The ULTIMATE Recap of Xenosaga: Episode I (RECAPitation)

An in-depth plot summary of Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht explaining everything that happened.
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[@OniBlackMage]

Please enjoy another popular request, Xenosaga: Episode 1. Now, I WILL do the other episodes in short time, but for now, remember that RECAPitations are NOT retrospectives... with this series, there is a lot of mystery and intrigue that is not immediately revealed in the first game alone, so please watch understanding that, like other RECAPs, this is from the context of playing JUST this game. Thank you for your understanding. Currently, there is a Patron/YT Member poll for the next RPG RECAPitaiton from the Tales of Series. If you would like to voice your picks, please consider supporting the channel in one of those ways and voting! Next RECAPitation with be: Castlevania 1-4

[@esthiem4388]

Is there a chance that you'll do FF Dimensions sometime soon

[@OniBlackMage]

Hmm ... not really a way for me to cover mobile games at the moment, sorry.

[@esthiem4388]

That's a shame it's a really good and underrated game almost as underrated FF5

[@SniperCR39]

I really enjoyed these games when they came out and played all 3. I was really disappointed though that they cut short the series though. As I recall, it was supposed to be six games but poor sales resulted in only three...

[@loka7783]

@@SniperCR39 I remember hearing a rumor that it was supposed to be a nine game series and Xenogears was supposed to be near the end if not the end to the series.

[@duddud___8700]

Watching this so i can understand xenoblade 4 😭🙏🏿

[@Stonehorn]

There is no xenoblade 4 yet

[@mazzarella_child567]

My first game on PS2. Probably one of the greatest games I’ve ever played.

[@ABIEZHANELADYZHANE]

cherenkov is so endulged

[@Ramsey276one]

29:25 saving the world AFTER the side quests... JRPGs in a nutshell!

[@johnlawful2272]

And the last Spiderman game

[@Angelic_Jay]

Someone talking about Xenosaga in 2019, this is truly a gift

[@TheGamingGuy-hy5eh]

Cause it’s in smash

[@LoadingGears]

Psssst. Chech out my xenossga lore series. Im talking about xenissga in 2020 lol

[@pokeleoantiqua7326]

Well Kos-Mos was in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 a few years ago

[@Angelic_Jay]

@@pokeleoantiqua7326 Yeah, and that was a treat as well!

[@LoadingGears]

@@pokeleoantiqua7326 no. That was "kaz-maz" XD

[@md_vandenberg]

The Xenosaga series was originally supposed to be 6 episodes long. The creator has said he'd be willing to make those forgotten episodes if the funds were there. I think we should start mailing him our paychecks. I sure as Hell would love to see Shion and the gang show up on Lost Jerusalem one day.

[@ikaruga24]

I am an avid fan of the Xeno series from its perception. I love them as much as i love the main Shin Megami Tensei series and for those that know me that is saying something. However as much as i adore Xenosaga i believe the entry of Xenoblade Chronicles X is the best in the series by far. To me, XCX represents what the Xeno series is all about the best way possible. That being said, i would not be against the idea of properly seeing the other 3 parts of the Xenosaga universe to tie in Xenogears as well which in turn i also believe a good remake is in order but will never happen.

[@johnlawful2272]

@@ikaruga24 kick starter

[@johnlawful2272]

@@ikaruga24 kick starter

[@nunyabusiness7827]

@Matthew VandenBerg This is a petition with 11k supporters that people are going to use to Tatsuya that we still want a xenosaga remake/remaster. Please spread this around. The remake hint was as recent as last year secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/Katsuhiro_Harada_DirectorProducer_at_Bandai_Namco_Remaster_the_Xenosaga_Trilogy_for_Global_Release/

[@fanofall9319]

from what i've heard, the 3 missing episodes are the gap between 2 and 3 Since the 3rd episode can obviously be seen a rush

[@YoungCoLLC]

Yessss!! Played the crap out of these games as a kid, but I was too young to understand all of the religious implications found in a Xeno game.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Too bad saga never came close to what gears was

[@jzblue345]

Yea me to man these games are live as hell awesome rpgs. They were just as good as gears to me but in a different way I love gears and it's my favorite game of all time but there are some things about saga I like too.

[@agekee]

Man I remember convincing my dad to buy this because there was a picture of kos most with angel wings and he's very religious.

[@ennislange1304]

@@agekee little did he know the super religious people are the villains in just about every xeno game

[@finlandjourney6065]

There's very little genuine religious meanings. It's all perverted out of context. My guess is thanks to a great deal of magic mushrooms consumed by Takahashi LOL.

