If the idea of peeling back a poster or knocking a tree and finding 100 gold pieces make you scratch your head, you might want to play Lost Odyssey first before buying it. If the idea of playing a game with SNES-era mechanics with modern visuals makes you squeal with delight, however, you're in luck.
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.
"If the idea of playing a game with SNES-era mechanics with modern visuals makes you squeal with delight, however, you’re in luck."
Hurray for me then ^^
Yup - I'm sqealing too!I never heard anyone complain about the random location of treasure in Blue Dragon...
I'm quite happy to play a snes style RPG with better graphics whilst I wait for White Knight Story on 'the other side' :) Now that does look new gen..
I'm so getting this when it comes out..
If you played BD, you know these guys keep it traditional. And that's GREAT! Like everyone (so far) has said - SNES had the best JRPGs. I'm not a fan of this modern trend of western RPGs (ala Oblivion). I like my RPG cheesy, japanese, turn-based, and story driven. That last part is to say, I like watching the story unfold rather than directing (like western RPGs).
There's a reason FF III (VI) and the old Dragon Quest games are such classics.
Sounds nice... though I'd rather have PSOne era :)