Lost Odyssey

[killer kirby]

I am surprised there isn't a thread about this game.

Anyway, even though I don't own a 360, I did have a chance to play the game today and all I can say is wow.
This game alone has nailed the coffin for me to go out and get a 360.

So discuss about this game ^_^

[Domstercool]

*Is playing through the game right now*

It starts of a little slow, very slow infact, but after about 5-6 hours it does pick up and get interesting. I'm on disc 2 now and can say I'm enjoying it. Doesn't seem to be that many weapons though, I didn't get a new sword till like 6 hours in :O

[triforce_keeper]

Very excited about getting this, I'm a massive fan of JRPG's (I grew up watching my friend who was like 5 years older than me playing FF7) and Blue Dragon was my first JRPG in years!

I really enjoyed BD, still haven't got Eternal Sonata, but I think LO is next on my list as it appeals to me more than ES, and I just found out that MistWalker is behind it so yay again ^_^

[Hero-of-Time]

Here's the review from GT, can't wait to get my hands on this game.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30354.html

[triforce_keeper]

Just watched the review you posted HOT....deja-vu of Blue Dragon anyone?

XD

They even put an exact same enemy in there, you know the little green men with a Samurai type helmet on?

[Daft]

Here's the review from GT, can't wait to get my hands on this game.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30354.html

Wow, that looks awesome.

Just pre-ordered this just this second!

[Stefkov]

Damn. I want a really good game with a really good story but I'm unsure about the battling system.

Dm how are the battles? Are they frequent and repetitive or spaced out and different each time?

[Chuck]

8.8 lol. It looks really good, but if I buy it It could be that I play for hours and never really get into it alike Blue Dragon. But I do love my Final Fantasy

[The-Ironflame]

Damn. I want a really good game with a really good story but I'm unsure about the battling system.

Dm how are the battles? Are they frequent and repetitive or spaced out and different each time?

The battles don't seem that frequent although I miss the free roaming you had in Blue Dragon with the field skills.

[Domstercool]

This game might as well be called Final Fantasy, it's pretty much like it in alsorts of ways.

[Hero-of-Time]

This game might as well be called Final Fantasy, it's pretty much like it in alsorts of ways.

Yeah alot of people on G-Faqs who hated FF12 are saying it should of played and had the same quality of story telling as Lost Odyssey.

[Domstercool]

It's not the story, it's like everything, interfaces, graphic artstyle, locations, it pretty much stinks of FF :D not that is a bad thing, love FF here.

[killer kirby]

It's not the story, it's like everything, interfaces, graphic artstyle, locations, it pretty much stinks of FF :D not that is a bad thing, love FF here.

Yeah same, when playing it, I really feel like I am playing the old Final Fantasy which of course isn't bad ^_^

[khilafah]

Damn. I want a really good game with a really good story but I'm unsure about the battling system.

Dm how are the battles? Are they frequent and repetitive or spaced out and different each time?

they are pretty spaced out. Random battles are at a nice level!

[Domstercool]

I'm at level 26 at the moment, died in the black caves so decided to turn it off. I'll be playing it somemore today :)

[khilafah]

I'm at level 26 at the moment, died in the black caves so decided to turn it off. I'll be playing it somemore today :)

Your just ahead of me. I havent played in a while due to smash bros!

Have you got Black Magic Level 4 yet?

[Domstercool]

I'm on Black Magic Lv 5, White Magic Lv 5 and Spirit Magic Lv 5. I'm also level 28 too. Manage to get to the end of the cave, but some weird arse creatures are running around, just killing them now :D

Update: DID IT WOO!! Next town now! Gotta save as I've gotta get ready for work ¬_¬

[chrizkerr2]

Anyone else see that if you pre-order from Game, you get an exclusive level and in-game weapon?

http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/RolePlaying/~r326913/Lost-Odyssey/

[Domstercool]

Same ones that have been out in Japan for sometime now.

[Daft]

Anyone else see that if you pre-order from Game, you get an exclusive level and in-game weapon?

http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/RolePlaying/~r326913/Lost-Odyssey/

Yeah, but its £5 cheaper at Amazon. The exclusive stuff can't be that good...:confused:

[Calza]

And no doubt they will be available as DLC later at a cheaper price.

