Comments on: Xenogears: a Different Retrospective http://asiangirlgamer.com/250/xenogears-a-different-retrospective/ Thoughtful Opinions about Games, Culture, and People Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:07:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Darthob http://asiangirlgamer.com/250/xenogears-a-different-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Darthob Tue, 25 May 2010 21:58:55 +0000 http://asiangirlgamer.com/?p=250#comment-2042 Sorry, but I just came across this article and I have to say calling the feeling nostalgia is little bit of an understatement lol. I get this deep feeling of lethargy and I get kinda melancholy whenever I hear a song from Xenogears, or when I come across the CD case in my "shrine of things I love" lol. It's almost painful though. It almost makes me want to replay it, but then not... idk. I just Googled the words "Xenogears Nostalgia" to see what would pop up, to see if anyone was as crazy as I am >_>. Sorry, but I just came across this article and I have to say calling the feeling nostalgia is little bit of an understatement lol. I get this deep feeling of lethargy and I get kinda melancholy whenever I hear a song from Xenogears, or when I come across the CD case in my “shrine of things I love” lol. It’s almost painful though. It almost makes me want to replay it, but then not… idk. I just Googled the words “Xenogears Nostalgia” to see what would pop up, to see if anyone was as crazy as I am >_>.

]]> By: Chris Butterworth http://asiangirlgamer.com/250/xenogears-a-different-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Chris Butterworth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:06 +0000 http://asiangirlgamer.com/?p=250#comment-118 Very good article. It's truly a shame that games like this don't get made anymore. It seems that games these days focus far too much on aesthetics and not hardly enough on telling a deep story. Sure, there are a few exceptions (FF, Silent Hill, etc.), but it really seems like the shinier it is, the better. Xenogears, to me, is the pinnacle of JRPG excellence. Rich gameplay, insanely deep story, and (for its time) phenomenal graphics. Interesting note about the parallels to Eva: Production I.G. handled the animation for both Xenogears and Eva. I dunno, I just think that's cool. Very good article. It’s truly a shame that games like this don’t get made anymore. It seems that games these days focus far too much on aesthetics and not hardly enough on telling a deep story. Sure, there are a few exceptions (FF, Silent Hill, etc.), but it really seems like the shinier it is, the better. Xenogears, to me, is the pinnacle of JRPG excellence. Rich gameplay, insanely deep story, and (for its time) phenomenal graphics.

Interesting note about the parallels to Eva: Production I.G. handled the animation for both Xenogears and Eva. I dunno, I just think that’s cool.

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