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Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (2006)

Monolith Soft

PlayStation 2

4.19 from 174 ratings

564 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 266 backlogged · 202 wish listed

How long? Main story 29h · with extras 44h · 100% 30h (from 9 logged playthroughs)

The story of Xenosaga III starts a year after "Xenosaga II" ended. Shion has resigned from Vector Industries after learning that the company is deeply connected to the appearance of the Gnosis. She instead joins Scientia, an underground organization working to unveil Vector's secrets in order to bring them down. Uncover the truth and save mankind in the finale of … Read more
The story of Xenosaga III starts a year after "Xenosaga II" ended. Shion has resigned from Vector Industries after learning that the company is deeply connected to the appearance of the Gnosis. She instead joins Scientia, an underground organization working to unveil Vector's secrets in order to bring them down. Uncover the truth and save mankind in the finale of the Xenosaga series which boasts over 3 hours of movies, an updated battle system, and an improved customization feature with more in-depth character specialization and diversification and higher rewards for strategic party management. This RPG also includes an easily accessible database feature, the "Xeno Bible" and a mini-game with over 50 levels that challenges both you and your friends. Read less
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Details

Developers
Monolith Soft
Publishers
Namco Bandai Games
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Fantasy, Science fiction
Franchises
Xeno
Series
Xenosaga

Release dates

  • Jul 06, 2006 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • Aug 29, 2006 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
78
4 stars
62
3 stars
26
2 stars
5
1 star
3
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WerqKween

Status WerqKween Jul 14, 2025

This has now become my white whale. I've been trying to finish my incomplete series and have managed with Breath of Fire, Suikoden, and Wild Arms. But I just cannot find a Xenosaga 3 for a reasonable price. I found one on ebay and bid, and it went up to $150. I'm not paying that much, although some day I …

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This has now become my white whale. I've been trying to finish my incomplete series and have managed with Breath of Fire, Suikoden, and Wild Arms. But I just cannot find a Xenosaga 3 for a reasonable price. I found one on ebay and bid, and it went up to $150. I'm not paying that much, although some day I might have to. :( I can get Japanese versions of all three games for less than $100, but I'll be damned if I can find a copy of the NA version that won't break the bank.

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internpepper

Status internpepper Nov 19, 2020

Xenosaga was supposed to be six games, but because of the second entry, everything got condensed into this volume. Despite that, this game is incredibly fun with an amazing storyline. Whether I'm on foot or in a mech, combat is simply a great time. My favorite game in the trilogy!

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RPeterG

Status RPeterG May 9, 2020

Put some time into Borderlands 3 this morning. Now that I've beaten the main story I'm playing through True Vault Hunter Mode to get to max level. In the evening I booted up my ps2 and got a solid hour into Xenosaga III. Hopefully be able to put more time into it later this week as I have a stretch …

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Put some time into Borderlands 3 this morning. Now that I've beaten the main story I'm playing through True Vault Hunter Mode to get to max level. In the evening I booted up my ps2 and got a solid hour into Xenosaga III. Hopefully be able to put more time into it later this week as I have a stretch off.

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NotRegret

Status NotRegret Jun 3, 2018

I couldn't make it very far in this game before dropping it out of bordem. Sad to see it's only bearly better than Xenosaga 2 (a game that's basically unplayable) as I really liked Xenosaga 1.

I'd only recommend this game to someone who plays JRPGs and even than only as a very low priority game. If you play any …

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I couldn't make it very far in this game before dropping it out of bordem. Sad to see it's only bearly better than Xenosaga 2 (a game that's basically unplayable) as I really liked Xenosaga 1.

I'd only recommend this game to someone who plays JRPGs and even than only as a very low priority game. If you play any other genre I guarantee you that there is something more fun out there for you.

Xenosaga was supposed to be a 6 game series and the story was written for that. Once they had to shorten it to 3, in order to hasten the story telling. Every single cutscene is a boring exposition dump. This also killed the personality of the characters as all of them are reduced to just mouth-pieces to explain a bunch of proper nouns to the player. No amount of high-quality cutscenes are cool visuals can prop this up. There was simply no motivation for me at all to see what happened in the story or to the characters.

Dungeons and combat are the bare basics of JRPGs. It's perfectly playable (it dropped the stupid attack system from Xeno 2) but only just that. Offering nothing which isn't done better in many other rpgs. Little depth to combat, level design that's just one step up from straight lines of empty corridors, and not even any gimmicks as compensation: as Xeno 1 did with the bonus wheel.

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