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Xenosaga Episode 1: Der Wille zur Macht is an epic RPG that takes gamers on an unforgettable journey. Thousands of years into the future, man exists only in deep space. Brutally opposed by a merciless alien race, humanity faces an uncertain destiny as it unlocks the secrets of the Universe in search of the ultimate truth. Based on Nietzsche’s controversial theory of mankind’s “will to power”, Xenosaga delivers a captivating message through seamless story and exquisite character development. The stimulating graphics and scrutiny to detail combined with a truly cinematic and sensory-absorbing experience, propel Xenosaga as the one role playing game all gamers must own. here
PRODUCT DETAILS
UPC:722674021364
Condition:Used
Genre:Role-Playing
Platform:Playstation 2
Region:NTSC (N. America)
ESRB:Teen
SKU:PS2_XENOSAGA
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020. here
Good shape
Having exhausted myself of Final Fantasy (from the PS1 all the way through the PSX) I decided to walk on the wild side and try this game.Boy was I pleasently surprised!If you happened to play Xenogears for the PS1, this game is loosely based on events that occured in that game.One thing this game has going for it is a story. Many reviews peg the game time at 80 hours but don’t worry: A great portion of this is made up of those cinematic events!I’ve only completed the first 2 portions of the game but I am well impressed enough to provide ratings for this game:Graphics: 9/10The cinema events in this game will simply blow you away. Keep in mind if you’ve seen the XBox 360 or PS3, you can’t compare the graphics of the 2 systems (duh!). But compare this game to other PS2 releases and I assure you the graphics hold up just fine to any other PS2 game, and in many cases far exceed them. In battles, the special effects are impressive, from Shion’s Ray attack to KOS-MOS R-Blade. Tecmo defintely had a winner with the graphics from this game.Sound: 9/10The music often fits the mood of the situation perfectly. I was definitely on the edge of my seat in the level where you are trying to evade the Gnomis without getting touched! Now, my ONE gripe with this so far is the music doesn’t change for bosses as it does with other RPG’s. This is slightly annoying but a minor complaint.Sound effects are right in place and very good.Presentation: 9/10So far, the game directs you well in w.
Ok, I will start by simply saying I loved this game, it was a lot of fun, had a complex and compelling Sci-Fi story, and it had characters with depth to match the story. There has beeen an overwhelming shortage of decent Sc-Fi RPG’s, and I’m happy to say this is the best one I’ve played since Star Ocean:the Second Story.The layout of the game isn’t complicated. The battle system is traditional turn based, and each charater has a different set of special moves that you can use to attack, and upgrade to cause more damaage. Encounters can be dodged by avoiding enemies and there special canisters in the environments that can be used to give you an edge against opponents. It doesn’t seem like a wholee lot at firrst, but the turn based battle system became much more fun as I upgraded more and more special moves and soon had characteers that could devastate any enemy group. Even when my characters were this powerful, the game still posed a challenge. This is a place where the game strikes gold, it is one of the most balanced games in termes of ddifficulty. It is sharp enough to challenge you, but not so much as to have you breaking controllers off the wall. There are even some battles that you can’t possibly win through brute force, and some of these encounters are done with very fragile characters. in these cases you’ll have to use strategy too defeat your opponents, and this is something the developers did very well.The story is absolutely incredible and very compelling. the story.
Xenosaga Episode 1: Der Wille Zur Macht is a stunning game, really. While Xenosaga carries on the name "Xeno" as in "Xenogears" do not expect to find a copy of Xenogears in this in anyway.Xenosaga opens up with an extremely long cutscene (VERY, VERY long!) that introduces a part of the plot. The game then later shifts 4000 years into the future where you’ll see your lead character Shion, a scientists on the ship: Encephalon. She begins a simulator with the Android she created: Kos-mos. After she’s done with the simulation, her ship comes under attack and the story begins.Xenosaga takes the battle system of Xenogears and evolves it into something much bigger. You’ll string together combos and use points. There’s a guage down in the lower right hand corner that shows the battle order (like in Grandia). The pic that’s furthest to the left attacks first. It’ll show your enemies as well. That’s for each round. You then can select to attack and string together combos to deal out some damage. As usual, enemies have certain weaknesses. It isn’t just an elemental weakness, but a attack-trait weakness as well (for example some enemes are weak against slash based attacks). The battles can sometimes be long though as the animations aren’t exactly fast.The field is unique as well. Xenosaga eliminates "Random encounters" and now you’ve got contact based. You can also interact with objects on the field (you can blow some things up). If an enemy s.
Since this game is so good in so many areas, I’ll start with my criticisms. First of all, the box says 80 gameplay hours, but that only applies if you’re Ray Charles. Gamers with functional vision should finish in about 30-35.That hurt because I was hoping this would be an RPG series with every game being its own somewhat separate story. But this game ends way before you expect it to, and left me with characters that I was still building up for some other big fight. In retrospect, this experience was just exposition for the future episodes. The plot is quite fantastic, but it dictated that this game (episode) remain completely linear. All of this would be OK if we weren’t talking about a $50 game, but I feel a little stale about where I’m at now- having to wait months and pay another $50 to continue the story.The battle system was fantastic, with two problems. First, Tech attacks take WAY too long, with no button to skip. These aren’t as long as some of the FF7 summons, but when you do Shion’s “Spell Ray” 7 times in a battle then is really tends to lag. Also the mechs, or “AGWS” weren’t necessary at all. I tried them out but NEVER ended up needing to use them.I like the characters’ skill, attack, and ether building systems. However, it takes SOOO LONG to set these up once you learn how they work. At least 5 gameplay hours were spent arranging character attributes and equipment. Add more time to that if you actively update and improve your AGWS.Read other reviews to hear abou.
Works great!
Two words: space opera.I’m willing to put up with a lot from a game for quasi-original space opera (ie – not star wars). Xenosaga was pure ambrosia. The storyline was pleasently complex without being convoluted for the sake of confusion and nothing else. And, wonderfully, the driving force behind this game was not the next shiny doo-dad you could get upon levelling up, but instead the ::shock:: story.The cut scenes were long, and that did bother me towards the beginning of the game. It was a little frustrating in that I really couldn’t play the game unless I had at least an hour of free time. The combat system was fun and rather flexible. I didn’t use the mechas much and that didn’t hinder me at all.space ship space ship space ship space ship zoooooooooom!
I love this game. It’s got an incredible story and the gameplay is uniquely immersive.
Ah, Xenosaga. I don’t even remember when I bought this game. All I do remember is that as soon as I finished the first game I just had to rush out and buy the sequels. Yes, it hooked me that much. Let’s find out why!Graphics (score 9/10): The graphics are very nice looking, although you might not like the art style, which is somewhat anime-inspired. I didn’t mind the art style at all, personally. The graphics themselves look pretty good in-game, but the cutscenes really steal the show. They look fantastic, so no complaints from me.Music (score 10/10): The music is just phenomenal. There are some really beautiful pieces of music here (“The Resurrection” and “Beach of Nothingness” come to mind). There isn’t a single track in this game that sounds out of place or grates on the ear. You may even want to go buy the soundtrack! The voice acting is extremely good too. So, the music section gets a perfect score from me!Characters (score 10/10): Playing more modern games has really made me come to appreciate how important having likable characters is (I’m not going to name any names, but let’s just say that certain more recent games may have failed on this account). Anyway, out of all our main protagonists (Shion, Ziggy, Momo, Jr., chaos, KOS-MOS), everyone is likable, has a well-developed personality, and (with the exception of chaos, perhaps) has a well-explained backstory. I really couldn’t ask for much better in terms of protagonists. As for the villains, they are a.
works perfectly