[Wesley]

Once I get round to finishing off Mass Effect, finishing Oblivion, starting and completing Blue Dragon, buying and completing BioShock this will be in my 360.

[Domstercool]

Woo disc 3! :>

[Aimless]

I've just started the second disc and I'm really, really enjoying this. For one thing it's not nearly as po-faced as I thought it was going to be — Jansen is very entertaining — and the bits that are serious are handled surprisingly well for a videogame. The Dreams are especially well done, although they do make me wish other parts of the translation could live up to their standard.

Mechanically it strikes me as very much like Final Fantasy X — i.e. traditional but very slick — and whilst I've a few issues with the fighting system I've yet to get annoyed by random battles, which is always a good sign.

Obviously I've quite a ways to go before I can offer a proper judgement, but from what I've played so far anyone that can still enjoy the PlayStation era Final Fantasy games should get a real kick out of this.

[Wesley]

anyone that can still enjoy the PlayStation era Final Fantasy games should get a real kick out of this.

You make me want to buy it now!!

[Fandango]

Really looking forward to this game, anyone know a release date? Might just import if its too far away.

On another note is the loading for the random battles long? I've heard some complaints about it, is it very noticeable?

[Daft]

The 29th of this month! Just under 3 weeks to go!!

[Domstercool]

Holy crap, Disc 3 just got crazy with the action O_O

[Daft]

You guys seem to be blasting through it! How long is the game meant to last? Is it short? (relatively)

[Domstercool]

Well i've been on it for just under 27 hours, so far each disc has been lasting about 10 hours.

[Daft]

Wow, thats pretty long. I'll assume I'll take a lot longer as well. :p

[killer kirby]

Well i've been on it for just under 27 hours, so far each disc has been lasting about 10 hours.

Only 10 hours on a disk?
It must have crap loads of cut-scenes and a vast amount of music and voice acting

[Domstercool]

There's 3 voice languages and the cutscenes are in High-Def, hence DVDs not the best media for it.

[Daft]

Is the voice acting good? I was originally thinking of doing the usual Japanese with English subs but the English voice acting looks pretty good from what I've seen.

[Jordan]

The English dub seems supprisingly good from footage that i've seen.

[Domstercool]

The voice acting is good yeah, they aren't just some random nobodies doing the voice. :)

[killer kirby]

The voice acting is good yeah, they aren't just some random nobodies doing the voice. :)

Good, I had the fear of Final Fantasy X for some reason (Though I didn't like the game anyway)

[martinist]

I think i head the voice of Katherine Soucie in the 1UP review....oh how i miss rugrats...

[Daft]

8/10 form Eurogamer, I'm happy.

[The-Ironflame]

Blue Dragon was very underrated on there though.
I'm not too impressed with the story and characters so far but the "thousand year of dreams' are well written. So far the story is poorly executed and I've come across alot of filler that is used to extend the game.
Gameplay wise it's great though.

[Domstercool]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/vexvegaz/PIC-0070.jpg

LOL USA got screwed with the case!! :D

29 hours 15 mins and now just put in Disc 4 :)

[Daft]

Any news on whether we get the good or crap case?

I'm expecting the worst.

[The-Ironflame]

We'll probably get the stacked case, but the Aussies are getting the Japanese with English text,VA and subtitles style case.

[martinist]

A week and a half untill i get ot play this along with no more heroes....oh the joy i am feeling now. I hope we don't get shafted on the packaging though.

[khilafah]

domestercool how do you beat the ice magic beast?

thing is killing me man!

[Domstercool]

Ice Magic Beast? Is that the dino thing in the ice place area? If it is then I basically casted all shield and all barricade, then used my attackers casting the magic along with the magic casters too. Hopefully you'll have atleast the middle class for fire, Flara I think it is called. If you need health, then use your attackers, since their magic isn't as good as the proper mages. Buying some good healing items is a good advice, since items always get the first move, no matter whose next.

