Really enjoyed the video, and always enjoy videos talking about these games. They really don't get enough love. Really sucks too since KOS-MOS has been Namco's cameo queen where people know of the character but not so much the games she comes from. Also glad to have contributed some footage with my Xenosaga 3 speedrun.

That scientist who discovered the Zohar in Kenya is me when I picked up Xenosaga 1 at gamestop for 5 dollar when I was a teenager.

"Why you should play Xenosaga" Sakurai's next fighter presentation be like...

“They’re basically the same thing” Welp, after Future Redeemed… well they are the same exact thing. Lmao.

Not much hope anymore but I'd love to see a remastered version of the trilogy...

The best thing with Xenosaga is that you love the story even if you didn't understand anything. And when you understand the story thanks to the perfect guide, Xeno becomes your religion.

When I played Episode I for the first time and got to know this colorful and unique cast of characters, I found it incredible how much I could relate to everyone in their own way. It felt like each one of them represented just another aspect of my own personality and I loved everyone of them. And the story was just beyond epic. But when Episode III came out, it wasn’t *just* the story and characters anymore. It was also such a round and perfect game. Episode III is still one of my three personal favorite games of all time. The avatar I’m using is a photo of my most expensive piece of merchandise: a 60cm (1:3) doll of KOS-MOS Version 4, which cost me more than a thousand dollars. that’s how much I love Xenosaga episode III.

Will always love this game, legitimately secretly one of reasons i want to get rich is to fund a remaster of the series to reenjoy this perfection

about that xenosaga 4 huh

Also.... Kos-mos for smash

"Why you should play Xenosaga" For europeans it's more like "You wish you could play Xenosaga"

I'm dating myself here, but I randomly found xenosaga at a blockbuster when I was a kid and absolutely fell in love. I initially refused to play the xenoblade games because I was salty about saga being cancelled lol.

Virgil's arc is an example of why this game series is amazing. The music is so fucking good too... so thank you so much for making this video.

Xenosaga... "The best game to never reach Europe" "The biggest promoter of Piracy" "The feeling you have when you watch LotR: Two Towers without there rest" "The apology we are still waiting" ...it goes by many names.

I hope we can get a remake, as unlikely as it is. However, I'm fine with the Xenoblade series and hope it continues on its trend of remaking the Gears/Saga storyline.

Play Xenogears too.

It is so nice to see the Xenosaga series get some love now. I have been with the game since day one and the fans are some of the best and most supportive. No other game/fan combo have even come close! I still miss the boards.

Its basically the most Japanese RPG ever created. You got Mecha, space monsters, androids, and MOMO's magical girl transformation. It has just about every anime genre in it short of school life.

This game honestly means so much to me. As a seven year old I would always watch my grandpa play these games constantly. As a small child, all of these characters fascinated me. I would imitate their actions and phrases repeatedly. I remember that at one point I even wanted to create robots of my own, specifically these characters in real life. Thanks to this entire series, the idea of robots and androids grew on me and normally in any series a character like so will be my favorite. I'm sad that i'm not really able to talk about this game with people around me that have experience with, and I really wish one day it will hopefully get the remaster it deserves.

Funny how KZfaq recommended this to me right after getting my hands on the first 2 episodes as gifts

Xenosaga Ep 1 was my first game from Monosoft. I loved it but nobody I ever talked to had played it or even heard of it. Definitely underrated

Came back to this video for Future Redeemed reasons. I already wanted to play Xenosaga but now I REALLY must

The writing is amazing. Got me Through AP English in Highschool

I'm a simple person, I see Xenosaga, I click ❤️👍

"Why you should play Xenosaga" Maybe cuz i'm also waiting for it to be released as Trilogy in every platform?!

Xenogears, Xenosaga and Xenoblade are pinnacle of jRPGs. I love them all, back in early 2000s we had long chats on the forums just about -gears and -saga series and philiosophy behind them. I am so glad you didn't skip on them. I would be happy even with a straight, obscure port of those games on Switch. It was a masterpiece and one of the most underrated series...

I still don’t have Kos mos after grinding for two years straighten xenoblade 2

One of my problems with the Xenoblades, especially 2, is that it feels somewhat too formulaic and commercialized. The Xenosaga games didn't feel like that at all, they felt very passionate and drive. It's too bad they sold poorly. The world needs more thought provoking stories and themes to sell well. Personally by the end of playing Xenogears and Xenosaga; I like Xenosaga for what it is more than what it means, and I like Xenogears for what it means more than what it is. But I find both amazing.

Some of my favorite memories is playing this on PS2. Been meaning to play through it again and 2020 might be that time to revisit my old friends in this game.

I love Xenosaga. I hear the music even in the intro and my hair goes on edge.

