Lost Odyssey Worldwide Nov 07 Release -:- Huge Topic -:-

I have creatied a Nice thread compiled of all the Lost Odyssey Info we have to get everyone nice and hyped for some awesome late in the dev cycle Game play to be released at Play! this month.... alright where was the PLay! footage? I cant find it...



First of all lets start with the people behind the game, some you may already know of, Others you may know.

Lost Odyssey's story is being penned by the award winning Japanese novelist, Kiyoshi Shigematsu

who is working directly with the game's producer Hironobu Sakaguchi on the story sequences.

Heading up the artistic demands of the title is famed Japanese comic artist, Takehiko Inoue. (he is the mangaka of a very famous Manga is Japan)

while famed composer Nobuo Uematsu has been recruited to create a more contemporary soundtrack.

Mistwalker is developing the title, with cooperation with a studio named Feel Plus, a subsidiary of Microsoft created specifically to aid Mistwalker. Former Square employees at Microsoft are also involved.




and now for a nice story and setting breakdown

In Lost Odyssey the player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution".



so we can see Lost Odyssey becoming a franchise much like Final Fantasy, each game only retaining the main character Kaim, but having a much different setting/party, but unlike Final Fantasy the games ARE linked and arent just placed in DIfferent universes or something

THIS GAME HAS A WORLDWIDE HOLIDAY 2007 RELEASE


People seem to not belive this or not know of this, the game is gettings its Voice overs from english Voice actors at the SAME time its getting its Voice Overs from Japanese Seiyuu's



Anything and Everything you have seen about the game is now about a year old and completely unfinished, MS wanted a lost Odyssey Trailer and demo around the same time BD, the PS3, and the wii released, THE BATTLE SYSTEM WAS AT THE MOMENT ONLY 50% COMPLETE, so yes not to mention all the battles youve seen is from THE VERY EARLY STAGES of the game, and aparently the first couple battles you get in an RPG ARE really rather boring, why shouldnt they be? you have the basic abilities and like no one in your party



Media

here are some nice samples of Lost Odyssey's Music, Done by the GREAT Nobou Uematsu

Main Sample from MW's website

Theme from at the end of the demo

In-battle music

Piano Theme





Some awesome off the HDTV shots of the demo, look at that Eye Candy













Video

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/lostodyssey/video_player.html?id=Jycxkzqr5bkJvTXX

this is a video without gameplay because I dont think its fair to judge the full game off an early as hell Demo

Plainoldsams' Battle system summary

"Basically, it's turn-based, but we put some real-time flavor to it. It's more strategic than real-time action. The basic structure is turn-based - you walk around in the adventure portion, then you encounter monsters, and it comes to a battle scene. It's not seamless ? it's adventure, then battle, then adventure, then battle. As you progress, there will be a lot of things you have to concentrate on in the battle scenes, and also you'll need to focus on timing. It's turn-based, strategic combat with some real-time features.

Perhaps the most interesting part of Sakaguchi's comments centered on the battle system. According to the article, Lost Odyssey will employ a wall system which will require players to ensure that the front guards protect the rear. Enemies will se these formations as well and Mistwalker plans to add an "analog trigger system for physical attacks" to breech the walls.

Sakaguchi explained that magical attacks in Lost Odyssey are much more powerful than physical attacks, so sorcerers will have to be protected with the front line while they do their thing. He went on to hint that acquired skills will be needed to equip accessories and that the obtainable skills will vary between mortals and immortals in the game. He then told readers that item synthesis will work through combining items infused with magical power along with a basic weapon.

- turn-based
- skill system differs for chars that can't die and chars that can die
- includes weapon synthesis
- wall system protects chars on the back line"

It's a JRPG....Timesplitter14

It's from Sakaguchi.

It's a JRPG....Timesplitter14

says the guy with CLoud Strife in his sig... 

It's a JRPG....Timesplitter14

 Are you sure about that?

Wow.

I'm pretty impressed that an Xbox console is finally getting some JRPG support.

