Xenosaga Episode III

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Xenosaga Episode III
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Developer(s) Monolith Soft
Publisher(s)
    Director(s) Koh Arai
    Producer(s) Tomohiro Hagiwara
    Shinichirō Okamoto
    Writer(s) Norihiko Yonesaka
    Composer(s) Yuki Kajiura
    Series Xenosaga
    Platforms PlayStation 2
    Release date(s)
      Genre(s) Role-playing video game
      Mode(s) Single-player

      Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra (ゼノサーガ エピソードIII ツァラトゥストラはかく語りき Zenosāga Episōdo Surī Tsaratusutora wa Kaku Katariki?) is a role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2, and the third game in the primary Xenosaga trilogy. Also sprach Zarathustra, literally "Thus spoke Zarathustra", is also the title of Friedrich Nietzsche's most famous work, which introduced the concept of the Übermensch. The game was developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2 on July 6, 2006, in Japan and on August 29, 2006, in North America.[citation needed]

      Development

      In September 2005, it was officially announced that Episode III would mark the premature end to the series, which was originally planned to span six titles. The cast from Episode I and II will return; minor protagonists Allen Ridgeley, Canaan and Miyuki Itsumi are playable characters for the first time in the series, albeit only briefly. The keyword database, is still present just like Episode I and Episode II, it also has enhanced features like images and the ability to view in-game models of characters, enemies and mecha. The database has a new feature called "Memory Code" in which any cut scene can be viewed, provided it has already occurred during gameplay in an existing save file. Episode III takes place one year after Episode II, with E.S. units from Episode II and the Zohar Emulators and "techs" from Episode I making a return.[citation needed]

      Music

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      Main article: Music of Xenosaga

      At the start of Episode III's development, Yuki Kajiura (Xenosaga Episode II, .hack//Sign, Noir, and Madlax) became the sole composer in Xenosaga III. A handful of remixes, arrangements and reappearances of tracks from the "Xenosaga Episode II: Movie Scene Soundtrack" appear in the game. The game soundtrack, "Xenosaga Episode III: Original Sound Best Tracks (Yuki Kajiura selection)" was announced for a 2CD release on July 12. It consists of 40 tracks selected by Yuki Kajiura from the game (though it is not a complete release of all the tracks). The ending theme of the game is called "Maybe Tomorrow", sung by Emily Curtis. The soundtrack also contains vocals by Eri Itoh. The soundtrack follows the style of Kajiura's Episode II soundtrack with several key themes from Episode II, chief among them KOS-MOS' theme, appearing throughout the game.[citation needed]

      Reception

      Reception
      Aggregate scores
      Aggregator Score
      GameRankings 82.67%[1]
      Metacritic 81 of 100[9]
      Review scores
      Publication Score
      1UP.com B+[7]
      Game Informer 8.5 of 10[1]
      GamePro 4/5 stars[1][4]
      GameSpot 8.0 of 10[2]
      GameSpy 3.5/5 stars[5]
      GameTrailers 8.2 of 10[6]
      IGN 8.0 of 10[3]
      OPM (US) 9 of 10[1]
      PSM 8 of 10[1]
      RPGamer 4.5/5 stars[8]
      Yahoo! Games 4/5 stars

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      According to Bandai-Namco's 3rd Quarter 2006 results, Episode III sold 343,000 copies in Japan, North America and Asia.[10] It sold over 181,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2006.[11]

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      External links

      1. REDIRECT Template:Xeno


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