Hello/sorting out my feelings about Xenosaga

[Swampy_sahagin]

I just hope you are right, though younger people would likely face technical complications due to the passing of time, even if emulation is becoming easier as time goes by, and playing PS2 games on PC is doable almost for every single instance.

Short of roms getting wiped off the surface internet entirely (which is doubtful given the demand, especially as long as countries like Glorious Brazil continue to exist) I reckon it should stay relatively accessible.

I love Kajiura's music as well, but Mitsuda is kind of "the" Xeno sound for me. And his Episode I soundtrack is just mindblowing. Though without Kajiura we would have gotten absolute bangers like Godsibb or Promised Pain. I've listened to her music for lots of other anime as well, but even though her compositions are superb, she kinda suffers of "same sound" syndrome. More stuff you might want to check are the Kara no Kyoukai movies and Fate/Zero, given she also composed the entire soundtrack for those.

I always associate Mitsuda with the Chrono games myself, though I do like his work on Xeno as well. Kajiura's stuff can get a bit same-y but I love her unique style enough to not be bothered by it.

Same thing's happened to me lately. Getting into new things is fading into obscurity as opposed to revisiting stuff I already liked. But I guess it's something that comes with age.

There's just too much stuff now. These days I approach each game I play like it might be my last. I also have a wider range of interests than I used to so it's hard to devote time to "pretty good" games when I could devote it to "this inspires me" games.

I only played the original Deus Ex, but I did hear fans weren't took happy about either Invisible War or Human Revolution.

I never played IW because I'd heard enough about it to put me off, but I did play HR. It's a very dudebro interpretation of what Deus Ex was about. Not a terrible game on its own, but eh...

Hence why I have a Robocop artbook that I consider part of my Xeno collection.

Did you also get into David Bowie? Xenosaga got me into his stuff and I still listen to Ziggy Stardust (and Diamond Dogs and Low) all the time.