[PS2] Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Originally Posted by Mackey Hiromu

I think it'd really be a shame to end it at three, the story seemed like it was starting to pick up momentum. I was hoping to get much more story in XSII though seeing as it was two discs but I was kind of let down. I really would like to see more games that tied Saga to Gears though, maybe on PS3?

You know it could be that they had to pack all those cut scenes in disc 1 and ran out of memory. Or maybe it was just for the hell of it. "Yea lets have disc 1 only last 2 hours".

I put Shion up there with Aya Brea and Claire Redfield on my list of outstanding female protagonists.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's the curse of episode II the most horrible game in the series. III will sell more when people get wind of it being a better game. Fat chance of it meaning "IV". If that annoying ass battle system from epII is present, EpIII will flop in america, end of story.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

This is quite easily the best RPG I've played in 10 years, and you know when was the last. I am so addicted to this game, I play it everyday...all day. A bit dissappointing that this only came about because there was a lot of complaints about episode II.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Guest

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You thought the scene with Shion, Allen and Kevin was awesome? Awesome how, seriously? I thought it was unnecessarily moderated, like practically every love scene in video games these days. No one ever just says 'I love you,' and gets it over with. For me, the scene was a little funny but mostly frustrating because once again, love is overshadowed by friendship, a less mature theme. I hate it when games are toned down. Would it have killed them to make that scene just a little more intimate? Being a type of person who likes a romance, I was quite disappointed with how it turned out. Allen took the beating of his life for Shion and she didn't even embrace him with a hug.

And yeah, that boss fight was hilarious.

I do agree with this, it has been a long time since such a game used the L word in full. He got shafted big time and it's a shame because he developed pretty well as a character in this game.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I didn't laugh, but I went "OH HELL YEAH THIS IS GONNA BE A KICK-ASS BOSS FIGHT". I was real hyped with it's appearence. Fucking nostalgically ingenious. I wish I saved at the part so I can replay it over and over again.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I have finished the game.

The only thing I failed to do was defeat Erde Kaiser Sigma without having all three Erdes. About 15% HP left and he used this attack that wiped us all out. I can't beat Omega ID so..whatever.

The final boss wasn't too hard, but he wasn't easy either. The key to my victory was keeping up Defensive, Quick and Balance, using Shion, KOS-MOS, and Jin, and switching in MOMO for nuking.

The boss before the final was way too easy and I made some of the most silly mistakes ever. Mistakes that would normally get you killed. He absorbs fire damage but I didn't know this until I used KOS-MOS's final teck attack, healing him for 5000 points, oops.

Allen owned Kevin hahahaha.

Guess I'm going to shoot for lvl99 and get payback against Sigma.

I want to add that if

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there was one thing in the game that I could have had done, it would have been to create a scenario in Labrynthos to stop those 27-series Asura's from making Aoi into a human shishkabob.

Shion can keep the rest of her past, good and bad, but that is one memory I would not allow to exist.

My respect for both Kevin and Jin went up during the final moments of game.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Now that's very clever. I was level 67 when I fought Sigma. My strat was very much in disarray. He goes into uber mode when he's at half health. It turned into everyone of us having to cast Revert almost every round until only KOS-MOS was left -.-. I will try what you advised above. For ID, I have like 40 All repairs from that insane leveling fest I did on the Merkabah lol and like 99 halfs and mediums .

FELIPE NO

LOL, oh Wilhelm is powerful. The way he used his power at the end was to match his personality no less. I mean damn, nothing really bothered this guy and he shows no anger(mildly at the end).

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Mary. What you are doing?
You fool.

lol

He really had no impact at the end though.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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(which has already been done. Kevin was wearing the pendant when he died in Episode I, so how did he give it to Shion?)

Your memory fails you I think. This was already explained in episode III during a cutscene. Before his death, way before actually, him and Shion sat out in thier living room and had a "moment" together. This is where Kevin gave her the pendant.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I said Episode III, not episode I @_@. The scene is epIII is a flashback she had before his death.


Ohhhh wait. I understand what you're saying now. My bad.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

LOL! Doctus much be extremely powerful to be able to do that to V4 KOS-MOS. Hmm, yea Missing Year told the story behind a lot of people that is left otherwise vague in XSIII.

I have to say though, the best scene to me is when

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Allen was telling off Kevin, all out of the true love for shion

Awesome awesome. To think he annoyed me much in the first 2 games.

Leknaat I think EPII should have never been made if that counts.

Ok seriously I think it would have been better if the first 2 were all one game. For one thing, EPII was short lol. Albedo's role in EPI would have synched VERY WELL with his role in EPII. He's a great villain but doing that would possibly put him to the top of all villains in the RPG universe .

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well my bad, it sure looked like version 4 to me.

As for who Doctus is, her name is mentioned in EPIII database, but who knows, could be just another 'code name'.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?