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Excellent Game: 1st time JRPG player

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying I am new to the Japanese RPG gaming, so I was very skeptical of this game, but I decided to take a gamble & give the game a shot, simply b/c of how graphically enticing it looked.

After over 100 hrs & currently on the last Disc, disc #4 (4 total discs b/c of the CG Cut scenes) I am happy to say this game is well worth a purchase.

One of the best storytellings I've come across in a game to date, graphics are top notch, characters have personalities, such as Jansen, will keep you laughing a bit @ his one liners throughout the game.

The game play is typical JRPG "Turn-Based", which means it's like a game of checkers/chess where you take a turn to make a move & counter move w/ each character, it involves a strategy & planning.

I personally enjoyed it & am almost done w/ the game. The game is @ least worth a rental if you can't justify the high cost of these Next-Gen games @ $60 a pop.

This is an XBOX 360 exclusive game, so you must own an XB360 console to play it. One of the other things I enjoy about the game is the Achievements you can unlock & earn through the XB360 & the ones for this game are decent, but not great, but this doesn't take away anything from this great game.

The one major knock I have is the long load times, but w/ the amount of CG cut scenes, I understand why.

After strong sales in Japan, which I read last week was about 100,000 copies sold to date, the developers of Lost Odyssey announced plans for a sequel. Which is great news. I am sure North American & European sales will be pretty decent as well when they are released soon.

Hope this helps in some way, enjoy Lost Odyssey.

An immersive experience (spoilers)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Lost Odyssey was everything I had heard it would be. More than just the average RPG, Lost Odyssey gives you a intricate storyline, dazzling cinematics and above average voice acting. At times the struggles and heartaches that the characters were experiencing gave me goose bumps and made me teary-eyed. :P The skill link system of upgrading your "skilless" immortal members was unique and made the game more interesting since it forced you to keep at least one "mortal" member in your group at all times to continue expanding your immortal's abililties to make the best party combination possible. I won't say the melee combat animation was dull but compared to some of the awesome spell animations (including one called "Annihilation" where in the middle of the fight the game takes on a cinematic view as you call a giant meteor crashing onto the field, instant killing anything capable of it) the melee just couldn't measure up. The free-roam portion was very fun to me. Fully unlocked you have a large "cruise" ship that can go just about anywhere and also houses your smaller "jetboat" type ship that is submersible and can also take to the air for an unlimited amount of time. I forget the number, but there are several optional bosses (each having to do with a certain character's past or just focusing on them in general) and results in some very nice upgrades to prepare you for the final confrontation. The most challenging part of the entire game, in my opinion, was where you had to protect the ocean city of Numara from 4 rampaging Arthrosaurus' (giant, bipedal, fire-spewing, dinosaur-like monsters). It's set up like a type of minigame. The point is to keep the 4 Arthrosaurus' from reaching the walls of Numara. They each steadily progress shoreward from a decent distance out in the ocean. Even while you are engaged with one in a fight the others are still progressing. It took me 3 tries to figure out a method to kill them fast enough, and I was still only barely able to catch the last one before it reached the border. The most fun part of the game, in my opinion, was the spells ... so many awesome spell animations with great sound effects to go along with them, made it really feel like you were dishing out some monumental damage. All in all I give Lost Odyssey a 5 out of 5 and recommend it to anyone that loves RPGs, a good story and some awesome action.

Fan of FFVII + FF10 much?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well this is the game for you. Of course, if you own a 360, don't mind getting emotional, loves a good story and don't mind turn-based Jrpg's. With so few JRPG's on next-gen consoles, spending 60-70Hrs on this game is well worth it.

You can keep on waiting for FF13, for some but there is nothing else out there, that will rival the FF series, based on intriguing stories, gameplay and battle mechanics. I've played a bunch of w/jRPG's and this has been the only game that have made me felt somewhat emotional. Well ever since "Aries" died in FFVII of course.

1. [spoiler] - The whole part where "Kaim" and his "Much Older than him" Daughter and her kids. The mission changes right there..
[spoiler]

Anyhow, music in this game does evict emotion. Of course "Noubo Uemastu" at his best. You have to have the patience to read the dreams that are presented throughout. I know they can be Emotional but I feel like, it will all, tie in, at the end.

I heard some gamers cry fowl because they don't like to read but there is a reason this guy "Kaim" has lived and seen so much Much of it, has not been pretty with so many deaths. Anyhow, I'm only 19 Hrs in and still on the first Disc. Level 19..Long ways to go but I have not enjoyed an "JRPG" like this since FF10 and FFVII. I'm 40 Hrs on FF12 but has taken the back seat. If you like "turn-base" and have a 360, GET THIS GAME. Besides the "little flaws" mention on these reviews, it's been a masterpiece so far with the different ways of "Story-Telling" and "Music", as well as Visuals.

With "Hironubo Sakaguchi + "Noubo Uemastu" Combo, you can't go wrong. The best in the business.

final fantasy clone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It looks like a final fantasy clone cause its made by the same people that made final fantasy 10 i believe they left squaresoft and made their own little video game company and produced this game so their not "ripping"ff off cause they were the ones that helped make it hope this helps you understand.

quality old school RPG with next gen graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'll make this short. If you're an old school turn based JRPG fan who wants something with next gen graphics...this is your game! I'm 26 and I grew up playing the original Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior games as a kid. I've stayed up to date playing virtually every RPG I could get my hands on for every console since. Lost Odyssey's story, game play, and music are all exceptional in the realm of turn-based JRPGs and it's comparable to the legendary PSX RPGs. The graphics and cutscenes are exceptional. If you have an HDTV, expect lots of eye candy and well done cutscenes...also the English voice acting is well done unlike other next gen RPGs such as Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, and Enchanted Arms.

