Like Brave Fencer Musashi, Xenogears was released in the Final Fantasy 7/8 era during which Squaresoft somehow figured out a way to manufacture one outstanding game after another so fast that a lot of people missed quite a few of them. Xenogears is longer than Final Fantasy 7 and 8 but had a completely different hand-drawn look to it.
In the battles on foot, the characters were well-animated sprites but they could also board customizable mechs to battle in. This game really has everything you could want from an RPG: cool characters (some of which are morally ambiguous), complex epic plot that deals with dark parts of human psychology, awesome vehicles, and challenging battles.
There are a few hiccups in the design though, one is that the mech battles are pretty repetitive and the bosses you fight in the mechs feel like you are slowly degenerating (since you're running out of fuel) and you have no idea when they'll finally die. I definitely respect this game a lot more than Final Fantasy 8, and most people who have played it consider it one of the best RPGs of all time.
^this chick's pretty cute (gotta love redheads)
In the battles on foot, the characters were well-animated sprites but they could also board customizable mechs to battle in. This game really has everything you could want from an RPG: cool characters (some of which are morally ambiguous), complex epic plot that deals with dark parts of human psychology, awesome vehicles, and challenging battles.
There are a few hiccups in the design though, one is that the mech battles are pretty repetitive and the bosses you fight in the mechs feel like you are slowly degenerating (since you're running out of fuel) and you have no idea when they'll finally die. I definitely respect this game a lot more than Final Fantasy 8, and most people who have played it consider it one of the best RPGs of all time.
^this chick's pretty cute (gotta love redheads)
she has tender eyes and nature , nowa days chicks are either bad ass in your face rockstars or Tee-hee generic cute... good game this altough i cant remember if the later part was good. Play Valkarie Profile , thats good too
ReplyDeleteYea I liked Valyrie Profile. I played Xenogears and I had to stop becuase the Chrisian underpinning was becoming too heavy-handed. Like Steven Spielberg coming all over your face kind of heavy-handed.
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