Post by: theaveng on March 05, 2003, 05:22:00 AM
Post by: Stex on March 05, 2003, 09:23:17 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 05, 2003, 11:18:46 AM
Means nothing (not to say that the game isn't good, but figures don't impress me). Space Invaders and Mario are awesome games, yet you could fit them on a cell phone. Quality, not quantity.
Post by: Ian Sane on March 05, 2003, 11:36:07 AM
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 05, 2003, 11:58:42 AM
Post by: Poz on March 05, 2003, 01:09:31 PM
Post by: Poz on March 05, 2003, 01:11:08 PM
Post by: Locke Cole on March 05, 2003, 01:13:49 PM
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Originally posted by: Poz
heh, i meant low quality television programs and bad movies...
Just to let you know there is a edit button when you mess up on posts. Anyways I heard about this game and I think it will be another MGS2 with WAY too many cut scenes.
Post by: theaveng on March 05, 2003, 02:23:41 PM
7 1/2 hours of movies/cutscenes is how much I heard is included in the game. Spread over 60 hours that's really not alot. It still leaves ~52 hours of game. Add in sidequests, and the game will surpass 100.
ASIDE: I don't know why people complain about cut-scenes so much? Super Nintendo RPGs had plenty of cutscenes in them. Like that hour-long opera sequence in Final Fantasy 3 (FF6 in Japan). Long, involved stories are nothing new.
Post by: DrForester on March 05, 2003, 03:17:09 PM
So far in Xenosaga I havn't noticed any increase in cut scenes beyond what Xenogears had.
Post by: Stex on March 05, 2003, 05:15:23 PM
On another subject, is it a good idea to play Xenogears before you play Xenosaga or what? I may pick up one of them in the future and I'd rather play Xenosaga if you don't really need to play Xenogears first.
Post by: DrForester on March 05, 2003, 05:31:56 PM
THe offical word is Xenosaga is NOT related to Xenogears. The developers of XG were not happy with the finished product due to cut time and budget.
Xenosaga is esentially a rebirth of the series that loosly (not directly) follows "Xenogears: Perfect Works" a 300+ page artbook/companion to Xengoears that lets people in on all the stuff they left out, as well as gives a brief outline as to what "Episode 1" would be.
There are many common elements between the two. Both have an object called Zohar, and Abel (A character from Xenogears) does show up, just as he is supposed to. Hopefully EPisode 2 of Xenosaga will include the events of Xengoears opening sequence, but again, it's only loosly following the timeline, so who knows. Becasue of these simmilarities and common items, I think you will enjoy XS more if you have played Xenogears, just to catch those things.
Post by: manunited4eva22 on March 06, 2003, 10:25:45 AM
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Originally posted by: Locke Cole
Anyways I heard about this game and I think it will be another MGS2 with WAY too many cut scenes.
Don't think, try. Thats like calling animal crossing stupid without playing it.
Post by: Termin8Anakin on March 06, 2003, 01:27:55 PM
I remember when I was in Year 8 (1998), I read a review of Turok 2 in NMS (Nintendo Magazine System - An old NIntendo mag in Australia), and it got 100%. I saw things like the cerebral bore, and I instantly said how cool this game to other people. "Look! There's this thing called the crebral bore and you can....", "This game is the coolest!".
I finally rented the game, and it just sucked big time. PLaying Goldeneye for so long put me off this game. The frame suced, the fog was too great, and the sound was muffled like a speaker wrapped in 40 feet of sponges.
ANd that is my story of judging a game before playing it.
So I'm sure Xenosaga is a great game, as is MGS2, despite the numerous cutscenes in both.
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 06, 2003, 02:42:46 PM
Post by: DrForester on March 06, 2003, 04:28:54 PM
Xenosaga's story requires a lot of cut scenes. SO much is going on. This isn't the simple Link saves Princess story that requires little explination or background.
Again, if you ahve ever played Xenogears, you will find no more cut scenes than Xengoears had, and like Xenogears you'll find the story just as rewarding.
Post by: RahXephon on March 06, 2003, 04:37:06 PM
Post by: BlkPaladin on March 06, 2003, 08:47:33 PM
As for needing bigger medium. Why? Because a few games may use more than one disc. (DMC2 also used a simular amount but on two DVDs) With third party developers become more time constrained means they will not be able to use too much more than 8 GB of data.
Post by: theaveng on March 07, 2003, 02:44:52 PM
QuoteWhere did that come from? I don't see anyone in this topic saying they prefer cutscenes instead of FMVs?
Originally posted by: Stex
I don't understand why people would rather watch an in game sequence when they can watch a beautiful pre-rendered scene....makes no sense.
Post by: Ymeegod on March 10, 2003, 03:17:26 PM
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And Xenosaga is just a SLOW starter, meaning it tends to get spaced out quite a bit in the middle
.Suikoden III is the same way but I'm loving every minute of it.
