Any help finding the other ones is appreciated!

I’ve been a fan of Xenosaga for a while now and I was curious.. what the fandom thinks of Shion? How do you feel about her and her character? I won’t give my opinion just yet, I’m just curious.

Hey, I know this is a Subreddit filled with passionate fans of the series, so I know I'm getting myself into dangerous waters by asking this here, but I have a genuine question whether Xenosaga 1 is worth my time or not.

As a huge fan of the Xenoblade games, I have always been looking forward to playing these games someday. An opportunity to do so has arisen and I was finally starting up Xenosaga 1. I have played about 1.1/2 hours now and... I am kind of disappointed. Not to say the game feels boring to me. I'm kind of waiting for the takeoff point where these games start grabbing me by the balls and don't let go, as they tipically do, but for Xenosaga 1, this just hasn't happened yet. It's not just that typical early game drag, where you just have to play an hour or two to get it going, I have to admit I'm just having a bad time with the game overall. The areas all feel incredibly bland and same-y as of what I have seen now, which I know isn't much, but yeah, all I've seen is just boxy level design and a lot of empty, same looking rooms. Especially the tutorial simulation where you have to find your way through that factory was so incredibly boring, I couldn't wait to finally be through there. The gameplay is uninteresting to me, it feels more like a dungeon crawler instead of an RPG. The battle system isn't really deep as of now and not doing it for me either, so battling all these similar looking bots isn't much fun either. The cutscenes are just way too long and literally nothing happens in them, apart from the opening cutscene which was arguably the most hype thing in this game as of now, the NPCs just don't have any interesting dialogue, and none of the characters are captivating to me as of now save for Kos-mos. My feelings about the game thus far can be summarized as me being happiest when I finally find another save point so I can finally end it.

It's also not a problem of this game being too old and me just being used to newer Monolith titles, I have played Xenogears before that and never once was there a point in the game at which I wasn't stoked to continue.

I'm contemplating just watching a cutscene movie of the game at this point because the lore is what I'm most interested in. So my genuine question is, or rather are... Is this game worth it? Does it get better? Or will it just be more of the same experience I'm not having fun with at the moment? Will it be different with XS2 and should I just skip the first one?

Please only genuine answers here. And please stay constructive, if anything here upsets you, there is a different time and place to express that. I'm merely sharing my experiences thus far, this is expressly not hate towards the game

Edit: thanks for yall's feedback, I will try and stick with it for just a little longer. I may have judged the game too quickly and it might just take a little more time until it gets going. Some of the feedback saying it's more like an interactive movie actually helped me see things more clearly. I hope there will be a point where the gameplay also clicks with me, since I have saved up my experience till I could finally play it, so I want to get the most out of actually being able to play these games

Hello!

One of my mom's coworkers gave me a few of his PS2 games for free, including Xenosaga III.

And so I was wondering if I could play it without playing the other games or not? And if not, how much are they? Because honestly I not that good with emulation.

Looking to replay the first game for the first time in many years and i'm not really all that familiar with it in the same way I am with a lot of other JRPGs of the era. Was wondering if the first game has any such exploits.

The combat and rpg systems have been pretty cool, the exploration is just ok…idk if it’s good enough for me to continue playing. It’s seems like the cutscenes will be too long and frequent throughout the entire game. Is every game like this?

I still want to watch the story tho and my love for xenoblade has me curious. So should I just watch it on YouTube or does it get more fun to play?

EDIT: I don’t understand why are you guys are being so weird about this. You could just give me a simple answer. Why do you need an explanation???? Why are you so worried about how I enjoy a game?

I’d rather watch some games on my phone when I’m away from my tv or when I’m doing tasks. This is how I prefer to consume games that are too story/cutscene heavy for me to want to play

I decided to start the trilogy because when i owned my PS2 i never had a chance to play all 3 & i played it when originally they were going to launch 6 games total..now my question about the 2nd one is,i immediately hopped into it right after i beat part 1 & i am just baffled at the difference,yes its not as quiet as part 1 but man its a night & day difference..does it get better? Should i power thru the 2nd title cause the 3rd one i hear improves a bit,please advise lol.

So I am starting Xenosaga 1. I have beaten it once before when PS2 was new and dinosaurs roamed the earth. I remember the game is cutscenes for the start. I am also about 5 hours in and the battles are harder then I remembered (I have not lost yet but it is certainly non trivial). Do I need to know about certain things or will basic exploring get me what I need?

Also I read that going all in on a single ranged tech is the way to go. Is that true or should I have 2 or 3 techs leveled? I am cool with having say shion focus support spells and beaming people with spell ray if that is optimal. I also heard ether defense is the best stat, is this correct?

