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Crazy how Disc 2 has this reputation of being a massive fumble and it’s the best part of the game.
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This review contains spoilers
Legit peak fiction and is probably my favorite conclusion to a trilogy ever.
KOS-MOS absolutely kicks ass in this game and all of the characters are at their absolute best here, the combat is actually pretty fun and is easily my favorite of the Xenosaga games.
The story is probably my favorite out of all the Xeno games, tied with Xenoblade 2 and it’s insane that I’m saying that since Xenoblade 2 is my favorite game of all time.
It’s unfortunate that Takahashi and Monolith had to cut their plans for Xenosaga short due to Namco not having enough faith in the series, but I think they managed to pull off a really good conclusion nonetheless. Allen Ridgeley is the goat btw, any hate directed towards him is wrong and you will be struck down for it.
While I wish Shion & KOS-MOS were endgame, as they have one of my favorite dynamics in the series and KOS-MOS’ development near the end and the way their relationship progresses is very sweet, I’m fine with Shion & Allen being together.
It’s also funny hearing Yuri Lowenthal because he almost always sounds the exact same and it gave away the reveal about Roth and Kevin Winnicot being the same person pretty easily lol. I think his ‘redemption’ in helping to stop Wilhem was well done and he’s a very interesting character.
SPOILERS FOR XENOBLADE 3’S DLC STORY FUTURE REDEEMED:
While I may have issues with Future Redeemed, mainly due to its length, I think the way it connects Xenosaga to Xenoblade is very good and it helps things make a lot more sense now, especially after playing through the Xenosaga trilogy and noticing the similarities between them. All I can really say now is:
Welcome Home, KOS-MOS.
KOS-MOS absolutely kicks ass in this game and all of the characters are at their absolute best here, the combat is actually pretty fun and is easily my favorite of the Xenosaga games.
The story is probably my favorite out of all the Xeno games, tied with Xenoblade 2 and it’s insane that I’m saying that since Xenoblade 2 is my favorite game of all time.
It’s unfortunate that Takahashi and Monolith had to cut their plans for Xenosaga short due to Namco not having enough faith in the series, but I think they managed to pull off a really good conclusion nonetheless. Allen Ridgeley is the goat btw, any hate directed towards him is wrong and you will be struck down for it.
While I wish Shion & KOS-MOS were endgame, as they have one of my favorite dynamics in the series and KOS-MOS’ development near the end and the way their relationship progresses is very sweet, I’m fine with Shion & Allen being together.
It’s also funny hearing Yuri Lowenthal because he almost always sounds the exact same and it gave away the reveal about Roth and Kevin Winnicot being the same person pretty easily lol. I think his ‘redemption’ in helping to stop Wilhem was well done and he’s a very interesting character.
SPOILERS FOR XENOBLADE 3’S DLC STORY FUTURE REDEEMED:
While I may have issues with Future Redeemed, mainly due to its length, I think the way it connects Xenosaga to Xenoblade is very good and it helps things make a lot more sense now, especially after playing through the Xenosaga trilogy and noticing the similarities between them. All I can really say now is:
Welcome Home, KOS-MOS.
Overall a big improvement over Xenosaga 1 and I don’t really understand a lot of the criticism for the game, but some of it is fair.
The artstyle change is very noticeable and it’s really hard to get adjusted to it but after beating the game I prefer artstyle over Saga 1, with the exception being KOS-MOS, she looks very weird here. Jr and Albedo get a lot of great characterization here and I absolutely love it. Albedo is one of my favorite villains and just one of my favorite characters overall, his voice actor gave it his absolute all with all of his lines and anytime him and Jr. were on screen together it was genuinely some of the best parts of the game. Shion gets a lot of character and background here too, especially after we finally meet Jin face to face, and their relationship is very good and I enjoyed all their interactions!
Definitely not a perfect game by any means as it still suffers from the random difficulty spikes like Saga 1 did, but the combat is much more engaging and I think it’s definitely got a lot of interesting ideas with it.
The artstyle change is very noticeable and it’s really hard to get adjusted to it but after beating the game I prefer artstyle over Saga 1, with the exception being KOS-MOS, she looks very weird here. Jr and Albedo get a lot of great characterization here and I absolutely love it. Albedo is one of my favorite villains and just one of my favorite characters overall, his voice actor gave it his absolute all with all of his lines and anytime him and Jr. were on screen together it was genuinely some of the best parts of the game. Shion gets a lot of character and background here too, especially after we finally meet Jin face to face, and their relationship is very good and I enjoyed all their interactions!
Definitely not a perfect game by any means as it still suffers from the random difficulty spikes like Saga 1 did, but the combat is much more engaging and I think it’s definitely got a lot of interesting ideas with it.