Author Topic: Official Lost Odyssey Thread GO! GO! DEMI! (Read 143666 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #300 on:** February 17, 2008, 01:58:36 AM »

Quote from: CurseoftheGods on February 17, 2008, 01:18:00 AM

Oh, man. I think I am going to pick up Lost Odyssey tomorrow. Your impressions are awesome. I hope I don't fail any of my midterms next week.

Must-buy

Quote from: hyp on February 17, 2008, 01:49:01 AM

so is lost odyssey evilbore's gotm now? aint no one playin culdcept thats for sure.

goty

The Sceneman · « **Reply #301 on:** February 17, 2008, 02:05:51 AM »

Quote from: hyp on February 17, 2008, 01:49:01 AM

so is lost odyssey evilbore's gotm now? aint no one playin culdcept thats for sure.

fucken get it bro, I was expecting a good game but Ive been floored so far. Its been so long since Ive actively talked to every NPC In a town, searched out every treasure, read every journal etc. absolutely amazing game

bear in mind Im only 5 hours in, but I play a lot of rpgs abd I havent felt like this since I played FFIX

get itttttt

TVC15 · « **Reply #302 on:** February 17, 2008, 02:36:53 AM »

Quote from: y2kev on February 17, 2008, 01:10:07 AM

I mean the "captured heroes" them was ripped right from FFX...even the circular suspend cage bit.

You mean they ripped that off from EVERY RPG EVER. In what RPG do you NOT get captured at some point?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #303 on:** February 17, 2008, 02:46:11 AM »

Quote from: y2kev on February 17, 2008, 01:53:51 AM

Story: BD
Combat: LO
Systems: LO
Graphics: Preference really, but it does kind of make BD that much more impressive being a year old game
Music: BD

I personally like LO's music better so far, but they are different types of scores...

That's pretty surprising that anyone would think BD has a better story. From what I've read and heard, BD seems to have a really simple plot.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #304 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:01:58 AM »

LO already has a much deeper, more mature story and presentation

again that opinion posted is just what some jsexualgaffags said, no need to actually believe it for a second

Himu · « **Reply #305 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:03:38 AM »

LO was pretty mature until the kids

but yeah the story is loads better then BD's. You will notice that duckroll and bebpo put 999 hype into the game. Those of us who had reasonable expections, and went in expecting, at the very least, a good jrpg, have been pleasantly surprised.

don't listen to j-gaf

The Sceneman · « **Reply #306 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:15:43 AM »

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #307 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:16:31 AM »

LO definitely has better music than Blue Dragon. It's a bit more subtle though and therefore less catchy and "memorable" so if "memorability" is all you care about, you might like BD better

Himu · « **Reply #308 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:22:56 AM »

LO's music is MUCH better than BD's. Another case of J-gaf being distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

The Sceneman · « **Reply #309 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:30:03 AM »

the score is fantastic, a return to form for Uematsu. Compable to FFXIII ost in terms of innovation

Himu · « **Reply #310 on:** February 17, 2008, 05:08:24 AM »

i assume you mean FFVIII lol but yeah. while i don't think it's on par with ff8, it's definitely his best since.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #311 on:** February 17, 2008, 06:37:07 AM »

whoops haha yeah I meant VIII, damn late nights

the score is bangin

I especially liked

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the zany music when you escape from the brig on the White Boa

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #312 on:** February 17, 2008, 06:41:02 AM »

Quote from: demi on February 16, 2008, 06:27:30 PM

Quote from: Himuro on February 16, 2008, 06:19:39 PM
is the world always so linear? will it open up and become non linear later? i mean when i got the ship it seemed like the world would open up a bit, but it didn't. it's still quite linear because you can't get past certain areas in the world.

lulz, sakaguchi ripped off FF1

"i got the boat!!! wait why am i only confined to this small area?"

never played FF1 but the same shit goes down in FF3 :'(

The Sceneman · « **Reply #313 on:** February 17, 2008, 06:43:48 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on February 16, 2008, 09:33:23 PM

Flare > Wind

It makes no sense to me either

yeah it doesnt make sense but they had to make the elements circular I guess, or thats what a guard told me

Water>Fire>Wind>Earth>Water...

muckson · « **Reply #314 on:** February 17, 2008, 08:29:02 AM »

i guess that no one took the ship after getting it and went to the north western coastal area to fight super duper strong monsters that kill you in one hit right?

