last night to distract myself I decided it was time to finally play Xenogears. For those not in the know, Xenogears is the PS1 game that both the Xenosaga and Xenoblade series are spiritual sequels to, and you all know I am utterly obsessed with Xenoblade.
Unsurprising, but: Xenogears is good as hell. The distraction only worked for a few hours but definitely glad I finally gave it a go
I have heard for years that Disc 2 of Xenogears is not a finished game. And I'm sure that's true. But speaking as someone who is pretty sure he is close to the end of Disc 1:
Disc 1 of Xenogears is not finished either
in fairness, after I tooted this I hit a good patch, there was like an hour or so of really good stuff
most of it is just high concentrations of nonsense. It reminds me of a lot of the deep Evangelion lore. Like if you are the kind of person who goes wild about the First Ancestral Race and the Doors of Guf and the Dead Sea Scrolls and all that shit, Xenogears Disc 2 is very much for you
I have nearly finished Xenogears. I'm stuck on the final boss, I'll keep trying to push through but if it takes more than a few more attempts I might just look up a playthrough of the ending. Overall I'm really glad I played it. the lows are low but the highs are SO high.
Also it's funny to me how much stuff in this game got recycled and/or remixed into the Xenoblade games! I think Xenoblade does it better
I'm not done saying things about xenogears I guess
One thing I've seen in lots of scifi and fantasy media is a sense of inspiration from gnosticism, kaballah, neoplatonism, and psychoanalysis, but only aesthetically, because it's cool. looking at you evangelion
the interesting thing about xenogears is that it incorporates that stuff but actually in a way that's interested in engaging with the idea content. I like that!
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