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  • trobinson97
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    • Oct 2004
    • 16366

    #31
    Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

    Originally posted by Spectre
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    Actually it seems like that first disc was really really short.
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    • DLaren
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      • Sep 2006
      • 1476

      #32
      Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

      Intial (early) impressions:

      Love:
      The music.
      The art-direction/graphics.


      Like:
      The combat and the strategy that goes along with it (skill-linking, timing attacks, guard-condition, ect).
      The characters.
      The story.


      Don't Like:
      The lack of a camera angle that can rotate 360 degrees (it's hard for me to engross myself in the world if I can't see and explore every inch of it).
      Random battles.
      The "1,000 year dream" sequences (the three that I've read through were unecessarily lengthy in my opinion).


      Hate:
      (N/A)
      Last edited by DLaren; 02-16-2008, 01:20 AM.

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      • Mr.Wednesday
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        • Feb 2007
        • 1927

        #33
        Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

        Originally posted by trobinson97
        On the second disc now and yeah story isn't bad at all.

        Spoiler
        Yea, I'm on disk 2 also.

        In reference to your spoiler...

        Spoiler
        Last edited by Mr.Wednesday; 02-16-2008, 02:29 AM.
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        • ChaseB
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          • Oct 2003
          • 9844

          #34
          Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

          Originally posted by DLaren
          Intial (early) impressions:

          Love:
          The music.
          The art-direction/graphics.


          Like:
          The combat and the strategy that goes along with it (skill-linking, timing attacks, guard-condition, ect).
          The characters.
          The story.


          Don't Like:
          The lack of a camera angle that can rotate 360 degrees (it's hard for me to engross myself in the world if I can't see and explore every inch of it).
          Random battles.
          The "1,000 year dream" sequences (the three that I've read through were unecessarily lengthy in my opinion).


          Hate:
          (N/A)
          I'm undecided on the art direction...Why do you like it?
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          • Flawless
            Bang-bang! Down-down!
            • Mar 2004
            • 16780

            #35
            Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

            Finished disc 1. Took me 14 1/2 hours.

            Still really enjoying it. Story has been pretty good so far. I really like the character development and interaction. I can't say enough about the Thousands Years of Dreams. They are on another level compared to the writing in the rest of the game. You really see the difference between an accomplished novelist and a video game writer.

            I agree with spongedaddy, I would have liked to have seen the judgement ring system from Shadow Hearts, but I will take a watered down version any day over simply just selecting commands.

            I guess my biggest negative so far would have to be parts during some of the in-game cutscenes being really unimpressive.
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            • Jistic
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              • Mar 2003
              • 16405

              #36
              Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

              Still on disk 1, 11 1/2 hours. I'm completely sucked in. I was hoping this would at least be a serviceable JRPG, and it's so much more. Can't say enough about the story...I'm hooked!
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              • Cyros
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                • Jun 2003
                • 12628

                #37
                Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                Got my first Thousand Years Dream sequence and damn that was sad.
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                • Skyboxer
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                  • Jul 2002
                  • 20302

                  #38
                  Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                  Are the load times as bad as IGN says? I might pick this game up this weekend.
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                  • Behindshadows
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                    • Nov 2004
                    • 8055

                    #39
                    Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                    Originally posted by Skyboxer
                    Are the load times as bad as IGN says? I might pick this game up this weekend.
                    Load times! Huh! what?

                    Load times are fine, when was there a problem with load times.

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                    • ThaGenecyst
                      MVP
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 4404

                      #40
                      Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                      Originally posted by Behindshadows2
                      Load times! Huh! what?

                      Load times are fine, when was there a problem with load times.

                      IGN are turds...lol
                      the review builds have much longer load times than the retail game... it's why Game Informer are holding off on their review and why gamespot may RE-RATE the game
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                      • Jistic
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 16405

                        #41
                        Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                        Originally posted by Skyboxer
                        Are the load times as bad as IGN says? I might pick this game up this weekend.
                        Complete non issue.
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                        • DLaren
                          MVP
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 1476

                          #42
                          Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                          Originally posted by Slizeezyc
                          I'm undecided on the art direction...Why do you like it?
                          At first I was a litttle turned-off by the heavy Japenese influence in the clothing, character models (particularly the clothing), and the buildings; I know it's a JRPG, but it doesn't have to be that obvious.

                          But as I ventured out into the open world I began to appreciate the design of the land, the enemy-types, the special effects you see when you use items/magic, and the atmosphere in general (the 'magic energy' particles floating in the air is beautiful). When I played Eternal Sonata & Blue Dragon everything was so vibrant and colorful that I had a hard time believing that there was any conflict in the world, but the art-direction in L.O. makes me feel like the world is in disarray; and that motivates me to keep playing so that I might right whatever has gone wrong.
                          Last edited by DLaren; 02-16-2008, 03:49 PM.

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                          • CRKnight13
                            Rookie
                            • May 2004
                            • 35

                            #43
                            Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                            I just played through the whole Lirum part...WoW!

                            I don't think I've ever been this emotionally involved in a video game before. Anyone feel the same?

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                            • Flawless
                              Bang-bang! Down-down!
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 16780

                              #44
                              Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                              Originally posted by Skyboxer
                              Are the load times as bad as IGN says? I might pick this game up this weekend.
                              This is how long it takes to get in and out of battles. Add 5-8 seconds and you got the load times for transitioning in and out of cutscenes. It's like 2-4 seconds when going into new areas. Also, the game does seem to use the HDD for caching, because I found going back into areas, shops, and stuff that I previously visited to be a little faster.
                              Go Noles!!! >>----->

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                              • Spectre
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                                • Mar 2003
                                • 5853

                                #45
                                Re: Lost Odyssey Impressions

                                Originally posted by Flawless
                                This is how long it takes to get in and out of battles. Add 5-8 seconds and you got the load times for transitioning in and out of cutscenes. It's like 2-4 seconds when going into new areas. Also, the game does seem to use the HDD for caching, because I found going back into areas, shops, and stuff that I previously visited to be a little faster.
                                Wow, that loading time is virtually irrelevant.

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