also, only allowing 5 people in the party is super gay. someone tell me this changes later on in the game.

also also

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SARAH HAS SOME BIG OL BOOBIES I BET THERE WAS A THOUSAND YEARS OF TITTY FUCKING FROM KAIM FO SHO

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recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #315 on:** February 17, 2008, 10:11:45 AM »

I have to say I find the soundtrack an overall disappointment. It does show signs both of Uematsu starting to crawl out of the slump he's been in for the past nine or so years and of this creative team (with the arrangers Satoshi Henmi and Hiroyuki Nakayama) starting to develop its own interesting mature style, but I really don't think it quite gets there. Probably still the best from Uematsu since FF8 though, maybe Cry On will be a further improvement (if LO's poor sales haven't sunk the project)

Ichirou · « **Reply #316 on:** February 17, 2008, 10:53:23 AM »

Anyone know if Archaic Sealed Heat (ASH), the DS RPG from Mistwalker, is coming to the US? It looks pretty neat.

y2kev · « **Reply #317 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:34:18 AM »

The only reason I'd suggest that BD has a better soundtrack is because it is largely arranged better-- mostly because Uematsu sticks to simple piano melodies. There's definitely some quirky arranging going on in some of the main themes, but I really really love the battle music.

The fanfare is actually really dissonant, I'm surprised he was happy with it.

tiesto · « **Reply #318 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:15:22 PM »

Started it yesterday, put about 3 hours into it so far... still not even out of Uhra, the first big town... read a few of the stories and they have been really good. Music has been good as well... looking to spend the rest of the day playing the game.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #319 on:** February 17, 2008, 12:35:50 PM »

I'm at the Ipsolon boss now, fuck yeeeaaaah

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #320 on:** February 17, 2008, 02:52:16 PM »

I liked the singing

Himu · « **Reply #321 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:02:43 PM »

that's because you're a cigarillo

Mupepe · « **Reply #322 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:05:41 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on February 17, 2008, 03:02:43 PM

that's because you're a cigarillo

don't talk to him like that.

Himu · « **Reply #323 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:08:00 PM »

I'LL TALK TO HIM ANYWAY I WANT HE'S MINE DAMMIT

Mupepe · « **Reply #324 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:09:43 PM »

whatever. cracka ass cracka

hyp · « **Reply #325 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:16:35 PM »

Quote from: Scenester on February 17, 2008, 02:05:51 AM

Quote from: hyp on February 17, 2008, 01:49:01 AM
so is lost odyssey evilbore's gotm now? aint no one playin culdcept thats for sure.

fucken get it bro, I was expecting a good game but Ive been floored so far. Its been so long since Ive actively talked to every NPC In a town, searched out every treasure, read every journal etc. absolutely amazing game

bear in mind Im only 5 hours in, but I play a lot of rpgs abd I havent felt like this since I played FFIX

get itttttt

MUST NOT LISTEN to the awesome impressions. MUST NOT LISTEN

$:-\$ i'm one step closer away from going to fry's.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #326 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:24:32 PM »

Up to the mansion

Himu · « **Reply #327 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:38:54 PM »

mansion owns

shadow hearts flashback

TVC15 · « **Reply #328 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:39:42 PM »

Just finished the mansion. The story in this game is mad homo.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #329 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:41:06 PM »

spoilers for late disc 1/early 2

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They'd better explain why Ming has no memory. Seth and Kaim lost it because of Gongora fucking with them, but what about Ming? Doesn't seem likely that Gongora would nail her with it too, especially since she has no real power anyway to be worth targeting.

Or is the idea that all immortals' memories are iffy? I dunno, that seems stupid. I guess I'll see if that's the case when I run into Sarah.

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #330 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:46:15 PM »

Quote from: hyp on February 17, 2008, 04:16:35 PM

Quote from: Scenester on February 17, 2008, 02:05:51 AM
Quote from: hyp on February 17, 2008, 01:49:01 AM
so is lost odyssey evilbore's gotm now? aint no one playin culdcept thats for sure.

fucken get it bro, I was expecting a good game but Ive been floored so far. Its been so long since Ive actively talked to every NPC In a town, searched out every treasure, read every journal etc. absolutely amazing game

bear in mind Im only 5 hours in, but I play a lot of rpgs abd I havent felt like this since I played FFIX

get itttttt

MUST NOT LISTEN to the awesome impressions. MUST NOT LISTEN

$:-\$ i'm one step closer away from going to fry's.

haha, yeah sorry. I wasnt going to get this then I kept reading this damn thread , so I caved.

