Elevar
I just skipped every FMV unless it involved Albedo being badass the second play. On both Episode 1 and 2. Wisdom. 'tis the only real way to play Xenosaga, though I gotta say that part 2 is a heck of a lot less painful to sit through than part one. Possibly because the game is so heavy on Albedo.
He was definately the star character of part two. I think for part 3 he should come back from the dead (well, he already has, something like 5 times, and there's no way that white masked guy isn't him), kill off all the whiney people, and be
the playable character in part 3.
Or else get his own miniature game series. The dude's great, I haven't seen a well-done villian/crazy person in any of my video games since I beat Shadow Hearts. I was sad the first time he died, but by the second time I sort of already expected he'd come back somehow. Man's pretty jolly considering he gets blown to nothing 4 times in one game.
whee