[PS2] Xenosaga III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Game is out and showing up on eBay. But I haven't been able to find anything about the Premium box. Even Namco's site doesn't list anything about it. Did they forgo the idea this time around? ;_;

And what's this I see?

Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Namco Bandai Games America 08/29/06 US

Holy shit man. I'm so going hyper over all this.

(I am getting the Japanese special DVD, if anybody's curious.)

How ya doing, buddy?

I was looking over Namco JP's site, and I see absolutely no mention of a premium box this time around. I'm upset. I wanted a trilogy of boxes!

Oh well. Got the Japanese game and DVD coming. I wonder what the DVD will include for a bonus extra this time around.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I managed to get my copy of Xenosaga III and the special DVD. If the special DVD for the US release is like the Japanese version, expect it to be MUCH different than the one that came with Xenosaga II.

No Xenosaga II scene compilation. A bunch of trailers, scenes from big release dates in the history of the series, and some other factoids. However for Mitsuda fans, the man does show up on the DVD. He doesn't look like I expected him to look. Cool to watch him work though.

The other big disappointment is that in a misc section about the other games (Xenosaga Freaks and Pied Piper) they have a video about Freaks, but for some reason they seemed to have goofed and instead of covering Pied Piper, there's another XSII video.

The DVD wasn't even region coded. SL DVD even. >_>;;

If anybody wants like the trailers or wants to see the cool video with Mitsuda, let me know and I'll encode.

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

I'll work on encoding that later. Encoding done: http://files.filefront.com/Xenosaga_.../fileinfo.html

As for the game itself, I've played the first section and I will alleviate some fears.

Battle sequences are MUCH MUCH IMPROVED from XSII. They're fast. You're not waiting 30 seconds for the battle to load. Battles themselves are fast as well.

Graphics are fantastic. Big expansive levels and much brighter than some of the gloomy levels in XS II.

The battle system has changed a bit. It's now one list of commands and also a "break" bar has been added. When your bar (or the enemies) hits full, you (or they) become dizzy, disabling them for a bit. Enemies also have a meter when you select them giving you a rough idea of how much HP they have left (if you've been keeping mental track of what you've done).

Battle music is hardly noticable this time around. It's there, but it's really faded into the background. Doesn't bother me though.

So far I'm liking this better than XSII.

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Originally Posted by B.K.

Until you get later in the game. In the last few chapters, battles usually lasted me three or four minutes each.

I didn't mean that battles are over in a short time, but loading, and actions are fast paced.

Remember how long loading times were in XSII? Cut that in about 1/10th.


I also find it interesting (thinking in regards to battles at the beginning) that Miyuki was using Shion's XSI MWS. ^^;;

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Originally Posted by Hiro

Oh, really? Wow, I was not aware of this. I just beat it yesterday. I liked it, there were quite a few difference when compared with the PlayStation 2's versions. Regrettably, the game got a bit too easy at the end. :/ There was also no Kajiura.

Well, it kinda became the official story after they kicked off everybody from the XS1 team. As for the music in the DS game, I'm not sure who composed it now, considering it was Mitsuda in XS1 and it certainly isn't him now (if it is, he must have wrote it in 15 seconds. )

How ya doing, buddy?

Never trust any company's claims. What did they say for XSI? 80 hrs?

And some Japanese guy beat it in about 6.

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