@@Aurumk1 Saga has nothing to do with Gears, it's a completely separate story leaning heavily on Gears nostalgia, packing in ridiculous amounts of references.
They'd botch the remake like they are botching the FFVII remake with 1000000 little and massive changes here and there. 20 years ago, Xenogears was a controversial game due to the religious and sort of terrorist acts within the game by radicals. People love drawing parallels between what should fantasy worlds and fantasy characters to real life. Xenogears would lose a lot of what makes it special if they were to ever remake it. I think the original should stay and a big NO to any remake for Xenogears. Square Enix has proven they cannot be trusted to remain faithful to the source material with the FFVII remake coming.
@@asmodeus58XXWhy blame Sony? Square Enix owns FFVII and is doing the remake. The combat system is going to feel weird I think. I think it will resemble the Final Fantasy Zero system mixed with Lightening Returns System. I just think a Xenogears remake would lose a lot of what is in the original if the current Square Enix were to ever remake it.
A great video for a flawed masterpiece! Fun fact : Xenosaga was originally supposed to be SIX games, and when you look at the very first 8 minutes trailer for the first game, you can see scenes that are at the end of Xenosaga II. We had a great trilogy (well, mostly 1 and 3, anyway), but I am sure that original vision would have been massive!
I was disappointed when I find out they were cutting it down to 3 games. Maybe we can do a gofundme to buy the rights to Xenogears and have it remade with everything they had to cut out due to time.
Makes me happy to see more and more videos showing appreciation for this gem. When I first played this game, I'd had strong religious beliefs, some of which I began to see differently because I realized how much I was like Billy; I was ashamed of my father and I turned to religion and denounced him. My father didn't like that and sometimes he would make fun of my faith, which further fueled my disrespect for him. I tried to change him till I learned to open my mind to new ideas, which made me open my heart to him. I was fortunate enough that I became close to him before he died. That's why Xenogears is that much of a big deal to me. Thanks for the video.
A consise rundown of Xenogears Erick. I remember when the game first came out in 1998 and you could rent it from Blockbuster or Hollywood Video here in the US. The animated cutscenes were so captivating to watch. The plot was all over the place in a roundabout way, but made you appreciate Fei's story in the end.
Xenogears is the game that completely changed how I experience games. The story and gameplay influences how I play every single game to this day, and to be honest even completely ruined a lot of games for me, I've been forever waiting for a game that can give me a similar feeling.
I know Takahashi left Square on somewhat bad terms, but the company has changed quite a bit since, and Nomura even made some character designs for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. SE has also been looking more into its portfolio of older titles, and all these factors make me believe that there's a chance for a Xenogears remake, however, I'd want Takahashi and Saga to be at least consulted over the development of a hypothetical remake so their original vision is truly realized. Pyra/Mythra in Smash have also not only brought attention to Xenoblade but Xenosaga and possibly Xenogears as well. Recently, an "HD-2D" remake of Dragon Quest 3 was announced, which also makes me wonder if a Xenogears remake will look like Xenoblade Chronicles DE (if you compare the character models of XBCDE to Xenogears art you'll notice that it's straight up Kunihiko Tanaka's art, especially if you compare Fiora to Elly) or be in the HD-2D style somewhat started by Octopath Traveler. However, this all also depends on whether Takahashi would want to go back to his old passion project. As much as I'd want Xenogears to be remade, I also want to respect his wishes. However, with Nomura designing some characters for XBC2 and Takahashi constantly putting references to not just Xenosaga but also Xenogears into Xenoblade I find that a bit unlikely. I also wonder, since it's been 30 years since the remake and society has changed in those years, what would be changed or outright removed in a Xenogears remake? Since if it would get remade it would definitely be released worldwide this time around. I think the religious overtones would remain somewhat untouched since questioning religions isn't as controversial today as it was years ago but something like the portrayal/mentions of DID and... incest would probably be changed. We've come to understand mental disorders more since the late 90s, I think maybe DID wouldn't be namedropped like it is in the original game, although people would probably still assume it's DID (I don't want to go into details bc it's a huge spoiler lol). As for the incest, well, I've no idea how that would be changed. It's there due to a monarchy though and to me it doesn't feel like it's romanticized but it's rather just... there. It's been a few years since I played the game though so I might be wrong. A lot of people know incest wasn't uncommon in monarchies so it's possible it might not be that controversial, as long as it's made abundantly clear (which to Xenogear's credit, it does make it clear that the two are related and in a monarchy). The thing I worry the most about when thinking about a Xenogears remake however is the 2D animated cutscenes. I really love the look of 90s anime and the 2D animated cutscenes look so nice. If those cutscenes get remade my fear is that they won't have the same spirit as the original late 90s ones, since I'm not as fond of the look of 2000s anime. The use of colors makes everything look so... plastic to me. Didn't mean to turn this into a wall of text but when considering Xenogears remake there's so much that needs to be accounted for, and due to all of these factors it's possible that SE might also just settle for a simple rerelease on modern platforms for the time being if they wanted to bring the game back in any shape or form.
Played a demo of this game that I believe was part of ff7 as a bonus demo disk with a bunch of other demos on it too. You played up until when FEI gets into welltall for the first time. Elly and Bart join you on your trip to Citans and I think you had a lot of skills already. You were also treated to a great AMV compilation of all the cutscenes from the game after the playable part ended. Played this and I was rabid to play the actual game. Once I got it, it's one of my favorites of all time. ❤
When people say Xenogears copied Evangelion and yet Rebuilds and Eva 3.0 still following Xenogears plot points. (not the same story but play XenoGears and suddenly Eva makes a lot more sense in what's happening, never mind the identical scenes)
Xenogears is a masterpiece. There hasn’t been a novel, movie, or game that has compared to the experience of playing this game. It may not be perfect but it is a lot more memorable than other “complete” games.
