I felt like i was watching a movie. Those cutscenes are like ten minutes a piece! I mean, at one point in the beginning, after you enter Moby Dick's, I went to get a comforter and popcorn. I almost fell asleep a few times. I just want them to stop and let me fight. And then some of the battles are rediculous...not in a bad way either, just t clear that up. But not in a good way, either...i don't know what to say about it, i guess. I just have to play more...
*You know it's over, growing colder, I need something, leads me next to nothing...*
*All we ever wanted, I need something, leads me next to nothing...*
This game is most likely not for you, you have to really be into the idea of long LONG story driven scenes because that's what the game is about. If you nearly fall asleep during 10 minute scenes you probably won't be able to handle the 30-45 minute scenes. I'm just surprised you played to episode 2 not enjoying the scene length because episode 1 was the same way. Wait... Did you play Episode 1? If not, Episode 2 will probably not be a very good game to you.Originally Posted by Yazoo'squeen
*Just a friendly warning that some content in my post may contain minor spoilers*
I'm around eleven hours into the game right now, and I'm in the Subconscious Domain, and I must say... it's pretty good so far. I believe I've done the G2 Campaign quests and got all the optional things I can for the time being, so I'm advancing the story. Anyway, here are my thoughts so far...
Pros
- Environmental/background graphics have really improved, along with the weather effects.
- Enemies look a lot nicer, and smoother. They upped the detail and movement in this one.
- (My opinion) Separating the character battles and Mech battles was a good idea. It's one less thing to worry about.
- I enjoy the new way to learn spells, skills, and whatnot. It's pretty massive.
- Most of the battle system is pretty cool. Especially the Double Techniques.
- I love the new menu design.
- The new G2 Sidequest is very fun and adds a lot to the gameplay.
- Speaking of gameplay, there's a lot more it seems. Not that I don't enjoy the lengthy cutscenes.
- The storyline is still very massive, complex, and keeps you on edge. Answers a lot of questions, and I'm sure it'll answer more.
- Switching out characters in battle is a nice touch.
Cons
- The character designs really suck in my opinion. MOMO doesn't look at all cute anymore, Allen looks retarded, and it seems like Shion is a totally new character. I dunno, I just don't like it. I'm slowly getting used to it though.
- Much like Harry Potter in the fifth book, Shion sucks. In this instalment, she seems very annoying and stupid.
- Some of the new voice actors don't belong. Shion's new voice actress seems to be trying too hard to be putting emphasis on her words, It seems forced. This adds more to the annoyance of her character. chaos' voice actor is Joshua Seth I believe, the dude who does Tai in the Digimon series. He's pretty good; I have no complaints about him for now. MOMO and KOS-MOS just don't sound right. The rest are pretty good.
- This isn't a very big con, because I like this combo system in battle... But it was better in Episode I.
- Still a little slow at the introduction of battles.
Heh, and I guess MOMO is to Xenosaga as Vivi is to FFIX. I found it funny when she was all depressed about being artificially created. Anyways, I'm going to enjoy more of the game... So overall it's pretty good. I like it.
The only problem I had with the game is that the audio took a serious nose dive. The music sucks, some of the voices are just horrible (chaos), and some of the characters look ackward with the new graphical style. Not a bad game, but they just messed up in a few key compartments. And the game is very difficult so far.
I just got to the second CD, the first CD was really short but I am enjoying it nonetheless. I must say though if the next one isn't coming out until 2008 it sure as hell better be a lot longer.
There is more content on disc 2 than disc 1.
And what happened to that little encyclopedia thing from the first game? You know, where you could look up the terms and quotes in the game.
I know! I was very disappointed that the encyclopeadia wasn't in this one, I got a lot of background info on the characters and the plot from the first one, so I was disappointed it wasn't in Ep.2..
...They should have kept KOS-MOS' original voice actor, I'm on the second disc and I still haven't gotten used to the new one...she just doesn't sound right anymore.
Well, it's not quite an encyclopedia, but if you go to the Second Miltia spaceport and look on the computers at the far right you can get something close...
Just got beat down by (SPOILER)that creepy, possibly dissassociative personality disorder church woman. Gotta level up or use a different party next time.
What do you mean it's close?
She's awesome as well as extremely hard. My first time around I had a really difficult time with her and ended up using lots of items.
My suggestion is to:
(SPOILER)Beat her into her second form and then swap in Ziggy and max his stock, create down effect and nail her with triple O with him~ Massive damage... Also I used KOS-MOS with Fire Sword status and that did pretty good damage too. The important thing is to keep up your HP more than usual since this crazy bitch can do some insane damage in her second form.
Uh, it's got information.
The battle system irks me a bit, the GS stuff isn't even necessary because once you level up enough no amount of double attacks will change the outcome of your battles, and the constant happy music gives me a mild headache.
That said, the story is amazing, the characters rock, and I LOVE how MOMO finally kicks some butt instead of being a nearly useless healing character. Also, the graphics are jaw-droppingly incredible.
Not exactly on par with the first Xeno, but still a really good game. You can tell its mostly setup for the rest of the series, which I don't mind at all. Its really cool finding out more about the charaters' backstories, motives, etc. So yeah....overall, its making me really excited about where the story will ultimately go. Can't wait for 3!!
THE MEW HATH NO NEED OF A SIG >:3
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