Recap of Xenosaga: Episode III (RECAPitation) 

With this, another miniseries is over. I will eventually do the Xenoblade games, but for now I want to step back and focus on a few of the unfinished series (if you feel it's been too long, then by all means shout for it in the comments, as I do need reminders). I really like the music and battle system in this one, and while I understand the rushed-story reasons in the game's development, the rewrite is only ok to me. Personally, I don't like Shion very much as a character in this game, and that hindered my enjoyment as she was essentially the main focus. I wish there was a focus on a few of the supporting characters in better balance like in previous installments, but I guess they really wanted to focus on concluding things (despite the post-credit stinger). Next RECAPitation will be: Breath of Fire

"How many biblical references are you gonna put in this thing?" " *YES* "

And so Kos-Mos drifted off into space where she later was entrapped into a crystal. Where then she was released from her crystal and helped a weird boy with a ridiculous accent, and his tsundere girlfriend. They then went on to there grand adventure to climb a tree.

Shion really ups her style over the course of the 3 games.

Xenosaga III: The Fainting of Shion

Yep, the story is as ridiculously convoluted as I remember. This must have been a pain to retell, especially with such detail. Amazing work again, mate.

Damn, it almost makes me sad that this series will never see the true end that the creator envisioned for it. If only it could get another chance

I really feel like Xenosaga III did justice to the series. I love focus the on KOSMOS / TELOS rivalry. This edition also had the most fun battle system & Gears fights finally got good too! Finally, Shions best design.

Seems straightforward enough.

And now with xenosaga being in the credits of the xenoblade 3 dlc, it basically confirms that KOS-MOS returned to earth after the credits, at least I think.

i was baffled when they mentioned "Mary magdalene soul"

so upset we will not get an hd remake of this series

If possible, a recap on Vagrant Story would be nice

This series deserves an HD Remaster and continuation more than any other! Best story in gaming, bar none.

I really do wonder what Xenosaga would look like if they did the 6 chapters.

Just binge watched episodes 1-3, brought back a lot of memories. Thank you for playing this series

Xenosaga 3: *LOTS O' STUFF* happened, there were mechs, the music was great, also chaos=Jesus. The end. Ah, I do love these games...

Great recap, man. I love Xeno series, it pains me everytime I see the ending of Xenosaga knowing that a proper conclusion will never come to be

OHHHH YYEESSSSSS!!!! Finally! Been waiting years for this one! Thank you!

Only because I've been binging these videos did I notice that Abel and Nephilim are just Fei and Elly from Xenogears.

It's amazing how much research and dedication you put on your video! Keep up the excellent work ^^

YES YES YES YES YES i been waiting for this video. Love Xenosaga games so much. Thanks Oni Black Mage this truly made my day

Yep. This story is still all over the place. Well done, OBM!

Nice recap, as always ! I would love to see more Tales of :)

There was once a fantastic fanfiction written by100series, 'Maybe Tomorrow' . Beautifully written, the plot and character developments really matched up to the game story and feel. It's long gone from where it once resided. I would totally turn into a Gnosis to get a chance to read that story again!

Yeeeesssss!!! I’ve been waiting for this

I get that everything was being orchestrated throughout the whole series, but the idea that they’d just dispose of KOS-MOS when they had a superior replacement was just so funny to me. “Sorry the android we have can only obliterate one galaxy, now that there’s one that can destroy 1.5 let’s just toss the old one in the garbage.”

With this... My long time request has been answered. Thank you oni! Looking forward to many of your other projects... Though I guess I need a new series to bug you about!!

oh ive been waiting for this!

Thank you so much for this.

Well it looks like Xenosaga is canon to Xenoblade now 👁️👁️ Watching these recaps because of Future Redeemed.

Love your vids!

I'm really sad that even with the huge success of the Xenoblade we still haven't seen a remaster for this series.

Yaaaaay so happy for this

Love the recap! I occasionally revisit these games. I'm very sad for the rushed ending in episode 3. There is concept art floating around of all 6 version of KOS-MOS that would have come about, if Xenosaga was able to get the funding it needed for all 6 games to be made.

Like they told you before make the recap of the Xenosaga games maybe was a pain but toy did it very amazing, explaining everything in 40 minutes.

III is far and away the best of the trilogy, gameplay and story wise. I would love to see Namco work with and allow Nintendo’s Monolith Soft to make Xenosaga Episode IV, there is clearly more to this story. Namco has a good relationship with them. I’d love to see the same with Square Enix and Nintendo for Xenogears II. They could then lead to a nerdgasm Xeno Universe with all 4 canons colliding 😁 (Gears, Saga, Blade Chronicles, & X). KOS-MOS for SSBU!

