Bigfoot. Nessy. The grown up JRPG. Does Lost Odyssey prove the existence of an elusive gaming cryptid? Almost, but not quite.
17 years later, it still stands out.
The game was indeed amazing. Great characters, gameplay and story!
But the dream sequences penned by Shigematsu were sublime.
I still remember many of these stories and I have integrated in the past in my D&D campaign many years ago.
Microsoft should have just kept pumping money into these guys. Same with a lot of the other studios... the blundered hard.
Lost Odysee deserved a franchise even though development wasn't smooth
It's not like it has had any competition since 2007. Would really like to own the short stories from it in book form.
The problem with most MS games on 360 was they didn’t make the games they paid for them and that makes you less money in the long run and isn’t something you can continue to do especially with declining sales of consoles. MS should have been starting and growing studios from the beginning but they went for paid games and it leaves them without the knowledge and culture of making games.
It’s quite hard to believe, but Lost Odyssey turns fifteen years old today. A curious product of the time, it has arguably only got better with age - and not just because of what it is, but also what it represents.
The short stories that Kaim collects/remembers are truly emotional. I remember one in particular made my eyes water.
If you've never played this, try to hunt down an original copy, or emulate it. This game was a gem.
I wish there was a remaster. This and Last Story. Sad these games were released on the...wrong platforms...
These JRPGs stand up on their own.
I really did love this game because it was one of the few to offer a great challenge. I enjoyed the story and really do recommend.
Lost odyssey had one of the best stroys I've ever played. The short side stories, in particular completely engulfed me. I've never been one to read through walls of text but those things had me glued. It's too bad that everything else was so bland otherwise I would have finished that game. It's really one of the few game I regret not finishing completely.
Rant:
I still want to finish this game, but the disc despite new is unreadable in my Xbox. The stupid paper sleeve that Microsoft packaged the last disc in apparently leaves a residue that prevents the laser of many Xboxs from reading the disc.
On topic:
Dream sequences were the best part of the game to me. Every dream was heart moving and really pulled me in.
I get that LO was a good JRPG, but to suggest that it was a mature themed trend setter is just, no.
The best time and chance the genre had to mature was mid SNES to PS1.
I bought this game a few weeks ago but haven't played it yet. I hope it's good.