What the HELL Happened to Xenogears?!

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Today we will find out what happened to this masterpiece of a classic, a game that revolutionized story-telling in RPGs.
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  • @SuiteLifeofDioBrando
    @SuiteLifeofDioBrando5 жыл бұрын

    The story of Xenogears was very unique. I would not mind a hd remake someday.

  • @Luckiecchi

    @Luckiecchi

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @asmodeus58XX

    @asmodeus58XX

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Luckiecchi You should blame Sony for the changes, unless you mean the action combat.

  • @Luckiecchi

    @Luckiecchi

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @khmergodhobbies

    @khmergodhobbies

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Luckiecchi although I love the game, current situation of politics would ruin xenogears remake

  • @Luckiecchi

    @Luckiecchi

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@khmergodhobbiesI agree!

  • @CP-yl2vc
    @CP-yl2vc5 жыл бұрын

    I said it over 20 years ago and I say it still: greatest RPG of all time IMHO.

  • @MysticBoudha

    @MysticBoudha

    4 жыл бұрын

    I sooooo much agree with this. What a genre defining rpg. I adore that game!

  • @KaMmErAcK

    @KaMmErAcK

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here. There hasnt been another rpg that I havr played and loved more then any other game out there.

  • @whydoyoukeeptalking

    @whydoyoukeeptalking

    4 жыл бұрын

    Along with that, it has some of the best tracks I've ever heard. June mermaid is still one of my fave songs.

  • @KM-je6bf

    @KM-je6bf

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@whydoyoukeeptalking absolutely, along with the one who is torn apart

  • @shivaefrit

    @shivaefrit

    4 жыл бұрын

    i totally agree!! hope they would remake this!! i can dream can i?

  • @kohtarominami2198
    @kohtarominami21985 жыл бұрын

    A remake completing the second part of the rushed story would be fantastic.

  • @vollkerball1

    @vollkerball1

    5 жыл бұрын

    it was originally going to be a 5 part series! So much was cutted and chopped.

  • @dansmith1661

    @dansmith1661

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vollkerball1 6 and that was just from the book, especially since XG was right at the end of the timeline.

  • @numberone2836

    @numberone2836

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheSchmuck2
    @TheSchmuck23 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @syntheticderangement
    @syntheticderangement5 жыл бұрын

    Xenogears is my most favorite JRPG ever!

  • @jackmyowl

    @jackmyowl

    3 жыл бұрын

    What I'm about to say maybe considered blasphemy, but.... "I would have taken a Xenogears Remake Over a -Final Fantasy VII- Remake"

  • @rickweiss2793

    @rickweiss2793

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @dansmith1661

    @dansmith1661

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackmyowl FF7R is overrated.

  • @jackmyowl

    @jackmyowl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dansmith1661 I agree

  • @rubedo_jr
    @rubedo_jr5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Bjorick

    @Bjorick

    3 жыл бұрын

    it's the same with dark souls 1, it's buggy and not perfect, but it's the best of the trilogy, imo.

  • @firstknight8902
    @firstknight89025 жыл бұрын

    Honestly I'm playing Xenogear now on emulator because you said that this game has a great story. I never finished it when I was a kid. So far I really enjoy it. Thanks Erick!

  • @jonathandiosa5739

    @jonathandiosa5739

    5 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy

  • @yamjh

    @yamjh

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not just the story, the music and the songs are amazing enjoy those too.

  • @pokeleoantiqua7326

    @pokeleoantiqua7326

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m about to do the same I can’t find it anywhere else to play

  • @dansmith1661

    @dansmith1661

    3 жыл бұрын

    You got past the Deus fight?

  • @Gotz_the_iron_hand

    @Gotz_the_iron_hand

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dansmith1661 If you're talking about the first encounter with him, where he keeps reducing everyone's hp and healing, just make sure all gears are using a frame hp restore system, charge and heal until his health gets so low that you can beat him in one turn or so. If you hit him before that, you risk him just healing and negating all your damage. It's basically just a game of keeping your characters alive until the boss nerfs himself into oblivion. Maybe build up some deathblow levels beforehand, then start charging if you're still having trouble.

