Forget Final Fantasy 7, Here's Why Xenogears Needs A Remake

Here's why Square Enix should focus their attention on making a Xenogears remake, just like Final Fantasy 7.

[DivineAssault]

Both would be nice.. Something is better than nothing though

[Godmars290]

Pity Square in its current form is incapable of either.

Though it would be nice to get a version of Xeno that filled out the later part made into 45 minutes of exposition.

[rainslacker]

I'd prefer Xenosaga with Monolith at the helm. Heck, just a remaster would be sufficient. Mostly because I feel the whole universe and story is much more fleshed out than it was in xenogears, which itself was pretty complex and deep.

Sadly, I can't see Nintendo getting the rights from Namco to allow Takahashi to do it, and better yet, actually finish the series.

It really sucks though that Gears hasn't been remade or remastered. The game is remarkable, even today, but the graphics are kind of hard to stomach nowadays, particularly on LCD/LED TV's.

It's kind of funny that Xenogears was originally created as a concept for FFVII.

[FallenAngel1984]

You're never going to see Square Enix devote as much time and resource to another remake like they are with FFVII. The fact that FFVIIR is taking this long to develop and is being delivered episodically to give it to consumers in a more timely manner should show you this amount of effort isn't going to become a common thing, let alone for a smaller title like Xenogears even though it's an awesome title

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well how many RPGs are like Final Fantasy 7? So of course you're never going to see them devote this much time and resources to another remake because how many games really get the type of reception that Final Fantasy 7 has received?

So I think it is possible for Xenogears to get a remake simply not going to be to the magnitude that you're saying with Final Fantasy 7 simply because square has remade many games before, just never to this scale.

[Setzer007]

How do you know they wouldn't devote as much time and resource into another remake? A FFVIR could get the same treatment. They wanna do it.

[Antnee534]

Yes yes yes! I would rather this be remade than any of the final fantasy games this is the best rpg

[VersusDMC]

That would be awesome. The ps1 version has not aged well. But it didn't sell enough. People are lucky Namco picked up the franchise and gave us the Xenosaga trilogy. Square is busy with KH3, FFXV DLC and Marvel games now. But maybe a cheaper outsourced team.. Very low chance of happening.

[rainslacker]

And now Nintendo has the new Xeno series, and Xenoblade seems to be where it will stay. A remaster I could probably get into, but Takahashi is probably consumed with something else for a remake, or continuation. At least he's able to follow some xeno series with the blades stuff, but would love to see a completion or Saga, or maybe a resurrection of gears.

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea I'd much rather have a Xenogears remake, but as much as I know they'll suck the charm out of it and it won't be as great as the original version I'll take the FF7 remake

[Drithe]

I would rather have a Lunar Silver Star remake.

[nitus10]

The game "Lunar Silver Star" was made by Game Arts and Studio Alex for the Sega CD, Sega Genesis and Game Boy Advance.

I did a quick lookup on "Game Arts" and they appear to be still developing with games with their last release being November 2015 (Grandia II Anniversary Edition for PC). "Studio Alex" is not around anymore since they went bankrupt.

What is interesting is that "Game Arts" parent company is "GungHo Online Entertainment" which appears to develop MMORPG's with one of their latest ones being "Let it Die" (PS4) a free to play MMO with lots of "optional?" microtransactions.

Personally, I would not hold my breath waiting for a Lunar Silver Star remake or even a remaster but it's always possible especially if there is money to be made.

[MrCrimson]

yeah, pretty good game, loved lunar silver star story complete on my ps1.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I think it would be nice if they remade Xenogears if they have a lot of talented teams that would probably be up for the task of a good remake.

On a side note can we seriously stop this stupid either or, is there a reason why we cannot have both?

I'm not sure why in The Gaming Community there's this bizarre idea that you could only have one whenever you ever went to the theaters And the tagline of the movie says "forget Titanic this is--"

There's nothing wrong with simply having an article about the reasons why Xenogears would be a great remake.

