandsex said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol
Like I said, I don't even care what happens. I'm not MISSING anything. For every copy of Xenosaga III enjoyed, there are like 20 BETTER games that person could have been playing, that arent related to a bomba franchise.
Allow me to turn the knife
Dynasty Warriors > Xenosaga
Truth.
U dont know what ur missing till u try
Gotta play before u say
And dynasty warriors is better..?? Dynasty Warriors sucks i think. Devil Kings aint too bad tho
Mana Knight said:
The third one is the best episode. Anyone who's an RPG gamer needs to buy it IMO.
I had a feeling Fady K was in the Xenosaga facebook group, and he is.
U speak the truth!
Lol! U found me on facebook! R u known as manabyte in there too?
Avalon said:
It's severely compromised. There is no depth, no challenge and very little variety in terms of how battles play out.
This is largely opinion based... Yuki's Episode II OST was fantastic. Even though you could tell she was trying to imitate Mitsuda's style it still felt very unique, it was very refreshing.
Episode III pretty much lacked all those qualities. There were a couple of reoccurring themes (She is coming back, Fatal Fight, etc) and the Episode II versions sounded FAR better.
Episode III featured some of the most bland boss battles of this generation. What separated a boss from a normal battle? Simple. More HP and usually some super powerful attack that they would launch after warning you varies times. Boss battles were pathetic.
This is the only thing I agree with. Nothing story related is without meaning. Nothing was simply thrown out.
Blood was there for a reason. The editing hurt the emotional impact of some very critical scenes.
Taking everything into account, I have to disagree with you.
Episode III is a game filled with compromises. Everything from the way the gameplay is set up to the way the story is told. I found it absolutely insane how much the game referred to events that never happened in game. I know there are database entries, but it just isn't the same as watching them unfold.
I actually found a lot to the variety of things to do in battle. There were plenty of moves, ether spells, and tech attacks to use.
I also love Yuki's Episode II soundtrack, after listening to it in 3 though, i dont think I wanted Mitsuda back as a composer for Xenosaga.
Boss battles are anything but bland to me. U enter a boss fight with a REAL boss, u just feel it. Many of them were memorable cause ur fighting characters/enemies u never thought ud fought, they were all fairly challenging, and of course - great music
(listen to Promised Pain and Battle of Your Soul). The editing of blood wasnt really a smart move, but thats one of my only complaints in the game. Those scenes were already emotional enough without the blood for me, though, to be honest. I agree with u about that stuff in the database is different than watching them unfold...but theres simply too much, i guess. And what was there in the end, i loooooooved.
duckroll said:
I totally agree with this. It hurts even more because Pied Piper and A Missing Year will never be released in English. Without them, many scenes in Ep3 felt like you were missing an entire episode somewhere. The entire Ziggy resolution with Voyager has pretty much no meaning in XS Ep1-3, but taking PP into account it's actually quite powerful.
Sucks for the series though, just like everything else Xenosaga related it's a cluster**** in delivery and organization. They couldn't even be bothered to create a few nice cutscenes as flashbacks to summarize the major events of PP. I guess they felt it wasn't worthwhile, since the entire series was a loss anyway.
A Missing Year was probably supposed to have been part of the Ep3 script too, but they probably ran out of budget and cut it out. Only to decide to put it up with voices as a series of flash episodes leading up to the JP release. Lame. I guess they felt an important plot revelation like who Nephilim really was and what really happened to Lost Jerusalem to be "trivial" plot points.
What sickens me is that even though the entire series is a mess of shit and everything real fans should care about have been compromised and stamped on and shat on, some stupid fanboys still insist on clinging to some imaginary support group deceiving themselves that caring about Xenosaga means anything. Pro-tip: It doesn't and Namco doesn't ****ing care. Move on.
Actually, Pied Pipers storyline is a part of the XS3 database. All of the details are covered there. As for the missing year flashbacks, Namco said theyre working on it for their website- the US one, no concrete details, but they did announce it. Heres hoping. I actually understood and felt all the emotion i needed to in the Ziggy/Voyager scenes cause I read the PP stuff in the database.
I understand how many people think Xenosaga is a cluster**** in delivery and organization, but in 3...thats not the case at all.
And I simply CANT ignore where u say: "the entire series is a mess of shit and everything real fans should care about have been compromised and stamped on and shat on, some stupid fanboys still insist on clinging to some imaginary support group deceiving themselves that caring about Xenosaga means anything. Pro-tip: It doesn't and Namco doesn't ****ing care. Move on.
" - Dude, dude, dude. Stop speaking on the behalf of many fans u dont freakin know (just as u taught me yesterday - not to speak out of my ass about u cause i dont know anything about u) There is no "imaginary" support group crap here. There is no clinging desperately to anything here. There wouldve been by some weirdos out there. But with Episode III, Monolith took all its shit back and put its act together extremely well. U think as a Xeno fan i was in love with the Episode I and II treatments? Sure i loved Episode I, and really liked II. But there was a lot of things that they both lacked, and with Episode III, the answer we all wanted (as Xenosaga fans) has come. How would u know Namco doesnt freakin care? Do u work with the Xenosaga developers? And even if they didnt care? So what. They delivered one hell of a game in the end, one that ended spectalularly well. So even if they dont care, as long as they did their job right in the end, thats all i give a damn about.
Peace