Xenogears mechs its way to PSOne Classics this week

by Griffin McElroy on Feb 21st 2011 11:45AM

Just when we were about to give up on Square Enix, melting all our intricate Final Fantasy figurines in protest of the company's lack of offerings on the North American PSN, we receive a ray of hope. PlayStation Blog has announced that Xenogears -- which has been available on the Japanese PSN since June 2008 -- will arrive on the U.S. PlayStation Store with its next update this coming Tuesday.

We'll still need a few more PSOne RPGs to come our way before we stop being so totally mad at Square Enix -- but if memory serves, Xenogears is something of a lengthy affair. Maybe it'll be enough to distract us from our unbridled rage for a month or two.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Tags: playstation, playstation-store, ps3, psn, psone-classics, psp, sony, square-enix, xenogears

Reader Comments (116)

woooooooot!

@WillyLo

Oh no!!

These pants are RUINED!

@WillyLo
Agreed! Finally!
This is one of the RPGs I missed on the PS1. And it's supposedly one of the best. Can't wait.

I wasn't "cool" enough to be insane about RPGs back when this first dropped. I am excited for the chance to pick up a legit copy that isn't super expensive.

@McWeen The game isn't that expensive (playsation original that is). You can find a copy for 30 to 50 dollars really. Though is cheaper to get it this way and Xenogears always gave me problems on my PS2 for some reason O_O

I am glad I still have my copy though, my favorite game bar none...DAMN IT now I got to replay it for the 6th time :P

Blarg... my poor wallet! But at least it's all going to a good cause...

@foxhound Okay, I understand a regular game or a special edition affecting your "wallet" but a PSN game?

You either need to budget better, get a job or stop buying games.

@thisredengine You're assuming this is the only thing he's buying.

@thisredengine

Do you ALWAYS have to be such a smarmy asshole?

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

I admit, I am an ass...I tend to get worked up over the little things. Whether you believe it or not, I do regret saying a lot of things I say in the heat of the moment. On the flip side, I don't mind it if people get smarmy with me in kind. I do realize I deserve it, lol.

@thisredengine

Damn your humanizing comment, making it harder for us to hate you!

But now we know that we can at least call you out in the future without either side getting too out of control.

@thisredengine

I remember back when you called me 'inane' and 'smug'

NOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED MY FRIEND

@FuriousMailman Dude, I said your comment was inane and smug, not you. I hope you are not thinking this is a moral victory. I've been critiqued for months already long before your 'TABLES HAVE TURNED" comment.

@thisredengine

You need to lighten up man....over 900 posts and the vast majority is random hate at everything.

Angry typing is one of the most pathetic ways of showing it.

@thisredengine

Moral victory? No.
You acknowledging that you've been a bit of a tosser is good enough for me.

@ShadowXIII

Hear hear

'bout time Square, how long has it been since you announced it last?

Sweet. Here's hoping Vagrant Story isn't far behind.

@Father Of Noise
Now that you mentioned it, I always wonder... That was an AMAAAZING game, how come it's never had a follow-up? It was the first game that 1/3 of my playtime went to item customization.

@TheShaper I just don't think many people cared. The customization was so convoluted and over-complicated that it turned most people off right away. I can't say I blame them, but once you get sucked in it's brilliant.

You can see echos of it in Final Fantasy 12 (which I also loved), but a proper sequel would have been wonderful.

@Father Of Noise

My favorite PSone game. It really is too bad there never was a sequel.
According o IGN there was an announcement for VS coming to North America http://ps3.ign.com/articles/114/1142166p1.html

@bloudyhell

Yeah, I remember the ESRB rating was leaked at same time as Xenogears. I suppose I can understand them drawing out their RPG releases to avoid eating into each other's sales, but I've been jonesing for VS for a while now. I loved Xenogears 13 years ago, but I don't think could go back to it.

@TheShaper

the way square has been lately, i don't really want them to make a sequel to anything.

The sheer mention of Xenogears fills a lot of people with hope. False hope unfortunatelly.

It wasn't seen as a "core property" by Square's management who didn't want it to compete against the FF series, the team left Square and formed MonolithSoft and made Xenosaga and some other games.

I got an original PS1 copy from a friend, but I haven't played it yet. Is it that good?

@bongoes

What was the point of your first sentence? To impress us?

