Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Region NTSC-U:
Release date: August 29, 2006
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J:
Release date: July 6, 2006
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Monolith Soft
Genre: RPG
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenosaga_Episode_III:_Also_sprach_Zarathustra

Test configuration on Windows:

PCSX2 version: 0.9.9
Graphics by GSdx: 5315 0.1.16
Sound by SPU2-X: 5259 2.0.0
Pad plugin is LilyPad: r5258 0.11.0
DVD plugin is cdvdGiga: 0.8.0

Comments:
May run without speedhacks but there were no issues either way.
Hack comments: EE Cycle 2

Test configuration on Linux:

PCSX2 version: untested
Graphics by ZZogl: untested
Sound by SPU2-X: untested


PC specs used to test the game:

CPU: Intel G620
GPU: Radeon hd6570

Comments: 40~60(dx11), 20~45(dx9)

Known Issues

Scenes are distorted and unwatchable

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Serious
  • Description: Some cut scenes are distorted and unwatchable using a hardware renderer but they are far and few between (maybe half a dozen in the whole game), the context is still clear from audio.
  • Workaround: Software rendering may fix this.

(fixed since r5229)

Darker screen

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: In dx11 hardware mode, screen often gets darker than it should be.
  • Workaround: Dx9 mode would fix this, but fps is severely reduced.(30~50%)

Alternatively: Enabling Alpha and Half-pixel Offset along with a TC Offset Y of 1000 (in the configuration menu of HW hack) fix the shadows and the screen being too dark problems.

Minor glitches in Zarathustra dungeon

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: There are some minor glitches in Zarathustra dungeon.
  • Workaround: No known solution