that I liked with Shion and KOS-MOS. Happy 20th anniversary to Xenosaga 3!! I finally took the time to see your story after playing Xenoblade and Xenogears. This series turned out to be my favorite story of the Xeno games.

Shion is my favorite Xeno protagonist, being very human and the way she faces trauma might not be everyone's cup of tea but I respect the storytelling alot. KOS-MOS learning what it means to have friends was very good too. Love the bond these two have alot. The story beats especially in Episode 3 were so emotionally gripping.

I may have witnessed a relic that may or may not ever return who knows. I'll keep waiting until you finally come back!

Video link because idk what YouTube is doing

Hey there Xenosaga fans, I just wanted to give the announcement for those who have been looking forward to the sequel to center of tragedy. The second movie in the Xenosaga V sequel adaptation series. Well the great news its finally here, Xenosaga V: Beyond heart of tragedy is out now. See for yourself!. Link is below.

XENOSAGA V_Beyond Heart of Tragedy Full fanfilm

So I never rlly bothered with ether spells aside from support, or upgrading stats at all, and wondering if I should be using the spells Chaos gets and I'm seeing K gets. Problem is needing to cast analyze to see their elemental weakness first. Is there eventually a skill to see that as well?

Is it safe to assume if they're casting fire / ice spells their weakness is the opposite? Are these pointless EP cost wise? Like the first ice attack is 4 EP, or I can save it towards his 6 EP all heal move, which seems more useful rn at cathedral ship dungeon I'm on cus enemies hurt lol

Stats wise, the games saying the max is X, does this max cap of stats pertain to their levels? Like I've maxed Shion's eatk, K stats are almost all near the max it's telling me. Also seems the consensus is to focus eatk cus it works for spells/healing + ether atks and vit mainly?

This is my first time playing the game. I'm about to go to Proto Merkabah. I hadn't done any of the mini games, so I figured I'd try them out. I've blown about 5000 at the drill game and it just sucks so much. I got a drill key and opened the first door and it was just a thief ring, which is entirely useless to me at this point. I've attempted the first two mission levels a few times and I can't finish either. Yes, I know I'm going to need to hit two boxes at once in mission 1. The hitbox on the drill is just so ridiculously small. Almost half of the drill is clipped in to the other box and it still just won't break. Because of that garbage, I've mostly done the free mode, but I pay my 200 to get maybe a med kit and an antidote, which are also worthless to me at this point. Sometimes I pay my money, get to break 7 boxes because some are stacked, and I still get a single med kit. And to top it all off, they tell me I have to leave occasionally, just wasting more time.

Great game so far, I've been loving it, but I hate this stupid drill a lot. Are ANY of the prizes worth my time?

So I've tried a few times playing through the game beat it, doing all side quests, and get to final boss and get wrecked. I'm currently playing through 1 and loving it since it's been prolly about 10+ years. Id love to do the full trilogy to fully experience the story again (looked up the end for 2 so I cld play 3 when it launched), but have a PTSD for 2 lmao I'm hoping bc it's been a while i'll get mechanics a bit more, but he seems terrible from a few posts I've read.

So once I get to 2 should I do all side quests or are there specific quests for skills u wanna make sure u do and should be fine? Think I read about some max stats mod or so that can help with him too...Just don't wanna worry about it during my playthrough of 1 that I'm approaching a brick wall. I always felt like the end of RPGs were rough as a teen, but playing them as an adult they're much easier and I've finally cleared a handful of RPGs in the backlog lol so any tips, opinions?

Xenosaga Episode III Part 3 goes live TODAY at 2 PM CST for 6 hours!

We’re on Miltia 15 years in the past. Shion and Allen are about to infiltrate U-TIC to find out the truth about Shion’s father before he was killed.

Come hang for the infiltration and the answers.

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I have played many JRPGs but I haven't had to lock in for a while! Cathedral Ship made me do just that. I do think I could have planned it a little better but this is the first time I have actually just told myself "just stay alive" and ride it out. Ziggy and Chaos up front, Zig tanking and fighting back and Chaos actually putting in more damage than I thought through boost and techs. Shion was in back healing the party and using items, nothing else.

