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	Encyclopedia: Xenogears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Xenogears' gameplay format is standard for console RPGs: the main characters advance the plot by traversing the game's world, which includes cities in the sky, vast deserts, and arcane ruins.
		This issue polarizes the Xenogears fanbase to this day; there are those who love the game but feel that the second disc depreciated the overall experience, whereas there are others who feel that, since the storyline was the most compelling aspect of Xenogears, the switch in narrative style was appreciated.
		Xenogears' characters were designed to allude to many psychological concepts, especially Freudian and Jungian ones.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Xenogears (2923 words)

	List of Xenogears terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This was perhaps one of the key facilities during the nuclear war that ended the Zeboim civilization 4000 years prior to Xenogears.
		Razael's Tree was based on the Tree of Knowledge in the story of Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, which was said to be tended to by the angel Razael, thus making it Razael's Tree.
		After the Gaetia Key is used by the Gazel Ministry a good population of the Xenogears world is mutated into Wels and used as spare parts for Deus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aveh (3180 words)

	useless! worthless! insipid!: Ah, Xenogears, how I do loathe thee.
		Xenogears has to be the most mature and well written story for a SquareSoft RPG to date.
		Xenogears definitely appeals to the latter group and is almost uniformly hated by the former group.
		Xenogears was turning into a long and costly project and at the time Square was more interested in focusing on FF8 than on an untested franchise.
	www.epenthesis.org /archives/001467.php (2781 words)

	Game Revolution Review Page - Game Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Far and away the best element of Xenogears is its excellent plot, which means you'll be spending a lot of time reading.
		Xenogears could benefit from more variety in the enemy library.
		While Xenogears may not have the depth or sheer magnitude of items/materia in FF7, it's still pretty respectable.
	gr.bolt.com /oldsite/games/sony/rpg/xenogears.htm (1271 words)

	Mindhive: Xenosaga mini-review
		Xenogears was an RPG for the original Playstation which excelled in almost every area.
		The graphics were true 3d (even if a bit jaggy), the art was well thought-out, the music was top-notch (it is still being remixed by fans today), and -- most importantly -- the story was great, and the characters were likable.
		The Xenogears artists managed to overcome the techincal limitations of the console by creativity and sheer force of will; the Xenosaga artists just go with the flow.
	metabug.dyndns.org /mindhive/archives/xenosaga_minireview.html (1259 words)

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		To say much more about the story would be to give away some of its surprises, but suffice it to say that some surprising events bring Shion and her android creation into league with some other unusual characters who, coincidentally or not, are headed to the same destination.
		Even Xenogears was like this, but Xenosaga has no random battles at all, as if the designers put in all those cutscenes as an alternative.
		In a nod to the combat system of Xenogears, characters can execute combinations of moves in a single round, and by delaying your actions for a turn, you can make a character unleash his or her most powerful attacks.
	www.gamefly.com /products/detail.asp?pid=104375&tab=2 (1917 words)

	PS2 // GameXC // V3
		Xenosaga isn't directly related to Square's Xenogears, but there are some big similarities between the games that will be unmistakable to those who played Xenogears.
		There are some very interesting plots in the story; suffice it to say that some very exciting events bring Shion and her android "sidekick" into league with some other very important characters that are headed in the same direction.
		Players of Xenogears will recognize the AGWS (in XG, there were referred to as "Gears") immediately.
	ps2.gamexc.com /modules.php?module=reviews&id=60 (1697 words)

	Square Insider Forums > Xenogears? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Nov 8 2003, 01:01 AM In December Square-Enix is going to send Xenogears in to become a greatest hit.
		i hope xenogears does come out as a greatest hit, because then many more people will be able to enjoy this wonderful, wonderful game.
		xenogears is the fifth part of a six part story.
	www.squareinsider.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t5053-0.html (1684 words)

	XGP Gaming: Review
		It would be easy to understand why some groundbreaking games could slip under the gamer radar and be lost to oblivion.
		A war erupted, using the newly developed magical technology, and a tremendous number of lives were lost.
		Factions struggled for superiority by melding magic with biological experiments.
	www.xgpgaming.com /content.php?category=PS2&type=review&id=789 (622 words)

	First Impressions - XenoSaga Episode 1: Der Wille zur Macht // PlayStation 2 /// Eurogamer
		Xenogears was very different to Final Fantasy; it used fully rotating 3D environments with 2D sprite characters, it had cel animated cutscenes and a bizarre battle system which felt almost like a turn-based beat 'em up.
		The fact that Europeans aren't familiar with Xenogears is no excuse for this - Xenosaga Episode One actually starts the story from scratch, and you don't need to know anything about Xenogears to enjoy playing it.
		These are a clear nod of the head to Xenogears, where giant robots called Gears were a core part of the game, but they play a far less important role in Xenosaga.
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=52540 (1386 words)

