In a behind closed doors meeting at this year's Tokyo Game Show, Hironobu Sakaguchi revealed that his upcoming epic will truly fit that descriptor. Hot on the heels of the three DVD long Blue Dragon, Sakaguchi informed the crowd that Lost Odyssey will span a massive four DVDs. The game, which uses a mixture of CG and real-time cutscenes, will last roughly 40 to 50 hours.
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.
CG cut scenes in it most likely but just like FF7 I wouldn't have a problem swapping discs.
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Just skimmed through the 1UP preview summary and it seems that the main character has alot of dreams, that are CG scenes, during the game that are long so theres your answer.
Blue Dragon had 3 discs and there wasn't that many cutscenes. I'm sorry, but 4 discs for a title this generation is ridiculous. When is it too many discs? 5? 10? 20?
ps3 next gen 1 disc
360 last gen 3+ disc
ps3 rules
But I find myself being more excited about this title than I am the Final Fantasy titles coming for my ps3. Maybe because I have seen more of Lost Odyssey. But it looks Epic and Fantastic....Those in game screen shots look spectacular...and I downloaded the 10 minute video demo/walkthrough at TGS on my xbox 360....the battle system looks incredibly fun. I can't wait for this game. WOW.
Blue Dragon on disc 1 had quite a few CGI cutscenes but I love it however I must have had around 14hrs of gameplay out of the first disc! Am on disc 3 and i think its a 1 layer dvd as the drive is much queiter.
4 discs for Lost Odessy? Meh doesnt bother me because the 360 has all the top quality games.