Should just reference to profit off it rather than risk a cease and desist but then brand naming gets views like the chrono trigger takedown, or that guy who lied about Final Fantasy Mystic quest remaster being authorized. At least they reduced the flashing as it hurt my eyes.
Have you seen the "fandom"? Anything other than cancer quest and cancer triger gets a reaction Japan in general fears it's 1945 again. Hell, this very same comment section is probably already vitriolic "why u remakin sumding torimaggot didnt make? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
@JuanLeon-oe6xe hi-fi rush was popular and able to be sold (company salvaged) just referencing xenogears disc 2. But I know some people want to do a labor of love. Just thinking of a better use of the bad economy.
Yeah so many people always complain about "bad translation". But then they just write something accurate... which is more boring imo. There's a certain charm and uniqueness to keeping the original texts. Also who are you to decide what the original artist was trying to convey in their writing
@@thetaerdin I'm not in charge of the translation, but frankly, we are not trying to be the end-all-be-all. We get that there is some charm in the original translation. It's about finding the right balance between that and accuracy. Just because that iconic line is removed doesn't mean we took out everything that was funny. Also, there are biblical references mistranslated. Fixing those should be a given from the undertones XG touches on, so your argument of "who are you to decide" falls flat on that point alone.
@@thetaerdin By the way, you're giving a mixed message. Are you saying we're making it accurate but boring or we're straying from the original intentions? Either way, have you actually tried the mod out for yourself? You're making a huge jump otherwise.
I didn't either when I first joined. I just wanted to improve the Arena minigame and then I found myself improving the combat system. Let me just say that No$PSX is not a great emulator, but it's all I can use for modding.
Honestly, it is crazy that the answer to the common question of "disc 2?" is not "No, beyond scope" but rather "We physically cannot, but would be 'yes' if we could". That shows some major dedication behind the project.
“Fast text” got an immediate laugh from me. I was reminded I played the sewer part with Rico while my grandmother watched and she reprimanded my parents for allowing me to play something with such foul language.
Thank you for the balance changes! I never got to play this growing up, and now as a working adult I hardly have time to grind the games I wish I'd played. This is a lifesaver that still allows me to play through these games. It's appreciated!
You don't really have to grind most RPGs, and this is a mid-tier one time wise, at a comfortable 60-65 hours. By comparison, Chrono Trigger is 20-25 hours for one regular ending (there are about 13, and a new one with the DS version), FFX is an even 40 hours without do the really weird Final Weapon or monster catching stuff is 40 hours, while Dragon Quest 7 was supposedly 100 hours
Unfortunately, fixing Disc 2 to become what it should be remains impossible, but we hope it's more bearable, especially with the faster text scrolling.
As someone who's played the game as physical disc & a digital copy (1st PSN game I ever bought), I am VERY excited about this project. I'm really looking forward to all the things you bring to enhance this amazing game.
And here I am with a brand new retro handheld that I was planning on loading a bunch of PSX images to. Now I know the first game to load up. Great work, everyone!
Fans doing what Square should, I can't wait to play it. I would definitely get the increased money because you reach max level before upgrade all the gears (and gold nugget farming isn't fun).
I wanted to play xenogears but had put it off because it had too many random encounters. This solves that and adds more cool shit, can't wait to play it with this mod!
random encounters aren't really the big issue imo considering healing after battle is REALLY easy and cheap, but dungeons are really odd and confusing sometimes
@@PerfectWorksBuild The Legend of Dragoon had the same problem, with the bonus effect of not showing the character who is talking so I have no idea who the fuck is who in the conversation ; _ ;
Adding the HD portraits, interface, status effects from deathblows would be nice for next trailer. Finished the current build play through and it was a good time
Coool! I've been following the releases so far, didn't know about the youtube channel. Honestly I prefer the "Real" script over better graphics, even if Square remastered the game the script would still suffer cut's and censoring I think. The story is even better now that everything makes sense lol
Congratulations on the work there! I’ll be waiting for the final version of 1.0, and as a fan from Brazil, I hope the team comes together to translate this game. I’m happy to help if needed. Meanwhile, I'll keep following the project on Discord.
