A step below Xenosaga 1....

User Rating: 7 | Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose PS2
By Kdogg218 | Review Date:
The Good - Good Graphics, Good story and Good Soundtrack (although quite different from part 1).

The Bad - New battle system makes even the weakest enemies a hassle to fight, story focused almost entirely on Jr (gnosis pretty much disappear), Shorter then Xenosaga 1 and most other rpgs, No buying or selling items, Fighting in the mech is also mind numbingly boring and slow.

Overall its a good game, the story will still drag you in if you can get past those battles but I found myself bored to tears a bit too often. Hopefully part 3 will fix these problems and return the series to its roots.

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