The whole Xeno series has quickly become one of my absolute favorite JRPG series of all time. Xenogears was a fucking masterpiece. I've never played Xenosaga, but I've just recently finished playing through the Xenoblade Chronicles series, and I am absolutely in love with the franchise. The first Xenoblade was great, though I think it's a bit overrated. But Xenoblade 2, this has to be one of my top 5 favorite videogames of all time, and I'm not exaggerating one bit. I'll definately be revisiting the game over and over again in the future. Anyway, I'm kinda ranting all over the place here, but I'm mainly just saying I love Xenogears, and especially the Xenoblade series that came after it.
Y'know, maybe I should be proud of the fact that this is the only Playstation game I own on original disc. Fun fact, I actually bought it despite not owning a Playstation, with intent to emulate. The fact Playstation discs can be read by any stock PC CD-ROM drive is a handy thing.
I played nothing but platformers until I found Xenogears. Been hoooked on rpg’s ever since. But after almost 20 years of gaming since then, this game is still my top pick. Needs a remake.
Miss this title so much. Way better than FFVII final script, yet the title was cramped, together with FVIII and Chrono Cross due to schedules and deadlines. I Started redrawing Xenogears characters for a personal challenge. Finished only Ramsus and shared on DeviantArt. Yet I love Xenogears and can't stand the path Xenosaga and Xenoblade took over the years.
I still play I today, best game ever. In retrospect it may acually be the story of us....still mind bending to this day. I also enjoy xenosaga and my new favorite my 500 plus hors on xenoblade c2.
Just finished this game the other day... a flawed and fractured masterpiece to say the least. But man the story is unrivaled. The soundtrack just keeps spinning in my head and I keep thinking about the plot and characters as I go about my day in a haze. Immediately upon completion yesterday I dived into researching the plot and the writer's influences and I'm fascinated. I'm also checking out the Perfect Works supplemental and I'm just sad we won't ever see the full tale through the 6 episodes, nor will we even see a remake of Xenogears in its most true form. The game will likely be long forgotten once our generation passes and that is very heartbreaking. (I'm 26 btw, I would have been just a little too young to grasp this game at the time of its release although I was an avid squaresoft and final fantasy fan). I would pay top dollar to see this game revived somehow. That is, if the magic of the original game could even be replicated or preserved. Regardless I am glad I got to experience the incredible journey of Xenogears. I feel oddly changed in a way and I can say I love this game. Also, check out r/Xenogears. Awesome community of people who appreciate this game and wanna keep it alive. Have a good day everyone!
Xenogears it's not really a STAND ALONE game, it's an EPISODE within the world of XENO universe. Xenosaga and Xenoblade are other episodes that are loosely connected however they all share the same Zohar.
Erick, you should do a top 10 JRPG stories ever video. To me, Xenogears is still #1 in that department. Such a moody and intense atmosphere, and one of the best mergers of JRPG and Anime. To this day, I still try to find a JRPG series that evokes the same sense of wonder, and the audacity to challenge beliefs coming from religion. Also, the battle system was great; I wish it would have been copied more in other series.
Man, as soon as I saw this was your topic today, my heart skipped a beat. I tell people all the time that Chronotrigger is the best JRPG of all time BUT Xenogears is my favorite RPG (and game) of all time. If it wasn't for the limitation of disc 2, I would also say this was the best JRPG. Thanks for the information on why we haven't gotten a sequel (and probably never will, unfortunately) of this gem, this made my day man. To this day I kinda gauge other stories to this game and not too many of them come nearly close to it.
Good video, Erick. I'll admit, I'm not a fan of Xenogears. I tried to get into it but I couldn't. However, it does have an interesting backstory and I can respect how influential it was.
Wanna know what happened to this masterpiece, the controversy! People can't handle such types of "questions" of creators and gods and our beginning. I am one of the people who desperately waits for Xenogears remake with complete unrushed story. This game had everything, from the battle to the exploration. 100% top notch A+ Great Video!
The best JRPG i've ever been played and i still play that game today, nevertheless, i don't want to end the story hehe. Because the story can let your feeling through inside to all main character itself.
Compared with Xenogears most of stuff nowadays its too shallow, if there will ever be someone that will look at xenogears and decide to create a new one, i only wish it to happen if it will be something that will have depth and a well thought design, better stay dead than to see it becoming trash
Best JRPG of all time. I'm working on a half-sleeve tattoo in its honor bc of the impact it's had on my life. Fei/ID is one of the most intriguing characters in any game for me.
I just want Xenogears to have a graphical update. None of that FF7 Remake thingy. I mean I am hype for FF7 Remake, but Xenogears is a different story. I don't want the lore in Xenogears to be touched and a Remake will do just that. We'd get some B.S. twitter SJW feminist screeching to ruin the game. The only things I'd like to see happen is the story of Lacan and Elly to be expanded upon from the information found inside Xenogears Perfect Works. That was a heartrending tragic tale. Expand upon Kim, Elly, and Emeralda of the Zeboim era from Perfect Works. And with Perfect Works again, explain the aftermath of the Eldridge crash better. How True Elehayyam was corrupted by system Hawwa, the birth of antitype Elly and Complement Miang(Myyah). So much good stuff that current gen gamers who view the 90s classic games as inferior graphical presentations will forever miss out on.