Oh my god, making Xenogear less tedious to play sounds amazing. I wanted to play it again a while back, but it just felt like everything took forever (especially getting new deathblows draws out battles so much more than I remember). I'll admit I'm leery of some of these changes on their face, but I'm still gonna watch this.
My key for this was to always get a character's full list of Deathblows as soon as I get them. At the beginning of the game, in the cliffs, I'd take like 45 minutes to get all of Fei's Deathblows. Became a ritual. It's a hard brake whenever I get a new character, but from then on, I just get to enjoy fighting at full strength.
@@WillowEpp As someone who has grinded Xenoblade games hard and is still nowhere near done, putting in 45 minutes sounds genuinely not so bad. Even with the implication that this would be a 45 minute section per character, that would still be less time spent, considering there are no real 100% or any kind of postgame grind in Xenogears.
@@xleaselifeFixing the issue where later Deathblows didn't properly gain experience from their intended combinations actually lessened the attack experience needed for the last Deathblows overall. We still gave everyone an extra point or two to help out with grinding.
Disc 2 is a masterpiece, no xenogears disc2 no persona and this is just one small exemple. Disc 2 couldn't be same as 1 but there was a lot of possibility and what they did was a choice. Disc 2 is what Soraya Saga and Takahashi wanted it to be and some modders doing dungeon should make it better? I think it would be spiting in the face of this creators. Xenogears IS a masterpiece, it is not a game that could have been a masterpiece and I wouldn't want to be an y different. If I wish something was change it"s xenosaga part 2 coz this time bandai namco just stole the game and choose instead of Soraraya Saga and Takahashi, not just a matter of time that push them to the ulimate bond of their creativity. And Xenosaga 1 and 3, I think are masterpieces too. I hope that the day a demiurge come and redo disc 2 will never happen.
We can't add new content in the scope of fleshing out the pacing. The only feasible way we could do that was if we had the source code and tools. The process of doing everything through hex edits alone is far too monotonous and complicated.
The absolute mad lads did what Square Enix refused to do and gave us the Xenogears Remake we've been wanting forever ago! And they're still at it and working on giving us the cut content too might I add. This is so very much my true GOTY 2024 if y'all ask me.
The existing 2nd disc is fine, since its actually disc 3. What we need is a whole 'nother disc of content restored that the narration replaced due to lack of dev time, the REAL disc 2 that never existed.
@@jadedandbitter I have never heard about the game being there discs, nor about any massive plot gap like you're insinuating. In any case, we can't add new content without some external tools to help us keep everything organized.
@@StreetwizeJJ2 even absent anything else, let me put it to you like this-have you ever played any other RPG that had a massive wall of narrative text for its 2nd act? But, Takahashi has confirmed straight up in interviews (notably a 2017 interview with Jason Schreier) that the 2nd disc is the way it is because they weren't able to get that content out the door on time due to having too many new people on the team/poor efficiency, so they basically did what they could do at the end of the game and then replaced a massive chunk of the game with that narration to fill in the gap. The Square execs actually just wanted to cut the game after the first disc, he had to fight to put out what we got.
@@jadedandbitter That has nothing to do with your alleged mysterious "third" disc that contains the huge plot gap between the two existing discs. It sounds more like speculation at this point.
oh man, the thing I would want more than anything from this game is a properly ramped up difficulty. like most square games, this game was just way too goddamn easy. if there were any tools available that I could use to edit the in-game values, I would love to do so! I've never cared for the "active" combat system either, but I know that is a selling point for most people. will definitely be interested in trying this out just to re-experience the story alone. glad I waited this long!
Yes, difficulty was a part of the game that we found very lacking as well. Once we get to fully rebalancing the enemies, we plan on doing a "Normal" and "Lunatic" difficulty, to offer more challenging experiences for people more familiar with the combat system. The focus so far has been character balance, so we wanted to solidify that before adjusting enemy en masse.
