^^ Young Justice gone? Wow. That's a shame, it was surprisingly real good.
The reason why I say Xenogears is bad the following:
- the sprites look terrible even by Playstation standards and they scale horribly. Games like Persona 2 and Breath of Fire 3 look a lot better.
- It has TERRIBLE usage of religious iconography and references.
- It's plot is horribly convoluted, poorly paced and left me guessing as to what it was trying to say in the end. (I honestly didn't even know if it was a proper criticism of organized religion, making distinctions between a real and perceived God or just a straight up "Fuck you" to western religion)
- Citan Uzuki is probably the biggest troll asshole ever to grace an RPG.
- The game is piss easy and the combat is repetitive as fuck. Also most of the spells in the game are USELESS except for VERY SPECIFIC fights.
- The game takes a HUMONGOUS nosedive in quality by the second disc, most scenes are rushed and most of the events are told through only text trying to fill you in on what's going on, whisking you away from small event to small event. Making me think that this game ran out of budget by this point.
- It is not uncommon to go for about 10 hours without seeing the world map.
- Text that goes on for hours on end with only small breaks for an easy 2 minute boss battle. (Let me point out that this is indeed WORSE than MGS4 and Xenosaga COMBINED)
- Writing that will make you want to throw up.
- Shoehorning in a Voltron reference and having a little girl and an oversized stuffed animal save the day.
- Rips off Neon Genesis Evangelion in so many ways.
- The director had the audacity to proclaim the game is "Episode V" at the end of the game.
- Probably some of the worst dungeons ever made in RPG history, featuring poorly made puzzles and forced platforming with clunky controls.
I hate this game, but on the other hand, it was a learning experience for me and I actually feel bad about this game, because most of the staff had to be shifted over to FFVIII. Makes me wonder what would've been if the game was given a bigger budget...