Hi Erick, IIRC Takahashi told in an interview that 2nd disc was not rushed because time constraints, but initially it wasn't planned to exist and the game was going to end when the characters left solaris, that was the plan and they had the resources for it. Then Takahashi wanted to have more of the story so he tought he could include 2nd disc the way it is so it doesn't need resources. So it wasn't rushed, but it was made that way.
No, it was planned to go further. The decision to end it after leaving Solaris was just the first compromise suggested for the project once it was becoming apparent that the game wouldn't see its vision fully realized before the approaching deadline. Then Takahashi suggested that they truncate and tell the story the way Disc 2 was handled and that was how they could get it done without having the plot conclude at a cliffhanger.
Erick forgot to mention that part in the second disc of the game. The big mistake and insult of this beautiful game. Square did not have enough time to create a second decent part of the game, to mention, for example, split parts, cut scenes replaced by many words with only screenshots ... etc. Unfortunately all this because Final Fantasy 7 was in development at the same time as Xenogaers. Comparing in importance to the company was like David and Goliath due to the popularity of Final fantasy.
LOL CONTROVERSIAL figure Sigmund Freud? He's literally the father of modern psychology my dude. It doesn't matter if some thin-skinned losers in 2022 find him controversial or PrObLeMaTiC. "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." -Voltaire
@@jackmyowl It’s not blasphemy. FF7 is one of the most overrated games of all time. For the most part Xenogears is pretty much superior to FF7 in every sense of the word!
I also strongly suspect Xenogears was influenced by Neon Genesis Evangelion, too. Well, I love them both. I played Xenogears first, shortly after it came out.
Interestingly, additional official books in Japan for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 seem to imply that Xenogears and Xenosaga are in a multiverse with Xenoblade 1 & 2. Also, Square did put Xenogears references in World of Final Fantasy, so it's not totally forgotten
@@Ozzhiroth not that, I've seen that (and thought it was awesome and encouraging to see Square hasnt fully forgotten Xenogears!), I was referring to the Xenoblade, Xenosaga, and Xenogears being in the same multiverse
@@alexandrefurneribeiro3265 well. They clearly are. Just look at all the very clear referencing going on. Playing xeno 2 on switch I saw how the conduit "came from another dimension" LOL. That's clearly the zohar
The fun thing though is that there were 2 Xenogears events in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which I think it's really awesome. At least I could see why it was never included in the PS Classic
I may be in the minority here... but IMO neither Xenosaga nor Xenoblade can even scratch the level of greatness that is Xenogears, even in its incomplete state. I'd buy THE HELL out of a remake and/or remaster (redrawn sprites and textures, leave everything else as it is)
Great video, Erick. Xenogears is my all-time favorite game. I’ve been gaming since 1988 so I’ve played some games lol and Xenogears is my favorite. Don’t get me wrong I know there are other GREAT games out there like the Legend of Heroes series, DQ, FF, Tales of, etc... but Xenogears is just special TO ME and I wish we could have gotten more since Xenogears was supposedly episode V. I’m grateful and loved Xenosaga and Xenoblade (even Xenoblade X and I wish they complete that story) but would have loved to see more Xenogears. For now I hope we get an upgraded remake of the Xenosaga trilogy since that seems more likely to happen than an upgraded Xenogears. However, a PS4 or PS5 version of Xenogears would be VERY MUCH appreciated if ever they decide to do it. Please, Square lol
I will not be buying the FF7 remake. It looks like highly polished trash. I've been saying it for years, both Square and Enix lost their heart and soul when they merged.
i don't think that xenogears is controversial, i think they were worried it would be. I'm a christian, and xenogears is in my top 5 games of all time, likely my top 3. I picked up PE back in the day and there was a demo for xenogears, i played that as i wasn't digging PE1 (loved PE2 though), and went back to find out when xenogears would be released. Bought it asap :P
SE actually recently said that they're aiming to re-release their whole library. It's probably just going to take some time to do a remaster, since Xenogears comes from around the PS1 era, where bigger productions take took up more space would have a lot of assets and the source code scrapped and lost due to limited storage. It means they'll have to be redoing a bunch of work in the same vein as what FFVII (the port, not the remake), IX, X, KH1, and the upcoming VIII remastered ports all needed to go through in the process of remastering them. The question is now more of a matter of when rather than if.
Masterpiece is the perfect word to describe this game. They got a combination where all elements were great. Sound, gameplay, graphics (to the system it was released at least), plot...it was the best Squaresoft work of all time in my opinion.
