TGS 2007: Lost Odyssey Finds Multiple Discs

In a behind closed doors meeting at this year's Tokyo Game Show, Hironobu Sakaguchi revealed that his upcoming epic will truly fit that descriptor. Hot on the heels of the three DVD long Blue Dragon, Sakaguchi informed the crowd that Lost Odyssey will span a massive four DVDs. The game, which uses a mixture of CG and real-time cutscenes, will last roughly 40 to 50 hours.

[FordGTGuy]

CG cut scenes in it most likely but just like FF7 I wouldn't have a problem swapping discs.

EDIT-
Just skimmed through the 1UP preview summary and it seems that the main character has alot of dreams, that are CG scenes, during the game that are long so theres your answer.

[nasim]

what a shame???

x360 owners are being forced to buy a game with multiple discs.

FF13/WKS which are way more detailed than LOmight take up 10 DVDS

@BLAZING BOT

HS ,LAIR and UNCHARTED are graphically way more impressive than any x360 game

[tehcellownu]

4 disk or more!! thats hella a lot of disks..haha.next gen is here everyone..

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

@1.1 and 1.2

you know what funny each of those dvds has more on it than Hs,Lair and uncharted.

[barom]

know what's funnier? that those four discs could have fitted on ONE blu ray

[skillednutter]

...What I felt when I opened up Blue Dragon and saw 3 DVD's Call me Old Fashioned but I would prefer muiltiple disc's when it comes to RPG's or Action/Adventure Games

But if they start doing this with Racing Titles then I will be unhappy.

[JasonXE]

doubt it considering a lot of data has to be stored more than once on blue ray disc. Wonder why H.S has 10 GB Audio?

[synetic]

barom bubble for that

[i Shank u]

i had many games on ps1 that were multi disk, games on dreamcast that were, games on PS2 that were, it happens every gen dangit

[DrPirate]

You're right, you didn't mind doing it back then. It just PROVES this is last-gen.

No one likes swapping discs, it was an inconvenience then, and it's an inconvenience now.

And then there's this crap: Calling Sony fans lazy. Note to Xbox Fans! Getting up to swap a disc is NOT exercise, it's called: being bothered to get up for 30 seconds, and switch cd's.

[SlappyMcTaint]

Just because i used to turn a little red dial and press a button on the side of my controller doesn't mean i still want to do it this gen. (That's an Atari 2600 reference for t3h n00bs here)

LOL. The justification for why DVD is FTW just kills me! You guys will defend anything M$ does. How many steamy dumps does M$ have to take on your heads 'til you finally realize where the stench is coming from?

[zantetsuken]

Blue Dragon had 3 discs and there wasn't that many cutscenes. I'm sorry, but 4 discs for a title this generation is ridiculous. When is it too many discs? 5? 10? 20?

[FordGTGuy]

The only games to go multiple discs on the Xbox 360 are from the eastern developers because they like to use CG clips while the western developers have a different approach meaning games like Oblivion that have 200+ hours of gameplay while staying on one disc.

@THUNDERMARE

The cost of dvds and writing the game on the dvds is piratically pennies compared to the cost of development.

[sticky doja]

I have no problems changing discs, especially with RPG's. Its not like your gonna have to change the disc every hour, more like every 10-12 hours of strait gaming.

[THUNDERMARE]

People will have no objection on swapping DVD, thats for sure. However, this mean that manufacturing cost will go up significantly (not the cost of DVD, but cost of writing data onto the DVD) and this is in 2nd years of xbox360 life time, what will happen 3 years from now?

Edit... I'm not even talking about cost of the DVD itself, we are talking about "time" itself to produce a 4 DVD game here, and it will cost more inevitably. Anyway my point is 2 years into 360 life span here and we already see 4 DVD game, how about another 3 years?

[tehcellownu]

good luck taking car of the disks...if u lose one you cant play $hit..when it gets to 6 disks xbots will still say its no problems..lol..

[JasonXE]

considering Mass effect is on one disc. The only games that used Multiple disc on the xbox 360 are mistwalker games (blue dragon & Lost odyessy). I will agree that dvd is within it's limits but you won't see multiple disc coming out periodically 2-3 years from now.

[Scrooge]

Who the hell cares? Swapping disks is better than coughing up 200 bucks just for a blu-ray feature. That's right, the sony camp is paying a lot of money just to keep games on one disk? Is it worth it, I mean, if you're not insane is it worth it? No. To answer #2 question, I think 5 disks would be too much, I can deal with four. And Jason has a point, Mass effect is on one disk and the game is HUGE.

