Some things sound very awkward, but i went in favor of a literal translation to keep the information intact, so. This book details the history of the xenogears universe from the discovery of the zohar to the start of the game. Saga frontier 2 and front mission 3 also received perfect works releases. Its basically like an encyclopedia to the game xenogears for ps1. Xenogears perfect works the real thing square official. Xenogears perfect works setting document collection game. Xenogears perfect works squaresoft digicube original 1998 game art book japan.
It was a really weird, kickass rpg that had an insanely hard to follow story. Then, of course there is a huge amount of anime out there they havent brought here. However, the heart of the book and the favorite is the vast amount of information on the storyline of the game, information that reinforces and helps better interpret the games vast and sometimes. Xenogears perfect works poster art settei shiryoshu book. A writer with a dream to combine robots, religion and rpgs. Basically perfect works is a combination concept art book and a back story explanation as it goes into much detail over everything that happened during the game.
An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Xenogears perfect works translation guide playstation. Tetsuya takahashi, creator of xenoblade, xenogears, and. Xenogears perfect works heres a link to the torrent that this book belongs to. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book 304 pages brand. This book, produced by the now defunct digicube, details the history of the xenogears. Our shop retails a4 xenogears perfect works the real thing square official xenogears setting documents collection art book xenogears fukkancom. It took around 4 months of work here and there and at last its done. Xenogears was released in february 1998 and perfect works in august the same year, so when the book was released the planning stages mustve already begun while perfect works was being put together, which would explain how the episode i timeline could have such detailed information on concepts not revealed in the game. Xenogears is a playstation 1 game and it is a role playing game, a genre that puts the player in the shoes of a series of characters, and through an audiovisual narrative its takes the player across a story. Xenogears wasnt the only perfect works book released. Much of xenogears plot is detailed in the japaneseonly book perfect works. Full text of xenogears perfect works english translation. Perfect works the real thing this is a book made by the developers for fans of xenogears that tends to get cited a lot.
According to the perfect works schematic, xenogears is only the fifth episode in a series of six, with the first four providing the backstory for the. Much of xenogears plot and backstory is detailed in the japaneseonly book xenogears perfect works. Xenogears story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator. Perfect works, indicating the pages various artwork can be found in the book. Xenogears codex gamicus humanitys collective gaming. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Xenogears perfect works settei shiryoshu book 2014 reprint 4925075322. Xenogears perfect works the real thing square official xenogears art us seller. Xenogears perfect works the real thing square official xenogears art. Perfect works xenogears perfect works the real thing, known simply as perfect works, is a book covering the storyline of xenogears. The music is by yasunori mitsuda and is owned by square enix. Xenogears perfect works english translation ichiban manten.
The real thing reprint on the tokyo otaku mode shop. For the avid xenogears fans, an important aspect of the book is the explanation of the episode v label that is seen after the game is completed. In addition, perfect works describes an enormous backstory of xenogears, including world building and canonical character details that never made it to the games script. Even if you do not read japanese like me, the illustrations are amazing.
The first series of these books was the perfect works series, written and published by square subsidiary. Xenogears works the real thing square official art book. Square cleared up a bit of xenogears convoluted plot with the release of xenogears perfect works, a book featuring production notes, artwork, character profiles, information on the ips intended six episodes xenogears was episode v, and more. Follows is the timeline for the characters in xenogears. Xenogears perfect works the real thing japanese jp oversized january 1, 2014 by reissue dot com author 4. Xenogears perfect works english translation ichiban manten systom. I was inspired to teach myself to read japanese mostly because of this book. Xenogears perfect works free ebook download as pdf file. Xenogears perfect works setting document collection game book. I work as japanese translator and own the original perfect works.
Xenogears perfect works the real thing, known simply as perfect works, is a book covering the storyline of xenogears. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Art book amazon link xenogears perfect works the real thing. Perfect worksthe real thing this is a book made by the developers for fans of xenogears that tends to get cited a lot. The plot and backstory of xenogears is detailed in the book perfect works. Xenogears works the real thing 2014 edition game art book. Xenogears data note book xenogears perfect works it is the holy grail of xeno. Xenogears perfect works by and large towers over the rest of my nottooshabby collection of my most valued artbooks. Xenogears perfect works w poster art book settei shiryoshu 1st iss. He is raised in nimrod, part of the raodeikia empire. Perfect works also contains a timeline which corresponds similarly to the xenosaga series.
