I might as well say this here.

As my Square RPGs with Great Stories topic may have indicated, I'm looking for new RPGs that have really fascinating narratives that will wow me to at least nearly the same degree as Xenogears.

I don't think Blade will do that. It'll probably be a lot of fun and interesting but just not on the same level as Gears.

So i set out to find other JRPGs that will hopefully blow my mind.
This is the one I picked.
(SPOILER)



I decided on this because:
1. Everyone and their mother says Persona when you ask for well-written JRPGs.
2. Some die-hard fans said that, as much as 3 and 4 were being recommended, 2 was better in the plot department.
3. A guy on the Gamefaqs Xenogears board even recommended the game for having the same "feel" as Gears.
4. Perhaps the flimsiest reasoning yet but I just have a strong attachment to the PS1. I grew up with it more than any other console and so I just had to put my faith in one of its premier JRPG titles. Xenogears was once just another popular PS1 JRPG to me as well and look how much I've become obsessed with it.

I know there's a PSP version of innocent Sin available but I don't own a PSP and I can't play that crap anyway because of my eyesight. I bought the Japanese version and I'll just use a translation patch. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

Xenoblade and both Persona 2's should be here later this week. I think I'll have a fun month before I go visit my friend in June.