8.0 Presentation
The nondescript menu system is wholly JRPG in tradition. Clean, effective, easy to follow. Overall, the game also keeps UI to a minimum.
9.0 Graphics
Outstanding almost every respect - art direction, animation, textures, lighting. It is, unfortunately, hampered by framerate and screen-tearing.
7.0 Sound
Although the voice-acting is mostly solid, the score is forgettable. The environmental audio is excellent, however.
7.5 Gameplay
It all works - despite AI and balancing issues - but the real problem isn't the gameplay itself, but the concepts behind. It's all been done before.
9.0 Lasting Appeal
It's monsterously large, coming on four DVDs and more hours than is probably healthy - which is a good thing for JRPG fans. There's a lot of gameplay for your buck.
8.0
Impressive OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)
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.
FOUR DVD'S!?!?
Are we already going back to the days of the PS1?
Could it get a 9 in graphics?
I mean seriously its comparable to FFX for gods sake.
Oh well...
This sight didn't like the score but other sites consider Nobuo Uematsu to be as good as ever.
I guess music really is a personal taste thing. So is graphics to an extent but there are the standard things with graphics that can let them down (screen tearing is one).
Good review and score though I'd decrease Graphics score to 7 and add to sound and Presentaion. The game does look good but some cities look rather last genish.
Another Traditional JRPG for the 360. I'll be sure to check this out. I'll be happy when Atlus, SE, and others start putting out more RPGS for these consoles. There are way too many shooters on the market right now.