I would pay for a finalized physical copy of this at least twice. I wish we could just get an authentic and final version to what the directions intended. I could care less for more Xeno games or a remake. Just the PS1 game finished and that would be enough to make me happy or an OVA series done in the original animation of the times. It’s really what it probably should have been anyway.
I've only experienced the game via UA-cam and Perfect Works that can be found on here as well. Been wanting to play it myself and, reading the FAQs on Github and the comments, there's also a difficulty revamp planned. I'd like to ask, is there even a remote chance this could work with the JP version? And I don't mean the undub version, but the actual Japanese game. Even if it's not fully doable, all I'd care for would be difficulty and QoL. Doable or not, still an awesome project which I also hope will be added to the retroachievements page for further appreciation.
Off the top of my head, I'm not sure if those patches could be applied to the Japanese rom, due to structural version differences. This is definitely something we can put on the list to look into though. I think providing these features to a Japanese audience would be something to prioritize.
@@PerfectWorksBuild Thanks for considering the idea. Yeah, just looking up Retroachievements, I realized it's not that simple to apply trophies to all versions in one go. Just knowing it's on the list now is good enough news, and best of luck in trying to figure it out. I'm looking forward to it, as this is a game I really wanna experience eventually.
@@PerfectWorksBuild Since we have access to raw files, it should be possible to use those for the most part, though the reduced random encounters need to be remade since the room files contain the text scripts.
I know this might sound like an odd question, but id like to go through the Xeno series, starting from Gears, would you recommend this for a first time playthrough?
Absolutely. Even if you're looking for a vanilla experience, this hack offers a number of (all optional) QoL features, such as a lowered encounter rate, a patch to reduce grinding, etc. Highly recommend at least the QoL stuff for new players.
The buggest question in the whole shebang... *did they fix the busted magic system? Do Thor Wave and Big Bang no longer suck? Do broken ethers work now?
Absolutely! All of the patches are optional, so even if you're looking for an experience close to that of the original, there are a number of great QoL changes you can apply, such as an increased text speed, lower encounter rate, etc.
Xenogear is an excellent game with themes of humanity, philosophy, psychology, religion, society, politics, war, reincarnation, among others, great characters, stories and battle systems. mean to take away, add or change something in the game. A remake with changes, a continuation of the game with the same characters as the previous one or new ones with the same weapons and fighting style and completely new ones could be good, my favorite character based on his weapon style is Bart but I really like Ghraf's moves and outfit and fei's physique, so a new character with fei's physique, ghraf's outfit and bart's gun would be awesome, Mariah with a spear, citan with a bow and arrow, Billy the same with a boomerang firearm or sword, xuxu the same style or with human physique blond monk fighting with bare hands or daggers knives maybe staff or axe, elly same style staff elemental mage, rich bare hands or axe, bart two swords and emerald ninja bomerang sword or something like that, I think it would look cool, krelian is a villain incredible character an Orochimaru from naruto with an army of experimental clone guinea pigs, very cool, great trailer who knows, maybe more continuations of the game series and franchise in the future, by Thiago da Silva Lisboa Brasilian Brasil sp. Xenogear é um excelente game temas humanidade, filosofia, psicologia, religião, sociedade, política, guerra, reencarnação entre outros, ótimos personagens, histórias e sistemas de batalha um remake normalmente é um remaster melhorado podendo mudar a qualidade principalmente gráfica do jogo mas também pode signifcar tirar, acrescentar ou mudar algo no jogo. Um remake com mudanças, uma continuação do jogo com mesmos personagens do anterior ou novos com mesmas armas e estilo de luta e outros totalmente novos poderia ficar bom, meu personagem favorito pelo estilo de arma é bart mas gosto bastante dos moves e roupa de ghraf e o físico de fei, então um personagem novo com físico do fei roupa do ghraf e arma de bart seria demais, Mariah com lança, citan com arco e flecha, Billy o mesmo com arma de fogo boomerang ou espada, xuxu o mesmo jeito estilo ou com físico humano louro monge lutando com mãos nuas ou adagas facas talvez bastão ou machado, elly mesmo estilo cajado maga elemental, rico mão nuas ou machado, bart duas espadas e emeralda espada bomerang ninja ou algo do tipo, acho que ficaria legal, krelian é um vilão personagem incrível um Orochimaru do naruto com exército de cobaias clones experimentos, muito legal, ótimo trailer quem sabe mais continuações do jogo série e franquia no futuro, por Thiago da Silva Lisboa brasileiro Brasil sp.