Great video about Xenosaga 1-3, keep up the great work! The only character I like is KOS-MOS because of her development as more than a machine as the story goes on.

This is a great game. I enjoyed playing it.

Eating lunch while enjoying this.😊

Oh FINALLY!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

The best part is when Jr. doesn't like somebody (Kevin), he will impulsively whip out his pistols and start firing away without warning Also, the Kevin/Shion pendant that resonated with the Earth Ruins and then sent everybody inside the spacial portal to the past, back in time - I would have liked to believe this was Marle's pendant from Chronotrigger which also resonates with portals to send people through time. (though it probably isn't) I also believe that Kos-Mos's body was the remains of Shion's mother. Since Kos-Mos doesn't have Mary's body (that's Telos') it begs to question: whose body is Kosmos's? Which is my understanding to explain the strong attachment Shion had to Kos-Mos, as well as the protective instincts Kos-Mos has towards Shion. It also is my way to explain why diving into KosMos's memory ended up bringing everybody to Militia (where Shion's mom was hospitalized). Shion never knew. We know that Shion's mom's conscious waves were compatible with Zohar Udo and UMN, so it's probably a body suitable to store synch and store Mary's will. We also know that Kevin was one of the people conducting research on Shion's mom, as well as creator of KosMos. We also get the Mary flashback while Shion is in the past where she tries to save her mother. Having the Mary flashback in past-Militia seems random ..... unless... it's where Kosmos/Shion's mother is. I just figure when the mother was stabbed dead, Kevin couldn't let such a great Zohar/UMN synchronizer go to waste, and so he cyborged her and used the body to synch with Mary's will in the UMN, as well as modified her to be a war machine. Problem with this theory is that Kos-Mos is supposedly pure android, no human parts. But that doesn't really make sense to me because T-elos is supposedly the same as Kos-Mos but used the body of Mary? Ahhhhh xenosaga lore

Jesus! Xenosaga episode 1 & 2 was so cinematic. It seems like episode 3 was a budget sequel.

Its sad to hear the worldwide sales dropping with each game. Game will always be a classic for me.

Sucks we most likely won't see xenosaga 4, 5 remake, and 6.

10:30 Shion passes out WAY too much

The final card has been drawn! I never finished this one and without the means to do so, I watch with baited breath about the conspiracy group known as Ormus. Seibzehn, you are a friend of mine. Also, hi, old man Baal. I love those little nods to Xenogears, only available to those paying close attention. :) It seems this story has a much more focused tale regarding the development of Shion with KOS-MOS as secondary as their curious relationship deepens. Shion's psychic abilities were vaguely hinted at in Episode 1, ignored in Episode 2, and then made jumps in this game when she psychically interacts with U-DO. Jr gets some development, as well, but all the others felt neglected. All the Bible references in this rather complex tale lends credit to the scholars who wrote the plot, even if it was overdone. My misgivings aside, I'm pleased to finally have access to the full story that I can view at my leisure, especially since I was painfully close to tasting the ending of this game, but ran out of time and had to return it to Blockbuster, back when the business still survived. The ending was a painful one, with more than a few good people dying as well as they can, their purpose only clear to them in their final moments. Thank you very much for this RECAPitation and congratulations on completing another battlefield. I'll rendezvous with you at the staging ground for the next battlefield.

I love ur content man

This came at the perfect time when I didn't have shit to do♥️

Man I loved this game when I was younger.

I managed to find a sealed copy on eBay, and I've been playing it almost nonstop. I would pay obscene amounts of money to get an HD remake or a handheld port like Persona 4 getting Golden

More recaps on the tales of series

This game's music was top tier ❤

Thank you very much.

Why did everyone get outfit updates between games except Alan?

Yesssssssssssss new oni

Thanks for doing these. I grew up watching my brother play xenogears only to be frustrated by these. Thanks for breaking it down. Liked xbc2 though but the story was faaaaaar simpler lol.

So many twist, revelation, acceptance and cleavage to this ending. Oh boy, any there is still more. What are the other colonies gonna do while a new method of communication and travel is being developed? Won't a number of them fall into anarchy or something? Would've loved to have seen Earth after all this.

I really enjoyed the Xenosaga series! Thank you for recaping all three games! Would you consider doing Breath of Fire 3? 🙏🏼

Such an amazing series with a history of too much ambition and a waning interest from publishers. The ambition of the story was just too much for casuals of the series and to get the full story people really needed to start at part 1. This lead to waning sales as the series went on, which in turn leads to publisher disinterest. And the most disappointing part of all: Square not allowing the series to continue after Xenogears, a game beloved by some (myself included) even over Final Fantasy 7. I would love a remaster of the Saga games, and a remake of the Gears game, but I feel an anime series would do this story so much more justice.

