<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1998	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
debut	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
larger	O
Xeno	B-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
revolves	O
around	O
navigating	O
3D	O
environments	O
both	O
on-foot	O
and	O
using	O
humanoid	O
mecha	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Gears	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
Kaori	O
Tanaka	O
as	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
as	O
its	O
own	O
project	O
;	O
first	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
then	O
as	O
an	O
original	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
premise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
art	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
heavy	O
religious	O
themes	O
and	O
elements	O
of	O
Jungian	O
psychology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
developed	O
,	O
Takahashi	O
would	O
later	O
found	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
and	O
develop	O
the	O
Xenosaga	O
trilogy	O
and	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
games	O
as	O
spiritual	O
successors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
combines	O
traditional	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
structures	O
such	O
as	O
Square	O
's	O
signature	O
Active	O
Time	O
Battle	O
system	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
particular	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
martial	O
arts	O
combat	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
features	O
both	O
traditional	O
anime	O
and	O
pre-rendered	O
CGI	O
movie	O
clips	O
by	O
Production	O
I.G	O
to	O
illustrate	O
important	O
plot	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	O
in	O
Xenogears	B-Application
is	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Active	O
Time	O
Battle	O
system	O
found	O
in	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
enemy	O
encounters	O
in	O
Xenogears	B-Application
are	O
random	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
abilities	O
are	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
Ether	B-Application
Points	I-Application
(	O
EP	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
replenished	O
using	O
items	O
during	O
exploration	O
(	O
non-combat	O
)	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
initially	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
Ignas	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
continent	O
of	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
world	O
and	O
the	O
site	O
of	O
a	O
centuries-long	O
war	O
between	O
the	O
nations	O
of	O
Aveh	O
and	O
Kislev	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
plot	O
and	O
backstory	O
is	O
detailed	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese-only	O
book	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Perfect	O
Works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Produced	O
by	O
DigiCube	O
,	O
it	O
details	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
universe	O
from	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
the	O
Zohar	O
to	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Perfect	O
Works	O
schematic	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
end	O
credits	O
)	O
,	O
Xenogears	B-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
episode	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
six	O
,	O
with	O
events	O
spanning	O
multiple	O
millennia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
nine	O
playable	O
characters	O
come	O
from	O
different	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
centers	O
around	O
the	O
protagonist	O
Fei	O
Fong	O
Wong	O
,	O
an	O
adopted	O
young	O
male	O
in	O
the	O
village	O
of	O
Lahan	O
,	O
brought	O
by	O
a	O
mysterious	O
"	O
masked	O
man	O
"	O
three	O
years	O
ago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fei	O
's	O
gear	O
transforms	O
into	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
Grahf	O
appears	O
,	O
revealing	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
inside	O
Fei	O
's	O
father	O
's	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elly	O
,	O
inside	O
Deus	O
,	O
tries	O
to	O
move	O
it	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
planet	O
and	O
Fei	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
Xenogears	B-Application
,	O
follows	O
to	O
save	O
her	O
,	O
but	O
both	O
disappear	O
in	O
the	O
rift	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
appears	O
and	O
Fei	O
uses	O
it	O
to	O
defeat	O
Urobolus	O
,	O
destroying	O
Miang	O
for	O
good	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fei	O
and	O
Elly	O
then	O
return	O
to	O
their	O
planet	O
along	O
with	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
reunite	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Hiromichi	O
Tanaka	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetsuo	O
Mizuno	O
,	O
Tomoyuki	O
Takechi	O
,	O
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
creator	O
Hironobu	O
Sakaguchi	O
were	O
executive	O
producers	O
for	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
started	O
out	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
concept	O
conceived	O
by	O
Takahashi	O
and	O
Tanaka	O
for	O
the	O
Square	O
game	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
impetus	O
for	O
Takahashi	O
was	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
growing	O
frustrated	O
with	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
concept	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
Xenogears	B-Application
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
,	O
but	O
after	O
multiple	O
clashes	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
over	O
this	O
and	O
unspecified	O
practical	O