[@jmarra07]

I couldn't help but laugh at the Cherenkov guy killing everybody lol. When you play it, it's kinda sad, kinda serious, but hearing it all at once is so ludicrous it's funny

[@parritosss]

Someone actually talking about Xenosaga in KZbin. Nice.

[@LoadingGears]

I'm making a whole more series in which I tell the story of xenosaga in chronological order. Meaning I start waaaaay back in ancient times and cover everything from jesus's time to the miltian conflict before I even touch the story of the games :P. I'm glad to see more people talking about this game. I'm glad I'm not alone

[@LoadingGears]

I meant *lore series. Not more series lol

[@jdrobin1]

@@LoadingGears I've been wtahcing your series, it's great. Please finish it to the end. I'm looking forward to it 👍

[@LoadingGears]

@@jdrobin1 =D aaah. Thank you! I'm actually working on the next episode as we speak haha

[@lordmetallium9678]

Monolift Soft has still need to give us Xenosaga HD and they still have not made anything.

[@tinyguy9398]

Being able to recap this series but focus on the points in the plot that really matter takes great focus as there is so much to get side tracked on or that any fan would find very hard not to overexplain as there is so much there to get held up on. That said you did a fantastic job here. If there ever needed to be a pitch made to take this series up and convert it into a TV show this would be it as it explains just enough of the plot, characters, motivations and lore in a simple enough way that studio execs might actually bite. Say to little and there's not enough there there, but say too much and they get tired of listening to you and move on. All I'm really saying is doing what you did here took talent. As someone who has to produce and give executives summaries to corporate executives for a living I can truly say not many can do what you did here. Kudos to you man!

[@kasumisylveon]

Alright time to go to bed Oni mage has released a video ..... Well sleep can wait

[@projectmayhem6898]

[13:00] I'm starting to think personality reconditioning might not work.

[@chrisconnell8523]

"We kept zapping his brain to make him not want to kill people but he killed people anyway!" "... have you tried zapping his brain *more*?" "Genius!"

[@spira-virgo5746]

‪It was an extremely cool recap! Actually just so you know the Zohar is actually a word in Hebrew that literally means Illumination or the light. Also fun fact the strange letters you all see on the monolith and the commander face are Hebrew letters ❤️‬

[@NoxLegend1]

Almost Everything in xeno series story has some connection or basis to real world religious histories.

[@jba2048]

I have waited a long time for this one. Thank you. You should consider Valkyrie Profile in the future.

[@adamlord]

what a classic!

[@LoadingGears]

I wish I could play that game. I rented the one for the ps2 and never finished it. Recently I've tried playing it on a ps2 emulator but it runs like shit.

[@NachoRod]

@@LoadingGears its also on ios and android

[@LoadingGears]

@@NachoRod what is?

[@LoadingGears]

@@NachoRod valkyrie profile?

[@jayistrying4558]

Boy, has it been 10 years since I have played the series? Lmao. The nostalgia came rushing in. Please do Wild Arms series next.

[@jairocolombo4410]

Ohh yeah, wild arms!

[@tenkaikagaya]

This series as a whole is so underrated. I loved it!

[@nore5888]

isn't it a part of the Xeno- Series though!

[@CaptainCafe]

Your summaries are so good! I know doing JRPG’s are hard. Thank you!

[@idoldigikyryn1253]

“A child like man called Jr.” well you’re not wrong Also you need to work on your pronunciation of some names.

[@gurukof]

my favorite series ever got so many goodies from this series that i actually question my judgment xD still if a remake/remaster/rewhatever comes out im buying the superexpensiveultradeluxehuehuehue edition in a heartbeat

[@rogerarteaga2665]

This would benefit more in a remake the series is a bit of a mess

[@boinkohh8394]

I know I've gone and requested a title already, and I know you're a busy man, but I honestly hope that one day you can do a video on not only the Breath of Fire series, but also the Zone of the Enders series.

[@OniBlackMage]

I will update Breath of fire for sure... long overdue I know

[@chriswinkler284]

I love how Sherry Lynn (Sasami Jurai) did the voice of Momo. I never had this game, but a good friend of mine back in the day did. Outstanding at best, and I liked the idea of using Mechs in battle. Thanks for the memories, recap/upload

[@DoraKage]

soooo not directly connected to the Xeno Gears story... but it sounds like they take place in the same universe? but at different points in a vast timeline?

