Amazing story, brilliant art, awesome fighting and leveling system but the lag and slow downs are off putting.

User Rating: 9.7 | Odin Sphere PS2
WOW that's all I had to say when I first started Odin Sphere. It quickly became one of my favorite games. Yes, of all time. I love the story(s) it is simply amazing. The art style is also very original and beautiful. Not to mention the leveling system is quite unique and I like that. I enjoy how to raise my max HP I have to plant seeds, eat food, cook food, etc. It makes the game more interesting. I would of scored this a 10, but with the slow downs when there is a lot of stuff happening on screen is quite annoying. It's like the Matrix x3. It is very hard to do anything. I remember during Gwendolyn's epilogue that boss battle was soooo laggy that I had to stop playing for a day. Very upsetting. Eventually I manned up and beat her but still me no like the slow down lag stuff going on!

Overall like I said one of my favorite games. Aside form the slow does I really really enjoy this title. Oh and remember kids. ALWAYS, ALWAYS use the Japanese voices. ENGLISH DUBS SUCK!