Definitely. While I managed to fix up the Arena and expand on the combat, I don't have the skills to restructure and reverse-engineer the ISO to add content.
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You guys brought back my NUMBER 1 not Final Fantasy 7! FF7 Was my NUMBER 2, XENOGEARS is my NUMBER 1!!!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When it said new gear parts, I was hoping you meant knees, wrists, and elbow polygons and textures. 😅
Anyone knows if this work with other mods like the hd upscale mod, cant remember who did it but seems to be pretty detailed
what a fucking legend PERIOD. even my profile picture has been Xenogears for 12yrs already
Square won't do it so these legends said, "Fine I'll do it myself"
Should just reference to profit off it rather than risk a cease and desist but then brand naming gets views like the chrono trigger takedown, or that guy who lied about Final Fantasy Mystic quest remaster being authorized.
At least they reduced the flashing as it hurt my eyes.
Have you seen the "fandom"? Anything other than cancer quest and cancer triger gets a reaction Japan in general fears it's 1945 again.
Hell, this very same comment section is probably already vitriolic "why u remakin sumding torimaggot didnt make? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
@JuanLeon-oe6xe hi-fi rush was popular and able to be sold (company salvaged) just referencing xenogears disc 2. But I know some people want to do a labor of love. Just thinking of a better use of the bad economy.
Yeah, Perfect Works will slap them in the face for ignoring this game 😁.
Yeah but about that 2nd disc...
You guys are batshit insane, in the best way possible.
This is very exciting news!
But, "My Father??? You mean my dad????" is such an iconic line lmao.
I always loved this line too 😂😂
I always want to be like, no..your father...I said what I said
@@ppmaq The retranslation is optional, just like all other patches we offer.
Yeah so many people always complain about "bad translation". But then they just write something accurate... which is more boring imo.
There's a certain charm and uniqueness to keeping the original texts. Also who are you to decide what the original artist was trying to convey in their writing
@@thetaerdin I'm not in charge of the translation, but frankly, we are not trying to be the end-all-be-all. We get that there is some charm in the original translation. It's about finding the right balance between that and accuracy. Just because that iconic line is removed doesn't mean we took out everything that was funny.
Also, there are biblical references mistranslated. Fixing those should be a given from the undertones XG touches on, so your argument of "who are you to decide" falls flat on that point alone.
@@thetaerdin By the way, you're giving a mixed message. Are you saying we're making it accurate but boring or we're straying from the original intentions? Either way, have you actually tried the mod out for yourself? You're making a huge jump otherwise.
Well this is a surprise to me. I did not know that Xenogears had a modding community.
I didn't either when I first joined. I just wanted to improve the Arena minigame and then I found myself improving the combat system. Let me just say that No$PSX is not a great emulator, but it's all I can use for modding.
Honestly, it is crazy that the answer to the common question of "disc 2?" is not "No, beyond scope" but rather "We physically cannot, but would be 'yes' if we could". That shows some major dedication behind the project.
Absolutely amazing! Xenogears is the best rpg in my book.
“Fast text” got an immediate laugh from me. I was reminded I played the sewer part with Rico while my grandmother watched and she reprimanded my parents for allowing me to play something with such foul language.
without fail my parents always saw the worst stuff
If only Square had as much love for the game as you guys do. Great job.
Dude no freakin' way! Xenogears is my favorite game of all time. You just gave me a reason to play it all over again. Thank you for this :D
WHAT???!!! Perfect Works Build really said “Blossom o’ fallen seed, and draw upon thy hidden powers!!” to this game!!! 💪😃
Thank you for the balance changes! I never got to play this growing up, and now as a working adult I hardly have time to grind the games I wish I'd played. This is a lifesaver that still allows me to play through these games. It's appreciated!
