The Lost Odyssey Hype Thread

[Zenien]

I'll leave it to Denton to make the usual "Who/what/where/when/why?" thing he does. For all the hyperbolic Xbot comments raising up ANY JRPG that appears on the the 360 to a standard nowhere near what it actually is, here's a JRPG that actually has a chance of being half as good as you ('you' know who you are) will hype it to be.

And you're all roaring dissapoinments for not having a single thread about this game yet.

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If you're at all interested in this game you have no excuse not to acknowledge similar interest in other high quality JRPGs, even if they aren't on the 360.

Bulletpoints from the Famitsu scans:

- 30 fps
- In the opening movie for Lost Odyssey you can seamlessly input commands for the battle scene.
- Combat is not action driven but command menu driven.
- The playable demo lasts for 40-60 minutes.
- The final game will have even higher quality than the demo.
- The modeling for the movies are almost identical to the realtime models.
- Inoue (the character designer) is personally checking all the models.
- The demo's battles will just the most basic part of the system. The more indepth systems will be excluded.
- The character growth systems and so on will be in the final game only.
- Surviving enemies inherit the powers of those who are killed.
- Since the main character cannot die either there will not be a possibility of game over.
- The final game will use a physics engine.
- The final text message on the playable demo was written by Shigematsu (scenario writer for the various short stories that make up the game).
- Lost Odyssey will be playable at TGS, with the demo disc being released with Famitsu in early November.
- Lost Odyssey will be out in 2007.
- Blue Dragon will DEFINITELY be released within 2006.
- ASH is being targeted for the first half of 2007.
- There will be more titles being announced from Mistwalker.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Zenien, stop pretending that you're not a flaming PS3 fangirl.

 

[Conker]

Zenien, stop pretending that you're not a flaming PS3 fangirl.

I don't know where you get that from, since judging by the first post, she's not even trying.

1 - No Zenien, getting hyped for Blue Dragon and this doesn't mean I should be hyped for garbage like the modern Final Fantasy series. I'm sorry that you don't understand how one could like some JRPGs but not all, but that is what is happening here. It has nothing to do with 360vsPS3, it has to do with "these games look like they're going to be great" vs "these games are typically garbage, and these look no different".

2 - No, we don't hype any JRPG that comes along. So far, the JRPGs that have bothered to come along have happened to be worthy of getting hyped. Liking Enchanted Arms, a fun game, isn't hyping anything that comes along, it's hyping something that deserves it. Thinking Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey look great isn't hyping anything that comes along, it's hyping things that deserve it.


With that said, Lost Odyssey looks good, but I'm more interested in Blue Dragon, since I'll be playing that in a few months rather than a year or more.

 

[XwolverineX]

Lmao, Xbots are hilarious.

 

[블라스]

What the hell is this? It looks cool!

I thought it was going to be like a point and click adventure or something

 

[Conker]

Oh ****, I mentioned Final Fantasy in a negative light. T3h bias!

 

[Conker]

What the hell is this? It looks cool!

I thought it was going to be like a point and click adventure or something

No, it's an RPG from the same people doing Blue Dragon, Mistwalker. If you liked Kingdom Hearts or Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy games before 7, you'll like this.

 

[블라스]

I actually love the RPGs that you mentioned, so yeah!

FF2 and 3 (US) kick ass, I should download them.

 

[Conker]

I actually love the RPGs that you mentioned, so yeah!

FF2 and 3 (US) kick ass, I should download them.

I'm curious to see how the battle system in this works. If you look at Sakaguchi's past games (Final Fantasy 1-6, Chrono Trigger, KH1 and 2, etc), and the screenshots for this game, it seems obvious that it would be 100% turn based, but he swears up and down that it's turn based with new "action elements"

 

[블라스]

That sounds awesome to me.

 

[Zenien]

I don't know where you get that from, since judging by the first post, she's not even trying.

1 - No Zenien, getting hyped for Blue Dragon and this doesn't mean I should be hyped for garbage like the modern Final Fantasy series. I'm sorry that you don't understand how one could like some JRPGs but not all, but that is what is happening here. It has nothing to do with 360vsPS3, it has to do with "these games look like they're going to be great" vs "these games are typically garbage, and these look no different".

2 - No, we don't hype any JRPG that comes along. So far, the JRPGs that have bothered to come along have happened to be worthy of getting hyped. Liking Enchanted Arms, a fun game, isn't hyping anything that comes along, it's hyping something that deserves it. Thinking Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey look great isn't hyping anything that comes along, it's hyping things that deserve it.


With that said, Lost Odyssey looks good, but I'm more interested in Blue Dragon, since I'll be playing that in a few months rather than a year or more.

 

[Conker]

Darn, you sure showed me. I thought I was really right, but then you came in with all those awesome points and reasons why you seem to think it's impossible for someone to like a JRPG and not Final Fantasy, and just demolished me

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Zenien didn't do ****. If she's thinking that lame emoticon, catch all "I have nothing to fear" responce did it, she's in for a huge disappointment. She did nothing.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Zenien didn't do ****. If she's thinking that lame emoticon, catch all "I have nothing to fear" responce did it, she's in for a huge disappointment. She did nothing.

 

[Conker]

Well, I have seen the demo of Lost Odyssey in action. The game is so very grown-up and pieced together with such seamless virtuousity that I really don't know what to say. I'm impressed as I've ever been with a videogame. It is beautiful. I'm about as excited about it now, as a fully functioning (really), independent adult, as I was excited about Final Fantasy VII as a college student, as I was about Final Fantasy IV as much younger man. I look forward to this game.

Seeing (and playing) is believing, and I am a believer in Lost Odyssey. My immediate judgment is a belief that it will sell this console to at least a million Japanese gamers. And Microsoft must think so too –it’s going to make sure this game is everywhere. It will be featured most prominently at the company’s booth at Tokyo Game Show, and, if its promise to host all show-floor demos on Xbox Live holds true, that should mean this game's demo will be available for download next Wednesday night.

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[THWIP*]

FIRST GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE.

 

[TheCardPlayer]

I thought that was CGI!


Oh crap!

 

[WhatsHisFace]

This game is going to be... FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheCardPlayer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDSJoz_BA4


Blue Dragon looks just as cool.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

zOMG Blu Dragn is for teh kiddles bcuz of teh art directs mmk?

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Actually, Blue Dragon looks totally awesome. Big thanks for that video. It's nice to finally see this in action.

 

[Mentok]

Wow, that does look good

 

[CM Punk]

Lost Odyssey Seamless Cinematic to Gameplay

Lost Odyssey "Big Enemy"

Lost Odyssey 10 Minute Demo




Xboxyde is taking down all it's stuff, so THWIP's link probably won't work for much longer, so use those instead. The game looks very nice graphically.

 

[CM Punk]

Sakaguchi says Lost Odyssey is being translated into eight languages, including English, Korean, two kinds of Chinese, Spanish, and German. Only the English, Korean, and of course Japanese will get full voice acting, he said. Sakaguchi made it clear that he was very concerned about the accuracy of lip-synching in his game, so close attention will be paid to that aspect. Though the demo will be released in Japan with Famitsu later on this year, Mistwalker hasn't forgotten the rest of the world. Sakaguchi says he's trying to get a demo to the United States and other territories through Xbox Live, though it wasn't clear whether this will become a reality. In terms of when gamers can expect to play the final version, Sakaguchi is aiming for a simultaneous worldwide release.

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We may get to play it sometime this year afterall.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

This Year?!?!?!?! Omgofgmofgmogmfgfmogfmgmofgmofmgofggf!!!!