difficulties	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
completely	O
original	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
"	O
Xeno	B-Application
"	O
had	O
been	O
decided	O
between	O
staff	O
from	O
an	O
early	O
stage	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
meaning	O
being	O
"	O
something	O
strange	O
or	O
alien	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takahashi	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
full	O
3D	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
capacities	O
meant	O
this	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
managed	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
mesh	O
of	O
2D	O
sprites	O
against	O
3D	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
had	O
announced	O
that	O
Xenogears	B-Application
may	O
not	O
have	O
come	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
sensitive	O
religious	O
issues	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
translation	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
instance	O
in	O
which	O
an	O
English	O
localization	O
team	O
worked	O
directly	O
with	O
Square	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
Japanese	O
release	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
,	O
the	O
boss	O
is	O
called	O
Deus	O
( デウス	O
,	O
deusu	O
)	O
,	O
so	O
either	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
again	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
point	O
or	O
Honeywood	O
's	O
account	O
is	O
inaccurate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
released	O
Xenogears	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
June	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
in	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
composed	O
,	O
arranged	O
,	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Yasunori	O
Mitsuda	O
,	O
his	O
first	O
major	O
project	O
since	O
the	O
1995	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
title	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
two	O
discs	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
DigiCube	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mitsuda	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
belongs	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
music	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
arranged	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
composed	O
and	O
arranged	O
by	O
Mitsuda	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Creid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Creid	O
,	O
he	O
expanded	O
on	O
the	O
theme	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
album	O
of	O
having	O
Celtic	O
influences	O
in	O
"	O
easy-to-listen-to	O
"	O
pop	O
tracks	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
album	O
of	O
arranged	O
Xenogears	B-Application
music	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
prominent	O
Celtic	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myth	O
:	O
The	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Orchestral	O
Album	O
,	O
an	O
album	O
of	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
arranged	O
orchestrally	O
by	O
Mitsuda	O
's	O
own	O
music	O
company	O
Procyon	O
Studio	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
CD	O
and	O
vinyl	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Blu-ray	O
album	O
entitled	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
Revival	O
Disc	O
-	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
-	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
Japanese	O
books	O
and	O
comics	O
published	O
concerning	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
God	O
Slaying	O
Story	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
by	O
Masatoshi	O
Kusakabe	O
,	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Shueisha	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DigiCube	O
published	O
both	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Perfect	O
Works	O
and	O
a	O
memorial	O
album	O
named	O
Thousands	O
of	O
Daggers	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
entire	O
script	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Japanese	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
screenshots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
manga	O
books	O
,	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Comic	O
Anthology	O
and	O
Xenogears	B-Application
4koma	O
Comic	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Movic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movic	O
released	O
wallscrolls	O
,	O
notebooks	O
,	O
pins	O
,	O
keychains	O
,	O
stickers	O
,	O
and	O
postcards	O
depicting	O
the	O
Xenogears	B-Application
cast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
both	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
these	O
sales	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
a	O
Greatest	B-Device
Hits	I-Device
title	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
voted	O
the	O
16th	O
best	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
its	O
readers	O
in	O
a	O
poll	O
held	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
similar	O
poll	O
at	O
GameFAQs	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
voted	O
Xenogears	B-Application
the	O
32nd	O
"	O
Best	O
Game	O
Ever	O
"	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
plot	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
highlights	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
drawing	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
Star	B-Application
Blazers	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Old	O
Testament	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
Square	O
games	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
game	O
every	O
RPG	O
fanatic	O
must	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
