After a week of grinding, i am officially done with xenogears
Xenogears most definitely has my favourite story/narrative in gaming. Seamlessly being able to juggle a multitude of themes/topics such as: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to truly live? Importance of free will, how our connections with others shape our identities, overcoming one's own destiny, accepting our bleak reality and moving on from it e.t.c
For one thing, the gameplay is REALLY GOOD! Infact too good for something from its time. I really love how they integrated combos into its mechanics to make turn based gameplay that much more interesting and worthwhile in the longrun. Actually making the player experiment with the casts movesets to pull off some cool ass chains of attacks.
Xenogears shows an absolute masterclass in how to write a compelling and heartfelt romance. Effortlessly intertwining the fates of Fei and Elly (Wont go into specifics) together to provide some heart warming, organic, saddening but also hopeful moments between themselves. I love both of them ALOT!
I 100% get the hype about fei and i was incredibly surprised. He is definitely the most well written and fleshed out character in gaming. I was completely blown away by his character conflict and how it tied a huge amount of the narrative together. The Dreams Section in DISC 2 is the best thing gears could have done for his character. The revelations forcing him to accept the truth, the harsh and cold reality he chose to escape from and showing his immense character growth in the process was masterful writing. As a person who didn't necessarily turn to games to expect GOAT level characters, xenogears proved me wrong.
YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM OUT. HE’S DIFFERENT. HE'S NOT THE SAME! YOU ARE YOU BUT HE IS HIM!!!!
The cast is filled with a lottery of charismatic characters who mesh and coexist with each other pretty well. Citan is an obvious favourite of mine off rip (HE IS HIM!).
The music is immaculate, id say my clear cut favourites are Bonds of sea and fire, june mermaid, tears of the stars hearts of the people. Just to name a few, but the entire soundtrack is picture perfect for the dichotomy of lighthearted content to the dark and bleak filled stretches in the game
My goodness there are some HARD/Maybe BS bosses tho lmao. If i had to go by difficulty it would be:
Deus
Ramsus/Opiomorph
Shakhan
The adrenaline rush i got when i beat these bosses felt great
That last portion of the game after beating DEUS till the ending is one of the best stretches in media for me. An emphatic way to close out Feis/Lacans Character Journey and put a neat bow on the game.
Enough Said, GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME!
Xenogears most definitely has my favourite story/narrative in gaming. Seamlessly being able to juggle a multitude of themes/topics such as: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to truly live? Importance of free will, how our connections with others shape our identities, overcoming one's own destiny, accepting our bleak reality and moving on from it e.t.c
For one thing, the gameplay is REALLY GOOD! Infact too good for something from its time. I really love how they integrated combos into its mechanics to make turn based gameplay that much more interesting and worthwhile in the longrun. Actually making the player experiment with the casts movesets to pull off some cool ass chains of attacks.
Xenogears shows an absolute masterclass in how to write a compelling and heartfelt romance. Effortlessly intertwining the fates of Fei and Elly (Wont go into specifics) together to provide some heart warming, organic, saddening but also hopeful moments between themselves. I love both of them ALOT!
I 100% get the hype about fei and i was incredibly surprised. He is definitely the most well written and fleshed out character in gaming. I was completely blown away by his character conflict and how it tied a huge amount of the narrative together. The Dreams Section in DISC 2 is the best thing gears could have done for his character. The revelations forcing him to accept the truth, the harsh and cold reality he chose to escape from and showing his immense character growth in the process was masterful writing. As a person who didn't necessarily turn to games to expect GOAT level characters, xenogears proved me wrong.
YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM OUT. HE’S DIFFERENT. HE'S NOT THE SAME! YOU ARE YOU BUT HE IS HIM!!!!
The cast is filled with a lottery of charismatic characters who mesh and coexist with each other pretty well. Citan is an obvious favourite of mine off rip (HE IS HIM!).
The music is immaculate, id say my clear cut favourites are Bonds of sea and fire, june mermaid, tears of the stars hearts of the people. Just to name a few, but the entire soundtrack is picture perfect for the dichotomy of lighthearted content to the dark and bleak filled stretches in the game
My goodness there are some HARD/Maybe BS bosses tho lmao. If i had to go by difficulty it would be:
Deus
Ramsus/Opiomorph
Shakhan
The adrenaline rush i got when i beat these bosses felt great
That last portion of the game after beating DEUS till the ending is one of the best stretches in media for me. An emphatic way to close out Feis/Lacans Character Journey and put a neat bow on the game.
Enough Said, GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME!
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THAT'S WHY IT'S THE GOAAT, THE GOAAAAAT
sliceofzura
1 year ago