[khilafah]

Ice Magic Beast? Is that the dino thing in the ice place area? If it is then I basically casted all shield and all barricade, then used my attackers casting the magic along with the magic casters too. Hopefully you'll have atleast the middle class for fire, Flara I think it is called. If you need health, then use your attackers, since their magic isn't as good as the proper mages. Buying some good healing items is a good advice, since items always get the first move, no matter whose next.

I think I already beat that boss. I on the boss after you get through the caves. the one where it seems that only Macks attacks do any damage.

[Domstercool]

I think I might know which one you mean. You have to cast lots of ground spells on it to kill it, trying adding ground stuff to your weapons, and cast Shield and Barricade, as the water attack it does is a pain in the arse. If the team don't survive one attack of the water move, then do some levelling up if you can, as you should use some healing items right after to make sure you don't die if it does it again.

[Domstercool]

Woo! Finished! :D Just over 50 hours :)

[Daft]

Woo! Finished! :D Just over 50 hours :)

How would you rate it? I've pre-ordered it...but I'd still like to know what you think!

[Domstercool]

It is a good rpg, there's no doubt about it there. It also feels very Final Fantasyish, which for me I don't mind as I like that series anyway. The problem I thought with the game was the story was too slow. The first disc isn't much going on in the action, it seems to be alot more about gaining memories, getting to know kaim and some of the other characters. After then it does start to get alot more interesting.

As the game progresses you really do start to get into the characters and feel for them. I felt sad when certain things happen, oh and the Thousand Year Dreams are some of the best written short stories out there. I didn't know you could feel this emotional from text. :O

8/10 seems perfect for it.

[Daft]

Awesome! I can't wait. It sounds like actually getting into the game is the hard part.

[Domstercool]

Yeah, that probably is a good way of saying it. Especially when meeting the first boss, you might find it seems a little difficulty, but it isn't really. You just have to find the right magic and punish it. After that the game starts a get a little easier and doesn't require as much once you click with it.

[Daft]

Cool, I haven't played a big RPG for AGES now! (Unless you count Dragon Quest IV for the DS...completed 6 times and counting. :indeed:)

[Hero-of-Time]

Im in a race against time with this one. Im on playing FFIX ( disc 3 of 4 ) and I refuse to play 2 RPGs at the same time. I have 1 week to finish FF off as I really want this on release day!

[McMad]

I would get this if it weren't for the probably superior Persona 3 being released on the same day.

Damn... I never finished Final Fantasy 12.

[Domstercool]

Oh yeah, Persona 3 is certainly better. That RPG is one the best i've played in a fair while! :) I even reviewed that game.

http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/review/951/shin-megami-tensei-persona-3/ps2

Also won in a Reviewspotting on Gamespot! (Was happy!)

[martinist]

My copy was dispached from GAME this morning. Sould be here by Friday.
I've been on youtube and stuff watching random gameplay clips and this looks great, can't wait for this to arrive.

EDIT: it arrived a day early, and yes....we did get shafted on the packaging. The forth disk is in some sort of flimsy paper sleve under the manual.

[Domstercool]

Haha, screwed again, god damn Europe.

[martinist]

This game has me crying every five minutes. I'm not usually this emotional but it just gets to me sometimes. Just finished disk 1 and i'm trying to find those crystal shards to give to that artist.

[Nintenchris]

its so crappy having the 4th disk in the stupid paper sleeve thingy..... why o why couldnt they have done anything but what they did?

[Roostophe]

Got this yesterday. But oi ayn't played it yet. :blank:

[spirited away]

Ordered today - can't wait.

[ssj]

I was getting this game next month, but Im importing Brawl instead now

[The-Ironflame]

Having played up to Disc 4 I'm just forcing myself to play cos it just reached a new height of ridiculous lack of direction.
Disc 2 was bad enough with it's dungeon crawling questing with no plot behind it wondering around because it took me there.
Disc 3 was much better it has it's best moments in the game despite being cliche but things in there could of been done alot better.

The dreams are probably the one thing keeping you distracted from the poor storytelling in the main plot.
The battle system is fun but nothing interesting behind it's minus the flashy moves like Limit breaks. The aim ring is a good idea they've used but needs a bit more especially with magic users, a bit more customization too would of been great with the limited skill/skill link system.

