Xenogears

Perhaps the greatest Game ever made, Xenogears has heart, amazing character design, and a story-line that will enchant, break, lift you up, laugh, cry and repeat it all again never feeling bored! If you are looking for a storyline that is enchanting, intriguing with an amazing musical track and a world that will horrify, sadden, amaze, and capture your hearts, then this game is for you. Xenogears - Playstation One.

Superb in every sense.

The characters (and character development) are excellent, the music is wonderfully atmospheric, and the storyline was so well-written that it grabbed you and wouldn't let you. I don't think a video game has ever actually made me emotional while playing it until "Xenogears."

I could go on but I would probably exceed the posting limit, hehe. If you can find this game anywhere - GRAB IT! And never let it go.

Xenogears is probably one of the finest games I have ever played. I love RPGs with very in-depth plots, and this one certainly gives me a lot to sink my teeth into! There is a nice mix of drama, humor, and suspense in it that makes me unable to stop playing for more than a few hours. The characters are very well developed, and the battle system is perfect for me. While there are occasional holes in the plot, they really aren't big enough to make the game unenjoyable. The characters are nicely animated and the backgrounds are completely 3D. One feature in this game that is rare in RPGs is the ability to JUMP! I like that a lot.

While this game is not for everyone, and people who don't like do to a lot of reading in their video games would probably hate it, I strongly recommend it.

It's hard to choose between this and Super Metroid as my personal favorite game of all time, but I'm probably leaning towards choosing this game because of its length and for it being one of the few games to actually make me think...

Anyway, this is a perfect game from every angle. The music, the characters, the battles, pretty much anything that you could find flaws in any other game is perfect in this game. The main selling point, of course, is the multi-layered and very convoluted storyline. Though obviously very indebted to Evangelion, the 70 hours or so of story in this game is full of plot twists and shocking revelations about humanity, existence, God, love, death, and everything else in between. Not your typical RPG fare by any stretch of the imagination.

Also, don't listen to people who say disc 2 sucks... there is more than enough gameplay in this game that disc 2 comes as somewhat of a relief after 50 or so hours of disc 1's constant battles.

Just a perfect game... what more can I say?

This is simply one of the best RPGs ever made, if not the best. The story far surpasses FFVII, FFVIII, or even Chrono Trigger. The characters are vividly detailed and believable. The dialogue can be stilted at times, but it only adds to the game's charm. The art design is fantastic, and Yasunori Mitsuda's score is beyond description.

Xenogears is a fairly challenging game even for RPG buffs; expect to attempt some major boss battles 2-3 times and trying different strategies. It's also a long game; my first playthrough was around 50 hours. I've recently started to play through it again, just to relive the experience that nearly consumed my life for a month or two in 1999.

If you somehow missed this one, buy it ASAP. It was hard to get for a while, but a Greatest Hits version was reissued a year or two ago. This is not a game - more like an experience. It probably sounds like hyperbole, but you have to play Xenogears for yourself. After the first hour or two, you won't be able to stop.