Well there is even more to this story. Story of Chrono Trigger is also based on proto-Xenogears script. When Sakaguchi got green light to make a Enix-Square co-production he had very little time. You see both Square and Enix employes had a some free time, after both team finished or were finishing thier 6th entry in series (FF for Square and DQ for Enix). It was the only reason why managment of both compaines agreed to make something together. But there was no script for that game. T2 (Tetsuaya Takahashi) for some time already wanted to make his own game, Xenogears story was developed by him for some time already, but noone in Square except Sakaguchi belived that game can be made. Also T2 never wanted to go 'half-way' and cut some of the things from the script. He belived this story need to be told the way he imagined it. Nevetheless people from Square knew that many ideas in proto-Xenogears script were great and wanted to use them in their games. That is how story for CT was created, Square dev decided to use some ideas from T2 script for Xenogears since they had little to none time to make their own. That is also why Deus and Lavos are so similar, same as Zeal and Solaris. Ideas of reincarnation and story taking placy across hundreds of years was changed to time travel. Ofc T2 was never too happy about that, he wanted to make his own game, while his ideas were used by others on theirs games. But this happend one more time, durring development of FF7. This time tho Sakaguchi was able to make a deal with T2, he asked him to lend some ideas from proto-Xenogears script once more for exchange to allow him to finally make him his own game in FF7 will be a scuccess. Again Square had little time to make FF7 and they were under high pressure. Leaving Nintendo and joining Sony was a HUGE risk, but the money that Sony offerend could make future of Square way brighter. FF7 is a miracle game that somewhow was able to mix story from many sources, including T2 script. You can even find a 'hidden' mesage from T2 in FF7 when you talk to Cloud on weelchair few times, he will say few lines from a song made for Xenogears (that development just started at the time). Sakaguchi was right, and FF7 was a huge success. But even Sony's money and success of FF7 were not enought to make Xenogears. Takahashi's dream was not possible to make, not then, and maybe not now. That is why CD2 of Xenogears is so rushed. Despite T2 beeing a great scripwritter, he head great ideas, he was too unexperienced to make his game. We can blame Square that they 'didnt gave him more money', but the truth is T2 just was not good enought of a director. That was his 1st game he directed and he already wanted to make his dream game. We know how that ended, still at least he made it and we can enjoy Xenogears, even if it is halfbaked.
My favorite game of all time. This video didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, but very good for people unfamiliar with the history of the game. Very well done video man, good job.
I am still hoping against hope, for Square Enix to relinquish or sell the IP back to Monolith. Seeing how they've worked the Xeno brand, now as their own company and proper funding they may be able to give this gem the treatment it deserves.
For me, the best game and the best story ever made.
Even with its flaws, even with its problems, Xenogears is simply on another level
it's the same with dark souls 1, it's buggy and not perfect, but it's the best of the trilogy, imo.
While it inspired spinoffs or spiritual sequels, it's a shame this didn't spawn a TRUE long running franchise.
xenosaga was the prequel to it, xenoblade was the spiritual successor. All the xenoblades were amazing games.
@@Aurumk1 Saga has nothing to do with Gears, it's a completely separate story leaning heavily on Gears nostalgia, packing in ridiculous amounts of references.
@@TheKain202 were the Saga series not loosely based on the perfect works book that spanned a chunk of the timeline that was in Xenogears?
@@daoyang223 No, it wasn't. It was just packed with references and Easter eggs.
@@daoyang223 just think of it as an alternate universe if you will
The story of Xenogears was very unique. I would not mind a hd remake someday.
They'd botch the remake like they are botching the FFVII remake with 1000000 little and massive changes here and there.
20 years ago, Xenogears was a controversial game due to the religious and sort of terrorist acts within the game by radicals.
People love drawing parallels between what should fantasy worlds and fantasy characters to real life.
Xenogears would lose a lot of what makes it special if they were to ever remake it. I think the original should stay and a big NO to any remake for Xenogears.
Square Enix has proven they cannot be trusted to remain faithful to the source material with the FFVII remake coming.
@@Luckiecchi You should blame Sony for the changes, unless you mean the action combat.
@@asmodeus58XXWhy blame Sony? Square Enix owns FFVII and is doing the remake.
The combat system is going to feel weird I think. I think it will resemble the Final Fantasy Zero system mixed with Lightening Returns System.
I just think a Xenogears remake would lose a lot of what is in the original if the current Square Enix were to ever remake it.
@@Luckiecchi although I love the game, current situation of politics would ruin xenogears remake
@@khmergodhobbiesI agree!
I LOVE this game. The story, the characters, gameplay and mecha. Too bad they rushed the completion
me too. i was lucky to find it, i bought it on a guess. probably my favorite for playstation (or maybe all time)
A great video for a flawed masterpiece!
Fun fact : Xenosaga was originally supposed to be SIX games, and when you look at the very first 8 minutes trailer for the first game, you can see scenes that are at the end of Xenosaga II. We had a great trilogy (well, mostly 1 and 3, anyway), but I am sure that original vision would have been massive!
I was disappointed when I find out they were cutting it down to 3 games. Maybe we can do a gofundme to buy the rights to Xenogears and have it remade with everything they had to cut out due to time.
Makes me happy to see more and more videos showing appreciation for this gem.
When I first played this game, I'd had strong religious beliefs, some of which I began to see differently because I realized how much I was like Billy; I was ashamed of my father and I turned to religion and denounced him. My father didn't like that and sometimes he would make fun of my faith, which further fueled my disrespect for him. I tried to change him till I learned to open my mind to new ideas, which made me open my heart to him. I was fortunate enough that I became close to him before he died.
That's why Xenogears is that much of a big deal to me.
Thanks for the video.
A consise rundown of Xenogears Erick. I remember when the game first came out in 1998 and you could rent it from Blockbuster or Hollywood Video here in the US. The animated cutscenes were so captivating to watch. The plot was all over the place in a roundabout way, but made you appreciate Fei's story in the end.
Where the hell is my Xenosaga HD Trilogy Namco??
Xenogears is the game that completely changed how I experience games. The story and gameplay influences how I play every single game to this day, and to be honest even completely ruined a lot of games for me, I've been forever waiting for a game that can give me a similar feeling.
22 years and I still listen to xenogears OST.
This is still my all time favorite rpg. I have a physical copy as well as digital.
one of the best RPG need a remake of xenogears!!!
