/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9932808
The gameplay is the weakest part, although I do like Gears and the fact you can get in and out of gears mid-combat and even start using kung-fu against giant robots. For exploring, the game is railroaded but there are quite a few things to find by exploring towns and talking to NPCs. Keep going anon, the next bit is good, then it's the low point for the game then it gets much better.

>>9932832
After doing a little looking, it appears I haven't understood everything about the battle system - had no idea you could get out of the gear mid-battle, also didn't understand how the Gear combo system worked, and then the deathblow system.

Good to know that exploring can sometimes pay off, I'll keep at it if I get to remain in a town for longer than 5 minutes with how railroaded the story is!

Will keep at it for now. It's the first time I'm using a shader while emulating (CRT Royale) and it makes Xenogears look amazing.

>>9932808
the game is all about the plot, characters, atmosphere and worldbuilding. don't expect the combat to change. there's really only 2 sidequests in the game, and maybe a handful of optional items to find. the game goes all-in on delivering its narrative to the player and that's fully where the focus remains.

also, do it for her.

Fantastic JRPG, it's a shame they never made the second disc.

>>9932923
Disk 2 is the best part of the game. All plot and boss fights, no filler.

The platforming and constant random encounters filtered me so I stopped midway in Disk 1. Does this shit have jump hacks?

>>9932927
You're silly, if I wanted to read a VN I would probably seek a cliff. It's not even subtle where they ran out of budget/time, even the translation reads like it's machine-generated.
This dumb cunt of a board takes contrarianism to comical levels.

>>9932931
You could always use savestates and not finish the game. I don't know, there's a metric boatload of AR cheats for it, just don't give yourself 9999 of every item or you're gonna get softlocked. There's a golden nugget you need to get later on.

>>9932937
If you don't like VNs, then dont play Xenogears. I love VNs and Xenogears is amazing.

>>9933043
Describing Xenogears as a VN makes a lot of sense, actually. Its gameplay definitely takes a back seat to the narrative, even when comparing it to other JRPGs of its era.

>>9932937
I think the biggest problem here is Xenogear's text speed and you can't auto it like in many VNs. It becomes a massive slog unless you use the emulator to speed things up.
But the complaint where Xenogears being heavily VN oriented is a non issue because at that point, you should be already invested with the writing and story. If you gone through all the random encounters, platforming BS and looking for all the missables, is sitting through the story actually a bad thing? Why are you playing Xenogears otherwise? That's literally one of the biggest reasons why people play JRPGs and why so many of them happen to be also VN enjoyers. I agree the translation quality is terrible, though. At this point, learning Japanese or even using MTL is better than most localizations in general.

>>9932937
Disk 2 actually does a really good job of sticking to the most important parts of the narrative. You skip over a bunch of secondary dungeons but you keep all the most important parts and the best parts of the game are in Disk 2. It's also important to note that Disk 2 isn't all VN mode, after the coolest scene in the game (if not the franchise), the game releases you back to the world map and you can go around, do sidequests/minigames, there's optional dungeons with major story beats, all before going into the final dungeon.

>>9933082
It does nothing of the sort, it substitutes the gameplay with narration, in stark contrast with the rest of the game. It's a remedial measure, and it doesn't do a very good job of anything.

>>9932808
Xenogears a shit.

>>9933096
see, you didn't actually die.

>>9933109
No, he died from the coof, I continue the tradition.

>>9933146
>I continue the tradition.
of being a retarded faggot, sure.

>>9934920
Xenogears a shit, YOU a faggot.

>>9935039
ESLsister...

xENOGEARS GET so much better when running an action replay and the Double dialogue speed code and the turn off random encounters code in certain areas.