/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2561181
>Xenogears: 1998, PS
Episode V

>Xenogears 2: 2000, PS
Episode II. Another last hurrah of 32bit JRPGs in the twilight days of the console. Commercially overlooked but fondly remembered by aficionados. Just like XG1 suffered from neglect towards the end of its development cycle because the bigwigs were throwing bodies to the FF8 dev team, XG2 was cut short because of FF9.

>Xenogears Episode I: 2003, PS2
Huge success: Released between FF10 (2001) and FF12 (2006) to a starving JRPG fandom. Rebranding brought new fans to the series who never played the first two games.

>Xenogears Episode V: 2005, PSP
Rebranded and polished port of the first Xenogears game. The series' random naming and numbering sense is widely mocked by press and gamers alike.

>Xenogears Episode II: 2005, PSP
Another rebranded and polished port, released half a year later. Fandom reaches new heights between old fans and new fans, eagerly waiting for...

>Xenogears Episode IV: 2006, PS2
Generally considered the peak of the series. With the FF12 project hitting roadblock after roadblock in development, eventually being pushed to the PS3 where it killed the FF13 development (thank fuck), Square Enix threw its everything at XG4.

>Xenogears Episode III: 2009, PS3
With gaming as a whole having moved away from the JRPG genre and FF12 (PS3) being lauded as the glorious return to form of the former supreme JRPG franchise, XG3 fails to repeat the success it had during the PS2 era.

>Xenogears Episode II: 2011, PSV
Port. One of the best-selling launch titles.

>Xenogears Episode IV: 2012, PSV
Port.

>Xenogears Episode VI: 2013, PS3
The final episode. With a newly invigorated Final Fantasy franchise feeding the hype machine for the upcoming FF13 and the execs once again throwing bodies at the development of the main series, XG6 suffers the same fate as the first game. The cycle is complete.

>>2437646
A couple of them are not retro. Shame though, because Ashe is the best FF girl of all times.

Non-FF waifus ok too? Elly is a sex animal and she can slay me in a fit of homicidal insanity any time she wants, if you catch my drift.

I'd tap that ass. I'd so tap that ass. Elly is the hottest thing in JRPGs.

Xenogears.

Now Xenogears does look charming in a way, it had an interesting take on sprites and ~3D backgrounds and the general art direction was pretty great overall.

But man, I'd still love to see some polish and maybe some more content for fucking CD2. And also more Elly because Elly is really sexual. My ideal Xenogears would have PS2/PS3-tier quality graphics with a full second half on the Vita.