[Chuck]

I got this today but have no console to play it on

[Hero-of-Time]

I got this today but have no console to play it on

Wheres your 360 Rob?

I was gonna buy it but FFIX burnt me out in terms of playing an RPG so I bought Patapon instead.

[Chuck]

Was making a noise like a chainsaw and eventually not playing games. I phoned support and am getting a new console. Got a free controller and game for it being my third repair.

[Tellyn]

Jesus I just saw this on Gamer TV, it looks amazing.

[martinist]

Jesus I just saw this on Gamer TV, it looks amazing.

BUY IT!! you know you want to. If you can handle the fact that the forth disk is in a paper sleve.

[spirited away]

Got this today, and am about 5 hours through. Stuck on the second boss atm - may need to level grind a bit to progress.

Some good and bad impressions: Art, music and storytelling are impressively refined. I'm getting to know the chracters quite quickly; and with the help of the short stories, I'm beginning to piece together snippets of Kaim's past.

Also, I'm really loving the game's fully realised world, with it's own unique magicpunk(?) architecture and populace. The FMV sequences show this off best - the dramatic camera angles and extravagant bloom effects e.t.c give the game an epic, interactive-movie like feel. The art direction - i feel - is extremely polished, (the Uhran(sp?) capital is the best example). The level of graphical fidelity, however, does drop considerably when your questing. I noticed blurry textures and just a lack of variety in the environments.

There's also alot of plot holes at the moment and a lack of substantial content - but I guess all will become revealed in due time.

The battle system imo is a bit flaky. I mean, it's adeqaute, but I find the targeting-ring mechanic a bit tedious and trvial. There's also a bit of a lack of variety in physical attacks. The magical component is fleshed out; but I would have liked a myriad of blade techniques for Kaim to employ, to spice things up a bit.

All in all, i'm really enjoying this game, thus far. There's plenty of time to expand on the plot; and when the combat front starts to heat up, it will feel a more rounded RPG to me - maybe a bit too much tarting about in the first few hours, but I guess it's necessary to introduce the story.

Can't wait to play more!

[Nintenchris]

Theres some points in this game where there should be a huge warning across the screen that says "DONT PLAY ANY MORE UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPARE 3 HOURS" cos some points have cut scenes that go on forever then no save only to have another cut scene.

other than that tho.. im loving this game :smile:

[martinist]

The first time i put the first disk in and started playing, i went for a full 10 or 11 hours straight. I remember loosing my colour vision near the end during one of those thousand year dream sequences and panicing quite a bit, but it came back eventually.
I will never play another game for that long in one sitting again...

[spirited away]

Theres some points in this game where there should be a huge warning across the screen that says "DONT PLAY ANY MORE UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPARE 3 HOURS" cos some points have cut scenes that go on forever then no save only to have another cut scene.

other than that tho.. im loving this game :smile:
Yer like that bit after the bastard worms.

Also when the funeral happens, it goes on forever...took me an hour to get through the FMV and tasks. So tight with the save points...what's the point in them anyway?

Loving this game though. Stories heating up and it's provoking stong emotions in me - I didn't think VG's could.:heh:

[McPhee]

Will make a start on this in the morning, im too drunk right now. Really looking forward to it :D

[Domstercool]

The game does have checkpoints too, so if you die and don't turn off the 360, it will ask you to retry from a checkpoint :) saving is always best though.

[chrizkerr2]

Just got this game today, only played about an hour of it so far, and already shed a tear :heh:

Was after reading that second dream "A Hero's Return"... Can already tell I'm going to like this game, if it has already made me feel emotion this quick ^^!

[martinist]

Alot more crying awaits you at the end of disk one...seriously

also the dream "Don't forget me now, you hear"? i dare you to read it without blubbering like a small child.

[spirited away]

Alot more crying awaits you at the end of disk one...seriously



And some Huuuuuuge FMV.:smile:

Love the vivid story and vast imagaination of this game.

[Domstercool]

My thoughts

http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/review/1047/lost-odyssey/360 ^_^

[spirited away]

Nice review mate.

"like a lot of games on the Xbox 360 that use the Unreal Engine 3, the game suffers from some frame rate problems from time to time. It’s mainly noticeable at the start of a battle sequence or during cut-scenes when it will randomly choke under the pressure."