[the worst]

ps3 next gen 1 disc
360 last gen 3+ disc
ps3 rules

[NextGen24Gamer]

But I find myself being more excited about this title than I am the Final Fantasy titles coming for my ps3. Maybe because I have seen more of Lost Odyssey. But it looks Epic and Fantastic....Those in game screen shots look spectacular...and I downloaded the 10 minute video demo/walkthrough at TGS on my xbox 360....the battle system looks incredibly fun. I can't wait for this game. WOW.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

As good as this looks...White Night Story owns it right now.

[SuperSaiyan4]

Blue Dragon on disc 1 had quite a few CGI cutscenes but I love it however I must have had around 14hrs of gameplay out of the first disc! Am on disc 3 and i think its a 1 layer dvd as the drive is much queiter.

4 discs for Lost Odessy? Meh doesnt bother me because the 360 has all the top quality games.

[power of Green]

How somebody can twist this into bad news is beyond me.

[power of Green]

This game has huge amounts of CGI and hours worth of canned animations the more discs the merry. Its also part of the elite 360 games that have unmatched Next-gen HD graphics and huge worlds to explore. No one cares about Blu-ray fanboy, save it!.

[demolitionX]

let c when ur HD DVD loses, and u end up buying blu-ray. u xbots are just wasting ur money on a defective peice of junk. and wasting ur time raising a foolish campain for bill gates, he's just not paying u, no beside that is selling u worthless consoles. pathetic!!! i am sving last laugh on u, when HD dvd declares defeat....

[power of Green]

Why are 360 games bigger, longer, have better graphics and more content than PS3 games on BD?.

#21 Mass Effect is on one disc it doesn't have hours of CGI & hundreds of canned animations...

[Bonsai1214]

lazy developers. you know its the truth too. its been stated by various people, developers and publishers.

and from what i read about mass effect (i haven't really been following it, so feel free to correct me if i'm wrong) while the game does span a universe, it essentially is a bunch of different planets, and thus levels. and going on what i've read about it, the planets are "cold and lifeless." kinda like oblivion, where textures were reused over and over.

to make it a little simpler, i can make a game that's 1000 squared miles, but it won't take up that much space if its all tennisball green flooring. (note, i'm not saying ME will end up like this)

[P4KY B]

And thought it looked tedious.

I just dont get the fascination with JRPG's.

[power of Green]

Times up!!!. Most 360 games use little to no CGI. Most devs can not afford to use filler and filling a AAA cost money & time. no dev can afford to use up BD with quality game. It would have cost Heavely Swords devs a pretty penny and more time if they were to take that 10 gigs of audio out and added' lets say 7-8 hours more game----play.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

As long as each disk can sit in my 360 for 10 or more hours I don't give a damn.

[Alvadr]

cough

[Skynetone]

i even hate disc swapping for movie extras

[FordGTGuy]

This game will most likely have seamless disc swapping. Meaning you throw in the disc and your good to go.

[rbanke]

Why dont they offer the multi disc version, and then a version on HD-DVD for those that have the add on? I remember they used to do that for multi cd/single dvd games. Or can the 360 not use the hd-dvd add on for games?

[ShiftyLookingCow]

just think a little more as you already know the answer.

[edit] getting somebody to manufacture a HD-DVD version is an unnecessary expense, either the cost has to be passed to the consumer(in which case it wont sell very well) or its just plain loss. Most people don't own the HD-DVD addon so MS will never use it for games, to use it is to force people to get it to enjoy certain games which makes 360 like old sega with its many addons.

[FordGTGuy]

cannot and will not ever be able to play games on the Xbox 360. Is it capable of doing it? I have no idea.

[rbanke]

I own a ps3 but not a 360, i wasnt sure if it was capable of that or not. I dont see why they wouldnt? There has been multiple versions of games in the past.

[Prismo_Fillusion]

The only thing better than an RPG is an RPG that takes dozens of hours to complete. By the end you really feel like you've been through the journey yourself. 4 discs? Awesome.

[367 To Your Ass]

I'm still geting this game. I love this guy's work and I can spare a minute to change discs.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

most people dont play the same game for more than a few hours and change discs regularly, so this is actually a non issue.

[power of Green]

NO! White Night Story owns *YOU* right now...

LO isn't childs play run along.

I think the Dev is trying to take on his old creation.

http://www.1up.com/do/previ...

Top pic is WNS the other two are LO pics.

[HungryHooligan]

I changed disks all the time! i watch DVD's, i get tired of playing one game so i change disks! Anyway each disk is longer than HS, point being you have to change your disk more often on the PS3 due to the short games! But i can see why PS3 owners are ragging 360 owners. If i only had one game it would be annoying changing disks! Do PS3 owners try and see who keeps disks in for longer? or is that forced by sony?

I would suggest if you a PS3 owner you shouldnt be in this thread cause i see 4 disk as more value for money!

[Snukadaman]

is that games that need blu-ray aint on ps3.

