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My favorites games are Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, VII, Xenogears and Vagrant Story. If you shared my taste in games, you're going to enjoy this one.
Great Story and the main character (kaim) is one of the best main character I've ever played.
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It had been awhile since I'd dug into a traditional Final Fantasy type turn-based RPG. The last was FF XII, which was an experience right up there at the top of the scale for video games. Naturally, then, I had high hopes for this "next-gen" game from the minds of the FF crew.
I turned out to be a little disappointed, though. Lost Odyssey has none of the polish that made FF XII what it was. Voice acting is surprisingly mediocre, the world is not as fleshed out (although it is still better than most RPGs, a la Final Fantasy), and the combat system is somewhat archaic. Much closer to FF X than FF XII. Why the creators should choose to abandon what was such a winning system is beyond me.
In truth, there is nothing at all next-gen about this game, excepting only graphics. They're very impressive, and beg the player to zoom the camera to take a closer look (which is always rewarded with high-res models).
But there is good to this game. The premise, which pits immortality against mortality, and illustrates the "blessing" of mortality (an ability to pursue specific goals and dreams within a finite amount of time - something this current culture kind of needs to hear) is intriguing, and the flagship character's struggle with this is meaningful. The dreams also, while possibly too much for some players, can be touching. This game tries to tug at the heartstrings and makes a theme of human nature, and at its best it does that well, making it powerful enough to remember. Unfortunately it doesn't always do so well, and some aspects are surprisingly unrefined.
This is a game which needed more work, pure and simple. Is it a meaningful piece of work? Definitely. Is it a little disappointing? Yes - unless your gaming standards are not very high. If Final Fantasy XII had not risen to shine over and above this game in almost every aspect, it could rest comfortably with my recommendation. As it is... play it, but adjust your expectations.
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This is a game I was very much looking forward to and was practically certain I would love based on the information and user reviews. I'm all about the story and the dream sequences sounded awesome, and the plot got great reviews from many people and sounded interesting. Also, I'm a fan of old school rpg's and even looked forward to the random battles and turn based combat. Unfortunately, this game just didn't do it for me and I have pretty much lost all interest in it.
By far the biggest disappointment for me is in the story. At first it really grabbed me and seemed intriguing, but unfortunately it lost most of it's mystery and intrigue quickly as major plot points and villains are revealed way too early in the game, leaving it pretty bland and cliche afterwards. I also found many scenes that were clearly intended to capture emotions forced, contrived, and just over the top, leaving me watching the screen with a sense of detachment from the characters. The dream sequences were also disappointing. While they are indeed well written and interesting to read, there is no real connection between these dreams and the game world, creating once again a sense of detachment. Also, the dream sequences frequently go into the same contrived and over the top attempts at emotion provocation, similar to the cutscenes. For me the story is where it's at with an rpg, and this one just doesn't do it for me.
I found the battle system to be ok, but that's probably because I like the old school style. I could easily see people not liking it based on it's simplicity, but it is what it is, and does the job. So in this regard the game is fine.
Music and sound left a lot to be desired in my opinion. None of the musical scores really clicked with me much, and the voice acting was so-so. One of the problems I also had was the continual reuse of the same music during the dream sequences, and how the tracks were always used during the same type of emotional setting during the sequence. After about 5 dream sequences you can almost know what's going on with the dream just by the music. To a certain extent there does of course need to be music to accompany a story, but the problem I am getting at is that after 10 dream sequences using the same set of musical tracks, it just gets predictable and grating.
Graphics are top notch, there is no denying that, the game is beautiful and the characters are gorgeous. Another point that I will bring up is that exploring cities can be pretty fun, with the multitude of hidden items and such.
This game has it's positives and negatives, but unfortunately for me the negatives outweigh the positives. I very much wanted to love this game, and expected to, but reality is what it is. Many people seem to enjoy the game, however, so if you're reading this review I wouldn't avoid the game simply on my opinions. Perhaps the game will connect with you, but for me it just wasn't meant to be.
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It takes to long for the game to get off of the round, I think there needed to be more voice acting when roaming around the town " And the normal voice acting during the cut seens sucks, the things they say and how they say them seems cheesy a lot of the times", the dreams that you read through are fun to read but mean nothing in the story line of the game you don't even have to read them they give you no upper hand for events to come just good reading. During most of the game which I haven't finished because I keep falling asleep during the boring game play between the crappy cut seens is just that boring there is no spice in this game the story line is good but the game play just takes away from the excitement of what is going to happen next.
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All I can say is that this was my first turn-based RPG and I just loved it. The story is amazing and there is a lot of character development in this game. Its almost like movie. Its a very mature title. I think this game is very underrated. I loved every second of the 70 hour Plus I spent in it!
The only thing that might bother some is that there are a quite few loading screens but the barely reach more than 10 seconds at most. In my personal experience this did not affect my experience. Can't wait for the sequel!
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