The game looks to be amazing. 

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]It's a JRPG....-KinGz-

It's from Sakaguchi.

who cares? Oni was made by Bungie...

Is this a 360 exclusive? If so why has it been posted on system wars?tonythestudent

Is this a 360 exclusive? If so why has it been posted on system wars?tonythestudent

because System Wars is its own community that in many cases never ventures into the other forums. 

hopefully, it turns out good.Dreams-Visions

given the great responce to Blue Dragon, I think Lost Odyssey has a great chance 

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]hopefully, it turns out good.supermechakirby

given the great responce to Blue Dragon, I think Lost Odyssey has a great chance

[QUOTE="supermechakirby"]

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]hopefully, it turns out good.Kook18

given the great responce to Blue Dragon, I think Lost Odyssey has a great chance

well I dont think its going to be anything revolutionary or anything, if you want that look at WRPG's not JRPG's

JRPG's are about the cinematic expirience, the story, character building, all that kind of jazz 

I've been looking forward to this game since the "Bring it Home" trailer on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Private_Vegas

True Story

not a big jrpg fan but i'll give this and BD a go 

I've played and 100% completed about 75 or so RPGs in my gaming career. Back in High School, I was known as the RPG master that all gamers there would come to for info as to how to own an RPG game.

As an RPG fan, I cannot wait for Blue Dragon and Lost Odyseey for the 360 and FFXIII and Folk's Soul for the PS3. By far, my most anticipated game is Blue Dragon, but Lost Odyseey I'd say is a close second. The theme music is incredible. The initial screenshots look great. The color scheme almosts presents a hint of Vagrant Story, one of the most underrated RPG games of all time. I'd love it if the games were similar.

[QUOTE="-KinGz-"]

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]It's a JRPG....Timesplitter14

It's from Sakaguchi.

who cares? Oni was made by Bungie...

Who cares? this guy worked directly with FFVII. 

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"][QUOTE="-KinGz-"]

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]It's a JRPG....-KinGz-

It's from Sakaguchi.

who cares? Oni was made by Bungie...

Who cares? this guy worked directly with FFVII.

yea he was what made FF good

Back in High School, I was known as the RPG master that all gamers there would come to for info as to how to own an RPG game.

SkyCastleDan

This made me laugh, and I'm not sure why :|

What killed my interest in this game and supermechakirby mentioned it was from an early build is that terrible looking video where he's fighting this army of dudes or monsters or something. He keeps doing the same attack but its turn based and seems to take forever. It looks like a boring chore more than anything. If you go to Youtube and look it up you can watch it. I don't know what to think about this game yet.JiveT

but yea that is like the first battle of the whole game, you dont even really have any attacks

In Lost Odyssey the player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution".

Predicting 100+ hr game....

[QUOTE="JiveT"]What killed my interest in this game and supermechakirby mentioned it was from an early build is that terrible looking video where he's fighting this army of dudes or monsters or something. He keeps doing the same attack but its turn based and seems to take forever. It looks like a boring chore more than anything. If you go to Youtube and look it up you can watch it. I don't know what to think about this game yet.supermechakirby

but yea that is like the first battle of the whole game, you dont even really have any attacks

True, but the game is still turn-based. They're not going to overhaul the entire battle system.

Last generation, jrpg's on the PS2 got a lot of criticism from Xbox fans because they were "turn-based" and "archaic" compared to the wrpg's on Xbox.

So those who don't like turn-based combat are unlikely to find Lost Odyssey appealing.

[QUOTE="supermechakirby"]

[QUOTE="JiveT"]What killed my interest in this game and supermechakirby mentioned it was from an early build is that terrible looking video where he's fighting this army of dudes or monsters or something. He keeps doing the same attack but its turn based and seems to take forever. It looks like a boring chore more than anything. If you go to Youtube and look it up you can watch it. I don't know what to think about this game yet.fuzzysquash

but yea that is like the first battle of the whole game, you dont even really have any attacks

True, but the game is still turn-based. They're not going to overhaul the entire battle system.

