| Xenosaga: Episode I placed at number 16 on My Generation The 50 Greatest Games of this Consoles Generation |
| Why it Belongs: Following in FF X's footsteps, Xenosaga continued to push the envolope in console cinematogrphy. Its convolted story tops many Hollywood films in terms of depth and interseting characters - all are painstakingly developed and usually have two or three levels of motivation. In addition, the plot is layered so deeply that reading the in-game database is practically required to understand all the twists and turns. |
| Defining Moment: Jr., one of your party mambers, turns out to be much, much more than he seems. This twist blows the entire story inot another dimension, far beyond the releams of standard console. |
| Interesting Fact: Tetsuya Takashi, the director of Xenosaga, brought most of his development team from Squaresoft's Xenogears over to Namco to make Xenosaga. |