27 Facts About Xenogears

Xenogears is a 1998 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console.

The gameplay of Xenogears revolves around navigating 3D environments both on-foot and using humanoid mecha dubbed "Gears".

Xenogears received critical acclaim, with many calling it a work of art due to its heavy religious themes and elements of Jungian psychology.

Xenogears combines traditional role-playing video game structures such as Square's signature Active Time Battle system with new features particular to the game's martial arts combat style.

Battle in Xenogears is a variant of the Active Time Battle system found in games such as Chrono Trigger and the Final Fantasy series.

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Xenogears initially takes place on Ignas, the largest continent of the Xenogears world and the site of a centuries-long war between the nations of Aveh and Kislev.

Xenogears'svat has been the only country to evade the control of Solaris.

Xenogears was the sole survivor, but was united with the woman that the Wave Existence had created for him as a companion, Elly.

Xenogears is later rescued during an attack and convinced to let go of his anger and aid the group.

Elly, inside Deus, tries to move it away from the planet and Fei, in his Xenogears, follows to save her, but both disappear in the rift.

Xenogears appears and Fei uses it to defeat Urobolus, destroying Miang for good.

Xenogears was produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, who previously worked on the SNES game Secret of Mana.

Xenogears started out as an early concept conceived by Takahashi and Tanaka for the Square game Final Fantasy VII.

The English translation of Xenogears was the first instance in which an English localization team worked directly with Square developers.

Xenogears came into contact with it because its previously assigned translators quit or asked for reassignment due to its challenge.

Music in Xenogears was composed, arranged, and produced by Yasunori Mitsuda, his first major project since the 1995 Super NES title Chrono Trigger.

An arranged soundtrack of Xenogears composed and arranged by Mitsuda was released as Creid.

Xenogears God Slaying Story, a series by Masatoshi Kusakabe, was published by Shueisha in 1998.

Xenogears was a commercial success in both Japan and North America.

In Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Xenogears was voted the 16th best video game of all time by its readers in a poll held in 2006.

IGN praised the game's exploration, saying that the ability to jump and climb "adds even more depth to exploration of different environments and distances Xenogears from being too straightforward of a traditional RPG", the only complaint being that the rotating camera is sometimes "clumsy".

Shortly after Xenogears was released, there was speculation of a sequel being released, although this never occurred.

Xenogears revealed that a sequel to Xenogears was initially planned, but never came to be.

Tetsuya Takahashi was the director and writer for both Xenogears and Xenosaga and noted that "with our relation between Square, I think it is difficult for us to say it is a direct sequel or prequel".

Xenogears has occasionally been featured in other Square Enix properties.

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On 21 October 2016, it was revealed that Xenogears would be featured in World of Final Fantasy as a mirage.

The cast of Xenogears were featured in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius for a limited time as part of a collaboration event.