Xenogears:
XENOGEARS Story Analysis: Part 1
XENOGEARS Story Analysis: Part 2
The Xenogears Story Analysis ended up being divided into two parts due to its length. The first part provides a summary of the main idea, the universe, the style, the most important characters, the themes, and the message of Xenogears Episode V (the game). The second part will examine the narrative structure and the untold parts of the larger story.
Xenosaga series:
XENOSAGA Story Analysis: Part 1
XENOSAGA Story Analysis: Part 2
The story analysis for the Xenosaga series will mirror the style and approach I have used to examine the story for Xenogears, hence it will also be divided into two parts. But first I need to see how the story analysis for Xenogears will turn out. Since Xenosaga Episode I, II and III, along with Xenosaga: A Missing Year and Xenosaga: Pied Piper, cover about the same amount of story as Xenogears Episode V, it will all be analyzed as one whole story arc.
Both Xenogears and Xenosaga:
Xenogears and Xenosaga mirroring
A link to this Xenogears and Xenosaga mirroring article used to exist in the top cross-column on the site, but I decided to move it here now that this section has been created, since this article deals quite a bit with an analysis of both stories and narrative - including speculation and an examination of how Xenosaga Episode I and II were originally meant to be told before they got split up into smaller parts and rewritten.
Examining the three main story arcs and the original series vision of both works
| First Story Arc: An Epic About Human Fear | Second Story Arc: An Epic About Human Grief | Third Story Arc: An Epic About Human ___ |
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Also known as: Xenogears EPISODE I Xenosaga Episode I-II (original Xenosaga plan) Xenosaga Trilogy/Series (current state), 'Cosmo War', Shion's arc, etc. |
Also known as: Xenogears EPISODE V, or II-V (or Xenogears "the game") Xenosaga Episode III-IV (original Xenosaga plan) 'The World of Fei', Fei's arc, Lost Jerusalem arc, etc. |
Also known as: Xenogears EPISODE VI Xenosaga Episode V-VI (original Xenosaga plan) 'Terminal point of the universe', the final chapter, final arc, etc. |
Story Arc 1: An Epic About Human Fear
Story Arc 2: An Epic About Human Grief
Story Arc 3: An Epic About Human ___
The purpose of these articles will be to examine the three main story arcs of both Xenogears Episode I-VI and Xenosaga Episode I-VI from the original vision based on what information we have access to, along with speculation and a comparison between the two works.