[@dingliedangliedoodle9261]

I suspect Takahashi's wife was the real force behind Xenogears, every Xeno after her has gradually been more and more shallow and gratuitously pervy crap.

[@mattyc971]

I loved this series! I do hope you get to episodes 2 &3 soon! Really enjoy this channel! Thank you!!!

[@JadeLecarde]

Hopefully this series gets ported to either PlayStation or Steam/GOG. Even just a PC port would be nice if people are able to make some nice mods and fixes for it.

[@KobayashiBrynhild]

God, I want this entire series to be put on PSN. I love Xenosaga wholeheartedly. Also, KOS-MOS is best android girl. This is an undisputed fact.

[@ArinJager1]

"...rises from the ocean's depths" no, that's lake Turkana (a real lake in Africa)

[@FRGTNDRKNSS]

I remember having fun with this game, but it was soooo damn confusing to me when it came out. Thank you for the trip down memory lane and helping me appreciate this story.

[@omari6108]

Games like this aren’t made anymore eh? I remember loving this so much and staying up for days on end playing.

[@murasakibebeby3127]

I have question. Though it just sounds dumb and lame to ask. How catastrophic would it be if the 3 xenos merged fused crossovered overlapped? Xenogear xenosaga xenoblade. And like. Out of the 3. Who faced the bigger overall threat?

[@Art-lf7zq]

Thanks so much for this. Played this back on release and finally decided to continue onto the second game and beyond. Problem now, I didn't remember a single thing about the story. It was either replay the entire game again, watch the 7 hour long cutscene compilation here on YT, or watch your 30 minute recap. Already have way too many games on the backlog, all the way from SNES to modern games, mostly stupidly long RPGS. The answer was very clear. Thanks again.

[@clouded9243]

Thank so much! This was very well done, and I learned some things that I didn’t get when I was playing as a kid 17 years ago. I patiently wait for 2nd & 3rd installment!

[@rickstevenson8249]

This is an awesome video. There just aren’t that many xenosaga videos out there and as a fan of the series I’m so excited you did this recapitation

[@asaka616]

Do The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

[@mikeg5039]

THANK YOU!!! Oh god i hope you finish the series cuz i didnt have time to beat these they were so hard

[@lordmetallium9678]

Monolift soft confirmed the 1st Xenoblade remastered version for switch, i really still hate the fact that Xenosaga is lost in the blue, seriously why Namco allowed this to happen, we need this Series Back! i don't know how to contact even Monolift but we really need this series back even if its for Switch!.

[@scottlypuff]

ust decided to start binge watching your channel thank you for all these RECAPitations of great franchjises!

[@writerblocks9553]

Amazing man, thank you for doing this!! So nostalgic to see this, I loved this series but I don’t wanna play through a 70 hour game to see the story again

[@komlat253]

What ? This story is deep. They dont make games like this no more. Dang i should have believed my friend when he said this game was good like forever ago

[@Liglerian]

Thanks for ALL of these videos! I’ve beaten a lot of the games you’ve done ‘What is’ on. I think I’m only missing 5 or so hahah. Such an amazing idea, and you’re awesome!! Cool thing is, some of the storylines I thought I fully knew, and you end up talking about something I’ve forgotten or missed all together. Thanks again.

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

A series like Xenosaga would never be made today. HD game development made it so a series like Xenosaga would have to be a AAA project, and simply would just never be given the resources it would need. For all the graphical advancements we got with the PS3/360 generation, we lots tons of potentially great games. Atlus's output alone from PS2 to PS3 dropped off a cliff

[@keylala87]

Loved this game. Classic

[@xwolfhunter2237]

I love Xenosaga ❤ I've got this sudden inspiration to make Xenosaga tributes. On my channel there's a playlist called All of my Xenosaga tributes. Only 1 tribute so far with more to come.

[@Reifgar]

Your "What happened in" series has quickly become one of my favorites. Absolutely fantastic.

[@jzblue345]

I was hoping for another xeno game to be done thanks man. Can't wait for the other two you do a great job of explaining the plots i always pick up story elements that I didn't before.

[@Anthonyelmio2]

And I still own my original copies, one of my favorite RPGs on PS2 with Wild Arms 3, Shadow Hearts, Dragon Quest 8, Dot hack games, Metal Saga, Suikoden, Rogue Galaxy, Radiata Stories, and Devil Summoner

[@LunaP1]

I still have the Xenosaga series, Rogue Galaxy, and Dragon Quest VIII, among other RPGs.

