8th March 2003, 3:29 AM
hmmm...how can i put this gently...i hate Xenosaga.
i'm not saying that it's a bad game...it's too early to pass tyhat judgement on the poor thing, but i don't understand how the developers, nay, the industry can even consider this a game. 8 hours into it and i think i've sat watching scripted events for probably 6 of those hours...not even FF8 was that bad...given, the snippets of gameplay in between the enormous story segments are more satisfying than those in FF8...and the story being told for 3/4 of the game is more engaging that the one in FF8...and the characters are more interesting... anyway, it just isn't a game...it's a movie that has you push buttons to progress the story.
to anyone here who owns it, does the game unfold? will there be segments of exploration? will the gameplay begin to outweigh the story sequences? i really want to like this game, because the story and charactyers are so cool...but it's just so boring to sit and watch so much story stuff. the gameplay is almost trivial in the scope of things.
anyway, i bring this up because i really hope this GC game that monolith is working on has more playtime than xenosaga...or at least has more playtime in the first 8 hours of the game...
ah well, time for bed.
i'm not saying that it's a bad game...it's too early to pass tyhat judgement on the poor thing, but i don't understand how the developers, nay, the industry can even consider this a game. 8 hours into it and i think i've sat watching scripted events for probably 6 of those hours...not even FF8 was that bad...given, the snippets of gameplay in between the enormous story segments are more satisfying than those in FF8...and the story being told for 3/4 of the game is more engaging that the one in FF8...and the characters are more interesting... anyway, it just isn't a game...it's a movie that has you push buttons to progress the story.
to anyone here who owns it, does the game unfold? will there be segments of exploration? will the gameplay begin to outweigh the story sequences? i really want to like this game, because the story and charactyers are so cool...but it's just so boring to sit and watch so much story stuff. the gameplay is almost trivial in the scope of things.
anyway, i bring this up because i really hope this GC game that monolith is working on has more playtime than xenosaga...or at least has more playtime in the first 8 hours of the game...
ah well, time for bed.
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