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Anonymous File :-(, x)
I only read OP, so I apologize to the other posts for this being outta left field, but I have to praise the subject at hand too God damn, probably going on a decade ago when I first played it. ...I used to love Xenogears.
...And realized I still do, but I had to reflect and eat a little humble pie beforehand. Now, four years of mostly western religious (hebraic, christian theological, a little roman/greek, others) undergrad work later, I tried playing it this winter break again and couldn't take it seriously.
HOWEVER, that it gets anon to post threads like this reinvigorates my love of it regardless. And, maybe more importantly, it was one of a few things that first chipped at justification of my insipid midwestern religious upbringing. Sure, like a child jumping on legos, Japanese RPG writers have a bad habit of haphazardly ramming religous traditions together but the presence of any subject matter as weighty as religion for, say, young gamers, makes for an engaging and entertaining lesson in perspective and humility.
TL;DR version: Raised by semi-fundie Protestant parents in an insular environment, a Midwestern gamer anon looks back at Xenogears and, in spite of his own incredulity at its overall intellectual value, can't deny it being an amazing experience for him when he was young.
btw boobs
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