I rant about Square now

[tempestuously]

Ugh, have to go over to the aunt's for social interaction. Bleh.

I want Xenogears anime. I've been searching for cutscenes on YouTube all day. There aren't any true cutscenes, just AMVs. I'd play the game again if it wasn't so damn hard at times. And long. Very long.

But nooo, we get Xenosaga anime because it was popular at the time. Square's greatest masterpiece ever and hardly any of the FF-fed fans have even heard of it before Xenosaga. Some still don't even know what it is. So, while FF7 whores itself to movies, spinoffs and potential revamped re-releases of the original game, its much superior half-brother game fades into obscurity. Ok, I admit it could be terribly linear and that second disk made you want to bash your head into the wall, but it's still the best storyline Square has ever brought to life. Every character had a story. Had dimension and depth. They weren't just there for a few memorable lines and then off again. And while Krelian was very much in the nutsy go-coocoo stage of his existence, he's still one of the few Square "villains" who had a reason for his madness. Ok, Sephy, you did too. Kinda. In a roundabout "it's all about me" way. But I really don't like you. I guess Miang did too, but hers would be much more complicated. And let us not forget the religion. I'm sure that got under people's skin. But if you can take Evangelion, Xenogears is not much worse. When you get right down to it, it's just a love story after all. I think if any game deserves to be redone right, it should be Xenogears. Spruce up that second disk and give us some gametime. But alas, chances of that are nonexistant. If it could, the fan response would probably be tremendous. There's just so much to work with.

Maybe I can dig out my old save file and at least play with Bart and his whip. Or Little Billy AKA Yes Junior, plz to be stealing my mad skillz. In Junior's defense, at least his gun doesn't require special bullets.

Comments

[jyuufish.livejournal.com]

You know how much I would KILL for a Xenogears anime? *coughs*

[teletha.livejournal.com]

Xenogears > Everything else.

All the FF7 stuff, I'm so over it. I was over FF7 6 years ago. The love is just not coming back. XD

[silver-huskey.livejournal.com]

I blame FF8 for Xenogears not being able to reach its full potential. =/ I heard that so much more was planned for disc 2, but the budget had to be cut. It's a shame too, Xenogears is my all time favorite video game. Not only was the story good, but the battle system was a nice break from constant menus. It's too bad that with the release of Xenosaga, that more attention couldn't be drawn to Xenogears. X_x

Say, did you ever manage to get your hands on the Perfect Works collection? It's not in English (sadly), but it's still very enjoyable. ^^

[katimus-prime.livejournal.com]

Allow me to join the chorus of Xenogears being superior to everything else in the universe. One of the only reasons I'm trying to hold on for the end of Xenosaga is the possibility of something awesome and Xenogearsy to happen at the end (like rocks fall, everyone dies, and you get to see who they pop up as next life), but I'm not holding much hope out. Or much money out.

The Xenosaga anime makes me very very angry. It's a bastardization of a bastardization and a waste of time and ugly.

I could rant more, but I don't want to get more bent out of shape than I already am.