Xenogears perfect works fully translated

Retr0gamer

Wasn't sure where to put this but think most hardcore jrpg fans come here. Any some kind soul has fully translated Xenogears perfect works. Xenogears was supposed to be an epic 6 game sci-fi epic from squaresoft that was designed to be a one-two marketing punch and launched around the same time as Final Fantasy VII. However as FFVII development became more and more delayed and the whole team was pulled and made work on FFVII. Xenogears was already highly ambitious and this led to the game being truncated. Only episode 5 of six was made into a game and even that was rushed. The first disc of the game was excellent JRPG gameplay and a great sci-fi story. The second disc however consisted of the main characters sitting on a chair telling the story of the game with the odd cutscene and battle before being let back into the world map for the final battle.

Later the team left Square and decided to continue the project unofficially as Monolith Soft. Even more trouble started and the original director left production rather early. What we got were the visually impressive but quite frankly awful Xenosaga games that moved further and further from the Xenosaga story.

Xenogears pushed a lot of boundaries for it's time. It really wasn't a game suited to the western market, being heavily influenced by Neon Genesis Evangelion. EA had taken over publishing duties for Square games in america at the time and had to be congratulated for releasing the localised game with nothing changed considering the game was very anti-religious and that characters actually slept together (shock horror!).

Anyway enough of my wafflings. The translated perfect works are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29956195@N08/sets/72157616593453778/

It gives an overview of the entire Xenogears project and all 6 episodes and how the project would have panned out and how ambitious the project was.