GH Review: Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)

Zardon · Feb 18, 2008, 12:38 AM

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In gaming, as in life, patterns often emerge. One of the most important ones is the unexplainable series of genres that get ignored by the developers. Just think about it for a minute… Flight simulators, the games that shaped the late 90s are nowhere to be seen and the same goes for strategy games to an extent. Another genre that has apparently gone to the chopping block this generation are jRPGs. We’ve seen a total of two jRPGs on next-gen consoles so far. And while both were good, they just don’t hold a candle to the likes of Final Fantasy & Co.

Lost Odyssey is the third major attempt to do the genre justice. Will the 3rd time be the charm?

Tril · Jul 31, 2008, 07:13 PM

There's no link to this thread in the review.

I bought it. I'm now on disc 2 after 16 hours of play.

I have mixed feelings about the game. On one side, I like it and on the other I hate it.

The main character is a thousand of years old and yet he looks very shallow as a character. He's mostly an emotionless guy that you don't care about. I hate that character.

On the other hand, this game sometimes surprised me with some very good acting in some emotional scenes. There are times when it made me smile and others when it made me drop a tear (surprisingly by the main character). I never thought that emotionless guy would have that effect on me.

Maybe I'm too impatient but I got tired of playing the game because it's too slow paced. The battles are beautiful but they always take way too much time to complete and there are too many of them. You have to look through all the animations of the enemies and of you characters every time they attack and you can only walk a small distance between each battle. On top of that, often the characters are not good enough to run from battle so you usually have to fight almost all the enemies you encounter. I would have liked to be able to select an option to choose shorter battle animations. I've seen that in other rpg.

In the end, I'll probably complete it, because I want to see how the story develops but it will take a long time because I don't feel like playing it.

Feb 18, 2008, 12:38 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	GH Review: Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) Read The Review Here _____________________ In gaming, as in life, patterns often emerge. One of the most important ones is the unexplainable series of genres that get ignored by the developers. Just think about it for a minute… Flight simulators, the games that shaped the late 90s are nowhere to be seen and the same goes for strategy games to an extent. Another genre that has apparently gone to the chopping block this generation are jRPGs. We’ve seen a total of two jRPGs on next-gen consoles so far. And while both were good, they just don’t hold a candle to the likes of Final Fantasy & Co. Lost Odyssey is the third major attempt to do the genre justice. Will the 3rd time be the charm?

Jul 31, 2008, 07:13 PM	#2
Tril S-3D enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,676 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	There's no link to this thread in the review. I bought it. I'm now on disc 2 after 16 hours of play. I have mixed feelings about the game. On one side, I like it and on the other I hate it. The main character is a thousand of years old and yet he looks very shallow as a character. He's mostly an emotionless guy that you don't care about. I hate that character. On the other hand, this game sometimes surprised me with some very good acting in some emotional scenes. There are times when it made me smile and others when it made me drop a tear (surprisingly by the main character). I never thought that emotionless guy would have that effect on me. Maybe I'm too impatient but I got tired of playing the game because it's too slow paced. The battles are beautiful but they always take way too much time to complete and there are too many of them. You have to look through all the animations of the enemies and of you characters every time they attack and you can only walk a small distance between each battle. On top of that, often the characters are not good enough to run from battle so you usually have to fight almost all the enemies you encounter. I would have liked to be able to select an option to choose shorter battle animations. I've seen that in other rpg. In the end, I'll probably complete it, because I want to see how the story develops but it will take a long time because I don't feel like playing it.