You know why Famitsu gave it 9's and 10's out of 10? Because it is a great game. In fact, it is the best JRPG I have played since FFVII. If you dont like turn-based games, then this is the game most likely to make you like it! There is not a better-looking JRPG around, especially a turn based one! If you compare it to the gameplay graphics of FFXIII (only a few seconds of the demos are of ACTUAL game play), then you will see the textures are no where NEAR the gameplay textures of Lost Oddyssey! This is turn-based, story-driven heaven!

It is NOT an action game, HURRAY! It is not a new type of RPG, HURRAY! This game is worth buying the system for. I can only hope FFXIII is as good and if so, it will cause me to buy a PS3.

The story... where do I start? The short stories or revealed memories are AWESOME! Unless you are trying to speed past them so that you can finish reviewing the game, they will move you! You will have an attachment to the hero like never before! And yes you have never seen such story telling and timing before. These stories are meant to make you use mental images, and your own imagination, as if you where reading a book. Yes I have a soft side. And yes I had emotions during FFVII. But it happened MANY times during this game! Many! You get a lot out of talking to people (they fill in the extra local stories constantly!).

The game play... don't get me started!!! First of all it is a turn-based RPG posing as a... TURN-based RPG!!! Thank Goodness! The menu navigation is great. No more getting lost on a world map (about time!). You can put the game down, go out of town, come back next weekend and pick it up! The physically weak players behind the immortals is extra thinking added to the pie!

The graphics? What turn-based RPG do you know that looks as good as LO? Answer can only be none, because it looks beter than Blue Dragon! I doubt that Final Fantasy's gameplay will look as good from what I have seen so far. Now don't get me wrong, it will look better, but only the movie part! The few seconds of ACTUAL game play look way inferior to LO's graphics, simply because the textures on the characters are not as good. Graphics alone do not make a game but they sure do help! Come on admit it people, if it was not for better graphics and online abilities, there would be NO reason to go to the next-gen.