[@einsamherz2762]

Just finished playing episode 1. ☺ Will now start playing episode 2 with my good old Playstation 2. ☺

[@StiffAftermath]

I seriously underestimated the story in the saga series. Glad you made this recap and rekindled my interest in this series.

[@thunter992]

I fucking love you and love your channel

[@matthewpaquin1579]

please do a RECAPitation of "The world ends with you"

[@Ragefat]

Xenosaga's plot is convoluted as fuck, but I still love the crap out of it. It's a shame the full potential of the series was never realized.

[@Lithiel]

I really hope this gets a remaster because it KILLS me I cannot play my fav sci fi series anymore. 😩😩 my precious game are just sitting there collecting dust….

[@StickWithTrigger]

Yall remember the cgi movie and the sequel? Sigh those were the days

[@PazuChill]

I just beat this game today and had a lot of fun with it. Thanks for this video. I'm going to watch this to make absolutely sure I haven't missed or forgotten anything before jumping into II.

[@jstratton1981]

I still have the keychain from the ingame email you had to mail to in real life. Wish more companies did cool promos like that.

[@palis6175]

awesome great job man this is one of the few recap videos that actually explain everything u need to know i wanted to replay 2 n 3 and wanted a quick refresher since i played part 1 again a few months ago and didn't wanna replay so soon

[@GigaChadDuPlessis]

they need to hurry up and either remaster or release this on current gen consoles. make these games digitally available already

[@wesleyharris1723]

It's time! The biggest Opera of video game has arrived. Second to last Metal Gear.

[@vanidge]

Oh my I remember spending long summers in this game and the over powered mech summon that obliterated everything.

[@prettyflippingaverage1268]

Your referring to Erde Kaiser

[@LunaP1]

The Erde Kaiser mech series.🤩 They were jsut so epic.

[@martinhennigan1113]

Thanks so much for the awesome video! Xenosaga episode 1 is one of my favorite games and it is a tragedy that production staff turmoil and budget issues crippled the franchise.

[@oscargomezrivera]

Can't wait for episode 2 and 3

[@overcomesummer7085]

Loved this game so much! I can't tell you how many times I have played this game. My only regret was never being able to play the 3rd ep. I hope they remaster this game. Xenosaga deserves a remaster, like right now.

[@aeroga2383]

Thanks. Now I don't have to play the first two games.

[@ReFriedNoodles]

So many mixed feelings with this. As a gamer that enjoys a good story, I couldn't get invested into this branch of the series. I could start playing right now and 2 hours of very slow boring backstory later, I could maybe be in some form of JRPG combat. It was a miracle that I actually beat this game. The second game I tried to play and became completely disinterested with the combat and story extremely FAST. The third game I bought thinking I'll get to it eventually. It is still in my possession and remains unplayed. From what I hear the pandering to Xenogears fans is strong in the third game. It was like I kept playing hoping for the exciting parts to happen that never came with the first game.

[@robertlawrence9000]

Yes! This game is so awesome! I like Xenogears too. Wild Arms is so good too. I remember getting that one to keep me occupied for a while until Final Fantasy 7 was released. Great stories and depth

[@williammarinho21]

One of my favorites RPGS thanks for this video, done almost everything i could on my 100 hours playthrough, good memories

[@ca8427]

I would nominate this game series as the most pretentious game series of all time.

[@clydegrey5061]

And they're all named after Nietzsche works.

[@Jed_the_Malamute]

We need Xenosaga for Switch. Let’s get a petition going!

[@GSM22]

Its supposed to be a prequel to xenogears, xenogears was episode 5 so saga 1-3 was supposed to lead up to it

[@kylor11]

Not tied together in any way. its a reboot of the concept, but an entirely new story and world.

[@SciontheDark]

Knowing that the series was supposed to be 6 games long is hilarious when you remember that they didn't have enough ideas to fill out 2 discs for Xenogears. Different people, but still.

[@boredgoddesstori6635]

No, it‘s the same Team but under a different company. Also Xenogears wasn‘t stretched to fit 2 Discs, it was actually unfinished during the 2nd Disc because of a set release window where the Game had to be finished, so they rushed Disc 2 to tell the full story and not end it with Disc 1 on a cliffhanger (a decision that was probably for the best)

[@kalandarkclaw8892]

I'm late getting to this video but this was made on my birthday. Loved these games and the story was so deep

[@LoadingGears]

Hey, im dong a whole lore series on xenosaga starting from ancient times. I cover everything from the creation of the universe to the miltian conflict before I even touch on the 3 games. I was wondering if you could give me a little bit of a shout out. Not only for the obvious reason of getting a signal boost to my channel but because I really want to bring some life back Into the xenosaga fan base. It's very rare to find channel talking about it. Most videos of xenosaga re just cutscenes or OSTs

[@trueblaze84]

A seriously under rated game. I remember back when Marvel Vs Capcom 3 was originally announced KOS-MOS was supposed to be one of the playable fighters, however the game ended up being delayed for several years and by the time they got back to making it people had more or less forgotten about the Xenosaga series and her character ended up getting removed from the roster.

