Xenogears Remastered

Xenogears Remastered is a role-playing game. It serves as a remake of Xenogears that was originally released for the PlayStation dating back to 1998.
==History==
===Original version===
The original Xenogears released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation in 1998. The game was developed by Square (now known as Square Enix after merging with Enix). The bulk of the credits all fell in responsibility of Tetsuya Takahashi, who was the lead director, game scenario writer, character colorization specialist, and lyrics writer. Shortly after the global success of Final Fantasy VII, Takahashi wanted to take things to a whole new level by doing something else aside from the Final Fantasy Series. Around the same time, Takahashi married Kaori Tanaka, who was also employed with Square at the time.
Development for the original Xenogears took about two years, with thirty individuals involved. Preliminary planning and creation of the backstory extended to several years before development ever began. The game's gears were not present during the early stages, with their places being filled by traditional summoned monsters. The game's use of anime cutscenes was chosen as it was difficult to properly recreate the gear artwork into 3D CGI effects. The game's engine was also designed to be best suitable for 3D map displays and battle arenas. The initial plan was to create the game in full 3D, but the PlayStation's capacities meant that this could not be managed, so the development had to divert into a lesser creation, regarding meshes of 2D sprites against 3D backgrounds.
To acknowledge the budget constraints, most of the development team confessed that they were inexperienced and were not able to develop an entire story within the two year period. In order for the full story to fit in, the game would have had to be split into two parts, which meant that the game would include two discs instead of one. Nevertheless, the development team was able to get the development right and stay within the budget allotment.
Square initially announced that Xenogears would not release internationally outside of Japan due to religious issues. Richard Honeywood, a translator working for Square USA, felt that the game was extraordinarily difficult to translate due to its numerous scientific concepts and philosophies. The translation nevertheless went smoothly, which led to the original Xenogears releasing on October 20, 1998 in the United States, which came eight months after its release in Japan.
Following the release of Xenogears, Tetsuya Takahashi resigned from Square and founded his own company, Monolith Soft, a year after the release of Xenogears. With Takahashi at the helm at Monolith, it foreshadowed a spiritual successor to the game he previously collaborated during his tenure with Square. Xenosaga spawned three episodes between 2002 through 2006, all developed by Monolith and published by Namco (now known as Bandai Namco after merging with Bandai), and were exclusively released for the PlayStation 2. After parting ways with Bandai Namco, Takahashi found a new associate company to help publish its games, which turned out to be Nintendo.
In E3 2009, a prototype title known to be Monado: The Beginning of the World was in the works, which was later renamed Xenoblade, released for the Nintendo Wii in Japan on June 10, 2010. Xenoblade was given the extended title of Xenoblade Chronicles after it released in Europe on August 19, 2011 and in North America on April 6, 2012, which paved the way towards Monolith Soft's superstardom.
===Remake===
With the Xenoblade series garnering global stardom, viewers gazed into the history involving both Monolith Soft and its founder, Tetsuya Takahashi. Even though most younger audiences were unfamiliar with Takahashi's previous doings, especially Xenogears, fans demanded a remake of the game. Takahashi felt that a remake was possible, but it would probably take a year or so if any development studio in league with Monolith Soft was to make anything come about.
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