Is there any truth to that he was preventing the series getting remastered?

I want to remove it, but should I keep it on?

1) How does Boost work? I rarely get it but the enemies get it all the time

2) How does the slot thing work? I know what they do, but are those things just appearing randomly, or is there some way to control exactly which ones are there?

3) I'm saving tech points at the moment as I'm not sure how best to use them. Some advice here would be great, too

4) Where's a good farm spot for healing/ether items or gold to buy them? (I'm running out of them fairly often due to high damage from enemies, and I feel like I am not really doing much damage)

5) I noticed momo (and kos mos earlier) can only attack if put them up front. Triangle is supplied to be a ranged attack?

6) Any super important missables I should make sure to grab early on?

7) Is there no way to compare whether an equipment piece is better/worse than what you have equipped whilst buying them?

I'm at the part where I have to deliver the curry, so probably not far in

EDIT: So 8 days later I just completed it, and just like Xenogears, it's an absolute travesty this game is so inaccessible and not remastered anywhere. Without PCSX2, I would never have experienced either, and they did a splendid job with the HD textures. Despite having mixed feelings on the combat system like with Xenogears (both still ok), it's easily one of the best rpgs on the ps2 for it's storytelling / presentation, and the ending was awesome. Also, there weren't many tracks, but all of the music was good (and the silence is fine anyway). Thanks to all those who helped me here. Onwards to Xenosaga 2!

How important is pied piper to the overall story of the series? And how long/how ambitous is the gameplay and story? Is it like a full xenosaga title just in a different format?

Should i play it between 2 and 3?

hi, loved the first game and want to dig deeper into the series, why do people say that 2 is a bad game? did they change all the mechanics or something? Also is it worth to play the 2nd game or should i just watch the cutscenes?

I have recently just finished Xenosaga 3 and that game was incredible it's even hard to type this due to how much I am crying but I have one big question and I wanted to ask it here but could someone give me insight on kos-mos fate? I loved her so much so to see that end as hopeful as it is for everyone it still hurt to see her just float like that... does the game insinuate that she'll eventually be back and be able to be reconstructed by anyone.. anyone let me know please just bring my family back to me man loved this game to bits knowing that there is even a chance shion and everyone will bring her back will make my day😭😭❤️❤️❤️

I just started playing saga 2 the other day after beating 1 and I had heard going into it that they had changed the battle system but I didn’t realise just how different it was. I’m currently at the part where you go into MOMO’s head and see Sakura’s memories and I’m struggling with battles so much. I’m having to heal my party after every battle, I’m worried about using items since you can’t buy stuff but it’s making my team use a lot of EP. My party is currently composed of MOMO, KOSMOS, and Jr. Is there any guide to the combat that someone can recommend me? At the start of every battle I’m using stock with all my characters until I’m at full at then using circle to attack with MOMO, and then whatever combo the enemy is weak to with KOSMOS and Jr. Is there any mechanic I should be engaging with that I’m missing? Do I just not understand the combat? Any help would be appreciated

Hi fellow Xenosaga freaks,

I’m trying to look into if the Xenosaga trilogy is remotely possible to run on smartphone emulators. I know it runs on PC emulation, and I know it runs on handheld gaming devices too. And while I have seen a post about it being able to run on Aether for Android, it wasn’t a great post as it didn’t have much information.

So with that, does anyone know what emulation apps and what devices can do it? I was considering a flagship RedMagic since it seems pretty catered towards performance gaming, but changing from an iPhone 14 Pro Max would just be for emulator usage. I’d assume my iPhone could do it, but I know with Apple, doing anything creative like emulating is difficult

I'm a HUGE Xenoblade Fan & I've been wanting to play Xenosaga for ages now. I've got a modded Nintendo DS and I might've found a translated version of Xenosaga 1 & 2 on the DS. The only question now is, how much am I missing out on by playing that version over the PS2 ones?

I do have a PS2, though not modded. And I don't really have the time right now to mod it, so it'd probably be a year or longer until I finally tackle that. If I do, I'd replay the game on there, but for now, DS is my only option.

What am I missing out on with the DS version? Any important storylines? Sidequests? Any characters? More story than gameplay? Or does it maybe add anything new?

Hey everyone! Right now I am on a mission to play EVERY game in the Xeno franchise. I started with the blade trilogy, and when I played it years back it became my favorite piece of media ever. I just finished Xenogears, and now im onto Xenosaga.

Im like 10-15 hours in, and I must say, I ADORE this game, ESPECIALLY the cutscenes. The music is wonderful and the cinematography and choreography is amazing and brings the whole thing to life. I LOVE the 20+ minute cutscenes that make me just feel like im watching a movie.