This game in my opinion is the best next gen RPG hands down. I'm actually sad it didn't come out to PS3 mostly because I'm console neutral (I have all the new consoles and most of the old ones) and I think Playstation exclusive owners are more likely to appreciate a quality JRPG than XBOX360 exclusive owners (who are bigger fans of FPS games). This game deserved better in terms of sales.

Great RPG!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A great old school RPG with great graphics and even better story! I would say if you liked the old Final fantasy games this is a must buy!

Proof that Japanese Role Playing Games can and should be on the 360

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First I will get what I do not like about the game out of the way. The downloadable content on XBox Live contains a dungeon that is simply a mess of problems. First off, you need to have a walkthrough explaining what to do before you go in. If you go in blindly you will fail. If the extremely tough enemies don't do you in, the boss will. There are no save points and leaving early means you must redo the whole thing from the start. The level design is easily some of the laziest I have ever seen, ditto with the achievements. The boss requires a very particular set of tactics that you won't just stubble into. The rare items you can receive in this dungeon are completely random drops, making it a frustrating exercise to gain them; sometimes spending hours killing the same difficult enemy for just one is necessary. Why the developer went with such a frustrating style regarding this dungeon I do not know. Also, the character development throughout the storyline could've used some work. And it would've been nice if new characters were at the same level as the characters you already have instead of being at a set level. And the "New Game Plus" feature, ie the ability to start the game over with your previous stats (thus avoiding the need to level your characters back up ALL OVER AGAIN) actually starts Kaim at level 50. Again, why the developer did this is anybody's guess. If it's not broken.... Kaim could've used a bit more dialogue too. And anyone who is sensitive to the female figure be warned: Two of the three adult women in the game show off some cleavage. Apart from that, however, their bodies are pretty well covered. Finally, there is a plot segment about halfway through that never truly gets resolved.

Having said that, the game is fantastic. The characters are interesting and at times funny. The game also has its sad moments too. There is a fairly good emotional arc and the ending wraps up *most* of the story rather well, the aforementioned dangling plot line notwithstanding. Achievement hounds will find lots to do here, as all of the achievements are tied directly into exploration, the many side quests or the main story line. Those who simply want to complete the main game will likely get through it fairly quickly, and those who want to explore more and find that newer, better item will have more than their fill of extra dungeons, quests, backtracking and new enemies to deal with. As it should be, the fiercest, most difficult enemies will never fight the player who stays true to the main story and never deviates. These foes await the explorer.

The level design, graphics and sounds are not mind blowing but not terrible either. The main cast could've used some more voice over, as there are many segments where the game resorts to text, but this is a minor issue. The controls are very intuitive and easy to pick up, so while they cannot be customized, there isn't much reason to do so. The system that is in place works just fine.

The "Dream Sequences" could've been integrated into the story a little better, instead some might say they're backstory, others would say episodes, still others may even say filler. Any way you cut it, you never get to see the lands described in these stories nor do they have an impact on the storyline itself. That is not to say that they're bad. While my other reviews show my general hatred for stories that are written in the present tense, the stories in the game are, mostly, interesting and focus on asking deeper questions and looking on life in general, so I am willing to ignore the fact that most are written in the present tense.

Once you're cleared the game there probably isn't much else to do so that lowers the replay value considerably, although there's already been one downloadable package for the game, so there could be more although there is nothing official as of the time of this writing (12:00 AM Sunday August 17, 2008)

I would highly recommend this game for both the casual and hardcore JRPG fan.

2 me the game is boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Way too many cut screens; the first two hours of the game are touture. The camera angles are horrible. You have to keep pressing the a button to get through all the blabbering just to get to the turn based fighting. bordem.

im so glad i rented from blockbuster. I wont give 1 star because that would be unfair. Its a great game if you like this style of RPG.

Lost Odyssey lost the fun factor

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It takes to long for the game to get off of the round, I think there needed to be more voice acting when roaming around the town " And the normal voice acting during the cut seens sucks, the things they say and how they say them seems cheesy a lot of the times", the dreams that you read through are fun to read but mean nothing in the story line of the game you don't even have to read them they give you no upper hand for events to come just good reading. During most of the game which I haven't finished because I keep falling asleep during the boring game play between the crappy cut seens is just that boring there is no spice in this game the story line is good but the game play just takes away from the excitement of what is going to happen next.

Just get it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This will be short. I'm on disc 4 and this game is incredible by today's standards. Not since the glory years of PS1 RPG's have we been given such an emotionally deep experience. I'm 24, and like other reviewers here, I've really missed good turn-based combat and here it is in glorious form. The visuals aren't the absolute best, but who plays an RPG for it's visual mastery? They do the title justice. Music is whats to be expected from Nobuo- endearing and well composed.

Forget the disappointing reviews from the "professionals", they are generally just upset that the play mechanics are so similar to those glory year RPGs. Why this is bad?- I don't know. If they affect Mistwalker's future, than this is a sad day for all of us.

Lost Odyssey gets 4 out of 5 stars because 5 is reserved for a few of the PS1's greatest.

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