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

To say that Blu Ray is not needed for this gen of gaming is just stupid. What you gonna do when one of those disks of Blue Dragon (just an example) got f**ked up? What are you gonna do? I'll tell you what you gonna do. If you want to play that game again you have to go buy a new set of disks cuz I'm pretty sure that you can't get that disk alone.

Swapping disks is not a big deal for me but you guys have to look at the situation above if one disk f**ked up then you gotta go buy a game which has 2 or more game disks. Not hating but it is just another situation that we all need to be aware off.

[Snukadaman]

go too gamestop....buy the game used..switch discs...and take it back and get another used game. didnt buy blue dragon but changing a couple of discs dont matter too people who play games....

[hgn]

Oh sh*t. you gave me an idea lol

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

If you want to go back and forth to do that then more power to you.

[BloodySinner]

You're clearly not thinking. So, okay... I have a question for you. "What you gonna do when your Blu-Ray disc got f**cked up?"

...

Ugh. Since you can't answer that question, it comes up to the same thing. You end up buying the game again, regardless if it was on multiple discs or not.

[blackmagic]

WHA?! SacTown, that is the most ridiculous argument I have ever read. Okay, let me ask you this then, on the ps3 what happens when you damage or loose the one and only disc? Can you play it?!

Jesus.

The only thing that having 4 discs proves is that you DON'T need blu-ray for gaming even if the game is over 30 gigs.

[ALMIGHTYPS3]

mass effect then?

[still the worst]

5 disc maybe 6 disc
im just saying

[BloodySinner]

Apparently, Mass Effect is a one disc game.

EDIT: Obviously the PS3 fanboys are the ones that disagreed. Don't believe me? Do some research and you'll find out.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

Why do it if you don't have to ? Thats like saying I have a remote control to my T.V. but I would rather get up and change the channel....

[367 To Your Ass]

They just don't like Sony anymore.

itagaki hates Sony because he sees heavenly sword as a direct competitor thats when he said (enjoy the worlds best action game on the worlds strongest console)

Sakaguchi hates Sony because he sees ff as a direct competitor he said in a EGM conference(sqearenix is not making good ff's on other consoles and Sony is appealing to much to the rich).

[Prismo_Fillusion]

Ahhhhhh!!! I can't understand why anyone is complaining about multiple discs.

To those people: Are you really too lazy to get up for 30 seconds and swap a disc every once in awhile? I mean, you're active enough to take a game break to drive to Wendy's and buy 10 pounds of grease to progress your stomach and acne growth, so changing a disc shouldn't be a big deal.

[TheSadTruth]

All I know is if you click the Sony news posts they aren't filled with Xbox owners ragging on them. Us 360 owners are content with the games we own and don't need to go to every news post and bash PS3 owners, while PS3 owners still have nothing good to play as they are stuck waiting for Final Fantasy and MGS4 so they come and take it out on us 360 owners. Grow up kids...

[367 To Your Ass]

hear are my results

the reason for this is because sins there are 3 discs each disc will not ender the same tension as one will. (rotation)

and if your wearied if a disc mite F%ck up on you spend 4$ and get it covered (if you get it at best buy).

[Descendant]

If this and Blue Dragon uses multiple discs then how about Mass Effect? I have heard it will only use one disc and that game visually looks more amazing than both of those games I've mentioned. Not to mention the developers hinting for more than 70 hours of game-play from Mass Effect. Makes no sense for me right now; is it just the developers?

[ShiftyLookingCow]

Mass Effect doesn't use any CG movies, that and Bioware said they used neat tricks to compress all that stuff into on 1 DVD9

[Charlie2688]

I wonder if they are gonna release it in a different type of DVD box? since BD 3 DVDs were already using most of the box

[WIIIS1]

Sometimes I really wonder whether PS3 fanboys have ever played games in reality or is gaming just an academic exercise for them.

When I played Blue Dragon, it took me about 20 hours to get past Disc 1. So that's 20 hours before you get your lazy ass off that couch to swap a disc. Big fat inconvenience ain't it, droids?

[367 To Your Ass]

360's box can hold up to 3 dvd's any more and it will be bulky by the way the other two are under the first.

[Saint Sony]

What on earth are you mumbling about?

[Saint Sony]

Any PS3girl who says disk changing is annoying should be worried.
Killzone2 checkpoints lasts as long as changing disks and there will be many. At least 4.. dunno if the game is 2 or 3 hours long.

[Prismo_Fillusion]

More like Nostrelame!

[WIIIS1]

You're too generous in your estimate of KZ2.

[FordGTGuy]

Look at all these fanboys.

[TeaDouble_E]

: )

[BloodySinner]

: )

[THE TERMINATOR]

Killzone checkpoints will be seamless even the developer says so. Stop judging a game from the alpha build Xbots!!!!!!!