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To be fair, you have to have an extremely high IQ to understand Xenogears. The concept, ideas and references are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of Jungian psychology, Freudian thought, and religious symbolism most of the references will go over a typical gamer's head. There's also Fei's pacifist outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from the works and philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these references, to realize that they're not just references- they say something deep about where do we come from, what are we, where are we going. As a consequence people who dislike Xenogears truly are unfortunate people who are missing out- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the reference in Fei's existential crisis with his alter-egos, which itself is a cryptic reference to Freudian ideas of the id, ego and super-ego. I'm smirking right now just imagining Soraya Saga and Tetsuya Takahashi's genius wit unfolding itself on my television screen. How I pity the ones who have never experienced the full joy of Xenogears.

And yes, by the way, I DO have a Xenogears tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for my wife's eyes only- and even then she had to demonstrate that she was within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably higher) and a strong knowledge of Perfect Works beforehand. I also owe my vast fortune to Xenogears because without it I would have never be as successful as I have been.
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