They are certainly different. Doesn't help it's a genre the West never really got exposed to.
I don't know if people who read VN's realize just how strange these things can be.
This coming from the man who doesn't feel Xenosaga Episode 2 was a good game. I think we all know who had the stroke here. At least I'm praising an actual game.
Kind of making my point for me here.
I have a clean bill of health my friend and BoFV: DQ was a good game.
I like to pin this one on the stroke you had around that time.
You can't get past nostalgia to recognize its greatness?
I wonder what the reasoning behind Dragon Quarter is then?
I feel our opinions would be similar if we switched when we played them. Having played it back in 98 when it's bad elements seem par the course of other games at the time would soften your view whereas if I played it now without the nostalgia and personal stuff affecting my view, I could probably see it closer to what it is. I generally blame Xenogears for why I'm not totally in-love with Xenosaga, since for me, I went into the series knowing fully well what to expect so it didn't really have the surprise factor for me like I felt it does for some other people I've discussed the game with.
I was more then fair in acknowledging the things that game did right. It's more we seem to view games in very similar ways rather then just the games themselves, yet still end up with such huge disparities cropping up in instances like Xenogears.
