Lovely. I always figured chaos would be important later on (do they ever explain why the C is lowercase? )... already at the beginning of XS 2, he referred to Rubedo (Jr.) as "war" and Nigredo (that's Gaignun, right?) as "famine". I forget what Albedo was or I've just never heard it yet.
I think Youtube also has the cinematic scenes for Xenosaga, although quality would be worse and not as convenient as a DVD. I went that route with XS2 and XS3 (though I regret not playing XS3 instead). On another note, I think the Xenogears Myth soundtrack is on Itunes. Awesome, wasn't expecting that.
If you're a big fan of the soundtrack, did you ever check out http://xenogears.ocremix.org/ I'm not crazy about the 2nd disc, because it's all electronic & trance, but the first disc is all compositions and classical guitars. It's quite amazing. Anyways, check it out, it's free. Here is the trailer: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1bjnE3VECTo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I know there was also an official DVD that has the 1st game's cinematics on it. Because I got it when I preordered XS2. Not sure if they did it for XS2 for XS3 preorder, since I bought the latter from shelf IIRC. They might be around for cheap on ebay or something. Or if one's really cheap, for free from certain undisclosed locations on the internet. It's been forever since I last played Xenogears, but I'm pretty sure Fei's character doesn't really develop until quite late. End of disk 1 I'd say. And all characters in Xenosaga has quite a bit of parts devoted to them. Also, KOS-MOS is not the main character. Shion is. KOS-MOS is more like Elly then Fei.
You may not learn Fei's entire backstory until the end of disc 1, but he has some of the most brilliant character development in an RPG from the moment you hit new game. His transformation from a simple villager, to suicidal exile, to reluctant hero and beyond...Fei changes drastically over the course of the game more than any other RPG I've ever played, and they're all for realistic reasons. KOS-MOS' character development is more like "Robot awake! Robot protect Shion. Robot use powers during FMV that would've been useful if they were mentioned earlier. Robot go back to being useless at start of next game."
I missed that. Think I checked out other fan remixes, but wasn't aware of that project. I'll give it a listen. Thanks.
Well yeah, KOS-MOS is a pretty boring character, and I don't think she was ever intended to be the main character. That's what Rubedo/Albedo/Nigredo, Shion, MOMO, Ziggy, and basically everyone besides KOS-MOS or for. Comparing Fei to KOS-MOS, to me, is kind of like comparing Squall to Yuffie.
