r/Xenosaga

Hello everyone!

IDK if the manuals of the games ever stated this, but all 3 games have a built in soft-reset function.

Meaning: With the right button inputs one can go back to the main screen, without reseting their console/emulator. (Works on the NTCS-U versions. Maybe works on the NTSC-J and in 2's case PAL versions too...)

- EPI: L1+R1+Start+Select (Only works on maps. Doesn't work in menus and maybe works in battles.)

- EPII: L1+L2+R1+R2+Start+Select

- EPIII: L1+R1+Start+Select (Didn't tested this one yet where it works; just gave it a try after the first two games success.)

You have to press all buttons at the same time. Sometimes need a second, third try.

(As a side note: Had the idea about this funcion, because the older Tekkens and Soul Caliburs, even Edge have this function. Some old Tales game have it too. So maybe it's a Bamco feature.)

So I am starting Xenosaga 1. I have beaten it once before when PS2 was new and dinosaurs roamed the earth. I remember the game is cutscenes for the start. I am also about 5 hours in and the battles are harder then I remembered (I have not lost yet but it is certainly non trivial). Do I need to know about certain things or will basic exploring get me what I need?

Also I read that going all in on a single ranged tech is the way to go. Is that true or should I have 2 or 3 techs leveled? I am cool with having say shion focus support spells and beaming people with spell ray if that is optimal. I also heard ether defense is the best stat, is this correct?

Just can’t beat him or even get close to getting him in range of Jr and shion.

I never moved kos mos de buff skills to other characters and you don’t get her this fight

I don’t really have any other debuff skills, and I never put other skills into other characters because I wnated everyone to be unique and also I tend to spend the points on other things and skills

People say to just use boost but it’s rare to ever get boosts and when I do it’s usually just one or two if I’m lucky, not nearly enough to out boost the boss (who happens to boost all the time)

I don’t do enough damage with Jr and chaos/ziggy. I keep shion in the back to heal and defend but ala no luck

Might have to throw in the towel which is a shame since I hadn’t wiped a single time the entire game until now, I know there’s strats to beat him but they all seem to be things I don’t have like kos mos skill de buffs and certain items and you can’t leave this area beyond going back to the subway and sewer

I think the only thing I can do is spend several hours farming tech points to level some of my defense stats but idk if that would even be worth

Hi fellow Xenosaga freaks,

I’m trying to look into if the Xenosaga trilogy is remotely possible to run on smartphone emulators. I know it runs on PC emulation, and I know it runs on handheld gaming devices too. And while I have seen a post about it being able to run on Aether for Android, it wasn’t a great post as it didn’t have much information.

So with that, does anyone know what emulation apps and what devices can do it? I was considering a flagship RedMagic since it seems pretty catered towards performance gaming, but changing from an iPhone 14 Pro Max would just be for emulator usage. I’d assume my iPhone could do it, but I know with Apple, doing anything creative like emulating is difficult

It’s just Ziggy and Momo. How did yall beat this POS? Cuz I get down to the red one and then he just trounces tf outta me smh. Any tips?