Xenosaga is so far up its own ass that it has formed a perfect circle. This is a 40 hour long game in which almost nothing happens. At the game's end the plot has barely moved from the starting line despite having seven hours of cutscenes. Combat is tedious, character progression is unremarkable, and there's really nothing to see here except the story, which you can maybe start to appreciate after playing two more games, studying the intricacies of Jungian psychology, and becoming a doctor of Judeo-christian theology. What? You haven't read the Kabbalah? What are you some kind of idiot?