despite	O
having	O
too	O
many	O
cut	O
scenes	O
and	O
a	O
sometimes	O
confusing	O
plot	O
,	O
"	O
immersion	O
is	O
a	O
key	O
factor	O
in	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
the	O
questions	O
you	O
may	O
have	O
about	O
the	O
storyline	O
are	O
all	O
answered	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
PSN	B-Device
release	O
,	O
RPGFan	O
's	O
James	O
Quentin	O
Clark	O
said	O
Xenogears	B-Application
has	O
"	O
hands	O
down	O
the	O
best	O
single	O
story	O
I	O
have	O
seen	O
in	O
any	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
100%	O
rating	O
for	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
largely	O
praised	O
Xenogears'''	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
exploration	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
jump	O
and	O
climb	O
"	O
adds	O
even	O
more	O
depth	O
to	O
exploration	O
of	O
different	O
environments	O
and	O
distances	O
Xenogears	B-Application
from	O
being	O
too	O
straightforward	O
of	O
a	O
traditional	O
RPG	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
complaint	O
being	O
that	O
the	O
rotating	O
camera	O
is	O
sometimes	O
"	O
clumsy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Square	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
voice	O
overs	O
and	O
anime	O
cut	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospectively	O
,	O
Edge	O
commented	O
that	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
considered	O
by	O
some	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
multimillion-yen	O
,	O
convoluted	O
science-fiction	O
vanity	O
project	O
,	O
Xenogears	B-Application
nevertheless	O
remains	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
keenly	O
eulogized	O
PlayStation	B-Device
RPGs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
Takahashi	O
's	O
"	O
most	O
challenging	O
and	O
pure	O
work	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Xenosaga	O
series	O
never	O
quite	O
matched	O
up	O
to	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
speculation	O
of	O
a	O
sequel	O
being	O
released	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
never	O
occurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Tanaka	O
said	O
that	O
a	O
project	O
related	O
to	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Xenogears	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2000	O
,	O
Sugiura	O
Hirohide	O
,	O
president	O
of	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
a	O
sequel	O
was	O
being	O
considered	O
before	O
being	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
film	O
investments	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
with	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Spirits	O
Within	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Xenogears	B-Application
has	O
never	O
had	O
an	O
official	O
sequel	O
or	O
prequel	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
speculation	O
that	O
Namco	O
and	O
Monolith	O
Soft	O
's	O
Xenosaga	O
was	O
a	O
prequel	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tetsuya	O
Takahashi	O
was	O
the	O
director	O
and	O
writer	O
for	O
both	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
Xenosaga	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
with	O
our	O
relation	O
between	O
Square	O
,	O
I	O
think	O
it	O
is	O
difficult	O
for	O
us	O
to	O
say	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
or	O
prequel	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
twenty	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Xenosaga	O
development	O
staff	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
connection	O
between	O
Xenogears	B-Application
and	O
Xenosaga	O
,	O
Takahashi	O
has	O
stated:It	O
'	O
s	O
probably	O
more	O
suitable	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
it	O
follows	O
the	O
direction	O
and	O
style	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
there	O
are	O
familiar	O
faces	O
that	O
serve	O
as	O
important	O
characters	O
in	O
Xenosaga	O
,	O
others	O
are	O
more	O
like	O
self-parodies	O
,	O
so	O
we	O
do	O
n't	O
really	O
want	O
Xenogears	B-Application
fans	O
to	O
overreact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
movies	O
,	O
sometimes	O
you	O
have	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
movie	O
or	O
friend	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
actor	O
appearing	O
as	O
cameos	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
's	O
similar	O
to	O
that.Xenogears	O
has	O
occasionally	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
other	O
Square	O
Enix	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
Xenogears	B-Application
would	O
be	O
featured	O
in	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
as	O
a	O
mirage.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/20-1/world-of-final-fantasy-tosses-in-a-xenogears-mirage	O
In	O
2017	O
,	O
gears	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
avatars	O
of	O
Fei	O
and	O
Bart	O
,	O
were	O
included	O
as	O
pre-order	O
cosmetic	O
bonuses	O
in	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
mecha	O
shooting	O
game	O
,	O
Figureheads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
in	O
celebration	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
 '	O
20th	O
Anniversary	O
,	O
Kunihiko	O
Tanaka	O
and	O
Junya	O
Ishigaki	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Square	O
Enix	O
to	O
release	O
Xenogears	B-Application
Bring	O
Arts	O
figures	O
of	O
Fei	O
,	O
Elly	O
and	O
Welltall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cast	O
of	O
Xenogears	B-Application
were	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
Final	O
Fantasy	O
Brave	O
Exvius''	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
time	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
collaboration	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