I played these games years ago; I even role played as Jr. Rubedo on MySpace and met an Albedo, Canaan, chaos, MoMo, KOS-Mos, Shion and others! Those were great days.

"Why You Should Play Xenosaga" I get it what you are trying to say. Kos-Mos is waifu material

"Its likely we will never get a continuation of the story, with how popular xenoblade chronicles is." Well you were half right!

Thanks for this video! As someone whose only played XC2 and XC1 this is a good history lesson. And, darn, now i want to play these games Haha

I also recommend playing Xenogears, it's pretty good as well.

I beat every episode of these games at around the same time of 4:30 in the morning after grinding it out hard through the night after cleaning up after dinner. Even though I regretted it the follow day, the half delirium I was in after beating each one made the impact of each game hit me even more. Especially with the final boss themes that still hits me hard whenever I hear it.

The series was meant to be 5 or 6 game but they cut it to 3. This is my favorite RPG of all time

I'm getting the trilogy for christmas! Really looking forward to it.

I was thinking about trying these games, i'm sold now

I don't know how long you've been into Xenosaga but I'm really glad to see that you are. Great video

Xenoblade fans: “Wow, I really love Xenoblade, there’s nothing else like it!” Xenosaga fans: “You think Xenoblade’s good? Try Xenosaga, there’s nothing else like it!” Xenogears fans: “I wonder if anyone actually remembers our game exists...”

i hope monolith gets to make that full xenosaga experience that they wanted to

Ok Enel I see you. And I agree I loved xenosaga. Wish I still had access to them

I’m only here to like and share I don’t even need to watch this being it’s my favorite game series of all times :) good stuff man !

I was finally able to set up my ps2 and start playing Xenosaga again. Literally bought my ps2 for the sole purpose of playing Xenosaga. And this is after I played Xenoblades 1 & 2

Alright, you've convinced me. I was getting tired of replaying XC2 and Persona 5 anyway

Thanks for making this video. Xenosaga is like the forgotten Middle child between Xenogears and Xenoblade.

Put me in coach I've really been wanting to play xenosaga for the longest time, and this is the big push I needed to finally go out and start hunting for some copies. There's some rough audio editing spots in the video (like at 15:50 where the game audio's covering up your voiceover, or having abrupt hard cuts instead of easing into one audio source from another), but I'd legit love to see more of this kind of content from ya ;w;b Great stuff man!

It´s so nice to see the love that you have for this series. Xenosaga 3 is one of my favorite games ever.

This was probably one of the most underrated series on the PS2. I owned all 3 episodes on the console and sadly never got around to playing them before my PS2 was stolen when I joined the Army. This video has motivated me to revisiting the series on emulator. Really great in-depth analysis of the series.

it makes me sad thinking that part 5 would have been a xenogears remake/redo. we were so close

Love the xenosaga series so much. Also cast of characters in xenosaga is amazing as well. One of my favorites video games of all time Also great editing job Enel Hope this video get lots of views as well

I loved this series and played it as a teen. I wish they would remake the first 2 and then reboot it 3 through 6.

I still remember the day I got the first Xenosaga game, I was out at a mall with my best friend, we went into gamestop and I saw the game, the name immediately reminded me of Xenogears (I had no idea at the time the two were related in any way) which is one of my favorite RPG's of all time and decided to pick it up, went back to my friends place about a block away from the mall and popped the game into his PS2 and fell in love with KOS-MOS almost immediately. All that being said, I really doubt these games will ever be released due the the heavy HEAVY religious overtones of them, I just feel like the world we live in now, with all of the "outrage" culture BS going on would cause so much controversy among people that if they wanted to release these games again they would have to heavily censor them and id rather they just not bother releasing them at that point.

after not uploading for 3 months the first video is a video about why we should play a game, i like

I wish I pushed through xenosaga2... But I remember stopping because I couldn't stomach another random battle while going through this huge map and the fights just killed all momentum. I think that was the game that killed the original plan for seven episodes and caused the series to be crammed into just 3. I think I still have the preorder poster with Shion and Kosmos... Never got the third game though. Wish I finished it just to find out what happens to each character

My main motivation for wanting to play these games is simple! *Kos-mos and T-Elos*

I kind of quit during Episode 2. The parallels they drew to Xenogears though was very well done. One of these days maybe I'll finish it.

