Xenogears… Is a Strategy Guide Needed?

My plan right now is to go back and beat all the RPG’s that I never beat when I was younger and have heard were magnificent games.

I am currently almost finished with Chrono Trigger, and man if I didn’t have a strategy guide, I would have no clue what to do.

After I beat Trigger, I am going to start playing Xenogears. Do you think I will need a strategy guide for this game? Is it a difficult game? Can I go throught he game w/o a strategy guide? Thanks.

You get lost in Chrono Trigger? I always thought it was pretty straight forward.

in your case, yes, a strategy guide is needed for Xenogears.

Yeah, CT is pretty difficult to get lost in, you will definitely need a guide for Xenogears if you got lost in CT.

Well to be fair, the one big difference between CT and Xenogears is that Xenogears is incredibly linear. In CT you’re pretty much thrown out into the open at one point in the game:

If memory serves me correctly, after you pretty finish up 12,000 BC and the Black Omen rises. You’re ultimately given a list of tasks from Gaspar that you can or can’t do.

If that’s your reason for needing the guide (figuring out where to go next) then you probably won’t need it. But if you need the guide to figure out how to get through dungeons you might need it. There’s a couple of dungeons in Xenogears that are just a total trainwreck and chore to get through.

Well to be fair, the one big difference between CT and Xenogears is that Xenogears is incredibly linear. In CT you’re pretty much thrown out into the open at one point in the game:

If memory serves me correctly, after you pretty finish up 12,000 BC and the Black Omen rises. You’re ultimately given a list of tasks from Gaspar that you can or can’t do.

If that’s your reason for needing the guide (figuring out where to go next) then you probably won’t need it. But if you need the guide to figure out how to get through dungeons you might need it. There’s a couple of dungeons in Xenogears that are just a total trainwreck and chore to get through.

So you are saying Xenogears is pretty Linear?

Because I thought CT was pretty straight forward, but I would get stuck on the EXACT location of where to go and would need to refer to my strategy guide mainly for the maps. Apart from the maps, a strategy guide for me wasn’t all so needed.

Personally I don’t feel a strategy guide is needed for Xenogears. I managed to complete the game without one rather easily.

So you are saying Xenogears is pretty Linear?

Because I thought CT was pretty straight forward, but I would get stuck on the EXACT location of where to go and would need to refer to my strategy guide mainly for the maps. Apart from the maps, a strategy guide for me wasn’t all so needed.

Xenogears is incredibly linear. To be fair it’s been a long time since I played it, but if memory serves me correct the game is incredibly linear. If maps are an issue from you then I’d recommend a guide. There’s a few brutal dungeons in that game.

Good luck with the horrible gameplay, the game is has a bizarre combination of 3D platformer physics with Random battles & it makes it pretty dense to go through the game.
The battle system isn’t brilliant either.

Good luck with the horrible gameplay, the game is has a bizarre combination of 3D platformer physics with Random battles & it makes it pretty dense to go through the game.
The battle system isn’t brilliant either.

LOL topopoz, it seems like you hate every game. Is there any games you do like?

Oh that marmot is just a hater. I guess. I don’t remember many of its posts tbh

Xenogears is far more linear than CT given that she lacks multiple endings. but I’m thinking if you’re the type of person that relies on guidebooks (and you may not be), you’ll want one for Xenogears. The game always tells you where to go, what to do, or at least gives you a good idea of the path

LOL topopoz, it seems like you hate every game. Is there any games you do like?

XD
I tend to get that a lot, I like games, a lot of them… Even some cheesy ones(like digimon world).
Xenogears had a good appeal to me, but there’s a certain part in the game that you’re trapped in a cave, the camera’s+random battles+uncomfortable jumping physics= RAGE!

We can talk about games I like anytime just ask…

XD
I tend to get that a lot, I like games, a lot of them… Even some cheesy ones(like digimon world).
Xenogears had a good appeal to me, but there’s a certain part in the game that you’re trapped in a cave, the camera’s+random battles+uncomfortable jumping physics= RAGE!

We can talk about games I like anytime just ask…

Hahaha. What games do you like?

Hahaha. What games do you like?

FF I
FF IV
FF VI
FF VII
FF VIII
FF XII
FFT
Vagrant Story
Legend Of Mana
Parasite Eve
Resident Evil 1, 2 ,3
Silent Hill 1, 2 ,3 ,4
Digimon World
Super Smash Bros
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3
Medievil
Pandemonium
Tales of Phantasia
Star Wars Jedi Knight I, II, III
Knights Of the Old Republic I & II
Full Throttle
Grim Fandango
Castlevania series, I’m practically a fanboy, but Super Castlevania IV & SOTN are my personal fauvorites.
Borderlands
Prince of Persia (SNES version)
Front Mission
Megaman X, X4, X5, X6
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Cadillacs & Dinasours
Dungeons & Dragons Shadow over Mystara
Metal Slug
Diablo I, II
Star Wars Rebel Assault II
Crash Bandicoot II, III, Team Racing.
Spyro the Dragon

The list can go on, the games in bold are games that I like a lot or they are fauvorites, or they had a huge impact in my life.

FF I
FF IV
FF VI
FF VII
FF VIII
FF XII
FFT
Vagrant Story
Legend Of Mana
Parasite Eve
Resident Evil 1, 2 ,3
Silent Hill 1, 2 ,3 ,4
Digimon World
Super Smash Bros
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3
Medievil
Pandemonium
Tales of Phantasia
Star Wars Jedi Knight I, II, III
Knights Of the Old Republic I & II
Full Throttle
Grim Fandango
Castlevania series, I’m practically a fanboy, but Super Castlevania IV & SOTN are my personal fauvorites.
Borderlands
Prince of Persia (SNES version)
Front Mission
Megaman X, X4, X5, X6
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Cadillacs & Dinasours
Dungeons & Dragons Shadow over Mystara
Metal Slug
Diablo I, II
Star Wars Rebel Assault II
Crash Bandicoot II, III, Team Racing.
Spyro the Dragon

The list can go on, the games in bold are games that I like a lot or they are fauvorites, or they had a huge impact in my life.

Amen to Metal Gear Solid 1.

Amen to Metal Gear Solid 1.

YEAH THAT GAME IS THE GLORY! *head explodes*

I’ve been playing it recently…

Well if you plan to play it straight through… you shouldn’t need a strategy guide. Unless you really want all the combos, so you can transfer them to your mech. I don’t think there are any complicated puzzles in the game. Unless you want to give yourself a rest and decide to put the game down for a few months then take it up again, maybe… it would help then.

YEAH THAT GAME IS THE GLORY! *head explodes*

I’ve been playing it recently…

LOL wtf