For an RPG that is coming out later this year, details have remained scarce on Lost Odyssey. IGN recently saw a brief demo of several combat areas and learned a bit more about the immortal hero Kaim at E3, but to say gamers know what to expect out of this highly anticipated RPG is the understatement of the year. To squeeze a few more details out, IGN sent Ray Nakazato, President of feelplus Inc., a list of questions. Feelplus, as a reminder for those that recall Mistwalker as the developer for Lost Odyssey, is the dev team created as a subsidiary of Microsoft to aid the small Mistwalker studio.
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 hope this game isn't delayed in till 2008. I would love to have a couple of RPGs to play over my winter vacation. Usually I am not fond of JRPGS but this one looks a bit more mature and sort of reminds me of Planescape Torment.
For me the turn base doesn't matter. I just hope the story is good.