I eagerly hope SquareEnix allows Monolith remake Xenogears on Switch
No comment XD
I know Takahashi left Square on somewhat bad terms, but the company has changed quite a bit since, and Nomura even made some character designs for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. SE has also been looking more into its portfolio of older titles, and all these factors make me believe that there's a chance for a Xenogears remake, however, I'd want Takahashi and Saga to be at least consulted over the development of a hypothetical remake so their original vision is truly realized. Pyra/Mythra in Smash have also not only brought attention to Xenoblade but Xenosaga and possibly Xenogears as well. Recently, an "HD-2D" remake of Dragon Quest 3 was announced, which also makes me wonder if a Xenogears remake will look like Xenoblade Chronicles DE (if you compare the character models of XBCDE to Xenogears art you'll notice that it's straight up Kunihiko Tanaka's art, especially if you compare Fiora to Elly) or be in the HD-2D style somewhat started by Octopath Traveler.
However, this all also depends on whether Takahashi would want to go back to his old passion project. As much as I'd want Xenogears to be remade, I also want to respect his wishes. However, with Nomura designing some characters for XBC2 and Takahashi constantly putting references to not just Xenosaga but also Xenogears into Xenoblade I find that a bit unlikely.
I also wonder, since it's been 30 years since the remake and society has changed in those years, what would be changed or outright removed in a Xenogears remake? Since if it would get remade it would definitely be released worldwide this time around. I think the religious overtones would remain somewhat untouched since questioning religions isn't as controversial today as it was years ago but something like the portrayal/mentions of DID and... incest would probably be changed. We've come to understand mental disorders more since the late 90s, I think maybe DID wouldn't be namedropped like it is in the original game, although people would probably still assume it's DID (I don't want to go into details bc it's a huge spoiler lol). As for the incest, well, I've no idea how that would be changed. It's there due to a monarchy though and to me it doesn't feel like it's romanticized but it's rather just... there. It's been a few years since I played the game though so I might be wrong. A lot of people know incest wasn't uncommon in monarchies so it's possible it might not be that controversial, as long as it's made abundantly clear (which to Xenogear's credit, it does make it clear that the two are related and in a monarchy).
The thing I worry the most about when thinking about a Xenogears remake however is the 2D animated cutscenes. I really love the look of 90s anime and the 2D animated cutscenes look so nice. If those cutscenes get remade my fear is that they won't have the same spirit as the original late 90s ones, since I'm not as fond of the look of 2000s anime. The use of colors makes everything look so... plastic to me.
Didn't mean to turn this into a wall of text but when considering Xenogears remake there's so much that needs to be accounted for, and due to all of these factors it's possible that SE might also just settle for a simple rerelease on modern platforms for the time being if they wanted to bring the game back in any shape or form.
Played a demo of this game that I believe was part of ff7 as a bonus demo disk with a bunch of other demos on it too. You played up until when FEI gets into welltall for the first time. Elly and Bart join you on your trip to Citans and I think you had a lot of skills already. You were also treated to a great AMV compilation of all the cutscenes from the game after the playable part ended. Played this and I was rabid to play the actual game. Once I got it, it's one of my favorites of all time. ❤
Oops the demo disk with Xenogears came with Parasite Eve, not ff7.
The picture you showed is not Kaori Tanaka but Yoko Kanno.
When people say Xenogears copied Evangelion and yet Rebuilds and Eva 3.0 still following Xenogears plot points.
(not the same story but play XenoGears and suddenly Eva makes a lot more sense in what's happening, never mind the identical scenes)
Xenogears is a masterpiece. There hasn’t been a novel, movie, or game that has compared to the experience of playing this game. It may not be perfect but it is a lot more memorable than other “complete” games.
Squaresoft happened. Then Square Enix happened.
At least KOS MOS still appears once in a while and the Xeno series lives on in Xenoblade.
This ff7 and fft will always be my favorite rpgs
The whole Xeno series has quickly become one of my absolute favorite JRPG series of all time. Xenogears was a fucking masterpiece. I've never played Xenosaga, but I've just recently finished playing through the Xenoblade Chronicles series, and I am absolutely in love with the franchise. The first Xenoblade was great, though I think it's a bit overrated. But Xenoblade 2, this has to be one of my top 5 favorite videogames of all time, and I'm not exaggerating one bit. I'll definately be revisiting the game over and over again in the future. Anyway, I'm kinda ranting all over the place here, but I'm mainly just saying I love Xenogears, and especially the Xenoblade series that came after it.
It is so good seen people who likes Xenoblade 2 too
I think it has more deep themes than Xenoblade 1 that aren't valued by everyone
Y'know, maybe I should be proud of the fact that this is the only Playstation game I own on original disc. Fun fact, I actually bought it despite not owning a Playstation, with intent to emulate. The fact Playstation discs can be read by any stock PC CD-ROM drive is a handy thing.
I played nothing but platformers until I found Xenogears. Been hoooked on rpg’s ever since. But after almost 20 years of gaming since then, this game is still my top pick. Needs a remake.
Miss this title so much.
Way better than FFVII final script, yet the title was cramped, together with FVIII and Chrono Cross due to schedules and deadlines. I Started redrawing Xenogears characters for a personal challenge. Finished only Ramsus and shared on DeviantArt. Yet I love Xenogears and can't stand the path Xenosaga and Xenoblade took over the years.
One of those games that deserve all the time and money in the world to reach its full potential, really wanted all the planned episodes.
I still haven't played a better story. Nothing matched it to this day in my experience, and I play a lot of games.