  • @rimjobledouche5201
    @rimjobledouche52015 жыл бұрын

    Xenogears is brilliant. It cast such a huge shadow over almost everything that I played afterwards.

  • @DavidWoodMusic
    @DavidWoodMusic6 ай бұрын

    The fact you just casually put Elly's crucifixion scene in without a spoiler warning is absolutely mind-blowing Then again this was 4 years ago

  • @mr.sinjin-smyth
    @mr.sinjin-smyth5 жыл бұрын

    While it inspired spinoffs or spiritual sequels, it's a shame this didn't spawn a TRUE long running franchise.

  • @Aurumk1

    @Aurumk1

    5 жыл бұрын

    xenosaga was the prequel to it, xenoblade was the spiritual successor. All the xenoblades were amazing games.

  • @TheKain202

    @TheKain202

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @daoyang223

    @daoyang223

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheKain202 were the Saga series not loosely based on the perfect works book that spanned a chunk of the timeline that was in Xenogears?

  • @TheKain202

    @TheKain202

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@daoyang223 No, it wasn't. It was just packed with references and Easter eggs.

  • @sandrisandi2212

    @sandrisandi2212

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@daoyang223 just think of it as an alternate universe if you will

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @alexandrefurneribeiro3265

    @alexandrefurneribeiro3265

    5 жыл бұрын

    Really? Wow, can you please provide a link?

  • @Ozzhiroth

    @Ozzhiroth

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@alexandrefurneribeiro3265 just look up xenogears secret boss in world of ff. You fight the xenogears and make it your summon.

  • @alexandrefurneribeiro3265

    @alexandrefurneribeiro3265

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @Ozzhiroth

    @Ozzhiroth

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @Puchuchi747

    @Puchuchi747

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like how Lucca is In Xenogears right in the Beginning village of Lahan!

  • @patsg1146
    @patsg11465 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @jay112281

    @jay112281

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Demonwhisper
    @Demonwhisper5 жыл бұрын

    Man you don't know how long i've been waiting on you to cover this game, thank you. Already sharing the vid to rpg friends.

  • @edwarddaignault5243
    @edwarddaignault52435 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sufianramli8017
    @sufianramli80175 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE this game. The story, the characters, gameplay and mecha. Too bad they rushed the completion

  • @edmasterson4588

    @edmasterson4588

    5 жыл бұрын

    me too. i was lucky to find it, i bought it on a guess. probably my favorite for playstation (or maybe all time)

  • @jeffnowell8793
    @jeffnowell87935 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @magros6878
    @magros68784 жыл бұрын

    I see this in my youtube recomendations and now i found a new great channel. Good job man!.

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad to know you found me that way.

  • @almuhaaajir
    @almuhaaajir4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @emmychansuper
    @emmychansuper5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Citanoo

    @Citanoo

    3 жыл бұрын

    and the actual gear Xenogears that Fei had in the end, was a boss in World of Final Fantasy using the name "XG".

  • @jefferygiraffe1
    @jefferygiraffe15 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I love xenosaga growing up. I picked up all three out of curiosity at a local store called bookmans. Loved the story and gameplay. Love your shirt btw.

  • @timculhane625
    @timculhane6253 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I am currently playing Xenogears for the first time in almost 20 years. I love your The Cure Shirt By the way. I see you also have a great taste in music not just video games

  • @RomanJr316
    @RomanJr3165 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Thejackone
    @Thejackone5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ravset
    @ravset5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Zeroantagonist88
    @Zeroantagonist885 жыл бұрын

    i love your vids bro, keep it up!

  • @AKERAZGO
    @AKERAZGO5 жыл бұрын

    The image of Elly in the thumbnail resembles kosmos from xenosaga if you change the hair color. Good vid.

  • @syntheticderangement

    @syntheticderangement

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same character designer.

