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Offline gpw11

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What do you all think about Xenosaga?
« on: Wednesday, November 01, 2006, 08:48:14 PM »
I ask because I'm kind of having mixed feelings at the moment.  On one hand, I really liked Xenogears so I'm pretty intrigued by the story and have a good feeling it'll all pay off in the end.  On the other, the combat and actual gameplay is boring the hell out of me.  I think I may actually be missing some aspect of combat and/or leveling. Is there a specific weakness for each of the three enemy classes (mechanical, biological, and gnosis) or does each specific enemy have a weakness?

And why does gaining tech points and the like take so damn long?  Maybe it improves, but honestly, that's one aspect I liked a lot more in Xenogears...the fighting seemed a lot more original and unique.

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Re: What do you all think about Xenosaga?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, November 02, 2006, 01:47:31 AM »
Once you get in the later parts of the game, the tech points add up a lot, especially in the last few "dungeon" areas, and that wont be an issue anymore.  The first game probably does have the weakest combat system of the three, but the story more than makes up for it.  If I remember correctly there are specific weaknesses for each class, I might be getting confused with II or III though, maybe an FAQ will answer that question better.  In terms of comparing the first one to Xenogears, the battle system in Xenogears is much much better, but both games have excellent stories, none of it feels too rushed either since they expanded a large story in a trilogy instead of one game.  Once you get through the first one, the battle system gets much better in Episode II and becomes the great battle system that is in Episode III.  That was one of my few complaints with the first one though, the combat system is too simple and easy, that and the spacing of the cutscenes.  The developers improved on both of those aspects in the next two games.  Trust me, if you like Xenogears and its story you will definetely enjoy these games, if not the combat, you will love the story.

EDIT: If I remember correctly Gnosis are weak against some ether and beam attacks, Mechanical enemies are weak against lightning ether, and Biological are weak against physical attacks and sometimes ether.  It changes up here and there especially with bosses but you'll start noticing patterns in weaknesses and battles will go much quicker, just try it out and experiment.  There are some spoiler free FAQs on GameFAQs that might give more detail though.

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Re: What do you all think about Xenosaga?
« Reply #2 on: Monday, November 06, 2006, 12:21:48 AM »
Interesting, I've made quite a bit of progress and it's grown on me a lot.  As I said, I expected the story to be top notch, and it pretty much seems it's working out that way.  The battle system and the A.G.W.S. are both somewhat letdowns, but it's something I can get over.  Once I started thinking more about how to spend my TP, EP, and SP, the game got a lot easier.  I'm looking forward to the battle system change in the later games, but I'm definitly enjoying this one as it is.

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Re: What do you all think about Xenosaga?
« Reply #3 on: Monday, November 06, 2006, 12:49:39 AM »
Interesting, I've made quite a bit of progress and it's grown on me a lot.  As I said, I expected the story to be top notch, and it pretty much seems it's working out that way.  The battle system and the A.G.W.S. are both somewhat letdowns, but it's something I can get over.  Once I started thinking more about how to spend my TP, EP, and SP, the game got a lot easier.  I'm looking forward to the battle system change in the later games, but I'm definitly enjoying this one as it is.

Cool, glad to hear you're enjoying it more, you will definitely enjoy the fighting more in the later games, especially the A.G.W.S battles which are very weak in the first one.  The third one has a very Xenogears-ish battle system, especially with the AGWS.

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Re: What do you all think about Xenosaga?
« Reply #4 on: Monday, November 06, 2006, 03:57:00 PM »
I stopped playing Xenosaga: Wille Dur Macht after about 40 hours in a long time ago.  I picked it up about a year and a half later, played for 2 hours, and made no progress whatsoever.  I couldn't remember what to do to advance the game and was trying all kinds of things.