Saddest Death(s) - spoilers inside

[Vice Nebulosa]

(SPOILER)Albedo's death was really touching for me, how he just wanted to be destroyd by his brother.

So (SPOILER)you figure Albedo "died", so to speak? I always got the impression that he was simply integrated into Rubedo's consciousness somehow. Judging by his seeming immortality in Episode II (as Albedo himself said, the Patriarch literally reduced him to particles, and yet failed to do any true damage), just because Albedo may not be present in a physical sense does not mean that he is altogether absent. Perhaps I am mistaken about this one, but I was always fairly certain that Albedo and Rubedo became merged entities, permitting the former a period of "rest" in his perpetual state of undeath. And in "rest", perhaps Albedo simply occupies a more elementary state of matter, like the state to which he was reduced by the Patriarch.

*Shrug* It isn't as if any solid answers about the Xenosaga trilogy are forthcoming anymore, so we are free to theorize.

Xenosaga was a great series and I really wished it got a little more love. Even its own fans turned on it after Eps.II which is sad, cause the whole second disc kicked ass and Ep.III was damn near flawless in everything.

Episode III was just loaded in every respect. Since it was required (in a damned vicious turn of fate) that the plot be reduced from a sextet to a trilogy, Episode III had to oversee four plots in one (Episodes III, IV, V, and VI), and some aspects thereof were handled remarkably well, and some, understandably, were somewhat neglected. I am certain that the writing team would have liked a great deal more time to introduce the whole (SPOILER)Mary Magdelene concept. As it was, the plot accelerated rather rapidly towards the end. *_*

As for Episode II, fans had legitimate reason to be incensed, in all fairness. The voice acting changes were brutal, and the soundtrack (minus a mere handful of tracks, primarily "Lamentation") was an utter joke when compared to the previous Mitsuda score (which wasn't even one of Mitsuda's best to begin with). It was essentially Albedo's game, however, and they developed the insane, inexorable tragedy of his existence extremely well (the moment where a young Albedo demonstrates his inability to commit suicide was particularly shocking, and his crippling fear of solitude particularly poignant). Thus, I consider it a good game; excellent in some respects, quite deficient in others.

I also loved Voyager but regretfully his story never saw release outside of Japan which is sad cause I feel Pied Piper was easily the best written piece in the series and easily made Ziggy my favorite character.

Yeah, Voyager wasn't much in the Americanized version. And they go very much out of their way in Episode II to imply that an in-depth backstory between Ziggurat 8 and Voyager is imminent. The Testaments in general were an exercise in squandered potential, depending on how you feel about the incredibly indecisive Kevin and the easily swayed Virgil. Albedo was the best developed, but even his exeunt felt rushed due to the time crunch that was Episode III.

Aeris' death in FFVII was utterly tragic.

That one never hit me, to be honest. No doubt related to the fact that I knew the general layout of the plot long before I ever managed to pry a copy of the game itself from Ebay, and that I watched Advent Children first. :laugh: So yeah, completely imperfect experience, but to be blunt, I never felt any particular attachment to Aerith at any time I can recall. I always got the impression from those who were affected by her demise that the impact really comes from the surprise with which it was enacted, which certainly explains what I was missing.

MGS3

Yeah, The End took a piece of my heart to his grave, as well. Seems like it was probably "his time", though. <_< >_>