Pumpkin
11-30-2014, 04:24 AM
Because I'm playing it now, watcha gon do bout it :smash:
Should be obvious there will be spoilers
Okay so a few years (6 or 7?) I read the game script for Xenogears because it interested me after playing Xenosaga and I didn't have a copy, nor a way to order it online and it was impossible to find in stores.
Well now I am playing the game. I'd tried twice before but stopped at the first forest and then the first cave. Because the gameplay was horrendous. My opinion remains the same. I rage quit today because I found out I might have to use those stupid ^&$&%&^$ gears in regular random encounters and I hate using those stupid ^%&*^*& gears. Also the controls are super clunky and it takes like 5 minutes to load the memory cards.
Anyway, so I've been playing it from the point of view of someone who knows the gist of the story. I don't remember all of the details however. But I did really love the story, especially since one of my favourite things to study at that age was the theory of the Id, Ego, and Superego. And mental illness in general actually.
So I am really liking some of the stuff I wouldn't have picked up on if I didn't know the story. Like the signs of Fei's mental instability (at the less obvious times), like when he's talking to Elly and yells at her about the village, it can easily pass as regular grief. But knowing his problems makes the scene appear in a whole new light. And the foreshadowing with Id.
I just rescued Margie. Discuss le game avec moi :monster:
Should be obvious there will be spoilers
Okay so a few years (6 or 7?) I read the game script for Xenogears because it interested me after playing Xenosaga and I didn't have a copy, nor a way to order it online and it was impossible to find in stores.
Well now I am playing the game. I'd tried twice before but stopped at the first forest and then the first cave. Because the gameplay was horrendous. My opinion remains the same. I rage quit today because I found out I might have to use those stupid ^&$&%&^$ gears in regular random encounters and I hate using those stupid ^%&*^*& gears. Also the controls are super clunky and it takes like 5 minutes to load the memory cards.
Anyway, so I've been playing it from the point of view of someone who knows the gist of the story. I don't remember all of the details however. But I did really love the story, especially since one of my favourite things to study at that age was the theory of the Id, Ego, and Superego. And mental illness in general actually.
So I am really liking some of the stuff I wouldn't have picked up on if I didn't know the story. Like the signs of Fei's mental instability (at the less obvious times), like when he's talking to Elly and yells at her about the village, it can easily pass as regular grief. But knowing his problems makes the scene appear in a whole new light. And the foreshadowing with Id.
I just rescued Margie. Discuss le game avec moi :monster: