Mistwalker might as well rename LO to THE REAL FFXIII

[Himu]

The character designs are awesome. The world looks awesome. The chick with the big ass sword and skirt  to the far left of the first page looks AWESOME, the guy with the gun even MORE AWESOME.

[Himu]

Link works, your internet blows etc

[bluemax]

I see they still carry around swords that make NO SENSE AT ALL. I can't imagine that you could do anything but club someone to death with those things. Maybe thats why monsters don't die right away, you're clubbing them to death instead of stabbing them.

[MrAngryFace]

Everytime I remember that movie release a while back with like the main character crying in agony about something, but his expression while crying always makes me lol. I cant take him seriously.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

copy-paste the link to compensate for Himuro's Himuroness

[demi]

Link doesn't work, Himuro fails etc

[Himu]

okay edited op

[demi]

Stil doesnt work, why cant you just upload it to another source? Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetrd

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Himuro's brain is 404 not found

Himuro it's in your fucking cache and gamersyde.com forbids (403) direct linking.

Nobody else can see it. Put it on another host.

[Himu]

http://i24.tinypic.com/jjn0h1.jpg

[demi]

Why can't you be like Robby, Himuro? He always does it right the first time

[Himu]

Sorry. I thought it worked if you could just copy and paste. My bad. Black people never get it right the first time.

[demi]

He's a big fluffy douchebag filled with illegal immigrant goodness

[Himu]

Sorry. I thought it worked if you could just copy and paste. My bad.

It's ok, Robby is a douche bag anyways. Tell him to fuck off.

FUCK OFF ROBBY

[demi]

NO post in my thread about it

[Mondain]

I sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo want to play this, most awaited game of next-gen by far with Mass Effect

although FFXIII interests me a whole lot too

but Sakaguchi's premise along with Uematsu's gorgeous score simply can't be beaten

[BlueTsunami]

Apparently you can ride the chicks in this game but theres no motorcycle transformation sequences

[MCD]

duckroll translation:

The Lost Odyssey scans are great. They finally reveal more information about the gameplay and music. Here are some highlights:

- Only mortal characters gain new skills as they level up, but the immortal characters rely on a "skill link" system to gain the skills of the mortal characters.

- There are up to 6 skill slots, so you have to pick and choose to customize each character.

- As you use skills, they get more powerful for that character.

- When you equip rings and accessories, they can add special things to your attacks. The special element will be triggered if you get a Perfect on the combat ring timing.

- Rings are crafted using materials you get from beating normal enemies. There are tons of crafting possibilities affecting everything from damage, elemental attacks, defense, critical rate, stealing, etc.

- All equipment changes are visible in all scenes except in movies. Sakaguchi was saying how it would be silly if a character had a nekomimi (cat ears) on during a serious scene.

- The world map in the game seems to be a map where you select locations from a list, similar to FFX and FFX-2.

- Uematsu composed over 50 tracks for Lost Odyssey, and used a variety of instruments for the score.

- There are 3 vocal songs in the game, all lyrics written by Sakaguchi. Two of them are in English.

- More details on the music and other stuff will be revealed at the Lost Odyssey Premiere event on 19 Nov.

Something that Sakaguchi mentioned in the interview suddenly got my attention. He said that after Katsuhisa Higuchi joined the staff on LO, he helped add a ton of depth into the game's battles. Everything from the enemy AI routines, to the balance of the skills and rings, to boss battles and battle depth was improved or contributed by his experience.

Katsuhisa Higuchi is the battle prgrammer for FF3-5, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Chrono Cross and the battle programmer and battle director (battle system, balance, concept) for FFXI.

[BlueTsunami]

- The world map in the game seems to be a map where you select locations from a list, similar to FFX and FFX-2.

BOOOOMBAAAAAAAA

So we're pretty much getting a High Res FFX with Lost Odyssey...BOOOOOOOO

[Himu]

Apparently you can ride the chicks in this game but theres no motorcycle transformation sequences

SHIVA BIKE

[ferricide]

although FFXIII interests me a whole lot too

well, you know, you have to pick. so. pick now, before either game is out. it's vitally important you make this decision now, and with it the decision of which system you like the best as well.

i liked blue dragon a lot, and i am confident i will like this, and i am (fairly) confident i will like FFXIII best of all!

