Mistwalker Studios Unfairly Overlooked

MrWeymes - 265 days 15 hours ago

There was a game called "Cry On" being developed by Mistwalker for the Xbox 360 but it was cancelled, sadly. Hopefully, they are working on something else for the 360.

I'm one of the few people that loved Blue Dragon. Lost Odyssey was certainly a better game, but I'm a sucker for anime so Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are even for me.

I'm perfectly fine with Mistwalkers style of keeping the classic gameplay and story telling of JRPGs of old, but adding incredible visuals.

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Heldrasil - 265 days 15 hours ago

I hope they develop a sequel for LO...my only gripe about the game was that it didn't have any summoning...but then I guess it would look too much like FF.

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nupes98 - 265 days 15 hours ago

I agree. Lost Odyssey is the best turn based rpg of the generation and one of the best games period.

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MrWeymes - 265 days 15 hours ago

Wow, this is like a little Mistwalker love fest. I love it.

Lost Odyssey was a great game. I liked how the story wasn't entirely traditional and had some decent twists. Overall, I think both Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are very underrated. It's too late for me to review them now, though. Perhaps a retro review in a couple of years. lol

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meepmoopmeep - 265 days 15 hours ago

i'm halfway through LO (i think)
and it's awesome!

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Dark_Vendetta - 265 days 14 hours ago

I'm on DVD3 and loving it too :). I really hope they work on LO2 and not Blue Dragon 2, because I don't like anime

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green - 265 days 13 hours ago

I only got Lost Odyssey last year because Gamersyde posted a video of the first 20 minutes and i really liked what i saw.Well after 4 months and 83 hours of gameplay, i had no choice but to declare Lost Odyssey to be one of the best 5 games i had played on the 360.This from someone who doe not play JRPG's at all.

My purchase of Lost Odyssey just reaffirmed my decision to never listen to reviews and simply buy what ever game the concept appeals to you.How that game could land a 78 on metacritic is beyond explanation.

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jlemdon - 265 days 6 hours ago

while I beat Blue Dragon I didn't finish Lost Odyssey due to my System getting stolen.:( (my crackhed uncle)

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MrWeymes - 265 days 14 hours ago

If their previous work is any indication of what is to come, I am assuming it will be a traditional JRPG with great graphics and a couple of large breasted female party members.

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FLOWCity - 265 days 14 hours ago

Sounds good to me

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Foxgod - 265 days 14 hours ago

The woman in Blue dragon where kind of flat chested tho :P
I like how Mistwalker put up games in both the fashion of Final fantasy, and Dragon quest, but its also time for them now to create something new.

They can do it.

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MrWeymes - 265 days 4 hours ago

Zola had a fine chest as well as many NPC's.

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FantasyStar - 265 days 12 hours ago

Admitting is the first step towards recovery. Now follow the other 7 steps towards controlling your alcoholism....oh wait.

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kewlkat007 - 265 days 10 hours ago

I'm from the old-school of Jrpgs, obviously. Some of the BEST Jrpgs are Turn-Based. Just something about controlling every character, watching them develop, while being able to see your hard work pay off fighting enemies, individually.

I always thought Real-time JRPG's reminds me too much of an MMO with RPG elements. Lots of button smashing with a magic button here and there. Switching to different characters while there is so much happening on the screen at once, you miss the beauty of Magic castings....etc

Lost Odyssey was actually challenging, since you could not grind like some old games. Kept me on my toes and kept me moving along. I spent over 99+ hours on that game. It's usually a good sign when I spend lots of hours on a jrpg.

I oppose "Enemies on the screen". I always thought it looks kinda stupid having huge "Goats" or "Frogs" walking around aimlessly. I miss the random battles and not knowing what lurks in certain areas is actually suspenseful.

Star Ocean 4's battle system is actually fun and it's real-time.

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FantasyStar - 265 days 10 hours ago

Definitely. SO3-4 is a game that does real-time battles correctly. I can't believe I forgot about them. I carved a month into that game and 10 days on Sphere 211 alone.

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MrWeymes - 265 days 4 hours ago

Star Ocean: The Last Hope does real time battles properly in my opinion. Other games in the genre such as Eternal Sonata and Tales of Vesperia are great, but their combat system offers very little challenge.

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MrWeymes - 265 days 4 hours ago

I really am amazed that Lost Odyssey isn't more respected than it is.

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MrWeymes - 265 days 1 hour ago

I think other games in the genre are as good or better than Lost Odyssey this generation, but it was an excellent turn based RPG nonetheless.

I loved the boss designs and the classic turn based combat system.

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