This game... This game changed my psyche.. This game changed who I became.
Xenogears with alil the fails it has is one of the best stories ever tell in a game ever.
Top 3.
Too strong, too fast, too good.
I still play I today, best game ever. In retrospect it may acually be the story of us....still mind bending to this day. I also enjoy xenosaga and my new favorite my 500 plus hors on xenoblade c2.
I dont need a complete remake of this game.
Just give us a disc2 remake and that will absolutely be more than enough.
I still have my copy of xenogears I’m soo blessed
I just bought this on PSN on my Vita, and it's awesome being able to play it anywhere.
Just finished this game the other day... a flawed and fractured masterpiece to say the least. But man the story is unrivaled. The soundtrack just keeps spinning in my head and I keep thinking about the plot and characters as I go about my day in a haze. Immediately upon completion yesterday I dived into researching the plot and the writer's influences and I'm fascinated. I'm also checking out the Perfect Works supplemental and I'm just sad we won't ever see the full tale through the 6 episodes, nor will we even see a remake of Xenogears in its most true form. The game will likely be long forgotten once our generation passes and that is very heartbreaking. (I'm 26 btw, I would have been just a little too young to grasp this game at the time of its release although I was an avid squaresoft and final fantasy fan). I would pay top dollar to see this game revived somehow. That is, if the magic of the original game could even be replicated or preserved.
Regardless I am glad I got to experience the incredible journey of Xenogears. I feel oddly changed in a way and I can say I love this game.
Also, check out r/Xenogears. Awesome community of people who appreciate this game and wanna keep it alive. Have a good day everyone!
I am so desperate for Xenogears I bought the Blu-Ray OST off the Square store.
Xenogears it's not really a STAND ALONE game, it's an EPISODE within the world of XENO universe.
Xenosaga and Xenoblade are other episodes that are loosely connected however they all share the same Zohar.
Erick, you should do a top 10 JRPG stories ever video. To me, Xenogears is still #1 in that department. Such a moody and intense atmosphere, and one of the best mergers of JRPG and Anime. To this day, I still try to find a JRPG series that evokes the same sense of wonder, and the audacity to challenge beliefs coming from religion. Also, the battle system was great; I wish it would have been copied more in other series.
Xenogears is one of my favorite SquareSoft rpg's.
I still hope SQEX sells the rights to Xenogears to Monolithsoft in the future... it's not like they're doing anything with them 🤔
Man, as soon as I saw this was your topic today, my heart skipped a beat. I tell people all the time that Chronotrigger is the best JRPG of all time BUT Xenogears is my favorite RPG (and game) of all time. If it wasn't for the limitation of disc 2, I would also say this was the best JRPG. Thanks for the information on why we haven't gotten a sequel (and probably never will, unfortunately) of this gem, this made my day man. To this day I kinda gauge other stories to this game and not too many of them come nearly close to it.
Good video, Erick. I'll admit, I'm not a fan of Xenogears. I tried to get into it but I couldn't. However, it does have an interesting backstory and I can respect how influential it was.
Square hasn't forgot about the game. World of Final Fantasy had Xenogears as a hidden boss. But I believe there are some licensing issues now.
Wanna know what happened to this masterpiece, the controversy! People can't handle such types of "questions" of creators and gods and our beginning. I am one of the people who desperately waits for Xenogears remake with complete unrushed story. This game had everything, from the battle to the exploration. 100% top notch A+ Great Video!
We need a Switch HD update. I wouldn't mind a Xenosaga compilation also.
Hi Erick, I really want to se you making a video about what the square enix became, I think that all jrpgs fans will agree
I'll consider it. Thanks!
I thought this game was forgotten. Hope one day there will be a remaster
The best JRPG i've ever been played and i still play that game today, nevertheless, i don't want to end the story hehe. Because the story can let your feeling through inside to all main character itself.
If there is one game that will make me buy a new console... it will be a remake of Xenogears!
Really wish this game was rereleased. It looks like an anime.
"One of the best".....PFFT it............... IS THE BEST still to this day.
I would like even one of those shameles "conversions" from ps1 directly to ps4, when they don't even change the screen size!
If I was a Sheik I would give 1 billion to Square and Monolith make a new Xenogears.
wooow Erick that's gold content there
No that I've finished all 3 Xenoblade games it's time to go back. Still need to play the Xenosaga games.
Sometimes one is enough. Some sequels are just meh. But I wouldn't mind to see a remake though
Compared with Xenogears most of stuff nowadays its too shallow, if there will ever be someone that will look at xenogears and decide to create a new one, i only wish it to happen if it will be something that will have depth and a well thought design, better stay dead than to see it becoming trash
Wished the newer xeno games had the quality of writing as xenogears. Maybe one day they will take a chance again.
still waiting for the remake and fix the rushed part on switch
Best JRPG of all time. I'm working on a half-sleeve tattoo in its honor bc of the impact it's had on my life. Fei/ID is one of the most intriguing characters in any game for me.
Nice.
a little strange for this questioning from the people that venerate Evangelion...
It evolved and eventually became new series after new series
Xenogears is my favorite video game of all time.
Best PS1 rpg
i wish they will remastered it
What the hell happened to xenogears, someday?
I just want Xenogears to have a graphical update. None of that FF7 Remake thingy. I mean I am hype for FF7 Remake, but Xenogears is a different story.
I don't want the lore in Xenogears to be touched and a Remake will do just that. We'd get some B.S. twitter SJW feminist screeching to ruin the game.