  • @Taikaru
    @Taikaru5 жыл бұрын

    Favorite RPG of all time. Still waiting for remasters and a proper continuation to plunk down some cash for.

  • @gamerelite3989
    @gamerelite39892 жыл бұрын

    its been forever since its been out and i still play this to satisfy my nostalgia of the good ol times... its an undying masterpiece that will never fail to engulf you in its story cheers

  • @bladeofmird
    @bladeofmird5 жыл бұрын

    Where the hell is my Xenosaga HD Trilogy Namco??

  • @CappuccinO80
    @CappuccinO805 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @user-qd9rg3wy2n
    @user-qd9rg3wy2n5 жыл бұрын

    wooow Erick that's gold content there

  • @Crimsonrain13
    @Crimsonrain135 жыл бұрын

    This game is in the contender spot for my fsveroit jrpg against Suikoden 2. I absolutely love this game.

  • @Anonymuce
    @Anonymuce2 жыл бұрын

    just started playing this again 2 weeks ago since it's release. at the last boss now, doing battle arena before the last fight. man I freaking love this game just as much as I did as a kid.

  • @anassbelamrabet2360
    @anassbelamrabet23605 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for this one

  • @leonmagnushikaru
    @leonmagnushikaru5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @LakrimaProject
    @LakrimaProject5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    5 жыл бұрын

    Of course. This is just a subjective video with a little background. I'm not the RPG historian, you know?

  • @blondeleogirl
    @blondeleogirl3 жыл бұрын

    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. ❤

  • @blondeleogirl

    @blondeleogirl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oops the demo disk with Xenogears came with Parasite Eve, not ff7.

  • @bradi004
    @bradi0045 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest RPGs of all time. Thank you Erick for this!

  • @IuriFiedoruk
    @IuriFiedoruk2 жыл бұрын

    This game would do an amazing remake, fixing the disc 2 rushed script and adding free camera and keeping the music and visual style.

  • @KaMmErAcK
    @KaMmErAcK4 жыл бұрын

    This is still my all time favorite rpg. I have a physical copy as well as digital.

  • @jzblue345
    @jzblue3454 жыл бұрын

    I just bought this on PSN on my Vita, and it's awesome being able to play it anywhere.

  • @rmcuenca7635
    @rmcuenca76353 жыл бұрын

    I miss playing Xenogears, it’s such an unforgettable game!

  • @nintendoswitchonlineisabad9491
    @nintendoswitchonlineisabad94915 жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite JRPG’s, such a shame that we’ll probably never see a remaster or remake of it 😭😰

  • @iladhunynugroho4642
    @iladhunynugroho46425 жыл бұрын

    I am a simple man, I see xenogears and I click. Script by perfect works.

  • @Neethan3247
    @Neethan32472 жыл бұрын

    Replayed the game after so many years. Now wanting to play it again.

  • @TheTrueAlpharius
    @TheTrueAlpharius5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Sawngawkuh

    @Sawngawkuh

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Bjorick
    @Bjorick3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @alexanderberkel86
    @alexanderberkel864 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @PariahEdits

    @PariahEdits

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I don't understand the logic of them keeping it but I am also not a lawyer

  • @manthelorian4163
    @manthelorian41635 жыл бұрын

    this and "vagrant story" are the titles i would have loved to see a sequel, a prequel or a remastered version. i love how the story and the battle system of these games were made. its a classic no doubt.

  • @sinfurihaart
    @sinfurihaart5 жыл бұрын

    I vaguely remember playing Xenogears when it originally came out. I was in middle school, and I somehow understood what was going on with it's heavy text dialogue. Not saying I caught onto the philosophical references, but understood very well what was going on and how it was heavy on religion. Very deep and made you open minded about humanity, the identify of a person, and so much more. I didnt catch on until years later when I watched a retrospect review that talked about the game, and the trouble it had with the second disc. I never realized when I first played it, how rush it was.