I did not expect to hear Jesus makes a cameo 😭 maybe i need to visit Church after finishing these games lol

"Shion, my external appearance is down 5%. I need to be cleaned." - ep.1 Kos-Mos. Still one of my favorite all time lines. The Xeno series has one of, if not my most loved stories, tho I didnt care much for the Xenoblade games. The gameplay is also setup pretty well for the most part(ep.2 is questionable), the characters and narrative I feel are very well written and cohesive, albeit a bit overwhelming at times, but nothing convoluted like Kingdom Hearts. I also really love the tie-ins between Xenogears, given the Saga is the spiritual success to Gears. The music is unbelievable, especially for ep.1 composed by Yasunori Mitsuda(did the Chrono games and Xenogears) & 3 being composed by Yuki Kajiura who also did 2, tho with 2 they went a near completely different direction with gameplay, designs and music amongst other things that I feel werent for the better. Ep.1's battle theme is still one of my all time favorite battle tracks in all of gaming. All things said, please give the Xeno games a chance, at least Xenogears if you can. And if you cant, Id urge you to watch a good lets play of them

I really do like the religious themes in Xeno as a whole

The Xeno series had a very unique history, unlike Fire Emblem series. It went from a great start with both Xenogears and Xenosaga 1 both hit 1m (was successful with that number at that time) to a dying series thanks to both Xenosaga 2/3 and then the series rise again with the Xenoblade series. Now Bandai’s Xenosaga IP belongs to Nintendo. I don’t believe the licensing rights means anything but I can see a spin off of a xenoblade warriors game happening before a possible xenosaga 1 remastered just like how Nintendo announced Metroid prime 1 remastered.

I've been planning on playing Xenosaga at some point, especially with how often you've recommended it. But now, I want to set aside some of the other RPGs I've been meaning to get to in order to play it. Obviously XC 1 and 2 are among my favorite RPGs out there, so if the best of both games are in Xenosaga, then I imagine I'll have a great time. I'm especially curious as to the Biblical symbolism in the games. Like you said, it's definitely not commonly portrayed in a positive light, so that just increases my interest, and I imagine it's a great change of pace. Also, thanks for mentioning some of the issues to Xenosaga 2. It's good to include the downsides to any game in a series so anyone who wants to play it will know what to expect, so I appreciate you taking time for that. Great video, my dude!

I really enjoyed your content thanks for all the guides

I might need to replay this series again some time soon. I remember liking the 1st game the most an was let down by the 2nd cause of how short it was.

Arguably my #1 trilogy of all time, maybe even my top overall set of games, right next to Xenogears Disc 1. I've played a lot of games, but Xenosagas will always be in my top 5. Right up there with FF7, Chrono Trigger, and mass effect (before andromeda).

Haven't played any Xeno games. But I know I'm starting here with Xenosaga. I already know I'm going to enjoy this

Xeno series' worldbuildings are always amazing

Have the full trilogy and my Fat PS2. Sounds like a good time to go back to one of my favorite RPGs ever.

Wow, can't believe this video was recommended to me exactly 1 year from when it was released. What a fantastic video and I hope to get into at least the first two games in the series!

Welcome back! I don't think I could get Xenosaga which is why I hope for a port or remake.

Xenosaga 1 is a real struggle to push through, but 3 looks really good... Gonna have to persist I suppose.

Love this series so much, shout out to my main team for all 3 games: chaos, KOS-MOS, and Jr.! Though I would occasionally swap between Jr. and Shion, lol. But KOS-MOS and chaos are my 2 favorite characters....I really want to play again now, lol

Definitely gonna try to get into this series now, you’ve completely sold me.

Xenosaga III is one of my favorite games of all time and the soundtrack is, hands down, the best video game soundtrack ever. I am serious, even if you don't decide to play this fantastic game series, do yourself a favor and get a copy of the Xenosaga III OST.

Xenosaga series was great and if i had money i would buy out the rights.... So i can work on forming team willing to remaster all three games into HD Remaster for all platforms.

You don't have to tell me why. I'll go for round 15 of Xenosaga whenever.

AMAZING video man!! I'm replaying Xeno 1 now in HD essentially via emulator. I own all 3 games, but it's much nicer running them in 8x native resolution

My friend got Xenosaga 1 as a free game with her PS2 for a birthday present when we were kids. I was a bit too young to understand the story but I always loved watching her play it. Seeing Ma Belle La Peache as a 12 year old was a lot to digest and admittedly gave me nightmares lol but it was a game that stuck with me. I played the games myself as a teenager and have never been so drawn into a storyline before. The writing is so smart and as you were saying - the characters are all so captivating in their own ways. The URTVs plot was always my favorite side of the series. The relationship between Rubedo, Nigredo, and Albedo is so immersive and complex. I’ve never felt that sort of empathy for a villain but Albedo’s storyline really pulls at your heartstrings. I hate that the gameplay of Xenosaga 2 had to be SO tedious because that was my favorite part of the series. It’s hard to believe Xenosaga has been apart of my life for 15 years now. I’ll always hold out hope for the HD remake. I’m not sure that it’ll ever happen but I would be overjoyed if it did. I’m happy you covered this series. It’s one of the most underrated games of our time and you did a great job of showcasing why.