The only things I'd like to see happen is the story of Lacan and Elly to be expanded upon from the information found inside Xenogears Perfect Works. That was a heartrending tragic tale. Expand upon Kim, Elly, and Emeralda of the Zeboim era from Perfect Works. And with Perfect Works again, explain the aftermath of the Eldridge crash better. How True Elehayyam was corrupted by system Hawwa, the birth of antitype Elly and Complement Miang(Myyah).
So much good stuff that current gen gamers who view the 90s classic games as inferior graphical presentations will forever miss out on.
Xenogears needs a remaster , the story was great and I think doesnt need any changes . Just a graphic overhaul
Maybe improve some of the interface, like the camera xD
I would play 100 times Xenosaga for each time I would play Xenogears.
First xenogears, then xenoblade, and now the next game in the franchise Xenophobia
Haha, Xenophobia sounds cool.
This game should have been on the PS1 mini not Wild Arms in my opinion. Even though Wild Arms was also a great RPG
what happened nothing happened I still play it on my PC as retro
Hi Erick, IIRC Takahashi told in an interview that 2nd disc was not rushed because time constraints, but initially it wasn't planned to exist and the game was going to end when the characters left solaris, that was the plan and they had the resources for it. Then Takahashi wanted to have more of the story so he tought he could include 2nd disc the way it is so it doesn't need resources. So it wasn't rushed, but it was made that way.
No, it was planned to go further. The decision to end it after leaving Solaris was just the first compromise suggested for the project once it was becoming apparent that the game wouldn't see its vision fully realized before the approaching deadline. Then Takahashi suggested that they truncate and tell the story the way Disc 2 was handled and that was how they could get it done without having the plot conclude at a cliffhanger.
Greatest story ever made in a game!!
Bring it back!!!!!!
I'd settle for an anime movie
I making my friend play though xenogears right now! her 3rd rpg ever started off with ff9 then 7 now xeno :p
Para cuando un remastered this game???? Xenogears the best of rpg
Xenogears and Xenosaga are the 2nd best series of all time
Xeno + Eva = Teenage mind was blown which led to discovering science, philosophy etc. away from religion and cultural blinders.
Erick forgot to mention that part in the second disc of the game. The big mistake and insult of this beautiful game. Square did not have enough time to create a second decent part of the game, to mention, for example, split parts, cut scenes replaced by many words with only screenshots ... etc. Unfortunately all this because Final Fantasy 7 was in development at the same time as Xenogaers. Comparing in importance to the company was like David and Goliath due to the popularity of Final fantasy.
JARIOCHON did you even watch the video?
@@Hereticbliss322 si lo vi.. tal vez no le puse atención a esa parte. Aun asi buen video
It didn't even really bother me. It told a magnificent story and nothing else has really come close.
@@ll1844 me neither 🖒but I think it would have been very good if they did not omit any details like in the first cd.
The best game of history!!
LOL CONTROVERSIAL figure Sigmund Freud? He's literally the father of modern psychology my dude. It doesn't matter if some thin-skinned losers in 2022 find him controversial or PrObLeMaTiC.
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
-Voltaire
I said it over 20 years ago and I say it still: greatest RPG of all time IMHO.
I sooooo much agree with this. What a genre defining rpg. I adore that game!
Same here. There hasnt been another rpg that I havr played and loved more then any other game out there.
Along with that, it has some of the best tracks I've ever heard. June mermaid is still one of my fave songs.
@@whydoyoukeeptalking absolutely, along with the one who is torn apart
i totally agree!! hope they would remake this!! i can dream can i?
Xenogears is my most favorite JRPG ever!
What I'm about to say maybe considered blasphemy, but....
"I would have taken a
Xenogears Remake
Over a -Final Fantasy VII- Remake"
@@jackmyowl It’s not blasphemy. FF7 is one of the most overrated games of all time. For the most part Xenogears is pretty much superior to FF7 in every sense of the word!
@@jackmyowl FF7R is overrated.
@@dansmith1661 I agree
A remake completing the second part of the rushed story would be fantastic.
it was originally going to be a 5 part series!
So much was cutted and chopped.
@@vollkerball1 6 and that was just from the book, especially since XG was right at the end of the timeline.
I'd be okay with an AI graphical increase with a better fleshed out second disk. Asking for everything they initially wanted may be too much.
I also strongly suspect Xenogears was influenced by Neon Genesis Evangelion, too. Well, I love them both. I played Xenogears first, shortly after it came out.
Xenogears is brilliant. It cast such a huge shadow over almost everything that I played afterwards.
I am a simple man, I see xenogears and I click.
Script by perfect works.
Interestingly, additional official books in Japan for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 seem to imply that Xenogears and Xenosaga are in a multiverse with Xenoblade 1 & 2.
Also, Square did put Xenogears references in World of Final Fantasy, so it's not totally forgotten
Really? Wow, can you please provide a link?
@@alexandrefurneribeiro3265 just look up xenogears secret boss in world of ff. You fight the xenogears and make it your summon.
@@Ozzhiroth not that, I've seen that (and thought it was awesome and encouraging to see Square hasnt fully forgotten Xenogears!), I was referring to the Xenoblade, Xenosaga, and Xenogears being in the same multiverse
@@alexandrefurneribeiro3265 well. They clearly are. Just look at all the very clear referencing going on. Playing xeno 2 on switch I saw how the conduit "came from another dimension" LOL. That's clearly the zohar
I like how Lucca is In Xenogears right in the Beginning village of Lahan!