[Mondain]

I'll definitely pick Lost Odyssey over FFXIII

as far as graphics and presentation go, no one can beat Square and their enormous teams of extremely talented artists

however, I fear that it's going to be a very solid game, but that it will also feel too generic, Square plays too safe these times around

LO is Sakaguchi's project and he does whatever the hell he wants with it; as a result, it looks like such a breath of fresh air; the themes are way more serious and mature, and not corny at all... it gives me FFVI vibes.. hell, he even says that he has benevolent aspirations with this game, and that he seeks to improve his fans' lives, to make them examine their existence when they play this

about the PS3 and 360, I dunno, so far both platforms have entertained me about the same... but even though there's a bunch of upcoming 360 exclusives that I can't see myself living without, there seems to be about twice if not more PS3 exclusives that I desire when it comes to future titles

also, what's the deal with the songs, are they shortened or not? the introduction and battle songs were both trimmed down a bit in Sakaguchi's demo, and the older, longer versions were better

wtf, can't believe I'm the only person to have noticed that, no one ever talked about that in any of the Lost Odyssey threads @ GAy

http://radiojemeela.imeem.com/music/suBFhzSe/lost_odyssey_battle_theme/

This has been uploaded on the web, but it could just be coming from some random Joe Blow who captured the song from the 2006 Famitsu demo

[Mondain]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202282&page=3

Can someone please accept this request and allude to the shortening of those songs in this topic? I don't want to post on that forum at all, and people are going to identify the account as mine if I refer to this particular point.

[disgruntled_jojo]

Not to troll, but STFU FFXIII looks great and LO looks like arse.

To actually expound a bit: the teaser for FFXIII got me very excited to play the game.  Looks interesting, even with only mock-up systems.  Still a lot of potential here, my mind is filling in the blanks with awesome.

After watching the (TGS, I think it was?) 15 min movie of LO, I no longer am excited over this game.  The characters seemed banal and stupid, and the animation, while a technical achievement, didn't fit the setting at all.  Still a bit of time before it hits tho, so maybe they can pull it out of the bag.

[Himu]

FFXIII looks fucking stupid. Why would anyone want Advent Children in game form? Advent Children was fun to watch because the action was so fucking stupid it was fun to make fun of it, but who the hell wants all those flashy moves when playing an rpg? It's like summoning a monster for every attack you do. Fuck that

[MCD]

Mondain, Nobuo Uematsu composed over 50 tracks for LO, the shortened versions could be remix or something.

[recursivelyenumerable]

It's like summoning a monster for every attack you do.

Like in Persona 3?

anyway, FF7/8 summons = slow = lame.  FF13 moves = kicky fast = cool.

[Himu]

It's like summoning a monster for every attack you do.

Like in Persona 3?

anyway, FF7/8 summons = slow = lame.  FF13 moves = kicky fast = cool.

No, I obviously mean in terms of action. I don't want to have to wait and sit and watch some character jump from a wall and throw bullets into some fuckers back every time I want to do an attack. Long, overly dramatic attacks aren't my thing.

Persona 3's summoning are fast as  hell.

I don't see how anyone but a teenager could prefer the moves that we've seen in FFXIII. That shit looks fucking stupid. Advent Children in game form is not something that I really want to experience.

[recursivelyenumerable]

I don't want to have to wait and sit and watch some character jump from a wall and throw bullets into some fuckers back every time I want to do an attack. Long, overly dramatic attacks aren't my thing.

good thing FF13's attacks (at least in the trailer) are quite fast and short then!

[Himu]

I don't want to have to wait and sit and watch some character jump from a wall and throw bullets into some fuckers back every time I want to do an attack. Long, overly dramatic attacks aren't my thing.

good thing FF13's attacks (at least in the trailer) are quite fast and short then!

They still look stupid.

[recursivelyenumerable]

the attacks look stupid?  we're talking about a series where people attack with megaphones and dictionaries,   humans can withstand nuclear explosions at a cost of 30% of their HP, and a few guys can readily dispatch wave after wave of random tanks and shit with their swords.  come on now.

[Himu]

the attacks look stupid?  we're talking about a series where people attack with megaphones and dictionaries and a few guys can readily dispatch wave after wave of random tanks and shit with their swords.  come on now.

Why do you think I don't use Cait Sith?!

The action in Advent Children was even more stupid than that!