Originally Posted by
Madruga
I loved Xenogears, it is one of my favorite games of all time.
BUT... I don´t know what Square was thinking... With that crap that happens when you reach Disk 2.
I mean, I was dazzled by the game, so much lore, so much action... We take down the Empire capital, discover that Fei is Id... and I was excited for what was coming next... And then cmes the message "Insert disk 2"
And then... What is this? A black screen with a chair? Storytelling? But I want to go out in the world! Well, no problem, I think this will not last long.... 1 hour, 2 hour... Then we go to the first dungeon... Cool, now can I go to the world? What is this, a huge ship? Deus inside? I want to see where this is! But no, more black screen, black screen, black screen... And we discover how Lacan became Grahf, how Grahf and Fei are pretty much the same person... Amazing, but still that chair and balck screen.
Some 10 hours later, I FINALLY go out to the world! And wondering, WTF was that??
I am SURE, and I mean 100% SURE, that Square hit the deadline and had to push the release of the game. So they decided to just put all the amazing lore and take away the action from us. That experience NEARLY killed the game for me!