IM NOT REGRET

Himu · « **Reply #331 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:58:08 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 17, 2008, 04:39:42 PM

Just finished the mansion. The story in this game is mad homo.

Disc 1 was much better. Disc 2 is wtf story wise. But the gameplay picks up on disc 2 greatly.

TVC15 · « **Reply #332 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:59:20 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on February 17, 2008, 04:58:08 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 17, 2008, 04:39:42 PM
Just finished the mansion. The story in this game is mad homo.

Disc 1 was much better. Disc 2 is wtf story wise. But the gameplay picks up on disc 2 greatly.

The game started out so well, too

Himu · « **Reply #333 on:** February 17, 2008, 05:00:31 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 17, 2008, 04:59:20 PM

Quote from: Himuro on February 17, 2008, 04:58:08 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 17, 2008, 04:39:42 PM
Just finished the mansion. The story in this game is mad homo.

Disc 1 was much better. Disc 2 is wtf story wise. But the gameplay picks up on disc 2 greatly.

The game started out so well, too

Apparently it picks back up on disc 3

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #334 on:** February 17, 2008, 05:01:49 PM »

Quote from: muckson on February 17, 2008, 08:29:02 AM

i guess that no one took the ship after getting it and went to the north western coastal area to fight super duper strong monsters that kill you in one hit right?

LOL, yeah I went there. If you even managed to hit the monsters, you can only do 1 point of damage, and they have like 900HP and do insane damage. I guess that's spot's for late game leveling.

muckson · « **Reply #335 on:** February 17, 2008, 06:55:59 PM »

i wonder if my guys are strong enough to take those monsters out there yet. if so i'm gonna try to power level since you get mad points for levelling with higher monsters in this game until you hit the plateau level that they are on.

does that last sentence make sense?

y2kev · « **Reply #336 on:** February 17, 2008, 07:06:17 PM »

JGAF has said the game basically disintegrates into nonsense storywise on disk 3 and 4. But amma keep soldiering on. The funeral was nice.

Himu · « **Reply #337 on:** February 17, 2008, 07:45:08 PM »

Quote from: y2kev on February 17, 2008, 07:06:17 PM

JGAF has said the game basically disintegrates into nonsense storywise on disk 3 and 4. But amma keep soldiering on. The funeral was nice.

It starts on disc 2 for me!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #338 on:** February 17, 2008, 08:09:05 PM »

Jgaf says a lot, stop bringing their opinion to this thread please

I would browse GAF if I actually gave a shit

Jbore>Jgaf

Evilbore> GAF

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #339 on:** February 17, 2008, 10:26:01 PM »

DISK THREE

I spent all my money at the Auction House

The Sceneman · « **Reply #340 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:06:01 PM »

so are there any missable achievements like in Blue Dragon? I want to get the full 1000 in one playthrough....

Gamerscore

Himu · « **Reply #341 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:06:28 PM »

I really wish someone could find a high quality pic of Seth in her dreams.

Shitty cell phone pic:

I love this pic so much. It would be my avatar for an eternity. Seth <3

The Sceneman · « **Reply #342 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:48:25 PM »

thanks Groo

man I can wait to get home and play this some more

One really cool thing I noticed: accessories you equip actually alter the appreance of your character during battles and cutscenes! I had Kaim equipped with 'Treasure Glasses' and he looked lol worthy... it was pretty funny seeing him acting so damn serious wearing is pink rimmed sunglasses

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #343 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:03:10 AM »

That's why I put them on Seth

I'm not that far in the game. Just got to the second boss at Grand Staff (good name, pft) and I haven't tried to beat him yet cause I was horribly injured HP wise and I had only like 3 healing medicines to use...I gave a ton of them to whatever the fuck that thing was in that vase at that little outpost before Grand Staff. I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

Cool game so far. Awesome awesome short story shit. Don't know if I dig the battle system as much as you guys are though. It's slow compared to FFX, which is fucking blistering fast.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #344 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:07:01 AM »

