2/5 ★ – TheRealness408's review of Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse.

So, uhm. Yeah... Fuck this game. This game beat me down with so many cutscenes that I just stopped giving a fuck about the story. It feels like spends so much time talking about nothing. Things do happen, but there's so much jargon and a refusal to explain the goals or stakes that it feels like a massive waste of time. Everything that was interesting about the first game just feels boring, and the lack of in game refreshers on the story just left me feeling lost. You might be thinking, "Well it's a game. We're here for the gameplay. My response is, fuck you "it's a game." There are no shops. Equipment is a joke. Theres more movie than game. The combat system that is there is a pure slog of health sponge normal enemies. 30 out of the 36 sidequests boil down to run back and forth talking to boring people. I could say a lot more about this game, (like how they dropped all production value the first game had) but I'm tired of thinking about it. My heart really says this is a 1/5, but I'm gonna be nice and say 2/5 because I'm sure someone out there would like this.