Last generation, jrpg's on the PS2 got a lot of criticism from Xbox fans because they were "turn-based" and "archaic" compared to the wrpg's on Xbox.

So those who don't like turn-based combat are unlikely to find Lost Odyssey appealing.

Lemmings from last gen arent all the same lemmings this gen, things switched around

and for the most part people play RPG's for the story and cinematic expirience

In Lost Odyssey the player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution".

Predicting 100+ hr game....

killaj2786

is that a bad thing?

[QUOTE="killaj2786"]

In Lost Odyssey the player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution".

Predicting 100+ hr game....

supermechakirby

is that a bad thing?

Diddn't say it was....

In Lost Odyssey the player takes control of Kaim, a man who has been sentenced to live for 1,000 years. Gameplay revolves around the many generations of which Kaim is a part of, his loves and losses and conflicts of a world nearing a "mystical industrial revolution".

Predicting 100+ hr game....

killaj2786

yep. 100+ hrs only because of the slow combat system

[QUOTE="supermechakirby"]

[QUOTE="JiveT"]What killed my interest in this game and supermechakirby mentioned it was from an early build is that terrible looking video where he's fighting this army of dudes or monsters or something. He keeps doing the same attack but its turn based and seems to take forever. It looks like a boring chore more than anything. If you go to Youtube and look it up you can watch it. I don't know what to think about this game yet.fuzzysquash

but yea that is like the first battle of the whole game, you dont even really have any attacks

True, but the game is still turn-based. They're not going to overhaul the entire battle system.

Last generation, jrpg's on the PS2 got a lot of criticism from Xbox fans because they were "turn-based" and "archaic" compared to the wrpg's on Xbox.

So those who don't like turn-based combat are unlikely to find Lost Odyssey appealing.

"Basically, it's turn-based, but we put some real-time flavor to it. It's more strategic than real-time action. The basic structure is turn-based - you walk around in the adventure portion, then you encounter monsters, and it comes to a battle scene. It's not seamless ? it's adventure, then battle, then adventure, then battle. As you progress, there will be a lot of things you have to concentrate on in the battle scenes, and also you'll need to focus on timing. It's turn-based, strategic combat with some real-time features.

Perhaps the most interesting part of Sakaguchi's comments centered on the battle system. According to the article, Lost Odyssey will employ a wall system which will require players to ensure that the front guards protect the rear. Enemies will se these formations as well and Mistwalker plans to add an "analog trigger system for physical attacks" to breech the walls.

Sakaguchi explained that magical attacks in Lost Odyssey are much more powerful than physical attacks, so sorcerers will have to be protected with the front line while they do their thing. He went on to hint that acquired skills will be needed to equip accessories and that the obtainable skills will vary between mortals and immortals in the game. He then told readers that item synthesis will work through combining items infused with magical power along with a basic weapon.

- turn-based
- skill system differs for chars that can't die and chars that can die
- includes weapon synthesis
- wall system protects chars on the back line"

[QUOTE="-KinGz-"]

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]It's a JRPG....Timesplitter14

It's from Sakaguchi.

who cares? Oni was made by Bungie...

yay the topic was revived, I really wanna keep this topic going, not many people know much about Lost Odyssey

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"][QUOTE="-KinGz-"]

[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]It's a JRPG....jasonharris48

It's from Sakaguchi.

who cares? Oni was made by Bungie...

No Halo rawks

but the original Comparison doesnt work

Oni and Halo are two different Genre's,

Final Fantasy and Lost Odyssey are the exact same genre

and Sakaguchi knows RPG's

i iz excitednadrojneerg

well thats nice, why cant my topics ever stay alive long enough

[QUOTE="nadrojneerg"]i iz excitedsupermechakirby

well thats nice, why cant my topics ever stay alive long enough

i cant wait either this game will be amazing 3 years in production its finally coming.

It seems like a direct FFX sequal but with different characters, but that isn't a bad thing. Finale-