Im digging the battle system, plently of time to chill and plan your strategy, but I can see how it could piss you off

fuck that little bitch in the pot, I gave him all my 'Seeds', got nothing back, what an asshole. It wouldve been badass if Kaim whipped out his junk and urinated all over the mofo

the short dream stories are really good, quite powerful

tiesto · « **Reply #345 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:14:41 AM »

The boss in the mountains right at the beginning was a total bitch, I missed the anti-poison accessory you get from getting the guy's helmet down from the lift at the beginning, only found out about that after glancing at the guide... went back, leveled up the anti-poison ability and gained another level and whooped the boss's ass. The next boss was pretty easy though... so how is the challenge level? I hear the first few bosses are pain in the asses but the rest of the game is cake from JGAF?

The stories are really incredible, too... I love the sense of history you get from the game, although it would be nice if you could "play" those scenes... I've seen about 7/32 so far... maybe you'll visit the scenes in a potential LO2.

Yeah this game is fucking FANTASTIC, this might be my favorite 360 game if it continues (BD is my current favorite), I didn't pick up the phone when a potential g/f called just to play this game

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I called her back later, being the beta I am tho

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Himu · « **Reply #346 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:18:26 AM »

Holy fuck the dungeons and puzzles in this game are phenomenal

Final Fantasy XIII better step it up in the gameplay department!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #347 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:19:12 AM »

*high five*

Himu · « **Reply #348 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:20:43 AM »

disc 2 is nothing but dungeons crawling omg

Himu · « **Reply #349 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:24:50 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on February 18, 2008, 12:03:10 AM

That's why I put them on Seth

I'm not that far in the game. Just got to the second boss at Grand Staff (good name, pft) and I haven't tried to beat him yet cause I was horribly injured HP wise and I had only like 3 healing medicines to use...I gave a ton of them to whatever the fuck that thing was in that vase at that little outpost before Grand Staff. I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

Cool game so far. Awesome awesome short story shit. Don't know if I dig the battle system as much as you guys are though. It's slow compared to FFX, which is fucking blistering fast.

While it's slower, it's much more strategic. Status effects actually MATTER in this game, which is a genre rarity. Even NORMAL enemies can take you on if you don't strategize, because you're mages > fighters in this game.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #350 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:26:32 AM »

I missed the anti poison helmet, might go back and grab it, I was looking for the helmet but couldnt find it :'( didnt find the 1st boss too hard, died once due to unpreparedness then wasted the bastard on my 2nd go

Himu · « **Reply #351 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:30:16 AM »

Callin this shit NOW:

Lost Odyssey > Mass Effect

The Sceneman · « **Reply #352 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:32:42 AM »

well duh

wheres the damn helmet, tell me somebody

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #353 on:** February 18, 2008, 12:35:18 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on February 18, 2008, 12:30:16 AM

Callin this shit NOW:

Lost Odyssey > Mass Effect

Lost Odyssey was better than ME,the first hour in.

hyp · « **Reply #354 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:04:19 AM »

bought the game today.

so far i'm liking it a loooooot better than BD. mostly because of the art style and adult themes. and the music is sooooo fucking good. GOTY 2008 again

Himu · « **Reply #355 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:09:41 AM »

omfg

Jansen is fucking awesome

"Lord Eyebrows"

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #356 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:11:38 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on February 18, 2008, 01:09:41 AM

omfg

Jansen is fucking awesome

"Lord Eyebrows"

When I did this part,I turned it to JP. Seth has such a deep voice.

Himu · « **Reply #357 on:** February 18, 2008, 01:37:06 AM »

Disc 3 get

MCD · « **Reply #358 on:** February 18, 2008, 03:07:25 AM »

so I've been away for a few days doing my new pc and stuff, how is the game so far? good?

Himu · « **Reply #359 on:** February 18, 2008, 03:14:45 AM »

it is the real final fantasy xi.

-characters are really good (aside from the boring Ming and Sarah and Gongora)
-amazing dungeons
-great battles
-tons of balance and variety
-each new area has new enemies to fight and require you to switch it up
-unlike blue dragon and other jrpgs the game isn't full of pallete swaps. in fact, i'm on disc 3 now and I don't recall a pallete swap YET.
- decent story that shows promise
- 1000 years of dreams = awesome
- amazing music
- great graphics

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Author Topic: Official Lost Odyssey Thread GO! GO! DEMI! (Read 143666 times)