I notice that all too often. Sometimes the framerate chokes to a standstill and the disc error comes up.

[KKOB]

Lost Odyssey or Eternal Sonata? That is the question . . .

[martinist]

both??....if you don't have the option then just get LO. Eternal Sonata is great but it is nothing compared to this.

[Domstercool]

I also did a Eternal Sonata review :D

http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/review/986/eternal-sonata/360

Both games I gave 8, though I'd probably go with Lost Odyssey first.

[KKOB]

K i got Lost Odyssey, practically meaning i wont be going out for the next couple weeks :(

This best be a fun RPG you guys . . .

[Owen]

K i got Lost Odyssey, practically meaning i wont be going out for the next couple weeks :(

This best be a fun RPG you guys . . .

I hate RPG's and love this! It's more story-telling then battling so far, thats probably why!

But i'm now stuck on the worms! the horror! :mad:

[KKOB]

I hate RPG's and love this! It's more story-telling then battling so far, thats probably why!

But i'm now stuck on the worms! the horror! :mad:

The story is THE most important part of a 4 disc RPG for me. If it gets me involved i'll play it for hours at a time-a rarity with me and games.

Going to start spinning it in my 360 after i eat some loverly dinner foods ^_^

Update: first hour = slow as reported. Stuttering is annoying but not ruinous.

[spirited away]

I hate RPG's and love this! It's more story-telling then battling so far, thats probably why!

But i'm now stuck on the worms! the horror! :mad:

Those bastard worms! Just as you think you've won...

[Owen]

Those bastard worms! Just as you think you've won...

I'm still stuck on the bastard worms! I've got my team fully equipped now (without ruining anything, i think people who played it know what i mean).

I've had to grind alot as well, but it's pretty addictive and enjoyable!

[spirited away]

I'm still stuck on the bastard worms! I've got my team fully equipped now (without ruining anything, i think people who played it know what i mean).

I've had to grind alot as well, but it's pretty addictive and enjoyable!

Just use Prism alot with Jansen so they can't charge and spam Wind and normal attack with Seth and Kaim.

[Owen]

Just use Prism alot with Jansen so they can't charge and spam Wind and normal attack with Seth and Kaim.

Done it! Thanks! Horrible though, nearly died, it was so close! : peace:

[KKOB]

Those bastard worms! Just as you think you've won...

Are these the worms at 4 hours in? If so i hate the buggers too. . .

[Aimless]

I found the worms to be really easy when I finally did them, although it did require a little grinding.

If you've been checking chests and such you should have an Anti-Paralysis accessory. If you have Kaim and Seth learn that ability and then equip the bangle on Jansen then that takes case of one major annoyance. During the actual battle all I did was have the immortals focus on cutting down the bugs and constantly use Jansen's wind magic on the worms.

Using the above method I only got hit by the worms' paralysis blast once, so you could probably get away with not bothering to learn Anti-Parlysis if you wanted to risk it.

[Eddage]

I just kept casting Prism and used the other two to attack the little dude or the big worm if the other guys are dead. Did it second time once I figured out a plan of attack.

[Zell]

Finally got around to buying this, even though I've still got a lot of unplayed games around. Seen my bro play it a bit, reeks of Final Fantasy, which is definately a good thing in my books. I hope it hooks me longer than FFXII though, I doubt I'll ever complete that.

[KKOB]

GAH!!

Got past the snakes and the army dudes after, only for a disc read error before i got to a save point!! grrrrrrr . . .

[spirited away]

GAH!!

Got past the snakes and the army dudes after, only for a disc read error before i got to a save point!! grrrrrrr . . .

You are kidding me...exactly what happened to me. Happened on the second disc as well. Now i'm really anxious about where the next save point is and if the brief slowdown at the start of each battle, will cause the game to choke and crash.

[Owen]

GAH!!

Got past the snakes and the army dudes after, only for a disc read error before i got to a save point!! grrrrrrr . . .

Thats terrible, it takes so long to get to a save point after you killed the worms, it's at least another 20 minutes or so....I was panicking as well....

