Lost Odyssey's release date has been officially announced on Pidgeo's blog, plus information on a special pre-order bonus (possibly Australian only).
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.
This is fantastic news for Xbox 360 gamers in Australia, Lost Odyssey is shaping up to be another quality JRPG on the Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 is looking to be the system to own if you want to play JRPG's in 2008. I know I will be pre-ordering Hironobu Sakaguchi's latest epic for the extra bonus.
Im working on Eternal sonata, I will be getting this one. It's old-school and that's how I like my RPGs.
I've been playing FFXII on and off and sadley, I've gotten bored. I've miss the suspense of not knowing what monsters are in a certain area before I fight them. Now you got monsters looking like retards, walking around aimessley, which are easily avoidable.
I don't like the automated fighting system. I Wonder how FFXIII will be like. This game is old-school which is my style.