Lost Odyssey - The Most Overlooked RPG Ever?

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[Xygor]

Do you think Lost Odyssey matches the greatness of the Final Fantasy series?

[recht_voor_zijn_raap]

Underrated is a major understatement..
Sadly the game was overlooked by almost everyone.
This game is an absolute gem and must play for any fan of JRPGs.

[cateyes]

I randomly picked this up as a teen. First game that made me actually cry. I might look at other games and say, "That's sad." but I wouldn't feel much besides acknowledging it. I was so glad no one was home during a certain scene as I balled my eyes out.

[jphuwae]

It’s one of the best JRPG ever made. That transition from CGI into battle was creators showing “this is what we can do with graphics now” moment. It was amazing graphically for that era

[mejrikais]

Lost Odyssey was amazing one of the best jrpgs

[GamingRobioto]

In my top 20 games of all time, which is no mean feat as I've played ALOT of video games the past 30 years. It desperately needs a remaster, so many missed out on this due to it being a 360 exclusive. Such an incredible game.

[ABCDEFGEERT]

Played it around the time it came out on the Xbox. I think it may be my favorite game of all time. I was so invested I 100% it, and I usually don't do that. It is also quite a feat because there is a TON of side-content. I think you can complete the game having only seen like 40% of the available content.

[c.rackrock]

10yrs ago I would have said AVGN had the best retro gaming channel. 5 yrs ago I would have said SNES Drunk.

But today, no doubt, is Xygor.

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Stay smooth, boa

[damothehuman]

The intro of this game is my favourite to this day. This game gave me amazing bonding moments with my dad as a kid and playing it now as an adult the themes and story I didn't notice as a kid is amazing!

[ExtremeEgg]

Probably my favourite game for the 360, easily one of the best RPG's that came out for it. The ring system was brutal early on but when you got the rhythm down you could just decimate enemies so easily. One bad thing though was the case, Microsoft was cheap with there cases for multi-disc games.

[acrefresh]

Great review. I just finished the game this morning on my series X for the 1st time and it was trully a magical experience. Definitely 1 of the best undiscovered rpgs

[Mr.Genesis]

Always love when someone sheds light on sleeper gem games.
I've called this game "Sakaguchi's real Final Fantasy X"

[james-michaelrobson]

I had no idea about it, had no plans to buy it. Saw a commercial for it, the song playing was Jefferson Airplanes White Rabbit.
I pre-ordered it that day. Music in games can be powerful.
It's pretty fun, and such a different mechanic for fighting. Edit to say: I just remember that I had to get a new HD TV (non-CRT) just to play this game, because the quick time event rings during combat were impossible to see on my CRT. Still worth it.

[loopygordo]

Really wish more people could experience this gem of a game. A port at least is sorely needed.

[Bobbyisrael]

This game brought me to tears. A pure masterpiece. To be honest. Only FF7 beats this game. This game was a novel. It should be hailed as the greatest of games.

[عمار-جخ]

Im currently playing through this right now and I do not play a lot of RPGS let alone JRPGS, this has to be one of the best games I have played. The whole immortals plot and the side stories have to be the best writing ive seen in a video game and I am not lying

its also one of the hardest I've played too :(

[nickblomgren]

Couple critical things about this game that should be mentioned.
During the critical time of it's development Microsoft essentially founded a company called feelPlus to help Mistwalker. The team specifically had tons of people from Sacnoth/Nautilus which had just gone under. So you had literally the guys that made the Shadow Hearts series shadow-developing this game, on-top of some staff Microsoft grabbed who worked on Legend of Dragoon. That rhythm ring combat system makes a ton of sense in-terms of where it came from.

A lot of that development difficulty came from Unreal Engine 3. Very limited Japanese documentation, and this was early days in Unreal 3's life-span and here these guys were making a turn-based JRPG with it. Not the easiest thing to do, actually sounds like a real nightmare. Probably one of the reasons why it runs so poorly on original 360 hardware.

[LordSephleon]

This game was definitely a great hidden gem of the 360. Still have my copy, but never got around to finish it as life got in the way at the time, and my 360 eventually just got forgotten after much use. Such a beautifully-made game, and all the little memories written in very beautiful prose, along with the great soundtrack... yeah, this game definitely hits as one of my favorite solo/non-mainline RPGs ever.

[jonmckeever]

I honestly consider Lost Odyssey to be the new standard to live up to with RPGs of a more serious nature. Persona 5 was cool and slick, Dragon Quest 11 was campy and fun. All great games, but when it comes to stopping gods and saving the world, Lost Odyssey is the game all others should try to live up to.

[Stuy]

The timing ring is more like the judgement ring from Shadow Hearts.
Also imho Lost Odyssey is a masterpiece that could easily stand alongside the masterpieces of today!