Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-1346

Xenogears

Rank and Play

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Critic rating

90.0 / 100

1 votes

Release

Feb 11, 1998

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Overview

Xenogears Blends Authentic RPG Gameplay with Exquisite Hand-Drawn and Computer-Generated Animation in a Grand Science Fiction Tale. An intricate storyline involving many human and non-human characters will prove to captivate audiences of all ages. Players can rotate the amazingly detailed 3D gameplay maps 360 degrees, and have the ability to navigate around the environment by jumping and climbing. In battle, mega-robots can be controlled, adding great variety to play. A new real-time combat system eliminates restrictive menus, using button commands to provide fast-paced, intuitive action. Players can wield dramatic magical spells or engage i…

Storyline

Full Story, spoils everything: "In the beginning, Deus was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. The creation of an unknown spacefaring civilization, Deus was originally intended to serve as a biological weapon. To power Deus, an entity known as the Wave Existance is summoned from another dimension and trapped inside Deus's engine, Zohar. However, its creators deem Deus too powerful to use, and they attempt to dispose of it by shipping it away on a spaceship called the Eldridge. Deus, being a sentient organism, discovers the plan to eliminate it and attacks the Eldridge in transit. Af…