	Godheval.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		However, as people began to understand that games were not all about pressing buttons to jump, break things, or kill things, it was realized that they were also perfect mediums through which to tell great stories.
		As if the result of a near-unanimous epiphany amongst the uninformed, Xenogears was exalted to a position of prominence.
		Albedo, a self-styled soliloquist, and the game's feature villain, who likes to wax profound (even going as far as to quote Shakespeare), but manages to prove himself to be little more than a complete lunatic.
	www.godheval.com /xenosaga.html (2544 words)

	Emuforums.com - Perfect game... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Xenogears came darn close to that description, were it not for that whole disk 2 thing.
		Xenogears was dame good to, I'm so pissed cause I lost my save when I formated my backup hd by mistake, I now have to replay like 25 hours.
		Since all the mobile suits of each factions have different abilities, they will be balanced for fair gameplay.
	www.ngemu.com /forums/printthread.php?t=56120 (1843 words)

	Square Insider Forums > Xenogears?
		Jan 1 2004, 06:26 AM Xenogears starts out slow, but once you get outside of the first village it's a kick ass game.
		Jan 1 2004, 09:01 AM this game requires you to play it two or three times before you get a full grasp on everything that's going on and who all of the factions are...
		Jan 22 2004, 12:10 PM There WAS a Xenogears commercial in the US that I know of! I had only seen it once though.
	www.squareinsider.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t5053-50.html (1211 words)

	Xenosaga 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Xenogears was all about one's identity and the origin of mankind.
		Xenogears was so much better and the series had so much more potential.
		Xenogears takes place hundreds of years after XS, there's no reason to take XS as a sequel.
	www.animenfo.com /forums/about6172.html (3959 words)

	Anime Reviews - Xenosaga: The Animation Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Xenosaga is a series based on the popular RPG Xenogears for the Playstation.
		One feature not unique to any of these is the constant threat of being attacked by a mysterious alien force known as the Gnosis.
		Xenogears is a sci-fi space epic that is capitalizing on the popularity of the RPG Xenosaga.
	www.auphanonline.com /articles/view.php?article_id=1725 (713 words)

	Welcome to the XenogearsMUSH! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Communication is done through 'poses', or paragraphs of text describing what your character is doing, that are done in 'scenes', or a situation in which multiple characters are in the same area, and interacting somehow.
		Xenogears is a Playstation RPG involving warring factions and the conflicts of a few people caught within these conflicts.
		However, the Xenogears MUSH is not designed to incorporate any Xenosaga characters or plots.
	www.xenomush.org /about.htm (495 words)

	Xenosaga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As Uzuki leaves the grasp of her employer, she begins to learn that things are not as simple as humans-vs.-aliens; there are a lot of factions in human society, and not all of them have global interests at heart.
		Overall, compared to Xenogears, the story is less symbolic, decidedly less prone to mysticism (although it's not fully devoid of mysticism).
		The combat system is reminicent of the Xenogears combat system, but it's different enough to provide new enjoyment.
	bge.kernel-panic.net /anime/rpg_reviews/xenosaga.html (1054 words)

	Xenogears: God and Mind Presents: Xenogears Episode VI
		Xenogears flew upward and landed on the edge with Fenrir next to him.
		Xenogears jumped down to a lower ledge again and again until it reached the bottom of the crater, about a hundred yards from the craft.
		Xenogears, Fenrir, and Stier towered over him and Citan, who was still sleeping soundly in his bag.
	www.xgam.org /xenogears/fanfiction/epvi.html (13628 words)

	Xenogears MUCK
		Xenogears MUCK: OOC Messages: I am sick of these bloody cliche-blind fools.
		if thisis a well publicised relic, then the faction would probably be well known, professional, and matter of fact.
		Well, the relic wasn't really all that well known, and only one group of people knew (the king and a few close advisors.) But a nonhuman spy/freedom fighter/weirdo slipped in the window and stole all the notes about it, and decided that humans wern't smart enough to controll it.
	www.redbrick.dcu.ie /~doc/MUCK/boards/messages/2/116.html?993775309 (739 words)

	Once I noticed I was on fire, I decided to relax and enjoy the fall.: The Empire of the Children of Harra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The two main factions were led by Li Taark Obran'Ka Harrakar, his eldest child and designated heir, and her closest sibling, her brother Noden Obran Harrakar.
		From there, he made his way to the Imperial City built upon the ancient Wrexxakt installation known as the Gleaming Mountains to pledge his fealty to his sister, while providing his brother with the advice he would need to dethrone her.
		Eventually, due to Hallatiris' advice, Noden's faction grew strong enough and gathered sufficient support so that he felt secure enough to challenge Li Taark to Tisaridron....whereupon Hallatiris went to his knees and begged his sister to appoint him her champion.
	www.onceinoticediwasonfireidecidedtorelaxandenjoythefall.org /merkabah/archives/000491.html (4158 words)

	Xenogears - Gaming - ALL - Discussion Forum /// Eurogamer
		Apparently Xenogears has just been reissued in the US on their equivalent of the 'Platinum' range.
		Of course I know the sound of CD-based games (Disgaea, Gradius V, PSX games), but that's usually just a high whirring noise, whereas Xenogears sounds as if the laser arms is scratching over the disc surface while the disc is trying to escape from the drive bay.
		After the awfully cheesy beginning the story has thankfully taken a turn for the better, although the memory loss cliché has been dealt with ad nauseam.
	www.eurogamer.net /forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=8253&forum_id=1 (1664 words)

