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tempestuously) wrote2006-06-18 01:30 pm
tempestuously) wrote2006-06-18 01:30 pm
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I rant about Square now
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.
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.
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