Mar 23, 2008, 10:21 PM
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Lost Odyssey definitely surprised me after reading the reviews. The general gist that I got from them was "Meh, the characters are nice, and the gameplay isn't broken, but the load times are HORRIBLE and that RUINS THE GAME." Once I picked up the game, I was stunned at how much better the game was than that. The Skill Link system is a great setup that makes sure you use all of your party members, the story, while a bit cliche on the narrative side, is amazingly well-told and well-written, and the "Dreams" are some of the best writing I've read in a long time, inside a video game or out.
While I can see the reasoning behind the "meh" reception (Namely, this is the first time I've seen a JRPG with this amount of technical issues), I don't understand why the story didn't skyrocket to the top of "Reasons to buy" lists. The loading times aren't THAT bad, they're not the 40-second atrocities I read about.
I'm overall very impressed with Lost Odyssey, and it's proven to me that Mistwalker can become a force to be reckoned with. I like Blue Dragon, but Lost Odyssey puts a glaring spotlight on what they did wrong in BD.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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