Xenosaga: Episode I released in North America
(February 25, 2003)
First installment of the ambitious spiritual successor to Xenogears.
Xenosaga: Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht, the first chapter of a trilogy, is a Japanese-style sci-fi role-playing game, sharing many common themes and gameplay elements with Xenogears.
In the year 4767 T.C. ("Transcend Christ"), or 7277 A.D., according to the old year-counting system, humanity has long left the planet Earth, which has been renamed "Lost Jerusalem" and erased from star maps, the way to it no longer known.
The original Zohar substance has been proven to be too dangerous, and was sealed on the planet Old Miltia, most humans resorting to use less powerful device called "Zohar emulators" instead. However, some organizations still long to re-discover the true Zohar, believing it to be the path to Lost Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, a new race of aliens known as Gnosis has emerged. The Vector Corporation decides to develop an android called KOS-MOS to be the ultimate weapon against the Gnosis. Shion Uzuki is a young engineer leading this project.
After having completed KOS-MOS, Shion and her team are attacked by the Gnosis. Through a series of events, Shion becomes the target of the terrorist U-TIC organization and other mysterious figures, whose goal seems to be the secret path to Old Miltia.
Other characters become involved in the conflict, and eventually Shion realizes that she is not alone in her struggle, and that the initial Gnosis attack was but a small part of a complex, multi-layered conspiracy.
— An epic adventure delivering over 80 hours of game play
— Stunning graphics, breathtaking cinematics and beautifully rendered 3D environments
— Music performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
— Four exhilarating mini-games
— Innovative battle and control systems
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