Gonna be honest and quick:
1) This game is like 65% cutscenes, and they're long, some of them have save points in between them.
2) Most of the story of this game it's just a setting for the next games. This is more evident because the game does A LOT OF INFO DUMP, the game is literally throwing a lot of concepts and therms and you'll have to remember it for the next games.
3) Gameplay is well done, the only complain I have is that a lot of the abilities (Ether, Skill and Tech) are behind walls of points that you won't be able to obtain without grinding the shit out of this game, that's a really poor decision given how little gameplay is on the game.
It's a shame, that you can't get to experiment with all the abilities because of this, and also because there's no point, becuase yes, there're some optional bosses, but there's no fucking way that those bosses demands that amount of grinding also because if you get the 6 robot parts, you unlock the Erde kaiser, and that mech can do 9999 points of damage ignoring all defense to all enemies, and only 2 end game enemies have enough health to survive that.
Not complaining, I love those kind of things in rpgs, because it rewards you for exploring the game, it's just weird that the developers block 40% of your abilities behind point walls, but they're ok with giving you this thing with no penalization...
Recommendations:
- I'll share with yall the HD pack for every Xenosaga game for the PCSX2, for those who wants them. Tnx to Panda_Venom for doing and sharing these packs: https://gbatemp.net/threads/xenosaga-trilogy-usa-hd-remaster.612395/
- The best team is Shion, Jr and Kosmos by far.
- Save your Tech Points for all characters for their lasts Tech Skills. You can use some of these points to upgrade the speed of the firsts tech attacks that can target all enemies tho, it will help you through the game.
- Save and use Kosmos Tech Points to only upgrade X-Buster tho, trust me, that thing is versatile and broken and it'll help you a lot. Only like 3 bosses are resistant to that attack, but the other characters will be support enough.
- Unlock Shion's "Boost 1" and "Quick" Ether Skills and transfer them to your other main party members. (Medica/Goodbye/Boost 1 and Analyze/Refresh/Quick to unlock them)
- Gather the six robot parts to get Erde Kaiser, that'll do 9999 points of damage ignoring all defense to all enemies to speedrun the final part of the game if you're tired and just want to be over with it.
Use the Angel Ring to half the cost of EP that the mech demands and play Poker Level 4 on the casino, obtain 10000 points and buy 99 of the first pack to have 99 ethers so you can spam the hell out of Erde Kaiser.
Final thought: Even tho I liked it, only when I finish the series will I know if this game was worth playing.
1) This game is like 65% cutscenes, and they're long, some of them have save points in between them.
2) Most of the story of this game it's just a setting for the next games. This is more evident because the game does A LOT OF INFO DUMP, the game is literally throwing a lot of concepts and therms and you'll have to remember it for the next games.
3) Gameplay is well done, the only complain I have is that a lot of the abilities (Ether, Skill and Tech) are behind walls of points that you won't be able to obtain without grinding the shit out of this game, that's a really poor decision given how little gameplay is on the game.
It's a shame, that you can't get to experiment with all the abilities because of this, and also because there's no point, becuase yes, there're some optional bosses, but there's no fucking way that those bosses demands that amount of grinding also because if you get the 6 robot parts, you unlock the Erde kaiser, and that mech can do 9999 points of damage ignoring all defense to all enemies, and only 2 end game enemies have enough health to survive that.
Not complaining, I love those kind of things in rpgs, because it rewards you for exploring the game, it's just weird that the developers block 40% of your abilities behind point walls, but they're ok with giving you this thing with no penalization...
Recommendations:
- I'll share with yall the HD pack for every Xenosaga game for the PCSX2, for those who wants them. Tnx to Panda_Venom for doing and sharing these packs: https://gbatemp.net/threads/xenosaga-trilogy-usa-hd-remaster.612395/
- The best team is Shion, Jr and Kosmos by far.
- Save your Tech Points for all characters for their lasts Tech Skills. You can use some of these points to upgrade the speed of the firsts tech attacks that can target all enemies tho, it will help you through the game.
- Save and use Kosmos Tech Points to only upgrade X-Buster tho, trust me, that thing is versatile and broken and it'll help you a lot. Only like 3 bosses are resistant to that attack, but the other characters will be support enough.
- Unlock Shion's "Boost 1" and "Quick" Ether Skills and transfer them to your other main party members. (Medica/Goodbye/Boost 1 and Analyze/Refresh/Quick to unlock them)
- Gather the six robot parts to get Erde Kaiser, that'll do 9999 points of damage ignoring all defense to all enemies to speedrun the final part of the game if you're tired and just want to be over with it.
Use the Angel Ring to half the cost of EP that the mech demands and play Poker Level 4 on the casino, obtain 10000 points and buy 99 of the first pack to have 99 ethers so you can spam the hell out of Erde Kaiser.
Final thought: Even tho I liked it, only when I finish the series will I know if this game was worth playing.