The only xenosaga game I was never able to play... feels bad man

My number 2 Favorite Turn RPG series on PS2

Jin's Death: I haven't so much feels since Berserk's The Eclipse

I'd like to see you do a recap on SMT: Devil Survivor or Lost Dimension if possible.

Hope you will do the utawarerumono series one day. The remake of the first game is coming soon.

Please please please, do Saga Frontier 2 recapitation!

I wonder what Jordan Peterson would say about all of the philosophical, Christian and Carl jung and Netzine plots and story points are in this game.

300,000 thousand copies worldwide but ebay wants $400 just for one... >_>

Just to add Voyager does have a real name lol it isn't just Voyager

Last week I finally broke down, gave into throwing money into Nintendo’s face by picking up a Switch Lite. To put things into perspective, I haven’t had a Nintendo-anything since the N64. However, over the past few years I’ve started getting into Metroid a little more than I already was(by far my favorite Nintendo IP ever, no contest, with Xenoblade close behind it), and I played through and beat Xenogears on the PS1 which then sent me down the “XENO-“ rabbit hole so OBVIOUSLY that gets me looking towards Xenoblade Chronicles. Which then made me remember I use to own Xenosaga Ep.1 when I was like 8 so that shit flew right over my head and back onto a shelf at GameStop (I really hate Past-Me sometimes. Today I fucking love the concept of literally everything Takahashi have been trying to finally manifest since Xenogears though I still haven’t actually played Xenosaga reeeeally to change that someday). Now I’m just sitting and waiting for a Xenosaga port for the Switch that will never happen. Though one can dream can’t they? 😔 Anyway, since the Switch now has Xenoblade Chronicles 1&2, I felt I should pick one up because I really want to know what the fuck Takahashi’s endgame is and because I fucking love exactly everything these games are in terms of Themes and Narrative. And yes.... I also bought the Switch because I’m really excited that Metroid Prime 4 is actually finally within my grasp, God knows when the fuck I’ll be able to play it though since they started from scratch last year. I just hope it’s not pushed off the Switch and onto whatever console Nintendo releases next. That’d piss me off pretty good. So yea, don’t remember what the fuck I’m even rambling about anymore or why... I guess just to say I fucking love Takahashi’s “XENO-“ saga 😎

Jin dying hit me pretty hard.

Can you do fire emblem series next?

here’s your two year reminder for Xenoblade

I found the second and third games somewhat frustrating. Shion Uzuki was given the idiot ball and went from brilliant to bimbo.

And I thought Final Fantasy had convoluted plots

I wanted amd still want this game so bad. I played 1 and 2 but couldn't get my hands on 3

god bless you oni. bloodmoon rises.

Wohoo

Xenoblade chronicles 3 it’s happening baby! September

So...resetting live in the universe, bad guy wanting to ascend to godhood. Doesnt get any more anime than this.

Any chance on a KH III (Remind included) RECAP?

It's hilarious that they called one of the characters Kevin

Only 370,000 copies sold?? That's absolutely criminal. The 2nd game did not help, but I remember when this game came out they emphasized a return to tighter, more streamlined combat, and Episode III is arguably the best of the trilogy, with a more cohesive, better-paced story, the better combat, and the better character designs. Except KOS-MOS/Dinah. I liked the sleeker, shinier designs of them both in II.

Trails series recap

i have all 3 episodes of these games... i was sad after that year after finishing 3 that there would be no continuation....

too bad this was cut down to 3 games. I still feel that there is more to be told here.

(Around 6:55) Wait isn't that the Main Character from Xenogears that gets Reincarnated?

Abel is a baby Fei, change my mind

A lot of biblical references throughout the series

Then 10.000 years comes xenogears, were abel and shion are but faint memories.

Now that I know the story to this series, I'm disappointed in myself for not playing them. It overall has a strange attractiveness to it, I'll have to give it a try. Breath of Fire is next now?! *flat lines in excitement* 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😵

Shame xeno keeps getting its endings rush. If it had its intended 6 episodes just like if gears got the needed development time so disc 2 isn't a rushed finale. .. damn shame

I would rather know what happens AFTER episode III. How will they stop the universe from disappearing?

Is Kos-mos Miang from Xenogears?

Abel= FEI Nephilim= Elly Characters from xenogears

This game shows Shion at her lowest. Her decision making skill is really irritating that a reboot or a sequel is needed to redeem that. On side note, this game teaches me not to play games in front of my parents. Teen me got really panic when the bottomless Shion scene shows up suddenly

39:22 I don't think Xenosaga series enjoy their success at all.😹

Is there a 4 game story?

Aizen!? You mean named of character of surname!?

Wait a sec, I missed something... Can you start over from the part where Virgil got shot by KOS-MOS coz he was military personnel??