	Regnum Crucis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The major players in Afghanistan during the time frame described were the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Northern Alliance, with the Pakistani ISI having a considerable amount of pull over the former entity.
		Gunaratna says that the Taliban was polarized into pro and anti-bin Laden factions, which is probably true, but even the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who was about as cosmopolitan as a member of the Taliban got, was unwilling to defy Mullah Omar's edicts concerning bin Laden.
		Their problem is that they haven't been getting the message out anywhere near the extent that they should, which means that they've created an information gap in which the opposition has been able to thrive as far as the clash of public perception is concerned.
	regnumcrucis.blogspot.com /2004_05_09_regnumcrucis_archive.html (8319 words)

	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Reader Review - GameFAQs
		The references to Christian mythology and that of other religions are still present, and there are a few direct parallels, such as the A.G.W.S. (humanoid fighting robots that are essentially Gears), the presence of the Zohar, and not much else.
		Die-hard sci-fi fans will rejoice at the amount of thought put into the incredibly rich milieu, from the history to the various factions to the technology, most notably the various humanoid artificial life forms.
		Composed by the renowned Yasunori Mitsuda, whose work is also seen in games such as Xenogears and Chrono Cross, and performed flawlessly by the big-name London Symphony Orchestra, at times it more than lives up to the ambitious expectations created by the caliber of the first game’s soundtrack.
	www.gamefaqs.com /console/ps2/review/R88608.html (1822 words)

	Gamingforce Interactive Forums - Just started Xenogears (early game spoilers) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		If Xenogears is to ever be considered a "Perfect RPG" again, they'd have to remake it to match today's games.
		You have a great deal more reason to be disappointed if he is killed, because, at least while you're playing the game, YOU are that character.
		Xenogears employs turn-based battles and utilizes the traditional Leveling system with certain differences.
	www.gamingforce.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1180994 (3149 words)

	Xenosaga: Episode I—Der Wille zur Macht - GameCritics.com
		Keeping up is difficult at first, but the lore, the history, the political intrigue and secret agendas are as impressive here as they are in a series as established as Star Trek (though Xenosaga is much, much darker).
		Most of these references will likely lead nowhere, and some of the more obscure ones (like double meaning of the word peche) will be missed entirely, but those who muddle through will find a highly provocative, plot driven narrative with long hooks.
		Like Xenogears, players have the option of using a mech, but in Xenosaga the mechs are extraneous.
	www.gamecritics.com /review/xenosaga/main.php (1724 words)

	GameCritics.com Forums - View Single Post - Guild Wars - the free MMO that pleases?
		It continues on the storylines found in the regular world of warcraft series, and what is interesting is the fact that there really is no good or evil.
		History has shown that all races and factions are more or less shades of grey, with peace loving leaders and wicked warmongerers found among all the tribes.
		I've played most big roleplaying games from morrowind to final fantasy VI and from xenogears to skies of arcadia.
	www.gamecritics.com /forums/showpost.php?p=105302&postcount=5 (908 words)

	GameSpy.com - Review
		Square’s Xenogears for the original PlayStation is a love-it-or-hate it magnum opus that brings together a variety of disparate elements and drives into one game.
		I happen to be on the “hate it” side of the fence; while I always felt like it was going somewhere, after 32 hours of tedious and frustrating dungeons and slow-moving text I finally dropped my controller with finality.
		Aboard the Federation battleship Woglinde, KOS-MOS and Shion fall victim to a Gnosis attack and become caught up in the struggles between different factions vying for control of the relic from the opening scenes -- the Zohar, a powerful obelisk that’s somehow tied in to the formation of the Gnosis.
	archive.gamespy.com /reviews/february03/xenosagaps2 (687 words)

	Conniving Pete's - Because it tastes good (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		What really makes Xenogears stand out, aside from its ability to bore me for over 100 hours, is its unique plot.
		Roughly 10,000 years before the game takes place, a highly advanced civilization sits down and says to themselves, "Guys, we don't have weapons capable of destroying entire planets at a time." This horrible lack of weapons of massively massive mass destruction cannot be tolerated, and so they create such a weapon and name it Deus.
		I guess I should mention that "Miang" is a built in condition in all the chicks in Xenogears.
	www.connivingpete.com /reviewpage.cfm?review=27 (4017 words)

	N¥M NET / Evaluation / Silhouette Mirage
		These different factions are also rivals, however, Shyna just happens to be half Silhouette, half Mirage.
		Waking with only partial memory of her purpose, Shyna assumes she is a Messenger of Justice, sent to fight evil, which leads to her single-handedly facing off against both factions, through seven incredible levels of non-stop action, in an effort to reach her ultimate destination, a computer system known as Edo.
		First and foremost, since there are two unique factions, there are also two very different attributes.
	www.geocities.com /nym408/evaluation/silhouettemirage.html (1008 words)

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