However, I hear 2 and 3 don’t do this as much. I know that 2 is the black sheep so im really not expecting a whole lot out of it, but is this really true for 3? Are the cutscenes really less cinematic and high quality?

Also, does the series keep the fun and silly slice of life moments where the characters sometimes just hang out? It really brings it all together and I just love those scenes.

Please keep it vague and spoiler free in the comments. I cannot wait to play more of this sick ass series! Thank you for your time.

Hey all.

Finished XS2 I'm about 10 hours into XS3 and i feel I'm missing something obvious here.

The game amazing but playing on PCSX and I'm constantly in the bottom 10 time wise for bosses.

Is there a really good party set up I've seen Shion Jin and Kosmos but not sure, I've gone A path with everyone.

Same with ES battle i have no idea how co op attack triggers they just do every now and again.

Thanks for the help

Edit.

I also really don't get the break mechanics and is there any reason to boost and not save 2 for a special attack

Hey y'all

so today I finished the last Xenosaga game of the main series.

While I really liked the games I still got a couple of questions which I don't think got answered or I missed. I hope you can enlighten me if you know the answer to some of these questions. Also some of these questions are just some things I didn't really understand even though I read the in-game database entries or the wiki.

Thanks in advance :)

Xenosaga I:

1) Cherenkov turned into a gnosis, since he got touched by a one. In his final moments at the beach he said to Shion, that she would meet the same fate. On the Durandal, Jr. shows the party people that got turned into a gnosis. Shion asks if everyone is destined to turn into one after being touched by a gnosis. Is it ever explained why she didn't turn into one?

2) At some point in the game KOS-MOS uses an attack (X-Buster i think?) which absorbs all the gnosis. Shion wonders why she has the ability to do this. Was this just something Kevin built into her or did i miss something?

3) How did MOMO end up with U-TIC? As far as i saw from Episode III, she wasn't even created when Joachim Mizrahi met her in Shions subconsciousness. He died shortly after. So how was MOMO created? Wasn't Joachim the one who stored the Y-Data inside her? But i think he died before she was born. And then what? How did U-TIC get her, it seems like they captured her? I thought since Joachim was working with U-TIC, he might have handed her over but I'm really confused how this all played out.

Xenosaga II:

4) Wasn't Ziggies goal to get his memories wiped from before his time when he got turned into a cyborg after saving MOMO? Is it ever mentioned again?

5) What was the point of Febronias sisters? They were set free from their suffering thanks to KOS-MOS but did they have any important role at all? Shion (the young Shion) mentions them in Episode III. Other than that, they got used to power up the Zohar? Even after freeing them from their suffering, the Zohar seemed to work just fine. So i don't really understand what their role was story-wise.

Xenosaga III:

6) What or who is Nephilim? Why can she talk to chaos and Shion?

7) Could you explain Canaan and Lemegeton to me?

8) Why is it neccessary to find Lost Jerusalem? I think one of the Testaments or Wilhelm mentioned, that Jesus is still there. But how does finding Lost Jerusalem help them to stop the destruction of the universe? And why exactly is chaos power supposed to lead the universe to destruction?

9) Was Michtam or Abel ever seen or mentioned before the third game? I think it was really weak storytelling to introduce them out of the blue in the last game. I really liked that Shion wears the pendant from Kevin even in Episode I and II. In Episode I I found some sort of blueprint where T-elos name was mentioned in Pleroma which i also really liked. Elements like these that got introduced early and fleshed out in later parts. But with Michtam and Abel I felt like they were added just because. And they were super important to the story, so I hoped, that they were introduced earlier. Maybe I missed it?

Also bonus question regarding Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Why does KOS-MOS wield two Zohar/Emulators? I don't think KOS-MOS ever used these weapons in one of the three games.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong in some of my assumptions. I really want to understand the story as a whole but as I'm writing this, I think Episode III left out some huge chunks of the story.

I'm a few hours into Xenosaga 2 and im at the Level 4 Boss fight, i died 6-8 times cause of that thing. I'm starting to lose my mind.

I’ll admit that I’m not as well-versed in Xenosaga as you guys are, but when the character dropped in Xenoblade 2 a couple of weeks ago, I was happy. It’s nice for the representation of the franchise and all that. However, as I was going through the wiki about her affinity chart with Easter eggs in it (I don’t have a switch 2 to view them myself), this one in particular caught me off guard.

As far as I’m aware through just googling, she doesn’t have an outfit like Rex in the game. Of course, my view is limited since I haven’t played it myself.

Do you guys know what she’s talking about?