9th March 2004, 1:34 PM
MGS2 I loved.
I wouldn't say it's got less cinema than Xenosaga, but then again I haven't beaten it yet myself. I'm apparently near the end according to my friend. Really, the problem is just how SHORT the game is. Lots of story, but the game is linear and short. Bad combo. Xenogears packed an ENTIRE story, a long one, into one game, and that was just one chapter of it's tale. It was a full length adventure and was more open. Xenosaga not only forced you to go wherever it wanted you to, but you couldn't back track. Well, you could pseudo back track via the environmental simulator, but that's just not the same... Also, the AGWS are completely useless. If you take the time to summon them for their SMALL increase in power, and sometimes they are actually weaker, then the enemy will KILL you. I was looking forward to a game of the same length as Xenogears, and that's why I assumed the graphics weren't exactly show stopping, because they were spending more time on the game itself. RAther, I was presented with a CHAPTER of the game. It seems they intend on milking the thing by selling what should be one game piece by piece. In conclusion, while the battle system IS very nice (aside from the AGWS), the game for variuos reasons just won't add up to the greatness of Xenogears.
I wouldn't say it's got less cinema than Xenosaga, but then again I haven't beaten it yet myself. I'm apparently near the end according to my friend. Really, the problem is just how SHORT the game is. Lots of story, but the game is linear and short. Bad combo. Xenogears packed an ENTIRE story, a long one, into one game, and that was just one chapter of it's tale. It was a full length adventure and was more open. Xenosaga not only forced you to go wherever it wanted you to, but you couldn't back track. Well, you could pseudo back track via the environmental simulator, but that's just not the same... Also, the AGWS are completely useless. If you take the time to summon them for their SMALL increase in power, and sometimes they are actually weaker, then the enemy will KILL you. I was looking forward to a game of the same length as Xenogears, and that's why I assumed the graphics weren't exactly show stopping, because they were spending more time on the game itself. RAther, I was presented with a CHAPTER of the game. It seems they intend on milking the thing by selling what should be one game piece by piece. In conclusion, while the battle system IS very nice (aside from the AGWS), the game for variuos reasons just won't add up to the greatness of Xenogears.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)