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Official North American Lost Odyssey Thread
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WickedLaharl
Member
welp i finally got past disc 1.
just a few things i'd like to say.
the 1000 years of dreams sequences are excellent. normally i would skip all that text, but after hanna's departure i was hooked and i've spent a lot of time looking for them.
spoilers
a few things bothered me after
. the fact that they made you engage in two fetch'em quests and
just detracted from the emotional impact of the whole ordeal.
just a few things i'd like to say.
the 1000 years of dreams sequences are excellent. normally i would skip all that text, but after hanna's departure i was hooked and i've spent a lot of time looking for them.
spoilers
a few things bothered me after
liriums death
the lighting of the torches with mack
Think I'm at the final dungeon on disk 3... really liked disk 3, as it was the most intense as far as cinematics went, and it had a real FF6 feel
. Oh man, when I was waiting on line to pick up Brawl, some kid was pointing at a Lost Odyssey banner bitching about turn based RPGs and how the game looks stupid, just like another FF7 game... I wanted to smack the bastard :lol
with the split parties
Jugendstil
Member
Tabris said:
I am in complete agreement with this. I think the fact the voice acting is generally quite competent helps keep a lot of the dialogue from being completely unbearable. Quality is sort of inconsistent across most aspects of the game, but it's still quite fun if you're into JRPGs.
I'm about halfway through disc 4, and while I really enjoy all the side quests and item gathering, I wish it had been spaced out a bit more across the rest of the game. Once you obtain certain skills and accessories, your immortals become pretty unstoppable. Kaim and Seth have essentially mastered every accessory skill, and I've barely done any grinding. I always enjoy making my characters overpowered in RPGs but it seems like it happened without me even putting much effort forth. Still, I can't wait to get home and play more.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
It's eternals + Sed or Cooke.Aurora said:
cleveridea
Member
so how well does the game keep your interest on discs 3 and 4?
I am near the start of disc 3 (
)and am losing my motivation to play, mainly due to the slowness (long load times, unskippable random battles) and that battles are falling into a predictable pattern now my characters are all leveled up well.
I now dread the cutscene that preceeds triggering a memory, as I feel obligated to read them :lol
I am near the start of disc 3 (
in the ice region with those very annoying thief creatures, man I hate those things
I now dread the cutscene that preceeds triggering a memory, as I feel obligated to read them :lol
Amon37 said:
I'm the same. bit over the game right now. sidequest mode actually killed the game for me - they should have spread it out more over the discs instead of leaving it all to disc 4. I'm going to allocate a day on sat or sunday, sit down and beat it. I'll probably sell it when done. I don't see myself playing it ever again or going back to it.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
- Unskippable random battles? Do you not use Flee (left with the analog stick) or the Turn Tail skill?cleveridea said:
- You get all your items back if you beat their king, by the way. He's a sub boss and he can be unlocked by letting those monkeys steal the crown, which is a 'hidden' item somewhere in the Glacier (though I forgot where).
I wish I could use all the characters (though I could do without Mack and Sarah), since the formation screen even has 10 slots. :[Son of Godzilla said:
The sidequest are fantastic ooh and I finished the game today and I got to say that the 'near' endingPaznos said:
after you beat Gongora
cleveridea
Member
MicVlaD said:
well as in either avoiding them (if they were visible on the screen) or having an item or spell that eliminates the triggering of random battles. You have to wait for the battle to start to even be able to use the flee option.
as well as the long load times (into and out), and random battles there is limited EXP so most of the time I dont even benefit from levelling up my characters.
I loved what blue dragon did with the ability to destory weak enemies on contact using barrier magic - not only do you avoid tedious battles, you can level up jobs while doing so
I'm up to 33 hours and I'm about an hour away from beating the game because I stopped to sidequest for a while. Kinda short for a JRPG but I guess I was just doing it right(and grinding at numara atoll! 
)
Sed's value isn't in his attacking as much as the fact that by having Double SP, Double Gold, Double Loot, and Double XP on him he frees up 4 spaces for the immortals which by the end of the game are usually pretty important. So he's like the personification of 4 skill slots. Plus he does passable damage and isn't Cooke or Mack. Cooke would be useful if she wasn't 10 and i always end up trying to kill her instead of the enemy.
)Sed's value isn't in his attacking as much as the fact that by having Double SP, Double Gold, Double Loot, and Double XP on him he frees up 4 spaces for the immortals which by the end of the game are usually pretty important. So he's like the personification of 4 skill slots. Plus he does passable damage and isn't Cooke or Mack. Cooke would be useful if she wasn't 10 and i always end up trying to kill her instead of the enemy.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
QVT said:I'm up to 33 hours and I'm about an hour away from beating the game because I stopped to sidequest for a while. Kinda short for a JRPG but I guess I was just doing it right(and grinding at numara atoll!
Sed's value isn't in his attacking as much as the fact that by having Double SP, Double Gold, Double Loot, and Double XP on him he frees up 4 spaces for the immortals which by the end of the game are usually pretty important. So he's like the personification of 4 skill slots. Plus he does passable damage and isn't Cooke or Mack. Cooke would be useful if she wasn't 10 and i always end up trying to kill her instead of the enemy.
How do you grind there? Those Keleons would drive me fucking bananers.
How the fuck do you beat the game at 33 hours? I beat most of the sidequests and finished the game at roughly 66 hours. Did you skip the 1000 year dreams or something?QVT said:I'm up to 33 hours and I'm about an hour away from beating the game because I stopped to sidequest for a while. Kinda short for a JRPG but I guess I was just doing it right(and grinding at numara atoll!
