Caltrops - Xenosaga - Re: I agree with both of you.

Forum Overview :: Xenosaga

by Thunderbunny 06/26/2003, 2:47am PDT

Jhoh Creexul wrote:

Lizard_King wrote:

How about a damage curve that rewards investing in one attack excessively (like level 36 by the end I think) and neglecting all others, including those stupid mech wannabe things that look stolen from a 70's Japanese children's cartoon? There is nothing so dull as seeing the same longwinded attack for the 3 millionth time.

But yeah, the cutscenes were the worst. It is all part of a Japanese conspiracy to make American men estrogen laden pussies. I bet the "real" version just has tentacle rape in between battles.

YES.

The worst part is that some people think this is the best story in a video game ever.

The predecessor to Xenosaga, Xenogears, generated some of the most ridiculous amounts of vitriol I've ever seen, and I've seen lots of stupid shit on message boards. Xenosaga has not yet had that effect, but I have the feeling that it will after more gullible fanboys finish the game. For some real entertainment, go to a GameFAQs message board discussion on Xenogears.

Poster #1: I don't care much for Xenogears.
Poster #2: That's obviously because you didn't understand the story. Why won't you admit that some people are smart and can understand complex video game stories, while others are best left to playing Ninja Gaiden?
Poster #1: Actually, it's not because I didn't understand the story. It's because of the horrible slow-scrolling message speed, the ridiculous isometric 3D view not to mention the frustrating and poorly designed platform jumping, the ridiculously high random encounter rate (including encounters that trigger in mid-jump, or while panning the camera, not to mention in areas where random encounters are incongruous), the flat scenarios that serve only to advance the storyline, the battle system that seems original at first but eventually just becomes tedious, ditto with the gear battles, and the fact that the second disk is almost exclusively scrolling text.
Poster #2: Ah ha! You didn't understand the story!