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I know there has to be some XS fans over here. *eyes Philemon* Is anyone looking forward to this one(despite Shion does look skanky *shrugs*). Or did some people just give up on the series after one and two?

Infos from Gamespot site:
"Monolith Soft is developing the third--and final---installment to its popular sci-fi RPG series.

Besides giving the public their first look at Metal Gear Solid 4, the latest issue of Famitsu magazine has the first details on Xenosaga Episode III. Bearing the Nietzschean title Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra, the game will be the final installment in the Xenosaga trilogy. Like the previous two Xenosagas, Episode III is being developed for the PlayStation 2 by Monolith Soft and will be published by Namco. No release date has been announced at the current time.

Xenosaga Episode III will take place one year after the end of Episode II and will once again focus on the adventures of series heroine Shion Uzuki and her friends. Party members confirmed to be in Episode III include JR, KOS-MOS, and Ziggy. The graphics in Xenosaga Episode III will be in the more-realistic style of Episode II, as opposed to the cutely deformed look of Episode I.

Episode III takes place after Shion resigns from her job as chief engineer of Vector Corporation's R&D Division when she discovers the company is involved in the destructive Gnosis Phenomenon. She now works together with an underground organization called Scientia, which is attempting to expose Vector Corporation's wrongdoings. After her departure from Vector, Shion learns that her old employer has canceled its KOS-MOS project--just as a mysterious android named T-elos that strikingly resembles KOS-MOS appears. It's expected that Episode III will reveal many of the mysteries surrounding the series, such as the Vector Corporation's true objective."

Whoa 3? I thought the story was supposed to span 6 games. That blows. But I hope they decide to combine the more 'Xenogear-based' battle-system aspect they had in the first one. And I hope for new tags maybe some full-party ones too.

Nicer pictures: http://rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga3/xenosaga3.html

Yea, it's pretty sad it'll end with this one. Hopefully it'll end well.^^ Just looking at the pictures tells you this game is going to be good~

I can't wait ! KOS-MOS and Shion look different yet again. Every episode they change the looks. First, Anime-like after that, kinda realistic now this. I like how they look now. Now let's hope the voices aren't bad like episode 2.(chaos, momo, etc.)

I dunno... Ep. 2 really cooled me off of the series. I may get it, but only after I see the reviews.

After seeing this trailer on the big screen at TGS...I'm so getting this game. <3 It looks awesome and I love some of the new outfits(Jr., MOMO, and chaos).

T-ELOS(is that her name?) reminds of of uh, chaos. Same skin and hair color.^^;

Yeah she does remind me of him. I can't wait to get it. Once it comes out in english.

Same here, I'm waiting to get this one in English as well. D: I think by the time it comes out, I'll be finished with the first and second one.^^; *is still playing the first*

I still need to finish the first one.(damn Gigas and me not being at a high level to kill it) I have to finish the second one too( I'm going to kill Margulis for the uh...second time or last I think)

Haha, at least you're playing both.^^ I'm stuck fighting Tiamit or whatever it's name was. I die everytime! (Actually, when it kills Shion and Jr., I just sit there and let chaos die.) D:

Well, it's three episodes, I guess. I'll have to live with that. I hope it'll answer the mysteries surrounding the first two. I have a feeling I won't be overly dissapointed.

Is ep. III the last episode?
By the way... I know it doesn't follow the episode whatever outlined in perfect works, but is Xenosaga (all 3) ONE episode?  Or is each episode of xenosaga an episode as well?
Because before, I thought it made not a lot of sense that one episode (in xenosaga) covers such a tiny time frame, but the fifth episode had to cover everything that took place in xenogears.

I believe I read somewhere there might be up to 6 episodes, but I could be wrong.

There's suppose to be six episodes but I think they narrowed it down to three. I heard if they still plan to continue the series, it'll definitely have chaos and KOS-MOS in it but I haven't heard about the others...D: Ah, theories people come up with!

So ep. III will be the last one?  
Wow, they have a lot to wrap up.

Yea, I'm wondering how that would work out. D: Wrapping games up too fast isn't so fun. I guess this is why they started the games story with "6 months later..." or something. Just to move things a little more forward.

Yeah, but even though the time frame is actually moving slowly, to you the audience, the story will still feel rushed. :/

*puts in XS III* "The End."