@thisredengine
Nope, that's not at all what I intended. Sorry if it seems like it.

@bongoes Actually, you don't need to apologize for anything. I was being a jerk for no reason.

YAY XENOGEARS!! In my opinion, the best RPG on the PS1. Also an FYI, it will be a whopping $9.99 US

@shinjix2 I read $5.99. $5.99 is a steal, I just sold my physical copy for $40

"...... but if memory serves, Xenogears one of the best RPGs ever made. Don't expect any blog posts for a month or two, because we'll all be locked in our rooms playing this."

Fixed. Geez, Joystiq, don't you guys ever edit your material?

Best RPG i ever played, You got to kill God, realized you were eating people, and find out the reincarnation is real...

@Come on Chang Glad I already played it, otherwise I'd be pissed you just spoiled all that. >

My bad Giant Robots with Street FIghter Combos can we get a remake !!!!

My favorite game! But do I have the time now to play it again is the question...

Day-one purchase.

For those of you who haven't played it yet:

1) Fan-freaking-god-damned-tastic combat system. Seriously, it is just the best method for RPG combat I've ever played.

2) Giant mechs in a not-quite-as-good-but-still-satisfying combat system. The idea of 'fuel' will infuriate you to no end.

3) Can't skip dialog. This will get old really quick.

4) One of the characters is a giant fluffy pink bunny thing. Yeah...

5) Once you get the disc 2, you will hate the game.

6) The plot is more holey than swiss cheese, and more convoluted than Eva.

7) If you are religious, or have ever been religious, or know somebody who is religious, or know anything at all about any religion, you will perform an average of 4 facepalms an hour.

Still, I highly recommend playing this game. Then go and read the plot to Xenosaga (1, 2, and 3). Then sit back and go "OOOOOOOoooohh.... THAT'S what they were trying to do."

Note: Don't actually play Xenosaga - I don't want to be the one responsible for making you do that.

@cpeninja

Xenosaga was great in it's own merit but it really shouldn't of been called Xenosaga, personally.

@cpeninja you said it better than i did ;)

Not sure it was the best system but the sprite combat was beautiful and was fun enough.... but gah! grindy? and I hated pretty much everything else about the game, basically along the lines you laid out

@cpeninja Thank you, I'll remember that.

@cpeninja

I can agree with 90% of that.

Watch the Xenosaga Anime. Better than playing the game but more involved than just reading the plot.

@shinjix2 Will it still make me stare at characters in disbelief while silently screaming "why aren't you wearing some GOD DAMNED PANTS" every 15 minutes?

@cpeninja

...yeah that second disc did jump of cliff in story line didn't it.

I like storylines and all, but with that 2nd disc..., I had somebody else sit through it and told em to call me when they could move Fei around again or when fighting started.

@cpeninja: "7) If you are religious, or have ever been religious, or know somebody who is religious, or know anything at all about any religion, you will perform an average of 4 facepalms an hour."

Only if you take religion seriously. Which Xenogears most fortunately does not.

And yeah, disk 2, ugh. I made a post of my own about that, somewhere down the comment list, before I saw this one.

@bm111 It's not about seriousness in any way shape or form - it's really more the fact that the game takes themes, imagery, and ideas from all the major religions, jumbles them together, and finally presents them in a way that would resemble a fanfic written by a 14-year-old. For no reason.

@cpeninja

There was a disc 2?
What the heck is Xenosaga?

@cpeninja I disagree, I think you're just taking it too seriously. Are you religious?

@bm111 Why would that matter? Would you be alright if the game made the same insinuations about a race, country, political movement, age group, or anything else? It's not about being 'too serious' - it's a matter of a game taking the fundamentals of several religious groups and using them in a completely off-the-wall and fictitious manner in a way that just comes out strange and haphazard. I don't think the game does it in an insulting manner, but it certainly doesn't treat the material with any amount of respect.

@cpeninja I thought the battle system was confusing at first but it was a refreshing step in the right direction for the time. I still prefer Chrono Cross's battle system which in many ways is a variation of this game's (same dev team)

@arrrdawg I need to replay Crono Cross - the first playthrough I had to force myself to complete it after getting tired of trying to muddle through the plot. I recall not liking the D&D-esque magic system and relying heavily on combat-based characters (which made the final boss... interesting).

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