This game is pretty stunning in places, in my opinion.

[KKOB]

Thats terrible, it takes so long to get to a save point after you killed the worms, it's at least another 20 minutes or so....I was panicking as well....

This game is pretty stunning in places, in my opinion.

Oh god!

I think i should skip the cut scenes after the soldier bits just to get to a save point, i'm bored of repeating this.

[spirited away]

Oh god!

I think i should skip the cut scenes after the soldier bits just to get to a save point, i'm bored of repeating this.

I'm skipped them for the same reason. Which was kinda annoying. Btw where do the Khent army come from? Aret they the name for the Ghotzan troops?

[chrizkerr2]

On Disc number 4 now! Man, loving this game so damn much <3 Just going through and doing some of the side-quests now ^^

Also just unlocked the "No One's This Perfect" achievement (Perfect x 500) :heh:

[Tales]

Thought this was some kind of shooter before I read this thread^^'

Sounds like a good game by your posts so I just ordered it on VG+. Still haven't got my 360 and I have Blue Dragon, Katamari and Eternal Sonata on the shelf, with Viva Pinata, Forza 2 and Splinter Cell coming along with the console on Monday, Tuesday if I'm really unlucky. I planned to start with ES, but is LO a better choice?

[spirited away]

A shooter by Mistwalker:P Yer, start with Lost Odyssey or you'll burn yourself out with ES.

[Owen]

I'm stuck again!!!!!!!

I can't seem to do spoiler tag things...

How do i defeat the guards, who want to pick the flowers on disc one?

Is that spoiling anything? lol

[Nintenchris]

I'm stuck again!!!!!!!

I can't seem to do spoiler tag things...

How do i defeat the guards, who want to pick the flowers on disc one?

Is that spoiling anything? lol


Just kick there arses basicly.. if you cant your just gonna have to level up a little.

[Eddage]

I'm stuck again!!!!!!!

I can't seem to do spoiler tag things...

How do i defeat the guards, who want to pick the flowers on disc one?

Is that spoiling anything? lol

What level are you at? I'm at level 18 and I just attacked them normally with Kaim and Seth and cast Prism/healing spells with Jansen and killed them easily.

[Owen]

What level are you at? I'm at level 18 and I just attacked them normally with Kaim and Seth and cast Prism/healing spells with Jansen and killed them easily.

Level 17! Do you know exactly what you did in what order?

I can't seem to get random battles in that area, too level up!

[chrizkerr2]

I remember that part, they do hit pretty hard, make sure to cast All-Shield at the start, then start bashing away, don't worry about Prism, just keep Jansem casting Zephyr while Kaim and Seth are bashing away :heh:

[Eddage]

You can also go the Crimson Forest to level up a bit before hand, it turns out I was actually at level 19 when I did it, and it went something like this...

Kaim: Attack foot soldier A
Seth: Attack foot soldier A (should now be dead)
Jansen: Cast Prism

Kaim: Attack foot soldier B
Seth: Attack foot soldier C
Jansen: Use Prism

Soldiers B and C should now be dead and the horsemen weakened

After that I just focused on one horseman at a time, I had to use an Angel Plume at one point as well after Seth was charged twice in the same go.

[Owen]

You can also go the Crimson Forest to level up a bit before hand, it turns out I was actually at level 19 when I did it, and it went something like this...

Kaim: Attack foot soldier A
Seth: Attack foot soldier A (should now be dead)
Jansen: Cast Prism

Kaim: Attack foot soldier B
Seth: Attack foot soldier C
Jansen: Use Prism

Soldiers B and C should now be dead and the horsemen weakened

After that I just focused on one horseman at a time, I had to use an Angel Plume at one point as well after Seth was charged twice in the same go.

Cool! Thanks!

[KKOB]

Yay 6 hours in now ^_^

Issues with the Disc and stuff seemed to be over . . . for now. . .

[Tales]

GAH!!

Got past the snakes and the army dudes after, only for a disc read error before i got to a save point!! grrrrrrr . . .

Did it happened in the prison cells? That's were I got a disc error.

