While I absolutely adore the Xenoblades (still have yet to play 2 though), I think Xenogears will forever stay the entry that’s had the biggest impact on me. I’ll take a daring vision over a polished final product any day of the week

As for Xenosaga, I really need to try and complete it one day. I liked Episode I a lot, but then I just dropped Episode II. For all its many faults, it was actually the music that finally made me stop playing it forever. This has never happened to me before or since, and I’m a musician.

What with them refusing to HD rerelease Xenosaga, instead of emulating the PS2 games Im half tempted to try a fan translation of the I and II collection on DS. Though I’ve heard it’s pretty substantially different, it does feel it’s Episide II is closer to the intended story. The package has completely different music yet again, so I’m a bit torn because Mitsuda’s work on I was excellent