So, I just got done watching a rather amazing and hilarious LP of Xenogears, over here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMthTW4vRq8bNjz1PVnn-2YCTWc5vHJ1O Doubtless it is an extremely flawed game, like so many overambitious games; the combat mechanics are undercooked, the dungeon design is horrible, many of the story beats are, at best, loosely connected with each other, and the game simply seems to have no idea about how to effectively exposit its narrative details or provide satisfying bits of gameplay. Yet, despite it all, I find it to possess a strange, compelling charm. It is absurd, for sure, overblown for sure too, and has more than its fair share of writing issues, but at the heart of it all, it's very sincere about what it's trying to be. Rarely does it ever feel like a story moment was inserted just for its own sake, and while there are absolutely moments that drag, there are just as many that are solidly hilarious or moving. It helps that the game knows how to ...