Fire Emblem didn't keep my interested very long so I figured I should give this one a try. Only after a couple of hours I could easily say this is much better than Fire Emblem or any rpg I have played in a very long time. The story, the art, the voice acting, the cast = perfect. I'm on disc two and played for 22 hours and probably starting on the last dungeon on the disc based on what you say about 10 hours a disc. My favourite dream is Upstreamers, but A Hero's Return is great too. Are some more I enjoyed but I don't remember the names.

[Roostophe]

I got this about a month ago, and I still haven't played it! :blank:

My brother's been playing it, though...

[Domstercool]

This Disc Error stuff is interesting. I got the Asian Version and I never once had a problem with disc read errors. Hmm

[Tales]

Completed the game today after 73 hours and 24 minutes with 960(of 1000) gamerpoints.

[KKOB]

Completed the game today after 73 hours and 24 minutes with 960(of 1000) gamerpoints.

How many disc errors?

Thinking of trying to RROD my 360 cos of disc read errors in this, DMC4, Oblivion, OB, and blue dragon . . .

[Tales]

Four. Three of them the 360 was unable to read the disc and the fourth it froze during loading a save. Fortunatly, nothing was damaged.

[Hero-of-Time]

I have finally got around to starting this and so far I have enjoyed what I have played. I really like the dream stories, even if some of them are a tad long. I also think Jansen is freaking hilarious :)

[Domstercool]

Yeah, Jansen was my fave character out of the whole game.

[Hero-of-Time]

I tell you what is annoying me at the moment about this game and that is the LACK of random battles.

When playing a traditional JRPG I usually like to grind my levels whenever possible but it takes ages to get into a fight in this game. Do the enemies come more frequently later in the game or does is stay at this pace?

[Dan Dare]

I tell you what is annoying me at the moment about this game and that is the LACK of random battles.

When playing a traditional JRPG I usually like to grind my levels whenever possible but it takes ages to get into a fight in this game. Do the enemies come more frequently later in the game or does is stay at this pace?

You sick, sick man.

[Hero-of-Time]

Whats the deal with not being able to level up in this game? I knew I was heading for a boss battle so I thought I would hang around and get some exp to level up. I got into a battle and at the end of the fight I pretty much got sod all when it came to experience points. Is there a level cap for each area or something?

Jansen is still hilarious!

[Solo]

I've just started playing this and wondering does the tone ever lighten up, I'm finding the story difficult to get into because it's lacking emotion and well, fun, so far. I hope it picks up.

I just want something like FF9 again :D

[Hero-of-Time]

I really struggled with the 1st disc as nothing much happens but the story picks up pace on the 2nd disc.

What I really like is how the kids in the game, Mack and Cooke, arent the main heroes. Too many JRPGs have the kids battle to save the world while the adults step back. Its nice to see the kids acting like kids, getting scared and upset at various times during the game, makes a nice change. :)

[Dan Dare]

I traded this is. It wallows in far too many genre clichés to warrant interest in the protagonists admittedly interesting plight. I found most of the supporting cast to be so teeth grindingly annoying that I wanted to hunt down those responsible and kneecap them.

the art was good, as was some of the writing (the dreams, really. the rest was less good) but the world felt sterile, lobbed together and boring.

[Hero-of-Time]

Im at the point in the game now where I can go finish it off but I want to beat the sidequests first.

The side bosses are very easy to beat, well Persona kept beating me until I read that you could just throw Flarus bombs at it, killed it in 2 rounds :) All I need to do now is kill Holy Beast ( grabs Groundus bombs ) and the Blue Dragon before I set off for the hell that is the Temple of Enlightenment.

[Solo]

I traded this is. It wallows in far too many genre clichés to warrant interest in the protagonists admittedly interesting plight. I found most of the supporting cast to be so teeth grindingly annoying that I wanted to hunt down those responsible and kneecap them.

the art was good, as was some of the writing (the dreams, really. the rest was less good) but the world felt sterile, lobbed together and boring.

Yup I gave up after about 6 hours in, I traded it in towards UT3, I needed some adrenaline fueled action.

I have a rather short attention span at the moment.

[Dan Dare]

Yeah it went towards my UT3 too. Git in the xbl thread, Solo!