Sed's value isn't in his attacking as much as the fact that by having Double SP, Double Gold, Double Loot, and Double XP on him he frees up 4 spaces for the immortals which by the end of the game are usually pretty important. So he's like the personification of 4 skill slots. Plus he does passable damage and isn't Cooke or Mack. Cooke would be useful if she wasn't 10 and i always end up trying to kill her instead of the enemy.
Skellig Gra
Member
That is the only explanation. The dreams alone are at least like 10 hours if you go through them like they are intended.Danielsan said:
BenjaminBirdie said:
kaim and seth with casting support on ming and sarah, those two cast gamble. It's level 2 spirit magic that does random damage, only way to hit the silver ones. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Read the first two, laughed at their terriblism, have skipped the rest or done my best to not even bother picking them up. I also skip all mack and cooke exclusive cutscenes and read quickly through when I can press A(unless they're voiced scenes)Daniel said:
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Tabris said:
Because a few them are fun and great, but it's a bit much to actually read all of them.
Much of Kaim's stories are also rather similar, so I didn't really read all of them. I would have liked more from Seth, Sarah and Ming though.
Speaking of which, about Sed:
shouldn't he be missing a leg? (Aneira ripped it off, right?) And be only about 30+ instead of seamingly much older than that?
FateBreaker
Member
Hmmm. Disc 1 was amazing, but disc 2 has been quite a bit more dull. The story and character interaction have taken a back seat, and, to me, it feels like there's no new music--or any music at all! (Tosca, Salam, Black Cave, World Map Ocean....)
Herpes Reasons
Banned
im still in disc 1, but i have a couple of complaints.
1-reading through all those texts in the thousand year dreams is bit too much.
2-turn based needs to go. i thought i read somewhere this game was time based battle system?
1-reading through all those texts in the thousand year dreams is bit too much.
2-turn based needs to go. i thought i read somewhere this game was time based battle system?
Tabris said:
They're generic stuff that you'd find in any high school textbook with random authors names next to them. They just happen to have the names of the main characters on there instead of random stuff. I go to Donald Barthelme for my flash fiction.
Now, I could be wrong because Besada said he liked them, but again I only read two(plus one for the treasure hunt that gets you medusa's head) and decided they weren't worth my time. I can't remember what the first one was about but I know the second was the "wah i'm not liked by my girlfriends parents" and the medusa's head one was "war is bad mmmkay".
My opinion: 1>4>3>2
Shiroi-San
Member
viakado said:
If you think thats too much reading, I think Planescape Torment might be right up your alley.
Did anyone feel the difficulty ramping up a bit in the Hot Cave in Disc 3, east of Gohtza? Its not that hard but i have had some party members dying in the battles, something that didnt happen at all previously.
Yep, i thought about that too. I suppose he is using a phrostesis. There hasnt been a lot of interaction between Sed and Seth after meeting again. I was expecting a bit more development in that aspect.
Regarding age, i dont remember if there was an age stated about Sed in the dream. But yes he definitely shouldnt be as old if all of them were visited by Gongora at the same time.
Zeitgeister said:
Yep, i thought about that too. I suppose he is using a phrostesis. There hasnt been a lot of interaction between Sed and Seth after meeting again. I was expecting a bit more development in that aspect.
Regarding age, i dont remember if there was an age stated about Sed in the dream. But yes he definitely shouldnt be as old if all of them were visited by Gongora at the same time.
KarishBHR said:
Its still the hardest battle i have had in the game and i´m at 3rd disc.
Don´t remember it well (do you even have access to cooke and mack already?) but try putting Seth and Kaim defending (with the recover GC, HP, MP skills on) to keep Jansen safe and attack with him casting.
Btw, yesterday i got the 1k enemies defeated (not the 0.5k perfects yet).
Micromegas
Member
I finally lost interest near the beginning of disc 3.
. I just didn't care anymore, and the punishing parts of JRPG design just started to overwhelm the fun.
Just after the kids hijack the train
viakado said:
1- you dont have to read them. (though i would recommend you do)
2 - you dont like turned based battles? not cool....
ps i looooooove turn based battle systems. GO JRPGS!
probune said:
powerpoint presentations? thats an unfair description. The way the music, tone and moods in the backrounds change WITH the story and that really does alot to draw you in emotionally. and i thought the art in the tyd sequences was done really well also
probune said:
I disagree completly. Most have a general theme in death, but the stories vary completly.
Compare Bright Rain to say Signpost and tell me how those are alike in any way. I've read them all and while most have the theme of death and Kaim's thoughts on the manner, the presentation/vechicle of that theme is different with each story.
I think the thousand year dreams are the most brillant fusion of two mediums in quite a while. I would love to read a novel like The Count of Monte Cristo or 1982 with the same structure.
Rahxephon91
Banned
This has to be one of the least enjoyable JRPGS I have ever played.
GHG
Member
Rahxephon91 said:
Fixed
I got this at the weekend, still on Disk 1 (just past the 2nd boss) and I'm loving the game to bits. Hardly any granding apart from when you want to learn new abilities quicker via skill link, a brilliant story so far, great graphics and top notch voice acting. Jansen is so awesome. Its the best RPG I've played since FFVIII IMO (well thus far anyway...).
Rahxephon91
Banned
I thought the same as well.GHG said:
FateBreaker
Member
Rahxephon91 said:
how so? I'm pretty delighted by it.