Thanks to Smash getting Pyra/Myhtra we're ever so closer to Xenosaga getting more attention

Alright, this video convinced me. I'll give Xenosaga a shot.

Im sure these games will be brought back, they can easily fix the little issues 1 has, completely remake saga 2 and keep 3 as it is and release the games as an hd trilogy and maybe even continue them since saga 3’s ending kinda made a continuation possible Edit: welp my hopes and dreams are crushed.....

Awesome video, I really enjoy Xenosaga 1-3 because they are great games to play as a series due to a interesting story, wonderful cast of characters, music, etc. Also I like the character development of KOS-MOS (being more than a machine) and Allen (stand up for what's right).

Great video! It's been a long time since I played Xenosaga, but I definitely had a great time going through the series!

I wonder what if Kos Mos and Arnold Schwarzenegger as terminator fought each other or teamed up. It would be epic. I bet Kos Mos was inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger as terminator.

6:26 "the first character I really want to look at" yep

I hit that thumbs up button before the video even started

I miss the series. I wish Bandai Namco would bring it back

I loved Xenosaga 1, I disliked Xenosaga 2, I freaking LOVED Xenosaga 3. Ohh and Xenogears is my favorite RPG of all time.

It's so strange to think Xenosaga will turn 20 in 2022, but that's not a surprise when I spend 7 years being active member of Xenosaga fandom and knew every single thing about it's lore and characters during that time. I think I will forever be sad how Xenosaga ended. I have idea why you didn't talk about side content like Xenosaga pied piper or Xenosaga DS which give so much to xenosaga story. First one being game fully telling Ziggy's past which was very short-cut in main games and second one having Episode 2 story like it should have been before Namco pushed away Takahashi and Soraya Saga (story writers) away. It lights up more Shion-Realians complicated relationship much more, more sceenes with Testaments, chaos and what really happened to Sakura. I always felt that Missing Year story was suppose to be bigger and always felt bad about it not being a game since Nephilim is my favorite NPC character in game. I know that you tried to encourage people to play Xenosaga and stuff like this and some other problems that Xenosaga had can push people away. You mentioned also problems with english dub. To tell truth I can't play Xenosaga outside fan-made undub versions. Episode 2 dub was so bad it scared me away from any dubs for years. As you say music from Xenosaga is amazing and I agree. Still there is shadow even in that aspect. While ep 1 music is perfect, ep 3 beyond epic, ep 2 is again a problem. While half of soundtrack is made by Yuki Kajiura for pre rendered cutsceenes, the rest of gameplay and cutscenes run by ps2 engine are made by different compositor. That parts are very bad, they were so bad English version removed this music from engine-cutsceenes, but they are still existing in undub and jap versions of game. Sadly as you say we rather have no chance for getting HD versions of Saga. I still love Xenosaga's story and characters, even if I don't have time anymore to beat 3 episodes every year like I've done in past. This project was too big for game, still if there will be a miracle one day and someone remake Xenosaga like it should have been (or at least without any cuts from "Shion's act") I would be happiest person on the world

So I loved xenosaga, and this makes me want to replay it. Would you be able to do a similar video for xenoblade chronicles? I never played those games, have no idea what it's about tbh

Xenosaga is my absolute favorite series!

Xenosaga really is that girl. I've been spreading the xenogospel for 20 years.

Even though it's the oddball, I really enjoy the music in xenosaga 2. I haven't played any of them, but I remember more from 2's soundtrack than the others. That said, both the Image Theme and Godsibb are undeniably fantastic. Also, probably huge giant spoilers: The prototype of Gears' Deus is fought in xenosaga 3, and gears itself is apparently episode 5 of 6, taking place after saga. Xeno was so ahead of its time in terms of scope and scale.

I had played the Xenosaga series only once back when I was a little kid, and I recently started the trilogy over again (and I just beat the second episode tonight). There is so much more I understand now as an adult that I didn't really pay attention to as a kid. I'm looking forward to beating the third episode again and finally being able to scratch that Xenosaga itch.

Good to see you back Enel, great video!

I love seeing videos covering this series. These games deserve so much more love and recognition then it ever got. These games have special memories in my heart and were so ahead of their time. They barley got marketed either. I doubt we will ever get a remaster.. One can only keep hoping. Our fanbase is still strong though! Also they truly had such good story writing and characters. Each character was so unique. I have my old ps2 copies but could never purchase a copy of 3 it's nowhere. I will not play these on emulator. Emulators never run good most of the time. All in all fantastic video!!

The amount of heart put into this video is contagious. TY Enel! :D

Xenosaga also had a really good english dub for 2002 standards. It's a shame that the second game changed a bunch of the voice actors even though.

Holy friggin kino, after i beat XC3 im jumping right into this one no doubt