Xenogears perfect works the real thing official art book square setting. Mar 05, 2018 xenogears story lives on, thanks to its ambitious creator. For the avid xenogears fans, an important aspect of the book. Xenogears 20th anniversary booklet the mini version of perfect works, really nice content and quality.
It includes character profiles, concept designs, sketches, mecha designs and concept designs, interviews, and more. Perfect works helps make sense of it, but there was never an english translation until this dude apparently took it upon himself to make one. Its kind of like hyrule historia, except that it covers a single game rather than every. Xenosaga was supposed to be six episodes like outlined in the xenogears perfect works book, but with an obvious rewrite since years had passed between gears and saga like what was episode 1 in perfect works was now episodes 1 and 2 in saga. However, that makes this book no less valuable, both for sentimentality and as an original. As far as xenogears version is concerned, its regarding the scenario and artistic design, not the game design side that. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book this book features the illustrations from the xenogears series. A while ago i actually retranslated the first pages of perfect works myself, using scans of them and editing those scans directly, kind of like that pdf. Perfect works may become irrelevant in terms of content with the release of xenosaga, as the new rpg is the starting point of a retelling of the xenogears tale. This book, part of the perfect works collection, produced by the now defunct digicube, details the history of the xenogears universe from the discovery of the zohar to the start of the game. Fukkan, a prominent japanese bookseller, announced today that it will be taking the initiative to reprint copies of the much adored xenogears perfect works fanbook this coming spring. This book, produced by the now defunct digicube, details the history of the xenogears universe in great detail. Also, the first disc had a good balance between the gameplay and the. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up.
Xenogears perfect works 2014 edition art works book game japan. Xenogears perfect works is a roughly 300 page book put out by the producers of xenogears. About the perfect works translation project t3xt pwtpt 1. This book, produced by the now defunct digicube, details the history of the xenogears universe. Gamesetwatch xenogears perfect works translated, now with. Xenogears fans, here is a translated version of the perfect. While they draw upon the general world for xenogears episode 1, contain a few vague ideas mentioned in the tiny description for episode 1 in perfect works, and has its own version of the wave existence, it does its own thing that would be impossible to fit into what we know of the xenogears universe. It has art and illustrations in color and sketches of character designs for almost every character, along with cities, townspeople, and gears. Dozens of square enix companion books have been produced since 1998, when video game developer square began to produce books that focused on artwork, developer interviews, and background information on the fictional worlds and characters in its games rather than on gameplay details. Xenogears perfect works fanbook gets a reprint hardcore gamer. The one who is torn apart xenogears psx extended youtube. Xenogears perfect works poster art settei shiryoshu book 2002. Its not even a sequel to chrono trigger, but a side story that branches out from 12,000b. Xenogears perfect works 2000 has the dubious honor of being one of the most pirated rare game art books.
Xenogears fans, here is a translated version of the. Xenogears perfect works faqtranslation playstation. Xenogears perfect works 2000 has the dubious honor of. Is xenogears really as good as it is made out to be. Information here is heavily based on the contents of the xenogears. See more ideas about xeno series, character design and character art. Digicube published both xenogears perfect works and a memorial album named thousands of daggers, which contains the entire script to the game in japanese, along with screenshots. Xenogears god slaying story, a series by masatoshi kusakabe, was published by shueisha in 1998. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book anime.
Jan 19, 2018 much of xenogears plot and backstory is detailed in the japaneseonly book xenogears perfect works. See more ideas about xeno series, anime and xenoblade chronicles. Xenogears perfect works the real thing art book anime books. Xenogears perfect works the real thing artbook with. Is it true that this game was rushed in favor of final. Perfect works this section holds relevant references to the xenogears. Xenogears perfect works was originally released in japan as a hard cover book, explaining the history and mithology of the game xenogears. Xenogears perfect works 2014 reprint a dream come true, a reprint 16 years later and at a much more humane prize. Find great deals on ebay for xenogears perfect works and xenogears perfect works english. If you enjoyed the images and character art in our xenogears art gallery, liking or sharing this. I know wikipedia says its japanese only, but theyre not the. It contains everything from design sketches, to fiction. It is not necessarily because this book is full of incredible art that it is so magnificent, but because it is basically the illustrated bible of my favorite video game of all time. Unfortunately, the book was only published in japan.
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