The fun thing though is that there were 2 Xenogears events in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which I think it's really awesome. At least I could see why it was never included in the PS Classic
and the actual gear Xenogears that Fei had in the end, was a boss in World of Final Fantasy using the name "XG".
I may be in the minority here... but IMO neither Xenosaga nor Xenoblade can even scratch the level of greatness that is Xenogears, even in its incomplete state. I'd buy THE HELL out of a remake and/or remaster (redrawn sprites and textures, leave everything else as it is)
Great video, Erick. Xenogears is my all-time favorite game. I’ve been gaming since 1988 so I’ve played some games lol and Xenogears is my favorite. Don’t get me wrong I know there are other GREAT games out there like the Legend of Heroes series, DQ, FF, Tales of, etc... but Xenogears is just special TO ME and I wish we could have gotten more since Xenogears was supposedly episode V. I’m grateful and loved Xenosaga and Xenoblade (even Xenoblade X and I wish they complete that story) but would have loved to see more Xenogears. For now I hope we get an upgraded remake of the Xenosaga trilogy since that seems more likely to happen than an upgraded Xenogears. However, a PS4 or PS5 version of Xenogears would be VERY MUCH appreciated if ever they decide to do it. Please, Square lol
This game would be perfect on Switch
agreed i want it now
The image of Elly in the thumbnail resembles kosmos from xenosaga if you change the hair color. Good vid.
Same character designer.
I don't trust squeenix to remake this game...they could butcher this masterpiece=/
I will not be buying the FF7 remake. It looks like highly polished trash. I've been saying it for years, both Square and Enix lost their heart and soul when they merged.
i don't think that xenogears is controversial, i think they were worried it would be. I'm a christian, and xenogears is in my top 5 games of all time, likely my top 3. I picked up PE back in the day and there was a demo for xenogears, i played that as i wasn't digging PE1 (loved PE2 though), and went back to find out when xenogears would be released. Bought it asap :P
Yes, we will likely never get a Remake (or even a remastered port) of Xenogears, we can only hope for a Xenosaga re-release. That would be great
SE actually recently said that they're aiming to re-release their whole library.
It's probably just going to take some time to do a remaster, since Xenogears comes from around the PS1 era, where bigger productions take took up more space would have a lot of assets and the source code scrapped and lost due to limited storage. It means they'll have to be redoing a bunch of work in the same vein as what FFVII (the port, not the remake), IX, X, KH1, and the upcoming VIII remastered ports all needed to go through in the process of remastering them.
The question is now more of a matter of when rather than if.
Masterpiece is the perfect word to describe this game. They got a combination where all elements were great. Sound, gameplay, graphics (to the system it was released at least), plot...it was the best Squaresoft work of all time in my opinion.
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Well there is even more to this story.
Story of Chrono Trigger is also based on proto-Xenogears script.
When Sakaguchi got green light to make a Enix-Square co-production he had very little time.
You see both Square and Enix employes had a some free time, after both team finished or were finishing thier 6th entry in series (FF for Square and DQ for Enix). It was the only reason why managment of both compaines agreed to make something together.
But there was no script for that game. T2 (Tetsuaya Takahashi) for some time already wanted to make his own game, Xenogears story was developed by him for some time already, but noone in Square except Sakaguchi belived that game can be made. Also T2 never wanted to go 'half-way' and cut some of the things from the script. He belived this story need to be told the way he imagined it. Nevetheless people from Square knew that many ideas in proto-Xenogears script were great and wanted to use them in their games.
That is how story for CT was created, Square dev decided to use some ideas from T2 script for Xenogears since they had little to none time to make their own.
That is also why Deus and Lavos are so similar, same as Zeal and Solaris.
Ideas of reincarnation and story taking placy across hundreds of years was changed to time travel.
Ofc T2 was never too happy about that, he wanted to make his own game, while his ideas were used by others on theirs games.
But this happend one more time, durring development of FF7.
This time tho Sakaguchi was able to make a deal with T2, he asked him to lend some ideas from proto-Xenogears script once more for exchange to allow him to finally make him his own game in FF7 will be a scuccess.
Again Square had little time to make FF7 and they were under high pressure. Leaving Nintendo and joining Sony was a HUGE risk, but the money that Sony offerend could make future of Square way brighter.
FF7 is a miracle game that somewhow was able to mix story from many sources, including T2 script. You can even find a 'hidden' mesage from T2 in FF7 when you talk to Cloud on weelchair few times, he will say few lines from a song made for Xenogears (that development just started at the time). Sakaguchi was right, and FF7 was a huge success.
But even Sony's money and success of FF7 were not enought to make Xenogears.
Takahashi's dream was not possible to make, not then, and maybe not now.
That is why CD2 of Xenogears is so rushed. Despite T2 beeing a great scripwritter, he head great ideas, he was too unexperienced to make his game. We can blame Square that they 'didnt gave him more money', but the truth is T2 just was not good enought of a director. That was his 1st game he directed and he already wanted to make his dream game.
We know how that ended, still at least he made it and we can enjoy Xenogears, even if it is halfbaked.
Of course. This is just a subjective video with a little background. I'm not the RPG historian, you know?
My favorite game of all time. This video didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, but very good for people unfamiliar with the history of the game. Very well done video man, good job.
I am still hoping against hope, for Square Enix to relinquish or sell the IP back to Monolith. Seeing how they've worked the Xeno brand, now as their own company and proper funding they may be able to give this gem the treatment it deserves.
Yeah I don't understand the logic of them keeping it but I am also not a lawyer