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Xenogears still remains my favorite video game story to this day.

It was the first game I played as a kid with a plot of immeasurable depth and mystery. Intrigued by every single dialogue, even with a somewhat poor translation which plagued many JRPGs of that era, I remember it fondly as one of the first times where the story and the characters in the game really gripped me from start to finish. But to fully grasp a story of this scope I had to play through the game more than twice to put together all the pieces of puzzle that I overlooked during my first playthrough.

A rollercoaster of emotions still hits me everytime I would replay the game. The nostalgia that takes me back to those years when I was a kid uncovering a great mystery. I was so obsessed with the Wave Existence concept that I used to write theories and short stories about it (which were not very good). Hence why I have a lot of negative things to say about Xenosaga when the time comes.

As for disc 2, I personally wish it was finished. The visual novel style did cover everything but I wish it was fully realized like how disc 1 was. If I am being honest I wish it was a 3-4 disc game with the budget of a Final Fantasy game but it is what it is. The golden era of Final Fantasy happened around that time so I cannot complain.

I still pray for a full remake of the game to this day and it is one of my wishes in my lifetime to see a fully remade Xenogears game from the ground up with the disc 2 segments having interactive gameplay.

Easy 10 from me. I'd give this game an 11 if I could.