You don't really have to grind most RPGs, and this is a mid-tier one time wise, at a comfortable 60-65 hours.
By comparison, Chrono Trigger is 20-25 hours for one regular ending (there are about 13, and a new one with the DS version), FFX is an even 40 hours without do the really weird Final Weapon or monster catching stuff is 40 hours, while Dragon Quest 7 was supposedly 100 hours
Played with this mod in July/August and it was a phenomenal experience. Thank you for all your hard work!
you are doing gods work!
Peak fiction is back on the menu
Please keep up the good work! I never finished the original version, and a modded version would probably get me through to finally see the ending!
Unfortunately, fixing Disc 2 to become what it should be remains impossible, but we hope it's more bearable, especially with the faster text scrolling.
Thank you very much for your hard work! Please keep at it!! 😁👍
Much respect for your team, thank you for working on this! I loved playing this game back in the day :)
Save for Shadow Hearts, no other RPG made me feel emotions as strong as what Xenogears made me feel.
I'm incredibly excited for this.
Probably the most needed retranslation in all of video games. Thank you so much.
Oh my God! I never thought I'd see this. GOAT JRPG so I can't wait to get this.
As someone who's played the game as physical disc & a digital copy (1st PSN game I ever bought), I am VERY excited about this project. I'm really looking forward to all the things you bring to enhance this amazing game.
This looks great
Really appreciate you guys working on this!!!
Just found this video now. It'd be a fine opportunity to replay an old classic. I shall be following with interest!
And here I am with a brand new retro handheld that I was planning on loading a bunch of PSX images to. Now I know the first game to load up. Great work, everyone!
Wow I’m excited. I think I’ve done 5 or so playthroughs of Xenogears. Thank you for justifying another one. 😁
Loving this playthrough of Xenogears "Perfect Works" and interacting with the community behind it.
We're happy to hear you're enjoying it!!!
This is one of the greatest games of all time and a part of what made me who I am, never thought I'd see it modded I'll be praying for all involved.
Found this by accident and you guys are legends.
Instant display text is awesome
Omg!! You are amazing you guys!!! Thanks for your hard work!!! Xenogears Lives!!!❤
This is very nice, I will definitely be following this project.
Fans doing what Square should, I can't wait to play it.
I would definitely get the increased money because you reach max level before upgrade all the gears (and gold nugget farming isn't fun).
Holy shit, I was just thinking the other day about replying this on my rp2s and this video just got recommended. Really nice.
I wanted to play xenogears but had put it off because it had too many random encounters. This solves that and adds more cool shit, can't wait to play it with this mod!
random encounters aren't really the big issue imo considering healing after battle is REALLY easy and cheap, but dungeons are really odd and confusing sometimes
The day I finished this game was the day I started taking gaming seriously.
Congrats of the projetct!
Doing the Lord's work here.
"Subtitled FMVs-" my half-deaf ass was sold on that alone.
The audio mixing on the FMVs is so bad, especially in the English version.
@@PerfectWorksBuild The Legend of Dragoon had the same problem, with the bonus effect of not showing the character who is talking so I have no idea who the fuck is who in the conversation ; _ ;
Adding the HD portraits, interface, status effects from deathblows would be nice for next trailer.
Finished the current build play through and it was a good time
You guys gave me a reason to replay it
Saga that was the father of Xenoblade.
The legendadary saga, Square do it relived the franchise.
Wait, is his dad still his father?
No
Amazing work!
that is amazing! keep up the amazing "Work"
Aww, you took out the best silly!Fei line. "My father? You mean my dad"
thank you ... godspeed yall
What a legend.
How the hell am I just now discovering this UA-cam channel? A community dedicated to modding Xenogears? I'll do all I can to help!
@@bwareist By all means. You're free to help, even if you don't know any programming. (Person who recoded Battling Arena and combat mechanics here)
Coool! I've been following the releases so far, didn't know about the youtube channel. Honestly I prefer the "Real" script over better graphics, even if Square remastered the game the script would still suffer cut's and censoring I think. The story is even better now that everything makes sense lol
Holy shit this is like a dream come true for me
“Stand up and shake the heavens”
Man if this is true then you made this old man happy that’s my childhood 😂
Congratulations on the work there! I’ll be waiting for the final version of 1.0, and as a fan from Brazil, I hope the team comes together to translate this game. I’m happy to help if needed. Meanwhile, I'll keep following the project on Discord.
