..pakbeka..
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shion and kos-mos are both looking very hot, let's hope they fix up the game, maybe this will be the first xenosaga I play for more than 5 hours
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Monolith (the Japanese one) goes crazy
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Kurosaki Ichigo
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jarrod said:
Well, (imo), Team Symphonia started making it right after they finished Symphonia for GC. They knew how much it sold in Japan but not in USA/Europe...and Namco didnt seem to like sales figures so they threw ToS PS2 and the next one to PS2 only.
But who knows, Namco is milking the series lately...a tales for revolution is very likely imo.
OH FUCK!
Baten FUCKING Kaitos 2! I was hoping they'd announce it (almost entirely wishful thinking in that prediction thread), but never thought it would happen.
Even though BK had some gaping flaws (voice-acting), the game was a graphical marvel with it's lush, movie-like 2D backgrounds and some of the best music to grace an RPG this generation. The battle system was also a fresh departure from your usual turn-based fare.
BRING IT ON, Monolith! This better make it to the States, you fuckers!
Baten FUCKING Kaitos 2! I was hoping they'd announce it (almost entirely wishful thinking in that prediction thread), but never thought it would happen.
Even though BK had some gaping flaws (voice-acting), the game was a graphical marvel with it's lush, movie-like 2D backgrounds and some of the best music to grace an RPG this generation. The battle system was also a fresh departure from your usual turn-based fare.
BRING IT ON, Monolith! This better make it to the States, you fuckers!
jarrod said:
Again, when BK was announced almost 3 years ago they said it would be a continuing saga exclusive to Nintendo platforms. This was supposed to be Nintendo's equivalent of the Xeno series on Playstation from Monolith. At the time they didn't know if the Tales game would be a one time deal but BK was ALWAYS meant to be built into a Nintendo specific franchise.
Because Tales Studio doesn't give a crap about GC? I can't think of another explanation. They know from experience that the GC version will actually sell. Besides Baten Kaitos looks to be firmly under Nintendo's wings now. Nintendo could well be funding development if they are publishing.jarrod said:
As disappointing as Xenosaga Episode II was, I'm still uber pumped for III (I LOVE the series mythos, the characters of Chaos, KOS-MOS and Shion, and the series' ties to gnosisism, christianity and various theories by Nietzsche) and those scans look awesome. Shion and KOS-MOS' slight redesigns get the thumbs up from me. Glad to see they're ending the series with III too, after all that has gone down since I was finished. The team that took over clearly didn't know what to do with Takahashi's outline, and it was blatantly apparent in Episode II, as nothing of much importance happened at all, outside of you know what at the end.
The focus being on Chaos really excites me too, as he is definitely my favorite character in the series, and I'm eager to find out if he truly is god... I have high hopes for this title, and will snatch up on day one for sure.
On the other hand, how unnecessary does Xenosaga I+II DS look? I can't really see anyone buying those... why wouldn't they just port I+II to PSP, it's not as if the series was very graphically intensive.
The focus being on Chaos really excites me too, as he is definitely my favorite character in the series, and I'm eager to find out if he truly is god... I have high hopes for this title, and will snatch up on day one for sure.
On the other hand, how unnecessary does Xenosaga I+II DS look? I can't really see anyone buying those... why wouldn't they just port I+II to PSP, it's not as if the series was very graphically intensive.
..pakbeka..
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Heian-kyo said:
I'm considering buying XS I and II for the DS denpending on the reviews and opinions I read, I really wanted to enjoy XS, because of the story, but I stopped playing it after 5 hours and never bothered with it again
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
I'm a little surprised at BKII myself...
I got it right after I finished ToS (which I really, really enjoyed) and I didn't really like BK all that much.
Played it for less than 30 hours, and didn't really care to continue.
I'm sure ill revisit it someday - way too many games coming out soon though - but a Nintendo-published sequal does sound promising.
As long as they fixed some of the games glaring faults:
AWFUL VOICE ACTING!! (whats with the hollow-sound?)
Very, very long battles.... please, I just don't have the time nor care that much for 45 minute fights, heh.
More likeable, realistic characters.
Etc. Whatever.
Maybe I'll check it out.
And Xenosaga DS actually exists? Woooo, finally, a serius RPG for DS!!
I got it right after I finished ToS (which I really, really enjoyed) and I didn't really like BK all that much.
Played it for less than 30 hours, and didn't really care to continue.
I'm sure ill revisit it someday - way too many games coming out soon though - but a Nintendo-published sequal does sound promising.
As long as they fixed some of the games glaring faults:
AWFUL VOICE ACTING!! (whats with the hollow-sound?)
Very, very long battles.... please, I just don't have the time nor care that much for 45 minute fights, heh.
More likeable, realistic characters.
Etc. Whatever.
Maybe I'll check it out.
And Xenosaga DS actually exists? Woooo, finally, a serius RPG for DS!!
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
DS Xenosaga I & II: Text Based Adventures
Comes with a special edition of Yoda Stories
:lol :lol :lol
Comes with a special edition of Yoda Stories
:lol :lol :lol
Another interesting tidbit, adding to my anticipation for this third episode, is that it's subtitle 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra', is the name of the book in which Nietzsche exclaimed his most controversial theory:Finaika said:
"Thus spoke the devil to me once more: 'God too has his hell: that is his love of man.' And most recently I heard him say this: 'God is dead; God died of his pity for man.'"
Remember also, at the end of Episode II, Wilhelm refers to chaos as 'Yeshua', which if you're not versed in various religions, I urge you to look up. Intriguing...
sorryaboutdresden
Member
"Yeshua"
Interesting, I need to give these games a shot.
Interesting, I need to give these games a shot.
Bebpo said:
I wouldn't've thought that would be a problem, considering how much XS ep. 2 diverged from the original script. Seems like they have plenty of ideas... the problem being that none of them are as good as Takahashi's were. =/
I'm sad they're ending the series with ep. 3, but all things considered, it's probably for the best.
Greenpanda
Banned
No more Xeno after Ep 3?
edit: I keed, I keed Not a big fan of the series but I'm not out to destroy it.
Well, not usually.
edit: I keed, I keed
Not a big fan of the series but I'm not out to destroy it.Well, not usually.
Prince of Space
Banned
UGH @ the new characters. This'll have to be a pretty damn big game if they plan on wrapping the story up.
Or they'll phone it in with a narrative a la XSII disc 2.
Or they'll phone it in with a narrative a la XSII disc 2.
It's not like it'll be hard to end the series at ep3. Ep3 was originally (well post-ep1 production) supposed to be the end of the space arc and the end of the stories for almost all these characters. Ep4 would start a new arc thousands of years later and would be about KOS-MOS, Chaos, Wilhelm and maybe or maybe not Shion + an entirely new cast.
So they'll finish the story of this cast on PS2 and then if the series remains popular and Namco deems it worth spending money on, they'll always have the options to do the next arc (ep4-6) on the next-gen systems. They could just call it something different like Xenosagas ep1-3 or something.
So they'll finish the story of this cast on PS2 and then if the series remains popular and Namco deems it worth spending money on, they'll always have the options to do the next arc (ep4-6) on the next-gen systems. They could just call it something different like Xenosagas ep1-3 or something.
FateBreaker
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I wonder if Motoi Sakurba will be doing the music for Baten Kaitos II...
And I wonder who's doing the music for XenoEp1&2. =\
And I wonder who's doing the music for XenoEp1&2. =\