UK PAL Xenosaga 2 out. It is special edition?

[Sony Fanboy]

I noticed most online shops have Xenosaga 2 in stock. But no mention anywhere of the special edition - was it cancelled or do all copies come with the DVD movie?

Thanks.

Edit: ne'ermind, just saw an ebay auction and all UK versions are the special edition:



Will get it for ?23 with the Tesco discount...

[Friction]

Did they even release the first one though?

Bit mad if they didn't as it's sorta like starting a story part way through!

Loads won't make sense and you miss out on things!

[Sony Fanboy]

I've already got US Xeno 1 and 2. Just getting this to support PAL.

With the movie DVD, you'd more than get the gist of things.

[sj33]

Is the PAL game 50Hz only? I'd like to support PAL, but I'm not going to cripple the experience.

[Sony Fanboy]

50 and 60Hz need the videos to be encoded in each Hz, so the game would hav to be on 4 DVD5s, so it's extremely unlikely this will have a 60 Hz option.

[fuse]

I was under the impression Sony have issued a tool that'll do all that on the fly from the one source set of files... anyway, what's actually on the bonus DVD? I never finished the first so haven't really been paying attention to the excitement, but even still I'm tempted to support the PAL release (60hz permitting) and give it a bash.

[Ian(not Ian)]

Cant find a 'First Play' on the original Xenosaga. Is it necessary to have played that before playing Episode 2 I ask?

[Daragon]

Not at all, if the bonus DVD is the same as the preorder bonus that US gamers got for X2, then it'll be a movie DVD which plays out all the plot cutscenes of the prequel.

[Friction]

Not at all, if the bonus DVD is the same as the preorder bonus that US gamers got for X2, then it'll be a movie DVD which plays out all the plot cutscenes of the prequel.

Doh! I should have realised that. Obviously this is why they release the second one without the first! The DVD covers the backstory!

Silly me!

[Ian(not Ian)]

Aha. Jolly good.
I've been off reading reviews of both games and most seem to poinr to part 1 being the better game, what say you who have played both?

[Sony Fanboy]

I much prefered 2 over 1 due to personal reasons:

- Style wise, i like Yuki Kajiura's music (though I understand some people are put off by her Enya-like newage style). Prefer the more realistic graphics.

- Combat in both is virtually identical; though 2 has a bit more depth - it's much more difficult to level up and just use a few move for enemies.

- I prefer shorter RPGs. 2 took me about 25 hours. 1 took me about 40 hours. 2 has lots of walk-about minigames, if you like that kind of stuff.

Having said that, you need to have played/seen 1 to enjoy 2 and I would agree with comments that 2 is more 'style over substance'.

[gossi the dog]

It's good to see it out in the UK but if you had any sense you'd import the US version which is 60Hz and only US$20.

[Ian(not Ian)]

Well not one single High street store, GAME, Gamestation, Virgin, HMV, et all have this in stock. Ordered it from Play.com for ?29.99

Gossi - Where did you see it for USD20 - VG+ are charging the equilvalent of ?31 for it not including postage which will bump up the price even more.

On a side note I noticed those same High street stores are colluding to charge ?39.99 for GTA PSP - Shocking!

[gossi the dog]

US$20 is the high street price in the US. Tronix have it in stock at that price. You could also try eBay.

[SuperBeatBoy]

i picked it up today. i had it on import at one point and was really impressed with it, but due to financial problems i had to sell it aswell as my import ps2. alas, im not bothered. as soon as i got it in my hands today, i was well impressed with it. the box, packaging and the overall design is excellent. i think its a stunning little box and folds open containing all 3 discs, with lovely pics of the mechs all over the place. what a great way to finally bring xenosaga over here, lovely!