Oh my god, making Xenogear less tedious to play sounds amazing. I wanted to play it again a while back, but it just felt like everything took forever (especially getting new deathblows draws out battles so much more than I remember).
I'll admit I'm leery of some of these changes on their face, but I'm still gonna watch this.
My key for this was to always get a character's full list of Deathblows as soon as I get them. At the beginning of the game, in the cliffs, I'd take like 45 minutes to get all of Fei's Deathblows. Became a ritual. It's a hard brake whenever I get a new character, but from then on, I just get to enjoy fighting at full strength.
@xleaselife That sincerely sounds miserable. (But also seems much faster than I ever managed to learn them...)
@@WillowEpp As someone who has grinded Xenoblade games hard and is still nowhere near done, putting in 45 minutes sounds genuinely not so bad. Even with the implication that this would be a 45 minute section per character, that would still be less time spent, considering there are no real 100% or any kind of postgame grind in Xenogears.
@@WillowEpp Either way is a time sink, absolutely. And I doubt I'd want to do that -now-. But it at least streamlines the bulk of the experience. xD
@@xleaselifeFixing the issue where later Deathblows didn't properly gain experience from their intended combinations actually lessened the attack experience needed for the last Deathblows overall. We still gave everyone an extra point or two to help out with grinding.
well damn, time for the 24th playthrough
F' yes! Please be smooth
This is pretty awesome.
Hyped keep it up
ultimate-nightmare difficulty, completely redo disc 2
Disc 2 is great how it is, if all the events in the narration were actually playable dungeons the game would slow down to a huge slog.
Disc 2 is a masterpiece, no xenogears disc2 no persona and this is just one small exemple. Disc 2 couldn't be same as 1 but there was a lot of possibility and what they did was a choice. Disc 2 is what Soraya Saga and Takahashi wanted it to be and some modders doing dungeon should make it better? I think it would be spiting in the face of this creators. Xenogears IS a masterpiece, it is not a game that could have been a masterpiece and I wouldn't want to be an y different.
If I wish something was change it"s xenosaga part 2 coz this time bandai namco just stole the game and choose instead of Soraraya Saga and Takahashi, not just a matter of time that push them to the ulimate bond of their creativity. And Xenosaga 1 and 3, I think are masterpieces too. I hope that the day a demiurge come and redo disc 2 will never happen.
@@puzzlejinx Don't need to see ALL the narrated events as playable, but give a few of them the treatment.
We can't add new content in the scope of fleshing out the pacing. The only feasible way we could do that was if we had the source code and tools. The process of doing everything through hex edits alone is far too monotonous and complicated.
I still have the ps1 disc and game guide. Still one of my favorite rpgs
You're doing God's work!
The absolute mad lads did what Square Enix refused to do and gave us the Xenogears Remake we've been wanting forever ago! And they're still at it and working on giving us the cut content too might I add.
This is so very much my true GOTY 2024 if y'all ask me.
Damn it now I got to play all of xeno gears again man I don't want to but now I do want to. Well here we go again in the perfect works build
Let's gooooooo
Guess it's almost time to sit back down in the chair...the disc 2 chair.
Yeah noce thxx soo much
NO FKN Way! XENOGEARS IS BACK! Regardless if its UNOFFICIAL! MY CHILDHOOD GAME WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD!!!! IN 1999!!!!
FINE, IF SE WON'T TOUCH IT, WE SHALL.
Is there any way to ad in the AI-upscaled FMV's into the hack? The opening video in particular has a magnificent upscale on UA-cam.
Unfortunately, disc space is a concern, since this is a direct mod to the game. This may be doable on the emulator side of things though.
Finally someone working on this forgotten rpg from square's golden age
Nicely done.
Anyone willing to tackle the absolute disaster that is this game's second disk is a folk hero.