[@boobah5643]

Weird. Because KOS-MOS isn't a Capcom or Marvel character; game was made by Monolith and published by Namco, which is why she shows up in the Capcom/Namco crossover RPG series whose name escapes me, and kinda sorta appears as a fighter in a _Soul Caliber_ game... three I think?

[@trueblaze84]

@@boobah5643 it might not have been that game, that was just the first to come to mind. But I do remember seeing her in an animated trailer for some cross over fighting game that got delayed for years then removed her from the rester when they did

[@xeno6773]

I’m confused, but also intrigued

[@shadow19121]

When I played this I didn't know if it was a prequel or sequel. Because xenogears said it was episode 6 I think?

[@kylor11]

Xenogears was episode 5 of its own series, but the rest was never made. Xenosaga is its own series, not tied to xenogears.

[@jamesking1771]

Thank you so much for making this. This series kinda got lost in the multitude of JRPG titles that have come out over the past decade. But I love it. Everything about it. And it's fantastic to see some NEW Xenosaga content hitting KZbin. Instant sub.

[@neroultimate1]

You can build a Gundam in this is game? I’m in.

[@Havzul]

been waiting for this video 3 years! thanks Oni!!!!!

[@professorsosa880]

Strange mobile suit, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@highlights9633]

dude i never knew you did these! you're such a hero

[@starwarstimeline]

Excellent recap. Thanks for putting together such an awesome video. Now I can move on to Part II after taking a break from the first title.

[@GSM22]

At 5:23 did anyone think of toonami back on cartoon network

[@keithmustanggt]

xenosaga and ffx were the biggest games of my childhood, i'd lose my shit if they decided to finish this series. So much nuance for its time

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

The second "g" in Gaignun is silent.

[@Oubliette1949]

Great summary. Now I can only hope it's rereleased on Switch.

[@hmmdoh7835]

Such classic needs remaster that overdue XD I miss the robot it’s just one shot anything XD

[@rogerarteaga2665]

More like a remake this whole series was quite a mess

[@Rogun987]

Thank youuuu. I played this game years ago and couldn't remember the smaller details of the game. And I just don't have the time to replay the entire game.

[@bananaandpotato1]

can you do xenosaga 2 and 3 plesae?

[@Stidelio]

Just scrolling through my KZbin feed and - oh! Oni Black Mage in Xenosaga?! Ah shit here we go again! Yes!

[@misterturkturkle]

It doesn't take half an hour to say bad

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

February 2003, 8th grade, 14 year old me, game informer magazine reader getting this game. The good old days. Still got my copy

[@kaiser30]

Finally !!! my favorite Video game saga !!! Extremely happy about it being covered !!

[@SormonAusPol]

Just to correct your statement at then end. As a Xenosaga fan I have looked into the sales data and I don't believe the series has sold 1.75 million copies. For one sales indicate 0.49 million copies sold in Europe despite the game never releasing there . Also I believe that Xenogears and Both Xenoblade 1&2 have out sold Xenosaga Ep.1. If I had to give a realistic figure to the games sales I would say 1.25 million but I can't be sure Wikipedia says that no accurate figure was every released by Namco. They only said that it sold over 1 million copies.

[@soledsnak6632]

Ayy Still hoping for an earthboind beginnings vid one day

[@SpitzNamen597]

Many thanks! Been wanting to play Ep. 3, but it's been years since I played the first two. This is exactly the recap I needed.

[@FernaMedel]

Thank god for this video, I resumed playing the series from Episode 2 and had a hard time remembering what happened in this episode. I'll be looking forward to the next part. Seventeen years later this game is still remembered which makes me so glad some stories don't just die to time.

[@NightshadeTS]

"What is Xenosaga?" pretty much the PS2 cockblock for people who want a Xenogears remake.

[@Zerobasssoul]

Always throwing out the upload at prowling hours I see

[@OniBlackMage]

Guilty as charged :)