[BlahBlahWhatever]

Xenogears & FFVII is my 2 most favorite games, I have a very hard time to put one over the other, I love both of them more than any other game I have play & I played them back when they first came out & back then it was by far the 2 most amazing games in existence, even though almost 20 years pass since both came out they are still imo 2 of the best games ever released, saying all that you all understand how happy would make me to see a Xenogears remake now that FFVIIR announced, I would jump to the ceiling if SE decide to remake this game, I can only hope that they are gonna do it at some point & finally give us the chance to play instead of read the content of the 2nd CD that was all presented to us through dialogues mostly, for that reason alone this game deserve a remake, because the story is amazing & people who love this game & even younger people who never had the chance to play it back then must experience how amazing this game is, so yeah DO IT! SE, that's the next game that deserve a remake more than any other from your library.

[VsAssassin]

I love Xenogears. A remake would be more than welcome. I though Monolith Soft developed Xenogears, but I found out it was Square, so it's possible to have this game to revived and made into a franchise?

[rainslacker]

Gears was conceived as FFVII, before Square made it into a new IP. Then Takahashi, the creator of gears, went and formed Monolith Soft, and created a spiritual successor in Xenosaga, which he claimed was not connected, even though almost everything was alluded to, or had direct story elements referenced in prelude material released as supplimental stuff to Gears. After the first three games struggled to catch on, Namco cancelled the last three of the planned 6 games, at which time Monolith Soft went and made some contract work, and a few smaller projects, before Nintendo brought out a good chunk of their shares, and then they got the green light for making Xenoblade Chronicles, which itself shares common spiritual themes with the other Xeno games.....and is likely the only place we'll get any kind of new Xeno game for the foreseeable future.....sadly.:(

In short, Xeno is a complicated franchise when it comes to who owns what. And while I love the series, it's the creator, Takahashi, who's weird sense of story telling and spiritual relevance that makes the games what they are. It's hard to imagine Square could capture that aspect with Gears, and even harder to imagine Namco can do so, and I can't see Nintendo bothering with the Saga franchise, since it would require getting rights from Namco, and I highly doubt Square is going to license the game to Nintendo for gears. I also doubt that Nintendo wants to continue either Gears or Saga, since they have a successful IP with Xenoblade.

Sucks for us fans. I'd settle for a remaster of either gears or saga, and a remake would be great, so long as they don't change much beyond graphics and presentation.

[Onslaught813]

I love Xenogears.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

One does not simply forget Final Fantasy VII.

[NotanotherReboot]

no thanks. ff7 is like 100x more popular, so this will never get the same treatment

[txboy05]

IDK if you played Xenogears but its better (IMO) than FF7. More popular does not mean better I would much rather have a Xenogears remake over FF7

[rainslacker]

I'd be OK having both. Don't care what Finker thinks. Both were great games. Gears just didn't catch on among the mainstream like FFVII did.

I consider Xenogears one of the best JRPG's of the gen though. I consider Xenosaga one of my favorite JRPG series of the PS2 gen, although arguably, not one of the best. And Xenoblade Chronicles is arguably one of the best games for the Wii.

Better than FFVII? Maybe in some ways, but certainly not in story, depth, or complexity.

[Hozi]

I'm afraid I disagree with you...it all boils down to personal taste and preference over these two titles. While Xengears is a great game in it's own right...to me FFVII has been out longer and is worthy of a (great) remake....so many big men will cry when ffvii remake comes out.

[Melankolis]

The most underrated RPG of all time. I recommend every adult RPG gamers to try this game. You might dislike it when you're younger, but try it now.

[sk8ofmnd]

This article needs to speak for itself... Ive wanted a remake for ff7 since they even started remaking the older ones. Id also rather have a parasite eve, legend of legaia, legend of dragoon, or a golden sun remake long before xenogears.

[Nemesis4567]

As much as I would love for this to happen. Maybe in a perfect world. I am hoping we at least get a xenosaga collection. To play xenosaga 1 and 3 on the ps4 would be so much fun.

[TonyPT]

Both are awesome games and made an impact on my young life back in the days :)

Xenogears is without a doubt one of the best games I've ever played.

[Exvalos]

A remake? Hell I wish they would've at least finished disc 2. I have wanted a Xenogears to come back but it ain't gonna happen

[txboy05]

Its a better game than FF7 it definitely deserves a remake

[NecoTehSergal]

Is the introductory line necessary "Forget FF7--" for, basically, controversy? That's all it is. Cause a title like "Here's why Xenogears needs a remake just like FF7" or even without involving FF7 would be fine.

BUT DEM CLICKS ARE NEEDED RITE? I hate people who try to incite drama deliberately through their titles.