The existing 2nd disc is fine, since its actually disc 3. What we need is a whole 'nother disc of content restored that the narration replaced due to lack of dev time, the REAL disc 2 that never existed.
@@jadedandbitter I have never heard about the game being there discs, nor about any massive plot gap like you're insinuating.
In any case, we can't add new content without some external tools to help us keep everything organized.
@@StreetwizeJJ2 even absent anything else, let me put it to you like this-have you ever played any other RPG that had a massive wall of narrative text for its 2nd act?
But, Takahashi has confirmed straight up in interviews (notably a 2017 interview with Jason Schreier) that the 2nd disc is the way it is because they weren't able to get that content out the door on time due to having too many new people on the team/poor efficiency, so they basically did what they could do at the end of the game and then replaced a massive chunk of the game with that narration to fill in the gap. The Square execs actually just wanted to cut the game after the first disc, he had to fight to put out what we got.
@@jadedandbitter That has nothing to do with your alleged mysterious "third" disc that contains the huge plot gap between the two existing discs. It sounds more like speculation at this point.
VERY NICE
Nice One guys!!!
Wait what!? Since when has modding xenogears been a thing? I'm in 🎉
Sweet.
Oh come on. Just when I started playing Xenogears again I just had to see this trailer randomly pop up on my timeline.
эта игра не меньше FF заслуживает HD remaster, ровно как и прекрасная The Legend of Dragoon
God Speed, madmen.
oh man, the thing I would want more than anything from this game is a properly ramped up difficulty. like most square games, this game was just way too goddamn easy. if there were any tools available that I could use to edit the in-game values, I would love to do so! I've never cared for the "active" combat system either, but I know that is a selling point for most people. will definitely be interested in trying this out just to re-experience the story alone. glad I waited this long!
Yes, difficulty was a part of the game that we found very lacking as well. Once we get to fully rebalancing the enemies, we plan on doing a "Normal" and "Lunatic" difficulty, to offer more challenging experiences for people more familiar with the combat system. The focus so far has been character balance, so we wanted to solidify that before adjusting enemy en masse.
Make the Doc say "Ahhhhh....KENYA!!!"
You're the man
F to the hell yeah, it's the peak fiction time❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
the biggest gripe I had with this game, and really the only one tbh... was Emerelda's screaming hag voice when she does deathblows
Absolute masterpiece! I can't understand why Square didn't remade this one yet.
Because current Sony policy would censor the shit out of it.
oh lol I could have used this if I played just a little later, oh well! I'll give it a go next playthrough
When the id kicks in
I would pay for a finalized physical copy of this at least twice. I wish we could just get an authentic and final version to what the directions intended. I could care less for more Xeno games or a remake. Just the PS1 game finished and that would be enough to make me happy or an OVA series done in the original animation of the times. It’s really what it probably should have been anyway.
There is work being done to make cutscenes for CD2 although it is very much a WIP to even know if it would be coherent in the first place
Coherent as in make sense in regards to what was intended by the creators?
We can't really expand the second half's content, but the faster text should make it more bearable.
But, what if you had people who really would like to help and write that content for you?
@@LifeOfMrRiley That would be awesome, but we still don't have the means to create and insert new areas and enemies, much less the missing Omnigears.
Does this version work with the '2.0' undub remix version that is basically just an undub w/ the AST soundtrack?
I've only experienced the game via UA-cam and Perfect Works that can be found on here as well. Been wanting to play it myself and, reading the FAQs on Github and the comments, there's also a difficulty revamp planned. I'd like to ask, is there even a remote chance this could work with the JP version? And I don't mean the undub version, but the actual Japanese game. Even if it's not fully doable, all I'd care for would be difficulty and QoL. Doable or not, still an awesome project which I also hope will be added to the retroachievements page for further appreciation.
Off the top of my head, I'm not sure if those patches could be applied to the Japanese rom, due to structural version differences. This is definitely something we can put on the list to look into though. I think providing these features to a Japanese audience would be something to prioritize.