  • @keionda5449
    @keionda54494 жыл бұрын

    Well, Disc 2 solves a problem that I have with many RPG: the tedious road to the end after dozens of hours playing the same game. I have also loved the artistic way in which the story is told in this disc.

  • @CC-xy8nn

    @CC-xy8nn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kei Onda? thats why i cant stand persona 4. GET TO THE POINT ALREADY ITS BEEN 70 HOURS

  • @g.t.b.7779
    @g.t.b.77794 жыл бұрын

    Met one of my best friends in 7th grade. Dude introduced me to Xenogears.. so many memories. Squaresoft > square-enix

  • @musiclover01ization
    @musiclover01ization5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SunsetTheDragon
    @SunsetTheDragon3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rainaster7397
    @rainaster73975 жыл бұрын

    This game would be perfect on Switch

  • @jld12er30

    @jld12er30

    3 жыл бұрын

    agreed i want it now

  • @m7mady0
    @m7mady04 жыл бұрын

    22 years and I still listen to xenogears OST.

  • @daoyang223
    @daoyang2234 жыл бұрын

    I really want this game to be fully remade. I hope Monolith Soft gets a hold of this license.

  • @jonice3216
    @jonice32165 жыл бұрын

    I eagerly hope SquareEnix allows Monolith remake Xenogears on Switch

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    5 жыл бұрын

    No comment XD

  • @so_bendy
    @so_bendy3 жыл бұрын

    I've never heard of this until now because it was never EVER released in Europe!? I have to download this and play it for the first time now.

  • @rokmare
    @rokmare5 жыл бұрын

    I remember when Xenogears was released it blown people's minds because it was the first Jrpg that allowed the camera to be moved in different angles back than Jrpgs had static frames and you had no control over the camera it was truly ahead of its time.

  • @jjim07

    @jjim07

    Жыл бұрын

    No, Breath of Fire III and IV had that down first.

  • @TheDannylarson
    @TheDannylarson5 жыл бұрын

    I think monolithsoft is behind the Project X Zone games and Robot Taisen on the DS, they got some bangers under their belt!

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep, amazing games.

  • @otakudaikun
    @otakudaikun5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely my favorite game of all time. It's fine just being itself without an update, though it would be interesting.

  • @dragonknight1k161
    @dragonknight1k1615 жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough they did at least add cameos appearance of xenogears in both world of final fantasy with a optional boss and did a limited time event in brave exvius where u can get characters from xeno. Not forgotten by SE just no major plans with it. A pity

  • @Ruko
    @Ruko5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @watching.learning
    @watching.learning4 жыл бұрын

    Art and literature. I love this game forever! Vagrant Story had the same issue.

  • @MillenniumEarl014
    @MillenniumEarl0144 жыл бұрын

    The picture you showed is not Kaori Tanaka but Yoko Kanno.

  • @Zero03241
    @Zero032415 жыл бұрын

    It's my favorite jrpg of all time for me is the best script ever made for any game of any genre, if they had the budge and time to make disc the way takahashi wanted without rushing everything this game would be considered for much more people the best jrpg ever made

  • @paperluigi6132
    @paperluigi61323 жыл бұрын

    Seeing how much I love Xenoblade Chronicles, I might try this out if they ever remake it.

  • @k-freeyamisuna427
    @k-freeyamisuna4275 жыл бұрын

    one of the best RPG need a remake of xenogears!!!

  • @bornetocosmos3154
    @bornetocosmos31544 жыл бұрын

    Of all of Squaresoft games i think this one is the one that NEEDS a remake.

  • @JamesEDonaldson
    @JamesEDonaldson3 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @lLarceny
    @lLarceny5 жыл бұрын

    This ff7 and fft will always be my favorite rpgs

  • @megakoni1
    @megakoni15 жыл бұрын

    Awesome intro music. Is it from the game?

  • @tonytireiorn9708
    @tonytireiorn97085 жыл бұрын

    I thought this game was forgotten. Hope one day there will be a remaster

  • @ocelott3348
    @ocelott33484 жыл бұрын

    We need a Switch HD update. I wouldn't mind a Xenosaga compilation also.

