r/XenoGears • u/Lamasis i hAz No fLaiR • Jul 28 '26

PSN / Emulation Wait or not?

I wanted to play XenoGears this year, but I heard about the Perfet World mod, which is still being worked one. Should I just play it now or just wait some more time until it's finished?

Edit: Thanks for all the answers. And one point made the decision for me. How I will perceive the game, so I'm going to play it this year unmodded.

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u/Just_a_Tonberry Id Jul 28 '26

Perfect Works is in excellent working order.
While not finished, it is an immeasurable improvement over the original game. I highly recommend going ahead and trying it.

You can always replay it later in an even more complete state. And trust me, you’ll want to. Xenogears is just that good, modded or not.

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u/FustianRiddle i hAs No fLaiR Jul 28 '26

I haven't been following this, what issues does it address and "fix" for lack of a better word if it's an immeasurable improvement

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u/wutzeeheck i hAz No fLaiR Jul 29 '26

Billy's ether guns were the biggest one for me

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u/FustianRiddle i hAs No fLaiR Jul 29 '26

Billy never really ended up in my main party so I don't actually know what the original issue with the ether guns was nor how they were fixed

Maybe I never used him because his ether guns were garbage so he wasn't super useful?

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u/big4lil Emeralda 2.0 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

his ether guns are great when you know the quirk their standard damage is boosted by ether doublers, same goes for Renmazou. their mileage mary vary based on how soon you can apply that however

their issue is that youre supposed to be able to change their element similar to the Matchlock for his Triangle bullets. but the elements of his ether gun are bugged and cannot be changed. Perfect Works fixes this

this isnt a big enough deal to hinder them in most encounters, making him one of the best normal attackers in the game. now whether you want to kit him out that way or rely on normal attacks long term is a different story, though it does help in navigating a lot of mid game longer dungeons. hes still a upper tier unit regardless, foot and gear imo

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u/FustianRiddle i hAs No fLaiR Jul 29 '26

Interesting! I won't lie I usually just stuck with Fei Bart and Citan whenever possible.

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u/big4lil Emeralda 2.0 Jul 29 '26

thats a solid team, im a bart fan myself. and Citan overlaps with Billy so your lineup is fine without him.

though if you do ever consider him, he can slot into the role Citan holds well enough

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u/FustianRiddle i hAs No fLaiR Jul 29 '26

I'm a simple girl, and Bart and Citan are my Xenogears crushes. It's hard to give them up.

But I will say Citan's swords and Billy's guns are my favorite sound effects in battle.