Not worth the effort or price
Sorry if i cant right a detailed review as i completed this game years ago but honestly.
1. They removed a lot of the origional content that was meant to be in episode 2 which expands on a few characters, adds a few scenes, and generally makes a great game
(this is why the game felt hollow, rushed and terrible)
2. They spoiled the decent battle system episode 1 had, episodes 2 system is weird, and bizzare.. its love or hate, i hated
(if you have an old style ps2, battles can take a short while to load)
3. the story is just.. ugh.. its good they focused on Rubedo and Sakura, and Albedo, but this isnt a great story, far from it
4. the music isnt done by the same person who did the first, what we get is a joke
5. the game is only good for those that want to follow the story from the first, i am not saying do not buy this game, buy when the price is lower.. honestly, truthfully
6. this game had so much potential that was wasted, this was why the xenosaga series came to a premature end, after the firing and sacking of key staff from the first game, what we have was remnants, being picked up and made into a game
however, the dev team wanted to do something new, when stuff that is new comes along you think hmm, can you accept change? i can.. but this change is for the worst, you can not possibly grasp what they were thinking when they let this game go gold
however >_>.. Xenosaga Episode 3 which is buy the same people is a brilliant game, better then the first.. weird huh?
Xenosaga 1: Good Game
Xenosaga 2: Failure
Xenosaga 3: Brilliant
they added a whole bunch of new features to this game, but dont expect the world, only buy if you must know what the story is like after the first, it continues directly off the first game, and the third takes place after this game, so to play xenosaga 3 you need to play this one sadly, that being said you can convert your save to xenosaga 3 so all is well