  • @gemsplus7583
    @gemsplus75833 жыл бұрын

    Looks good. How I wish I could play it.

  • @PariahEdits
    @PariahEdits4 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @80sCartoonVillain
    @80sCartoonVillain5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hugoleonardo5536
    @hugoleonardo55365 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'll consider it. Thanks!

  • @garytheman1129
    @garytheman11295 жыл бұрын

    MY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS GAMING 1999-2000-2001

  • @jeykneeko_606
    @jeykneeko_6065 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MichaelHarto
    @MichaelHarto4 жыл бұрын

    if this gets remade, i can die in peace.

  • @AngelAndros7
    @AngelAndros72 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @OutsiderAus10
    @OutsiderAus105 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @pedrobeckup456

    @pedrobeckup456

    2 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Winterborn5
    @Winterborn53 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Barterman20
    @Barterman204 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kakuseisin
    @kakuseisin5 жыл бұрын

    Hi there. PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, can you put the name of the song and the game its from? I've been watching your videos from nearly the beginning of the channel, and in your videos from time to time i hear lots of songs that are familiar but i cant remember from where it is... So PLEASE tell us the names of the songs (at the end of the video or in the description, by the way sorry for my bad english)

  • @ErickLandonRPG

    @ErickLandonRPG

    5 жыл бұрын

    All songs used here are from Xenogears.

  • @docblade3270
    @docblade32705 жыл бұрын

    I would like even one of those shameles "conversions" from ps1 directly to ps4, when they don't even change the screen size!

  • @hamzadesidragonsarwar
    @hamzadesidragonsarwar11 ай бұрын

    Basically square ran out of funds the 2nd disc was rushed and a sequel wasn’t allowed so Monolith split and made two Xeno franchises Saga&Blade

  • @CherryAlias
    @CherryAlias5 жыл бұрын

    My favorite game of all time! I play it on my phone now!

  • @BigEOT3
    @BigEOT34 жыл бұрын

    Squaresoft happened. Then Square Enix happened. At least KOS MOS still appears once in a while and the Xeno series lives on in Xenoblade.

  • @rgbcrafts
    @rgbcrafts5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nightroblaze8763
    @nightroblaze87635 жыл бұрын

    No that I've finished all 3 Xenoblade games it's time to go back. Still need to play the Xenosaga games.

  • @donbasuradenuevo
    @donbasuradenuevo5 жыл бұрын

    Didnt mention that Xenogears was episode 5 of 6, so there could have been a sequel damn it!

  • @urbanasupernova562
    @urbanasupernova5624 жыл бұрын

    We got 3 Xenogears Bring Arts figures from Square Enix this year at least! :)

  • @astrea919
    @astrea9195 жыл бұрын

    i hope Xenogears will be remake for PC or online game, and Xenogears 2 was supposed to be released but from what i hear at that time it said was cancelled at the middle of the making because not enough fund due to square enix at red line to bankrupt so they switch project to other game

  • @acbgames1766
    @acbgames1766 Жыл бұрын

    Square was going to let Takahashi make a sequel (prequel?) to Xenogears (which evetually becomes Xenosage at Namco) if it sold 1 million copies in Japan. Xenogears sold 900,000. It already had public and critical acclaim. Yet Square did not allow the sequel. That was the direct reason Takahashi left. And I absolutely agree with you that Square went on a sharp down trend to oblivion right from that point.

  • @Shadowmyst1
    @Shadowmyst15 жыл бұрын

    My all time favorite Rpg of all time!

  • @stungunnotapplicable1953
    @stungunnotapplicable19533 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @brendangoodell6233
    @brendangoodell62334 жыл бұрын

    Well, Xenogears the gear does show up as a superboss in World of Final Fantasy (called XG). Has the old moves too tho when you fight it, the main characters tell you (or almost) that its from the wrong franchise, kinda funny considering.

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