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Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 274
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: DD9003
UPC: 882224521017
EAN: 0882224521017
ASIN: B000ZJVDA2
Release Date: February 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: THIS IS A BRAND NEW COPY OF LOST ODYSSEY !!
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Product Description
Lost Odyssey is the story of Kaim, an immortal character who has lived more than 1,000 years. He doesn't remember his past, and he doesn't know where his future lies. Throughout Kaim's journey, a handful of characters will join him on an odyssey to discover their intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale. Lost Odyssey features breathtaking visuals and an epic adventure made possible only by the power of Xbox 360.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 Lost Odyssey lost the fun factor May 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Amazing experience. Amazing Game! April 28, 2008
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!
 THE OPPOSITE OF FINAL FANTASY 12 April 27, 2008
When I reviewed FINAL FANTASY 12, I praised its refreshing battle system and frowned on its poor characters, music and storyline. LOST ODYSSEY as we will see, is the complete opposite--but does that mean that one is better than the other?
BATTLE SYSTEM: 4/5 -- Unlike FF12, this game uses the turn-based combat system found on many an RPG. However, extra damage can be dealt by timing the overlapping of two "Rings". Very repetitive, but much more sensible than the mindless button-mashing of FINAL FANTASY 8. Immortal characters can only learn new skills by "Linking" with mortal characters, which I thought was a good idea as it forces you to rotate your formation and try new strategies. Finally, there are "Walls" based on the strength of your front row of characters, that help defend your weaker characters.
TRANSPORTATION: 4/5 -- Anyone who has played the earlier FINAL FANTASY games knows that the AIRSHIP was the ultimate, most fun way to get around the world and it often featured the best "theme music". Sadly, from FINAL FANTASY 10 on, the airship failed to make an appearance as a controllable vehicle. THANKFULLY, in this game, you get to control a Speed Boat, a huge Cruise Ship, and a Ship that can operate on the water, under the seas, and flying in the air! Not as fun as the previous airships, but still very enjoyable. The "theme" song is not too bad, either.
STORYLINE: 4/5 -- Playing LO makes me realize how much they skimped on the storyline in FF12. Any good RPG should feel like you're interacting with a 1,000 page fantasy/SF novel and LO does this extremely well. The storyline is very easy to follow while still being very complex and leaving lots that can be explored in future installments in this series (hopefully). The dream narratives range from cheesy to powerful, but for the most part are very well written.
CHARACTERS: 4/5 -- The characters in LO are really unique, each with their own personalities and back-stories. Some, like Jansen, are a bit odd, but at least he's consistently so. There were countless times I cracked up at Jansen's remarks--something that I never experienced with any of the characters in FF12.
SOUND: 4/5 -- Sound effects are pretty much average, but the voice acting is really good as the characters match up with their given voices. Nobuo Uematsu once again does an outstanding soundtrack that captures "The Emotion of the Moment", as I like to call it.
GRAPHICS: 4/5 -- The least important to me, but very well done. If the ice looks slippery, well, that's because it IS and you can fall off it.
OVERALL 4/5 -- In the end, I believe that great combat alone cannot make a great RPG, which is why I rate LO slightly higher than FF12. If storyline, characters and music are important to you, then you need to play this game. I honestly haven't had this much fun since MASS EFFECT, or for a fantasy genre reference, FINAL FANTASY 9.
Finally an traditional RPG with a strong and emotional story April 23, 2008
With the creator of the "Final Fantasy" series breaking away from Square-Enix to start his own company and to work for Microsoft as Mistwalker to continue to make traditional RPG's who would of thought that after the semi-good success with, "Blue dragon" that the company would make a game that not only is for adults, but has the story that feels like its filled with all the drama, political intrigue, and complications that makes up a good RPG well guess what you will find all of that in this game called, "Lost Odyssey" only for the X-box 360.
Lost Odyssey, is about a man by the name of Kaim Argonar. A 1,000 year old hero and protagonist of the game who due to some strange reason can't remember a chunk of his thousand years on his world but all he knows that he has some purpose even though he doesn't know what it is, so he continues to walk the world fighting wars after wars until he gets swept up into a chain of events that not only helps him get some of his memories back but also changes him on a path of redemption and solace.
But he's not alone in this adventure and he's not the only immortal in the whole world...soon you will meet up with the ever adventurous Seth (who is a woman by the way) and the very sarcastic Jensen who's a mage by profession but a bit of a womanizing jackass by nature. From the beginning they are your best friends and good allies in a complicated and very bittersweet storyline which is NOT a bad thing...for some reason they stepped back from the "pretty boy/girl" confused about saving the world" nature and put a somewhat cold hearted individual that only lives to fight then realizes his nature and goals thru certain dreams which i will get to that later.
But as the game progress the level of detail to the games design is pretty damn good being that the game runs on a Unreal graphical engine (which has its good and bad points). Good being that it looks REALLY great, the magic and other aspects to the game is done with such a crass to detail that it makes the game a worth while to watch but its bad point is that sometimes it does lag a bit from time to time but you really wouldn't notice it though and that's pretty much it. The fighting is pretty much your standard traditional RPG style but with an added twist called the, "Ring system" which at first its a bit complicated to do but with the tutorial it comes easy and its pretty fun as well as it helps you Plan on what ring you need to attach to your weapon in order to defeat an enemy and/or boss of the game which is a smart move on Sakaguchi's part but I'm sure the drawback is that everyone wanted or expected the battle system to be real time and this isn't but it advances the nostalgic feel for the game and its a bit more better than what "Blue dragon" produced (and readable too...blue dragon you had to wear special glasses to figure out what they were writing for the words were small..*laughing*).
The game is 4-discs which for some is long...but consider the source, you have a very abundant storyline; very well drawn out characters who's personality aren't the same and they compliment each other very well, a very well done complicated adult story line with adult humor at times. And let's get to the main part of the game...the story! Like I mention the story is complicated at most for its political intrigue, and immortal background but if the story doesn't get you hooked its the dreams that will. it seems Sakaguchi used the talents of a famous Japanese author to keep the player interest in its deep and engaging with stories that make even the biggest person become emotionally grasp by the extra sentimental backdrop to Kaim's past.
Even though it starts a bit slow after the first disc the action picks up a lot more and you are soon wrap into its world. A person who plays this game can beat it within a couple of weeks if not a month (if you have a lot of time in your hands of course). On a system that is gaining a lot of RPG games now this is one of those games that you must pick up in your collection..don't pass this one up.
Great game! April 19, 2008
I got this for my husband and so far he is hooked! The graphic are amazing and he just enjoy all the details put in that game (music and story lines)! He just finished playing Oblivion and that was the next good game for him. The only thing that I personnally don't like about that game is that you cannot save whenever you want like Oblivion, you have to wait until the game offers you a saving point (like final fantasy).
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