30Npire: Microsoft investing in games like a sequel to Lost Odyssey will be a big PR win for Microsoft in the eyes of gamers. It proves a point to gamers that Microsoft – while being a corporation that financial returns are important too – is committed in creating and providing great gaming content that is exclusive to the Xbox One.
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.
LO1 was such a great experience and I have always hoped there would be a sequel.
Yes please
I doubt it they didn't try on the 360 when fans was asking for it. They need A kickass jrpg for japan because they hate FPS.
Umm they dont NEED to make this.. also never heard of it
The thing is Mistwalker and LO are not Microsoft property, so the one who should invest in it should be Mistwalker, and make it multiplat.