[mariosmentor]

Well I love the game, feels very much like Final Fantasy X with a vastly less annoying lead.

It's a good return to traditional turn based RPG's which are few and far between these days and it fills the gap that I've had since the release of FFX.

With Square-Enix heading more to the action RPG realm I'm hoping Mistwalker release more traditional RPG's.

Hopefully they'll dump Blue Dragon though, talk about annoying characters sheesh.

[Hero-of-Time]

I spent a few hours this morning getting 5 of my characters ( all the immortals and Sed ) to level 99 to take on the DLC boss. Apparently he is a bit of a nightmare to beat even at level 99!

I also beat the hell out of the Immortal in the Backyard this morning and after that I have been learning the skills for everyone. I thought my game had glitched as I didnt get the skills achievy but it seems im missing one which is a relief. Im about to pop out but I will attempt to get it once I return.

Overall its been a productive day on LO :)

[Sheikah]

Completed this today, finally. Got all the achievements except Treasure Trove (which honestly is insane), which I am pretty happy with. Skill master on the immortals is frankly enough effort as it is.

Great RPG.

[Hero-of-Time]

Yeah, alot of people miss the Treasure Trove achievement. Its crazy how you cant miss even 1 item during the whole game and then even if you do you dont know where it is! My mate didnt get it either and as soon as I got it I sent him a message on Live, needless to say a few savoury words got sent my way :)

[Ramar]

Got this game the other day, really liking it. Just one question, has it froze a lot for anyone else?

I experienced three crashes, two during loading screens. It seems to take its toll on my 360.

[Sheikah]

It never crashed for me in the 90+ hours I played it, although I have heard a fair few people say it does crash. Sometimes during the loading of battle it can stutter a bit, but that's the lot for me.

[spirited away]

Got this game the other day, really liking it. Just one question, has it froze a lot for anyone else?

I experienced three crashes, two during loading screens. It seems to take its toll on my 360.

Crashed 4 or 5 times when I played it.

[Solo]

Yeah, alot of people miss the Treasure Trove achievement. Its crazy how you cant miss even 1 item during the whole game and then even if you do you dont know where it is! My mate didnt get it either and as soon as I got it I sent him a message on Live, needless to say a few savoury words got sent my way :)


Off topic and purely out of curioisty but how many hours, HoT, would you say you spend playing games a week on average?

[Ramar]

Just went an hour without saving, then I managed to get to a save point, saved. Five minutes later, enter Crash Number 4. Just when I get into the game it kicks me in the balls.

[Hero-of-Time]

Off topic and purely out of curioisty but how many hours, HoT, would you say you spend playing games a week on average?

Simple answer is ALOT :)

[Ramar]

Just finished Disc 1. And I'm thoroughly enjoying the game so far. It's like a 'golden' era final fantasy games with better graphics. Each character I have so far are pretty cool, and the story is interesting.

A few less crashes and I'd be over the moon, hopefully Disc 2 doesn't hate me.

[Hero-of-Time]

Im glad to see your enjoying it. You like Jansen, right? You had better!!!

[Sanchez]

I'm playing this now as well, I just finished disc 1 and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. No crashes yet although the frame rate stumbles occasionally but that doesn't really bother me. Oh those giant worms? *punches wall* fuckers took me like 15 tries.

I traded this is. It wallows in far too many genre clichés to warrant interest in the protagonists admittedly interesting plight. I found most of the supporting cast to be so teeth grindingly annoying that I wanted to hunt down those responsible and kneecap them.
Yes, I would agree but at the same time I feel it has a lot less of the annoying cliche's than the other games and I find it very bearable. So far the characters haven't really annoyed me except for Mack and the humour actually made me laugh sometimes (like when Jensen meets the queen and their interactions thereafter). At first I was a little dissapointed that Kaim wasn't the only immortal, I felt that it cheapened the effect but I was actually quite pleased with the turn it took later.

So, I'm pressing on and enjoying it along the way.

EDIT: Make that disc 3. That was a Saturday night well spent. :x

[Ramar]

Im glad to see your enjoying it. You like Jansen, right? You had better!!!

At first I thought I was going to hate him, but he has really grown on me. He's a funny little guy.