Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004) (VG)

Director:

Kou Arai

Writers:

Soraya Saga (assistant author)
Tetsuya Takahashi (original author)

Release Date:

15 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Fictional War | Space War

Cast

Olivia Hack	...	Shion Uzuki (voice: English version)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	KOS-MOS (voice: English version) (as Colleen O'Shaughnessy)
Joshua Seth	...	Chaos / Hermann (voice: English version) (as Josh Seth)
Cristina Pucelli	...	MOMO Mizrahi (voice: English version)
Richard Epcar	...	Ziggurat 8 (Ziggy) (voice: English version)
Brianne Siddall	...	Jr. / Rubedo (voice: English version)
Michael Gough	...	Jin Uzuki / Vector Staff (voice: English version)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Allen Ridgeley / Testament (Virgil) / U-TIC Soldier (voice: English version)
Heather Hogan	...	Miyuki Itsumi (voice: English version)
Keith Szarabajka	...	Boss / Dmitri Yuriev / Captain Vanderkam / Erde Kaiser Sigma (voice: English version)
Christopher Corey Smith	...	Kevin Winnicot / Vector Staff (voice: English version) (as Chris Smith)
Jason Spisak	...	Wilhelm / Hammer / Richard (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Captain Matthews (voice: English version)
Henry Dittman	...	Tony (voice: English version)
Ali Hillis	...	Mary Godwin / Shelley Godwin (voice: English version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (cutscenes) | Dolby (gameplay scenes)

Certification:

UK:12 | USA:T

Company:

Monolith Soft

Trivia:

This is the first and only Xenosaga video game series that does not feature the use to purchase any items with currencies earned from the battle nor does currencies earned from battle or anytime. The items can only be found in treasure chests and defeating enemies.

Quotes:

Jin Uzuki: It's up to you, whether you choose to remain in this painful world or accept it.

Movie Connections:

Follows Xenosaga Episode I: Chikara he no ishi (2002) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Song

I do believe this is the main reason there won't be more than three.

The story is okay, but let's face it...I figured some sort of major plot point would be revealed, something groundbreaking would happen. No it doesn't, just some cool action scenes with Jr. being a bit more of the focus this time, although Shion still seems to be the main character. The fighting is also awful, I could not stand it this time. Just to hard to really get the upper hand in some fights. The robots were a tad better though. Playing this one made me almost not get three as the okay, but nothing really going on story and the fighting were drastic steps back from part one. Though it was not all bad as a cool new character was introduced in the form of Shion's brother Jin who made a very brief appearance in part one. Yes at the beginning you see a flashback and there is a very cool cinematic of him and Margulis fighting. This is the highlight of this game for me. The rest is a bit of a letdown. Though they did manage to get some more music in this one.