@@PerfectWorksBuild Thanks for considering the idea. Yeah, just looking up Retroachievements, I realized it's not that simple to apply trophies to all versions in one go. Just knowing it's on the list now is good enough news, and best of luck in trying to figure it out. I'm looking forward to it, as this is a game I really wanna experience eventually.
@@PerfectWorksBuild Since we have access to raw files, it should be possible to use those for the most part, though the reduced random encounters need to be remade since the room files contain the text scripts.
I know this might sound like an odd question, but id like to go through the Xeno series, starting from Gears, would you recommend this for a first time playthrough?
Absolutely. Even if you're looking for a vanilla experience, this hack offers a number of (all optional) QoL features, such as a lowered encounter rate, a patch to reduce grinding, etc. Highly recommend at least the QoL stuff for new players.
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The buggest question in the whole shebang... *did they fix the busted magic system? Do Thor Wave and Big Bang no longer suck? Do broken ethers work now?
If I haven't played Xenogears before do you recommend this in it's current state for a first time playthrough, or should I play the original first?
Absolutely! All of the patches are optional, so even if you're looking for an experience close to that of the original, there are a number of great QoL changes you can apply, such as an increased text speed, lower encounter rate, etc.
Xenogear is an excellent game with themes of humanity, philosophy, psychology, religion, society, politics, war, reincarnation, among others, great characters, stories and battle systems. mean to take away, add or change something in the game. A remake with changes, a continuation of the game with the same characters as the previous one or new ones with the same weapons and fighting style and completely new ones could be good, my favorite character based on his weapon style is Bart but I really like Ghraf's moves and outfit and fei's physique, so a new character with fei's physique, ghraf's outfit and bart's gun would be awesome, Mariah with a spear, citan with a bow and arrow, Billy the same with a boomerang firearm or sword, xuxu the same style or with human physique blond monk fighting with bare hands or daggers knives maybe staff or axe, elly same style staff elemental mage, rich bare hands or axe, bart two swords and emerald ninja bomerang sword or something like that, I think it would look cool, krelian is a villain incredible character an Orochimaru from naruto with an army of experimental clone guinea pigs, very cool, great trailer who knows, maybe more continuations of the game series and franchise in the future, by Thiago da Silva Lisboa Brasilian Brasil sp.
Xenogear é um excelente game temas humanidade, filosofia, psicologia, religião, sociedade, política, guerra, reencarnação entre outros, ótimos personagens, histórias e sistemas de batalha um remake normalmente é um remaster melhorado podendo mudar a qualidade principalmente gráfica do jogo mas também pode signifcar tirar, acrescentar ou mudar algo no jogo.
Um remake com mudanças, uma continuação do jogo com mesmos personagens do anterior ou novos com mesmas armas e estilo de luta e outros totalmente novos poderia ficar bom, meu personagem favorito pelo estilo de arma é bart mas gosto bastante dos moves e roupa de ghraf e o físico de fei, então um personagem novo com físico do fei roupa do ghraf e arma de bart seria demais, Mariah com lança, citan com arco e flecha, Billy o mesmo com arma de fogo boomerang ou espada, xuxu o mesmo jeito estilo ou com físico humano louro monge lutando com mãos nuas ou adagas facas talvez bastão ou machado, elly mesmo estilo cajado maga elemental, rico mão nuas ou machado, bart duas espadas e emeralda espada bomerang ninja ou algo do tipo, acho que ficaria legal, krelian é um vilão personagem incrível um Orochimaru do naruto com exército de cobaias clones experimentos, muito legal, ótimo trailer quem sabe mais continuações do jogo série e franquia no futuro, por Thiago da Silva Lisboa brasileiro Brasil sp.
Looking forward to it. was always deeply annoyed how SE mishandled the IP.
I'm kind of interested to see what your fixes do!
We've done more than fix the game. The combat has been revamped to help make it beyond just spamming the strongest attacks.
A step in the right direction. Now comes the real challenge, finding an elite modder that can romhack and add the missing content on disc 2.
Definitely. While I managed to fix up the Arena and expand on the combat, I don't have the skills to restructure and reverse-engineer the ISO to add content.