Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (Video Game 2002)
"Xenosaga Episode I: Chikara he no ishi" (original title)

The final race for the ultimate secret of the universe has unwittingly begun. A mysterious and ancient relic dating back to the very beginning of time called the Zohar may be the key. And ... See full summary »

Director:

Tetsuya Takahashi

Writers:

Soraya Saga (event scenario writer), Norihiko Yonesaka (quest scenario writer: Knave Corp.)

Stars:

Masashi Ebara, Eriko Hara, Eriko Kawasaki

Cast

Credited cast:
Masashi Ebara	...	Ziggurat 8 (Ziggy) (voice)
Eriko Hara	...	Pellegri (voice)
Eriko Kawasaki	...	Jr. (voice)
Mariko Kouda	...	Febronia (voice)
Rie Kugimiya	...	Mary Godwin (voice)
Ai Maeda	...	Shion Uzuki (voice)
Naomi Shindô	...	Juli Mizrahi (voice)
Rumi Shishido	...	MOMO (voice)
Mariko Suzuki	...	KOS-MOS (voice)
Yumi Takada	...	Shelley Godwin (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Nephilim (voice) (as Yumi Touma)
Emi Uwagawa	...	Miyuki Itsumi (voice)

Storyline

The final race for the ultimate secret of the universe has unwittingly begun. A mysterious and ancient relic dating back to the very beginning of time called the Zohar may be the key. And for some unknown reasons an aggressive and dangerous species called the Gnosis attacks humankind viciously and often.

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Plot Keywords:

fictional war | outer space | space war | role playing game

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

T

Details

Official Sites:

Game depeloper company Namco [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

25 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Xenosaga

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monolith Soft, Namco

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point, Albedo refers to MOMO as "my little pêche". "Pêche" is French for "peach", and "momo" is Japanese for "peach" as well.

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Quotes

Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam: You're slacking off! And you!
[smacks his employee]
Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam: And you!
[smacks another employee]
Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam: You're all bunch of slackers!
[Lt. Commander Vanderkam strikes another one of his employee]
Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam: Listen up! You lazy bums are the cause of that accident! You're not getting any time to confess your sins, though. Why not? 'Cause I am not giving it you! If you got time to be sorry, you got time to get your ass in gear! If you got time to think, you got time to get your fingers moving! Don't even start thinkin' you got ...
[...]

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Connections

Remade as Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Pain"
Music by Yasunori Mitsuda
Written by Tetsuya Takahashi
Japanese to English Translation by Takeshi Mogi & Matthew Zuckerman
Performed by Joanne Hogg

User Reviews

A huge disappointment.

The biggest problem with this RPG is the fact that it plays more like a movie than a game. One second you are watching a conversation between Allen and Shion, and then the "cinimatic" stops. Than you need to move into the next room, and lo and behold! Another "cinimatic!" Though some parts of the story tend to be quite interesting, it just does not live up to the majesty of Square Softs, Xenogears (Xenosaga is the prequel who's rights were sold to Namco.) Though you don't need to play Xenogears to enjoy Xenosaga, it is still recommended to delve into this classic Playstation RPG. The battle system is decent, and the boost system does make it very interesting, but it's biggest flaw happens to not be with the game-play, but rather the soundtrack. Boss battle or not, the music is always the same (excluding Albedo, who is just to cool to have generic music). Trust me, it will drive you crazy. You may enjoy the game, you may not. This is just my opinion.

Personally, I think the RPG realm has been in a great decline ever since Squre and Enix combined, considering they used to be big competitors, it gave them a reason to make games, but considering that there isn't a real challenge anymore, they can do whatever they want.