Year 20XX. Lake Turkana, Kenya. A group of scientists discover a mysterious monolith called Zohar.

Year 4767 T.C. - Transcend Christ, or 7277 A.D, according to the old year-counting system. Zohar is no mystery any more. All space ships are Zohar-powered. The humanity has left the planet Earth, which is now called Lost Jerusalem, long time ago, and founded a huge empire on 30000 planets. However, a hostile alien race called "Gnosis" is hunting after Zohar. Anti-Gnosis Weapon Systems ("eggs") do not seem to be enough to stop Gnosis. The Vector Corporation decides to develop an android called "Kosmos", which will be the ultimate weapon against the Gnosis. Shion Uzuki is a 22-year-old engineer chairing this project.

"Xenosaga" is not a sequel, but a prequel to "Xenogears". Its evens take place 10000 years before "Xenogears", and it is planned to be the first episode in a long series where "Xenogears" is actually the last one. "Der Wille zur Macht" is one of the central aspects of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy, meaning "The will to power".

The battle system is not unlike the one used in "Xenogears" (combo attacks, AP and EP gauges, etc.), but random encounters are eliminated. Instead, the enemies are now visible and battles can be avoided. The Anti-Gnosis Weapon Systems is a mix between "Xenogeras'" gear battles and monster summons used in Final fantasy games.

[edit description]

Alternate Titles

"ゼノサガエピソードＩ：力への意志" -- Japanese Title
"Xenosaga Episode I: Reloaded" -- Japanes Re-release Title
"Xenosaga Episode I: Chikara e no Ishi" -- Japanese Title

[add alternate title]

Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Xenosaga: Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht
	Xenosaga Episode II	PlayStation 2	$19.99
	Xenogears & Xenosaga - 2 Game Combo	PlayStation 2	$99.00
	Xenosaga Episode III	PlayStation 2	$35.40
	Role-Playing Game (RPG) Bundle 2 for Sony PlayStation 2	PlayStation 2	$44.99
	2 Game Combo Pack - Xenosaga I & Xenosaga II Playstation 2 PS2	PlayStation 2	$24.99
Please select your country: Not an American user?

User Reviews

Quite a promising beginning	JazzOleg (53181)
Squaresoft should learn a lot from this game	MAT (34669)
Goodbye Final Fantasy...Hello Xenosaga	Bog Trotter (8)
Great	mila morrison (2)

[review game]

The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2003	9.75 out of 10	98
Digital Entertainment News (den)	Aug 03, 2003	9.7 out of 10	97
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
PSX Extreme	Mar 11, 2003	9.4 out of 10	94
GamePro	Feb 24, 2003	4.5 out of 5	90
GameSpy	Feb 13, 2003	89 out of 100	89
IGN	Feb 24, 2003	8.8 out of 10	88
GameSpot	Feb 21, 2003	8.1 out of 10	81
Deeko	2003	8 out of 10	80
HonestGamers	Mar 16, 2003	5 out of 10	50

[see more rankings | add ranking]

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

[new thread]

Trivia

The scientist Joachim Mizrahi, one of the game's central figures, has probably Israeli ancestors. "Mizrahi" is a popular family name in Israel, and the word itself means "eastern" in Hebrew.

[more trivia | add trivia]

This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by JazzOleg

(53181) on Apr 21, 2002.