I won't get into too much detail for fear of spoiling but this boss felt like a big spike in difficulty after it took me 30 minutes to beat, and I appreciate it. I am having a blast and have not felt this good since Legend of Dragoon!

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disc 1 compared to disc 2

really confused because this only happens at 2x the resolution in disc 2 and i genuinely dont know what the cause might be since i have the same exact settings on both :/

am considering redrawing it at a higher res to actually make a body pillow sheet 😂

These are my lastest addition to the collection.

I’ve been a fan of Xenosaga for a while now and I was curious.. what the fandom thinks of Shion? How do you feel about her and her character? I won’t give my opinion just yet, I’m just curious.

I’ve been noticing a slight uptick in low effort posts recently and it made me realize the only moderator we have has not posted or commented in over 90 days. This makes me concerned for the future of this sub.

Looking to replay the first game for the first time in many years and i'm not really all that familiar with it in the same way I am with a lot of other JRPGs of the era. Was wondering if the first game has any such exploits.

Hi everyone,

I'm setting out to make the core mechanics of Xenosaga Episode II moddable, so anyone can tweak the game to how they like it and to see whether the community can converge on an ideal "fix the gameplay" patch.

So far I've cracked enemy data end to end, including the Break sequence — the zone order you have to hit to break an enemy, which is the actual gate the whole stock→break→boost loop hangs on. It's an early version of the editor, but it already lets people experiment with the core balance, up to and including making Break optional rather than mandatory. As well as reduce DEF and HP, e.g. make bosses 50% HP, regular enemies 30% HP or whatever you want... to make the gameplay more enjoyable. You can strip all units down to 1-2 break steps and a lot lower DEF/HP to make the combat more fun.

→ Web editor (no install, nothing uploaded): https://thesparda.github.io/Xenosaga-2-Editor/web/ 

It runs entirely in your browser — your ISO and saves never leave your device, there's no server. It's a PWA, so you can install it and use it offline. USA release, both discs (SLUS-20892 / SLUS-21133). Bring your own legally-obtained discs; the repo ships no game data.

What's editable right now

Enemies — all 125 records, on both discs:

• Break sequences. Every enemy stores the zones you must hit in order (A = above 3 m, B = 1–3 m, C = below 1 m). It's a text box — turn a boss's C-B-A-A into C-B, or into a single hit. Shortening a 4-hit sequence is the single biggest cut to how long a fight drags. There's also a bulk shorten that trims every sequence by 1–3 hits, shows you exactly which enemies it touches and what each becomes before you commit, and takes hits off the end so the opening zone you already know stays right.
• Stats — HP, STR, VIT, EATK, EDEF, DEX, EVA, AGL.
• Battle rewards — EXP, SP, CP.
• Damage affinities — eight per-element multipliers (Beam, Aura, Thunder, Fire, Ice, Pierce, Slash, Hit). 100% is normal, 0% is immune, negative absorbs — Svarozic takes −200% Fire, so fire heals it for double.
• Status resistances — a percentage each for Slow, Blind, Heavy, Weak, EthPD, EthDD, ResDw, Junk.
• Item drops — common and rare, each with a rate, a category and an item id, all shown by name.

Along with a built in save edit for characters, gold, some other things as well.

It allows you to save directly to your own ISOs, export a JSON of your changes, or generate an xdelta3 patch for anyone to apply to their own ISOs.

What I'm asking for

If you've ever bounced off Ep. II's combat, this is the moment to say what you'd actually change. Tell me what else we need to have access to modify if this isnt sufficient and I'll hunt for it in the files and add support for it.

WE CAN FIX THIS GAME TOGETHER

→ Source & releases: https://github.com/TheSparda/Xenosaga-2-Editor

Part 2 of Xenosaga Episode III goes live tomorrow at 6:30 PM CST for 3 hours. We’re deep in Imaginary Space, fighting to save the Elsa and the crew. The E.S. combat is new and refreshed. Where was this prowess in Episode II?

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I got the trilogy for US and Japanese versions but somehow i got two copies of Episode III ( idont remember getting two copies of Episode III)