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Why Xenogears Remains Enduringly Popular on its 20th Anniversary Looking back on a crazy but enduring entry in the RPG canon.
Xenogears’ story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator A writer with a dream to combine robots, religion and RPGs ...
This is a column by Jason Schreier dedicated to the analysis (and occasional mocking) of his favorite genre, the Japanese role-playing game. Whether it's because they're too antiquated or just too ...
By opting for sprite-based characters and 3D environments, rather than diving headlong into 3D, Xenogears' team created a game which escapes, to some extent, the march of graphical progress.
The Many Epics Of Xenogears In PR-speak, the word "epic" means "really, really long." That term seems a bit misused, especially when the "60+ hours of gameplay!" can tend to be monotonous grinding ...
With any luck, we may yet see a re-release of Xenogears, as its mix of 2D sprites with 3D environments is something games like Octopath Traveler have clearly been inspired by and that was hugely ...
Xenogears recently arrived on the North American PlayStation Network as a $9.99 download. This excites me, even as someone who has finished the PSX version twice and the Japanese PSN (released in ...
A while back we knew that Square Enix was planning to do a Weltall figure from the classic PlayStation role-playing game 'Xenogears'. Well, now that figure is up for pre-order.
Community So I sat in a chair … a lot. I couldn't wait to play through the second disc of Xenogears. The main characters already survived a series of tragic losses. I just had to see how the ...
Game director Tetsuya Takahashi finally explained why disc 2 of 'Xenogears' pales in comparison to its amazing disc 1. Is it time for the classic RPG to get a remake?
Alternate title: "Reflections With Soraya Saga Part 2". This is the one about Xenogears and Xenosaga.
These JRPGs perfected the Active Time Battle system, creating tense, strategic fights where every second and decision counts ...