I agree but when I think about it...six episodes of Xenosaga? The series is great but SIX? I'm kind of glad they narrowed it down to three. I can't even keep up with all the Final Fantasy titles. D:

Yeah, but FF doesn't follow a storyline.  Like... all the FF's don't follow one storyline.  
I guess 6 episodes is a bit long... not to mention segmented for anyone who's playing them as they come out.

I think that this being the last one is conditional depending on sales given the fact they had to makeup for how they botched EP:2.

Can someone tell me what was so bad about XSII? From what I seen, it looks great. Is it just like the first one? More movies and hardly *any* gameplay? Short?

Nuu, you're right. I guess if the FF series did follow one storyline I'd be frighten. D: Well, there is the whole huge FFVII media mania going on. I heard some put up a petition for a bigger FFVIII franchise...good god. I hope not. I hated VIII.

Like FFVII was any better than VIII. They were both hideous in their own, unique ways.

That makes sense.
FFVII: hideous grafics
FFVIII: hideous story

I don't consider FFVII's story to be any better than FFVIII's. As I said, they both suck, but FFVII had more suckage than just its graphics. Though, I think this can be said about pretty much 99% of Square's games.

No, no! You got it all wrong! D:
FFVII: Lack of Aerith
FFVIII: Rinoa...

I fail to see what the big deal about Rinoa was. She wasn't nearly as obnoxious as Tifa -- of course, most people seem to like Tifa because of her bust size -- a towering advantage she has over Rinoa.

FFVIII is just an excuse to make a cliché "romantic story". That´s why I consider it worse than FFVII.


Aerith wasn´t all that...
My brother still feels sad when he hears her "death music" though.:blah:

Aerith was one of the few decent characters in the game. At least, one of the few characters with any real meaning -- and a somewhat decent design.

FFVII was just an excuse to make a Star Wars-esque Rebel Story.



Argilla: Sorry if I was being a jerk to you in the thread. Apologies.

I hope no one thought that when I put "FFVIII: Rinoa..." meant a lack of Rinoa. I HATED Rinoa in FFVIII. D: If they killed her off, maybe I'd find the story more interesting.

What exactly is it about her you dislike so much?

You too Argilla? Thought I was alone...

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I generally dislike "perfect sweet girl" type of main girl charas.  This includes Rinoa, Yuna, Sera (I'm sorry!), Collette... the list goes on.

Rinoa has the best outfit out of all of them, though.

Nuh uh.  
Yuna was a pop star.  Pop stars rock.
Not to mention Yuna dressed like a moogle.  You can't beat that.

Sorry, no. Everything and anything about or related to Final FantasY X and Final Fantasy X-2 sucks. FFX is like that "New Coke" that wound up tasting like shit despite the fact that it was Coke.

edit: My analogies suck almost as much as FFX.

Nonono.
Charlie's Angel's Knockoff = awesome.
Barbie styled sphere grid mantra whatever = da bomb
2 pop songs in 1 rpg?  Priceless.  
But now that I think about it, DDS 2 had 2 pop songs either.

And only Alive was any good. I thought Time Capsule was complete garbage -- not as much as "Danger", but close enough.

:confused: How can that be a good thing?


Don´t know about the Coke thing, but I agree. It´s just a way for Square to make easy money... A game lacking originality, with a half-decent gameplay and a terrible soundtrack, "but hey, it´s FF! It has to be good!".
Yeah right...

FFX-2 = huuuuge fanservice.

The pop songs (songs in general) in FFX-2 sucked.  Shows how much Square needed Nobeu to make good music.

The only songs that were good, IMO, were 1000 words and Eternity ~Memory of Lightwave(s)~.

I agree.^^ Some of the music in FFX-2 wasn't all too bad. "Real Emotion" was horrible though(in English AND Japanese). D:

Back on-topic to XSIII, there's a thread at GF with a bunch of good and informational links/translations: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929933&topic=23674598 If anyone wants to check it out.

Hey cool, I'll check those out tomarrow, because I'm sick I have almost all day to look stuff up ;p.

*bookmarks*

RPGamer put up some new scans: http://rpgamer.com/games/xeno/xenosaga3/xenosaga3.html

Looks really neat so far and I love some of the landscape designs. (Pst! Allen is a playable character! XD)

Double post! *revives topic*

Huge (http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929933&topic=27981892&page=1) spoilers from the demo? And leaked information (http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=929933&topic=27901846) thread! D: